Double Team (move)
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Double Team かげぶんしん Shadow Divide | ||||||||||||
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Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Double Team increases the user's evasion by one stage. Double Team will do nothing if the user's evasion has reached a stage of +6.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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Lucario about to use Double Team.
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Lucario using Double Team.
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Lucario attacking.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Double Team is Lucario's down Special move. When Lucario uses Double Team, it creates copies of itself for its opponent to attack, while the real Lucario sneaks up from behind to counterattack.
Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||||
025 | ![]() |
Pikachu | Electric | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | ' | |||||||
123 | ![]() |
Scyther | Bug | Flying | 24 | 48 | 41 | 37 | 37 | ' | ||||||
193 | ![]() |
Yanma | Bug | Flying | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | ' | ||||||
212 | ![]() |
Scizor | Bug | Steel | 48 | 41 | ' | |||||||||
276 | ![]() |
Taillow | Normal | Flying | 19 | 19 | 19 | ' | ||||||||
277 | ![]() |
Swellow | Normal | Flying | 19 | 19 | 19 | ' | ||||||||
280 | ![]() |
Ralts | Psychic | 11 | 10 | 10 | ' | |||||||||
281 | ![]() |
Kirlia | Psychic | --, 11 | --, 10 | --, 10 | ' | |||||||||
282 | ![]() |
Gardevoir | Psychic | --, 11 | --, 10 | --, 10 | ' | |||||||||
291 | ![]() |
Ninjask | Bug | Flying | 20 | 20 | 20 | ' | ||||||||
313 | ![]() |
Volbeat | Bug | 9 | 5 | 5 | ' | |||||||||
359 | ![]() |
Absol | Dark | 31 | 33 | 33 | ' | |||||||||
361 | ![]() |
Snorunt | Ice | 7 | 4 | 4 | ' | |||||||||
362 | ![]() |
Glalie | Ice | --, 7 | --, 4 | --, 4 | ' | |||||||||
386 | ![]() |
Deoxys | Psychic | 10 | 17 | 17 | ' | |||||||||
396 | ![]() |
Starly | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | ' | |||||||||
397 | ![]() |
Staravia | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | ' | |||||||||
398 | ![]() |
Staraptor | Normal | Flying | 13 | 13 | ' | |||||||||
469 | ![]() |
Yanmega | Bug | Flying | --, 11 | --, 11 | ' | |||||||||
475 | ![]() |
Gallade | Psychic | Fighting | --, 10 | --, 10 | ' | |||||||||
478 | ![]() |
Froslass | Ice | Ghost | --, 4 | --, 4 | ' | |||||||||
479 | ![]() |
Rotom | Electric | Ghost | 15 | 15 | ' | |||||||||
488 | ![]() |
Cresselia | Psychic | -- | -- | ' | ||||||||||
491 | ![]() |
Darkrai | Dark | 47 | 47 | ' | ||||||||||
566 | ![]() |
Archen | Rock | Flying | 8 | ' | ||||||||||
567 | ![]() |
Archeops | Rock | Flying | 8 | ' | ||||||||||
587 | ![]() |
Emolga | Electric | Flying | 19 | ' | ||||||||||
617 | ![]() |
Accelgor | Bug | -- | ' | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
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I TM32 |
II TM32 |
III TM32 |
IV TM32 |
V TM32 |
VI TM08 | |||||||||||
All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Double Team. | ||||||||||||||||
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 the anime
By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
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Zubat flaps its wings at a high speed and a strong gust of wind is created from them. | ||
Brock's Zubat | Clefairy and the Moon Stone | Debut English dub only | |
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Gloom's body becomes outlined in blue, then it glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Florinda's Gloom | Make Room for Gloom | Actual debut | |
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Golbat creates a copy and uses it as a decoy. After the opponent attacks it, Golbat appears behind the opponent. | ||
Mandi's Golbat | Round One - Begin! | None | |
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Scyther's body glows multicolored, then it creates two or more copies of itself. | ||
Jeanette Fisher's Scyther | The Fourth Round Rumble | None | |
Tracey's Scyther | Tracey Gets Bugged | None | |
Bugsy's Scyther | Gettin' the Bugs Out | None | |
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Poliwrath creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Tad's Poliwrath | Charizard Chills | None | |
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Eevee creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Gary's Eevee | The Rivalry Revival! | None | |
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Alakazam creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Alex Davis's Alakazam | Power Play! | None | |
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Yanma creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Zachary Evans's Yanma | Wings 'N' Things | None | |
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Skiploom creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Ephraim's Skiploom | The Grass Route | None | |
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Murkrow flies around so fast it looks like a blur, and it moves fast so it looks like there are multiple other Murkrow. | ||
Multiple wild Murkrow | All That Glitters! | None | |
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Teddiursa creates two other copies of itself that does anything it does. | ||
A wild Teddiursa | UnBEARable | None | |
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Golem creates two other copies of itself. | ||
Goneff's Golem | The Wayward Wobbuffet | None | |
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Scizor creates multiple copies of itself. Sometimes, its body glows white before it multiplies. | ||
Iron-Masked Marauder's Scizor | Celebi: Voice of the Forest | None | |
Katie's Scizor | A Judgment Brawl | None | |
McCann's Scizor | Mastering Current Events! | None | |
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Tyrogue's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Kiyo's Tyrogue | A Tyrogue Full of Trouble | None | |
