Piplup 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.
Piplup evolves into Prinplup at Level 16 and into Empoleon at Level 36.
Piplup resembles a penguin chick and also looks a little bit like Torchic. It has yellow feet and a light-blue body. There are two white spots on its chest that seem to resemble buttons on a suit. It also appears to have a blue cape. It has a circular, blue head with white circles around its eyes and a small, yellow beak.
Despite the fact that Piplup is a Penguin Pokémon, it is a pure Water-type.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Piplup mainly know how to use Water attacks such as Bubble, but they also know pecking attacks.
Behavior
Piplup have a large sense of self-pride. Because of this, a Piplup has a hard time accepting food from humans.
Habitat
Piplup live along the sea shore in colder climates. However, Piplup are quite rare and they're usually given out by Professor Rowan to new Pokémon trainers in the Sinnoh Region.
Piplup may be derived from "Pip", a stage of growth in baby birds immediately before they hatch from the eggshell, and possibly "plop" or "plup", the sound of hitting the water.
Pochama may be derived from 坊っちゃま botchama, meaning child, with the P perhaps coming from penguin. It may also be based on ぽちゃぽちゃ pochapocha, which means either splashing in water or having a plump appearance. Alternatively, it may be derived from おぼっちゃま obotchama, a term that refers to children with wealthy parents.
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.
For other sprites and images, please see Piplup images on Bulbagarden Archives.
