In the main series
Major appearances
Seven Hoppip debuted in Foul Weather Friends, under the ownership of Mariah. She used them to predict the weather. They were later targeted by Team Rocket.
A Hoppip appeared in Who's Flying Now?. James bought it from the Magikarp salesman, believing it to be a Chimecho, but the ruse was uncovered quickly.
Minor appearances
A Hoppip appeared in Tricks of the Trade as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
A Hoppip appeared in Beauty and the Breeder, under the ownership of a Pokémon Breeder participating in a Pokémon breeding competition.
Multiple Hoppip appeared in Pikachu & Pichu as residents of Big Town.
Three Hoppip appeared in The Grass Route. Two of them belonged to Ephraim's parents and the third belonged to a competitor in the Grass Tournament.
Nine Hoppip appeared in The Big Balloon Blow-Up, all under the ownership of a Trainer. They were among the Pokémon competing in the Pokémon Balloon Race.
Multiple Hoppip appeared in Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, where they were among the feuding Pokémon at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
Four Hoppip appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
A Hoppip appeared in A Tyrogue Full of Trouble, where it received an apple from a Tyrogue.
Multiple Hoppip appeared in Fangs for Nothin' as inhabitants of the Dragon Holy Land.
Multiple Hoppip appeared in Journey to the Starting Line! as some of the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
A Hoppip appeared in Gonna Rule The School!, under the ownership of the Pokémon Trainers' School. It was temporarily loaned to one of the school's underage students for use.
A Coordinator's Hoppip appeared in Pros and Con Artists.
Multiple Hoppip appeared in Grass Hysteria! as residents of the Forbidden Forest.
A Hoppip appeared in Hokey Poké Balls!, where it was one of the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
A Hoppip appeared in That's Just Swellow as one of the participants of the Crossgate PokéRinger competition.
A Hoppip appeared in Lights, Camerupt, Action! as an actor in one of Elijah's movies.
A Coordinator's Hoppip appeared in The Saffron Con as one of the Pokémon that were taken by Team Rocket.
A Trainer's Hoppip appeared in Off the Unbeaten Path, where it was seen participating in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
A Coordinator's Hoppip appeared in What I Did for Love!.
A Coordinator's Hoppip appeared in Once More With Reeling!, where it was seen participating in the Terracotta Contest.
A Hoppip appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1).
Multiple Hoppip made a brief appearance in Coming Full-Festival Circle!. They were among the Pokémon listening to Nando as he played his music.
Multiple Hoppip appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
A Hoppip appeared in SS027.
Two Hoppip appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A Hoppip appeared in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.
A Hoppip appeared in Clemont's Got a Secret!.
A Hoppip appeared in a flashback in Kindergarten Chaos!.
A Hoppip appeared in Awakening the Sleeping Giant.
A Hoppip appeared in Going for the Gold!.
A Hoppip appeared in A Battle by Any Other Name!.
A Hoppip appeared in The Bonds of Evolution!.
A Hoppip appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
Multiple Hoppip appeared in the opening sequence of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
A Trainer's Hoppip appeared in Thawing an Icy Panic! and Under the Pledging Tree!!. In the latter episode, it was among the Pokémon present during the Coumarine City Festival.
A Hoppip appeared in A Fashionable Battle!.
A Trainer's Hoppip appeared in A Relay in the Sky!, where it was participating in the Pokémon Sky Relay. It was in a team also consisting of Ledyba.
Three Hoppip appeared in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!.
A Hoppip appeared in a flashback in A Watershed Moment!.
A Trainer's Hoppip appeared in Performing a Pathway to the Future!.
A Trainer's Hoppip appeared in A League of His Own!.
A Hoppip appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
A Trainer's Hoppip appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.
Two Hoppip appeared in Till We Compete Again!, under the ownership of two different Trainers.
Six Hoppip appeared in The Power of Us, with five each under the ownership of different Trainers and the other being wild.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Entry
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EP137
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Hoppip
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Ash's Pokédex
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Hoppip, the Cottonweed Pokémon. This hopping Pokémon is light as a feather, and can be lifted by the gentlest breeze.
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In Pokémon Generations
A Hoppip appeared in Ecruteak City in The Reawakening, during a flashback about the creation of the legendary beasts.
- Hoppip and its evolutions were given their English names by Nob Ogasawara.
Origin
Hoppip appears to be based on a bulb or root. The leaves on its head resemble leaves of a dandelion. Its body also slightly resembles a cat.
Name origin
Hoppip may derive from hop, hip-hop, or hippity-hop, indicating that it jumps or flies through the air; pip, a type of seed; or pipsqueak. The names of all stages of its evolutionary line are based on the phrase, "Just a hop, skip, and a jump away."
Hanecco may be any combination of 葉 ha (leaf), 跳ねる haneru (to jump or hop), or 羽 hane (wing), and 根っ子 nekko (root). Its name may also be a pun on 猫 neko (cat), given its cat-like ears and tail.