Bubble Beam (move)
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Bubble Beam バブルこうせん Bubble Beam | ||||||||||||
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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 by one stage.
In Stadium, BubbleBeam has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Speed.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||||
060 | Poliwag | Water | 25 | 25 | ' | |||||||||||
061 | Poliwhirl | Water | 27 | 27 | ' | |||||||||||
062 | Poliwrath | Water | Fighting | -- | -- | ' | ||||||||||
072 | Tentacool | Water | Poison | 25 | 25 | 19 | 19 | ' | ||||||||
073 | Tentacruel | Water | Poison | 25 | 25 | 19 | 19 | ' | ||||||||
116 | Horsea | Water | 18 | 18 | ' | |||||||||||
117 | Seadra | Water | 18 | 18 | ' | |||||||||||
120 | Staryu | Water | 31 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 22 | ' | ||||||||
121 | Starmie | Water | Psychic | -- | ' | |||||||||||
170 | Chinchou | Water | Electric | 28 | 28 | ' | ||||||||||
171 | Lanturn | Water | Electric | 30 | 30 | ' | ||||||||||
183 | Marill | Water | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 13 | ' | ||||||||
184 | Azumarill | Water | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 13 | ' | ||||||||
186 | Politoed | Water | -- | -- | ' | |||||||||||
222 | Corsola | Water | Rock | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 17 | ' | |||||||
223 | Remoraid | Water | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | ' | ||||||||
224 | Octillery | Water | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | ' | ||||||||
226 | Mantine | Water | Flying | 18 | 15 | --, 10 | --, 10 | --, 7 | ' | |||||||
230 | Kingdra | Water | Dragon | 18 | 18 | ' | ||||||||||
245 | Suicune | Water | 41 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | ' | ||||||||
270 | Lotad | Water | Grass | 25 | 25 | ' | ||||||||||
271 | Lombre | Water | Grass | 25 | 25 | ' | ||||||||||
283 | Surskit | Bug | Water | 25 | 25 | 25 | ' | |||||||||
298 | Azurill | Normal | 13 | ' | ||||||||||||
341 | Corphish | Water | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | ' | |||||||||
342 | Crawdaunt | Water | Dark | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | ' | ||||||||
393 | Piplup | Water | 22 | 18 | 18 | ' | ||||||||||
394 | Prinplup | Water | 24 | 19 | 19 | ' | ||||||||||
395 | Empoleon | Water | Steel | 24 | 19 | 19 | ' | |||||||||
458 | Mantyke | Water | Flying | 10 | 10 | 7 | ' | |||||||||
489 | Phione | Water | 24 | 24 | ' | |||||||||||
490 | Manaphy | Water | 24 | 24 | ' | |||||||||||
535 | Tympole | Water | 12 | ' | ||||||||||||
536 | Palpitoad | Water | Ground | 12 | ' | |||||||||||
537 | Seismitoad | Water | Ground | 12 | ' | |||||||||||
580 | Ducklett | Water | Flying | 19 | ' | |||||||||||
581 | Swanna | Water | Flying | 19 | ' | |||||||||||
592 | Frillish | Water | Ghost | 13 | ' | |||||||||||
593 | Jellicent | Water | Ghost | 13 | ' | |||||||||||
647 | Keldeo | Water | Fighting | 13 | ' | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
060 | Poliwag | Water | ||||||||||||
090 | Shellder | Water | ||||||||||||
138 | Omanyte | Rock | Water | |||||||||||
140 | Kabuto | Rock | Water | |||||||||||
211 | Qwilfish | Water | Poison | |||||||||||
550 | Basculin | 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
In other games
Pokémon Conquest
BubbleBeam is the only move of Prinplup.
In the anime
The user releases bubbles from its mouth. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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 | |
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 |
In the manga
In the Ash and Pikachu manga
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The user fires multiple bubbles. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Marill fires multiple bubbles from its mouth. | |||
Pietra's Marill | The Grand Rhydon Plan. | Debut |
In the Be a Master!! Pokémon BW manga
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The user blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Jellicent blasts the foe with several bubbles in a row coming from its mouth. | |||
Unknown Trainer's Jellicent | New Companion Victini!! | Debut |
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
The user sprays a stream of bubbles which traps the foe. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
A stream of bubbles lined up are shot by the user. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Piplup sprays a stream of bubbles which are rapidly moving together. | |||
Dawn's Piplup | The Rise of Darkrai | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the foe. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
A stream of bubbles are shot by the user one by one. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
The user fires a powerful spray of bubbles at the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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
Multiple bubbles are shot. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Piplup shoots multiple bubbles from its mouth. | |||
Katsuya's Chacha | Phantom Thief Haidoru | Debut |
In other generations
Trivia
- If Secret Power is used on a pond in Generation III, it will have the animation of Bubble Beam.
- Bubble Beam's Generation V description erroneously implies that the move has multiple targets.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Psybeam | ||||
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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 |
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