Vine Whip (move)

Vine Whip
つるのムチ Vine Whip

Battles

Type	Grass
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	35
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation I
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
A highly appealing move.

Super Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Vine Whip (Japanese: つるのムチ Vine Whip) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I – III

Vine Whip inflicts damage, has no secondary effect, and has 10 PP.

Generation IV

The PP of Vine Whip increases to 15. All other effects are the same.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

File:Ivysaur Vine Whip.jpg

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Vine Whip is Ivysaur's Special Up move.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0001	Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	13
0002	Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	13
0003	Venusaur	Grass	Poison	--, 13
0069	Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	--
0070	Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	--
0114	Tangela	Grass		29
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
0001	Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	10
0002	Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	10
0003	Venusaur	Grass	Poison	--, 10
0069	Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	--
0070	Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	--
0071	Victreebel	Grass	Poison	--
0114	Tangela	Grass		19
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0001	Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	10
0002	Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	10
0003	Venusaur	Grass	Poison	--, 10
0069	Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	--
0070	Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	--
0071	Victreebel	Grass	Poison	--
0114	Tangela	Grass		22
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

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0001	Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	9
0002	Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	9
0003	Venusaur	Grass	Poison	--, 9
0069	Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	--
0070	Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	--
0071	Victreebel	Grass	Poison	--
0114	Tangela	Grass		19
0455	Carnivine	Grass		11
0465	Tangrowth	Grass		19
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

|- | 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

Pokémon	Method
File:Bayleef Vine Whip.png Bayleef File:Maybulbasaurvinewhip.jpg Bulbasaur File:May Venusaur.jpg Venusaur File:Carnivine vine.png Carnivine
The foe is struck with slender, whiplike vines to inflict damage.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Two vines come out of Bulbasaur's bulb and hit the opponent.
Ash's Bulbasaur	Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village	Debut
Duplica's Ditto in the form of Bulbasaur	Ditto's Mysterious Mansion	None
Multiple wild Bulbasaur	Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden	None
Mayor of Trovitopolis's Bulbasaur	The Mystery Menace	None
A Bulbasaur brought by Professor Oak	A Six Pack Attack!	None
May's Bulbasaur	Grass Hysteria!	None
	Several vines come out from under the leaves on Venusaur's back and hit the opponent.
A wild Venusaur	Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden	None
Mewtwo's cloned Venusaur	Mewtwo Strikes Back	None
Drake's Venusaur	Enter the Dragonite	None
A Venusaur James borrowed from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!	None
A wild Venusaur	Grass Hysteria!	None
Jeremy's Venusaur	Weekend Warrior	None
Spenser's Venusaur	Cutting the Ties That Bind!	None
May's Venusaur	Pruning a Passel of Pals!	None
	Two vines come out of Ivysaur's bulb and hits the opponent.
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor	The Ultimate Test	None
Assunta's Ivysaur	Friends to the End	None
Crystal's Ivysaur	Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!	None
Jimmy's Ivysaur	Judgement Day!	None
	Victreebel uses the vine on its head to strike or ensnare the opponent, or it can get two more green ones that come out from in between its body and its leaves.
James's Victreebel	Forest Grumps	None
	Two green vines come from Chikorita's bud necklace and hit the opponent.
Casey's Chikorita	The Double Trouble Header	None
Ash's Chikorita	The Chikorita Rescue	None
Silver's Chikorita	The Search for the Legend	None
Unknown Trainer's Chikorita	Arriving in Style!	None
	Two green vines come out from Sudowoodo's hands.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting	Used via Mimic.
	Two green vines come out from in between Bellsprout's leaves and body and strike the opponent.
Multiple wild Bellsprout	Pikachu and Pichu	None
Old Man Shuckle's Spoopy	A Better Pill to Swallow	None
Anthony's Bellsprout	You Said a Mouthful!	None
Roderick's Bellsprout	Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut?	None
	Two dark green vines come from the plants on its neck and strike the opponent.
Ash's Bayleef	Current Events	None
	Tangela hits the opponent with two blue vines from its body.
Multiple wild Tangela	For Ho-Oh the Bells Tolls!	None
Officer Jenny's Tangela	Gulpin it Down	None
A Coordinator's Tangela	A Hurdle for Squirtle	None
	Two green vines come out from the flower on Meganium's neck and strike the opponent.
Casey's Meganium	Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid	None
Jackson's Meganium	Tie One On!	None
	Weepinbell extends the brown vine on its head and hits the opponent with it.
James's second Weepinbell	Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid	None
A wild Weepinbell	Grass Hysteria!	None
	Skitty lifts its paw up and a white orb appears around it. Two dark green vines come out of the orb on its paw and hits the opponent.
May's Skitty	Pacifidlog Jam	Used via Assist
	Two green vines come out of its neck to strike its opponent.
James's Carnivine	Saving the World from Ruins!	None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method

The foe is struck with slender, whiplike vines to inflict damage.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	A single vine comes out of the hole of the bulb on Bulbasaur's back and strikes the opponent.
Red's Saur	Bulbasaur, Come Home!	Debut
	A single vine comes out of the side of the flower stem on Ivysaur's back and strikes the opponent.
Red's Saur	The Jynx Jinx	None
	A single vine rises off Tangela's body and strikes the opponent.
Erika's Angela	Meanwhile... Vileplume!	None
	Victreebel uses the vine on its head to entangle the opponent. To kill its prey, it stabs it with the yellow dagger at the end of the vine.
Red's Victreebel	Long Live the Nidoking!	None

In other languages

Brazilian Portuguese: Chicote de Cipó, Chicote de Vinha
French: Fouet Lianes
German: Rankenhieb
Italian: Frustata
Danish Slyngpisk
Norwegian: Slyngepisk
Spanish: Látigo Cepa
Portuguese: Chicote de Cipó
Dutch: Roede
Hindi: लाताक की रस्सी Lataak Ki Rassi

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