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Belly Drum (move)

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Belly Drum
はらだいこ Belly Drum
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Cute
Appeal  1 ♥
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

Belly Drum (Japanese: はらだいこ Belly Drum) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Belly Drum deducts half of the user's maximum HP (rounded down) from its current HP and, in return, it maximizes the user's Attack stat by raising it to +6 stages, even if the user's temporary Attack bonus stages were below 0 prior to using Belly Drum.

Belly Drum fails if the user's current HP is less than half its maximum, or if the user's Attack is already at +6 (even if the user has Contrary).

If the user has Contrary, its Attack will be lowered to -6 stages (although the message will still say that the user maximized its Attack); even if the user's Attack is already at -6 stages, Belly Drum will deduct HP.

In Generation II only, if the Pokémon is under 50% HP when using the move, it will still have its Attack raised 2 stages due to a bug.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Belly Drum, the user restores all of its HP before Belly Drum's HP deduction takes effect.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 A move that allows the user to consume half of its own HP in order to maximize its Attack.
GSC Reduces own HP to maximize Attack.
RSEColoXD Maximizes Attack while sacrificing HP.
FRLG The user maximizes its Attack stat at the cost of half its full HP.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM 		The user maximizes its Attack stat in exchange for HP equal to half its max HP.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0060     Water 1 Water 1 37 37 31 31 31 31
0061     Water 1 Water 1 43 43 37 37 37 37
0143     Monster Monster 22 15RSE
13FRLG 		17 17 44 44
0263     Field Field 41 41 45 45XY
37ORAS 		37
0264     Field Field 53 53 59 59XY
43ORAS 		43
0296     Human-Like Human-Like 37 25 25 25 25
0297     Human-Like Human-Like 40 27 27 27XY
26ORAS 		26
0446     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 44 44
0554     Field Field 30 30 30
0555     Field Field 30 30 30
0652     Field Field 1 1
0784     Dragon Dragon 1
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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Types Parent
Egg Groups 		Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0004     Monster Dragon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0079     Monster Water 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0104     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0108     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0173     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0183     Water 1 Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0216     Field Field ✔HGSS ✔ ✔ ✔
0240     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔HGSS ✔ ✔ ✔
0363     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔
0650     Field Field ✔ ✔
0684     Fairy Fairy ✔ ✔
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

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0060     Water 1 Water 1 Pokéwalker - Blue Lake
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.


By event

Generation II

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0194     Water 1 Field Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #1
New York City Pokémon Center
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.


Generation III

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0096     Human-Like Human-Like Wish Egg
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.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Belly Drum has the same Attack-maximizing effect but empties the user's Belly instead of reducing the user's HP.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Boosts the user's Attack to maximum, but empties its Belly to just one. It has no effect if the Belly is one or less.


In the anime

 
Poliwag


The user taps its belly to cut its HP to gain attack.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Poliwag waves its body back and forth and taps its stomach with its tail three times. Its body then becomes outlined in red, raising its attack power, but cutting its health.
A Poliwag Max borrowed from the Pokémon Trainer's School Gonna Rule the School! Debut


In the manga

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga


In other generations

       
Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V
 
MD: Red and Blue
     
Stadium 2 Colosseum XD

Trivia

  • Belly Drum is the only move that is capable of raising a single stat by more than three levels, not counting Psych Up, Power Swap, Guard Swap, and Heart Swap.
    • While Shell Smash causes a net total of eight stat changes, Belly Drum can cause more stat changes if the user has experienced at least a -3 stat change to its Attack stat, reaching twelve stat changes if the user has a -6 Attack stat change.
  • Due to how both this move and Darmanitan's Zen Mode Ability work, Belly Drum can force Darmanitan to change its form (unless it is at full HP and has an odd maximum HP).

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 肚子大鼓 Dùzi Dàgǔ
  Dutch Buikslag
  Finnish Vatsajymy
  French Cognobidon
  German Bauchtrommel
  Greek Στομαχόκρουση
  Italian Panciamburo
  Korean 배북 Baebuk
Portuguese   Brazil Tambor de Barriga
  Portugal Defesa de Barriga
  Serbian Čeličenje
  Spanish Tambor
  Vietnamese Bụng Trống


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.
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