In the Pokémon manga, a situation will sometimes occur where a Pokémon knows a move it cannot learn legally in any of the games. It is unknown whether these are actual mistakes, a writing policy of not having to stick to the games too closely, or merely the Pokémon using an attribute that shares the name of a move in the games.

Occasionally, in-game event Pokémon that can be transferred onto the main series games have a move that is not normally included in that Pokémon's moveset (a prime example being Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, which gave away four separate Pokémon with moves that were not normally available to that specific Pokémon).

List of manga Pokémon with moves that they cannot learn in the games

Pokémon Adventures

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
  Sabrina's Kadabra Hypnosis 1030Zap! Zap! Zapdos! File:Sabrina Kadabra Hypnosis Teleport Adventures.png
  Blue's Machamp Slam 1040A Charizard... and a Champion  
  Platinum's Empoleon Vacuum Wave 1366Floatzel and Jetsam  
  Riley's Lucario Bonemerang 1418VS. Porygon-Z  
  Phione Heart Swap 1441Different Dimension Battle XI  
  Petrel's Golbat Lick HGSSVS Arceus V  

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
  Brock's Onix Constrict Take Out The Rival Onix!! File:Brock Onix Constrict PM.png
  Red's Clefairy Tackle Hatch the Pokémon Egg!!  

Pokémon Zensho

Sprite Name Move First use Picture
  Satoshi's Charmander Tackle Prologue: Pallet Town  

How I Became a Pokémon Card

Pokémon in How I Became a Pokémon Card will often use moves that they cannot learn in the games. These are generally not errors, though, because this series is based on the Pokémon TCG; the "illegal" moves Pokémon use in this series are moves from their TCG cards.

See also

Move errors in various Pokémon canons
AnimeMangaGameTCG


  This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.