Thunder

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Thunder

かみなり Thunder

Generation:	I

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	110
Accuracy:	70%
PP:	10
Affects:	All Enemies
Secondary Effect:	May Cause Paralysis
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	2 ♥♥

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Thunder is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation I. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it is available as TM38.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	An attack that may cause paralysis.
RSE	A lightning attack that may cause paralysis.
FRLG	A brutal lightning attack that may also leave the foe paralyzed.
DPPtHGSS	A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the foe to inflict damage. It may also leave the target paralyzed.
BWB2W2	A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the target to inflict damage. It may also leave the target with paralysis.
XYORAS SMUSUMPE SWSH	A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the target to inflict damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis.

Effect

In battle

Thunder deals damage and has a 10% chance to paralysed non-Electric types. Thunder never misses in rain, but has 50% accuracy in intense sunlight. It may also paralyze the target. It also hits Pokémon that are in the semi invulnerable turn of Fly, Bounce or Sky Drop.

In Generation II, The paralyze chance is buffed to 30%.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, due to a glitch Thunder has a 30% chance to bypass Protect and Detect in rain, but starting in Pokémon Platinum, Thunder can no longer bypass them.

Its base power was nerfed from 120 to 110 In Generation VI.

Contests

Startles all Pokémon that have already appealed.

If Charge, Lock-On or Rain Dance was used before Thunder, it gives 2 extra appeal Points in Gen III.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, if Rain Dance and Charge are used before thunder, the appeals bonus is now 3.

