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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* The Japanese, Chinese, and Korean names of this move literally mean "to fight with one's back to the river," an idiom for a desperate last stand. The idiom originated from the historical {{wp|Battle of Jingxing}}, where the now-renowned Chinese general {{wp|Han Xin}} ordered his army to fight with a river at their backs and no way to cross, successfully routing an enemy ten times their number. The move's animation is a reference to this. | * The Japanese, Chinese, and Korean names of this move literally mean "to fight with one's back to the river," an idiom for a desperate last stand. The idiom originated from the historical {{wp|Battle of Jingxing}}, where the now-renowned Chinese general {{wp|Han Xin}} ordered his army to fight with a river at their backs and no way to cross, successfully routing an enemy ten times their number. The move's animation is a reference to this. | ||
* No Retreat is the only move to cause the [[No Escape| | * No Retreat is the only move to cause the [[No Escape|Status condition]] status condition on the user itself. | ||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||