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Magby's body glows white, then makes multiple copies of itself. | ||
Satchel's Magby | You're a Star, Larvitar! | None | |
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Furret's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Salvador's Furret | A Claim to Flame! | None | |
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Slugma's body glows white then creates two other copies of itself. | ||
Macy's Slugma | Love, Pokémon Style | None | |
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Magneton glows white then creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Jackson's Magneton | Tie One On! | None | |
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Wingull's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
A Coordinator's Wingull | Having a Wailord of a Time | None | |
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Mightyena's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Tabitha's Mightyena | The Spheal of Approval | None | |
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Delcatty's body glows white, then it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Georgio's Delcatty | A Date with Delcatty | None | |
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When Ninjask is about to get hit with an attack, it disappears, or Ninjask's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Colonel Hansen's two Ninjask | The Princess and the Togepi | None | |
Brandon's Ninjask | Pace - The Final Frontier! | None | |
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Magcargo's body glows white then creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Flannery's Mag | Going, Going, Yawn | None | |
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Taillow's body glows white then creates five copies of itself. | ||
Ritchie's Rose | Celebi and Joy! | None | |
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Ludicolo's body glows whitish-green and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Poncho's Ludicolo | Go Go Ludicolo! | None | |
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Deoxys raises its tentacles and creates hundreds of copies of itself. The copies are purple in color and have no pupils. The copies then do whatever the user tells them to do. When the copies are hit, they disintegrate. | ||
Deoxys (Purple Crystal) | Destiny Deoxys | None | |
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Luvdisc's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Misty's Caserin | Luvdisc is a Most Splendored Thing! | None | |
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Salamence's body glows white, then creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Silver's Salamence | The Search for the Legend | None | |
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Swellow's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Ash's Swellow | Solid as a Solrock | None | |
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Surskit's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Kent's Surskit | A Cacturne for the Worse | None | |
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Snorunt's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Ash's Snorunt | Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snorunt | None | |
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Meowth's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Tyson's Meowth | Saved by the Beldum | None | |
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Glalie's body glows white and creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Ash's Glalie | Shocks and Bonds | None | |
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Multiple shadows come out of Gengar's body that take the shape of it. | ||
Agatha's Gengar | The Scheme Team | None | |
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Multiple shadows come out of Shiftry's body and take the form of Shiftry, or Shiftry moves quickly, leaving behind afterimages of itself. | ||
Angela's Shiftry | From Cradle to Save | None | |
Spenser's Shiftry | Ka Boom with a View! | None | |
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Tauros splits into multiple copies of itself. | ||
Ash's Tauros | Second Time's the Charm! | None | |
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Pidgeot moves quickly to create multiple afterimages of itself. | ||
Solidad's Pidgeot | Channeling the Battle Zone! | None | |
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Aipom's body glows white or becomes outlined in white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Dawn's Aipom | Aipom and Circumstance! | None | |
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Starly creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Paul's Starly | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
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Altaria's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Unknown Trainer's Altaria | Not on MY Watch Ya Don't! | None | |
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Misdreavus splits into three other copies of itself. | ||
Zoey's Misdreavus | Mounting a Coordinator Assault! | None | |
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Geodude's whole body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Unknown Trainer's Geodude | All Dressed Up with Somewhere to Go! | None | |
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Darkrai's body glows red and it creates faded copies of itself that circles around the opponent. | ||
Darkrai (movie 10) | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Ambipom's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. Sometimes, its body doesn't even glow at all. | ||
Dawn's Ambipom | The Psyduck Stops Here! | None | |
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Raichu's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
A Raichu Ash used briefly | Camping it Up! | None | |
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Phione's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