Super Contests

Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy	43RGBJP 41Y	41	41	45	50	50XY 58ORAS	58SMUSUM 30PE	44
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy								1
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy								1
	Magnemite	electric/steel	Mineral							44PE
	Magneton	electric/steel	Mineral							56PE
	Electabuzz	electric	Human-Like	54	58	58	58	62BW 55B2W2	55	55SMUSUM 50PE	58
	Jolteon	electric	Field	54RGBJP 52Y	52	52	71	71BW 45B2W2	45	45SMUSUM 31PE	50
	Zapdos	electric/flying	Undiscovered	51	73	85	78	78	78	78SMUSUM 64PE	50
	Mareep	electric	Monster/Field		37	37	46	55BW 46B2W2	46	46
	Flaaffy	electric	Monster/Field		45	45	53	65BW 56B2W2	56	56
	Ampharos	electric	Monster/Field		57	57	68	79BW 62B2W2	62	62
	Elekid	electric	Undiscovered		49	49	46	56BW 43B2W2	43	43	48
	Raikou	electric	Undiscovered		71	71	71DP 85PtHGSS	85	85	85	72
	Electrike	electric	Field			36	49	52	52XY 49ORAS	49	44
	Manectric	electric	Field			45	61	66	66XY 54ORAS	54	54
	Plusle	electric	Fairy			37	38	42	42XY 43ORAS	43
	Minun	electric	Fairy			37	38	42	42XY 43ORAS	43
	Electivire	electric	Human-Like				58	62BW 55B2W2	55	55	58
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered					67	67	61	65
	Zekrom	dragon/electric	Undiscovered					78	78	78	64
	Helioptile	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon								44
	Heliolisk	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon						1	1	1
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy						45	45	60
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Rattata	normal	Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Raticate	normal	Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy							TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Nidoran♀	poison	Monster/Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Nidorina	poison	Undiscovered	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Nidoran♂	poison	Monster/Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Nidorino	poison	Monster/Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Clefairy	fairy	Fairy	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Clefable	fairy	Fairy	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Meowth	normal	Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Meowth	dark	Field							TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Meowth	steel	Field								TR09
	Mankey	fighting	Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Primeape	fighting	Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Geodude	rock/electric	Mineral							TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Graveler	rock/electric	Mineral							TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Golem	rock/electric	Mineral							TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Magnemite	electric/steel	Mineral	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Magneton	electric/steel	Mineral	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Grimer	poison	Amorphous	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Muk	poison	Amorphous	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Gastly	ghost/poison	Amorphous	TM25	TM25					TM38PE
	Haunter	ghost/poison	Amorphous	TM25	TM25					TM38PE
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Voltorb	electric	Mineral	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Electrode	electric	Mineral	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE
	Marowak	fire/ghost	Monster							TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Lickitung	normal	Monster	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Koffing	poison	Amorphous	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Weezing	poison	Amorphous	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous								TR09
	Rhyhorn	ground/rock	Monster/Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Rhydon	ground/rock	Monster/Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Chansey	normal	Fairy	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Kangaskhan	normal	Monster	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Staryu	water	Water 3	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Starmie	water/psychic	Water 3	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Mr. Mime	ice/psychic	Human-Like								TR09
	Electabuzz	electric	Human-Like	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Tauros	normal	Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Gyarados	water/flying	Water 2/Dragon	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Lapras	water/ice	Monster/Water 1	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Jolteon	electric	Field	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Porygon	normal	Mineral	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Snorlax	normal	Monster	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Zapdos	electric/flying	Undiscovered	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Dratini	dragon	Water 1/Dragon	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Dragonair	dragon	Water 1/Dragon	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Dragonite	dragon/flying	Water 1/Dragon	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Mewtwo	psychic	Undiscovered	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25SMUSUM TM38PE	TR09
	Furret	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Chinchou	water/electric	Water 2		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Lanturn	water/electric	Water 2		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Pichu	electric	Undiscovered		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Mareep	electric	Monster/Field		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Flaaffy	electric	Monster/Field		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Ampharos	electric	Monster/Field		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Aipom	normal	Field		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Misdreavus	ghost	Amorphous		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Girafarig	normal/psychic	Field		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Dunsparce	normal	Field		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Porygon2	normal	Mineral		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Stantler	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Elekid	electric	Undiscovered		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Miltank	normal	Field		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Blissey	normal	Fairy		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Raikou	electric	Undiscovered		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Tyranitar	rock/dark	Monster			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Lugia	psychic/flying	Undiscovered		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Ho-Oh	fire/flying	Undiscovered		TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Zigzagoon	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Zigzagoon	dark/normal	Field								TR09
	Linoone	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Linoone	dark/normal	Field								TR09
