Popplio (Pokémon)

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Popplio (Japanese: アシマリ Ashimari) is a introduced in Generation VII.
It evolves into starting at level 17, which evolves into starting at level 34.
Along with and , Popplio is one of the three first partner Pokémon of Alola available at the beginning of . They were also the second Generation VII Pokémon to be revealed to the public on May 10, 2016.
==Biology==
Popplio is a that is primarily blue. It has large eyes, a long, white snout with black whiskers, and a round, pink nose. There is a small, rounded earflap on each side of its head. Around its neck is a light blue ruff, which extends past its shoulders. It has four flippers. The front flippers are larger than the hind and have white markings separating its toes.
Popplio can snort bubbles of water from its nose, which it uses as part of its battle strategy. On land, it uses the elasticity of its bubbles to perform acrobatic stunts and jumps. Popplio practices daily with increasingly larger water bubbles. The sheer force of their bubbles bursting can deal a lot of damage. It can swim at 25 mph (40 km/h)Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Popplio Popplio has complete control of its water bubbles. Popplio is famous for its hard-working nature. It has been recently seen living in the Terarium of Blueberry Academy.
Popplio and its evolved forms are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Popplio evolves into , which evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Popplio is available in Version 3.0.0+.
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Lana's Popplio=====
Popplio debuted in Alola to New Adventure! as 's main Pokémon. It evolved into a Brionne in Evolving Research!, and again into a Primarina in The One That Didn't Get Away!.
====Minor appearances====
A Popplio briefly appeared alongside a and in I Choose You!.
A 's Popplio appeared in a flashback in Battling the Beast Within! as a resident of what is now the Ultra Ruin.
A Popplio appeared in a fantasy alongside the other first partner Pokémon in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
A Trainer's Popplio appeared in Food Fit for a Kingambit!.
====Pokédex entries====
===GOTCHA!===
A Popplio briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
A Popplio briefly appeared playing with some children in The Eclipse.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Popplio debuted in The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl, under the ownership of Professor Kukui. In A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart, he was revealed to have given it to Hau. It later evolved into and eventually further into .
===Pokémon Horizon===
A Popplio appeared in a fantasy in Journey to a New Horizon.
A Popplio appeared in a fantasy in Traveling Trainer Tokio.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Popplio shares its with and . They are all known as the Sea Lion Pokémon.
* Popplio's Japanese name and its romanization were revealed in a tweet of their trademark on April 17, 2016.
* Popplio and its evolved forms are the only first partner Pokémon to have a piscine body.
===Origin===
Popplio may be based on a and a with elements of a . Popplio's propensity for blowing bubbles from its nose may also be based on common circus trick where sea lions balance balls on their noses or on the and its inflatable nasal cavity.
====Name origin====
Popplio may be a combination of sea lion pup, pop, pōpō (Hawaiian for ball), and ʻīlio-holo-i-ka-uaua (Hawaiian for the ; meaning "dog that runs in rough water").
Ashimari may be a combination of 海驢 ashika (sea lion), 鞠 mari (ball), and marine.
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Lana's Popplio
* First partner Pokémon
==References==
==External links==
* 
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