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

Former errors

Ash & Pikachu

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Notes	Picture
	Ash's Corphish	Water Gun	A 'Thank You' That Transcends Time	Ash's Corphish used Water Gun. However, Corphish was unable to learn Water Gun until Generation VIII.

Pokémon Adventures

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Notes	Picture
	Blue's Charizard	Fly	Kalling Kadabra	Blue's Charizard used Fly. However, Charizard was unable to learn Fly until Pokémon Yellow.
	Sabrina's Kadabra	Hypnosis	Kalling Kadabra	Sabrina's Kadabra used Hypnosis. However, Kadabra was unable to learn Hypnosis until Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
	Articuno from Thu-Fi-Zer	Gust	The Winged Legends	Articuno from Thu-Fi-Zer used Gust. However, Articuno was unable to learn Gust until Generation II.
	Moltres from Thu-Fi-Zer	Gust	The Winged Legends	Moltres from Thu-Fi-Zer used Gust. However, Moltres was unable to learn Gust until Generation VIII.
	Agatha's Arbok	Bind	Weezing Winks Out	Agatha's Arbok used Bind. However, Arbok was unable to learn Bind until Generation V.
	Ruby's Mumu	Hydro Cannon	The Final Battle VIII	Ruby's Mumu used Hydro Cannon. However, Swampert was unable to learn Hydro Cannon until Generation IV.
	Sapphire's Chic	Blast Burn	The Final Battle VIII	Sapphire's Chic used Blast Burn. However, Blaziken was unable to learn Blast Burn until Generation IV.
	Emerald's Sceptile	Frenzy Plant	The Final Battle VIII	Emerald's Sceptile used Frenzy Plant. However, Sceptile was unable to learn Frenzy Plant until Generation IV.
	Platinum's Empoleon	Vacuum Wave	Floatzel and Jetsam	Platinum's Empoleon used Vacuum Wave. However, Empoleon was unable to learn Vacuum Wave until Generation IX.
	Zinzolin's Kyurem	Sheer Cold	The Final Battle	Zinzolin's Kyurem used Sheer Cold. However, Kyurem was unable to learn Sheer Cold until Generation VIII.
	Essentia's Hawlucha	Brave Bird	Hawlucha Attacks	Essentia's Hawlucha used Brave Bird. However, Hawlucha was unable to learn Brave Bird until Generation VIII.
	Bonnie's Dedenne	Electric Terrain	Xerneas Gives	Bonnie's Dedenne used Electric Terrain. However, Dedenne was unable to learn Electric Terrain until Generation VIII.
	Lillie's Cutiefly	Pollen Puff	Regeneration!! The Power of the Sun and the Moon!	Lillie's Cutiefly used Pollen Puff. However, Cutiefly was unable to learn Pollen Puff until Generation IX.

Mentioned only

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Notes
	A Team Plasma Grunt's Gothitelle	Hypnosis	At Liberty on Liberty Garden	A Team Plasma Grunt's Gothitelle was revealed to know Hypnosis, but the move was executed off-panel. However, Gothitelle was unable to learn Hypnosis until Generation VIII.
	Y's Fletchy	Ember	Fast-Thinking Froakie	Y told her Fletchy to use Ember, but the move was never seen being executed. However, Fletchling is unable to learn Ember before Generation VIII.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Notes	Picture
	Red's Clefairy	Tackle	Pikachu Was Kidnapped!!	Red's Clefairy uses Tackle. However, Clefairy was unable to learn Tackle until Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
	Cleffa	Tackle	Clefairy Becomes a Father…?!	A Cleffa uses Tackle in this chapter. However, Cleffa was unable to learn Tackle until Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Pokémon Zensho

Sprite	Name	Move	First use	Notes	Picture
	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.

Unresolved Errors

Ash & Pikachu

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Ash's Pikachu	Tackle	One Half Of A Poké Ball
	Ash's Swellow	Tackle	Battle Till The End! Drake, One Of The Elite Four!l
	Noland's Articuno	Tackle	Off To The Battle Frontier!

Pokémon Adventures

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Ken's Jynx	Psybeam	The Jynx Jinx
	Zapdos from Thu-Fi-Zer	Gust	The Winged Legends
	Blue's Machamp	Slam	A Charizard... and a Champion
	Crystal's Natee	Fly	A Flaaffy Kerfuffle
	Ruby's Nana	Hyper Beam	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV
	Riley's Lucario	Bonemerang	Deprogramming Porygon-Z
	Phione	Heart Swap	Different Dimension Battle XI
	Petrel's Golbat	Lick	All About Arceus V
	Black's Musha	Teleport	School of Hard Knocks
	Korrina's Riolu	Bone Rush	Connecting with Gardevoir
	Sun's Dollar	Tackle	The Announcement and the Prize
	Henry's Twiggy	Leafage	Crackle!! Practice Battle
	A Team Yell Grunt's Galarian Linoone	Sucker Punch	Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light

Mentioned only

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Notes
	Bruno's Hitmonlee	Shadow Ball	Yellow arc	Bruno's Hitmonlee was revealed to know Shadow Ball on the official web site. However, Hitmonlee is unable to learn the move.
	Hau's Popplio	Bubble	The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl	Professor Kukui mentioned that his Popplio, which he later gave to Hau, used Bubble. However, Popplio is unable to learn the move.

Pokémon Colosseum Snatchers

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Folly and Trudly's Whismur	Tackle	PCS1

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	Red's Clefairy	Barrier	The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!
	Red's Clefairy	Transform	Take Out The Rival Onix!!
	Green's Machamp	Comet Punch	The Pokémon Banana League (Part 2)
	Red's Clefairy	Hypnosis	Great Discovery of the Fossil of the Era!!

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Artwork	Name	Move	First use	Picture
	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
	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. However, this is because this series is based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, so the "illegal" moves Pokémon use in this series are moves from their TCG cards.

See also

Move errors in various Pokémon canons
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.