{{a|Multitype}} changes an {{p|Arceus}} holding this item to its Water-type {{form|Arceus|form}}. From [[Generation V]] onward, item-manipulating effects (such as {{m|Trick}} and {{m|Fling}}) cannot give Arceus a Plate or remove a Plate from Arceus. (In [[Generation IV]], item-manipulating effects cannot affect Pokémon with Multitype.)
{{a|Multitype}} changes an {{p|Arceus}} holding this item to its Water-type {{form|Arceus|form}}. From [[Generation V]] onward, item-manipulating effects (such as {{m|Trick}} and {{m|Fling}}) cannot give Arceus a Plate or remove a Plate from Arceus. (In [[Generation IV]], item-manipulating effects cannot affect Pokémon with Multitype.)
In [[Pokémon Legends: Arceus]], the Splash Plate can used from the [[Bag|Satchel]] on {{p|Arceus}}, changing it to the {{t|Water}} type.
Boosts the power of the holder's Water-type moves by 20%. If the holder uses Judgment, it becomes a Water-type move.
Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Water-type form. From Generation V onward, item-manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot give Arceus a Plate or remove a Plate from Arceus. (In Generation IV, item-manipulating effects cannot affect Pokémon with Multitype.)
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the Splash Plate can used from the Satchel on Arceus, changing it to the Water type.
The Splash Plate, alongside the other 15 Plates at the time, appeared again in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, where Arceus used them to change its type, and almost died when it lost all of the Plates after having destroyed a meteor that endangered the land that would become Michina Town. Damos found one of these lost Plates and returned it to Arceus, giving it the strength to recall the other 15 Plates. That act earned its trust and prompted it to detach the Earth Plate, Splash Plate, Meadow Plate, Zap Plate, and Draco Plate in the form of the Jewel of Life so Damos could make the land flourish. The Splash Plate was included in the Jewel of Life to represent water.
Petrel was collecting the Plates for Team Rocket's plan. After Silver stole the few Plates he had managed to find, Petrel decided to let him gather all 16 Plates, just to get them back at once later. With his Weavile leaving messages for Sneasel and Weavile across Johto, Silver soon indeed gathered all 16 Plates for himself. At the Sinjoh Ruins, Gold surrendered the Plates to Archer, who used them to seemingly take control of Arceus, ordering it to recreate Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. When the Pokédex holders used their Pokémon's ultimate attacks to stop the creation, all the Plates were absorbed by Arceus.
. It summons Popplio as a helper Pokémon.
