Spit Up (move)

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Spit Up はきだす Spit Up

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Works well if the user is pumped up.

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

Spit Up (Japanese: はきだす Spit Up) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

The Pokémon who are able to learn this move are also able to learn the related moves Stockpile and Swallow, except Qwilfish, which cannot learn Swallow.

Effect

Generation III

This move will fail if the user has not used Stockpile. If Spit Up is used after Stockpiling, Spit Up inflicts damage to the target and has no secondary effect. After Spit Up is used, the Stockpile count will be reset.

The base power of Spit Up depends on the number of times Stockpile was used. The base power varies as follows:

• One Stockpile = 100 base power
• Two Stockpiles = 200 base power
• Three Stockpiles = 300 base power

Generation IV

Spit Up now removes any Defense and Special Defense boosts gained through Stockpile. However, it simply will say the effect wore off without showing the stats changing, unlike Stockpile.

Generation V

The boost removal is now shown as stat drops.

Description

Games Description RSE Releases stockpiled power (the more the better). FRLG The power built using Stockpile is released at once for attack. Releases stockpiled power (the more the better). The power stored using the move Stockpile is released at once in an attack. The power stored using the move Stockpile is released at once in an attack. The more power is stored, the greater the damage. The power stored using the move Stockpile is released at once in an attack. The more power is stored, the greater the move's power.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	37			25				25			25
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	46			28				27			27
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison		--	--				--			--
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric				27				27			27
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison				25				25			25
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying	47			38				38	39	39 33
303		Mawile	Steel	Fairy	46			51				51			50 41
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	34			34				39			39 28
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	40			38				45			45 30
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	50			57				57			57 46
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	60			66				66			--, 66 52
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying				27				30	32	32
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying				27				32	34	34
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass				31				37			37
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire								56			50
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
086		Seel	Water		Water
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison
194		Wooper	Water	Ground
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire
322		Numel	Fire	Ground
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison
363		Spheal	Ice	Water
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass
422		Shellos	Water		Water
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground
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

Anthony's Swalot Gulpin Reggie's Swalot
The power stored using the move Stockpile is released at once in an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	A purple ball of energy appears in front of Gulpin's mouth. Then, it fires a purple and white beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Gulpin	Gulpin it Down		Debut
Professor Jacuzzi's Gulpin	Gulpin it Down		None
	Swalot spits up anything that it swallowed, or Swalot fires a light blue beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Anthony's Swalot	Deceit and Assist		None
Reggie's Swalot	Lost Leader Strategy!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pelipper
The user shoots out previously stored energy to attack the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pelipper releases anything it was holding in its mouth and fires it at the opponent in the shape of a powerful beam that it fires from its beak.
Amber's Pelipper	Can I Ninjask You a Question?		Debut

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, andSky	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Despite it being a Normal-type move, no Pokémon of that type (aside from Smeargle with Sketch) learn this move.
• After using Stockpile three times, Spit Up has the highest base power of all Normal-type moves, surpassing even Explosion.
• Qwilfish, Trubbish, and Garbodor are the only Pokémon that are able to learn Stockpile and Spit Up, but unable to learn Swallow.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 噴出 Pēnchū Dutch Spuug uit Finnish Sylkäisy French Relâche German Entfessler Greek Πτυσμός Italian Sfoghenergia Korean 토해내기 Tohaenaegi Polish Wyplucie Portuguese Brazil Liberação Portugal Cuspir Romanian Scuiparea Serbian Pljuvanje Spanish Escupir

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