Tail Whip (move)
Tail Whip しっぽをふる Tail Wag | ||||||||||||
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Tail Whip (Japanese: しっぽをふる Tail Wag) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Tail Whip decreases the Defense stat of all adjacent opponents by one stage.
Tail Whip can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if the move Charm was used in the prior turn.
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Tail Whip, the user's Attack stat rises one stage.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0007 | Monster | Water 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4SMUSUM 5PE |
1 | ||||
0008 | Monster | Water 1 | 1 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE |
1 | ||||
0009 | Monster | Water 1 | 1 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE |
1 | ||||
0019 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
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019A | Rattata
Alola Form |
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Field | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
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0020 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
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020A | Raticate
Alola Form |
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Field | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
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0025 | Field | Fairy | 6Y | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
1 | ||||
0026 | Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
026A | Raichu
Alola Form |
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Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0029 | Monster | Field | 21RGB 23Y |
23 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7SMUSUM 3PE |
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0030 | 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 | 23RGB 27Y |
27 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
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0031 | |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
0037 | Field | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4SMUSUM 3PE |
1 | |||||
037A | Vulpix
Alola Form |
Field | 4SMUSUM 3PE |
1 | ||||||||||
0038 | Field | 1 | 1PE | 1 | ||||||||||
038A | Ninetales
Alola Form |
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Field | 1PE | 1 | |||||||||
0054 | Water 1 | Field | 28 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5BW 4B2W2 |
4 | 4SMUSUM 5PE |
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0055 | Water 1 | Field | 1, 28 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5BW 1, 4B2W2 |
1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE |
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0077 | Field | 30 | 8 | 9 | 10DP 6PtHGSS |
4 | 4 | 4SMUSUM 1PE |
1 | |||||
077G | Ponyta
Galarian Form |
Field | 1 | |||||||||||
0078 | Field | 1, 30 | 1, 8 | 1, 9 | 1, 10DP 1, 6PtHGSS |
1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1PE |
1 | |||||
078G | Rapidash
Galarian Form |
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Field | 1 | ||||||||||
0104 | Monster | 13Y | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3SMUSUM 2PE |
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0105 | Monster | 1, 13Y | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3SMUSUM 1, 2PE |
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105A | Marowak
Alola Form |
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Monster | 1, 3SMUSUM 1, 2PE |
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0111 | |
Monster | Field | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
0112 | |
Monster | Field | 1, 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
0113 | Fairy | 1Y | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5SMUSUM 8PE |
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0115 | Monster | 31 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10SMUSUM 11PE |
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0118 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0119 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0128 | Field | 28 | 4 | 4RSE 1FRLG |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3SMUSUM 6PE |
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0133 | Field | 31RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
1 | |||||
0134 | Field | 37RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1 | |||||
0135 | Field | 37RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1 | |||||
0136 | Field | 37RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1 | |||||
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 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||
0183 | |
Water 1 | Fairy | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7BW 2B2W2 |
2 | 2 | |||||
0184 | |
Water 1 | Fairy | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 7 | 1, 7BW 1, 2B2W2 |
1, 2 | 1, 2 | |||||
0187 | |
Fairy | Grass | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||
0188 | |
Fairy | Grass | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 7 | 1, 7 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | |||||
0189 | |
Fairy | Grass | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 7 | 1, 7 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | |||||
0190 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0194 | |
Water 1 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
0195 | |
Water 1 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
0196 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0197 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0209 | Field | Fairy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0210 | Field | Fairy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0242 | Fairy | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
0263 | Field | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
0264 | Field | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1 | |||||||
0298 | |
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 | 6 | 7 | 7BW 2B2W2 |
2 | 2 | ||||||
0300 | Field | Fairy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0352 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0424 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0464 | |
Monster | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0470 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0471 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0498 | Field | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
0499 | |
Field | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | |||||||||
0500 | |
Field | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | |||||||||
0501 | Field | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
0502 | Field | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | ||||||||||
0503 | Field | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | ||||||||||
0522 | Field | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
0523 | Field | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | ||||||||||
0550 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0587 | |
Field | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
0653 | Field | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
0654 | Field | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
0655 | |
Field | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0672 | Field | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
0673 | Field | 9 | 1, 9 | |||||||||||
0676 | Field | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
0690 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
0691 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
0694 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0695 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | ||||||||||
0696 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0697 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0700 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0702 | |
Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0808 | 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 | 9PE | 8 | ||||||||||
0809 | 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 | 1, 9PE | 1 | ||||||||||
0819 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0820 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0827 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0828 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0835 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0836 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0877 | |
Field | Fairy | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0052 | Field | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0417 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0431 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0572 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
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
Description
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In the anime
The user wags its tail cutely. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Psyduck wags its tail back and forth at the opponent. | |||
Misty's Psyduck | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | Debut | |
Marill jumps into the air above the opponent and hits its face lightly with the orb on the end of its tail once or repeatedly. | |||
Marill (anime) | Pikachu's Exploration Club | None | |
Alolan Raticate hits the opponent with its tail. | |||
Totem Raticate | A Team-on-Team Tussle! | None |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user wags its tail. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Rhyhorn whips its backside around and hits the opponent with its small tail. | |||
Giovanni's Rhyhorn | Long Live the Nidoqueen!? | Debut | |
Golducks wags its tail back and forth and repeatedly hits the opponent with it. | |||
Blue's Golduck | Lapras Lazily | None | |
Vulpix turns around and waves its six tails back and forth in the air. | |||
Courtney's Vulpix | It All Ends Now III | None | |
Blitzle turns its back to the opponent and waves its tail back and forth. | |||
Andy's Blitzle | Black's First Trainer Battle | None |
In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master! manga
The user wags its tail. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Wooper wags its tail. | |||
Kakuzō's Wooper | ABM06 | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
In other languages
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Variations of the move Leer | ||
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