Manga move errors

In the Pokémon manga, a situation will sometimes occur where a Pokémon knows a move it cannot learn legally in any of the games. It is unknown whether these are actual mistakes, a writing policy of not having to stick to the games too closely, or merely the Pokémon using an attribute that shares the name of a move in the games.

Occasionally, in-game event Pokémon that can be transferred onto the main series games have a move that is not normally included in that Pokémon's moveset (a prime example being Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, which gave away four separate Pokémon with moves that were not normally available to that specific Pokémon).

List of manga Pokémon with moves that they cannot learn in the games

Pokémon Adventures

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Sabrina's Kadabra	Hypnosis	1030Zap! Zap! Zapdos!
File:AniTFZMS.png	Thu-Fi-Zer	Gust	1030The Winged Legends
	Blue's Machamp	Slam	1040A Charizard... and a Champion
	Platinum's Empoleon	Vacuum Wave	1366Floatzel and Jetsam
	Riley's Lucario	Bonemerang	1418VS. Porygon-Z
	Phione	Heart Swap	1441Different Dimension Battle XI
	Petrel's Golbat	Lick	HGSSVS Arceus V
	Black's Musha	Teleport	ABW39	File:Musha Teleport.png

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Brock's Onix	Constrict	Take Out The Rival Onix!!	File:Brock Onix Constrict PM.png
	Red's Clefairy	Tackle	Hatch the Pokémon Egg!!

Pokémon Zensho

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Satoshi's Charmander	Tackle	Prologue: Pallet Town

How I Became a Pokémon Card

Pokémon in How I Became a Pokémon Card will often use moves that they cannot learn in the games. These are generally not errors, though, because this series is based on the Pokémon TCG; the "illegal" moves Pokémon use in this series are moves from their TCG cards.

See also

Move errors in various Pokémon canons
Animated series • Manga • Game • TCG

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.