10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (move)

10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt １０００まんボルト 10,000,000 Volts

Battles Type  Electric Category  Special PP  — (max. —) Power  195 Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt (Japanese: 1000まんボルト 10,000,000 Volts) is a damage-dealing Electric-type Z-Move introduced in Generation VII. It is the exclusive Z-Move of any Pikachu wearing a cap and an upgraded version of Thunderbolt.

Effect

10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt deals damage and has a sharply increased critical hit ratio of +2 stages.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM The user, Pikachu wearing a cap, powers up a jolt of electricity using its Z-Power and unleashes it. Critical hits land more easily.

Learnset

Any Pikachu wearing a cap can use 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt if it knows Thunderbolt, holds Pikashunium Z, and if its Trainer wears a Z-Ring.

In the anime

Ash Pikachu
The user gathers Z-Power and attacks the target with powerful rainbow-colored lightning.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pikachu strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then leaps into the air and absorbs electricity from dark storm clouds that have formed above it. Pikachu then fires seven bolts of electricity, each a different color of a rainbow, at the opponent.
Ash's Pikachu	SM054		Debut Base move is Thunderbolt

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

File:Ash 10000000 Volt Thunderbolt pose M20 manga.png Ash File:Ash Pikachu 10000000 Volt Thunderbolt M20 manga.png Pikachu in a cap
The user gathers Z-Power and attacks the target with powerful streams of electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pikachu strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then releases multiple streams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
Ash's Pikachu	Satoshi and Pikachu's Beginning		Debut

Trivia

• This is the only move whose English name starts with a non-alphabetic character.
• The name of this move is partly based off of the Japanese name for Thunderbolt, 100,000 Volts. The 10,000,000 figure references that it is an upgrade of Thunderbolt.
• 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt is one of the two species-based Z-Moves with a unique execution pose, the other being Catastropika. Both are exclusive to Pikachu, albeit certain forms.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 千萬伏特 Chīnmaahn Fuhkdahk Mandarin 千萬伏特 / 千万伏特 Qiānwàn Fútè French Giga-Tonnerre German Tausendfacher Donnerblitz Italian Iperfulmine Korean 1000만볼트 Cheonman Bolteu Spanish Gigarrayo Fulminante Vietnamese Điện 10 Triệu Vôn

Type-based Z-Moves
Breakneck Blitz • All-Out Pummeling • Supersonic Skystrike • Acid Downpour • Tectonic Rage Continental Crush • Savage Spin-Out • Never-Ending Nightmare • Corkscrew Crash Inferno Overdrive • Hydro Vortex • Bloom Doom • Gigavolt Havoc • Shattered Psyche Subzero Slammer • Devastating Drake • Black Hole Eclipse • Twinkle Tackle
Species-based Z-Moves
Catastropika • 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt • Stoked Sparksurfer • Extreme Evoboost Pulverizing Pancake • Genesis Supernova • Sinister Arrow Raid • Malicious Moonsault Oceanic Operetta • Splintered Stormshards • Let's Snuggle Forever • Clangorous Soulblaze Guardian of Alola • Searing Sunraze Smash • Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom Light That Burns the Sky • Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.