Waterfall (move)

Waterfall (Japanese: たきのぼり Waterfall Climb) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I.
It is:	
* HM07 from Generations to .
* HM05 in Generation V and .
* TM98 in and .
* TM25 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
* TR16 in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
* TM99 in . 
* TM077 in Generation IX.
Prior to Generation II, it was the signature move of and .
==Effect==
===In battle===
====Generation I to III====
Waterfall does damage and has no secondary effect.
Waterfall can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if was used in the previous turn.
====Generation IV====
Waterfall now has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.
===Generation V onwards===
Waterfall is no longer affected by King's Rock.
===Outside of battle===
Waterfall is usable outside of battle, allowing the player to climb waterfalls. In several games, this move is needed to travel past certain points where waterfalls block the player's path.
The player is required to be on water and facing a waterfall when using this move. They can either use Waterfall from the party screen or simply press A to interact with the waterfall.
Prior to Generation V, all the waterfalls climbable with this move flowed from north to south (from the top to the bottom of the game screen).
In certain games, using Waterfall outside of battle requires a specific badge; the Volcano Badge, Rising Badge, Rain Badge, Beacon Badge, or Iceberg Badge.
====Generation I====
Waterfall is not a field move in this generation.
====Generations II and III====
Waterfall is now an HM move which allows the player to climb waterfalls. This move is not required to go down waterfalls.
====Generations IV to VI====
Waterfall is now required to go down waterfalls.
In , there is a waterfall in the Distortion World that can be climbed without having the move Waterfall or the . This is likely due to the fact that gravity is not normal in this world; the player appears to be "surfing" on the waterfall's surface.
====Generation VII====
Waterfall can no longer be used outside of battle.
====Generation VIII====
In , Waterfall cannot be used outside of battle. In , it can again and functions as it did in Generations IV to VI, aside from being accessed through the Pokétch rather than being taught to a Pokémon.
====Generation IX====
Waterfall can no longer be used outside of battle.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM/HM/TR===
===By ===
====Generation VI====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Waterfall inflicts damage. From the Explorers series, the move can now cause the target to . 
===Super Smash Bros. series===
 is 's Up Special move. It can be used by Squirtle as a recovery move and offers high knockback at the very end of the move.
===Pokémon GO===
In Pokémon GO, Waterfall is a Fast Attack that has been available since December 8, 2017.
====Updates====
;Trainer Battles
* January 31, 2019
** Power: 10 → 12
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max 	 	Target	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable
Waterfall	2	— 	45 	54 	100%	An opponent	— 	Has a chance (20%) of making the target flinch.	/Dewott/Samurott/Croconaw/Feraligatr (only before Mega Evolving) (Tech role only) (Tech role only)	
* Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a small chance of making the target flinch.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
===Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom===
==In other generations==
===In battle===
====Core series games====
====Side series games====
====Spin-off series games====
===Outside of battle===
==Trivia==
* The English name "Waterfall" leaves out the part about climbing, as opposed to the Japanese name "たきのぼり" (Waterfall Climb). Some in-game descriptions (starting in the ) further clarify that the user is charging with enough force to climb waterfalls.
** In the English version of , there is no indication that this move involves climbing waterfalls, because these games do not include move descriptions.
** In the Japanese version of , the act of "charging with enough force to climb waterfalls" is mentioned in the move description. In the English translation, this was shortened to simply "An aquatic charge attack." (leaving out again the part about climbing). However, Clair explains the move after being defeated: "<sc>RisingBadge</sc> will enable your to use the move for climbing waterfalls."
** In several games, a waterfall appears when this move is used in-battle. This may incorrectly suggest that the user is summoning a waterfall. While this is most notable in the side series games such as the Pokémon Stadium games, Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness, the attack has been correctly depicted by Squirtle in the Super Smash Bros. series.
* Waterfall was the first move to gain HM status in a generation after it was introduced, doing so in Generation II. Only shares this trait, although it does not remain an HM in all subsequent generations.
* Waterfall is the only HM move that was never exclusively taught by HM.
* Waterfall is the only former signature move to later become an HM move.
* In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Wallace gives out HM05 (Waterfall) instead of a TM. This is the only time a Gym Leader gives out an HM instead of a TM.
* In Generation II only, the surfing Pokémon spins quickly when it is climbing a waterfall.
* In Generation VI, if the player uses Waterfall to go up or down a waterfall while riding on a Pokémon with a unique ing model (like ), the screen will briefly be covered in a splash of water and then show the player at the other end of the waterfall, instead of showing the entire process.
* In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, on , knows Waterfall, although it cannot learn the move.
* Waterfall is the only move capable of making the target flinch.
==In other languages==
Category:Moves that can cause flinching
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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