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'''Voltorb''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''ビリリダマ''' ''Biriridama'') is an {{type|Electric}} Pokémon.

Voltorb is a spherical Pokémon that looks like a [[Poké Ball]] with a face, minus the button. The top half is red, while the bottom half is white. Because of its resemblance to Poké Balls, it is thought that it was created when one was exposed to an energy pulse. It was first seen in the plant where modern Poké Balls were invented. Voltorb is generally found in {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Urban Pokémon|power plants}} and other areas with electric fields. It has a volatile temperament, and will explode if bumped or agitated.

[[File:Hoopa Voltorb.png|250px|thumb|Voltorb in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]

Voltorb first appeared in ''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]''. [[Koga]] kept a bunch of these in [[Fuchsia Gym|his Gym]] as booby traps.

Voltorb also appeared in ''[[EP049|So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd]]''. Team Rocket received them from the {{OBP|Keith|EP049|Backpack-switching thief}}, thinking they were [[Poké Ball]]s with rare {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in them, as well as their {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}, {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}}. When Team Rocket found out they were not, the Voltorb started to explode in their balloon. They dumped most of the Voltorb on the thief, prompting him to quit his crime spree, but a single Voltorb sent them blasting off.

A sole Voltorb lived amongst the Electrode in ''[[EP114|The Underground Round Up]]''. Although {{an|Misty}} was terrified of it, the {{type|Electric}} befriended her {{TP|Misty|Togepi}}, and the [[baby Pokémon]] was sad when it had to leave.

In ''[[EP267|Love, Pokémon Style]]'', three Voltorb were the cause of [[Ash's Kingler]]'s injury. They rolled down a hill but were caught by Kingler, shocking it in the process.

[[Wattson]] used a Voltorb in his [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with {{Ash}} in ''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson?]]''. It was easily defeated by [[Ash's Pikachu]], which had become super-charged during an incident at the [[Mauville Gym]].

In ''[[DP181|Bucking the Treasure Trend]]'', several Voltorb attacked Ash and his friends.

A Voltorb appeared in the Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures short ''{{DL|Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures|Ball Pickup}}''.

Ash is shown to have a clock that is shaped like a Voltorb in ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]''. The clock can open up across the middle, showing the time and making a {{p|Pidgey}} pops out of it.

In ''[[EP037|Ditto's Mysterious Mansion]]'', Voltorb comes on stage in [[Duplica]]'s flashback as her {{TP|Duplica|Ditto}} tries to transform into one.

A Voltorb made an appearance in ''[[EP057|The Breeding Center Secret]]''.

Multiple Voltorb were among the Pokémon seen at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] in ''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]''.

Voltorb also appeared in ''[[EP081|Pallet Party Panic]]'', at a party among other Pokémon.

A Voltorb belonging to an unnamed Trainer, was brought to the [[Pokémon Center]] in ''[[EP084|The Lost Lapras]]''.

A Voltorb was among the Pokémon controlled by [[Cassidy]] and [[Butch]] in ''[[EP086|Pikachu Re-Volts]]''.

Voltorb also appeared in ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''.

A Voltorb was one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in ''[[EP146|Tricks of the Trade]]''.

A Voltorb was one of the Pokémon stolen by [[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]] in ''[[EP157|The Fortune Hunters]]''.

Several Voltorb were among the {{t|Electric}} Pokémon that were lured by the "Miracle Crystal" that [[Attila]] and [[Hun]] were using in ''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]''.

Voltorb is one of the Electric-type Pokémon that was seen in the lake with crystal in ''[[EP242|As Clear As Crystal]]''.

A Voltorb also appeared in ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'' and ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]''.

A Voltorb was seen training alongside its Trainer in ''[[EP262|You're a Star, Larvitar!]]''.

A Voltorb was used by one of the students of the [[Pokémon Trainer's School]] in ''[[AG015|Gonna Rule The School!]]''.

A Voltorb made a small appearance in ''[[AG079|Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend]]''. {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Spoink}} mistook it for a pearl.

In ''[[AG150|May's Egg-Cellent Adventure]]'', two Voltorb attack {{an|May}} as they are trained to do so when anyone steps foot on [[Nicolette]]'s property.

A Voltorb disguised as a watermelon appeared in the credits of ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]''. It exploded when [[Jessie]] and [[James]] picked it up after falling for its disguise.

Seven Voltorb appeared in ''[[XY062|The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!]]''.

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[[File:Red Charmeleon Scratch PO.png|thumb|220px|Voltorb in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]

A Voltorb appeared in ''[[PO03|File 3: Giovanni]]'' under the ownership of a Trainer {{OBP|Red|Origins}} defeated in a battle.

Voltorb is a Pokémon that looks just like a [[Poké Ball]], even in its height, however other Voltorb are shown to vary in sizes.

Voltorb debuted in the {{chap|Red, Green & Blue}} in its own round, ''[[PS010|Danger: High Voltorb]]''. Here, {{adv|Red}} tries to touch one aboard the [[S.S. Anne]] thinking that it is only a Poké Ball, but is zapped by it.

Multiple Voltorb were seen under the ownership of [[Lt. Surge]] in ''[[PS029|Go for the Golbat]]'' where they were used in conjunction with multiple of their evolved form, Electrode, to shock Red and as projectiles.

In ''[[PS056|The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually)]]'', Ken of the [[Team Rocket Elite Trio]] used a Voltorb along with its evolved form, Electrode, to battle against {{adv|Yellow}}.

[[Wattson]]'s Voltorb was only seen in the Power Plant located in [[New Mauville]].

[[Jet]] owns a Voltorb that he uses in the [[Pokéathlon]] Speed Course.

Multiple Voltorb were among the {{type|electric}} Pokémon that charges the [[Prism Tower]] during a blackout in ''[[PAXY10|Pangoro Poses a Problem]]''.

[[Lt. Surge]]'s Voltorb battled against {{TP|Red|Clefairy}} and evolved in the same match in ''[[PM006|Great Success in the Mountains or the Seas!?]]''.

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* Voltorb has the lowest {{stat|Attack}} base stat of all Electric-type Pokémon.

It seems to be based upon the concept of a living [[Poké Ball]] (with its {{Shiny}} coloration possibly being based on a [[Great Ball]]). The design concept may be inheritance from the time when the franchise was known as [[Capsule Monsters]], as early artworks show Poké Balls without the button in the middle.