Differences between the Pokémon games and anime: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Bulbasaur Whirlwind.PNG|thumb|200px|{{p|Bulbasaur}} cannot learn {{m|Whirlwind}} in the games.]]
[[File:Bulbasaur Whirlwind.PNG|thumb|200px|{{p|Bulbasaur}} cannot learn {{m|Whirlwind}} in the games.]]
* Occasionally the anime shows Pokémon using moves they cannot learn in the games, such as [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] using {{m|Whirlwind}} in its first appearance.  
* Occasionally the anime shows Pokémon using moves they cannot learn in the games, such as [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] using {{m|Whirlwind}} in its first appearance.  
**However, some of these cases may be attributed to a translation error or a misinterpretation. Examples include Ash telling Pikachu to use "electric attack" when he could just mean to usa <i>a</i> electric attack, or Pokémon using basic attacks like Tackle or Headbutt simply because they are just simple attacks.
**However, some of these cases may be attributed to a translation error or a misinterpretation. Examples include Ash telling Pikachu to use "electric attack" when he could just mean to use <i>an</i> electric attack, or Pokémon using basic attacks like Tackle or Headbutt simply because they are just simple attacks.
* Pokémon using a technique that normally cannot affect the enemy Pokémon's type in the games, such as with {{AP|Pikachu}} most notably who had occasionally been able to affect {{type2|Ground}}s with Electric attacks which it can't do in the games.
* Pokémon using a technique that normally cannot affect the enemy Pokémon's type in the games, such as with {{AP|Pikachu}} most notably who had occasionally been able to affect {{type2|Ground}}s with Electric attacks which it can't do in the games.
* Like people, Pokémon can be worn out from constant battling and eventually collapse from exhaustion which is something that can't happen in the games.  However, a Pokémon that runs out of [[PP]] in every move can faint from the [[recoil]] damage of {{m|Struggle}}.
* Like people, Pokémon can be worn out from constant battling and eventually collapse from exhaustion which is something that can't happen in the games.  However, a Pokémon that runs out of [[PP]] in every move can faint from the [[recoil]] damage of {{m|Struggle}}.
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