Thunder Shock (move)
ThunderShock でんきショック Electric Shock | ||||||||||||
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ThunderShock (Japanese: でんきショック Electric Shock) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
ThunderShock inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target. ThunderShock cannot paralyze a target that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.
Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
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025 | Pikachu | Electric | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | ||||||||
026 | Raichu | Electric | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | ||||||||
081 | Magnemite | Electric | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | '''' | ||||||||
082 | Magneton | Electric | --, 25 | --, 6 | --, 6 | --, 6 | --, 6 | '''' | ||||||||
125 | Electabuzz | Electric | 34 | --, 7 | --, 6 | '''' | ||||||||||
135 | Jolteon | Electric | 31 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | '''' | |||||||
145 | Zapdos | Electric | Flying | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||
172 | Pichu | Electric | -- | -- | -- | -- | '''' | |||||||||
179 | Mareep | Electric | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | '''' | |||||||||
180 | Flaaffy | Electric | --, 9 | --, 9 | --, 10 | --, 10 | '''' | |||||||||
181 | Ampharos | Electric | --, 9 | --, 9 | --, 10 | --, 10 | '''' | |||||||||
239 | Elekid | Electric | 7 | 6 | '''' | |||||||||||
243 | Raikou | Electric | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | '''' | |||||||||
462 | Magnezone | Electric | Steel | --, 6 | --, 6 | '''' | ||||||||||
466 | Electivire | Electric | --, 7 | --, 6 | '''' | |||||||||||
479 | Rotom | Electric | Ghost | -- | -- | '''' | ||||||||||
587 | Emolga | Electric | Flying | -- | '''' | |||||||||||
599 | Klink | Steel | 11 | ' | ||||||||||||
600 | Klang | Steel | --, 11 | ' | ||||||||||||
601 | Klinklang | Steel | --, 11 | ' | ||||||||||||
618 | Stunfisk | Ground | Electric | 9 | '''' | |||||||||||
642 | Thundurus | Electric | Flying | -- | '''' | |||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Special move
Generation IV
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Generation V
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In the anime
The opponent is hit by a bolt of lightning from the the user. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu's body glows yellow, then it releases a yellow lighting bolt from its body at the opponent, or Pikachu's cheeks glow yellow, then it releases multiple lighting bolts from its body at the opponent, or Pikachu releases a ball of electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Ash's Pikachu | Pokémon - I Choose You! | Debut | |
Nurse Joy's multiple Pikachu | Pokémon Emergency! | None | |
Ritchie's Sparky | Friends To the End | None | |
Drake's Ditto in the form of Pikachu | Hello, Pummelo! | Used via Transform | |
Raichu's body glows yellow and it releases a yellow lightning bolt from its body at the opponent. | |||
Lt. Surge's Raichu | Electric Shock Showdown | None | |
Katrina's Raichu | Lights, Camera, Quack-tion | Dub only | |
Kay's Raichu | Stage Fight! | None | |
Magnemite's body becomes surrounded by bright yellow electricity and it releases multiple yellow bolts of lightning from its body at the opponent. | |||
A wild Magnemite | Sparks Fly for Magnemite | None | |
Ethan's Magnemite | Get Along, Little Pokémon | None | |
Electric Company's Magnemite | Current Events | None | |
Benjamin's Magnemite | Gone with the Windworks! | None | |
Magneton's body becomes surrounded in bright yellow electricity and it releases multiple small yellow bolts of lightning from its body at the opponent. | |||
Multiple wild Magneton | Sparks Fly for Magnemite | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Elekid's horns. Then, it releases a yellow electrical blast from them at the opponent. Sometimes, it spins its arms to gather electricity. | |||
A wild Elekid | Pikachu's Rescue Adventure | None | |
Casey's Elekid | Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid | None | |
A wild Elekid | Three Sides to Every Story! | None | |
Electabuzz fires yellow electricity from the ends of its antennae at the opponent. | |||
Drake's Electabuzz | Enter the Dragonite | None | |
Electric Company's Electabuzz | Current Events | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Mareep's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Mary's Fluffy | Mild 'n Wooly | None | |
Ellen's Mareep | Mild 'n Wooly | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Flaaffy's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Molly's Flaaffy | Spell of the Unown | None | |