A wild Phione | Hold the Phione! | None | |
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Mr. Mime's body glows white and it creates five identical copies of itself. | ||
Clayton's Mr. Mime | Short and To the Punch! | None | |
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Gabite's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Ursula's Gabite | Opposites Interact! | None | |
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Mismagius's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Zoey's Mismagius | Coming Full - Festival Circle! | None | |
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Leafeon's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Zoey's Leafeon | Coming Full - Festival Circle! | None | |
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Luxray's body flashes white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Volkner's Luxray | The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! | None | |
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Panpour's body flashes white and it creates multiple copies of itself. As each copy is created, a flash of white light appears where it is going to appear. | ||
Cress's Panpour | Triple Leaders, Team Threats! | None | |
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Tranquill's entire body glows white and it creates four copies of itself. | ||
Trip's Tranquill | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! | None | |
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Woobat's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
A wild Woobat | Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! | None | |
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Gothitelle disappears just as it is about to be hit by an attack. Then it reappears along with multiple copies of itself. | ||
A wild Gothitelle | The Lost World of Gothitelle! | None | |
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Golett's body glows white and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Luke's Golett | BW042 | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user creates multiple copies of themselves. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Poliwrath disappears right before its about to get hit by an attack, creating an afterimage. It then appears somewhere else, or Poliwrath creates multiple copies of itself around the opponent. | ||
Red's Poli | Just a Spearow Carrier | Debut | |
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When Aipom is about to get hit by an attack, it disappears, creating an afterimage when it does. It then reappears somewhere else. | ||
Gold's Aibo | Number One Donphan | None | |
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When Quilava is about to get hit by an attack, it disappears, creating an afterimage when it does. It then reappears somewhere else. | ||
Gold's Exbo | Tyranitar War | None | |
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Crobat creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Janine's Crobat | Crossing Crobat | None | |
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Tyrogue creates four copies of itself. | ||
Bruno's Tyrogue | The Last Battle X | None | |
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Plusle runs around in circles around the opponent, running so fast that it seems like there are multiple Plusle running around it. | ||
Ruby's Plusle | VS. Plusle & Minun II | None | |
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Minun runs around in circles around the opponent, running so fast that it seems like there are multiple Minun running around it. | ||
Sapphire's Minun | VS. Plusle & Minun II | None | |
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Combusken holds its arms out like a 'T' and it creates multiple copies of itself. | ||
Sapphire's Toro | VS. Altaria | None | |
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When Manectric is about to get hit by an attack, it jumps out of the way, jumping so fast that it leaves behind an afterimage. When the opponent attacks the afterimage, Manectric stomps on it using one of its paws. | ||
Wattson's Manectric | VS. Ninjask | None | |
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Umbreon crouches down and creates multiple copies of itself that solidfy and can attack the opponent. | ||
Greta's Umbreon | VS. Surskit I | None | |
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Cranidos starts to run around the opponent and as it does, it creates multiple copies of itself that also run around the opponent. If an attack hits a clone, it goes right through it. | ||
Roark's Cranidos | A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium | None | |
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Diglett makes four holes around the opponent. It then comes up out of each hole one at a time very quickly, making it seem like there are four Diglett around the opponent, confusing it. | ||
Pearl's Dighiko | VS. Grimer | None | |
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Staraptor creates copies of itself that make it hard to hit. | ||
Darach's Staraptor | VS. Gallade II | None |
In other generations
Trivia
- This move's Japanese name is a reference to a ninja technique ubiquitous in anime, manga, and other fiction commonly known in English as "shadow clone".
In other languages
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Generation I TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation I HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 |
Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
Generation III TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation III HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE |
Generation IV TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
Generation IV HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 |
Generation V TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
Generation V HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 |
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