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Aerial Ace
つばめがえし Turning Swallow Cut
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Aerial Ace (Japanese: つばめがえし Turning Swallow Cut) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.
Effect
Aerial Ace inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat and Evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig, Fly and Dive.
In the anime
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Pidgeotto flies straight, then quickly ascends straight up into the sky. As it is engulfed in white streaks of light, it flies down onto the foe.
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| Vladimir's Pidgeotto
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Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry!
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Swellow flies straight, then quickly ascends straight up into the sky. As it is engulfed in white streaks of light, it flies down onto the foe.
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Lessons in Lilycove!
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Starly flies straight, then quickly ascends straight up into the sky. As it is engulfed in white streaks of light, it flies down onto the foe.
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Staravia flies straight, then quickly ascends straight up into the sky. As it is engulfed in white streaks of light, it flies down onto the foe.
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A Staravia is Born!
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Beautifly flies straight, then quickly ascends straight up into the sky. As it is engulfed in white streaks of light, it flies down onto the foe.
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Strategy With a Smile!
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Honchkrow flies straight, then quickly ascends straight up into the sky. As it is engulfed in white streaks of light, it flies down onto the foe.
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Aiding the Enemy!
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Gabite flies straight, then quickly ascends straight up into the sky. As it is engulfed in white streaks of light, it flies down onto the foe.
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Learnset
Trivia
- The Japanese name of this move, つばめがえし Swallow Return (more commonly known in English as the "Turning Swallow Cut"), is probably taken from the signature technique of the legendary swordsman Sasaki Kojirō (the namesake of Team Rocket's James). It is widely believed that it consisted of first a rapid downward slash from above, immediately followed by an upward slash on the same line (this same motion is used for the move's animation in Generation IV). Its name came from Kojirō's observations of the motion of a swallow's tail in flight.
- In Pokemon Battle Revolution, the anouncer commonly exclaims "Aerial Ace hits!" when this move is used, even though the move is always sure to hit.
In other languages
- French: Aeropique
- German: Aero-ass
- Italian: Aeroassalto
- Spanish: Golpe Aéreo
- Latin American Spanish (anime): As Aéreo
- Dutch: Lucht Troef
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