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* In [[Generation II]], after the appearance of the '''"[Pokémon's name] PROTECTING itself!"''' message, another message saying that the opponent's Pokémon's move missed appears. The second message was removed in [[Generation III]], likely to avoid redundancy.
* In [[Generation II]], after the appearance of the '''"[Pokémon's name] PROTECTING itself!"''' message, another message saying that the opponent's Pokémon's move missed appears. The second message was removed in [[Generation III]], likely to avoid redundancy.
* The in-game descriptions for this move's capability isn't entirely true. The only moves it will ''never'' block are {{m|Shadow Force}} and {{m|Feint}}.
* The in-game descriptions for this move's capability isn't entirely true. The only moves it will ''never'' block are {{m|Shadow Force}} and {{m|Feint}}.
* Due to the fact that {{m|Protect}} has exactly the same effect, a higher [[Power points|PP]], and that all Pokémon capable of learning Detect can learn Protect, Detect is [[Imprison (move)|alm]][[Disable (move)|ost]] completely redundant compared to Protect. However, the decay of Detect is less severe than that of Protect.
* Due to the fact that {{m|Protect}} has exactly the same effect, a higher [[Power points|PP]], and that all Pokémon capable of learning Detect can learn Protect, Detect is {{m|Imprison|alm}}{{m|Disable|ost}} completely redundant compared to Protect. However, the decay of Detect is less severe than that of Protect.4
* Detect is the only {{type|Fighting}} [[status move]] introduced in Generation II.
** Detect is also the first Fighting-type status move ever introduced, due to Generation I having none.


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