Bubble Beam (move)

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Bubble Beam バブルこうせん Bubble Beam

Battles Type  Water Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make 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 Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM11 in Generation I

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those who have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform last in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

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

Bubble Beam (Japanese: バブルこうせん Bubble Beam), formatted as BubbleBeam prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM11 in Generation I.

Effect

Bubble Beam does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed stat by one stage.

In Stadium, BubbleBeam has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Speed.

Description

Games Description A Water-type attack. Stronger than Bubble. Many Water-type Pokémon learn this move. A Water-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of reducing the target's Speed. An attack that may lower Speed. RSE Forcefully sprays bubbles that may lower Speed. FRLG A spray of bubbles strikes the foe. It may lower the foe’s Speed stat. PMDRB Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It may also lower the target's Movement Speed by one level. A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe. It may also lower the target’s Speed stat. A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the opposing team. It may also lower their Speed stats. Conq A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. It may also lower the target's Speed. A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower its Speed stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
060		Poliwag	Water		Water										25				25			25
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water										27				27			27
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting										--				--			--
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison				25			25			19				19			19 25
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison				25			25			19				19			19 25
098		Krabby	Water		Water										15				15			15
099		Kingler	Water		Water										15				15			15
116		Horsea	Water		Water										18				18			18 21
117		Seadra	Water		Water										18				18			18 21
120		Staryu	Water		Water				31			28			28				28	22	22 18
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic				--													'
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric										28				28			31 20
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric										30				30			35 20
183		Marill	Water	Fairy				21			21			21				21	13	13
184		Azumarill	Water	Fairy				25			25			25				25	13	13
186		Politoed	Water		Water										--				--			--
222		Corsola	Water	Rock				25			23			23				23	17	17 10
223		Remoraid	Water		Water				22			22			22				22	18	18
224		Octillery	Water		Water				22			22			22				22	18	18
226		Mantine	Water	Flying				18			15			--, 10				--, 10	--, 7	--, 7
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon										18				18			18 21
245		Suicune	Water		Water				41	11	11			8				8			8
270		Lotad	Water	Grass												25	25			25 21
271		Lombre	Water	Grass												25	25			25 24
283		Surskit	Bug	Water							25			25				25			25 17
298		Azurill	Normal	Fairy															13	13
341		Corphish	Water		Water							20	19	20				20			20 14
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark							20	19	20				20			20 14
393		Piplup	Water		Water										22		18	18			18
394		Prinplup	Water		Water										24		19	19			19
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel										24		19	19			19
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying										10				10	7	7
489		Phione	Water		Water										24				24			24
490		Manaphy	Water		Water										24				24			24
535		Tympole	Water		Water														12			12
536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground														12			12
537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground														12			12
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying														19			19
581		Swanna	Water	Flying														19			19
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost														13			13
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost														13			13
647		Keldeo	Water	Fighting														13			13
692		Clauncher	Water		Water																	20
693		Clawitzer	Water		Water																	20
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
060		Poliwag	Water		Water
090		Shellder	Water		Water
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison
550		Basculin	Water		Water
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I TM11		II --		III --		IV --		V --		VI --
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	✔															✔
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	✔															✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔															✔
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison	✔															✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔															✔
033		Nidorino	Poison		Poison	✔															✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔															✔
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
039		Jigglypuff	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
040		Wigglytuff	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	✔															✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water	✔															✔
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	✔															✔
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	✔															✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔															✔
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	✔															✔
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	✔															✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	✔															✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	✔															✔
086		Seel	Water		Water	✔															✔
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	✔															✔
090		Shellder	Water		Water	✔															✔
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	✔															✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water	✔															✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water	✔															✔
104		Cubone	Ground		Ground	✔															✔
105		Marowak	Ground		Ground	✔															✔
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	✔															✔
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔															✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔															✔
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	✔															✔
119		Seaking	Water		Water	✔															✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water	✔															✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	✔															✔
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	✔															✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔															✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	✔															✔
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	✔															✔
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	✔															✔
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	✔															✔
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	✔															✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	✔															✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	✔															✔
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	✔															✔
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	✔															✔
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	✔															✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔															✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	✔															✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔															✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

BubbleBeam is the only move of Prinplup. It has a chance to lower the target's Speed.

^	Power ★★★ Orange squares indicate hit area. Blue squares indicate area Pokémon the Pokémon will need to move to perform the move. Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon. Table assumes the Pokémon is in the square marked by ^.

