Mudkip (Pokémon)
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| Mudkip ミズゴロウ Mizugorou | |
 Artwork from R/S/E | |
| Type | Water |
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| Species | Mud Fish Pokémon |
| National Dex | #258 |
| Johto Dex | #— |
| Hoenn Dex | #007 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #— |
| Fiore Browser | R-011 |
| Almia Browser | R— |
| Height | 1′04″ (0.4m) |
| Weight | 16.8 lbs. (7.6kg) |
| Ability | Torrent |
| Egg groups | Monster/Water 1 |
| Time to hatch | 5,120 steps |
| Effort yield | 1 Atk |
| Exp. yield | 65 base exp. |
| Lv. 100 at | 1,059,860 exp. |
| Gender | 12.5% ♀/87.5% ♂ |
| Pokédex color | Blue |
| Catch rate | 45 |
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Mudkip (Japanese: ミズゴロウ Mizugorou) is a Water-type Pokémon. Along with Treecko and Torchic, it is one of three starter Pokémon that can be chosen at the beginning of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.
Mudkip comes with the ability Torrent, which increases the power of Water-type attacks by 50% once the Pokémon has less than one-third of its maximum HP.
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Biology
Physiology
Mudkip are small blue Pokémon with large heads with orange external gills. They also have a fin on the top of their heads and a light-blue fin for a tail. They move around on all four legs. Mudkip may be based on mudskippers or axolotls.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Mudkip can use the fin on their heads to detect subtle changes in air and water currents to sense information about its surroundings. When in water, Mudkip breathe using the gills on their cheeks. On land, they can powerfully lift large boulders by planting their four feet and heaving. They sleep by burying themselves in soil at the water's edge. Their large tail fin propels them through water with powerful acceleration. If they are faced with a tight situation in battle, Mudkip will become strong enough to crush rocks bigger than themselves.
Behavior
Mudkip are more mellow than their evolutions, but are protective of their kind and because of their powerful strength they group up in numbers and easy overpower their foes.
Habitat
Mudkip and members of its evolution family dwell in swamps or other wetlands, deep inside isolated islands, because of their dislike of fresh water lakes and ponds. Soon after birth on beautiful beaches, they swim to swamps deep within islands. Very few have been known to hatch in swamps.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Brock has a Marshtomp that he caught as a Mudkip in A Mudkip Mission. Since then, it has gotten significantly less screentime (and battle experience) than its Hoenn starter counterparts, Ash's Sceptile and May's Blaziken. It was the last of the three starters to evolve (in A Chip Off the Old Brock) and it never reached its final evolutionary stage like the others did.
Nicholai's starter Pokémon was a Mudkip. Sometime afterwards, his Mudkip evolved into a Marshtomp.
During Having a Wailord of a Time, Nurse Joy asks Ash and Max to look over a Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip while May was practicing for the upcoming Pokémon Contest. The Mudkip of this group was very young and cried easily.
Mudkip eggs were seen in A Mudkip Mission, when Old Man Swamp offered to let Brock see one hatch, and Brock accepts his offer with much enthusiasm. Next, a baby Mudkip is shown hatching from a Mudkip egg.
In the TCG
- Main article: Mudkip (TCG)
In the TFG
One Mudkip figure has been released.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| III | Ruby | The fin on Mudkip's head acts as highly sensitive radar. Using this fin to sense movements of water and air, this Pokémon can determine what is taking place around it without using its eyes. |
| Sapphire | In water, Mudkip breathes using the gills on its cheeks. If it is faced with a tight situation in battle, this Pokémon will unleash its amazing power - it can crush rocks bigger than itself. | |
| Emerald | On land, it can powerfully lift large boulders by planting its four feet and heaving. It sleeps by burying itself in soil at the water's edge. | |
| FireRed | Its large tail fin propels it through water with powerful acceleration. It is strong in spite of its size. | |
| LeafGreen | Its large tail fin propels it through water with powerful acceleration. It is strong in spite of its size. | |
| IV | Diamond | To alert it, the fin on its head senses the flow of water. It has the strength to lift boulders. |
| Pearl | To alert it, the fin on its head senses the flow of water. It has the strength to lift boulders. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
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| III | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | One | Starter Pokémon from Professor Birch on Route 101 |
| Pokémon Emerald | One | Starter Pokémon from Professor Birch on Route 101 | |
| Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon Colosseum | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | None | Trade | |
| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | None | Pal Park |
| Pal Park | Pond |
In side games
| Game | Location |
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| Pokémon Channel | Springleaf Field Camp Starlight |
| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | Lake (Sapphire Field) |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Huge Storage 3 Endless Level 17 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue) | Starter Pokémon Waterfall Pond (1F-3F) |
| Pokémon Ranger | Lyra Forest |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness) | Starter Pokémon End Lake (B1-B24) |
Base stats
| HP: | 50 | |
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| Attack: | 70 | |
| Defense: | 50 | |
| SpAtk: | 50 | |
| SpDef: | 50 | |
| Speed: | 40 |
Type effectiveness
| Weak to | Resistant to | Immune to | Normal effectiveness |
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Learnset
Mudkip is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
Moves in Italics aren't STAB for Mudkip, but are for some/all evolutions.
