Popplio (Japanese: アシマリ, Hepburn: Ashimari) is a Water-type Pokémon. It is one of the three Starter 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, a long white snout with a pink round nose and black whiskers. It has two ears on each side of its head. Around its neck is a light blue ruff collar which extends out past its shoulders. It has four flippers which are the large ones with white markings isolating its toes and the small rear ones. It also loves to blow bubbles and bounce them around.
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.
Natural abilities
It can blow out many balloons with its nose. It can also swim at 25 mph (40 km/h).
Evolution
Popplio evolves into Brionne at level 17 and then Primarina at level 34.
Game info
Locations
Locations | ||
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Version(s) | Area(s) | Rarity |
Sun and Moon | Starter Pokémon from Hala in Iki Town | One |
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon | Starter Pokémon from Professor Kukui on Route 1 | One |
Sword and Shield | From Diglett's Trainer in Fields of Honor after finding 100 Alolan Diglett if Sobble is chosen as the Starter Pokémon | One |
Pokédex entries
- Sun
This Pokémon snorts body fluids from its nose, blowing balloons to smash into its foes. It’s famous for being a hard worker.
- Moon
This Pokémon can control water bubbles. It practices diligently so it can learn to make big bubbles.
- Ultra Sun
The balloons it inflates with its nose grow larger and larger as it practices day by day.
- Ultra Moon
Popplio gets out on top of its bouncy water balloons to jump higher. Its quite an acrobatic fighter.
- Sword
It creates special bouncy balloons to send at its opponents. When the balloons pop, the sheer force of their bursting is what deals damage
- Shield
If Popplio want to create big, powerful balloons, they must be persistent. It takes daily practice for these Pokémon to develop their skills.
Stats
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Total | 200
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Learnset
Leveling
LevelingGeneration VII | |||||||||
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Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
1 | Pound | 40 | 100% | 35 | Normal | Physical | |||
1 | Water Gun | 40 | 100% | 25 | Water | Special | |||
4 | Growl | — | 100% | 40 | Normal | Status | |||
8 | Disarming Voice | 40 | —% | 15 | Fairy | Special | |||
11 | Baby-Doll Eyes | — | 100% | 30 | Fairy | Status | |||
15 | Aqua Jet | 40 | 100% | 20 | Water | Physical | |||
18 | Encore | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | Status | |||
22 | Bubble Beam | 65 | 100% | 20 | Water | Special | |||
25 | Sing | — | 55% | 15 | Normal | Status | |||
29 | Double Slap | 15 | 100% | 20 | Normal | Physical | |||
32 | Hyper Voice | 90 | 100% | 10 | Normal | Special | |||
36 | Moonblast | 95 | 100% | 15 | Fairy | Special | |||
39 | Captivate | — | 100% | 20 | Normal | Status | |||
43 | Hydro Pump | 110 | 80% | 5 | Water | Special | |||
46 | Misty Terrain | — | —% | 10 | Fairy | Status | |||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
TM
TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII | |||||||||
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TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
TM01 | Work Up | — | —% | 30 | Normal | Status | |||
TM06 | Toxic | — | 90% | 10 | Poison | Status | |||
TM07 | Hail | — | —% | 10 | Ice | Status | |||
TM10 | Hidden Power | 60 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | |||
TM13 | Ice Beam | 90 | 100% | 10 | Ice | Special | |||
TM14 | Blizzard | 110 | 70% | 5 | Ice | Special | |||
TM17 | Protect | — | —% | 10 | Normal | Status | |||
TM18 | Rain Dance | — | —% | 5 | Water | Status | |||
TM21 | Frustration | — | 100% | 20 | Normal | Physical | |||
TM27 | Return | — | 100% | 20 | Normal | Physical | |||
TM32 | Double Team | — | —% | 15 | Normal | Status | |||
TM42 | Facade | 70 | 100% | 20 | Normal | Physical | |||
TM44 | Rest | — | —% | 10 | Psychic | Status | |||
TM45 | Attract | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | Status | |||
TM48 | Round | 60 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | |||
TM49 | Echoed Voice | 40 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | |||
TM55 | Scald | 80 | 100% | 15 | Water | Special | |||
TM62 | Acrobatics | 55 | 100% | 15 | Flying | Physical | |||
TM87 | Swagger | — | 85% | 15 | Normal | Status | |||
TM88 | Sleep Talk | — | —% | 10 | Normal | Status | |||
TM90 | Substitute | — | —% | 10 | Normal | Status | |||
TM94 | Surf | 90 | 100% | 15 | Water | Special | |||
TM98 | Waterfall | 80 | 100% | 15 | Water | Physical | |||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
Breeding
Tutoring
Tutoring Generation VII | |||||||||
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Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | ||||
Aqua Tail USUM | 90 | 90% | 10 | Water | Physical | ||||
Covet USUM | 60 | 100% | 25 | Normal | Physical | ||||
Helping Hand USUM | — | —% | 20 | Normal | Status | ||||
Hyper Voice USUM | 90 | 100% | 10 | Normal | Special | ||||
Icy Wind USUM | 55 | 95% | 15 | Ice | Special | ||||
Iron Tail USUM | 100 | 75% | 15 | Steel | Physical | ||||
Snore USUM | 50 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | ||||
Uproar USUM | 90 | 100% | 10 | Normal | Special | ||||
Water Pledge SMUSUM | 80 | 100% | 10 | Water | Special | ||||
Water Pulse USUM | 60 | 100% | 20 | Water | Special | ||||
Wonder Room USUM | — | —% | 10 | Psychic | Status | ||||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
Sprites
Appearances
Anime
Popplio first appeared in Alola to New Adventure! under the ownership of Lana, later evolves into Brionne in Evolving Research! and into Primarina in The One that Didn't Get Away!.
Trivia
- Popplio when standing on its fins bears some resemblance to the alchemic symbol of mercury (representing Water).
- 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) Starter Pokémon with Body Shape 3.
Origin
Popplio is a combination of the classical depictions of a performing sea lion and a circus clown, with the collar around its neck, white face, and nose resembling a clown nose. It could also be a reference to the Hawaiian monk seal. 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, the Japanese name for the planet Mercury is 水星 (Suisei, literally "water star"), and possibly due to the fact that mercury present in seawater due to pollution tends to build up in the fatty tissues of aquatic life, sea lions (and thus presumably Popplio) having large amounts of fat. In certain poses, Popplio resembles the symbol used for both the planet Mercury and, in alchemy, the element mercury (☿).
Etymology
Popplio is a combination of pop (as in popping bubbles) and lio, the first three letters of lion in sea lion. It might also use "ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua" which is a species of Hawaiian monk seal. It might also come from pōpō, Hawaiian for ball (seeing how Popplio balances bubbles on its nose like a circus seal would do to a ball). It may also come from Popee the Performer, an obscure CGI anime centering around an aspiring clown.
Gallery
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Kanto | |
Johto | |
Hoenn | |
Sinnoh | |
Hisui | |
Unova | |
Kalos | |
Alola | |
Galar | |
Paldea |
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