Double Team (move)

Double Team (Japanese: かげぶんしん Shadow Divide) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation I. It is TM32 in every generation so far.

Effect
Double Team increases the user's by one stage.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Double Team, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Double Team can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with, and  having their base appeal points doubled if they are used in the next turn.

Description

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Super Smash Bros. series
is 's down Special move. When Lucario uses Double Team, it creates copies of itself for its opponent to attack, while the real Lucario sneaks up from behind to counterattack.

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In the anime

 * In Clefairy and the Moon Stone, told his  to use Double Team. This is a dubbing error, as in the original Japanese version, Brock told Zubat to use  instead.
 * In the preview for the unaired, a is seen using Double Team.
 * Nihei's was mentioned to know Double Team in A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!.

Trivia

 * This move's Japanese name, かげぶんしん kage bunshin, is a reference to a ninja technique ubiquitous in manga, anime, and other fiction commonly known in English as shadow clone. A popular example of this is the series, where the main character,, has used Kage Bunshin no Jutsu throughout the series as one of his signature ninja techniques.
 * The move's description in the Stadium games erroneously states that it lowers the opponent's accuracy.

In other languages
Doppelteam Doble equipo Reflet Doppioteam かげぶんしん 影子分身（招式）