Bite (move)

Bite かみつく Bite

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Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not 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  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough 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

Bite (Japanese: かみつく Bite) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage. In Generation I, this move is Template:Type2.

Effect

Generation I

Bite does damage and has a 9.8% chance of causing the opponent to flinch.

Bite can only cause the opponent to flinch if the user attacks before the opponent does. Bite can't make an opponent with a Substitute flinch.

Bite is a Normal-type move.

Generation II and on

Same as Generation I, though Bite is now a Dark-type move and has a 30% chance of causing flinching.

In the anime

• Ash's Totodile using Bite on Harrison's Sneasel.
  Ash's Totodile using Bite on Harrison's Sneasel.
• Mawile using Bite on a Cacnea.
  Mawile using Bite on a Cacnea.

• Ash's Turtwig using Bite on Paul's Chimchar.
  Ash's Turtwig using Bite on Paul's Chimchar.

Pokémon

Totodile. It runs to the foe and bites it.

• Used by Ash's Totodile from ??? to ???

Mawile. Its huge steel jaw bites the foe.

• Used by Samantha's Mawile in Once in a Mawile.

Turtwig. It jumps on to the opponent and bites it with its sharp mouth.

• Used by Ash's Turtwig from Gettin Twiggy With It! to ???.

Meowth. It bites down on it's opponent.

• Used by Team Rocket's Meowth in Pokémon Shipwreck!.

Granbull. It bites down on its opponent.

• Used by Cassidy's Granbull in Sleight of Sand!.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 22 0008 Wartortle Water 24 0009 Blastoise Water --, 24 0023 Ekans Poison 17 0024 Arbok Poison 17 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 29 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 30 0030 Nidorina Poison 32 0030 Nidorina Poison 36 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 15 0042 Golbat Poison Flying --, 15 0052 Meowth Normal 12 0053 Persian Normal --, 12 0058 Growlithe Fire -- 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 26 0142 Gyarados Gyarados Water Flying 20 0133 Eevee Normal 40 0134 Vaporeon Water 40 0134 Vaporeon Water 30 0136 Flareon Fire 40 0136 Flareon Fire 30 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 45 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 0007 Squirtle Water 18 0008 Wartortle Water 19 0009 Blastoise Water 19 0023 Ekans Poison 15 0024 Arbok Poison --, 15 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 30 0030 Nidorina Poison 36 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 12 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 12 0052 Meowth Normal 11 0053 Persian Normal --, 11 0058 Growlithe Fire -- 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 13 0142 Gyarados Gyarados Water Flying 20 0133 Eevee Normal 30 0134 Vaporeon Water 30 0136 Flareon Fire 30 0137 Omanyte Omanyte Rock Water 13 0138 Omastar Omastar Rock Water --, 13 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 45 0158 Totodile Water 20 0159 Croconaw Water 21 0160 Feraligatr Water 21 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 12 0209 Snubbull Normal 13 0210 Granbull Normal 13 0228 Houndour Fire Dark 20 0229 Houndoom Fire Dark 20 0243 Raikou Electric -- 0244 Entei Fire -- 0245 Suicune Water -- 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground -- 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground -- 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark -- 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

• Charmander
• Rattata
• Dunsparce
• Sneasel
• Swinub
• Stantler

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 18 0008 Wartortle Water 19 0009 Blastoise Water 19 0023 Ekans Poison 13 0024 Arbok Poison --, 13 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 20 0030 Nidorina Poison 22 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 16 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 16 0052 Meowth Normal 11 0052 Meowth Normal 10 0053 Persian Normal --, 11 0053 Persian Normal --, 10 0058 Growlithe Fire -- 0059 Arcanine Fire -- 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 7 0142 Gyarados Gyarados Water Flying 20 0133 Eevee Normal 30 0134 Vaporeon Water 30 0136 Flareon Fire 30 0137 Omanyte Omanyte Rock Water 13 0138 Omastar Omastar Rock Water --, 13 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 15 0158 Totodile Water 20 0159 Croconaw Water 21 0160 Feraligatr Water 21 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 16 0209 Snubbull Normal 13 0210 Granbull Normal 13 0228 Houndour Fire Dark 25 0229 Houndoom Fire Dark 27 0243 Raikou Electric -- 0244 Entei Fire -- 0245 Suicune Water -- 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground -- 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground -- 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark -- 0261 Poochyena Dark 13 0262 Mightyena Dark --, 13 0303 Mawile Steel 11 0309 Electrike Electric 33 0310 Manectric Electric 39 0318 Carvanha Water Dark -- 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark -- 0328 Trapinch Ground -- 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon -- 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 0336 Seviper Poison 10 0359 Absol Dark 21 0361 Snorunt Ice 10 0362 Glalie Ice --, 10 0367 Huntail Water 8 0371 Bagon Dragon 5 0372 Shelgon Dragon --, 5 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying --, 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

• Charmander
• Rattata
• Dunsparce
• Sneasel
• Swinub
• Stantler

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 16 0008 Wartortle Water 16 0009 Blastoise Water 16 0019 Rattata Normal 10 0020 Raticate Normal 10 0023 Ekans Poison 9 0024 Arbok Poison --, 9 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 21 0030 Nidorina Poison 23 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 13 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 13 0052 Meowth Normal 6 0053 Persian Normal --, 6 0058 Growlithe Fire -- 0059 Arcanine Fire -- 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 13 0142 Gyarados Gyarados Water Flying 20 0133 Eevee Normal 29 0134 Vaporeon Water 29 0136 Flareon Fire 29 0137 Omanyte Omanyte Rock Water 7 0138 Omastar Omastar Rock Water --, 7 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- 0158 Totodile Water 13 0159 Croconaw Water 13 0160 Feraligatr Water 13 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 16 0209 Snubbull Normal 7 0210 Granbull Normal 7 0228 Houndour Fire Dark 17 0229 Houndoom Fire Dark 17 0243 Raikou Electric -- 0244 Entei Fire -- 0245 Suicune Water -- 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground -- 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground -- 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark -- 0261 Poochyena Dark 13 0262 Mightyena Dark --, 13 0294 Loudred Normal 20 0295 Exploud Normal 20 0303 Mawile Steel 11 0309 Electrike Electric 28 0310 Manectric Electric 30 0318 Carvanha Water Dark -- 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark -- 0328 Trapinch Ground -- 0336 Seviper Poison 10 0359 Absol Dark 28 0361 Snorunt Ice 10 0362 Glalie Ice --, 10 0367 Huntail Water 6 0371 Bagon Dragon 5 0372 Shelgon Dragon --, 5 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying --, 5 0387 Turtwig Grass 21 0388 Grotle Grass 21 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 22 0403 Shinx Electric 13 0404 Luxio Electric 13 0405 Luxray Electric 13 0449 Hippopotas Ground 21 0450 Hippowdon Ground 21 0451 Skorupi Poison Bug -- 0452 Drapion Poison Dark -- 0455 Carnivine Grass 7 0471 Glaceon Ice 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.

By breeding

• Charmander
• Rattata
• Dunsparce
• Sneasel
• Swinub
• Stantler
• Mudkip
• Pachirisu
• Glameow
• Riolu

Trivia

• Bite is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Karate Chop, and Sand-Attack. Coincidentally, they all were Template:Type2 moves in Generation I. Bite is also the only move that was changed to a type introduced in Generation II.
• Bite is also the only move to have its damage category change from Physical to Special, then to Physical again. This is due to the move being Normal-type in Generation I, Dark-type in Generation II and III, and classified as a Physical move in Generation IV.

In other languages

• Spanish: Mordisco
• French: Morsure
• Dutch: Bijt
• German: Biss