TM053

If you were looking for the glitch move, see TM53 (move).

TM053 わざマシン０５３ Move Machine 053

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Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV TMs and HMs Generation V TMs and HMs Generation VI TMs and HMs Generation VII TMs (SMUSUM) Generation VII TM Case (PE) Generation VIII TMs Generation IX TMs

TM053 (Japanese: わざマシン０５３ Move Machine 053), known as TM53 prior to Generation IX, is a TM introduced in Generation IV. It teaches a compatible Pokémon a move. The move it teaches depends on the game. For compatibility, refer to the move's page.

In the core games

Generation IV

In Generation IV, TMs can only be used once.

Energy Ball
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
DPPt	Route 226, Battle TowerDP/FrontierPt	64BP	$1500
HGSS	Battle Frontier	64BP	$1500

Generation V

In Generation V, TMs can be used any number of times.

Energy Ball
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
BW	Route 12	N/A	N/A
B2W2	Aspertia City	N/A	N/A

Generation VI

In Generation VI, TMs can be used any number of times.

Energy Ball
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
XY	Route 20	N/A	N/A
ORAS	Safari Zone	N/A	N/A

Generation VII

In Generation VII, TMs can be used any number of times.

Energy Ball
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
SM	Route 8	N/A	N/A
USUM	Route 8	N/A	N/A

Mega Drain
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
PE	Prize for defeating Erika	N/A	N/A

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, TMs can be used any number of times.

Mud Shot
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
SwSh	Galar Mine No. 2	N/A	N/A

In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, TMs can only be used once.

Energy Ball
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
BDSP	Route 226, Battle Tower, Grand Underground merchant	64BP ×10 or 12 ×10 or 12 ×10 or 12 ×8 or 10BD/5 or 8SP ×5 or 8BD/8 or 10SP	$1,500

Generation IX

In Generation IX, TMs can only be used once.

Smart Strike
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
SV	TM Machine	3,000 LP Chewtle Claw ×3 Heracross Claw ×3	$3,000

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

TMs in the Mystery Dungeon series are named only by the move they teach. For example, Attract is the item that teaches the move Attract. Most TMs, however, correspond to a TM in the core series' contemporaneous games.

TMs in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky can only be used once before becoming Used TMs. In Gates to Infinity, TMs can be used any number of times. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, some TMs can only be used once while rainbow-colored TMs can be used any number of times.

Energy Ball
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
MDTDS	Mt. Horn	6500 Poké	N/A
MDBSL	?	N/A	N/A
MDGtI	Post Town Glorious Gold	50	N/A
SMD	Kecleon Shops Glorious Gold	1732 3	174

Trivia

• TMs 51 to 55 exist in the code of the Generation I games, teaching the HM moves in the same order. TM53 teaches Surf.

← TM52

Technical Machines

TM054 →

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