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General

Whirlwind

Red/Blue/Yellow RBY

Quick Description

Flavor text: The foe is blown away, to be replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends.
Eevine summary: Goes last. Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.

Damage Inflicts

0× against
½× against
2× against

Stats

Power: n/a
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 20; maximum is 32
Target: enemy
Effect chance: n/a
Power × accuracy: n/a
Power percentile: 0
Priority: -6 (slow)

Names

Japanese: ふきとばし
Romaji: Fukitobashi

Flags

Affected by accuracy
Makes contact
Stopped by Detect/Protect
Gains Flinch bonus from King's Rock
Reflected by Magic Coat
Can be stolen by Snatch

TMs

RBY TM: TM04 (¥), location: find on middle of Route 4
GSC TM: Not a TM
RSE TM: Not a TM
DPPT TM: Not a TM

Effect Details

Goes last. Immediately ends wild battles. Randomly switches the target out for another of its trainer's Pokemon in trainer battles.

Notes, Changes, Bugs, Etc

Works against Pokémon using Fly or Bounce.
Before G/S/C: No effect in trainer battles.

Flavor Text

Blows away the foe with wind and ends the battle.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
Appeal: 3
Jam: 0
Flavor text: Shuffles the next turn's turn order.

Similar Moves

: Flash, Psybeam, Signal Beam, Water Pulse
: Roar, Twister
: Uproar
: Confuse Ray, Gust, Shadow Ball, SmokeScreen, Supersonic
: Sandstorm

Combos

Use Whirlwind before: none
Use Whirlwind after

Contest Effect

Pokémon

By leveling up

16 Pokémon

								Pokémon	Height	Weight	Type	Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
				27	27	27	27	Beautifly	3'3.4"	62.6 lb		Bug	Swarm	60	70	50	90	50	65	64.2
26	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	Butterfree	3'7.3"	70.5 lb		Bug	Compoundeyes	60	45	50	80	80	70	64.2
				27	27	27	27	Dustox	3'11.2"	69.7 lb		Bug	Shield Dust	60	50	70	50	90	65	64.2
				22	22	16	16	Hariyama	7'6.6"	559.5 lb		Humanshape	Thick Fat Guts	144	120	60	40	60	50	79.0
		77	77	--	--	--	--	Ho-oh	12'5.6"	438.7 lb		No Eggs	Pressure	106	130	90	110	154	90	113.3
		77	77	--	--	--	--	Lugia	17'0.7"	476.2 lb		No Eggs	Pressure	106	90	130	90	154	110	113.3
				22	22	16	16	Makuhita	3'3.4"	190.5 lb		Humanshape	Thick Fat Guts	72	60	30	20	30	25	39.5
				53	53	54	54	Masquerain	2'7.5"	7.9 lb		Water 1 Bug	Intimidate	70	60	62	80	82	60	69.0
--	--	--	--	20	20	17	17	Pidgeot	4'11.1"	87.1 lb		Flying	Keen Eye Tangled Feet	83	80	75	70	70	91	78.2
21	21	23	23	20	20	17	17	Pidgeotto	3'7.3"	66.1 lb		Flying	Keen Eye Tangled Feet	63	60	55	50	50	71	58.2
19	19	21	21	19	19	17	17	Pidgey	11.8"	4 lb		Flying	Keen Eye Tangled Feet	40	45	40	35	35	56	41.8
						--	--	Shiftry	4'3.2"	131.4 lb		Ground Plant	Chlorophyll Early Bird	90	100	60	90	60	80	80.0
						23	23	Staraptor	3'11.2"	54.9 lb		Flying	Intimidate	85	120	70	50	50	100	79.2
						23	23	Staravia	1'11.6"	34.2 lb		Flying	Intimidate	55	75	50	40	40	80	56.7
						21	21	Starly	11.8"	4.4 lb		Flying	Keen Eye	40	55	30	30	30	60	40.8
				27	27	27	27	Tropius	6'6.7"	220.5 lb		Monster Plant	Chlorophyll Solar Power	99	68	83	72	87	51	76.7

