Bite (move)
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Bite (Japanese: かみつく Bite) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation II, it was a Normal-type move.
Effect
Generation I
Bite is a Normal-type move in this generation.
Bite inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch.
Generation II onward
Bite is now a Dark-type move and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.
Bite can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if either the move Leer or Scary Face was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
By breeding
Special move
Generation III
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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133 | Eevee | EeveeLv. 10 |
File:NormalIC Big.png | Field | Starter PokémonXD | |
197 | Umbreon | Umbreon |
File:DarkIC Big.png | Field | Starter PokémonColo | |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
By event
Generation II
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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131 | Lapras | Lapras |
File:WaterIC Big.png File:IceIC Big.png |
Monster | Water 1 | New York Pokémon Center |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, and Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Bite is a move with 7 base power, 90% accuracy, and 19 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, possibly causing them to cringe. This move is affected by Muzzled status condition.
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★★
Power: 36
Accuracy: 100%
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Effect: Has a 30% chance of making the target flinch. |
Users: Krokorok |
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.
Pokémon Masters EX
Category | Move Gauge | MP | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Effect Tag | Description |
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Physical | 2 | — | 42 | 50 | 100% | An opponent | — | Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch. |
Past Description
- Prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a moderate chance of making the target flinch.
Pokémon GO
Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 6 → 10
- Energy boost: 7 → 6
- Duration: 0.5 → 1 seconds
- February 21, 2017
- Power: 10 → 6
- Energy boost: 6 → 4
- Duration: 1 → 0.5 seconds
Description
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In the anime
Main series
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Grotle | Carvanha | Absol | Rockruff |
The opponent is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
023 Ekans | Ekans bites down on the opponent using its mouth. | ||
Jessie's Ekans | Clefairy and the Moon Stone | Debut | |
052 Meowth | Meowth bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Meowth of Team Rocket | The Path to the Pokémon League | None | |
Duplica's Ditto in the form of Meowth | Ditto's Mysterious Mansion | Used via Transform | |
024 Arbok | Arbok bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Jessie's Arbok | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | None | |
058 Growlithe | Growlithe bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Officer Jenny's Growlithe | The Case of the K-9 Caper! | None | |
209 Snubbull | Snubbull bites down on the opponent with its mouth and doesn't let go. | ||
Madame Muchmoney's Snubbull | Snubbull Snobbery | None | |
228 Houndour | Houndour bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws. | ||
A wild Houndour | Hour of the Houndour | None | |
Cassidy's Houndour | Showdown at the Oak Corral | None | |
158 Totodile | Totodile runs up to the opponent and bites down on it with its powerful jaws. | ||
Ash's Totodile | The Totodile Duel | None | |
Khoury's Totodile | Bagged Then Tagged! | None | |
210 Granbull | Granbull bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws. | ||
Lisa's Granbull | Spell of the Unown: Entei | None | |
Madame Muchmoney's Granbull | The Trouble with Snubbull | None | |
Cassidy's Granbull | Sleight of Sand! | None | |
159 Croconaw | Croconaw bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws. | ||
Dundee's Croconaw | Celebi: The Voice of the Forest | None | |
Bryan's Croconaw | The Champ Twins! | None | |
130 Gyarados | Gyarados bites down on the opponent with its jaws. | ||
Clair's Gyarados | Better Eight Than Never | None | |
Crasher Wake's Gyarados | A Crasher Course in Power! | None | |
246 Larvitar | Larvitar bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Larvitar (anime) | You're a Star, Larvitar! | None | |
Chris's Larvitar | The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo! | None | |
