Mudkip (Pokémon)

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Mudkip (Japanese: ミズゴロウ Mizugorou) is a introduced in Generation III.
It evolves into starting at level 16, which evolves into starting at level 36.
Along with and , Mudkip is one of the three first partner Pokémon of Hoenn available at the beginning of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, , Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire.
==Biology==
Mudkip is a small, amphibious, quadrupedal . It has a blue body with a light blue underside. Mudkip has a large head with a blue fin on top and a light-blue tail fin. It has black, beady eyes and orange, star-shaped gills on its cheeks.
By using the fin on its head, Mudkip can detect changes in air and water currents as well as bodies of water. Its fin can also point in a certain direction, as seen in the episode Date Expectations. Despite its small size, Mudkip is a very strong Pokémon. Mudkip is capable of moving or crushing boulders larger than itself. Its large tail fin provides powerful acceleration to propel it through the water. According to its Pokémon Ranger browser entry, Mudkip is a very docile Pokémon. Mudkip is more commonly found in captivity, though it can be found in . In the wild, it sleeps by burying itself in the mud soil at the water's edge or bottom of a river. It has been recently seen living in the Terarium of Blueberry Academy.
===Evolution===
Mudkip evolves into , which evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Mudkip in the
===Game locations===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Mudkip is available in Version 3.0.0+.
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Mudkip (EX Ruby & Sapphire 59)
 	Mudkip (EX Ruby & Sapphire 60)
 	Mudkip (EX Ruby & Sapphire 60)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
====Other sprites====
back sprites
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Brock's Mudkip=====
 has a Marshtomp that he as a Mudkip in A Mudkip Mission. Mudkip s were seen in the episode when Old Man Swamp offered to let Brock see one hatch, and Brock accepted his offer with enthusiasm. Brock's Mudkip later evolved into a Marshtomp in A Chip Off the Old Brock.
=====Other=====
Mudkip debuted in Get the Show on the Road!, when summoned one from Professor Birch's bag to ward off a pack of , only for it to use on her. Later, when May was asked to pick her first partner Pokémon, she didn't pick Mudkip, remembering the time when it refused to do what she had asked.
In In the Knicker of Time!, a Mudkip was Nicholai's main Pokémon. In ZigZag Zangoose, it was revealed to have evolved to a .
In Having a Wailord of a Time, Nurse Joy asked and Max to look over a Mudkip, along with a and . It was very young and cried easily. Mudkip was eventually picked by to be her first partner Pokémon.
In A Six Pack Attack!, a Mudkip belonging to Professor Birch was featured along with the other first partner Pokémon. They were being admired by Max and May when captured them along with the other Hoenn and Kanto first partner Pokémon. Max found them and told Mudkip and to cool the bars with Water Gun, which eventually freed them. It then helped send Team Rocket blasting off.
====Minor appearances====
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Mudkip to one of the school's underage students for use in lessons.
In a flashback in Abandon Ship!, owned a Mudkip. It was revealed to have evolved into a Marshtomp and then into a Swampert after it was accidentally abandoned aboard a ship.
A 's Mudkip appeared in Now That's Flower Power!.
A Mudkip appeared in Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry.
In The Ribbon Cup Caper, a Mudkip was at the S.S. St. Flower's Pokémon Center.
In Off the Unbeaten Path, a 's Mudkip participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
A Trainer's Mudkip appeared in Curbing the Crimson Tide!.
A Coordinator's Mudkip appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Mudkip watched 's concert.
A Trainer's Mudkip appeared in Mega Evolution Special III.
A Mudkip appeared in Sawyer's flashback in Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!, when he was selecting his first partner Pokémon from Professor Birch.
In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Mudkip was living in a forest.
A Mudkip appeared in a fantasy alongside the other first partner Pokémon in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
In Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!, a Mudkip appeared in a fantasy.
A Trainer's Mudkip appeared in Getting to the Heart of it All!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer===
In the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer, owns a Mudkip. It eventually evolved into a Marshtomp while battling Roxanne's Nosepass, and then into a Swampert, which was capable of Mega Evolving.
===GOTCHA!===
A Mudkip briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
A Mudkip briefly appeared in a fantasy in The Wish as Zinnia told the story of the Draconid people to .
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Multiple Mudkip appeared in Brock, A Man Of Resolve!!, where Brock caught one of them.
===Pokémon Adventures===
In Trying to Trounce Torchic, when was attacked by 's , Professor Birch told him to look in his briefcase, to pick up the Poké Ball with a blue Pokémon and to throw it. The Poké Ball released a Mudkip and he nicknamed him Mumu. In the beginning, Ruby was disappointed with him because he wasn't as attractive as his other Pokémon and he couldn't participate in any Pokémon Contest. He tried with different conditions and then decided that Tough Contests would be perfect for him. Mumu eventually evolved into a and then into a .
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪===
Mudkip appeared in CCP02.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team===
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, Ginji's partner and first friend is a cautious Mudkip. It is sometimes referred to by other teams as a "crybaby".
===Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom===
 started off with a Mudkip.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Mudkip appeared in Clefairy's Most Deadly Rival as one of Professor Birch's first partner Pokémon.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
Professor Birch was seen owning a Mudkip in I Won't Let You Lead!!.
==In the TCG==
==In the TFG==
One Mudkip figure has been released.
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==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
Mudkip appears as a random trophy.
"A Mud Fish Pokémon. It has fins on its head and tail. The fin on its head acts like a radar dish to read its surroundings, and its tail fin increases its swimming speed. The gills on its cheeks allow it to move about in water. It's very strong for its size--it can even lift big boulders. It burrows into muddy watersides to sleep. Mudkip evolves into Marshtomp."
==Trivia==
* In a poll conducted by Nintendo of Europe, Mudkip was voted as the fans' favorite first partner Pokémon, with and close behind in second.
* Mudkip is the subject of a popular known as "So i herd u liek mudkipz?".
* Mudkip and Pelipper were featured in a music video as part of the Project Voltage collaboration with . In the video, Mudkip soars the skies in Pelipper's beak, wondering about their approaching evolution.きみとそらをとぶ　/ feat. 初音ミク & 巡音ルカ
===Origin===
Mudkip appears to be based on the or , or also possibly an . As it is the Mud Fish Pokémon, it might also be based on the or the , also known as the mudcat.
====Name origin====
Mudkip may be a combination of mud, skip, and .
Mizugorou may be a combination of 水 mizu (water) and 鯥五郎 mutsugorō (mudskipper).
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Brock's Mudkip
* Mumu
* Mudkip (Ginji's Rescue Team)
* First partner Pokémon
* Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)
==External links==
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