Prinplup (Japanese: ポッタイシPottaishi) is a Water-type Pokémon.
Prinplup comes with the abilityTorrent, which increases the power of Water-type attacks by 50% once the Pokémon has less than one-third of its maximum HP.
Prinplup evolves from Piplup starting at Level 16 and into Empoleon starting at Level 36.
Prinplup resembles a blue penguin. Prinplup has yellow three-toed feet. Prinplup's body is mostly light-blue. There are four button-like spots on its stomach. Prinplup's wings are dark-blue with light-blue tips. Prinplup apparently has claws hidden in the flesh of its wings because it can learn Metal Claw and Shadow Claw. Prinplup has an owl-like face and two yellow crests running aross the top of its head.
Gender differences
None
Special abilities
Prinplup's wings have the power to snap a tree trunk in two. Prinplup is also stronger at anything that Piplup is capable of and can learn Metal Claw and Shadow Claw.
Behavior
Prinplup tend to have a very high sense of self-pride.
While Ash, Brock and Dawn were at a Pokémon Center in Dawn of a New Era, three young trainers stopped by with their starter Pokémon. However, the girl that was in this group had a Prinplup.
Its Japanese name is a combination of the words ぽちゃぽちゃ pochapocha, meaning both to splash in water and to have a plump appearance, and 太子 prince - in reference to its evolution into an emperor penguin of sorts. Its English name uses the same pun, "prince" and "plump".
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