In the anime

Swanna Prinplup Suicune File:Misty Staryu BubbleBeam.png Staryu
The user releases bubbles from its mouth.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Squirtle blows multiple clear bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Ash's Squirtle	Mewtwo Strikes Back		Debut Referred as Bubble in the dubbed version of Enter The Dragonite
	Mantine releases a stream of light blue or clear bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed.
Molly's Mantine	Spell of the Unown		None
Dorian's Mantine	Just Add Water		None
Lola's Mantine	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!		None
Multiple wild Mantine	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
	Marill releases white bubbles from its mouth at the opponent at a great speed.
Pietra's Marill	Right On, Rhydon!		None
	A blue ball forms in Suicune's mouth. Suicune then shoots multiple amounts of blue bubbles at the opponent from the blue ball. When the attack is over, the last bubble explodes and sends the opponent back.
Suicune (M04)	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
	Azumarill releases white bubbles from its mouth at a great speed or the inside of Azumarill's mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Azumarill	Dueling Heroes		None
Jackson's Azumarill	Tie One On!		None
Officer Jenny's Azumarill	The Pirates of Decolore!		None
	A blue ball forms in Corsola's mouth and it releases a steam of blue bubbles from the orb.
Misty's Corsola	Pokémon Heroes		None
Juan's Corsola	The Great Eight Fate!		None
	Tentacruel releases multiple blue bubbles from under the large blue stinger on its face.
Kim's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
Kail's Tentacruel	Cerulean Blues		None
A Coordinator's Tentacruel	A Cacturne for the Worse		None
	Crawdaunt opens its pincers and releases light blue, multicolored, or blue bubbles at the opponent from both or one pincer.
A Team Aqua Grunt's Crawdaunt	Stairway to Devon		None
Shelly's Crawdaunt	Fight for the Meteorite		None
Brodie's Ditto in the form of Crawdaunt	Unfair-Weather Friends		Used via Transform
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt	On Olden Pond		None
A Coordinator's Crawdaunt	Battling the Generation Gap!		None
	Corphish opens its pincers and fires light blue, multicolored or blue bubbles at the opponent from one or both of them.
Ash's Corphish	Gone Corphishin'		None
Rocko's Corphish	A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!		None
	Surskit raises its front two legs and a light blue ball forms between them. It then lowers the ball and multiple light blue bubbles come out and hit the opponent.
Max's Surskit	Maxxed Out!		None
Viola's Surskit	Breaking Titles at the Chateau!		None
	The jewel in the middle of Staryu's body glows orange and it releases orange bubbles from it at the opponent.
Misty's Staryu	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon		None
	Piplup opens its beak and releases a stream of blue bubbles at the opponent. Sometimes its beak glows light blue when it uses the attack.
A Piplup Dawn imagined	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Dawn's Piplup	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Piplup of Team Poképals	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
Professor Rowan's Piplup	SS024		None
	The inside of Prinplup's beak glows light blue and it fires light blue bubbles at the opponent from its beak.
Kenny's Prinplup	Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!		None
	The inside of Mime Jr.'s mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles at the opponent from its mouth.
James's Mime Jr.	All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!		Used via Mimic
	Mantyke fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Mantyke	Dawn of a Royal Day!		None
	The inside of Tympole's mouth glows light blue and it takes in a deep breath. It then releases multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Tympole	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		None
	The inside of Swanna's beak glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its beak at the opponent.
Skyla's Swanna	Cilan Takes Flight!		None
Cameron's Swanna	Cameron's Secret Weapon!		None
	The inside of Frillish's mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Two wild Frillish	A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!		None
Jessie's Frillish	New Places... Familiar Faces!		None
	The inside of Vaporeon's mouth glows light blue and it fires multiple light blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Virgil's Vaporeon	Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!		Vaporeon cannot legally learn BubbleBeam as of Generation III
	Clauncher shoots a beam of blue bubbles from one of its pincers at the opponent.
Rodman's Clauncher	Going for the Gold!		None|-		Lombre shoots a beam of blue bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Lombre	XY056		None

In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga

Marill
The user fires one big bubble.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Marill fires one big bubble from its mouth.
Pietra's Marill	The Grand Rhydon Plan.		Debut

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Jellicent Swanna
The user blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Swanna blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row coming from its mouth.
Pokémon Ranger's Swanna	Companion-Increasing Battle!!		Debut
	Jellicent blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row coming from its mouth.
Muteki's Jellicent	New Companion Victini!!		None

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga

Marill
The user sprays a stream of bubbles which traps the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Marill sprays a stream of bubbles, trapping the opponent.
Marimaru	Apricot, the Super Heroine!!		Debut

In the movie adaptations

The user fires multiple bubbles
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Piplup fires multiple bubbles in a straight line.
Dawn's Piplup	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Starmie Staryu Gyarados and Dragonair Suicune
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Staryu releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent.
Misty's Staryu	Gyarados Splashes In!		Debut
	Starmie releases multiple bubbles out of the gem of the center of its body at the opponent.
Misty's Starmie	Suddenly Starmie		None
	Dragonair's horn glows and it fires a stream of bubbles from the horn at the opponent.
Lance's two Dragonair	Rhyhorn Rising		None
	Gyarados opens its mouth and releases a stream of bubbles from its mouth at the opponent.
Lance's Gyarados	Rhyhorn Rising		None
	Suicune releases a beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent. The beam then breaks apart into millions of bubbles that hit the opponent.
Crys's Suicune	Debonaire Dragonair		None

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

Piplup
A stream of bubbles are shot by the user one by one.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Piplup sprays a stream of bubbles one by one.
Dawn's Piplup	Piplup's Special Training		Debut

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Piplup
The user fires a powerful spray of bubbles at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Piplup shoots a powerful blast of bubbles out of its beak.
Hareta's Piplup	In Search of the Legendary Pokémon Dialga!!		None

In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga

Piplup
Multiple bubbles are shot.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Piplup shoots multiple bubbles from its mouth.
Katsuya's Chacha	TA07		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• If Secret Power is used on a pond in Generation III, it will have the animation of Bubble Beam.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 泡沫光線 Pàomò Guāngxiàn Danish Boblestråle Dutch Bubbelstraal Finnish Kuplasäde European French Bulles d'O German Blubbstrahl Greek Ακτίνα φυσαλίδων Indonesian Bubble Beam Italian Bollaraggio Korean 거품광선 Geopum Gwangseon Norwegian Boblestråle Polish Bąbelkowy Promień Portuguese Brazil Jato de Bolhas Portugal Raio de Bolhas (Pokémon Chronicles) Jacto de Bolhas (Diamond and Pearl series) Romanian Raza de Bule Serbian Mlaz Mehurova Spanish Latin America Rayo Burbuja* Bubblebeam* (DP105) Spain Rayo Burbuja

Variations of the move Psybeam
Spark Psybeam • Bubble Beam • Aurora Beam • Sludge

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