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 * The [[Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia]] featured at the end of [[DP017]] is about Dawn's Piplup. He writes this {{wp|senryū}} about him: 「ポッチャマが　みずにとびこむ　ぽっちゃんと」 "''{{tt|Pochama|Piplup}} dives into the water with a splash.''"
 * Piplup is the only {{type|Water}} [[starter Pokémon]] to be a main character's first Pokémon.
-** It is also the only Water-type starter Pokémon owned by one of [[Ash's friends]] to never evolve.
+* Piplup is the first main {{type|Water}} [[starter Pokémon]] to never have known the move {{m|Water Gun}}.
-* Piplup is the first main {{type|Water}} [[starter Pokémon]] to:
-** Never have known the move {{m|Water Gun}}.
-** Have learned {{m|Hydro Pump}} since [[Ash's Squirtle]] learned the move in ''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]'', 529 episodes earlier.
-** Have received a confirmed gender since [[Ash's Totodile]], which was confirmed in ''[[EP153|Love, Totodile Style]]'', 455 episodes earlier.
 * Of all 191 ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]'' episodes, Piplup was only completely absent from 17.
 * Piplup has used the most [[move]]s out of all of Dawn's Pokémon, at a total of 8.
 * Piplup is Dawn's only confirmed male Pokémon currently under her ownership.
-* Piplup is the second Pokémon in the {{pkmn|anime}} to stop [[Evolution|evolving]] while the process is happening, the first being [[Ash's Bulbasaur]].
+* Piplup is the second Pokémon in the {{pkmn|anime}} to stop [[Evolution|evolving]] while the process was happening, the first being [[Ash's Bulbasaur]].
 ** During an interview with former director and storyboard artist of the [[Pokémon anime]], [[Masamitsu Hidaka]], he revealed that Dawn's Piplup would likely not [[Evolution|evolve]] very soon, referring to his {{p|Prinplup|evolved}} {{p|Empoleon|forms}} as "ugly" or not good for [[Pokémon Contests]].<ref>https://www.pokebeach.com/2008/07/second-pokemon-interview-with-masamitsu-hidaka-many-interesting-points</ref>
 * Piplup was referenced by Ash in ''[[XY022|Going for the Gold!]]'', when he and his friends met a troop of many Piplup at the {{DL|Ambrette Town|Ambrette Aquarium}}. Ash recalled that Dawn's Piplup had been rather prideful and stubborn.