Twineedle (move)
| Twineedle ダブルニードル Double Needle | ||||||||||||
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Twineedle (Japanese: ダブルニードル Double Needle) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation V, it was Beedrill's signature move.
Effect
Generation I
Twineedle inflicts damage, and has a 20% chance of poisoning the target. Twineedle hits twice per use. Although technically only the first hit can critical hit, each hit per use will do the same amount of damage.
Twineedle will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge one hit of this move.
Twineedle can't poison a target that has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is a Poison-type Pokémon.
Generation II
Same as Generation I, except now it can poison Steel- and Template:Type2 Pokémon. Also, all hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling any of them to be critical.
Generation III
Same as Generation II, but it cannot poison Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon.
Generation IV
Same as Generation III, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.
Generation V
Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will also cause Weak Armor to activate.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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Generation III
By leveling up
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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Generation V
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167
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| style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451
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| style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0543
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| style="background: #FFF" | Venipede
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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In the anime
 Beedrill
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| The foe is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers. | |||
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Beedrill charges at the opponent with the large stingers on its arms, or Beedrill repeatedly stabs the opponent with the arm stingers on its arms. | ||
| A wild Beedrill | Challenge of the Samurai | Debut | |
| A wild Beedrill | The Purr-fect Hero | None | |
| Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill | The Fourth Round Rumble | None | |
| Unknown Trainer's Beedrill | A Shipful of Shivers | None | |
| Jimmy's Beedrill | The Legend of Thunder! | None | |
| Casey's Beedrill | The Bug Stops Here | None | |
| Unknown Trainer's Beedrill | In the Knicker of Time! | None | |
| Multiple wild Beedrill | Cutting the Ties That Bind! | None | |
| Multiple wild Beedrill | Second Time's the Charm! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
 Beedrill
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| The user stabs the opponent with a pair of stingers. | |||
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Beedrill stabs the opponent with one of its stingers. | ||
| Giovanni's Beedrill | The Beedrill All and End All | Debut | |
Trivia
- Twineedle is the only Template:Type2 move so far that can poison.
- Twineedle is the only move that can poison a Template:Type2 Pokémon, as it is a Bug-type move instead of a Poison-type move. However, this only works in Generation II.
- Currently, only Shellder's evolutionary line are the only non Bug-type Pokémon able to learn Twineedle.
In other languages
- French: Double-dard
- German: Duonadel
- Greek: Δίδυμα Κεντριά
- Italian: Doppio Ago
- Korean: 더블니들 Double Needle
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Agulhas Gêmeas
- Spanish: Doble Ataque
- Serbian: Dvostruka Bodlja
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