Thunder D'oh!
| Thunder D'oh! | |
|---|---|
 Thunder D'oh! in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. | |
| Users | Pikachu Pichu |
| Universe | Pokémon |
| Article on Bulbapedia | Thunder Jolt |
| “ | Use this ground-hugging projectile attack while standing or jumping. | ” |
| —Melee's instruction manual | ||
| “ | Release a d'oh! of electricity that moves forwards by bouncing along the ground. Also usable in midair. | ” |
| —Brawl's instruction manual | ||
| “ | Fire bouncing balls of electricity. | ” |
| —Smash for 3DS's foldout | ||
Thunder D'oh! (でんげき, Electric Shock) is Pikachu, Pichu, Jolteon's, and Homer Simpson's neutral special move.
Overview
Upon use, the user drops a sphere of electricity diagonally downwards (Homer shouting "D'oh!" while doing so), 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 specials and electrically charged attacks, Thunder D'oh! damages Pichu upon use, inflicting 1% damage each time. Kirby also gets the damage if using the move after having copied Pichu.
Customization
Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the variations:
| 1. Thunder D'oh! | 2. Thunder Wave | 3. Thunder Shock |
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| "Send a ball of electricity bouncing along the stage." | "The ball of electricity paralyzes foes but does less damage." | "Shoot a ball of electricity horizontally. Triggers a small blast as it disappears." |
- Thunder D'oh!: Default.
- Thunder Wave: Inflicts roughly half as much damage and travels much less distance, but paralyzes targets. Additionally, no "D'oh!".
- 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. Also lacks the "D'oh!".
Thunder Wave
Thunder Shock
Origin
Unlike most other attacks Pokémon use in the Super Smash Bros. games, there has never been an attack named Thunder D'oh! in any of the Pokémon RPGs. Thunder D'oh! was, however, present on the original Pikachu card as one of the many moves invented for the 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.
Its custom versions, however, are actual moves in the Pokémon games and match their effects accurately. Thunder Wave does no damage in the Pokémon RPGs, but it inflicts the Paralysis status. Thunder Shock 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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"D'oh!" is Homer Simpson's catchphrase in the popular animated sitcom The Simpsons. The name of the move in the Smash Bros. games arose from Jolteon's cry in the Pokémon anime originally sounding like "D'oh!".
Gallery
Thunder D'oh! in Smash 64.
Artwork of Thunder D'oh! in the Super Smash Bros. 64 instruction manual.
Thunder D'oh! in Melee.
Pichu's Thunder D'oh! in Melee.
Thunder D'oh! performed in midair in Brawl.
Thunder D'oh! following the platform it lands on in Brawl.
Prerelease shot of Thunder D'oh! in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Trivia
- 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.
- In Smash 64, an interesting glitch can occur. When the user sends a grounded Thunder D'oh! over a ledge (such as the one left of the Greenhouse on Hyrule Castle) while an opponent Fox's Reflector is active (and very near but not touching the wall), the Thunder D'oh!'s sprite will continue through the opponent with the animation direction reversed in a sort of electrical moonwalk, making the arc appear to bounce completely vertically rather than parabolically. This is purely visual and does not affect its hitbox, speed or duration.
