Zapdos

Zapdos (, Thunder) is a creature from the media franchise.

Origin
Zapdos is an Electric/Flying-type introduced in  and is categorized within the Pokédex at #145 as the "Electric Pokémon". Along with Articuno and Moltres, Zapdos is part of a trio commonly referred to as the. Zapdos received a Fighting/Flying-type Galarian form in Generation VIII.

(formatted as "ThunderShock" prior to ) is a special Electric-type attack with 40 base power and 100% accuracy. It is part of Zapdos's starting moveset in every game.

As a Poké Ball Pokémon
When Zapdos makes its rare appearance out of Poké Balls, it uses ThunderShock as its attack. Zapdos will discharge electricity and sparks will surround it. Any character besides the summoner that is caught in the discharge will not be able to move (but can SDI out of the electricity, as they can upon being caught in a Smart Bomb's blast radius in Brawl) and will take a lot of damage (up to 81% damage if caught by the attack at its start). The attack happens very quickly.

Trophy
Zapdos is featured as a collectible trophy, unlocked as one of the trophies that can be collected randomly in the Trophy Lottery, though it only appears once all characters have been unlocked.

As a background character
In, Zapdos makes occasional appearances as a background character in the Prism Tower stage. However, it is fairly rare. It flies in from the top of the screen, and quickly arcs back around and leaves the screen again.

As a background character
In Ultimate, Zapdos once again cameos on the Prism Tower stage.

Spirit
Zapdos also appears alongside Articuno and Moltres as a Legend-class primary spirit.

Zapdos uses an orange puppet fighter, and is fought on the Find Mii stage's Battlefield form. He is fought along with the cyan and red Lucas puppet fighters representing Articuno and Moltres respectively. During the battle, the Lucas puppet fighters will reflect projectiles, referencing the Legendary birds' defensive abilities. The orange Lucas puppet fighter also frequently uses PK Thunder, referencing Zapdos' Electric type.