Thunder Shock (move)
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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
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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Generation III
By leveling up
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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Special move
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In the anime
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| The opponent is hit by a bolt of lightning from the the user. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Pikachu lights up and then releases a yellow lighting bolt. The visual effect varies, from being a ball of electricity to an electrical wave. | ||
| Ash's Pikachu | Pokémon - I Choose You! | Debut | |
| Ritchie's Sparky | Friends To the End | None | |
| Drake's Ditto in the form of Pikachu | Hello, Pummelo! | None | |
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Raichu lights up and then releases a yellow lightning bolt. | ||
| Lt. Surge's Raichu | Electric Shock Showdown | None | |
| Katrina's Raichu | Lights, Camera, Quack-tion! | None | |
| Kay's Raichu | Stage Fight! | None | |
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Magnemite glows bright yellow, and sparks are released from its body. | ||
| Wild Magnemite | Sparks Fly for Magnemite | None | |
| Ethan's Magnemite | Get Along, Little Pokémon | None | |
| Electric Company's Magnemite | Current Events | None | |
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Electabuzz fires yellow electricity from the ends of its antennae | ||
| Drake's Electabuzz | Enter the Dragonite | None | |
| Electric Company's Electabuzz | Current Events | None | |
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Sparks appear around Mareep's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body. | ||
| Mary's Mareep (Fluffy) | Mild 'n Wooly | None | |
| Ellen's Mareep | Mild 'n Wooly | None | |
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Sparks appear around Flaaffy's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body. | ||
| Molly's Flaaffy | Spell of the Unown | None | |
| Sullivan's Hannah | Whiscash and Ash | None | |
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Sparks appear around Sudowoodo's heand branch and it fires a yellow electric blast from it. | ||
| A wild Sudowoodo | Type Casting | Used via Mimic | |
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Pichu's body sparks and it sends a bolt of electricity towards the opponent. The electricity also shocks the Pichu. | ||
| 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 | |
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Jolteon releases a powerful cyclone of yellow electricity towards the opponent. | ||
| Satsuki's Jolteon | Trouble's Brewing | None | |
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Raikou releases a small yellow electric blast from its forehead. | ||
| A wild Raikou | The Legend of Thunder | None | |
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Sparks appear around Elekid's horns. Then, it releases a yellow electrical blast from them. | ||
| Casey's Elekid | Here's Lookin' at you, Elekid | None | |
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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 | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
User:Jioruji Derako/Movemanga
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| align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #A37D00" |
| align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #A37D00" | Pikachu sends a bolt of electricity from the tip of its tail at the opponent.
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| align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #FCD659; border: 1px solid #A37D00" | Red's Pika
| colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #FCD659; border: 1px solid #A37D00" | Wanted: Pikachu!
| align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #FCD659; border: 1px solid #A37D00" | Debut
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| align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #A37D00" |
| align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #A37D00" | Jolteon fires a bolt of electricity at the opponent from its body.
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| colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #FCD659; border: 1px solid #A37D00" | Blame it on Eevee
| align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #FCD659; border: 1px solid #A37D00; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;" | None
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Trivia
- No Generation III Pokémon can learn ThunderShock.
- No non-Electric-type Pokémon can learn ThunderShock.
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Choque do Trovão
- Dutch: Donderschok
- French: Eclair
- German: Donnerschock
- Italian: Tuonoshock
- Danish Tordenkile
- Norwegian: Tordensjokk
- Spanish: Impactrueno
- Latin American: Attacktrueno
- Hindi: Bijli Ki Jhatka