Popplio

() is a -type Pokémon. It is one of the three First partner Pokémon of the Alola region, the other two being Litten and Rowlet.
==Biology==
===Physiology===
Popplio is a somewhat chubby blue sea lion Pokémon. It has large eyes and a long white snout with a pink round nose and black whiskers. It has two teardrop-shaped ears on each side of its head. Around its neck is a light blue clown collar which extends out past its shoulders. It has four flippers which consist of two large ones with white markings isolating its toes and two small rear ones.
===Behavior===
Popplio will frequently work on blowing bubbles and try to get them larger than their bodies. Instead of walking, Popplio will generate and use their bubbles as a springboard, popping as they leap on top of them in order to get a bounce out of them as they pop, in turn allowing them to perform acrobatic stunts in their leaps to please those they enjoy playing with. 
These Pokémon are also playful when not practicing; they love to perform acrobatic tricks with their bubbles in front of others, which also serve as trial runs for new strategies in battle. After gaining height by bouncing on these bubbles, they can attack opponents from the air in highly technical maneuvers. They can also pop their bubbles to damage foes with surprising force. Because of their dedication, playfulness, and acrobatic capabilities in battle, Popplio make an excellent choice of starter Pokémon for any Alolan trainer.
===Natural abilities===
It can blow out many balloons with its nose. It can also swim at 25mph (40km/h).
==Evolution==
Popplio evolves into Brionne at level 17 and then Primarina at level 34.
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==Appearances==
===Anime===
 Popplio first appeared in Alola to New Adventure! under the ownership of Lana. She later evolved into Brionne in Evolving Research! and into Primarina in The One that Didn't Get Away!.
==Trivia==
*Popplio, Seel & Dewgong all share the same species; they're all known as the Sea Lion Pokémon.
*Popplio and its evolutions are the first (and so far only) First partner Pokémon with Body Shape 3.
*Popplio is the only Alola starter that follows the usual traditional formula of having the highest base stat in its pre-evolved state correspond to the highest base stat in its fully evolved state.
**Rowlet's highest base stat is its HP stat of 68, but Decidueye has only an average HP stat due to undergoing the smallest increase in HP of all starter Pokémon lines.
**Litten's highest base stat is its Speed stat of 70, but actually becomes slower upon reaching its final form. Incineroar has a base Speed stat of 60, a net loss of 10 points in Speed.
**This leaves Popplio as the only Alola starter that does not deviate from the norm. Popplio's highest base stat is its Special Attack stat of 66, and Primarina's highest stat is also its Special Attack stat. At 126, it is the highest Special Attack stat of all fully evolved starter Pokémon, as well as the highest single stat of any fully evolved starter Pokémon, surpassing Rillaboom's base Attack stat by one point (126 compared to 125).
*Popplio is the only Alola starter not caught by Ash.
===Origin===
Popplio is a combination of the classical depictions of a performing sea lion and a circus clown, with the light-blue collar around its neck, white muzzle, and pink clown-like nose contributing to its circus clown design and it's acrobatics skills such as balancing balls with their noses. It could also be based on the due to Alola being based on Hawaii or the and its inflatable nasal cavity due to Popplio being able to create bubbles with its nose. Theme-wise, Popplio may also be based on the chemical element mercury, which in alchemy was one of the three primes, as mercury and water are both liquids. When standing on its tail and extending its fins, Popplio resembles the symbol used for both the planet Mercury and, in alchemy, the element mercury (☿).
===Etymology===
Popplio comes from pop (as in popping bubbles) or pōpō (Hawaiian for ball) and ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua (a species of Hawaiian monk seal) or leo (Greek for "lion", possibly referencing the sea lion).
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