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::That's in the games, but wasn't Psyduck trying to hit Cloyster with it in ''the Bridge Bike Gang''? Also, Ash never mentioned Flamethrower when Charizard breathed fire in his face, but that's quite obviously a Flamethrower, isn't it? Remember Psyduck is the only one officially mentioned to use Tail Whip, we don't know what it does for the other Pokemon with longer and more powerful tails. But if hitting an opponent with its tail is not a Tail Whip, what WOULD you call it? Not Aqua Tail (that move involves a spiral of water), not Tail Glow (that just involves the tail glowing), not Poison Tail (that's more of a slash), not Iron Tail (that requires the tail glowing before the attack), and not Slam, that requires wrapping the tail (or {{TP|Jessie|tongue|Lickitung}}, or tentacles, or vines, etc.) around the opponent and slamming them on the ground. If you had to name any attack, what would it be? [[User:Ghostkaiba297|Ghostkaiba297]] 18:18, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | ::That's in the games, but wasn't Psyduck trying to hit Cloyster with it in ''the Bridge Bike Gang''? Also, Ash never mentioned Flamethrower when Charizard breathed fire in his face, but that's quite obviously a Flamethrower, isn't it? Remember Psyduck is the only one officially mentioned to use Tail Whip, we don't know what it does for the other Pokemon with longer and more powerful tails. But if hitting an opponent with its tail is not a Tail Whip, what WOULD you call it? Not Aqua Tail (that move involves a spiral of water), not Tail Glow (that just involves the tail glowing), not Poison Tail (that's more of a slash), not Iron Tail (that requires the tail glowing before the attack), and not Slam, that requires wrapping the tail (or {{TP|Jessie|tongue|Lickitung}}, or tentacles, or vines, etc.) around the opponent and slamming them on the ground. If you had to name any attack, what would it be? [[User:Ghostkaiba297|Ghostkaiba297]] 18:18, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::Why does {{m|Slam}} require wrapping something around the opponent? Look at the move description: "'''The foe is slammed with a long tail''', vines, etc., to inflict damage." It says nothing about the tail having to wrap around the opponent. It looked like Ash's Charmeleon was simply "slamming" Paras with its tail. | |||
:::As for Psyduck, we all know how weird that Pokémon is. But considering that we had never heard that move called out for before, how are we supposed to know what it's supposed to do? Look at its move description: "'''The user wags its tail cutely''', making the foe less wary. The target's Defense stat is lowered." To me, if memory serves, this seems like what Psyduck was trying to do. It didn't look like Psyduck was trying to hit Cloyster; that's just common sense, even for Psyduck. So what move do you think Psyduck was really using, if not Tail Whip? | |||
:::I also find it really strange that you're trying to find a bunch of examples of Pokémon using Tail Whip when it ''isn't'' called out for, but ironically, the one time where that move ''is'' declared, you're saying it isn't that move? ''[[User:Kevin Y|<font color="darkred">Kevin Y</font>]]'' ([[User talk:Kevin Y|<font color="#083c6b">talk</font>]]) 20:30, 23 May 2009 (UTC) | |||