| Type | normal |
| Category | Physical |
| Power | 250 |
| Accuracy | 100 |
| PP | 5 |
| Introduced | Generation 1 |
Explosion deals high damage, but causes the user to faint.
When a Pokémon is holding Normalium Z and uses its Z-Power, Explosion turns into Breakneck Blitz and has base power 200.
| Gold Silver Crystal | Very powerful but makes user faint. |
| Ruby Sapphire Emerald | Inflicts severe damage but makes the user faint. |
| FireRed LeafGreen | The user explodes to inflict terrible damage even while fainting itself. |
| Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver | The user explodes to inflict damage on all Pokémon in battle. The user faints upon using this move. |
| Black White Black 2 White 2 | The user explodes to inflict damage on those around it. The user faints upon using this move. |
| X Y O.Ruby A.Sapphire | The user attacks everything around it by causing a tremendous explosion. The user faints upon using this move. |
| Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon L.G. Pikachu L.G. Eevee | The user attacks everything around it by causing a tremendous explosion. The user faints upon using this move. |
| Sword Shield B.Diamond S.Pearl | The user attacks everything around it by causing a tremendous explosion. The user faints upon using this move. |
| English | Explosion |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Explosión |
| Italian | Esplosione |
| Japanese | だいばくはつ (Dai Bakuhatsu) |
| German | Explosion |
| French | Explosion |