Vine Whip (move)

Vine Whip つるのムチ Vine Whip

File:AnimMove 22 Vine Whip.gif

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  35 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Does not affect any Pokémon*

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Vine Whip (Japanese: つるのムチ Vine Whip) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals very little damage.

Effect

Generation I-III

Vine Whip does damage, and it has 10 PP.

Generation IV

Vine Whip's PP is increased to 15. All other effects are the same.

In the anime

• Ash's Bulbasaur.jpg

  Ash's Bulbasaur using Vine Whip.

• Maybulbasaurvinewhip.jpg

  May's Bulbasaur using Vine Whip.

• Venusaurvineship.jpg

  Spenser's Venusaur using Vine Whip.

• Victreebel vinewhip.jpg

  James's Victreebel using Vine Whip.

Pokémon

Bulbasaur. Two vines come out of Bulbasaur's bulb and hit the opponent.

• Used by Ash's Bulbasaur from ??? to ???. Debut
• Used by May's Bulbasaur from ??? to ???.

Venusaur. Several vines come out from under the leaves on its back and hit the opponent.

• Used by several Venusaur in episodes like Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden and Ka Boom with a View.

Chikorita. Two green vines come from its bud necklace and hit the opponent.

• Used by Ash's Chikorita from ??? to ???.

Bayleef. Two green vines come from its the plants on its neck and hit the opponent.

• Used by Ash's Bayleef from ??? to ???.

Victreebel. It uses its single vine to strike or ensnare the opponent.

• Used by James's Victreebel from ??? to ???.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

File:Ivysaur Vine Whip.jpg

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Vine Whip is Ivysaur's Special Up move.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 13 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 13 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 13 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 29 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 10 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 10 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 10 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By Breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 10 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 10 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 10 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 22 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By Breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 9 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 9 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 9 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 19 0455 Carnivine Grass 11 0465 Tangrowth Grass 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By Breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela, Tangrowth
Carnivine

|- | 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. |} |}

In other languages

• French: Fouet Lianes
• German: Rankenhieb
• Italian: Frustata
• Spanish: Látigo Cepa
• Portuguese: Chicote de Cipó