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Moves Pokemon can learn,but shouldn't

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Poliwrath, Electabuzz, Electivire, Magmar, Magmortar, Noivern, and Snorlax have something in common.

They can all learn Psychic.
 
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How does the diglett line use Scratch and Slash, anyways? o_o;;

As a kid I always just assumed their noses had a very coarse, sandpaper-like texture, so that's what they used to attack with for those moves. I think the intended inference is that they do have claws underground, but then it became a running gag to never show any more of their bodies than can be seen in their original sprites, so…
 
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Zero-G

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You guys joke about Wooper getting Ice Punch, but...

nobody mentions Gastly [insert exaggerating amount of question marks]?

Ice Punch
Thunder Punch
Fire Punch
Sucker Punch
Knock Off
Payback

How do you utilize those, Mr. Gaseous Blob Sans Hands?
 
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Well,you would expect a pokemon like gastly to learn a move called Suprise Attack,so it makes sense now. Payback can easily be used without hands,even by english name. Knock Off is not a punching move,as it is not boosted by iron fist. Its animation is a hand,but gastly is a ghost-type and ghosts can create stuff.
 
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Hi! I think that you are little bit not correct when specifying this issue. or, you confuse us. Will you clarify this point?
 
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On this topic, I remember when I first discovered sucker punch Spiritomb, and I thought to myself "But it doesn't have hands???" and then it all made sense later. How did "Surprise Attack" become "Sucker Punch" anyway?
 

BH

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Thunders/Jolteon/Blitza can learn iron tail and tail whip........wait what, but it doesn't have a tail
 
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1.I never watched the french dub that much, only german and polish (which uses english names as base) ones
2.To be fair i based it on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjGrMBf0Trk

i never watched the french or german dub. mostly the original japanese version,occasionally the english dub. i got its french name from bulbapedia. i don't see jolteon a lot when watching the anime.
 

BH

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I meant that the only episodes of Pokemon in japanese with subs i can find are the Sunmoon episodes

Heck does any country has their pokemon dubs with japanese audio and subs? Becuase the german DVD sure doesn't

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Oh you meant illegal episodes? O_o
 
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I meant that the only episodes of Pokemon in japanese with subs i can find are the Sunmoon episodes

Heck does any country has their pokemon dubs with japanese audio and subs? Becuase the german DVD sure doesn't

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Oh you meant illegal episodes? O_o

I meant that your grammar sucks.
 

Cosmic Fury

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Snorlax can learn Self-Destruct. I found that pretty funny.

As for Garchomp… it learns several water moves. Aqua Tail, Surf, Rain Dance... and the list goes on. And it's a land shark Pokémon that's supposed to live in the desert or something.
 

BH

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I meant that your grammar sucks.

Of course it sucks, english it's not my native language, i'm polish and i finished school in 2004, so i can forget how to spell english words, besides i have to google some english words
 
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