Scratch (move)
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| Scratch ひっかく Scratch | ||||||||||||
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Scratch (Japanese: ひっかく Scratch) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Scratch inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||||
| 004 | 
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Charmander | Fire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 005 | 
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Charmeleon | Fire | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 006 | 
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Charizard | Fire | Flying | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 027 | 
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Sandshrew | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 028 | 
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Sandslash | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 029 | 
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Nidoran♀ | Poison | 8 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 030 | 
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Nidorina | Poison | --, 8 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 031 | 
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Nidoqueen | Poison | Ground | --, 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 046 | 
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Paras | Bug | Grass | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 047 | 
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Parasect | Bug | Grass | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 050 | 
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Diglett | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 051 | 
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Dugtrio | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 052 | 
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Meowth | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 053 | 
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Persian | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 054 | 
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Psyduck | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 055 | 
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Golduck | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 056 | 
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Mankey | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 057 | 
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Primeape | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 140 | 
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Kabuto | Rock | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 141 | 
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Kabutops | Rock | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| 158 | 
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Totodile | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 159 | 
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Croconaw | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 160 | 
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Feraligatr | Water | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 161 | 
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Sentret | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 162 | 
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Furret | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 190 | 
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Aipom | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 215 | 
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Sneasel | Dark | Ice | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 216 | 
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Teddiursa | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 217 | 
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Ursaring | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 255 | 
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Torchic | Fire | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 256 | 
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Combusken | Fire | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 257 | 
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Blaziken | Fire | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 287 | 
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Slakoth | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 288 | 
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Vigoroth | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 289 | 
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Slaking | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 290 | 
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Nincada | Bug | Ground | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 291 | 
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Ninjask | Bug | Flying | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 292 | 
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Shedinja | Bug | Ghost | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 302 | 
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Sableye | Dark | Ghost | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 335 | 
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Zangoose | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 347 | 
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Anorith | Rock | Bug | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 348 | 
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Armaldo | Rock | Bug | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 352 | 
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Kecleon | Normal | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 359 | 
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Absol | Dark | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 390 | 
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Chimchar | Fire | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 391 | 
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Monferno | Fire | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 392 | 
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Infernape | Fire | Fighting | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 424 | 
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Ambipom | Normal | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 431 | 
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Glameow | Normal | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 432 | 
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Purugly | Normal | --, 5 | --, 5 | --, 5 | ||||||||||
| 434 | 
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Stunky | Poison | Dark | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 435 | 
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Skuntank | Poison | Dark | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 461 | 
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Weavile | Dark | Ice | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| 509 | 
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Purrloin | Dark | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 510 | 
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Liepard | Dark | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 511 | 
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Pansage | Grass | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 513 | 
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Pansear | Fire | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 515 | 
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Panpour | Water | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 529 | 
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Drilbur | Ground | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 530 | 
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Excadrill | Ground | Steel | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 570 | 
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Zorua | Dark | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 571 | 
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Zoroark | Dark | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 610 | 
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Axew | Dragon | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 611 | 
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Fraxure | Dragon | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 612 | 
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Haxorus | Dragon | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 621 | 
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Druddigon | Dragon | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| 624 | 
