Tepig


 * ability=Blaze] [[Thick Fat (Dream World)
 * color=Red

Tepig (Japanese: ポカブ Pokabu) is a Generation V -type Starter Pokémon, along with Oshawott and Snivy. It is classified as the Fire Pig Pokémon. It has the ability Blaze, like previous Fire-type starters. Tepig can learn three moves that were introduced in Generation V: Flame Charge, Fire Pledge and Heat Crash.

In the Anime
Tepig made its first appearance in BW001. She was voiced by Wasabi Mizuta in the Japanese version of the anime Pokémon series and Pokémon video games and Marc Thompson in the English version of the anime Pokémon series.

Ash's Tepig
Ash's Tepig evolved into Pignite in battle against his former trainer, Shamus.

Pokemon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Black owns a Tepig.

Evolution
Tepig evolves into Pignite, a /-type, at level 17. Pignite evolves into Emboar at level 36.

Trainers with a Tepig

 * Ash
 * Nanette

Trivia

 * Tepig's body design is most likely based on a baby Japanese wild boar.
 * Tepig's Japanese name is derived from ぽかぽか pokapoka, warmth circulating through one's body, combined with 豚 buta, pig; or ブー bū, "oink". Its English name comes from "tepid" and "pig".
 * Tepig is the third starter Pokémon to be a mammalian, with the first two being Cyndaquil and Chimchar. It is also the third -type Pokémon to be mammalian, continuing the trail, though it is broken by the -typed Otter Pokémon Oshawott, both in the same region.
 * A silhouette of Tepig, Snivy, and Oshawott was released on May 9, 2010 during an episode of Pokémon Sunday. An actual photo of the three starters was shown in an issue of Cocoro magazine on May 12. It was shown again on November 22 for the official English names.
 * Tepig is the only Unova region starter to be a quadruped, being that Oshawott and Snivy both walk on two legs. When it evolves into Pignite and Emboar, it walks around on two legs as well.
 * Tepig is the only Unova Starter to gain a second type as it evolves.
 * Tepig is one of the playable characters in PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, where he wishes to participate in the Battle Tournament. He seeks to prove that he can be as brave and strong as his mentor, Emboar.

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