What does Parabolic Charge have to do with parabolas?

Parabola

A curved plane formed by the mathematical equation y=x^n. When graphed it will appear in a U-shape; an umbrella.

Parabolic

Pertaining to a parabola.

Parabolic Charge

Parabolic Charge deals damage and the user will recover 50% of the HP drained. It targets all adjacent Pokémon.

What is it about Parabolic Charge that makes it, well, parabolic? And why is it Electric-type?

The only Pokémon to get Parabolic Charge aren’t very parabolic either…

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

There is no way for us to tell what Game Freak meant when they named the move but sinceParabolicusually refers to something in a shape of aparabolaI think that is what they meant with it. Also there areParabolicantennas which uses a parabolic reflector to direct the radio waves, and it kinda makes sense that electric type Pokémon learn it.

//Jofly

In my opinion, itmay beto reflect the healing nature of the user’s HP, after the attack. Think about it,

Turn 1: Here HP is max (the beginning of the curve)

Your Helioptile is attacked

End of turn 1: HP goes down, as is symbolised by the down ward curve in a parabola

Turn 2: Helioptile uses Parabolic Charge, andRegains its health, thus pushing the HP upwards. This is again shown by the way the parabola moves upwards again.

Again, just mere speculation from my side, and themaybe totally different.