By leveling up
| Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III | ||||||||
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| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal |
| Start | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 35 | 95% | 35 | Tough | 3 ♥♥♥
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| Start | Growl | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 40 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 6 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 10 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 | 100% | 25 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 15 | Bide | Normal | Physical | — | —% | 10 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| 19 | Foresight | Normal | Status | — | —% | 40 | Smart | 1 ♥
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| 24 | Mud Sport | Ground | Status | — | —% | 15 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 28 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85% | 20 | Tough | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 33 | Whirlpool | Water | Special | 15 | 70% | 15 | Beauty | 0 |
| 37 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Cute | 0 |
| 42 | Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 120 | 80% | 5 | Beauty | 2 ♥♥
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| 46 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 5 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||
By TM/HM
By breeding
By tutoring
| Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: III | ||||||||||||
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| Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal | ||||
| FR | LG | E | Body Slam* | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100% | 15 | Tough | 3 ♥♥♥
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| E | Defense Curl* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 40 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| FR | LG | E | Double-Edge* | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100% | 15 | Tough | 0 | ||
| E | Endure* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| E | Icy Wind* | Ice | Special | 55 | 95% | 15 | Beauty | 2 ♥♥
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| FR | LG | E | Mimic* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Cute | 0 | ||
| E | Mud-Slap* | Ground | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| E | Rollout* | Rock | Physical | 30 | 90% | 20 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| E | Sleep Talk* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| E | Snore* | Normal | Special | 40 | 100% | 15 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| FR | LG | E | Substitute* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Smart | 1 ♥
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| E | Swagger* | Normal | Status | — | 90% | 15 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||||||
Side game data
| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | ||
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| Acquisition: Catch | 
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| Pokémon Trozei! | ||
| Rarity: Common |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | ||
| Body size: 1 | Recruit Rate: 12.3% | Friend Area: Peanut Swamp |
| Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | I might be little, but I'm proud of my strength! | |
| 26%-50% HP | Wait a second... I've lost half my HP already? | |
| 1%-25% HP | I'm teetering on the brink of collapse... | |
| Level Up | Yay! Look, I leveled up! | |
| Partner Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | Let's keep at this, <name>! | |
| 26%-50% HP | This is getting rough... | |
| 1%-25% HP | Urf... I'm nearly done. <name>, help, please... | |
| Level Up | All right! Level-up time! | |
| Pokémon Ranger | ||
Group: 
| Loops: 4 | Minimum Experience: 12 |
| Poké Assist:
| Field Move: Soak | Maximum Experience: 19 |
| Mudkip is a very docile Pokémon. It can douse a small fire by spitting water. | ||
Evolution
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Sprites
| Gen | Game | ||||||
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| I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I. | |||||||
| II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II. | |||||||
| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
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| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | Back | |||
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For other sprites and images, please see Mudkip images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- Mudkip is the only Water-type starter to be quadrupedal, though its evolutions Marshtomp and Swampert are able to walk on either two or four feet. However there have been instances where Squirtle walked on all fours.
- Mudkip is a frequently-mentioned meme on *chan sites, stemming from a comment on deviantART in which one user declared to another " so i herd u liek mudkips?". In addition many people frequently say they "need MOAR [sic] mudkipz". As an April Fool's joke on April 1st, 2008, all deviantART members' avatars were temporarily replaced with an animation of Mudkip and the phrase "So i herd u liek mudkips??."
- Mudkip has the highest Attack out of all the starters at base form.
- In a poll conducted by Nintendo of Europe, Mudkip was voted as the fan favorite, with Typhlosion and Blastoise close behind. This may have been due to the aforementioned meme.
- GameFAQs's sixth annual Character Battle has Mudkip as one of the characters in it, the inclusion most likely being because of the *chan meme.
Origin
This Pokémon is based on the mudpuppy or mudskipper.
Name origin
Mudkip's name is a combination of mud and skip, and was probably chosen because it sounds like mudskipper. Its Japanese name is probably based on 水 mizu, "water," and ムツゴロウ mutsugorō, "mudskipper."
In other languages
- German: Hydropi - Comes from a combination of hydro and mudpuppy.
- French: Gobou - The verb gober means to swallow and boue means mud.
- Korean: 물짱이 Muljjang-i - A combination of 'water' (물) and a word that is similar to a suffix referring to a 'specialist', 'professional' (장이).
Related articles
External links
- Article on Wikipedia
- Radar, the fanlisting for Mudkip.
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