Machine

15 Pokémon

Pokémon	Height	Weight	Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
Aerodactyl	5'10.9"	130.1 lb	Flying	Pressure Rock Head	80	105	65	60	75	130	85.8
Articuno	5'6.9"	122.1 lb	No Eggs	Pressure	90	85	100	95	125	85	96.7
Butterfree	3'7.3"	70.5 lb	Bug	Compoundeyes	60	45	50	80	80	70	64.2
Dodrio	5'10.9"	187.8 lb	Flying	Early Bird Run Away	60	110	70	60	60	100	76.7
Doduo	4'7.1"	86.4 lb	Flying	Early Bird Run Away	35	85	45	35	35	75	51.7
Farfetch'd	2'7.5"	33.1 lb	Flying Ground	Inner Focus Keen Eye	52	65	55	58	62	60	58.7
Fearow	3'11.2"	83.8 lb	Flying	Keen Eye	65	90	65	61	61	100	73.7
Golbat	5'3"	121.3 lb	Flying	Inner Focus	75	80	70	65	75	90	75.8
Mew	1'3.7"	8.8 lb	No Eggs	Synchronize	100	100	100	100	100	100	100.0
Moltres	6'6.7"	132.3 lb	No Eggs	Pressure	90	100	90	125	85	90	96.7
Pidgeot	4'11.1"	87.1 lb	Flying	Keen Eye Tangled Feet	83	80	75	70	70	91	78.2
Spearow	11.8"	4.4 lb	Flying	Keen Eye	40	60	30	31	31	70	43.7
Venonat	3'3.4"	66.1 lb	Bug	Compoundeyes Tinted Lens	60	55	50	40	55	45	50.8
Zapdos	5'3"	116 lb	No Eggs	Pressure	90	90	85	125	90	100	96.7
Zubat	2'7.5"	16.5 lb	Flying	Inner Focus	40	45	35	30	40	55	40.8

Egg

12 Pokémon

Pokémon	Height	Weight	Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
Aerodactyl	5'10.9"	130.1 lb	Flying	Pressure Rock Head	80	105	65	60	75	130	85.8
Cranidos	2'11.4"	69.4 lb	Monster	Mold Breaker	67	125	40	30	30	58	58.3
Hoothoot	2'3.6"	46.7 lb	Flying	Insomnia Keen Eye	60	30	30	36	56	50	43.7
Munchlax	1'11.6"	231.5 lb	No Eggs	Thick Fat Pickup	135	85	40	40	85	5	65.0
Murkrow	1'7.7"	4.6 lb	Flying	Insomnia Super Luck	60	85	42	85	42	91	67.5
Skarmory	5'6.9"	111.3 lb	Flying	Sturdy Keen Eye	65	80	140	40	70	70	77.5
Skorupi	2'7.5"	26.5 lb	Bug Water 3	Battle Armor Sniper	40	50	90	30	55	65	55.0
Snorlax	6'10.7"	1014.1 lb	Monster	Immunity Thick Fat	160	110	65	65	110	30	90.0
Spearow	11.8"	4.4 lb	Flying	Keen Eye	40	60	30	31	31	70	43.7
Taillow	11.8"	5.1 lb	Flying	Guts	40	55	30	30	30	85	45.0
Yanma	3'11.2"	83.8 lb	Bug	Speed Boost Compoundeyes	65	65	45	75	45	95	65.0
Zubat	2'7.5"	16.5 lb	Flying	Inner Focus	40	45	35	30	40	55	40.8

Other

1 Pokémon

Pokémon	Height	Weight	Type			Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
Swinub	1'3.7"	14.3 lb				Ground	Oblivious Snow Cloak	50	50	40	30	30	50	41.7

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