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 ==Trivia==
 * Its Japanese name refers to striking someone with the blunt side of a sword.
-* Due to the move's effect of always leaving the target with at least 1 HP, False Swipe is the only damaging move capable of doing zero damage on a successful strike; it does zero damage on a target with exactly 1 HP left.
+* Due to the move's effect of always leaving the target with at least 1 HP, False Swipe is the only damage-dealing move capable of doing zero damage on a successful hit; it does zero damage on a target with exactly 1 HP left.
-* In the episode ''[[EP140|Wired for Battle!]]'', [[Shingo]] tells his Scizor, Blade, to "finish {{AP|it|Heracross}} off with False Swipe". However, as False Swipe can never knock out a Pokémon, this command is incorrect. This sentence has since then turned famous around the Pokémon fandom.
+* In the episode ''[[EP140|Wired for Battle!]]'', [[Shingo]] tells his Scizor, Blade, to "finish {{AP|it|Heracross}} off with False Swipe", despite False Swipe being unable to knock out a Pokémon.
 * False Swipe is one of few [[move]]s with the same base {{PP}} and [[power]].