Supersonic (move)

Supersonic ちょうおんぱ Ultrasound

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  55% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Scramble the order of appeal on the next turn.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Supersonic (Japanese: ちょうおんぱ Ultrasound) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I to II

Supersonic causes the target to become confused. Supersonic will fail if the target has a substitute, or is already confused.

Generation III to V

Supersonic will fail if the target has the Ability Soundproof or Own Tempo.

Generation VI

Supersonic will not fail anymore if the opponent is behind a substitute.

Description

Games Description A special Normal-type technique. Supersonic sound waves are used to confuse the target. A special Normal-type move. Supersonic sound waves are used to confuse the target. Sound waves that cause confusion. RSE Emits bizarre sound waves that may confuse the foe. FRLG The user generates odd sound waves. It may confuse the foe. Emits bizarre sound waves that may cause confusion. The user generates odd sound waves from its body. It may confuse the target. The user generates odd sound waves from its body that confuse the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	21	18	18			18			18				18			18
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	10			6			6	11	5				5	4	4
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--, 10			--, 6			--, 6	--, 11	--, 5				--, 5	--, 4	--, 4
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison		11	9			9			5				5			5
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison		--	--, 9			--, 9			--, 5				--, 5			'
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	7			6			6			5				5			5
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	--, 7			--, 6			--, 6			--, 5				--, 5			'
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel	29			11			11			11				11	4	4
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	--, 29			--, 11			--, 11			--, 11				--, 11	--, 4	--, 4
090		Shellder	Water		Water	18			9			9	15	8				8			8
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	--			--			--			--				--			--
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	--			7			7			5				5			'
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	19			10			10			7				7			'
119		Seaking	Water		Water	--, 19			--, 10			--, 10			--, 7				--, 7			'
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	33			22			22			--				--			--
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying				8			8			6				6			6
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying				--, 8			--, 8			--, 6				--, 6			'
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying				--, 6			--, 6	--, 11	--, 5				--, 5	--, 4	--, 4
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric				5			5			--				--			'
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric				--, 5			--, 5			--				--			'
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying				31			31	45	22				22			22
226		Mantine	Water	Flying				10			8			--, 4				--, 4	--, 3	'
278		Wingull	Water	Flying							7			6				6			'
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying							7			6				6			'
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal							21			21				21			21
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal							23			23				23			23
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal							23			23				23			23
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon										33				33	29	29
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon										33				33	29	29
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying										4				4	3	'
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel										--, 11				--, 11	--, 4	--, 4
463		Lickilicky	Normal		Normal										5				5			'
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying										22				22			22
489		Phione	Water		Water										16				16			'
490		Manaphy	Water		Water										16				16			'
535		Tympole	Water		Water														5			'
536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground														--, 5			'
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground														--, 5			'
666		Vivillon	Bug	Flying																	21
714		Noibat	Flying	Dragon																	--
715		Noivern	Flying	Dragon																	--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying
120		Staryu*	Water		Water
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric
183		Marill	Water		Water
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison
223		Remoraid	Water		Water
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying
366		Clamperl	Water		Water
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water
393		Piplup	Water		Water
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Tympole File:Magnezone Supersonic.png Magnezone Venomoth Venonat
The user generates odd sound waves from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Zubat releases small blue or yellow circles from its mouth at the opponent. The circles grow in size as they reach the opponent.
Brock's Zubat	Clefairy and the Moon Stone		Debut
Dr. Anna's Mimi	Hassle in the Castle		None
A wild Zubat	A Six Pack Attack!		None
	Tentacruel raises its tentacles into the air and gets a flaming blue aura. The opponent is then hit with invisible waves of energy and a loud sound fills their ears, or the middle red gem on Tentacruel forehead glows red and releases multiple red circles that expand outward with a piercing ringing sound.
Captain Crook's Tentacruel	Viva Las Lapras		None
A wild Tentacruel	The Joy of Water Pokémon		None
	Thin blue circles are emitted from Lickitung's mouth at the opponent. The circles move and expand outward with a piercing ringing sound.
Jessie's Lickitung	The Whistle Stop		None
	One big blue circle is released from Golbat's mouth. The circle then grows in size and flies towards the opponent, or Golbat releases multiple light blue or red circles from its mouth that reflect an opponent's attack back at it, or Golbat releases multiple transparent circles from its mouth at the opponent, confusing it.
Brock's Golbat	Hassle in the Castle		None
Agatha's Golbat	The Scheme Team		None
J's henchmen's Golbat	Mutiny in the Bounty!		None
Galactic Grunt's multiple Golbat	The Needs of Three!		None
	Venonat jumps up and points the top of its head towards the opponent. Thin blue circles are then released from the top of its head at the opponent, or Venonat releases one large transparent wave from its body at the opponent.
Aya's Venonat	Ariados, Amigos		None
A Venonat Conway used briefly	Camping it Up!		None
	Crobat releases multiple thin light blue circles from its mouth at the opponent, causing it to hold its ears in pain.
Brock's Crobat	Plant It Now... Diglett Later		None
	The orb on Lanturn's head glows yellow or white and it releases light blue circles at the opponent.
Dorian's Lanturn	Just Add Water		None
Naomi's Lanturn	Lapras of Luxury		None
	Goldeen's horn glows light blue and it releases thin blue circles from it at the opponent.
Misty's Goldeen	Just Add Water		None
	A blue orb appears in between Mantine's ears and the orb releases thin blue circles from it at the opponent.
Dorian's Mantine	Just Add Water		None
	Whismur releases multiple blue energy disks from its mouth at the opponent.
Alanna's Whismur	A Poké-BLOCK Party		None
	The insides of Loudred's ears glow blue. Then, it releases multiple blue soundwaves from its ears at the opponent in pairs.
Guy's Loudred	Exploud and Clear		None
	Vibrava flaps its wings fast, making a large blue circle appear in front of them and fires it at the opponent.
Multiple wild Vibrava	Beg, Burrow, and Steal		None
	Venomoth's eyes glow blue and it releases blue circles from its body at the opponent.
Katie's Venomoth	A Judgment Brawl		None
A Team Rocket Grunt's Venomoth	The Ole' Berate and Switch!		None
	Butterfree releases light blue circles from its mouth at the opponent, confusing it.
Xander's Butterfree	Caterpie's Big Dilemma		None
	Mothim releases multiple large transparent circles from its mouth at the opponent, confusing it.
Cheryl's Mothim	An Angry Combeenation!		Mothim cannot legally learn Supersonic
	Phione releases multiple transparent circles from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Phione	Hold the Phione!		None
	Magnezone releases multiple transparent rings from its eye at the opponent. Sometimes, its middle eye glows red.
A wild Magnezone	Regaining the Home Advantage!		None
Barret's Magnezone	Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!		None
	Tympole releases several sound waves at the opponent. When it hits the opponent, it explodes on impact, making the opponent confused.
Multiple wild Tympole	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		None
	Palpitoad releases several sound waves from its mouth, causing pain in its opponent's ears.
Ash's Palpitoad	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		None

