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'''Triple Kick''' (Japanese: '''トリプルキック''' ''Triple Kick'') is a damage-dealing {{type|Fighting}} [[multi-strike move]] introduced in [[Generation II]]. It is {{p|Hitmontop}}'s [[signature move]].

===[[Generation II]]===

Triple Kick inflicts damage three times in a single turn. The base power of each successive hit increases by 10. Therefore, the last hit has a base power of 30. Because it deals damage in three hits, each hit has its own accuracy check (as opposed to {{m|Double Kick}}). However, if one hit misses, the move ends. Ignoring {{m|Lock-On}} and {{m|Mind Reader}} and modifications to accuracy and evasion, there is a 72.9% chance that it will hit 3 times, an 8.1% chance that it will hit twice, a 9% chance that it will hit once, and a 10% chance that it will miss outright. Considering Triple Kick's multiple accuracy checks and ignoring Lock-On and Mind Reader and modifications to accuracy and evasion, the move's effective power is 47.07.

Triple Kick will end immediately if it breaks a {{m|substitute}}. {{m|Bide}} and {{m|Counter}} will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

If the target has [[Contact#List of Abilities which have effects involving contact|an Ability which activates upon contact]], each hit counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

===[[Generation IV]]===

Same as previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a substitute is broken.

Unlike previous generations, if [[Focus Sash]], [[Focus Band]], or {{a|Sturdy}} activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint; however, [[Focus Band]] can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one. Each hit will cause {{a|Weak Armor}} to activate.

If the target is holding a [[Rocky Helmet]], the user is damaged for each hit.

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|Colo}}{{gameabbrev3|XD))|Kicks 1 to 3 times in a row with rising intensity.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|DPPt}}{{gameabbrev3|HGSS}}{{gameabbrev3|BWB2W2}}|A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successive hit.}}

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{{movebtm|type=fighting|user=Mason (Johto)|user1=Mason's Hitmontop|startcode=EP247|startname=Outrageous Fortunes}}

{{movebtmManga|type=fighting|user=Chuck|user1=Chuck's Hitmontop|startcode=PS162|startname=Heckled by Himontop|notes=Debut}}

* This is the only [[multi-strike move]] that powers up on each consecutive hit, and the only one where hits after the first one can miss.

* Triple Kick is tied with {{m|Constrict}} for the move with the lowest base power out of all damage-dealing moves.

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