Squirtle (Pokémon)
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Squirtle (Japanese: ゼニガメ Zenigame) is a Water-type Pokémon. Along with Bulbasaur and Charmander, it is one of three starter Pokémon the player receives at the beginning of Pokémon Red, Pokémon Green, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Squirtle comes with the Ability Torrent, which increases the power of Water-type attacks by 50% once the Pokémon has less than one-third of its maximum HP.
Squirtle evolves via level, into Wartortle starting at Level 16, then into Blastoise starting at Level 36.
Biology
Physiology
Squirtle is a bipedal turtle with its most notable feature being the hard shell on its back. This shell forms and hardens on its back after birth. It could perhaps be distantly related to some other turtle-like Pokémon, such as Torkoal and Turtwig, but Squirtle seems to only be closely related to its evolutions.
Squirtle's shell is an extremely helpful defensive tool. It can Withdraw into the shell to block physical attacks. Its smooth, hard shell and head also aid it in other ways, such as minimizing its resistance in water to increase its swimming speed, and allowing it to launch attacks like Rapid Spin and Skull Bash.
Squirtle is a natural-born swimmer. However, due to its size, it's easier for it to transport something small like a Pikachu than to carry its trainer.
Its jaws may not look like much, but they are strong enough that a Squirtle can learn to use a Bite attack.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Squirtle can spray water from its mouth. At first, it may only be able to spray foam and bubbles, but with time it can learn to spray water jets like Water Gun and Hydro Pump. If it Withdraws, it can still spray water out the holes in its shell.
It can also be easily taught Ice-type moves like Ice Beam and Blizzard.
Behavior
Squirtle are scarce in the wild. Most are domestic Pokémon, raised to be distributed as starters by Professor Oak. As such, they are regarded as well-behaved Pokémon. They are not regarded as the easiest or hardest for a trainer to raise, since they are not as mild-mannered and easy as Bulbasaur but they are not as rash and hard as Charmander and its evolutions, and it has a type advantage against the first Kanto Gym Leader, Brock.
They are very loyal to their groups, but they get along better with other Pokémon than with humans, and can sometimes have a bit of an attitude towards humans. It is far from uncommon for them to start or join larger groups, such as the Squirtle Squad in Here Comes the Squirtle Squad and a civilization of Squirtle and its evolutions in Beach Blank-Out Blastoise.
Habitat
Squirtle are scarce in the wild. Sometimes they can be found living on secluded islands in the ocean or swimming in the rivers of deep canyons, but their chief habitat seems to be small freshwater ponds and lakes. Overall they are found far more often in urban settings, usually in the ownership of trainers.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
Their diet is the usual omnivorous diet of a Pokémon.
In the anime
Ash Ketchum, May, and Gary Oak all have or had Squirtles. Ash's Squirtle is part of the Squirtle Squad, a firefighting group, May's Squirtle is very young and timid, and the Squirtle Gary owns is Gary's Starter. Gary's Squirtle eventually evolved into Wartortle and afterwards into Blastoise.
In Journey to the Starting Line, a set of the three Kanto starter Pokémon in which a boy named Gilbert was supposed to choose from as his starting Pokémon were scared off by Ash's Tauros. Professor Oak, Tracey, Delia Ketchum and Gilbert had to split up and find the three missing Pokémon. Squirtle was the second one found. The Tiny Turtle Pokémon was stuck in a tree that was hanging over a cliff. Ash's Bulbasaur managed to catch the Squirtle before it could fall off the cliff.
The main character in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate! special is a Squirtle that claims that he used to be human. He joins Team Go-Getters in their rescue work. While he can't use Water Gun, he is happy to use Bubble because it looks pretty.
In the manga
In Pokémon Special, Blue stole a Squirtle from Professor Oak. It has since evolved into a Blastoise.
In Magical Pokémon Journey, Almond owns a Squirtle, who sees him as an older brother.
In Pokémon Zensho, Shigeru's starter Pokémon was a Squirtle he recieved from his grandfather, Professor Oak.
Misty has a Squirtle in the Pokémon Newspaper Strip.
Ash's Squirtle was shown in some chapters of the Electric Tale of Pikachu. Pikachu also meets an abandoned Squirtle who helps him reach the Hidden Village after getting lost.
