Appearance
Prinplup is a dark blue penguin with light blue markings, a yellow beak, and four white spots like buttons. Two yellow crests meet at its nape.
#394
Prinplup
Penguin Pokémon
Water
- Height
- 0.8 m
- Weight
- 23 kg
- Generation
- 4
- Region
- Sinnoh
Prinplup is a Water-type Pokémon, No. 394 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh region).
« It swims gracefully through the frigid sea and sings with a voice like the roaring tide. It has powerful, sturdy wings and dignity to match. »
Its story
Lifestyle
Too proud to live in a group, it hunts in cold seas and swims with grace. It evolves from Piplup into Empoleon.
In the anime
Kenny's Prinplup battles Dawn's Piplup, then shows up as an Empoleon at the Sinnoh Grand Festival.
Name origin
Its look suggests a crested penguin in a buttoned tailcoat. Prinplup comes from prince and plup, a splash.
Did you know?
- Its wings can knock trees over and snap them.
- Its singing has been compared to a roaring tide.
- Even asleep, it sometimes crosses its arms, still proud.
Found in the Pokédex of:
SinnohHisuiPaldea
In other languages
Prinplouf
Pliprin
ポッタイシ팽태자波皇子