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- ↓ 0.17
- ꩜ 0.43
- ↑ 2.54
{C} → Taunt
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and switch it with the Defending Pokémon.
{F} → Light Kick : 10
illus. Atsuko Nishida · LV.10
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Warnock 2022
Debut of the attack “Taunt“!!
Still goin’ strong as of 2022. Most recently appeared on EVS Sharpedo.
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Later appearances of Taunt are actually a different attack. This Taunt [からかう 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐮] only ever appeared on one other card – TR Grimer – and the Taunt you’re probably thinking of, [ちょうはつ 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮] has two different versions;
· the first version of 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮 was on N4 Dark Ursaring
· the second version of 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮 debuted in BW
Hard to notice because this version of “Taunt” functions identically to the BW-and-on version of Taunt, but 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐮 is not the same ‘Taunt’ as in the video games. (This is, among a few other things, something that makes me wonder if the reset on some attack names in BW was a coordinated effort between PCL and TPCI to fix some growing disparities in localization of attack names due to weird things like this – an EN attack name being used in the TCG before it became an attack name in the games, and subsequent problems ensuing.)
Warnock 2022
Thank you! Looks like the video game “Taunt” debuted in Gen 3, which explains why Grimer was the last ‘mon to use it.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Taunt_(move)
Warnock 2022
(the last ‘mon to use the old version [からかう 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐮], that is)
