Explosion (move)

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Explosion
だいばくはつ Giant Explosion
Explosion.png
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  250
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects all Pokémon on the field
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Makes a great appeal, but allows no more to the end.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Explosion (Japanese だいばくはつ Giant Explosion) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. It is currently the most powerful move in terms of its base power, being a more powerful move than the similar Selfdestruct.

Effect

Generation I

Explosion does damage, and causes the user to faint. Though its power is 170, the target's Defense will be halved when damage from this attack is calculated, giving it an effective power of 340. The game will bump 0 up to 1 to avoid infinite damage, so Explosion will then effectively have a power of 170 if used against a target with a Defense value of 1.

If Explosion breaks a target's Substitute, the user will not faint, though its image will be replaced by a blank image. Additionally, if the user of Explosion had a Substitute at the time of such a situation, uses Substitute later, or switches out, its regular image will once again become visible.

If the user of Explosion attacks first and faints itself, the target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.

In Stadium, if Explosion breaks a target's Substitute, the user will faint.

Explosion has a power of 170 in Generation I.

Generation II and on

Explosion's base power was changed to the current 250. The Defense-halving step still applies, giving it an effective power of 500.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0074   Geodude
Rock Ground 36
0075   Graveler
Rock Ground 43
0076   Golem
Rock Ground 43
0100   Voltorb
Electric 43
0101   Electrode
Electric 50
0109   Koffing
Poison 48
0110   Weezing
Poison 53
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By TM47

#   Pokémon Type
0074   Geodude
Rock Ground
0075   Graveler
Rock Ground
0076   Golem
Rock Ground
0088   Grimer
Poison
0089   Muk
Poison
0090   Shellder
Water
0091   Cloyster
Water Ice
0092   Gastly
Ghost Poison
0093   Haunter
Ghost Poison
0094   Gengar
Ghost Poison
0095   Onix
Rock Ground
0100   Voltorb
Electric
0101   Electrode
Electric
0102   Exeggcute
Grass Psychic
0103   Exeggutor
Grass Psychic
0109   Koffing
Poison
0110   Weezing
Poison
0151   Mew
Psychic
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0074   Geodude
Rock Ground 41
0075   Graveler
Rock Ground 48
0076   Golem
Rock Ground 48
0100   Voltorb
Electric 39
0101   Electrode
Electric 44
0109   Koffing
Poison 41
0110   Weezing
Poison 44
0204   Pineco
Bug 36
0205   Forretress
Bug Steel 39
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0074   Geodude
Rock Ground 41
0075   Graveler
Rock Ground 53
0076   Golem
Rock Ground 53
0100   Voltorb
Electric 46
0101   Electrode
Electric 54
0109   Koffing
Poison 41
0110   Weezing
Poison 44
0204   Pineco
Bug 36
0205   Forretress
Bug Steel 39
0273   Seedot
Grass 43
0337   Lunatone
Rock Psychic 49
0338   Solrock
Rock Psychic 49
0343   Baltoy
Ground Psychic 45
0344   Claydol
Ground Psychic 55
0377   Regirock
Rock --
0378   Regice
Ice --
0379   Registeel
Steel --
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0095 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Onix
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Nosepass
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
|} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald
#   Pokémon Type
0074   Geodude
Rock Ground
0075   Graveler
Rock Ground
0076   Golem
Rock Ground
0088   Grimer
Poison
0089   Muk
Poison
0090   Shellder
Water
0091   Cloyster
Water Ice
0092   Gastly
Ghost Poison
0093   Haunter
Ghost Poison
0094   Gengar
Ghost Poison
0095   Onix
Rock Ground
0100   Voltorb
Electric
0101   Electrode
Electric
0102   Exeggcute
Grass Psychic
0103   Exeggutor
Grass Psychic
0109   Koffing
Poison
0110   Weezing
Poison
0151   Mew
Psychic
0185   Sudowoodo
Rock
0204   Pineco
Bug
0205   Forretress
Bug Steel
0208   Steelix
Steel Ground
0222   Corsola
Water Rock
0273   Seedot
Grass
0274   Nuzleaf
Grass Dark
0275   Shiftry
Grass Dark
0299   Nosepass
Rock
0316   Gulpin
Poison
0317   Swalot
Poison
0323   Camerupt
Fire Ground
0324   Torkoal
Fire
0337   Lunatone
Rock Psychic
0338   Solrock
Rock Psychic
0343   Baltoy
Ground Psychic
0344   Claydol
Ground Psychic
0362   Glalie
Ice
0375   Metang
Steel Psychic
0376   Metagross
Steel Psychic
0377   Regirock
Rock
0378   Regice
Ice
0379   Registeel
Steel
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0074   Geodude
Rock Ground 32
0075   Graveler
Rock Ground 38
0076   Golem
Rock Ground 38
0100   Voltorb
Electric 43
0101   Electrode
Electric 51
0109   Koffing
Poison 37
0110   Weezing
Poison 40
0204   Pineco
Bug 31
0204   Pineco
Bug 34
0205   Forretress
Bug Steel 33
0205   Forretress
Bug Steel 38
0273   Seedot
Grass 43
0337   Lunatone
Rock Psychic 56
0338   Solrock
Rock Psychic 56
0343   Baltoy
Ground Psychic 71
0344   Claydol
Ground Psychic 86
0377   Regirock
Rock --
0378   Regice
Ice --
0379   Registeel
Steel --
0425   Drifloon
Ghost Flying 43
0426   Drifblim
Ghost Flying 51
0434   Stunky
Poison Dark 44
0435   Skuntank
Poison Dark 52
0482   Azelf
Psychic 76
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By TM64

