Editing Thunder Jolt

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|image=[[File:Thunder_Jolt_SSB4.jpeg|250px|Thunder Jolt]]

|caption=Thunder Jolt in {{forwiiu}}.

Upon use, the user drops a sphere of electricity diagonally downwards, which can deal medium damage as it falls. If it lands on a surface, it turns into an arcing wave of electricity that hops along the terrain's surface and deals slightly less damage. The projectile will wrap around corners and snake along walls and even ceilings if the corners are not too sharp and it lives long enough; it cannot wrap around the underside of soft platforms due to there being no ceiling to latch onto. When the move is used on the ground, it essentially turns into the wave form immediately.

Like its other [[special move|specials]] and electrically charged attacks, Thunder Jolt [[recoil damage|damages]] Pichu upon use, inflicting 1% damage each time. {{SSBM|Kirby}} also gets the damage if using the move after having [[Inhale (Kirby)|copied]] Pichu.

{{CustomSet|Pikachu|Neutral|name1=Thunder Jolt|desc1=Send a ball of electricity bouncing along the stage.|name2=Thunder Wave|desc2=The ball of electricity paralyzes foes but does less damage.|name3=Thunder Shock|desc3=Shoot a ball of electricity horizontally. Triggers a small blast as it disappears.|altlink3=Thunder Shock (Pikachu)}}

# '''Thunder Wave''': Inflicts roughly half as much damage and travels much less distance, but [[paralyze]]s targets.

# '''Thunder Shock''': Is thrown horizontally and disappears upon hitting the ground without bouncing. Initially weaker than the regular variant, but unleashes a powerful blast at the end.

[[File:ThunderJoltOrigin.png|thumb|100px|Thunder Jolt in the ''Pokémon'' TCG.]]

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 of the ''Pokémon'' RPGs. Thunder Jolt was, however, present on the [[bulbapedia:Pikachu (Base Set 58)|original Pikachu card]] as one of the many moves invented for the [[bulbapedia:TCG|Pokémon Trading Card Game]] (TCG); both the English and the Japanese names on the card match the ''Smash'' move's name in the respective versions of ''Smash Bros.''. The name of the move in the ''Smash Bros.'' games likely arose from the popularity of the trading cards at the time of ''[[Smash 64]]''.

Its custom versions, however, are actual moves in the ''Pokémon'' games and match their effects accurately. {{iw|bulbapedia|Thunder Wave|move}} does no damage in the Pokémon RPGs, but it inflicts the Paralysis status. {{iw|bulbapedia|Thunder Shock|move}} is a basic low-level Electric-type attack that many Electric-type Pokémon start with. Both moves can be learned by Pikachu in all main series ''Pokémon'' games.

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File:Pikachu-character-super-smash-bros-melee.jpg|Thunder Jolt in ''[[Melee]]''.

File:Pichu Thunder Jolt Move.jpg|Pichu's Thunder Jolt in ''Melee''.

Pikachu and Pit SSB4 Wii U.jpg|Prerelease shot of Thunder Jolt in {{forwiiu}}.

*The version of the move in ''Smash 64'' has a [[hitbox]] that does not match with its appearance - it tightly hugs the ground as the visual effect bounces over it. ''Melee'' reworks the attack to have a hitbox in the expected place as well as one under the arch to hit crouchers. ''Brawl'' however deletes this coverage hitbox.

==See also==

*[[Pikachu (SSB)/Neutral special|Pikachu's neutral special in ''Smash 64'']]

*[[Pikachu (SSBM)/Hitboxes|Pikachu's neutral special in ''Melee'']]

*[[Pikachu (SSBB)/Neutral special|Pikachu's neutral special in ''Brawl'']]

*[[Pikachu (SSB4)/Neutral special|Pikachu's neutral special in ''Smash 4'']]

*[[Pichu (SSBM)/Hitboxes|Pichu's neutral special in ''Melee'']]

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