Zap Cannon (move)
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Zap Cannon でんじほう Electromagnetic Cannon | ||||||||||||
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Zap Cannon (Japanese: でんじほう Electromagnetic Cannon) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation II. It was TM07 in Generation II.
Effect
Generations II and III
Zap Cannon has a power of 100 and paralyzes the target every time it hits.
Zap Cannon can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra four appeal points if either Charge or Lock-On was used in the prior turn.
Generation IV onwards
Zap Cannon's power was raised to 120.
Pokémon with the Bulletproof Ability are immune to Zap Cannon.
Zap Cannon can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing Hex and Smelling Salts to give extra three appeal points if used in the next turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0081 | |
Mineral | 45 | 50 | 54 | 59BW 57B2W2 |
57XY 49ORAS |
49 | |||||
0082 | |
Mineral | 53 | 62 | 60 | 66BW 73B2W2 |
1, 73XY 1, 63ORAS |
1, 63 | |||||
0137 | Mineral | 44 | 48 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | ||||||
0145 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 92B2W2 | 1, 92 | 99 | |||||||
0181 | Monster | Field | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0205 | |
Bug | 31FRLG | 62DP 65PtHGSS |
64 | 1, 64 | 1, 60 | ||||||
0233 | Mineral | 44 | 48 | 62 | 62 | 1, 62 | 1, 62 | ||||||
0299 | Mineral | 43 | 61DP 67PtHGSS |
67BW 50B2W2 |
50XY 43ORAS |
43 | |||||||
0377 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 49 | 65 | 65 | 1, 65XY 55ORAS |
55 | ||||||
0378 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 49 | 65 | 65 | 1, 65XY 55ORAS |
55 | ||||||
0379 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 49 | 65 | 65 | 1, 65XY 55ORAS |
55 | ||||||
386A | Deoxys
Attack Forme |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 40 | 81 | 81 | 81XY 61ORAS |
61 | |||||
0462 | |
Mineral | 60 | 66BW 73B2W2 |
1, 73XY 1, 63ORAS |
1, 63 | |||||||
0474 | Mineral | 62 | 62 | 1, 62 | 1, 62 | ||||||||
0476 | |
Mineral | 61DP 67PtHGSS |
67BW 50B2W2 |
50XY 43ORAS |
43 | |||||||
0599 | Mineral | 54 | 54 | 54 | |||||||||
0600 | Mineral | 60 | 60 | 60 | |||||||||
0601 | Mineral | 66 | 1, 66 | 66 | |||||||||
0603 | Amorphous | 69 | 69 | 69 | |||||||||
0604 | Amorphous | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0649 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 66 | 66 | 66 | |||||||
0738 | |
Bug | 41 | ||||||||||
0796 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 73 | ||||||||||
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 TM
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Machine | |||||||||
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II TM07 |
III -- |
IV -- |
V -- |
VI -- |
VII -- |
VIII -- |
IX -- | ||||||
0025 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ||||||||||
0026 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ||||||||||
0035 | Fairy | ✔ | |||||||||||
0036 | Fairy | ✔ | |||||||||||
0039 | Fairy | ✔ | |||||||||||
0040 | Fairy | ✔ | |||||||||||
0052 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0053 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0063 | Human-Like | ✔ | |||||||||||
0064 | Human-Like | ✔ | |||||||||||
0065 | Human-Like | ✔ | |||||||||||
0079 | |
Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | |||||||||
0080 | |
Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | |||||||||
0081 | |
Mineral | ✔ | ||||||||||
0082 | |
Mineral | ✔ | ||||||||||
0088 | Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0089 | Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0092 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ||||||||||
0093 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ||||||||||
0094 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ||||||||||
0096 | Human-Like | ✔ | |||||||||||
0097 | Human-Like | ✔ | |||||||||||
0100 | Mineral | ✔ | |||||||||||
0101 | Mineral | ✔ | |||||||||||
0109 | Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0110 | Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0111 | |
Monster | Field | ✔ | |||||||||
0112 | |
Monster | Field | ✔ | |||||||||
0113 | Fairy | ✔ | |||||||||||
0115 | Monster | ✔ | |||||||||||
0120 | Water 3 | ✔ | |||||||||||
0121 | |
Water 3 | ✔ | ||||||||||
0122 | Human-Like | ✔ | |||||||||||
0125 | Human-Like | ✔ | |||||||||||
0128 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0130 | |
Water 2 | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
0131 | |
Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | |||||||||
0135 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0136 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0137 | Mineral | ✔ | |||||||||||
0143 | Monster | ✔ | |||||||||||
0145 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | |||||||||
0147 | Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ||||||||||
0148 | Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | ||||||||||
0149 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||
0150 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0151 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0170 | |
Water 2 | ✔ | ||||||||||
0171 | |
Water 2 | ✔ | ||||||||||
0172 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0173 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0174 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0175 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0176 | |
Flying | Fairy | ✔ | |||||||||
0179 | Monster | Field | ✔ | ||||||||||
0180 | Monster | Field | ✔ | ||||||||||
0181 | Monster | Field | ✔ | ||||||||||
0190 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0196 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0197 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0199 | |
Monster | Water 1 | ✔ | |||||||||
0200 | Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0203 | |
Field | ✔ | ||||||||||
0206 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0209 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ||||||||||
0210 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ||||||||||
0216 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0217 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0233 | Mineral | ✔ | |||||||||||
0239 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0241 | Field | ✔ | |||||||||||