#   Pokémon Type
0074   Geodude
Rock Ground
0075   Graveler
Rock Ground
0076   Golem
Rock Ground
0088   Grimer
Poison
0089   Muk
Poison
0090   Shellder
Water
0091   Cloyster
Water Ice
0092   Gastly
Ghost Poison
0093   Haunter
Ghost Poison
0094   Gengar
Ghost Poison
0095   Onix
Rock Ground
0100   Voltorb
Electric
0101   Electrode
Electric
0102   Exeggcute
Grass Psychic
0103   Exeggutor
Grass Psychic
0109   Koffing
Poison
0110   Weezing
Poison
0151   Mew
Psychic
0185   Sudowoodo
Rock
0204   Pineco
Bug
0205   Forretress
Bug Steel
0208   Steelix
Steel Ground
0211   Qwilfish
Water Poison
0219   Magcargo
Fire Rock
0222   Corsola
Water Rock
0273   Seedot
Grass
0274   Nuzleaf
Grass Dark
0275   Shiftry
Grass Dark
0299   Nosepass
Rock
0316   Gulpin
Poison
0317   Swalot
Poison
0323   Camerupt
Fire Ground
0324   Torkoal
Fire
0337   Lunatone
Rock Psychic
0338   Solrock
Rock Psychic
0343   Baltoy
Ground Psychic
0344   Claydol
Ground Psychic
0362   Glalie
Ice
0375   Metang
Steel Psychic
0376   Metagross
Steel Psychic
0377   Regirock
Rock
0378   Regice
Ice
0379   Registeel
Steel
0425   Drifloon
Ghost Flying
0426   Drifblim
Ghost Flying
0434   Stunky
Poison Dark
0435   Skuntank
Poison Dark
0437   Bronzong
Steel Psychic
0438   Bonsly
Rock
0462   Magnezone
Electric Steel
0463   Lickilicky
Normal
0476   Probopass
Rock Steel
0482   Azelf
Psychic
0485   Heatran
Fire Steel
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0095 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Onix
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Nosepass
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
|} |}

In the anime



The user glows brightly and then suddenly explodes, or causes everything around it to explode.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Electrode glows red, yellow, or white, becomes surrounded in electricity, and explodes violently.
Unknown Trainer's Electrode The Flame Pokémon-athon! Debut
A Wild Electrode Episode unknown None
Danny's Electrode Navel Maneuvers None
Multiple Wild Electrode The Underground Round-Up None
Multiple Electrode Guarding the Electric Company Current Events None
  Weezing glows white, then explodes violently.
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Weezing The Ultimate Test None
  When called through Metronome, Togepi causes everything around it to explode.
Misty's Togepi Pikachu Re-Volts None
  Forretress glows white, then explodes violently.
Brock's Forretress You Can Never Taillow None


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explosion does not cause the user to faint, but instead cuts its HP in half, and affects all Pokémon, items, and walls within 2 tiles of the user, reducing HP by half on teammates, by 80 on hostile Pokémon, and destroying all walls and items.

Trivia

  • Lickilicky and Smeargle are the only Pokémon that can learn this attack and receive STAB on it. This is not considering the possibility of Metronome selecting Explosion randomly.
  • This attack can achieve up to 412.5 Base Power if powered up with Lickilicky's STAB and a Silk Scarf.

In other languages

  • French: Explosion
  • German: Explosion
  • Italian: Esplosione
  • Spanish: Explosión
Generation I TMs
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26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Generation I HMs
0102030405
Generation IV TMs
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
2425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
4748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869
7071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192
Generation IV HMs
01020304 • 05 (DPPtHGSS) • 060708

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