Skull Bash

Skull Bash is a damage-dealing -type move that was introduced in Generation I. It was the signature move of the Squirtle line until Generation III. It is TM40 in Generation I and post-Generation I, it can only be learnt by leveling up or breeding.
== Effect==
===In battle===
On the turn it is selected, Skull Bash will raise the user's Defense by one level. On the following turn, the user will attack. Once Skull Bash is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until the move is disrupted or fully executed.
If Skull Bash is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the opponent uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user first selects Skull Bash, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed before it (or fail if it can't).
Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Skull Bash.
In Pokémon Stadium, Mirror Move will copy Skull Bash on either of the turns it takes to execute.
==Pokémon That Can Learn This Move==
====By Breeding====
Pokémon	Generations 	Parent
 	II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII	The Pokémon below need to have already learned Skull Bash earlier (by breeding) before breeding again to produce a Pokémon knowing this move:
 	IV(HGSS), V, VI, VII, VIII 	The Pokémon below need to have already learned Skull Bash earlier (by breeding) before breeding again to produce a Pokémon knowing this move:
 	II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII	The Pokémon below need to have already learned Skull Bash earlier (by breeding) before breeding again to produce a Pokémon knowing this move:
 	IV(HGSS), V, VI, VII, VIII 	The Pokémon below need to have already learned Skull Bash earlier (by breeding) before breeding again to produce a Pokémon knowing this move:
===By TM (Generation I only)===
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===By Leveling Up===
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I(1) 	35 	39 	42 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
II(2) 	40 	45 	55 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
III(3) 	40 	45 	55 	48 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
IV(4) 	31 	36 	39 	50 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
V(5) 	31 	36 	39 	50 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
VI(6) 	31 	36 	39 	50(XY),51(ORAS) 1,65 1,60	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
VII(7) 	31(SM&USUM), 45(LGPE)	37(SM&USUM), 59(LGPE)	40(SM&USUM), 75(LGPE)	51 1,65 1,60 5853 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
VIII(8) 	36 	50 	56 	1 51 7070 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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====By Breeding====
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===Generation IV===
====By Breeding====
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==Gallery==
pl:Skull Bash
Category:Signature moves
Category:Moves that aren't executed until the next turn
Category:Moves that raise Defense