Manga move errors

In the Pokémon manga, a situation will sometimes occur in which a Pokémon knows a move it cannot learn legally in any of the games. It is unknown whether these are actual mistakes, a writing policy of not having to stick to the games too closely, or merely the Pokémon using an attribute that shares the name of a move in the games.

Occasionally, in-game event Pokémon that can be transferred onto the main series games have a move that is not normally included in that Pokémon's moveset (a prime example being Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, which gave away four separate Pokémon with moves that were not normally available to that specific Pokémon).

List of manga Pokémon with moves that they cannot learn in the games

Pokémon Adventures

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Sabrina's Kadabra	Hypnosis	1030Zap! Zap! Zapdos!
	Blue's Machamp	Slam	1040A Charizard... and a Champion
	Platinum's Empoleon	Vacuum Wave	1366Floatzel and Jetsam
	Riley's Lucario	Bonemerang	1418Deprogramming Porygon-Z
	Phione	Heart Swap	1441Different Dimension Battle XI
	Petrel's Golbat	Lick	HGSSVS Arceus V
	Black's Musha	Teleport	School of Hard Knocks

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Red's Clefairy	Barrier	The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!
	Red's Clefairy	Transform	Take Out The Rival Onix!!
	Red's Clefairy	Tackle	The Pokémon Banana League (Part 1)
	Green's Machamp	Comet Punch	The Pokémon Banana League (Part 2)
	Cleffa	Tackle	Clefairy Becomes a Father…?!

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Gold's Bayleef	Stomp	Extreme Power!! The Friday Pokémon

How I Became a Pokémon Card

Pokémon in How I Became a Pokémon Card will often use moves that they cannot learn in the games. These are generally not errors, though, because this series is based on the Pokémon TCG; the "illegal" moves Pokémon use in this series are moves from their TCG cards.

Similar examples that are not anime move errors

Pokémon which can learn a move in a previous generation

Ash & Pikachu

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Ash's Charizard	DragonBreath	Off To The Battle Frontier!!

See also

Move errors in various Pokémon canons
Anime • Manga • Game • TCG

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.