In the TCG
Six Squirtle cards have been released.
- Base Set: Squirtle
- Team Rocket: Squirtle
- Expedition Base Set: Squirtle and Squirtle
- EX FireRed and LeafGreen: Squirtle and Squirtle
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Squirtle is the first Pokéfloat to appear. Play begins on its head and arms until it slowly leaves off the bottom of the screen. After travelling through all the Pokéfloats, the screen will be empty for a few seconds before Squirtle pops up and the cycle begins again.
Trophy information
Retreating into its shell and spitting water at its foes is Squirtle's trademark response to danger. It's one of the three Pokémon that trainers can receive from Professor Oak in Pokémon Red and Blue. Squirtle evolves into Wartortle and then Blastoise, ramping up its water powers with each evolution.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Squirtle is a playable Pokémon used by Red. It will be able to use Waterfall and Withdraw.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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In side games
| Game | Location |
|---|---|
| Pokémon Stadium | Gym Leader Castle |
| Pokémon Snap | Valley |
| Pokémon Channel | Upgrade binder |
| Pokémon Trozei | Huge Storage 4 Endless Level 15 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Starter Pokémon Waterfall Pond (8F-12F) |
| Pokémon Ranger | Underground Waterways |
Base stats
| Stat | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 44
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104 - 151 | 198 - 292 | |
48
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47 - 110 | 90 - 214 | |
65
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63 - 128 | 121 - 251 | |
50
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49 - 112 | 94 - 218 | |
64
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62 - 127 | 119 - 249 | |
43
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43 - 104 | 81 - 203 | |
Total: 314
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Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Type effectiveness
Template:DP type effectiveness
Learnset
By leveling up
| Level | Generation I | Generation II | Generation III | Generation IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Tackle Tail Whip |
Tackle | Tackle | Tackle |
| 4 | Tail Whip | Tail Whip | Tail Whip | |
| 7 | Bubble | Bubble | Bubble | |
| 8 | Bubble | |||
| 10 | Withdraw | Withdraw | Withdraw | |
| 13 | Water Gun | Water Gun | Water Gun | |
| 15 | Water Gun | |||
| 16 | Bite | |||
| 18 | Bite | Bite | ||
| 19 | Rapid Spin | |||
| 22 | Bite | Protect | ||
| 23 | Rapid Spin | Rapid Spin | ||
| 25 | Water Pulse | |||
| 28 | Withdraw | Protect | Protect | Aqua Tail |
| 31 | Skull Bash | |||
| 33 | Rain Dance | Rain Dance | ||
| 34 | Rain Dance | |||
| 35 | Skull Bash | |||
| 37 | Hydro Pump | |||
| 40 | Skull Bash | Skull Bash | ||
| 42 | Hydro Pump | |||
| 47 | Hydro Pump | Hydro Pump |
By TM/HM
By breeding
- Aqua Jet
- Aqua Ring
- Fake Out
- Flail
- Foresight
- Haze
- Mirror Coat
- Mist
- Mud Sport
- Muddy Water
- Refresh
- Yawn
By tutoring
In Pokémon FireRed, Pokémon LeafGreen, and Pokémon Emerald:
In Pokémon Emerald Only:
Side game data
Evolution
Trivia
- In the anime, Squirtle has had the most trainers out of the original three starters. It has been trained by Ash, May and Gary. However, Gary is the only one who received Squirtle as a starter.
Origin
Squirtle appears to be a stylized turtle.
Name origin
Squirtle's name is a combination of squirt, which in this case can hold two meanings- a verb, to spray water, and a noun, a nickname for someone who is tiny in comparison to others -and turtle. It can also be corruption of "squirrel", pointing to its squirrel-like tail. Zenigame is simply the Japanese word for pond turtle, 銭亀.
In other languages
- German: Schiggy
- French: Carapuce - Carapace means shell, and puce means flea, in reference to its height. Puce can also be a term of affection, maybe because of its cute look.
- Korean: 꼬부기 Kkobugi - Portmanteau of kid and turtle.
- Chinese (Taiwan): 杰尼龟 Jíe Ní Gui - An onomatopoeic reference to Squirtle's Japanese name, Zenigame. The last character in the name means turtle.
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 車厘龟 Che Lí Gui
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