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==In the anime==
==In the anime==
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Revision as of 14:40, 6 August 2010

Rapid Spin
こうそくスピン Rapid Spin
Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  40 (max. 64)
Power  20
Accuracy  100%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Can avoid being startled by others once.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Rapid Spin (Japanese: こうそくスピン Rapid Spin) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Rapid Spin inflicts damage and removes the effects of the following:


Move Type Cat.
Bind  Normal  Physical
Clamp  Water  Physical
Fire Spin  Fire  Special
Leech Seed  Grass  Status
Magma Storm  Fire  Special
Sand Tomb  Ground  Physical
Spikes  Ground  Status
Stealth Rock  Rock  Status
Toxic Spikes  Poison  Status
Whirlpool  Water  Special
Wrap  Normal  Physical

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0007 Squirtle Squirtle
Water 23
0008 Wartortle Wartortle
Water 25
0009 Blastoise Blastoise
Water 25
0120 Staryu Staryu
Water 13
0121 Starmie Starmie
Water Psychic --
0204 Pineco Pineco
Bug 22
0205 Forretress Forretress
Bug Steel 22
0232 Donphan Donphan
Ground 41
0237 Hitmontop Hitmontop
Fighting 25
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" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Sandshrew | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tentacool | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellder | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kabuto | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Delibird | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tyrogue | style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmontop

|- | 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.
|} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0074 074 Geodude Rock Ground New York City Pokémon Center
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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0007 Squirtle Squirtle
Water 23
0008 Wartortle Wartortle
Water 25
0009 Blastoise Blastoise
Water 25
0120 Staryu Staryu
Water 10
0121 Starmie Starmie
Water Psychic --
0204 Pineco Pineco
Bug 22
0205 Forretress Forretress
Bug Steel 22
0232 Donphan Donphan
Ground 41
0237 Hitmontop Hitmontop
Fighting 25
0343 Baltoy Baltoy
Ground Psychic 5
0344 Claydol Claydol
Ground Psychic --
5
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" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Sandshrew | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tentacool | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellder | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kabuto | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Delibird | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tyrogue | style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmontop |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Anorith | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops

|- | 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
0007 Squirtle Squirtle
Water 19
0008 Wartortle Wartortle
Water 20
0009 Blastoise Blastoise
Water 20
0027 Sandshrew Sandshrew
Ground 13
0028 Sandslash Sandslash
Ground 13
0120 Staryu Staryu
Water 10
0121 Starmie Starmie
Water Psychic --
0204 Pineco Pineco
Bug 12
0204 Pineco Pineco
Bug 17
0205 Forretress Forretress
Bug Steel 12
0205 Forretress Forretress
Bug Steel 17
0232 Donphan Donphan
Ground 6
0237 Hitmontop Hitmontop
Fighting 24
0324 Torkoal Torkoal
Fire 23
0343 Baltoy Baltoy
Ground Psychic 5
0344 Claydol Claydol
Ground Psychic --
5
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" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Sandshrew | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tentacool | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Shellder | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Kabuto | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Delibird | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Sandshrew, Sandslash
Donphan
Torkoal |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Tyrogue | style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmontop |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Anorith | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops

|- | 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 the anime

The Pokémon spins and becomes a twister. This move can be used offensively and defensively
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Blastoise Blastoise pulls its head, arms, legs and cannons into its shell and spins like a disc.
Mewtwo's cloned Blastoise Mewtwo Strikes Back Debut
Gary's Blastoise Can't Beat the Heat! None
Sid's Blastoise Destiny Deoxys None
Staryu Staryu spins like a saw blade, using the tips of its appendages as a cutting edge, or if stuck in a whirlpool, it spins around in the opposite direction as the whirlpool.
Misty's Staryu Spell of the Unown None
Hitmontop Hitmontop does a headstand, spins, and tackles the opponent.
Chigusa's Hitmontop Two Hits and a Miss None
Butch's Hitmontop A Promise is a Promise None
Terri's Hitmontop Pasta La Vista! None
Unknown Trainer's Hitmontop The Ole' Berate and Switch! None
Forretress Forretress spins and tackles the opponent. Sometimes, it pulls its horns into its body and closes up its shell to attack.
Brock's Forretress A Crowning Achivement None
Baltoy Baltoy spins rapidly, deflecting attacks.
Calista's Baltoy Me, Myself and Time None
Claydol Claydol spins around quickly, repelling any attack back at the opponent, or Claydol spins around quickly and floats into the opponent.
A giant Claydol Claydol Big and Tall None
Spenser's Claydol Ka Boom with a View! None
Buck's Claydol DP181 None
Squirtle Squirtle pulls its limbs into its shell and spins around, hitting the opponent.
May's Squirtle On Olden Pond None
Ash's Squirtle Gathering the Gang of Four! None
Wartortle Wartortle pulls all of its limbs into its shell and it spins like a disk.
May's Wartortle Staging a Heroes' Welcome! None
Dusknoir It spins and tackles the foe.
Dusknoir Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness Dusknoir cannot legally learn Rapid Spin.


Trivia

  • Although it is a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon other than Smeargle, due to Sketch, can learn Rapid Spin.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Giro Rápido
  • German: Turbodreher
  • Italian: Rapigiro
  • Hindi: Tez Ghoomo

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