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Pawniard | Dark | Steel | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 625 | 
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Bisharp | Dark | Steel | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| 653 | 
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Fennekin | Fire | -- | ||||||||||||
| 654 | 
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Braixen | Fire | -- | ||||||||||||
| 655 | 
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Delphox | Fire | Psychic | -- | |||||||||||
| 677 | 
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Espurr | Psychic | -- | ||||||||||||
| 678 | 
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Meowstic | Psychic | -- | ||||||||||||
| 688 | 
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Binacle | Rock | Water | -- | |||||||||||
| 689 | 
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Barbaracle | Rock | 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. | ||||||||||||||||
In the anime
In the main series
 Slakoth  Chimchar  Panpour  Axew | |||
| The foe is hit by the user's sharp claws | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Meowth scratches the opponent with its claws. Sometimes when it uses this move, its claws glow white and leave behind white trails of energy. | ||
| Meowth of Team Rocket | Challenge of the Samurai | Debut | |
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Primeape puts its hand in a fist and repeatedly scratches the opponent with its fist. | ||
| Ash's Primeape | The Punchy Pokémon | None | |
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Psyduck charges at the opponent with its claws extended and scratches them. | ||
| Misty's Psyduck | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | None | |
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Nidoran♀ repeatedly scratches the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Emily's Maria | Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon | None | |
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Sandslash repeatedly slashes the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Koji's Sandslash | Good Quil Hunting | None | |
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Totodile scratches the opponent repeatedly with its claws. | ||
| Ash's Totodile | The Totodile Duel | None | |
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Vigoroth hits the opponent with its whole hand. | ||
| Norman's Vigoroth | There's no Place like Hoenn | None | |
| Marcel's Vigoroth | The Garden of Eatin' | None | |
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Sableye scratches the opponent with its nails. | ||
| Cassidy's Sableye | Oaknapped | None | |
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Torchic jumps up and scratches the opponent repeatedly with its two feet. | ||
| Nurse Joy's Torchic | Having a Wailord of a Time | None | |
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Slakoth scratches the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Marcel's Slakoth | The Garden of Eatin' | None | |
| A Coordinator's Slakoth | Playing the Performance Encore! | None | |
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Aipom scratches the opponent with its hands. | ||
| Multiple wild Aipom | Slaking Kong! | None | |
| Dawn's Aipom | Slaking Kong! | None | |
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Weavile scratches the opponent with its claws. | ||
| A wild Weavile | Duels of the Jungle! | None | |
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Chimchar scratches the opponent with its fingers, leaving behind white trails of energy. | ||
| Ash's Chimchar | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
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The end of one of Zorua's paws glows light blue and it swings the paw at the opponent, releasing a crescent blade of energy. | ||
| Zorua (M13) | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
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The tips of one or both of Panpour's hands glow white and it scratches the opponent one or more times, leaving behind a white trail of energy. | ||
| Cress's Panpour | Triple Leaders, Team Threats! | None | |
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Axew raises its claws in the air and one of them flashes white. It then scratches the opponent one or more times with both claws, leaving behind a white trail of energy. | ||
| Iris's Axew | The Bloom Is on Axew! | None | |
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Zangoose's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them. | ||
| Weiss's Zangoose | Saving Braviary! | None | |
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Fennekin scratches the opponent with one of its front paws. | ||
| Mirror World Serena's Fennekin | XY037 | None | |
- In Classroom Training!, Jeremiah told his Skuntank to use Scratch, but due to it being incapacitated by James's Carnivine's Vine Whip, it was unable to execute the move.
- In A Battle by Any Other Name!, it was mentioned that Serena's Fennekin knew Scratch.
In Pokémon Origins
 Charmander  Charmeleon | |||
| The foe is hit by the user's sharp claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Used In | Notes | |
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Charmander scratches the opponent with its claws. | ||
| Red's Charmander | File 1 - Red | Debut | |
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Charmeleon scratches the opponent with its claws, leaving behind a white trail of energy. | ||
| Red's Charmeleon | File 2 - Cubone | None | |
In the manga
In the Aim to Be a Card Master!! manga
 Charmander
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| The user scratches the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Charmander scratches the opponent. | ||
| Kenta's Charmander | District Convention "Kenta, to the Open Sea" | Debut | |
In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga
 Persian  Nidoran♀ | |||
| The user scratches the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Persian scratches the opponent. | ||
| Giovanni's Persian | PW17 | Debut | |
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Nidoran♀ scratches the opponent. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Nidoran♀ | PW34 | None | |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
 Nidoqueen  Aipom  Totodile  Meowth | |||
| The user scratches the opponent with its claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Nidoqueen scratches the opponent with one of its claws. | ||
| Giovanni's Nidoqueen | The Beedrill All and End All | Debut | |
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Aipom scratches the opponent repeatedly with its two hands. | ||
| Gold's Aibo | Murkrow Row | None | |
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Totodile scratches the opponent with one of its claws. | ||
| Silver's Totodile | Totodile Rock | None | |
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Meowth sticks out both of its paws and it scratches the opponent with both of them. | ||
| Sham's Meowth | Escape!! | None | |
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
 Purugly
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| The user scratches the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
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Purugly raises its paw and scratches the foe with it. | ||
| Mars's Purugly | The Mystery Boy, Jun!! | Debut | |
In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure manga
 Totodile
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| The user scratches the foe with its claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Totodile scratches the foe leaving behind a trail of light. | ||
| Jou's Totodile | Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!! | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team manga
 Chimchar
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| The user scratches the foe. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Chimchar scratches the foe with its hands. | ||
| Honō | BET1 | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
 Feraligatr  Charizard  Totodile | |||
| The user slams the foe with its claws. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Charizard slams the foe with its claws. | ||
| Green's Charizard | The Pokémon Banana League (Part 2) | Debut | |
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Totodile scratches the foe leaving behind a trail of light. | ||
| Silver's Totodile | Clefairy, the Battle Instructor | None | |
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Feraligatr scratches the opponent. | ||
| The Underground store owners's Feraligatr | Don't Accuse Me!! | None | |
In other generations
In other languages
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