Vine Whip (move)

Vine Whip つるのムチ Vine Whip

File:AnimMove 22 Vine Whip.gif

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  35 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Vine Whip (Japanese: つるのムチ Vine Whip) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I – III

Vine Whip inflicts damage, has no secondary effect, and has 10 PP.

Generation IV

The PP of Vine Whip increases to 15. All other effects are the same.

In the anime

• Maybulbasaurvinewhip.jpg

  Bulbasaur using Vine Whip

• Venusaurvineship.jpg

  Venusaur using Vine Whip

• Carnivine vine.png

  Carnivine using Vine Whip

Pokémon

Bulbasaur. Two vines come out of Bulbasaur's bulb and hit the opponent.

• Used by Ash's Bulbasaur from Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village to present. Debut.
• Used by May's Bulbasaur from Grass Hysteria until its evolution.

Venusaur. Several vines come out from under the leaves on its back and hit the opponent.

• Used by Venusaur in Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden.
• Used by Spenser in Ka Boom with a View.
• Used by May from Pruning a Passel of Pals to present.

Chikorita. Two green vines come from its bud necklace and hit the opponent.

• Used by Ash's Chikorita from The Chikorita Rescue to Current Events.

Bayleef. Two green vines come from the plants on its neck and strike the opponent.

• Used by Ash's Bayleef from Current Events to present.

Victreebel. It uses its single vine to strike or ensnare the opponent.

• Used by James's Victreebel from The Breeding Center Secret to Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid.

Carnivine. Two green vines come out of its neck to strike its opponent.

• Used by James's Carnivine from DP111 to present.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

File:Ivysaur Vine Whip.jpg

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Vine Whip is Ivysaur's Special Up move.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 13 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 13 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 13 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 29 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 10 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 10 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 10 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 10 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 10 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 10 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 22 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 9 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 9 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison --, 9 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 19 0455 Carnivine Grass 11 0465 Tangrowth Grass 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Tangela, Tangrowth
Carnivine

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In other languages

• French: Fouet Lianes
• German: Rankenhieb
• Italian: Frustata
• Spanish: Látigo Cepa
• Portuguese: Chicote de Cipó