Bubble Beam (move)
| BubbleBeam バブルこうせん Bubble Beam | ||||||||||||
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BubbleBeam (Japanese: バブルこうせん Bubble Beam) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Misty will give the player the TM for this move after her defeat in Generation I.
Effect
BubbleBeam does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's speed by 1 level.
BubbleBeam will not be able to lower the target's speed if it has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, or if the target has a Substitute.
Learnset
Generation I
By TM11
Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0060
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0060
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Corphish, Crawdaunt
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Corsola
Corphish, Crawdaunt
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Corsola
Corphish, Crawdaunt
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Chinchou, Lanturn
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation V
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Corsola
Corphish, Crawdaunt
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge
Koaruhie, Swanna
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Krabby, Kingler
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra
Marill, Azumarill
Corsola
Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
Surskit, Masquerain
Corphish, Crawdaunt
Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon
Otamaro, Gamagaru, Gamageroge
Koaruhie, Swanna
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Chinchou, Lanturn
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0550
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Basslao
| style="background: #FFF" | Basslao
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Chinchou, Lanturn
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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In the anime
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| The user releases bubbles from its mouth. | |||
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Mantine releases a stream of light blue or clear bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed. | ||
| Molly's Mantine | Spell of the Unown | Debut | |
| Dorian's Mantine | Just Add Water | None | |
| Lola's Mantine | A Family That Battles Together Stays Together! | None | |
| Multiple wild Mantine | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | None | |
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Marill releases a white bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed. | ||
| Pietra's Marill | Right On, Rhydon! | None | |
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A blue ball forms in Suicune's mouth. Suicune then shoots multiple amounts of blue bubbles at the opponent from the blue ball. When the attack is over, the last bubble explodes and sends the opponent back. | ||
| Suicune (movie 4) | Celebi: Voice of the Forest | None | |
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Azumarill releases white bubbles from its mouth at a great speed. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Azumarill | Dueling Heroes | None | |
| Jackson's Azumarill | Tie One On! | None | |
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A blue ball forms in Corsola's mouth and it releases a steam of blue bubbles from the orb. | ||
| Misty's Corsola | Pokémon Heroes | None | |
| Juan's Corsola | The Great Eight Fate! | None | |
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Tentacruel releases multiple blue bubbles from under the large blue stinger on its face. | ||
| Kim's Tentacruel | Cerulean Blues | None | |
| Kail's Tentacruel | Cerulean Blues | None | |
| A Coordinator's Tentacruel | A Cacturne for the Worse | None | |
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Crawdaunt opens its pincers and releases light blue, multicolored, or blue bubbles at the opponent from both or one pincer. | ||
| Team Aqua grunt's Crawdaunt | Stairway to Devon | None | |
| Shelly's Crawdaunt | Fight for the Meteorite | None | |
| Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt | Unfair-Weather Friends | None | |
| Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt | On Olden Pond | None | |
| A Coordinator's Crawdaunt | Battling the Generation Gap! | None | |
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Corphish opens its pincers and fires light blue or multicolored bubbles at the opponent from one or both of them. | ||
| Ash's Corphish | Gone Corphishin' | None | |
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Surskit raises its front two legs and a light blue ball forms between them. It then lowers the ball and multiple light blue bubbles come out and hit the opponent. | ||
| Max's Surskit | Maxxed Out! | None | |
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The jewel in the middle of Staryu's body glows orange and it releases orange bubbles from it at the opponent. | ||
| Misty's Staryu | The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | None | |
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Piplup opens its beak and releases a stream of blue bubbles at the opponent. Sometimes its beak glows light blue when it uses the attack. | ||
| A Piplup Dawn imagined | Following a Maiden's Voyage! | None | |
| Dawn's Piplup | Following a Maiden's Voyage! | None | |
| Piplup of Team Poképals | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness | None | |
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The inside of Prinplup's beak glows light blue and it fires light blue bubbles at the oppponent from its beak. | ||
| Kenny's Prinplup | Getting the Pre-Contest Titters! | None | |
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The inside of Mime Jr.'s mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles at the opponent from its mouth. | ||
| James's Mime Jr. | All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go! | Used via Mimic | |
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Mantyke fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| A Coordinator's Mantyke | Dawn of a Royal Day! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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| A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Staryu releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent. | ||
| Misty's Staryu | Gyarados Splashes In! | Debut | |
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Starmie releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent. | ||
| Misty's Starmie | Suddenly Starmie | None | |
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Dragonair's horn glows and it fires a stream of bubbles from the horn at the opponent. | ||
| Lance's two Dragonair | Rhyhorn Rising | None | |
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Gyarados opens its mouth and releases a stream of bubbles from its mouth at the opponent. | ||
| Lance's Gyarados | Rhyhorn Rising | None | |
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Suicune releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. The beam then breaks apart into millions of bubbles that hit the opponent. | ||
| Crys's Suicune | Debonaire Dragonair | None | |
Trivia
- If Secret Power is used on a pond in Generation III, it will have the animation of BubbleBeam.
- Every Pokémon learning BubbleBeam past Generation I is getting STAB from it (counting both leveling up and breeding).
In other languages
- Chinese: 泡沫光線 Pàomò Guāngxiàn
- Danish: Boblestråle
- Dutch: Bubbelstraal
- Finnish: Kuplasäde
- French: Bulles d'O
- German: Blubbstrahl
- Greek: Ακτίνα απο Φούσκες
- Italian: Bollaraggio
- Korean: 거품광선 Geopum Gwangseon
- Norwegian: Boblestråle
- Polish: Bąbelkowy Promień
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Raio de Bolhas, Feixe de Bolhas ("Bubble Bunch"), Jato de Bolhas ("Bubble Jet")
- Portuguese (European): Raio de Bolhas (Pokémon Chronicles); Jacto de Bolhas (Diamond and Pearl Series)
- Spanish: Rayo Burbuja
| Variations of the move Psybeam | ||||
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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 | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 | |