Sullivan's Hannah | Whiscash and Ash | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Sudowoodo's head branch and it fires a yellow electric blast from it at the opponent. | |||
A wild Sudowoodo | Type Casting | Used via Mimic | |
Pichu's body sparks and it sends a bolt of yellow electricity at the opponent. The electricity sometimes shocks Pichu as well. | |||
The Pichu Brothers | Pikachu and Pichu | None | |
Multiple wild Pichu | The Apple Corp! | None | |
A Coordinator's Pichu | May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! | None | |
Ukulele Pichu | Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Part One) | None | |
Jolteon releases a powerful cyclone of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Satsuki's Jolteon | Trouble's Brewing | None | |
Raikou releases a small yellow electric blast from its forehead at the opponent. | |||
Raikou (Legend of Thunder) | The Legend of Thunder! | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Ampharos's ears, then it releases a bolt of lightning at the opponent from its body or ears. | |||
Watt's Ampharos | Manectric Charge | None | |
Karsten's Ampharos | Drifloon on the Wind! | None | |
Stunfisk's body glows white and its body becomes surrounded in small yellow sparks. Its body then glows yellow when it's finished charging and it fires multiple beams of electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Cilan's Stunfisk | Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! | None |
In the manga
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
The user releases an electric shock attack from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu releases a powerful electric shock from its body at the opponent. | |||
Ash's Pikachu | Pikachu, I See You! | Debut |
Magical Pokémon Journey
The user releases an electric shock attack from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu charges power, then releases it in the form of an electric shock attack. | |||
Pikachu | Adventuring the Stone | None |
Phantom Thief Pokémon 7
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The user shocks the opponent with powerful electricity. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Electivire grabs the opponent and shocks them with its tails. | |||
Team Galactic's Electivire | Escape From Team Galactic | Debut |
Pokémon Adventures
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A jolt of electricity is hurled at the foe to inflict damage. It may also leave the foe paralyzed. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu sends a bolt of electricity from the tip of its tail at the opponent. | |||
Red's Pika | Wanted: Pikachu! | Debut | |
Yellow's Chuchu | The Last Battle XIII | None | |
Jolteon fires a bolt of electricity at the opponent from its body. | |||
Red's Vee | Blame it on Eevee | None | |
Zapdos fires a bolt of electricity at the opponent from its body, or Zapdos releases a small beam of electricity from the point of one of its head feathers at the opponent. | |||
Green's Zapdos | Zap! Zap! Zapdos! | None | |
Magnemite fires multiple bolts of lightning from its body at the opponent. | |||
Two wild Magnemite | Electro Magneton | None | |
Magneton fires lighting bolts from the tips of its magnets at the opponent. | |||
A wild Magneton | Electro Magneton | None | |
Electabuzz releases a beam of electricity from the palm of one of its hands at the opponent. | |||
Lt. Surge's Electabuzz | Make Way for Magikarp | None | |
Elekid releases a bolt of electricity at the opponent from its body. | |||
Ken's Elekid | Into the Unown | None | |
Flaaffy's body becomes surrounded by electric sparks and it fires a weak beam of electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Crys's Flaaffy | A Flaaffy Kerfuffle | None | |
Raikou releases a small beam of electricity from its forehead or the end of its tail at the opponent. When fired, Raikou can control where the beam of electricity will go. | |||
Anabel's Raikou | The Last Battle IV | None | |
The gem on Ampharos's forehead starts to glow, and it releases two small beams of electricity from it at the opponent. | |||
Jasmine's Amphy | The Last Battle IX | None | |
Magnezone fires a beam of electricity from the orb at the top of the antennae on its head at the opponent. | |||
Cyrus's Magnezone | VS. Probopass and Magnezone I | None | |
Rotom fires a blast of electricity at its opponent, shocking them. | |||
A wild Rotom | VS Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost) | None |
In other generations
Trivia
- No Generation III Pokémon can learn ThunderShock.
- Klink and its evolutions are the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon that are able to learn ThunderShock, with the exception of Smeargle.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Acid | ||
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