Manga move errors
In the Pokémon manga, a situation will sometimes occur in which a Pokémon knows a move it cannot learn legally in any of the games. It is unknown whether these are actual mistakes, a writing policy of not having to stick to the games too closely, or merely the Pokémon using an attribute that shares the name of a move in the games.
Occasionally, in-game event Pokémon that can be transferred onto the main series games have a move that is not normally included in that Pokémon's moveset (a prime example being Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, which gave away four separate Pokémon with moves that were not normally available to that specific Pokémon).
List of manga Pokémon with moves that they cannot learn in the games
Ash and Pikachu
Pokémon Adventures
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
Artwork | Name | Move | First use | Picture |
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Gold's Pidgey | Peck | The Legendary Pokémon Appears! | ||
Gold's Bayleef | Stomp | Extreme Power!! The Friday Pokémon |
Pokémon Zensho
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Picture |
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Satoshi's Charmander | Tackle | Prologue: Pallet Town |
How I Became a Pokémon Card
Pokémon in How I Became a Pokémon Card will often use moves that they cannot learn in the games. These are generally not errors, though, because this series is based on the Pokémon TCG; the "illegal" moves Pokémon use in this series are moves from their TCG cards.
Former errors
Pokémon Zensho
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Blaine's Arcanine | Fire Spin | Cinnabar Island | Blaine's Arcanine uses Fire Spin in the chapter. However, Arcanine was unable to learn Fire Spin until Generation II. |
Similar examples that are not manga move errors
Pokémon which can know the move in a previous game
Ash & Pikachu
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Ash's Charizard | DragonBreath | Off To The Battle Frontier!! | Ash's Charizard uses DragonBreath, which though impossible for Charizard to have in Generation III onward, was available to teach to Charizard by TM24 in Generation II. |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Gengar | Double-Edge | Tears and Emotions - It's the Final Chapter! | Gengar uses Double-Edge, which though impossible for Gengar to have in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, was available to teach to Gengar by TM10 in Generation I and Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Emerald, and XD. |
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Sprite | Name | Move | First use | Notes | Picture |
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Red's Clefairy | Rage | Clefairy Transforms?! | Red's Clefairy uses Rage, which though impossible to have in Generation III onward, was available to teach to Clefairy by TM20 in Generation I. |
See also
Move errors in various Pokémon canons |
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Animated series • Manga • Game • TCG |
This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga. |