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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* The Japanese name of this move, つばめがえし ''Swallow Return'' (more commonly known in English as the "Turning Swallow Cut"), is probably taken from the signature technique of the legendary swordsman {{wp|Sasaki Kojirō}} (the namesake of {{TRT}}'s [[James]]). It is widely believed that it consisted of first a rapid downward slash from above, immediately followed by an upward slash on the same line (this same motion is used for the move's animation in [[Generation IV]]). Its name came from Kojirō's observations of the motion of a swallow's tail in flight. | * The Japanese name of this move, つばめがえし ''Swallow Return'' (more commonly known in English as the "Turning Swallow Cut"), is probably taken from the signature technique of the legendary swordsman {{wp|Sasaki Kojirō}} (the namesake of {{TRT}}'s [[James]]). It is widely believed that it consisted of first a rapid downward slash from above, immediately followed by an upward slash on the same line (this same motion is used for the move's animation in [[Generation IV]]). Its name came from Kojirō's observations of the motion of a swallow's tail in flight. | ||
* {{p|Heracross}} is the only non {{type|Flying}} Pokémon able to learn Aerial Ace | * {{p|Heracross}} is the only non {{type|Flying}} Pokémon able to learn Aerial Ace by level-up. | ||
* Although {{p|Kabuto}} can learn Aerial Ace in [[Generation III]] through TM, it can no longer capable of learning this move in later generations with the same TM. | * Although {{p|Kabuto}} can learn Aerial Ace in [[Generation III]] through TM, it can no longer capable of learning this move in later generations with the same TM. | ||
* For unknown reasons, {{p|Fearow}} couldn't learn Aerial Ace naturally, while its {{p|Spearow|pre-evolution}} could in Generation III. | * For unknown reasons, {{p|Fearow}} couldn't learn Aerial Ace naturally, while its {{p|Spearow|pre-evolution}} could in Generation III. |
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