Egg Move: Difference between revisions

Aside from Egg Moves, there are several other ways of inheriting moves from parents. Prior to Generation VI, a bred Pokémon will inherit any [[TM]]/[[HM]] moves which its father knows, if it is compatible with that TM/HM. In Pokémon Crystal, a bred Pokémon will inherit any compatible [[Move Tutor]] moves which its father knows. Additionally, if both parents know a move that the bred Pokémon can learn via level-up, it will inherit that move. From {{game|Emerald}} onward, a bred {{p|Pichu}} will know {{m|Volt Tackle}} if either of its parents are holding a [[Light Ball]]. However, inheriting moves in these ways is distinct from inheriting moves as Egg Moves.

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* In [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun, Moon]], [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon]], Pokémon obtained via {{DL|QR Scanner|Island Scan}} will know a specific Egg Move (unless they have none).

* In {{g|Sword and Shield}}, [[Brilliant Pokémon]] will know a random Egg Move.

Egg Moves are transferred in the same order they appear on the move list; if the Pokémon learning moves has fewer move slots than the number of Egg Moves known by the other Pokémon, only the moves highest up on the teaching Pokémon's move list are learned, up to the number of empty slots.

Prior to [[The Isle of Armor]] expansion, this was the only way for Pokémon with the [[Gigantamax Factor]] to learn Egg Moves.

===Relearning Egg Moves===

Egg Moves transferred through the [[Pokémon Nursery]] in [[Generation VIII]] cannot be relearned from the Move Reminder if forgotten.

==Limitations==

====Incense breeding====

For example, starting in [[Generation VI]], {{p|Budew}} has {{m|Extrasensory}} as an Egg Move while {{p|Roselia}} has {{m|Bullet Seed}} as an Egg Move, but neither has the other move as their own Egg Move. Because in Generation VI the Roselia line only has access to both moves as Egg Moves, a Roselia cannot know both moves simultaneously.

===Unobtainable Egg Moves===

In some games, sometimes a move is programed as an Egg Move for a certain Pokémon, but there was no way of legitimately obtaining it (without using glitches). This happens when a Pokémon has an Egg Move that no Pokémon in their Egg Group can learn except as an Egg Move and there are no valid chain breeding pathways, or when the only Pokémon in their Egg Group that can learn the move cannot pass it to the Pokémon. This cannot occur for Pokémon in the {{egg3|Field}}, due to male {{p|Smeargle}} being able to pass down any Egg Move.

The following is a full list of all historically unobtainable Egg Moves.

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| data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}

| class="c" | {{MSP/3|001|Bulbasaur}} || {{p|Bulbasaur}}

| {{m|Charm}}

| style="text-align:center; background:#{{Grass color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Grass (Egg Group)|Grass}}

Bulbasaur no longer has Charm as an Egg Move in [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]] due to it being taught by [[TM29]].

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| class="c" | {{MSP/3|043|Oddish}} || {{p|Oddish}}

| {{m|Charm}}

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Grass color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Grass (Egg Group)|Grass}}

Oddish no longer has Charm as an Egg Move in [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]] due to it being taught by [[TM29]].

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| rowspan="3" data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}

| rowspan="3" class="c" | {{MSP/3|120|Staryu}} || rowspan="3" | {{p|Staryu}}

| {{m|Aurora Beam}}

| rowspan="3" | Staryu is [[gender unknown]], so can only breed with {{p|Ditto}} and thus cannot inherit any Egg Moves.

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| class="c" | {{MSP/3|143|Snorlax}} || {{p|Snorlax}}

| {{m|Charm}}

| {{p|Nidoran♀}} can learn Charm by breeding and is in the Monster Egg Group, but cannot pass the move down due to being female-only.

Snorlax no longer has Charm as an Egg Move in [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]] due to it being taught by [[TM29]].

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| data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}

| class="c" | {{MSP/3|238|Smoochum}} || {{p|Smoochum}}

| {{m|Lovely Kiss}}

| Its evolved form, {{p|Jynx}}, can learn the move, but cannot pass the move down due to being female-only. While female Pokémon can pass down Egg Moves from Generation VI onward, making this Egg Move possible, Smoochum no longer has Lovely Kiss as an Egg Move.

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| data-sort-value="4.2" | {{Gameabbrev4|HGSS}}

| class="c" | {{MSP/3|299|Nosepass}} || {{p|Nosepass}}

| {{m|Head Smash}}

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| data-sort-value="6.0" | {{Gameabbrev6|XY}}

| class="c" | {{MSP/6|236|Tyrogue}} || {{p|Tyrogue}}

| {{m|Ally Switch}}

| Several Pokémon in the Human-Like Egg Group can learn Ally Switch, but because the Tyrogue evolutionary line is male-only and none of its evolutions can learn Ally Switch, it cannot inherit the Egg Move from any of them.

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| data-sort-value="7.1" | {{Gameabbrev7|USUM}}

| class="c" | {{MSP/6|198|Murkrow}} || {{p|Murkrow}}

| {{m|Punishment}}

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Flying color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Flying (Egg Group)|Flying}}

| {{p|Vullaby}} and {{p|Mandibuzz}} can learn Punishment and are in the Flying Egg Group, but cannot pass the move down due to being female-only.

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In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness|Explorers of Time, Darkness]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky]], Pokémon hatched from {{pkmn|Egg}}s in the {{DL|Treasure Town|Chansey Day Care}} will know Egg Moves. They will know enough moves to fill their initial moveset, meaning that a species with one move at level 1 will be given three random Egg Moves, which is determined when the hatched Pokémon joins the team. The hatched Pokémon's species and gender are determined when completing the mission in the dungeon. Additionally, in Explorers of Sky, some choices for the player and partner's species will initially know a set Egg Move. Egg Moves cannot be relearned if the player chooses to forget them. It should be noted that unlike [[core series]] games prior to [[Generation VI]], it is possible for non-{{egg|Field}} Pokémon to learn any Egg Move combinations.

==In the anime==

|zh_cmn=蛋招式 ''{{tt|Dàn Zhāoshì|Egg Move}}''

|fr=Capacité Œuf

|it=Mossa Uovo

|es=Movimiento de huevo

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