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Platinum's Empoleon プラチナのエンペルト Platinum's Emperte

Platinum's Empoleon

Debuts in Stagestruck Starly Caught at Sinnoh Evolves in Ring Around the Roserade (I) Great Gible Gender Female Ability Torrent Nature Serious Current location With Platinum

→ → This Pokémon spent 8 chapters as Piplup and at least 14 chapters as Prinplup.

Platinum's Empoleon (Japanese: プラチナのエンペルト Platinum's Emperte) is an Empoleon owned by Platinum in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

History

As a Piplup

Empoleon, as a Piplup, was given to Platinum by Professor Rowan along with two other Pokémon. When Platinum started her journey, she chose Piplup as her starter Pokémon and let her out of her Poké Ball.

Later, at Oreburgh City, Platinum was attacked by a group of wild Kricketot and Kricketune, forcing Piplup to defend her. Despite her best efforts, Piplup is unable to defeat them entirely, which deals a huge blow to her pride. In an attempt to regain her self-respect, Piplup trains with Chimler and Tru to prepare for Platinum's upcoming Gym battle against Roark. The next day, Piplup faces off against Roark's Cranidos at the Oreburgh Gym, but is hurt by a powerful Shock Wave and it forced to be sent back. After Ponyta falls to Roark's Onix, Piplup is sent back out and quickly defeats it with a Template:Type2 attack. With some advice from Diamond and Pearl's comedy routine, Platinum commands Piplup to use Water Pulse, which confuses Cranidos and causes it to knock itself out, giving Platinum the victory and Piplup regains her pride.

Later, in another training session for Platinum's next Gym battle, Piplup, along with Chimler and Tru, evolve into their next stages. Later, Prinplup, along with Ponyta, faces Gardenia in Platinum's Gym battle. After Ponyta is quickly defeated, Prinplup faces Gardenia's Pokémon alone and manages to beat them with a super effective Blizzard, giving Platinum her second win.

After the group arrives in Hearthome City, Platinum and Prinplup get involved and enter in a Pokémon Contest. Due to several saboteurs working against them, Platinum and Prinplup lose their confidence and consider quitting. However, with words of encouragement from Diamond, they gain enough confidence to continue going on and manage to win the contest.

Later, Prinplup helps Platinum train for her upcoming Gym battle against Maylene and acts as her Riolu since she wasn't being used in the battle. Prinplup later evolves into an Empoleon offscreen after Platinum is knocked unconscious and put into the Veilstone Department Store by Paka and Uji.

Empoleon is used in Platinum's next Gym battle against Crasher Wake. She is used against Wake's Floatzel and the two begin exchanging blows before taking the battle to the waters. Empoleon manages to easily beat Floatzel with a Vacuum Wave but is defeated by Wake's Quagsire after losing to a Blizzard. Later, when Platinum faces Fantina in a Gym battle, Empoleon is used against her Drifblim and wins by freezing its Ominous Wind with Blizzard but loses to her Mismagius soon after.

As a Prinplup

When Platinum goes to find her kidnapped father, she uses Empoleon against the Gym Leader Byron, who she believed to be the perpetrator. Empoleon manages to damage Byron's two Bronzong but is defeated by a Payback attack. Empoleon is also used in the Gym battle against Candice, where she easily defeats her Snover but ties after being defeated by a Seed Bomb.

As a Prinplup after winning a Contest

When Platinum was trying to convince Volkner to train her, Candice, and Maylene, Empoleon was used against his Raichu. Even though she managed to trap it in ice with Blizzard, Raichu managed to free itself with a Berry and defeated Empoleon with Thunderbolt. After Volkner accepts, Empoleon was used to battle his Electivire and manages to win, earning Platinum her final Badge.

In the Platinum arc, Empoleon is first used for Platinum's challenge in the Battle Castle. Empoleon faces off against Darach's Gallade but is nearly defeated and switched out for Rapidash. Later, she faces off Darach's Houndoom and Staraptor and defeats them with ease before being switched out with Lopunny. Once Lopunny is defeated, Empoleon finishes off the Attract-inflicted Gallade with Drill Peck, giving Platinum her first Battle Frontier win.

Platinum uses Empoleon in her Battle Arcade challenge in her battle against Arcade Star Dahlia. During the battle, Platinum and Dahlia switch Pokémon, which meant Empoleon and Platinum's other Pokémon are forced to fight their Trainer. Although both sides are reluctant at first, both Platinum and her Pokémon fight at their full strength, which eventually ends with Platinum as the victor.

When Platinum goes to challenge the Battle Factory, she sends Empoleon and her other Pokémon to go search for Looker on Stark Mountain, who had gone missing previously. They soon return, heavily injured and exhausted with a similarly injured Looker and Buck.

Moves used

Using Growl as a Piplup Using Aqua Jet	Move First Used In Bubble A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium Peck A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium Pound A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium Water Pulse A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium Growl Ring Around the Roserade (I) Blizzard † Ring Around the Roserade (II) Metal Claw Perturbed by Pachirisu Ice Beam Perturbed by Pachirisu Vacuum Wave × Floatzel and Jetsam Aqua Jet † Brash Bronzong Part 1 Hydro Pump † VS. Gallade I Drill Peck † VS. Gallade II
An × shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Piplup, Prinplup, and Empoleon.

Platinum's Pokémon
On hand:	Rapidash	Empoleon	Lopunny	Froslass	Cherrim	Pachirisu
Given away:	Mamoswine
Borrowed:	Chimler	Chatler	Tru	Lax	Drifblim	Ludicolo
	Medicham	Togekiss	Cresselia
Rented in the Battle Factory:	Qwilfish	Grimer	Loudred	Kadabra

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.