Editing Electrode

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'''Electrode''' ({{ja|マルマイン|Marumain}}, ''Marumine''), is a fictional creature in the {{uv|Pokémon}} series.

Electrode made its debut to the ''Smash'' series in ''Super Smash Bros.'', appearing as one of five Pokémon hazards on the stage [[Saffron City]]. The Electrode in Saffron City will pop out from the door on the side of the building when a character approaches. Electrode then will use Explosion as its attack after a few seconds of its appearance. Any character that is caught in the blast radius of Electrode will take [[damage]] and massive [[knockback]].

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Electrode returns in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', this time as a [[Poké Ball]] summon, using Explosion once again. When Electrode comes out of the Poké Ball, it remains still, but will start to get darker over a period of a few seconds: this serves as warning that Electrode is about to explode. When Electrode explodes, everyone in the blast radius (including the character who summoned Electrode) will take heavy damage that is almost equal to a [[Bob-omb]], and can [[KO]] characters even at low percentages. When Electrode is about to explode and starts to static it can be picked up and thrown. The character holding Electrode must be fast when disposing it, as their throwing animation has more startup lag, making characters with larger throw delays (such as Marth and Bowser) have a smaller window of safety. Electrode also appears in the [[event match]] [[Event 3: Bomb-fest|Bomb-fest]] as the only Poké Ball Pokémon.

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:''Electrode, an electric ball Pokémon, is the evolved form of Voltorb. It has the tendency to explode with even the slightest provocation, which has earned it the nickname "Wrecking Ball." Electrode is the quickest Pokémon found to date, and its distinct white-over-red coloring is the opposite of Voltorb's.''

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Electrode keeps its ''Melee'' function. However, this time there is a chance that it will fail to explode, disappearing shortly after without any effect. In this case it can be picked up and thrown: when a thrown Electrode collides with the ground or another player it explodes, and when smash thrown it can [[One-hit KO|OHKO]] nearly any character but the super-heavyweights (Bowser, Donkey Kong, Snake, and King Dedede). Occasionally it just appears to fail, only to explode a few seconds later.

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[[File:Electrode - Brawl Trophy.png|100px|thumb|left|The Electrode trophy in ''Brawl'']]

:''A Ball Pokémon. The more electricity it stores in its body, the quicker it moves. One danger of storing that much electricity is that the slightest stimulus may cause it to explode. Moves it specializes in include Selfdestruct and Explosion. Its love of electricity often causes it to gather in groups near power plants.''

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Electrode returns in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', reprising its role from ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''. It is also the only Poké Ball Pokémon who is able to [[OHKO]].

 

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Electrode returns as a Poké Ball summon.

==Origin==

[[File:Electrode-Origin.png|thumb|150px|Electrode's official artwork from ''Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen''.]]

{{iw|bulbapedia|Electrode|Pokémon}} is an Electric-type [[List of Pokémon|Pokémon]] introduced in {{iw|bulbapedia|Generation I}}. It evolves from {{iw|bulbapedia|Voltorb|Pokémon}} starting at level 30, and, like it, it sometimes disguises itself as a Poké Ball and attacks unwary trainers which try to pick it up.

{{iw|bulbapedia|Explosion|move}} is a Normal-type move introduced in {{iw|bulbapedia|Generation I}}. With 250 base power it is in normal conditions the most powerful attack in the series, but has the severe drawback of making its user faint. Electrode can learn it in every game.

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