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'''Thunderbolt''' (Japanese: '''１０まんボルト''' ''100,000 Volts'') is a damage-dealing {{type|Electric}} [[move]] introduced in [[Generation I]]. It was [[TM24]] in Generation I before losing its status in Generation II. It returned to being TM24 from Generation III onwards.

==Effect==

Thunderbolt can now paralyze Electric-type Pokémon.

===Generation VI===

==Description==

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|A strong electrical attack that may also leave the foe paralyzed.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevss|Colo}}{{gameabbrevss|XD}}|A strong electrical attack. It may paralyze the target.{{tt|*|Move}}<br>A powerful electric attack that may cause paralysis.{{tt|*|TM}}}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev5|BWB2W2}}|A strong electric blast is loosed at the target. It may also leave the target with paralysis.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev6|XYORAS}}<br>{{gameabbrev7|SM}}|A strong electric blast crashes down on the target. This may also leave the target with paralysis.}}

===By [[Level|leveling up]]===

{{Movehead/Level|Electric|1}}

===By {{pkmn|breeding}}===

{{Movehead/Breed|Electric|2}}

===By [[TM]]===

{{Movehead/TM|Electric|1|TM24|no|TM24|TM24|TM24|TM24|TM24}}

===By [[Move Tutor]]===

{{Movehead/Tutor|Electric}}

{{Movehead/Tutor/2}}

==In other games==

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|type=Electric

|segments=2

|crit=5

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===Description===

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Frank|user1=Frank's multiple Pikachu|startcode=XY078|startname=Lights! Camera! Pika!}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Hoopa (anime)|user1=Multiple Pikachu summoned by Hoopa|startcode=M18|startname=Hoopa and the Clash of Ages}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Jimmy (XY115)|user1=Jimmy's Spike|startcode=XY115|startname=Battling at Full Volume!}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=026|pkmn=Raichu|method=Raichu's cheeks crackle with yellow electricity and it releases many powerful bolts or one bolt of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=125|pkmn=Electabuzz|method=Electabuzz releases powerful bolts of yellow lightning from its horns or its body, or Electabuzz puts its hands out and fires a blast of yellow lightning from its hands at the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Kaz|user1=Kaz's Electabuzz|startcode=EP042|startname=Showdown at Dark City}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Drake (Orange League)|user1=Drake's Electabuzz|startcode=EP112|startname=Enter the Dragonite}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Electric company|user1=Electric Company's Electabuzz|startcode=EP199|startname=Current Events}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Macy|user1=Macy's Electabuzz|startcode=EP267|startname=Love, Pokémon Style}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Jump (AG126)|user1=Jump's Electabuzz|startcode=AG126|startname=Saved by the Beldum}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=082|pkmn=Magneton|method=Magneton's magnets glow yellow or white and a powerful bolt of yellow electricity is released from them at the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Ethan (EP101)|user1=Ethan's Number 6|startcode=EP101|startname=Get Along, Little Pokémon}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Vincent|user1=Jackson's Magneton|startcode=EP268|startname=Tie One On!}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Magneton (Pokémon)|user1=Multiple wild Magneton|startcode=AG040|startname=Watt's with Wattson}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Magneton (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Magneton|startcode=AG058|startname=All Torkoal, No Play}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Zero|user1=Zero's Magneton|startcode=M11|startname=Giratina and the Sky Warrior}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Magneton (Pokémon)|user1=Academy's Magneton|startcode=XY048|startname=A Campus Reunion!}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Magnemite (Pokémon)|user1=Academy's Magnemite|startcode=XY048|startname=A Campus Reunion!}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=135|pkmn=Jolteon|method=Jolteon releases a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. Sometimes, yellow sparks appear around its body before it fires the attack.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Jolteon (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Jolteon|startcode=EP242|startname=As Clear as Crystal}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Volkner|user1=Volkner's Jolteon|startcode=DP179|startname=The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Virgil|user1=Virgil's Jolteon|startcode=BW102|startname=Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=053|pkmn=Persian|method=Persian's eyes glow yellow. Then, it releases a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=121|pkmn=Starmie|method=Starmie releases a powerful bolt of yellow lightning from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Rudy|user1=Rudy's Starmie|startcode=EP103|startname=Misty Meets Her Match}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Voltorb (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Voltorb|startcode=EP242|startname=As Clear as Crystal}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Voltorb (Pokémon)|user1=Multiple wild Voltorb|startcode=AG040|startname=Watt's with Wattson}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Christopher and Jeannie|user1=Christopher and Jeannie's Voltorb|startcode=AG150|startname=May's Egg-Cellent Adventure}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=181|pkmn=Ampharos|method=Ampharos releases a powerful bolt of yellow lightning from its ears or body at the opponent. Sometimes, yellow sparks appear around its ears before it uses the attack.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Kimmy Shoney|user1=Kimmy Shoney's Tokin|startcode=AG112|startname=Showdown At Linoone}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=101|pkmn=Electrode|method=Electrode releases a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=052|pkmn=Meowth|method=Yellow sparks surround Meowth's body and it fires a bolt of yellow lightning from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Tyson's Meowth|startcode=AG125|startname=Like a Meowth to a Flame}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Jaco|user1=Jaco's Electrike|startcode=DP042|startname=The Electrike Company!}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=109|pkmn=Koffing|method=Koffing's body becomes surrounded by yellow electricity and it fires multiple beams of yellow electricity at the opponent from its body.}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=171|pkmn=Lanturn|method=The front orb on Lanturn's antennas glow yellow and it fires a beam of electricity from the orb at the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Kyle (Sinnoh)|user1=Kyle's Lanturn|startcode=DP078|startname=Pruning a Passel of Pals!}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=019|pkmn=Rattata|method=Rattata releases a bolt of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=405|pkmn=Luxray|method=Luxray releases a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=034|pkmn=Nidoking|method=Nidoking's horn sparks with yellow electricity and it releases a beam of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Paul|user1=Paul's Nidoking|startcode=DP128|startname=A Pyramiding Rage!}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Zoey's Glameow|startcode=DP177|startname=A Grand Fight for Winning!}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=243|pkmn=Raikou|method=Raikou's body becomes surrounded in yellow static, and then it surrounds its body in yellow electricity. It then fires a beam of electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movep|type=electric|ms=353|pkmn=Shuppet|method=Shuppet's body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks of electricity. It then fires a beam of electricity from its body at the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=electric|user=Grings Kodai|user1=Grings Kodai's Shuppet|startcode=M13|startname=Zoroark: Master of Illusions}}

==In other generations==

{| class="expandable" style="margin:auto"

|'''Warning''': The original animation from Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue contains several short flashes capable of causing epileptic seizures.

|type=electric

|genV=Thunderbolt V

}}

{{Movegen

|type=electric

|Colo=Thunderbolt Colo

|XD=Thunderbolt XD

}}

* Thunderbolt's Japanese name ({{tt|１０まんボルト|100,000 Volts}}) corresponds with Raichu's Pokédex entries which state that its Electric attacks can reach up to 100,000 volts of electricity.

* In {{game|Red and Green|s}}, the battle effect for Thunderbolt contains several more, shorter flashes compared to the animation in the international {{game|Red and Blue|s}}. The move animation was likely toned down to prevent {{wp|epileptic seizure}}s.

==In other languages==

|es_eu=Rayo

|sv=Åskstöt

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