Double Slap (move)

Double Slap おうふくビンタ Round Trip Slap

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  15 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the judge's attention.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Effectiveness varies depending on when it is used.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Double Slap (Japanese: おうふくビンタ Round Trip Slap), formatted as DoubleSlap prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Normal-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

DoubleSlap inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Provided that the move does not miss, it will hit 3 times on average, giving it an average power of 45. Although only the first strike can be a critical hit, each successive one will deal the same amount of damage.

DoubleSlap will end immediately if it breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

Generation II

All strikes now do damage independently, enabling any of them to be critical hits. DoubleSlap may now continue attacking after breaking a substitute.

If the user is holding a King's Rock, the final strike has a chance to cause the opponent to flinch.

Generations III and IV

If the target has an Ability that activates upon contact, each strike counts individually, enabling the Ability to activate multiple times.

Pokémon with the Ability Skill Link will always hit five times when using DoubleSlap unless it misses.

If the user is holding a King's Rock or Razor Fang, each consecutive hit has an equal chance to cause the opponent to flinch.

Generations V to VII

There is now a ~33.3% chance that Double Slap will hit 2 times, a ~33.3% chance it will hit 3 times, a ~16.7% chance it will hit 4 times, and a ~16.7% chance it will hit 5 times. Provided that the move does not miss, it will hit ~3.167 times on average, giving it an average power of 47.5.

If a Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target has Weak Armor or Stamina, each strike will activate it.

If the target is holding a Rocky Helmet, the user is damaged for each strike.

Generation VIII

Double Slap cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 Although each slap is weak, this attack hits the target two to five times in succession. GSC Repeatedly slaps 2-5 times. RSE Repeatedly slaps the foe 2 to 5 times. FRLG The foe is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times. ColoXD Repeatedly slaps the target 2 to 5 times. DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times in a row. BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE The target is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times in a row. SwSh This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	18	13	13	10	10	10	10SMUSUM 12PE
0036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy	1	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM
0039		Jigglypuff		Fairy		Fairy	24	24	24	21	25	25XY 18ORAS	17SMUSUM 12PE
0040		Wigglytuff		Fairy		Fairy	1	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM
0060		Poliwag		Water 1		Water 1	25	19	19	15	15	15	15SMUSUM 16PE
0061		Poliwhirl		Water 1		Water 1	26	19	19	15	15	15	15SMUSUM 16PE
0062		Poliwrath		Water 1		Water 1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM
0113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	1RGB 12Y	17	17	16	12	12	12
0122		Mr. Mime		Human-Like		Human-Like	31	21	17RSE 15FRLG	15	15BW 11B2W2	11	11SMUSUM 10PE
0124		Jynx		Human-Like		Human-Like	23	21	21	15	15	15	15SMUSUM 22PE
0186		Politoed		Water 1		Water 1		1	1	1	1	1	1
0242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy		13	13	16	12	12	12
0300		Skitty		Field	Fairy			15	15	15	15XY 16ORAS	16
0301		Delcatty		Field	Fairy			1	1	1	1	1
0439		Mime Jr.		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				15	15BW 11B2W2	11	11
0531		Audino		Fairy		Fairy					10	10XY 17ORAS	17
0568		Trubbish		Mineral		Mineral					14	14	14
0569		Garbodor		Mineral		Mineral					14	14	14
0572		Minccino		Field		Field					13	13	13
0574		Gothita		Human-Like		Human-Like					14	14	14
0575		Gothorita		Human-Like		Human-Like					14	14	14
0576		Gothitelle		Human-Like		Human-Like					14	14	14
0594		Alomomola		Water 1	Water 2					13	13	13
0619		Mienfoo		Field	Human-Like					17	17	17
0620		Mienshao		Field	Human-Like					17	17	17
0659		Bunnelby		Field		Field						10	10
0660		Diggersby		Field		Field							13
0728		Popplio		Water 1	Field							29
0729		Brionne		Water 1	Field							33
0730		Primarina		Water 1	Field							33
0741		Oricorio		Flying		Flying							23
0757		Salandit		Monster	Dragon							21
0758		Salazzle		Monster	Dragon							21
0762		Steenee		Grass		Grass							1, Evo.
0763		Tsareena		Grass		Grass							1
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0172		Pichu		Field	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0190		Aipom		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0418		Buizel		Water 1	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
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 event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0108		Lickitung		Monster		Monster	Gotta Catch 'Em All
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 other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Doubleslap is a move with 4 base power, 70% accuracy, and 17 PP. It damages an enemy in front of the user 2 to 5 times. This move's base critical hit rate is lower than normal, at 2%.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move's PP has been decreased to 10 and its accuracy to 41.25%.