009 Blastoise | Blastoise bites down on the opponent using its mouth. | ||
Gary's Blastoise | Can't Beat the Heat! | None | |
229 Houndoom | Houndoom bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws. | ||
Harrison's Houndoom | Playing with Fire! | None | |
261 Poochyena | Poochyena bites down on the opponent with its jaws. | ||
Katrina's Poochyena | A Bite to Remember | None | |
Gym Badge thief's Poochyena | The Blue Badge of Courage | None | |
319 Sharpedo | Sharpedo bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws. | ||
A wild Sharpedo | Sharpedo Attack! | None | |
262 Mightyena | Mightyena bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws. | ||
Butch's Mightyena | Oaknapped! | None | |
309 Electrike | Electrike bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Wattson's Electrike | Watt's With Wattson | None | |
336 Seviper | Seviper bites down on the opponent with its jaws. | ||
Jessie's Seviper | ZigZag Zangoose! | None | |
Lucy's Seviper | Queen of the Serpentine! | None | |
Schwarz's Seviper | Saving Braviary! | None | |
310 Manectric | Manectric bites down on the opponent with its powerful jaws. | ||
Wattson's Manectric | Manectric Charge | None | |
367 Huntail | Huntail bites down on the opponent using its jaws. | ||
Keith's Huntail | The Evolutionary War | None | |
303 Mawile | Mawile bites the opponent using the huge steel jaws on its head. | ||
Samantha's Mawile | Once in a Mawile | None | |
455 Carnivine | Carnivine bites down on the opponent using its mouth. | ||
James's Carnivine | Dawn of a New Era! | None | |
387 Turtwig | Turtwig bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Ash's Turtwig | Gettin' Twiggy With It! | None | |
Gardenia's Turtwig | The Grass-Type is Always Greener! | None | |
449 Hippopotas | Hippopotas bites down on the opponent using its mouth. | ||
Hippopotas (recurring) | Mass Mip-Po-Sis! | None | |
203 Girafarig | Girafarig runs up to the opponent and turns around. Then, the mouth on the end of its tail bites down on the opponent. | ||
Roman's Girafarig | A Full Course Tag Battle! | Girafarig cannot legally learn Bite | |
029 Nidoran♀ | Nidoran♀ bites down on the opponent using its mouth. | ||
Multiple wild Nidoran♀ | Leading a Stray! | None | |
032 Nidoran♂ | Nidoran♂ bites down on the opponent using its mouth. | ||
Multiple wild Nidoran♂ | Leading a Stray! | Nidoran♂ cannot legally learn Bite | |
388 Grotle | Grotle bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Ash's Grotle | The Lonely Snover! | None | |
551 Sandile | Sandile bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws. | ||
Sunglasses Sandile | A Sandile Gusher of Change! | None | |
Multiple wild Sandile | A Sandile Gusher of Change! | None | |
511 Pansage | Pansage bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Cilan's Pansage | Triple Leaders, Team Threats! | None | |
550B Basculin | Basculin bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws. | ||
Cilan's Basculin | A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition! | None | |
552 Krokorok | Krokorok's teeth glow white and it bites down on the opponent. As Krokorok moves while its teeth glow white, they leave behind white streaks of energy. | ||
Clay's Krokorok | Battling the King of the Mines! | None | |
715 Noivern | Noivern bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws. | ||
Alexa's Noivern | Celebrating the Hero's Comet! | None | |
The Ultra Guardians' Noivern | Full Moon and Many Arms! | None | |
676Ma Furfrou | Furfrou's teeth glow white and it bites the opponent. | ||
Princess Allie's Furfrou | Awakening the Sleeping Giant! | None | |
359 Absol | Absol's teeth glow white and it bites the opponent. | ||
Magnus's Absol | The Bonds of Evolution! | None | |
714 Noibat | Noibat bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws. | ||
A wild Noibat | Calling from Beyond the Aura! | None | |
734 Yungoos | Yungoos bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws, or Yungoos opens its mouth and creates a white aura shaped like a set of teeth, which then bites down on the opponent. | ||
Zipp's three Yungoos | Alola to New Adventure! | None | |
744 Rockruff | Rockruff bites down on the opponent using its powerful jaws, or Rockruff opens its mouth and creates a white aura shaped like a set of teeth, which then bites down on the opponent. | ||
Ash's Rockruff | Rocking Clawmark Hill! | None | |
041 Zubat | Zubat bites down on the opponent. | ||
Rapp's Zubat | Alolan Open House! | None | |
745D Lycanroc | Dusk Form Lycanroc opens its mouth and creates a white aura shaped like a set of teeth, which then bites down on the opponent. | ||
