Thread: Did you like Piplup/Pochama's character in Diamond and Pearl?

i loved piplup's constant extreme facial expressions! xD
i thought he was funny... but maybe i'm too childish ^^;

i haven't seen a whole lot of the new episodes since i don't have cable... if you guys know a good place to stream them and they're high quality please tell me ^^

The only things I really disliked about the little penguin was his "comedy falling"-Gag (which, isn't funny in the first place and it's rediculous) and the most pointless Piplup-Cyndaquil thing. God, why did they every created that?

Aside from that, I don't have problems with him. He is adorable, loyal, funny and I agree with Dogasu that the Original Piplup is way better.

This question gets a not-so-straightforward answer from me for the simple reason that, while Piplup got on my nerves I thought Pochama was adorable. It was all to do with the voice-work, and Michele Knotz screwed up big time when she gave Piplup the cutesy Torchic-like voice rather than trying to copy what Etsuko Kozakura had performed.

Something about him becoming the new Pikachu or something? Ever since I've joined the boards I've been seeing a lot of animosity/hatred of the pokemon and wondered what brought this on.

That mostly has to do with how Piplup was treated in the anime. It was basically made out to be like Pikachu by not evolving and always being out of its pokeball. Most of the hate comes from that one particular Piplup in the anime that belongs to Dawn.

It's a darn shame, too, because while I do agree Piplup can be a little annoying, Pochama is just too cute for words! D8 This is why I wish Pokemon could be released subbed worldwide. I never liked the Pochama hate myself, but that's because DP is my favorite of the Pokemon anime. Hikari was a co-star instead of simply being a sidekick, so there's no reason why Pochama can't be out with Pikachu.

Because everything's better with penguins, that's why. They're just as popular as monkeys, dinosaurs, and princesses. Dawn's popularity also helped Piplup's popularity in Japan.

Most of Piplup's hate comes from the dub, mainly its voice.

Thanks for all the answers; I don't think Piplup is as bad dubbed as Tepig however :x

I find it to be the most adorable of the water starters and the evolutions are great. I am way behind on the anime so I cannot judge that!

I like Piplup. Of course, I don't watch the Anime. And I like Mudkip and Pikachu too. So I guess that goes for something.

As far as I am concerned, Dawn's Piplup just drove me to the brink. It hogged up screen time and was not more than a butt of all jokes, like the Gible draco meteor ones and the jokes were pretty childish and overused. I like Dawn but I would love to kick her Piplup.

I agree with Dawn's Pipulp being a bum, but in the game, Piplup and especially Empoleon are EPIC.

Originally Posted by Cilan

Most of Piplup's hate comes from the dub, mainly its voice.

Which is weird because his dub voice was much better then his original voice.

Anyways i love piplup, he made diamond and pearl amazing :) and he is without a doubt the cutest thing around.

I liked Piplup in the early parts of DP. Later on it got annoying and in BW 2 it was like it didn't need to be there because Oshawott was all the crap we needed.