ya know, it is said in Pokemon lore that once a Magikarp gets old enough it may grow strong enough to jump over a mountain using the move splash...leaving aside how useless that may be in actual battle scenarios, I'm pretty sure it'd hurt like hell to have one land on you after jumping like that
@Xixel
Magikarp also learns Tackle at lvl 15 and thrash at lvl 30, so it does in fact have more moves than just splash
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which by all accounts I can find is actually a mis-translation and the original move "はねる" or "Haneru" has no direct English equivalent but can mean things along the lines of "Splash" "Hop" "Twist" or "Flip", and based on the current list of Pokemon that can know "Splash" it turns out to be the LEAST accurate option out of the lot...except back in gen 1 Magikarp was the only Pokemon capable of knowing it and it was a fish, thus the wrong connotation got used and then it never got corrected

@EOTFOFYL Magikarp is a famously weak pokemon from the first generation (it only has one move, splash, which does 0 damage), that later evolves into a cool sea dragon thing. The upcoming Pokemon games have a system called "Dynamax" where your pokemon becomes enormous and gets special moves and whatnot.

I don't think that Karp is using splash, fellas...

Dynamaxed Splashing Magicarp is actually a horrifying thought now that I think about it...

@EOTFOFYL
@Avenger88id

Basically, new mechanic that turns pokémon gigantic for a few turns. Some Pokémons apparently change forms from it…

This is also why some people have joked that Dynamaxing a Wailord would defeat the Gym automatically (Since Wailord is already the biggest Pokémon that exists) because it would crush the building.

What is dynamax?

Needs to be voiced ASAP

Someone explain please,
not familiar with this,
don't play Pokemon.

Smug Scot is best girl.