Ash's Lycanroc | A Masked Warning! | None | |
634 Zweilous | Zweilous bites down on the opponent with its mouths. | ||
Ryuki's Zweilous | Aiming for the Top Floor! | None | |
833 Chewtle | Chewtle bites down on the opponent with its mouth. | ||
Team Rocket's Chewtle | Kicking It from Here Into Tomorrow! | None | |
318 Carvanha | Carvanha's teeth turn yellow and then the yellow energy on its teeth come off into two separate parts and bite down onto the opponent. | ||
Team Rocket's Carvanha | The Cuteness Quotient! | None | |
779 Bruxish | Bruxish's teeth turn yellow and then the yellow energy on its teeth come off into two separate parts and bite down onto the opponent. | ||
Goh's Bruxish | All Out, All of the Time! | None |
- In the English dub of The Legend of Thunder!, Hun commanded her Steelix to use Bite, which it cannot legally learn. In the original Japanese version, Hun instead commanded Steelix to use Crunch.
- In A Timeless Encounter!, Professor Kukui commanded his Litten to use Bite, but it was defeated by Ash's Torracat's Fire Blast before it could execute the move.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer
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Stoutland | Seviper | Arcanine | |
The user bites down on the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
508 Stoutland | Stoutland lunges towards the opponent and bites down on them. | ||
Cheren's Stoutland | Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer | None | |
336 Seviper | Seviper lunges towards the opponent and bites down on them. | ||
A Team Plasma Grunt's Seviper | Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer | None | |
059 Arcanine | Arcanine bites down on the opponent. | ||
Nate's Arcanine | Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer | None |
Pokémon Origins
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Squirtle | |||
The foe is struck with a vicious bite. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
007 Squirtle | Squirtle bites down on the opponent using its mouth. | ||
Blue's Squirtle | File 1: Red | Debut |
In the manga
Aim to Be a Card Master!!
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Wartortle | |||
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The user bites the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
008 Wartortle | Wartortle uses its teeth to bite the opponent. | ||
Kenta's Wartortle | Cross-Cultural Battle "The Golden-Haired Lady" | Debut | |
Unknown TCG Player's Wartortle | Brothers Face Off "Familiar Rivals" | None |
How I Became a Pokémon Card
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Nidoran♀ | |||
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The user bites down the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
029 Nidoran♀ | Nidoran♀ bites down the opponent. | ||
Unknown Trainer's Nidoran♀ | PW34 | Debut |
Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~
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Krokorok | |||
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The user bites down the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
552 Krokorok | Krokorok bites down the opponent. | ||
Masanori's Krokorok | The Blue Scroll: Mitsunari, Kiyomasa, and Masanori | Debut |
Pokémon Adventures
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Croconaw | Gyarados | Totodile | Quilladin |
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The user bites the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
130 Gyarados | Gyarados bites down on the opponent. | ||
Red's Gyara | Can You Diglett? | Debut Revealed to know in Gyarados Splashes In! by Red's Pokédex | |
024 Arbok | Arbok glides its sharp fangs along the opponent's body to slice it in half. | ||
Agatha's Arbok | Weezing Winks Out | None | |
158 Totodile | Totodile bites down on the opponent. | ||
Silver's Totodile | Totodile Rock | None | |
228 Houndour | Houndour bites down on the opponent. | ||
The Masked Man's Houndour | You Ain't Nothin' But a Houndour | None | |
159 Croconaw | Croconaw bites down on the opponent. | ||
Silver's Croconaw | Tyranitar War | None | |
059 Arcanine | Arcanine bites down on the opponent. | ||
Crystal's Archy | Absolutely Azumarill | None | |
209 Snubbull | Snubbull bites down on the opponent. | ||
Green's Snubbull | The Last Battle VII | None | |
261 Poochyena | Poochyena bites down on the opponent. | ||
Ruby's Nana | Making Mirth with Mightyena | None | |
303 Mawile | Mawile turns around and uses the jaws on the back of its head to bite the opponent. | ||
Multiple wild Mawile | Guile from Mawile | None | |