In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga

Zubat
The opponent gets confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Zubat releases multiple invisible rings from its mouth, confusing the opponent.
Anna's Mimi	Treasure Hunting?! Try The Maze!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Butterfree Aerodactyl Golbat Ledian
The user generates odd sound waves from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Magneton makes a horrible sound from its body, causing the opponent to cringe in agony.
Lt. Surge's Magneton	Buzz Off, Electabuzz!		Debut
	Golbat releases transparent sound waves from its mouth. A mirror then appears inside Golbat's mouth and Golbat's Trainer can see what it detects.
Koga's Golbat	That Awful Arbok!		None
Agatha's Golbat	Muk Raking		None
	Aerodactyl opens its mouth and releases multiple rings from it at the opponent, confusing it.
Red's Aero	Holy Moltres		None
Lance's Aerodactyl	Airing Out Aerodactyl		None
	Cloyster stares menacingly at the opponent and emits a horrible sound from its body, causing the opponent to cringe in agony.
Lorelei's Cloyster	Cloystered		None
	Goldeen releases multiple white rings from its mouth at the opponent, confusing it.
Misty's Goldeen	Punching Poliwrath		None
	Butterfree releases multiple circles from its antennae at the opponent.
Yellow's Kitty	The Legend		None
	Togepi fires a beam of circles from one of its hands at the opponent. When the circles hit it, the opponent becomes confused.
Gold's Togebo	Gligar Glide		Used via Metronome
	Ledyba releases multiple circles from its mouth at the opponent.
Prof. Oak's Bach	Slugging It Out With Slugma		None
	Yanmega waves its wings and releases a powerful soundwave from its body.
Team Galactic's multiple Yanmega	Yikes, Yanmega! I		None
	Ledian holds out its arms and calls out loudly, releasing multiple shockwaves from its body, confusing the opponent.
The Battle Factory's Ledian	Uprooting Seedot		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Although the sound-based moves are introduced in Generation III, Supersonic is listed in move index number near other Generation I sound-based moves; Growl, Roar, Sing, and Sonic Boom.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 超音波 Chāoyīnbō Danish Overlyd Supersonisk Dutch Supersonisch Finnish Yliääni French Ultrason German Superschall Greek Υπέρηχος Indonesian Supersonik Italian Supersuono Korean 초음파 Cho-Eumpa Norwegian Supersonisk Polish Superdźwięk Portuguese Brazil Supersônico Portugal Supersônico Romanian Supersonic Serbian Supersonični Napad Spanish Supersónico

Variations of the move Sing
Grass Whistle • Sing • Supersonic

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