10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (move)

10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (Japanese: １０００まんボルト 10,000,000 Volts), pronounced as Ten Million Volt Thunderbolt (Japanese: いっせんまんボルト Issenman Boruto), is a damage-dealing Electric-type Z-Move introduced in Generation VII. It is the exclusive Z-Move of any Pikachu in a cap and an upgraded version of its Thunderbolt.

10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt １０００まんボルト 10,000,000 Volts

Battles Type  Electric Category  Special PP  — (max. —) Power  195 Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

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Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Effect

Generation VII

10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt deals damage and has a sharply increased critical hit ratio of +2 stages.

Generation VIII onwards

10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SMUSUMPE The user, Pikachu wearing a cap, powers up a jolt of electricity using its Z-Power and unleashes it. Critical hits land more easily. SwShBDSPLA SV This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

Any Pikachu in a cap, or a Pokémon transformed into one, can use 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt if it knows Thunderbolt, holds Pikashunium Z, and if its Trainer wears a Z-Ring^SM or Z-Power Ring^USUM.

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Category	State	Base power	Max power	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair
Sync move
Best Buds 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt	Special	Default 6★ EX	250	300	An opponent All opponents	—	Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits.	Ash & Pikachu

Note:

• Description prior to Version 2.29.0 (from January 27, 2023): Temporarily assume the form of World Cap Pikachu during this sync move. Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Ash Alola Cap Pikachu Ash World Cap Pikachu
Wearing its Trainer's cap, the user gathers Z-Power and attacks the target with powerful rainbow-colored lightning.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Wearing its Trainer's Alola Cap, Pikachu strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then leaps into the air and absorbs electricity from dark storm clouds that have formed above it. Pikachu then fires seven bolts of electricity, each a different color of a rainbow, at the opponent.
Ash's Pikachu	10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!		Debut
	Wearing its Trainer's World Cap, Pikachu strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then leaps into the air and absorbs electricity from dark storm clouds that have formed above it. Pikachu then fires seven bolts of electricity, each a different color of a rainbow, at the opponent. The lightning bolts can be controlled individually by Pikachu, thus changing trajectory and target. This move is powerful enough to overwhelm Abilities that would normally absorb Electric attacks.
Ash's Pikachu	Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start!		None

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Ash Alola Cap Pikachu
Wearing its Trainer's cap, the user gathers Z-Power and attacks the target with powerful streams of electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Wearing its Trainer's Alola Cap, Pikachu strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then releases multiple streams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
Ash's Pikachu	ICYR1		Debut

Pokémon Journeys

World Cap Pikachu
Wearing its Trainer's cap, the user gathers Z-Power and attacks the target with powerful streams of electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Wearing its Trainer's World Cap, Pikachu strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then releases multiple streams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
Ash's Pikachu	Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start! & Trial on a Golden Scale! (Part 2)		Debut

Appearance

Pose

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other generations

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• This is the only move whose English name starts with a non-alphabetic character.
  • This is also one of the two moves to naturally have a sharply increased critical hit ratio, alongside Spacial Rend when used by Origin Forme Palkia in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
• The name of this move is partly based on the Japanese name for Thunderbolt, 100,000 Volts. The 10,000,000 figure references that it is an upgrade of Thunderbolt.
• Along with Catastropika, 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt is the only species-exclusive Z-Move to have a unique pose not shared with other Z-Moves of the same type. Coincidentally, both are exclusive to Pikachu, although 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt can only be used by Pikachu in a cap.
• Pokémon Masters EX is the only game where World Cap Pikachu can use the Z-Move 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt, as it is unable to perform the move in the core series games.
• In Pokémon Masters EX, no other sync move has Best Buds 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt's effect.
• Even though Z-Moves have been absent from core series games since Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, this move is referenced by Iono upon being defeated for the first time in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: "You're as flashy and bright as a 10,000,000-volt Thunderbolt, friendo!"
• A similar move named MegaVolt (Japanese: １００まんボルト 1,000,000 Volts) was shown much earlier on in Pokémon Adventures by Red's Pikachu, Pika, to defeat Lance. As the name implies, it is a ten times stronger version of Thunderbolt.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	千萬伏特 Chīnmaahn Fuhkdahk
	Mandarin	千萬伏特 / 千万伏特 Qiānwàn Fútè
Danish		10.000.000 Volt Thunderbolt
Dutch		10.000.000 Volt Bliksemstraal
Finnish		10.000.000 Volt Thunderbolt
French		Giga-Tonnerre
German		Tausendfacher Donnerblitz
Hindi		एक करोड़ वोल्ट थंडरबोल्ट Ek Crore Volt Thunderbolt
Italian		Iperfulmine
Korean		1000만볼트 Cheonman Bolteu
Norwegian		Ten Million Volt Thunderbolt Ti millioner volt Thunderbolt (Journeys)
Polish		Piorun 10.000.000 Woltów
Portuguese	Brazil	Choque do Trovão Fulminante
	Portugal	Relâmpago 10.000.000 de Volts
Russian		Удар Молнии в 10.000.000 Вольт Udar Molnii v 10.000.000 Volt
Spanish		Gigarrayo Fulminante
Swedish		10.000.000 Volt Thunderbolt
Thai		ไฟฟ้าสิบล้านโวลต์ electric 10,000,000 Volts
Turkish		10.000.000 Volt Yıldırım Oku
Vietnamese		Điện 10 Triệu Vôn

Type-based Z-Moves
Breakneck Blitz • All-Out Pummeling • Supersonic Skystrike • Acid Downpour • Tectonic Rage Continental Crush • Savage Spin-Out • Never-Ending Nightmare • Corkscrew Crash Inferno Overdrive • Hydro Vortex • Bloom Doom • Gigavolt Havoc • Shattered Psyche Subzero Slammer • Devastating Drake • Black Hole Eclipse • Twinkle Tackle
Species-based Z-Moves
Catastropika • 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt • Stoked Sparksurfer • Extreme Evoboost Pulverizing Pancake • Genesis Supernova • Sinister Arrow Raid • Malicious Moonsault Oceanic Operetta • Splintered Stormshards • Let's Snuggle Forever • Clangorous Soulblaze Guardian of Alola • Searing Sunraze Smash • Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom Light That Burns the Sky • Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike

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