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==In the manga==
==In the manga==
===In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga===
===In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga===
Ash's Torterra appears in the {{OBP|Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl|Sakai Takayuki}} {{pkmn|manga}} as a Turtwig. He first used it in [[PDP06]] to try and rescue a {{p|Pachirisu}} that was stuck in a trap. Later, he used it in [[PDP11]] to battle against a powerful {{p|Garchomp}}.
Ash's Torterra appears in the {{OBP|Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl|Sakai Takayuki}} {{pkmn|manga}} as a Turtwig. He first used it in ''[[PDP06|Pachirisu is Hungry]]'' to try and rescue a {{p|Pachirisu}} that was stuck in a trap. Later, he used it in ''[[PDP11|Friendship Power]]'' to battle against a powerful {{p|Garchomp}}.


====Moves used====
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Revision as of 14:15, 17 June 2013

Ash's Torterra
サトシのドダイトス Satoshi's Dodaitose
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Ash's Torterra
Debuts in Gettin' Twiggy With It!
Caught at Route 202
Evolves in Aiding the Enemy!
The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!
Gender Unknown
Ability Unknown
Current location At Professor Oak's Laboratory
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This Pokémon spent 95 episodes as Turtwig and 66 episodes as Grotle.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Turtwig Shin'ichirō Miki Billy Beach
As Grotle Shin'ichirō Miki Billy Beach
As Torterra Shin'ichirō Miki Billy Beach

Ash's Torterra (Japanese: サトシのドダイトス Satoshi's Dodaitose) is the second Pokémon that Ash Ketchum caught in the Sinnoh region.

History

As a Turtwig

Ash caught Torterra as a Turtwig in Gettin' Twiggy With It!. It had been living in the forest near Clara's home, and it broke up fights among wild Pokémon in the area. After Team Rocket stole Ash's Pikachu, their balloon crashed, and Turtwig defended Pikachu against them. When Ash and his friends appeared, Turtwig assumed they were trying to wrongfully steal Pikachu, too, so it attacked them and ran off with an exhausted Pikachu in tow. The next time they confronted Turtwig, the misunderstanding was explained, and Turtwig apologetically befriended Ash. At the end of the episode, Ash and his friends began to leave, and the old woman encouraged Turtwig to go with Ash, so it ran to challenge him. Turtwig and Pikachu battled, and Ash caught Turtwig.

As Turtwig, it was a brave yet kind Pokémon that has high confidence for its small size. It apparently had a strong jaw, as it was often seen latching itself onto people and Pokémon's heads, tails, hats, and appendages to attack or show affection. It has done this to Ash as well, the behavior somewhat resembling that of James's Victreebel, Carnivine and Cacnea. It has also been shown to be both incredibly fast and quite strong, such as the time when it used Bite on Roark's Rampardos's tail and threw it into a rock, after which Brock said, "Big things come in small packages!"

In Different Strokes for Different Blokes, Turtwig battled Paul's Chimchar and lost. Although it held its own in battle, it appeared to hesitate upon receiving Ash's command to dodge attacks.

As a Grotle

Overall, it has taken part in five of Ash's Gym battles. As a Turtwig, it defeated Roark's Cranidos in their first battle, and in the rematch, defeated the newly evolved Rampardos, giving Ash his first Sinnoh Badge. It also battled against Gardenia's Turtwig during his second Gym battle. Although Gardenia's Pokémon had defeated Ash's during a battle in the Eterna Forest, he gained the upper hand and defeated the Grass-type. After learning Energy Ball from Kenny's Breloom, Turtwig didn't battle again until the Pastoria Gym battle in A Crasher Course in Power!, where it battled Crasher Wake's Quagsire, but it was called back before being defeated. It wasn't used again until Ash's seventh Gym battle as a Grotle, in Sliding Into Seventh!, where it was used in the Gym battle against Candice, its first appearance in a Gym battle since evolving. Using the lessons taught to it by Torterra, it stood firm against Sneasel's Icy Wind and was able to defeat her using Rock Climb which allowed it to easily travel across the ice without slipping. Unfortunately, it was easily defeated by her Abomasnow with a shattering Wood Hammer later in the battle. It briefly battled Volkner's Luxray in The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore. Grotle was able to use Razor Leaf and withstand a Spark coming from Luxray before the match was interrupted.

Like many of Ash's Pokémon, Turtwig's battle style was based on its speed, a factor that Ash focused on even more after seeing Gardenia's Turtwig in action. However, in Aiding the Enemy! Turtwig evolved into Grotle during a battle against Paul's Honchkrow. It quickly became apparent that, due to its new body being larger and heavier, Grotle's speed had diminished, and Grotle fumbled and fell down a lot in the battle. The newly-evolved Grotle had high expectations of itself, well exemplified in the same episode. During the night, it went out to try to improve its speed. However, it failed to regain its speed and stumbled over from time to time. This was initially upsetting but Paul's Torterra provided some unexpected help by showing Grotle that it could rely on defense instead.

In Jumping Rocket Ship!, it was shown that Grotle became fatigued from walking a lot and from its increased weight. It had to be carried by Brock's Happiny for a portion of the journey.

In A Breed Stampede!, Ash used his Grotle to help train Dawn's Piloswine, where it used the defense method shown by Paul's Torterra. By Leading A Stray!, the defense method has begun to pay off in battle as Grotle took Swampert's Focus Punch on the head and replied accordingly with Razor Leaf, knocking its opponent out.

