Azumarill is a blue, bipedal Pokémon that has an ovoid body. The lower half of its body is white with a white, bubble-like pattern above it, which helps to camouflage it in water. It has elongated, rabbit-like ears with red insides and circular eyes. When in the water, it rolls up its ears to prevent the insides from becoming wet. Its arms and feet are short with rounded ends and no discernible digits. It has a black zigzagging tail with a blue, bubble-like tip.
Azumarill has highly developed hearing that allows it to hear distances, even when it is underwater. By keeping still and listening closely, it can identity prey even in wild, fast-moving rivers. If Azumarill spots a drowning Pokémon, it will make a balloon out of air that helps them breathe. It lives in rivers and lakes, and can live in the water all day long.
Major appearances
Azumarill debuted in Love, Totodile Style, under the ownership of Trixie. A female one was used in a circus, and Ash's Totodile developed a crush on her. However, the Azumarill already had a boyfriend of sorts: a Golduck.
An Azumarill is one of the friends of the Pichu Brothers. It appeared in Trouble in Big Town, Of Meowth and Pokémon (Part 1), Big Meowth, Little Dreams, and Pichu Bros. in Party Panic. It also made a cameo appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
An Azumarill appeared in Tie One On!, where Jackson used it against Ash in the Silver Conference.
Paul used an Azumarill in his battle at the Oreburgh Gym in Shapes of Things to Come to Roark's Geodude. However, it lost and Paul gave it away to a passing Trainer.
An Azumarill appeared in PK13, in which it was about to perform a song in the Summer Festival before a wild Skarmory kidnapped it.
An Azumarill appeared in The Pirates of Decolore!. It was a powerful and eager member of Croconaw's pirate gang, who had no problems with stealing food from humans. It battled Ash's Snivy and Pignite alongside Croconaw but was defeated. However, it did assist in the rescue of the Darumaka before happily joining Officer Jenny.
Minor appearances
An Azumarill was one of the Pokémon living at Temacu's father's lab in The Heartbreak of Brock.
An Azumarill appeared in The Big Balloon Blow-Up, where it competed alongside its Trainer in the Pokémon Balloon Race.
An Azumarill appeared in Dueling Heroes.
An Azumarill was seen at a Pokémon Center in The Legend of Thunder!.
An Azumarill appeared in Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, where it was used by a competitor in the Tour de Alto Mare.
A star Azumarill was brought to sing to all the Pokémon at Pikachu's Summer Festival.
An Azumarill appeared in A Ruin with a View.
A Trainer's Azumarill appeared in Off the Unbeaten Path, where it was participating in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
An Azumarill along with an Azurill and a Marill made a cameo in the beginning of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea under the control of Solana's Capture Styler. They were used to put out a fire in a forest.
An Azumarill appeared in The Rise of Darkrai, along with a Marill and Azurill.
An Azumarill appeared in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!, where it was used by a student of Pokémon Summer Academy in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon.
An Azumarill appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!.
An Azumarill made a brief appearance in An Old Family Blend!, under the ownership of a Trainer competing in the Lily of the Valley Conference.
An Azumarill appeared alongside an Azurill and Marill in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
An Azumarill appeared in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.
Two Azumarill appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
An Azumarill appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!.
A Trainer's Azumarill appeared in Mega Evolution Special III.
An Azumarill appeared in A Fashionable Battle!, under the ownership of a Furisode Girl.
An Azumarill appeared in Hoopa — The Mischief Pokémon.
Three Azumarill appeared in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad.
A Trainer's Azumarill appeared in A Performance Pop Quiz!.
An Azumarill appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
Pokédex entries
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EP153
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Azumarill
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Ash's Pokédex
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Azumarill, the Aqua Rabbit Pokémon. The evolved form of Marill. This Pokémon uses its large, highly developed ears to hear great distances, even underwater.
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DP015
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Azumarill
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Azumarill, the Aqua Rabbit Pokémon. Azumarill lives in rivers and lakes, and while in water its body color and pattern confuses its enemies.
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- In Generation V, Azumarill and Marill are the only Pokémon that can have the Electric type as their sole weakness. This is because of their Hidden Ability Sap Sipper.
- Azumarill is the only member of its evolutionary line that was not publicly revealed prior to the generation it debuted in.
Origin
It may be based on a combination of a rabbit and a beach ball or possibly a personal flotation device or lifebuoy. It could be also possibly based on the swamp rabbits, which have a strong preference for wet areas (such as cypress swamps, marshland, floodplain, and river tributaries) and that will take to the water and swim. Azumarill's water-like splash pattern may reflect from the camouflage of Countershading of aquatic animals such as sharks and penguins, being that they have a dark coloration on top to match the dark water underneath and a white coloration on their under to match the sunlight from above.
Name origin
Azumarill is a combination of azure (a shade of blue) or azul (Spanish and Portuguese for blue), Marill, and possibly rill (a small river or brook)
Marilli may be a combination of 丸い marui (round or circular) or 鞠 mari (ball) and 瑠璃 ruri (lapis lazuli).