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars: ★ Power: 10 Accuracy: 90%

Effect: Attacks the target two to five times.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It hits two to five times in succession. MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target using 2 to 5 attacks in a single turn. BSL てきポケモンに ２〜５かいれんぞくで ダメージを あたえる Conq. The target is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times in a row. MDGtI It hits an enemy 2 to 5 times in a row. SMD MDRTDX It damages an enemy 2 to 5 times in a row.

In the anime

Clefairy Mienshao Chansey Gothita
The user slaps the opponent repeatedly with a hand, tail, ears, etc.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Jigglypuff slaps the opponent's face many times.
Jigglypuff (anime)	The Song of Jigglypuff		Debut
	Chansey slaps the opponent's face many times. Sometimes her arms glow white when using the move.
Nurse Joy's Chansey	A Chansey Operation		None
Cheryl's Chansey	Some Enchanted Sweetening!		None
	Clefairy slaps its opponent in the face many times.
Clefairy (recurring)	Clefairy Tales		None
	Wigglytuff slaps the opponent on the face multiple times with its hands or ears.
A Trainer's Wigglytuff	Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!		None
Harley's Wigglytuff	Thinning the Hoard!		None
	Poliwag slaps the opponent many times with its tail.
Misty's Poliwag	The Stun Spore Detour		None
	Poliwhirl slaps the opponent many times with one or both hands.
Misty's Poliwhirl	The Fortune Hunters		None
A wild Poliwhirl	Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!		None
	Poliwrath slaps the opponent many times with both hands.
Andreas's Poliwrath	Hook, Line, and Stinker		None
Chuck's Poliwrath	Machoke, Machoke Man!		None
Delaney's Poliwrath	Outrageous Fortunes		None
	Politoed slaps the opponent many times with both hands.
Misty's Politoed	Outrageous Fortunes		None
Tammy's Bean	I Politoed Ya So!		None
	Mr. Mime slaps the opponent twice with its hands.
Delia's Mimey	Showdown at the Oak Corral		None
	Skitty slaps the opponent many times with its paws or its tail.
May's Skitty	Maxxed Out!		None
Dr. Abby's Johnny	Delcatty Got Your Tongue		None
	Minccino's entire tail glows white or white and orange and it slaps the opponent across the face with it, once, twice or several times.
Bianca's Minccino	Minccino-Neat and Tidy!		None
Team Rocket's Minccino	Gotta Catch a What?!		None
	One of Gothita's arms glow white and it repeatedly slaps the opponent, or one of Gothita's arms glow white and it waves its arm, releasing white waves of energy which repeatedly hit the opponent.
Katharine's Gothita	Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!		None
	Gothorita's hand glows white and it hits the opponent multiple times with them.
Flora's Gothorita	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None
	Garbodor's hand glows white and it hits the opponent with them.
Roxie's Garbodor	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2		None
	Bunnelby's ears glow white and it repeatedly smacks the opponent with them.
Clemont's Bunnelby	Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!		None
	Diggersby's ears glow white and it repeatedly smacks the opponent with them.
Dolan's Diggersby	To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!		None
Clemont's Diggersby in a dream	Dream a Little Dream from Me!		None
	Mega Audino's hands glow light yellow and it repeatedly hits the opponent with them.
Nurse Joy's Audino	A Giga Battle with Mega Results!		None
	Pom-Pom Style Oricorio's wings glow light orange and it hits its opponent with them.
Hobbes's Oricorio	Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!		None
	Steenee repeatedly slaps the opponent with her sepals. Sometimes she spins around rapidly while using the move.
Mallow's Steenee	A Seasoned Search!		None
	Mienshao repeatedly slaps the opponent with the fur on its arms.
Korrina's Mienshao	A Festival Reunion!		Mienshao cannot legally use Double Slap in Generation VIII