0242 | Fairy | ✔ | |||||||||||
0243 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | ||||||||||
0249 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | |||||||||
0250 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | |||||||||
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 Move Tutor
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Game | ||
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XD | ||||||
0151 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | |||
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 event
Generation II
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0007 | Monster | Water 1 | New York Pokémon Center | |||
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. |
Generation IV
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0243 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | Shiny Crown Raikou Shinsegae Raikou Korean Crown Raikou GameStop Raikou Winter 2011 Raikou | |||
0386 | DeoxysLv. 50
Normal Forme |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 10th Movie Deoxys GameStop Deoxys Nintendo of Korea Deoxys | ||
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 other games
Pokémon GO
Description
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In the anime
The opponent is hit by a massive lightning field from the user. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Alakazam hold its spoons in front of its face and they begin to crackle with electrical energy, creating a white electric orb between them. It then fires the orb at the opponent. | |||
Alex Davis's Alakazam | Power Play! | Debut | |
Jolteon releases a cyclone of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Satsuki's Jolteon | Trouble's Brewing | Incorrectly dubbed as Thunder Wave | |
Nosepass's nose glows yellow and it fires a massive electrical blast from it at the opponent, or a yellow orb of electricity with a red center appears in front of Nosepass's nose and it fires it at the opponent. | |||
Roxanne's Nosepass | The Winner By a Nosepass | Referred to as Hyper Beam in the Japanese version | |
Holly's Nosepass | Glory Blaze! | None | |
Alan's Nosepass | Nosing 'Round the Mountain! | None | |
Magneton releases a huge amount of electricity at the opponent from its magnet tips. | |||
Wattson's Magneton | Watt's with Wattson | None | |
The gem on Espeon's forehead glows green and it fires a yellow-green energy ball from it at the opponent. | |||
Anabel's Espeon | Second Time's the Charm! | Espeon cannot legally know Zap Cannon in Generation III | |
Registeel puts its hands together and creates a yellow-green ball of electricity between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | |||
Brandon's Registeel | Overjoyed! | None | |
Probopass creates a yellow ball with a red center in front of its nose and fires it at the opponent. | |||
Alan's Probopass | Nosing 'Round the Mountain! | None | |
A Coordinator's Probopass | Dawn of a Royal Day! | None | |
Deoxys puts its tentacles together and a yellow ball of electricity forms in between them. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | |||
A wild Deoxys | Cheers on Castaways Isle! | None | |
Regice puts its hands in front of it and creates a yellow orb of electricity with a red center in front of its hands. It then separates its hands and fires the orb at the opponent. | |||
Brandon's Regice | A Pyramiding Rage! | None | |
Regirock sticks out its arms and a yellow orb of electricity with a red center appears in front of them. It then fires the orb at the opponent. | |||
Brandon's Regirock | Pillars of Friendship! | None | |
Magnezone releases a yellow beam of electricity from its red pupil at the opponent. | |||
Belmondo's Magnezone | Confronting the Darkness! | None |
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
The user releases a beam of electricity. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Nosepass releases a beam of electricity. | |||
Roxanne's Nosepass | Trust In Each Other!! | Debut |
In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
The user fires a blast of electricity at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Porygon-Z's body glows and it releases a blast of electricity at the opponent. | |||
Io's Porygon-Z | Stopping Darkrai!! | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user fires a powerful beam of electricity from their body at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Porygon2 fires a powerful beam of electricity from the tip of its tail at the opponent. Sometimes, before it uses the attack, its eyes start to glow. | |||
The Pokémon Association's Porygon2 | Forretress of Solitude | Debut | |
Blue's Porygon2 | Once More into the Unown | None | |
Magnemite points its magnets at the opponent and the tips become surrounded by electricity. It then fires four powerful beams from its magnet tips at the opponent. | |||
Lt. Surge's Magnemite | Magnificent Magnemite | None | |
Magnezone points its magnets at the opponent. It then fires two powerful beams from its magnet tips at the opponent. | |||
Wally's Magnezone | PAORAS16 | None | |
Porygon fires a powerful beam of electricity from the tip of its tail at the opponent. | |||
Gladion's Porygon | PASM07 | None |
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
The user releases a sphere of electricity. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu releases a sphere of electricity. | |||
Shu's Pikachu | GDZ54 | Debut | |
Chinchou releases a sphere of electricity. | |||
Shu's Chinchou | GDZ54 | None | |
Elekid releases a sphere of electricity. | |||
An Unknown Trainer's Elekid | GDZ57 | None |
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga
The user releases a stream of electricity at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Magnezone releases a stream of electricity at the opponent from its magnet. | |||
Unknown Trainer's Magnezone | PBK6 | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Although Espeon was only able to be taught Zap Cannon in Generation II, Anabel's Espeon used it in Second Time's the Charm!, an episode that is set during the time of Generation III.
In other languages
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Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
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