Dawn's Piplup

Dawn's Piplup, also known as Hikari no Pochama, is one of the main characters from the Pokemon series.
== Charactah Account ==
Piplup is Dawn's first Pokemon. She befriended him after saving him from a wild Ariados' attack, when Piplup and Chimchar had fled from Professor Rowan's lab.
Piplup was introduced from the beginning as being serious and arrogant but is also a little bratty. His arrogance causes him to become defenseless or being fainted in battle. Piplup is best friends with Ash's Pikachu seeing him as a companion while traveling with their Pokémon Trainers like Ash and Brock are to Dawn. Also, Piplup is best friends with Ash's Torterra and Infernape. Like Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Pikachu and Snivy, Piplup wants to prove he can become stronger without evolving.
In Memories Made Of A Bliss!, Piplup was deeply emotional and did not want to part ways with its best friend Pikachu due to which it angrily runs away and cries not to come back but Pikachu reassures him that they will be back soon, making the two emotionally cry together. Piplup gains his confidence back after teaming up with Pikachu to stop Team Rocket in their final battle. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* It'll Be Fine!
* Pokemon (2019)
* Pokemon (2019): The Arceus Chronicles
* Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2
* Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
== Trivia ==
* Piplup is the only Sinnoh First partner Pokémon to be owned by a main character other than Ash, as well as the only one to never evolve.
** Piplup almost did but kept fighting it off until receiving the Everstone.
* Dawn's Piplup is the first Water-type First partner Pokémon owned by one of Ash's female companions followed by Lana's Primarina.
* A running gag during Sinnoh after Ash caught Gible was that it would be on the business end of Gible's repeatedly misfiring Draco Meteor attacks.
** One only hit it because Barry's Empoleon, the intended target, deflected it away on Barry's command to "hit it back".
== Gallery ==
File:Dawn's Piplup Render 01.png
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File:Dawn's Piplup 01.png
File:Dawn's Piplup 02.png
== External Links ==
* Dawn's Piplup at Pokemon Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Males
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