133 Eevee | Eevee bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth. | ||
Karen's Eevee | The Escape | None | |
633 Deino | Deino bites down on the opponent. | ||
Leo's Deino | The Tournament Continues | None | |
651 Quilladin | Quilladin bites down on the opponent. | ||
X's Marisso | PS578 | None | |
130M Gyarados | Mega Gyarados bites down on the opponent. | ||
Lysandre's Gyarados | PS579 | None |
- In PASS15, Casey's Arrokuda, Kilo, was mentioned to know Bite. However, it has never been seen using the move.
- Red's Eevee, Vee, was revealed to know Bite on the official website, but it was never shown using the move.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
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Shinx | Drapion | ||
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The user bites the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
041 Zubat | Zubat bites down on the opponent with its fangs. | ||
B-2's Zubat | Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!! | Debut | |
403 Shinx | Shinx bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth. | ||
Hareta's Shinx | Serious Training On Iron Island!! | None | |
452 Drapion | Drapion bites down on the opponent with its sharp teeth. | ||
B-2's Drapion | Serious Training On Iron Island!! | None | |
130 Gyarados | Gyarados bites down on the opponent with its teeth. | ||
Cyrus's Gyarados | The Battle Rages On | None |
Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!
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Absol | |||
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The user bites down the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
359 Absol | Absol bites down the opponent. | ||
Ryū's Absol | ABM12 | Debut |
Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder
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Sandile | |||
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The user bites down the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
551 Sandile | Sandile bites down the opponent. | ||
Togari's Sandile | Justice Trainer Shin Appears! | Debut |
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
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Totodile | Croconaw | ||
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The user bites down the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
158 Totodile | Totodile opens its jaw and bites the opponent. | ||
Gold's Totodile | Let's Go! The Journey Towards The Championship | Debut | |
159 Croconaw | Croconaw bites down the opponent. | ||
Gold's Croconaw | Farewell To Pikachu?! | None |
Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure
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Totodile | |||
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The user bites down on the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
158 Totodile | Totodile opens its mouth and bites the opponent using its fangs. | ||
Jō's Totodile | Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!! | Debut |
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
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Snubbull | Houndour | Feraligatr | |
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The user bites down on the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
209 Snubbull | Snubbull bites the opponent. | ||
Unknown Trainer's Snubbull | A Finger Lickin' Battle | Debut | |
228 Houndour | Houndour bites the opponent. | ||
Giovanni's Houndour | Showdown at the Radio Tower!! | None | |
160 Feraligatr | Feraligatr bites down on the opponent. | ||
The Underground store owners's Feraligatr | Don't Accuse Me!! | None |
In other generations
Core series games
File:Bite II.png | File:Bite III.png | File:Bite IV.png | File:Bite V.png |
Generation II | Generation III | Generation IV | Generation V |
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Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Bite is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Karate Chop, and Sand Attack. They were all Normal-type moves in Generation I.
- Bite is the only of these moves that changed to a type introduced in Generation II.
- Bite is the only move to have its damage category change twice. This is due to the move being Normal-type (and therefore physical) in Generation I, Dark-type (and therefore special) in Generation II and III, and a physical move from Generation IV onward.
- If Secret Power is used in a cave in Generation III, it will have the same animation as Bite.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Bite | ||
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