Sonic Boom (move)
| SonicBoom ソニックブーム Sonic Boom | ||||||||||||
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SonicBoom (Japanese: ソニックブーム Sonic Boom) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
SonicBoom deals 20 damage, regardless of the user's type, the opponent's type, and any other effects. Template:Type2s are able to be hit by this move despite their usual immunity to Normal-type moves.
Generation II and on
Template:Type2 Pokémon are immune to SonicBoom.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, this move does 55 damage instead of 20 damage.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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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
| style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Yanma
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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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By event
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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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
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
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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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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma, Yanmega
Vibrava, Flygon
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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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Generation V
By leveling up
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By breeding
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma, Yanmega
Vibrava, Flygon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0517
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| style="background: #FFF" | Munna
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Buizel, Floatzel
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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
 Magnezone | |||
| The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave. | |||
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Yanma flaps its wings at a fast speed and one or multiple shockwaves heads towards the opponent, or Yanma's wings glow white and it waves them, releasing a shockwave from its wings at the opponent. | ||
| Zachary Evans's Yanma | Wings 'N' Things | Debut | |
| Forrester Franklin's Yanma | All in a Day's Wurmple | None | |
| Jessie's Yanma | The Thief that Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
| Tyler's Yanma | The Thief the Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
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Crobat flaps its wings so fast that they become a blur, and a cyclone of wind and white circles come out of them and hit the opponent. | ||
| Brock's Crobat | Lapras of Luxury | Crobat cannot legally learn SonicBoom. | |
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Buizel's two tails glow white and it flips around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent. | ||
| Ash's Buizel | Buizel Your Way Out of This! | None | |
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Yanmega's wings glow white and it waves its wings, releasing a large white shockwave at the opponent. | ||
| Jessie's Yanmega | The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
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All three of Magnezone's magnets glow white and it spins around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent. | ||
| A wild Magnezone | Regaining the Home Advantage! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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| The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave. | |||
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Magneton's body becomes surrounded by an orb of energy. When the opponent comes into contact with Magneton, they bounce off the orb. | ||
| A wild Magneton | Electro Magneton | Debut | |
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Magnemite's body becomes surrounded by orbs of energy. | ||
| Two wild Magnemite | Electro Magneton | Debut | |
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Electrode's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body. | ||
| Ken's Electrode | Ekans the Ecstasy | None | |
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Voltorb's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body. | ||
| Ken's Voltorb | Ekans the Ecstasy | None | |
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Buizel waves it's tail and a blast of wind slashes the opponent. | ||
| Uji's Buizel | VS. Staravia and Skuntank II | None | |
Trivia
- Despite being a Normal-type move, Smeargle (through Sketch) is the only Normal-type Pokémon that can learn this move.
- Although the sound-based moves are introduced in Generation III, SonicBoom is listed in move index number near with another Generation I sound-based moves; Growl, Sing, Roar, and Supersonic.
- Prior to Generation V, Spinarak was the only Pokémon able to learn SonicBoom through breeding.
- For unknown reasons, the move's animation was changed between the Japanese and international versions of Generation II. Whereas the Japanese version depicted SonicBoom as a boomerang being thrown towards the target, the international versions instead depict the move as a tornado approaching and hitting the foe.
In other generations
In other languages
- Chinese: 音爆 Yīnbào
- Dutch: Supersonische Knal
- French: Sonicboom
- German: Ultraschall
- Greek: Ηχοέκρηξη
- Italian: Sonicboom
- Korean: 소닉붐 Sonic Boom
- Polish: Bomba Dźwięku
- Portugese: Detonação Sônica
- Spanish: Bomba Sónica
- Serbian: Sonična Bomba
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