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

[show] Jigglypuff
The user repeatedly slaps the opponent with one of its hands.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Jigglypuff repeatedly slaps the opponent back and forth with one of its hands.
Mimi's Jigglypuff	Clefairy in Space		Debut

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga

[show] Jigglypuff
The user repeatedly slaps the opponent with one of its hands.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Jigglypuff repeatedly slaps the opponent back and forth with one of its hands.
An Unknown Trainer's Jigglypuff	PW20		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

[show] Bellsprout Poliwrath Politoed
The user slaps the opponent many times.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Poliwrath slaps the opponent across the face many times with one hand.
Red's Poli	Meanwhile... Vileplume!		Debut
	Bellsprout slaps the opponent across the face many times with one leaf.
Erika's Bellsprout	Meanwhile... Vileplume!		Used via Mimic
	Politoed slaps the opponent's face with one of its hands multiple times.
Gold's Polibo	Raise the Red Gyarados		None

• In The Escape, Green's Jigglypuff, Jiggly, was revealed to know Double Slap by her Pokédex.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

[show] Politoed
Unknown
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Politoed slaps the opponent's face with one of its hands multiple times.
Ran's Politoed	GDZ66		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

[show] Clefairy and Clefable
The user simultaneously slaps the opponent multiple times.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Clefairy flails its arms and slaps the opponent everywhere multiple times.
Red's Clefairy	Good-Bye, Pikachu?!		Debut
	Clefable flails its arms and slaps the opponent everywhere multiple times.
Whitney's Clefable	Fierce Battle Between Clefairy and Clefable		None

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga

[show] Jigglypuff
The user simultaneously slaps the opponent multiple times.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Jigglypuff flails its arms and slaps the opponent everywhere multiple times.
Oichi's Jigglypuff	The White Scroll: Oichi's Worries		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Like most multi-strike moves, this move can hit the opponent up to five times. This is despite being called Double Slap, which suggests that it only hits twice.
  • However, the Chinese, French, Korean, and Japanese names for Double Slap do not indicate a specific number of strikes.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 連環巴掌 Lìhnwàahn Bājéung * 連環掌擊 Lìhnwàahn Jéunggīk * Mandarin 連環巴掌 / 连环巴掌 Liánhuán Bāzhang * 连续巴掌 Liánxù Bāzhang * Czech Dvojitá rána Danish Dobbeltklask Dutch Dubbelslag Finnish Kaksoisläpsy (original series) Tuplaläimäys (AG series) French Torgnoles German Duplexhieb Greek Διπλό Χαστούκι Hebrew סטירה כפולה Stira Kfula Hindi दुगना थप्पड़ Dugna Thappad Indonesian Tamparan Ganda Italian Doppiasberla Korean 연속뺨치기 Yeonsokppyamchigi Polish Dwuklask* Podwójne Uderzenie* Podwójny Cios* Podwójny Atak* Podwójny Atak Klapsów* Portuguese Brazil Tapa Duplo (games, anime, TCG, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook) Pancada Dupla (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Portugal Palmada Dupla (PC) Romanian Lovitura Dublă Serbian Dvostruko Šamaranje European Spanish Doble Bofetón* Doblebofetón* Swedish Dubbelörfilattack Dubbelsmäll* Turkish Çifte Tokat Vietnamese Song Tát

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