Grotle powered up

In The Lonely Snover, in order to save a Snover, Grotle surpassed its own limits and learned Rock Climb through its willpower alone, which allowed it to regain some of its speed.

In Pedal to the Mettle!, Grotle was used in the match between Ash and Paul and faced Honchkrow again. Grotle attempted to utilize its strong defense against Honchkrow, however Honchkrow proved to be far too powerful and as a result Grotle was defeated.

In Challenging a Towering Figure!, it was used to battle Palmer's Rhyperior in the Twinleaf Festival. During the battle it accidentally swallowed its own Energy Ball, causing it to gain a huge amount of power. After this boost, it was strong enough so that Rhyperior couldn't stop Grotle continuously pushing it backwards without slamming its tail into the ground. Despite then putting up a close fight, it lost the match.

In Gone with the Windworks!, it battled Dawn's Cyndaquil where the newly hatched Pokémon proved to be a strong battler.

In Dressed for Jess Success!, Grotle trained with Dawn's Mamoswine for the Lilypad Contest. During the training, Grotle demonstrated swallowing its own Energy Ball to gain power. Mamoswine mirrored the motion by swallowing its Ice Shard, which in turn caused ice to form on its back as an appeal.

Ash and Torterra

In The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!, Grotle was used in Ash's first Gym battle against Volkner's Luxray where, despite the type-advantage, it started to get overwhelmed before the battle was canceled, due to the Gym losing power. Later, Grotle was called on to battle Team Rocket inside the Sunyshore Tower, and quickly evolved into a Torterra. Along with its new and more powerful form, Torterra immediately learned Leaf Storm and sent Team Rocket blasting off.

Torterra also appeared in An Elite Coverup! in a battle against Bertha's Hippowdon. After putting up a good fight, it eventually lost the battle.

In The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!, Ash used Torterra during his rematch with Volkner, sending it against Volkner's Electivire. Despite a type-advantage, Torterra was defeated.

Turtwig made a cameo appearance in League Unleashed!. When Ash was remembering his Gym battles, it was shown battling against Roark's Rampardos.

Ash used it in his battle against Paul in A Real Rival Rouser!. Torterra was sent out against Paul's Drapion, after both Buizel and Staraptor fell in battle against the powerful Pokémon. It battled well and was able to do some damage to Drapion with its Leaf Storm, Rock Climb and Energy Ball attacks. However in the end, Drapion proved to be too much for Torterra, and it was defeated by Drapion's powerful Pin Missile attack.

Ash left Torterra at Professor Oak's Laboratory when he decided to go to Unova.

Personality and characteristics

As a Turtwig, Torterra was very brave. Similarly to Ash's Bulbasaur it helped take care of sick or injured Pokémon and kept the peace between them. It was shown to be a little reckless at times, ignoring Ash's commands to dodge in Different Strokes for Different Blokes. It was quite stubborn and would not give up, no matter how hard the challenge, another trait it shared with Bulbasaur. It was also quite affectionate, latching on to Ash's head as a Turtwig. After evolving into Grotle, it became a lot less active with its weight gain, still battling well but taking things slowly. As it grew and evolved, Torterra became quite serious in everything it did and had no issues listening to Ash's commands unlike when it was still Turtwig and Grotle.

Moves used

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Using Leaf Storm
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Using Tackle as a Turtwig
Move First Used In
Tackle Gettin' Twiggy With It!
Razor Leaf Gettin' Twiggy With It!
Bite Gettin' Twiggy With It!
Synthesis  Gettin' Twiggy With It!
Energy Ball  Tanks for the Memories!
Rock Climb  The Lonely Snover
Leaf Storm  The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Moves improvised

In the manga

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

Ash's Torterra appears in the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga as a Turtwig. He first used it in Pachirisu is Hungry to try and rescue a Pachirisu that was stuck in a trap. Later, he used it in Friendship Power to battle against a powerful Garchomp.

Moves used

Ash Turtwig Razor Leaf PDP.png
Using Razor Leaf
Move First Used In
Razor Leaf Pachirisu is Hungry
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the movie adaptations

Ash's Turtwig in the movie 10 manga adaptation

Ash's Torterra appears in The Rise of Darkrai manga adaptation as a Turtwig. It was seen playing with the other Pokémon.

Trivia

As an affectionate Turtwig, pictured with Ash
  • For A Gruff Act to Follow!, Professor Oak's lecture is about Ash's Turtwig. He writes this Pokémon senryū about it: ナエトルは あたまにはっぱ はえとるぞ Naetoru wa / Atama ni happa / Haetoru zo "Naetle / The leaf on its head / Is growing."
  • Torterra took exactly as many episodes to evolve from Turtwig to a Grotle as Ash's Sceptile did from its Grovyle stage.
    • Coincidentally, Turtwig's amount of episodes taken to evolve is the reversal of the amount of episodes Treecko took to evolve, which is 59 episodes, whereas Turtwig took 95 episodes.
  • Torterra, as Turtwig, is Ash's first Pokémon to evolve while battling against one of his rivals.
  • As a Grotle, it was the only one of its species seen in the main anime.
  • Grotle's evolution into Torterra was first revealed in the Japanese opening The Greatest - Everyday!.
  • With the exception of battles against Team Rocket, Torterra was defeated in every battle it participated in after evolving from Grotle.
  • Torterra is so far the only Pokémon to be seen using Rock Climb in the anime.

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