*Mudkip is the only {{type2|Water}} starter to be quadrupedal, though its final form Swampert is able to walk on four feet as well.
*Mudkip is the only {{type2|Water}} starter to be quadrupedal, though its final form Swampert is able to walk on four feet as well.
*Mudkip is a frequently-mentioned meme on *chan sites, stemming from a comment on deviantART in which one user declared to another "i herd u liek mudkipz".
*Mudkip is a frequently-mentioned meme on *chan sites, stemming from a comment on deviantART in which one user declared to another "i herd u liek mudkipz".
*Mudkip has a higher Defense than Treeko and Torchic.
*Mudkip has a higher Defense than Treecko and Torchic.
==Origin==
==Origin==
This [[Pokémon]] is based on the [[wp:mudpuppy|mudpuppy]].
This [[Pokémon]] is based on the [[wp:mudpuppy|mudpuppy]].
Mudkip comes with the Ability Torrent, which increases the power of Water-type attacks by 50% once the Pokémon has less than one-third of its maximum HP.
Mudkip can use the fin on their heads to detect subtle changes in air and water currents to sense information about its surroundings. When in water, Mudkip breathes using the gills on its cheeks. On land, it can powerfully lift large boulders by planting its four feet and heaving. It sleeps by burying itself in soil at the water's edge. Its large tail fin propels it through water with powerful acceleration. If it is faced with a tight situation in battle, Mudkip will become strong enough to crush rocks bigger than itself.
Brock has a Marshtomp that he caught as a Mudkip in A Mudkip Mission. Since then, it has gotten significantly less screentime (and battle experience) than its Hoenn starter counterparts, Ash's Sceptile and May's Blaziken. It was the last of the three starters to evolve (in A Chip Off the Old Brock) and it never reached its final evolutionary stage like the others did.
Nicholai's starter Pokémon was a Mudkip. Sometime afterwards, his Mudkip evolved into a Marshtomp.
Later in this episode Old Man Swampy offers to let Brock see one hatch, and Brock accepts his offer with much enthusiasm. Next, a baby Mudkip is shown hatching from a Mudkip egg.
The Mudkip eggs are kept in an incubator operated primarily by Old Man Swampy. This incubator is lined with what appears to be straw or hay. The incubators are not internally lit or heated, nor is any mud provided for the newly hatched baby to burrow into.
The fin on Mudkip's head acts as highly sensitive radar. Using this fin to sense movements of water and air, this Pokémon can determine what is taking place around it without using its eyes.
In water, Mudkip breathes using the gills on its cheeks. If it is faced with a tight situation in battle, this Pokémon will unleash its amazing power - it can crush rocks bigger than itself.
Mudkip is the only Template:Type2 starter to be quadrupedal, though its final form Swampert is able to walk on four feet as well.
Mudkip is a frequently-mentioned meme on *chan sites, stemming from a comment on deviantART in which one user declared to another "i herd u liek mudkipz".
Mudkip has a higher Defense than Treecko and Torchic.
Mudkip's name is a combination of mud and skip, and was probably chosen because it sounds like mudskipper. Its Japanese name is probably based on 水心 mizugokoro, swimming. 水子 mizugo, newborn baby, may also be in play.
In other languages
German: Hydropi - Comes from a combination of hydro and mudpuppy.
French: Gobou - The verb gober means to swallow and boue means mud.
Korean: 물짱이 Muljjang-i - A combination of 'water' (물) and a word that is similar to a suffix referring to a 'specialist', 'professional' (장이).
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