Mudkip (Pokémon)
Mudkip (Japanese: ミズゴロウ Mizugorou) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.
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It evolves into Marshtomp starting at level 16, which evolves into Swampert starting at level 36.
Along with Treecko and Torchic, Mudkip is one of three starter Pokémon of Hoenn available at the beginning of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire.
Biology
Mudkip is a small, amphibious, quadrupedal Pokémon. It has a blue body with a light-blue underside. Mudkip has a large head with a blue fin on top and a light-blue tail fin. It has black, beady eyes and orange, star-shaped gills on its cheeks. By using the fin on its head, Mudkip can detect changes in air and water currents as well as bodies of water. Its fin can also point in a certain direction, as seen in the anime. Mudkip is capable of moving or crushing boulders larger than itself. Its large tail fin provides powerful acceleration to propel it through the water.
According to its Pokémon Ranger browser entry, Mudkip is a very docile Pokémon. Mudkip is more commonly found in captivity, though it can be found in swamps and other wetlands. In the wild, it sleeps by burying itself in the soil at the water's edge.
In the anime
Brock's Mudkip
Brock has a Marshtomp that he caught as a Mudkip in A Mudkip Mission. Mudkip Eggs were seen in the episode when Old Man Swamp offered to let Brock see one hatch, and Brock accepted his offer with enthusiasm. Brock's Mudkip later evolved into a Marshtomp in A Chip Off the Old Brock.
Other
In Get the Show on the Road, May was asked to use a Pokémon to attack some Poochyena, she summoned a Mudkip, only for it to use Water Gun on her. Later, when May was asked to pick her starter Pokémon, she didn't pick Mudkip, remembering the time when it refused to do what she had asked.
In In the Knicker of Time!, a Mudkip was Nicholai's main Pokémon. In ZigZag Zangoose, it was revealed to have evolved to a Marshtomp.
In Having a Wailord of a Time, Nurse Joy asked Ash and Max to look over a Mudkip, along with a Treecko and Torchic. It was very young and cried easily. Mudkip was eventually picked by Stephanie to be her starter Pokémon.
In A Six Pack Attack!, a Mudkip belonging to Professor Birch was featured along with the other starters. They were being admired by Max and May when Team Rocket captured them along with the other Hoenn and Kanto starters. Max found them and told Mudkip and Squirtle to cool the bars with Water Gun, which eventually freed them. It then helped send Team Rocket blasting off.
Minor appearances
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Mudkip to one of the school's underage students for use in lessons.
In a flashback in Abandon Ship!, Tommy owned a Mudkip. It was revealed to have evolved into a Marshtomp and then into a Swampert after it was accidentally abandoned aboard a ship.
A Coordinator's Mudkip appeared in Now That's Flower Power!.
A Mudkip appeared in Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry.
In The Ribbon Cup Caper, a Mudkip was at the S.S. St. Flower's Pokémon Center.
In Off the Unbeaten Path, a Trainer's Mudkip participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
A Trainer's Mudkip appeared in Curbing the Crimson Tide!.
A Coordinator's Mudkip appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Mudkip watched Meloetta's concert.
A Trainer's Mudkip appeared in Mega Evolution Special III.
A Mudkip appeared in Sawyer's flashback in Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!, when he was selecting his starter Pokémon from Professor Birch.
In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Mudkip was living in a forest.
A Mudkip appeared in a fantasy alongside the other starter Pokémon in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer

In the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer, May owns a Mudkip. It eventually evolved into a Marshtomp while battling Roxanne's Nosepass, and then into a Swampert, which was capable of Mega Evolving.
GOTCHA!
A Mudkip briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
Pokémon Evolutions

A Mudkip briefly appeared in a fantasy in The Wish as Zinnia told the story of the Draconid people to May.
In the manga

Ash & Pikachu
- Main article: Brock's Mudkip
Multiple Mudkip appeared in Brock, A Man Of Resolve!!, where Brock caught one of them.
Pokémon Adventures
- Main article: Mumu
In Trying to Trounce Torchic, when Ruby was attacked by Sapphire's Torchic, Professor Birch told him to look in his briefcase, to pick up the Poké Ball with a blue Pokémon and to throw it. The Poké Ball released a Mudkip and he nicknamed him Mumu. In the beginning, Ruby was disappointed with him because he wasn't as attractive as his other Pokémon and he couldn't participate in any Pokémon Contest. He tried with different conditions and then decided that Tough Contests would be perfect for him. Mumu eventually evolved into a Marshtomp and then into a Swampert.
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Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪
Mudkip appeared in CCP02.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team
- Main article: Mudkip (Ginji's Rescue Team)
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, Ginji's partner and first friend is a cautious Mudkip. It is sometimes referred to by other teams as a "crybaby".
Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom
Omega started off with a Mudkip.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
A Mudkip appeared in Clefairy's Most Deadly Rival as one of Professor Birch's starter Pokémon.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
Professor Birch was seen owning a Mudkip in I Won't Let You Lead!!.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mudkip appears as a random trophy.
"A Mud Fish Pokémon. It has fins on its head and tail. The fin on its head acts like a radar dish to read its surroundings, and its tail fin increases its swimming speed. The gills on its cheeks allow it to move about in water. It's very strong for its size--it can even lift big boulders. It burrows into muddy watersides to sleep. Mudkip evolves into Marshtomp."
Game data
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| RSEFRLG | Gather More Pokémon! First Campaign Mudkip | Japanese | Japan | 10 | November 26 to December 11, 2005 |
Pokémon Global Link promotions
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| BW | Global Link Mudkip | Japanese | PGL | 10 | November 24, 2010 to August 31, 2011 |
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Mudkip is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.3.0+ and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
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| Fury Swipes | Mudkip (EX Ruby & Sapphire 60) |
| Pound | Mudkip (EX Ruby & Sapphire 60) |
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Trivia
- In a poll conducted by Nintendo of Europe, Mudkip was voted as the fans' favorite starter Pokémon, with Typhlosion and Blastoise close behind in second.
- Mudkip is the subject of a popular Internet meme known as "So i herd u liek mudkipz?".
Origin
Mudkip is based on the mudpuppy or mudskipper, or also possibly an axolotl. As it is the Mud Fish Pokémon, it might also be based on the gilled East African lungfish or the flathead catfish, also known as the mudcat.
Name origin
Mudkip is a combination of mud and skip, or it may be a shortening of mudskipper.
Mizugorou may be a combination of 水 mizu (water) and ムツゴロウ mutsugorō (mudskipper).
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