	Slakoth	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Vigoroth	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Slaking	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Nosepass	rock	Mineral			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Skitty	normal	Field/Fairy			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Delcatty	normal	Field/Fairy			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Aggron	steel/rock	Monster			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Electrike	electric	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Manectric	electric	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Plusle	electric	Fairy			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Minun	electric	Fairy			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Volbeat	bug	Bug/Human-Like			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Illumise	bug	Bug/Human-Like			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Zangoose	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Castform	normal	Fairy/Amorphous			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Kecleon	normal	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Shuppet	ghost	Amorphous			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Banette	ghost	Amorphous			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Absol	dark	Field			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Regirock	rock	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Regice	ice	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Kyogre	water	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Jirachi	steel/psychic	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered			TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Bidoof	normal	Water 1/Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Bibarel	normal/water	Water 1/Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Shinx	electric	Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Luxio	electric	Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Luxray	electric	Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Cranidos	rock	Monster				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Rampardos	rock	Monster				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Shieldon	rock/steel	Monster				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Bastiodon	rock/steel	Monster				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Pachirisu	electric	Field/Fairy				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Ambipom	normal	Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Drifloon	ghost/flying	Amorphous				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Mismagius	ghost	Amorphous				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Glameow	normal	Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Purugly	normal	Field				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Mime Jr.	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Munchlax	normal	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Lickilicky	normal	Monster				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Rhyperior	ground/rock	Monster				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Electivire	electric	Human-Like				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Porygon-Z	normal	Mineral				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Probopass	rock/steel	Mineral				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Froslass	ice/ghost	Fairy/Mineral				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Rotom	electric/ghost	Amorphous				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Dialga	steel/dragon	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Palkia	water/dragon	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Regigigas	normal	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Giratina	ghost/dragon	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered				TM25	TM25	TM25	TM25
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Watchog	normal	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25
	Lillipup	normal	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Herdier	normal	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Stoutland	normal	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Blitzle	electric	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25
	Zebstrika	electric	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25
	Audino	normal	Fairy					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Cinccino	normal	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Solosis	psychic	Amorphous					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Duosion	psychic	Amorphous					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Reuniclus	psychic	Amorphous					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Emolga	electric/flying	Field					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Galvantula	bug/electric	Bug					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Ferrothorn	grass/steel	Grass/Mineral					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Klinklang	steel	Mineral					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Eelektrik	electric	Amorphous					TM25	TM25	TM25
	Eelektross	electric	Amorphous					TM25	TM25	TM25
	Stunfisk	ground/electric	Water 1/Amorphous					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Zekrom	dragon/electric	Undiscovered					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered					TM25	TM25	TM25
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered					TM25	TM25	TM25	TR09
	Aromatisse	fairy	Fairy						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Slurpuff	fairy	Fairy								TR09
	Dragalge	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Helioptile	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Heliolisk	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Aurorus	rock/ice	Monster						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Goodra	dragon	Dragon						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Xerneas	fairy	Undiscovered						TM25	TM25	TR09
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug							TM25	TR09
	Oranguru	normal/psychic	Field							TM25	TR09
	Togedemaru	electric/steel	Field/Fairy							TM25	TR09
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous							TM25	TR09
	Drampa	normal/dragon	Monster/Dragon							TM25	TR09
	Tapu Koko	electric/fairy	Undiscovered							TM25	TR09
	Tapu Lele	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered							TM25	TR09
	Solgaleo	psychic/steel	Undiscovered							TM25	TR09
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered							TM25	TR09
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered							TM25	TR09
	Xurkitree	electric	Undiscovered							TM25	TR09
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered							TM25USUM	TR09
	Melmetal	steel	Undiscovered							TM38PE	TR09
	Yamper	electric	Field								TR09
	Boltund	electric	Field								TR09
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like								TR09
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like								TR09
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field								TR09
	Perrserker	steel	Field								TR09
	Mr. Rime	ice/psychic	Human-Like								TR09
	Pincurchin	electric	Water 1/Amorphous								TR09
	Morpeko	electric/dark	Field/Fairy								TR09
	Dracozolt	electric/dragon	Undiscovered								TR09
	Arctozolt	electric/ice	Undiscovered								TR09
	Duraludon	steel/dragon	Mineral/Dragon								TR09
	Drakloak	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon								TR09
	Dragapult	dragon/ghost	Amorphous/Dragon								TR09
	Regieleki	electric	Undiscovered								TR09
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Thunder can break some Generation III games when used.
  • Some copies of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Version will crash if this move or Thunderbolt was used and battle animations are on.
  • Pokémon Emerald Version, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Version may have its sound loop endlessly until the game is reset.
• Its TM number is Pikachu’s National Pokédex number(025).
  • Along with Thunderbolt and Razor Leaf, it has an upgraded variant in the manga.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

• Thunder depicted in Generation I.
• Thunder depicted in Generation II.
• Thunder depicted in Generation III.
• Thunder depicted in Generation VII.

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Main series

• Thunder being used by Ash's Pikachu.
• Thunder being used by Sparky.
• Thunder being used by Harley's Banette.
• Thunder being used by May's Munchlax via Metronome.
• Thunder being used by Gary's Electivire.
• Thunder being used by a wild Zekrom.
• Thunder being used by Tierno's Raichu.
• Thunder being used by Clemont's Magneton.
• Thunder being used by a wild Zeraora.
• Thunder being used by a wild Zapdos.

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Spin-offs & shorts

• Thunder being used by a Male trainer's Pikachu.

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Pokémon Adventures

• Thunder being used by Anabel's Raikou.

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