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Like its other specials, Thunder Jolt damages Pichu upon use, inflicting 1% damage each time. | Like its other specials, Thunder Jolt damages Pichu upon use, inflicting 1% damage each time. | ||
When ball-shaped, this attack does slightly more damage. | |||
This move is also good for spamming heavy characters and fast falling ones like [[Ike]] and [[Fox]] respectively. | This move is also good for spamming heavy characters and fast falling ones like [[Ike]] and [[Fox McCloud|Fox]] respectively. | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
Unlike most other attacks Pokémon use in [[Super Smash Bros. ( | Unlike most other attacks Pokémon use in [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|the Super Smash Bros. games]], there has never been an attack named Thunder Jolt in any Pokémon video game. Thunder Jolt was, however, present on the original Pikachu card as one of the many moves invented for the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The name of the move in the Smash Bros. games likely arose either from the popularity of the trading cards at the time of ''[[Super Smash Bros.|SSB]]'' or from a mistranslation of "Thunderbolt," the name of a standard Pikachu move in the RPGs. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery>File:TJoltSSB.gif|Thunder Jolt in '' | <gallery>File:TJoltSSB.gif|Thunder Jolt in ''SSB''. | ||
File:Pikachu-character-super-smash-bros-melee.jpg|Thunder Jolt in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]''. | File:Pikachu-character-super-smash-bros-melee.jpg|Thunder Jolt in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee|Melee]]''. | ||
File:Pichu Thunder Jolt Move.jpg|Pichu's Thunder Jolt in ''Melee''. | File:Pichu Thunder Jolt Move.jpg|Pichu's Thunder Jolt in ''Melee''. | ||
File:Pikachu Thunder Jolt air.png|Thunder Jolt's midair appearance in '' | File:Pikachu Thunder Jolt air.png|Thunder Jolt's midair appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]''. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 15:08, December 13, 2010
| Thunder Jolt | |
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 Thunder Jolt following the platform it lands on in Brawl. | |
| Users | Pikachu Pichu |
| Universe | Pokémon |
Thunder Jolt is Pikachu and Pichu's neutral special move. Thunder Jolt is fairly unique for a projectile attack in that it hugs the ground it travels on, bouncing up and down as it moves forward (often over obstacles). When used in the air, a ball of electricity is launched that falls diagonally until it hits a solid object, where it assumes the normal arc form.
Like its other specials, Thunder Jolt damages Pichu upon use, inflicting 1% damage each time.
When ball-shaped, this attack does slightly more damage.
This move is also good for spamming heavy characters and fast falling ones like Ike and Fox respectively.
Origin
Unlike most other attacks Pokémon use in the Super Smash Bros. games, there has never been an attack named Thunder Jolt in any Pokémon video game. Thunder Jolt was, however, present on the original Pikachu card as one of the many moves invented for the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The name of the move in the Smash Bros. games likely arose either from the popularity of the trading cards at the time of SSB or from a mistranslation of "Thunderbolt," the name of a standard Pikachu move in the RPGs.
