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===Special move=== | ===Special move=== | ||
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In [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]], while Rayquaza does not know Dragon Ascent when the player battles it at [[Sky Pillar]], Zinnia will automatically teach it Dragon Ascent (replacing {{m|Fly}}) immediately after the player captures it. | |||
{{Movehead/Special|Flying}} | {{Movehead/Special|Flying}} | ||
{{Moveentry/1|384|Rayquaza|type=Dragon|type2=Flying|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|[[Sky Pillar]] {{p|Rayquaza}}{{sup/6|ORAS}}|STAB='''}} | {{Moveentry/1|384|Rayquaza|type=Dragon|type2=Flying|1|Undiscovered|Undiscovered|[[Sky Pillar]] {{p|Rayquaza}}{{sup/6|ORAS}}|STAB='''}} | ||
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==In the manga== | ==In the manga== | ||
===In the movie adaptations=== | ===In the movie adaptations=== | ||
{{movemanga|type=flying|exp=yes|gen=The user zooms quickly at the opponent from the sky.|image1=Mega Rayquaza Dragon Ascent M18 manga.png|image1p=Mega Rayquaza}} | {{movemanga|type=flying|exp=yes|gen=The user zooms quickly at the opponent from the sky.|image1=Mega Rayquaza Dragon Ascent M18 manga.png|image1p=Mega Rayquaza}} | ||
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* The Japanese name of this move literally means "to paint a dragon and dot its eyes" and serves as a metaphor for the finishing touch in a piece of work that give it "the spark of life". The idiom originated from a legend where {{wp|Zhang Sengyou}}, a Chinese painter, completes the dragons on a mural by dotting their eyes and thus literally bringing them to life; they spring out of the temple wall and fly off. The completed dragons immediately ascended to the heavens after the work was done. | * The Japanese name of this move literally means "to paint a dragon and dot its eyes" and serves as a metaphor for the finishing touch in a piece of work that give it "the spark of life". The idiom originated from a legend where {{wp|Zhang Sengyou}}, a Chinese painter, completes the dragons on a mural by dotting their eyes and thus literally bringing them to life; they spring out of the temple wall and fly off. The completed dragons immediately ascended to the heavens after the work was done. | ||
* Dragon Ascent is the only move with the word "dragon" in its English name that is not {{type|Dragon}}. | * Dragon Ascent is the only move with the word "dragon" in its English name that is not {{type|Dragon}}. | ||
* Because [[Zinnia]] teaches Dragon Ascent to the Rayquaza caught at Sky Pillar in [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]] to replace {{m|Fly}}, Dragon Ascent is the only move that can replace an HM move in a game | * Because [[Zinnia]] teaches Dragon Ascent to the Rayquaza caught at Sky Pillar in [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]] to replace {{m|Fly}}, Dragon Ascent is the only move that can replace an HM move in a game in which the move is available as an [[HM]]. | ||
* When used by a Rayquaza which has [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolved]], this move will play an additional animation before the main animation, and the main animation is also changed slightly. | * When used by a Rayquaza which has [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolved]], this move will play an additional animation before the main animation, and the main animation is also changed slightly. | ||