Paul's Torterra
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| Paul's Torterra シンジのドダイトス Shinji's Dodaitose | ||
 Paul and Torterra | ||
| Debuts in | Top-Down Training | |
|---|---|---|
| Caught at | Sinnoh | |
| Gender | Unknown | |
| Evolves in | Prior to Top-Down Training | |
| Prior to Top-Down Training | ||
 →  →  This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Turtwig and an unknown number of episodes as Grotle | ||
| Current location | With Paul | |
| Voice actors | ||
| As Turtwig | Japanese VA Not shown | English VA Not shown |
| As Grotle | Japanese VA Not shown | English VA Not shown |
| As Torterra | Japanese VA Unshō Ishizuka | English VA Billy Beach |
Paul's Torterra (Japanese: シンジのドダイトス Shinji's Dodaitose) is a Pokémon owned by Paul. It is his strongest Pokémon and his starter as well. It is voiced by 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka in Japanese and Billy Beach in English.
It made its first appearance in Top-Down Training. It was used in battle against Cynthia's Garchomp. Despite having many powerful attacks such as Giga Drain and Frenzy Plant, it was not able to put up a fight against Garchomp and it was defeated easily.
It also appeared in DP052 where it was used in a tag battle tournament in which Ash and his friends were also participating. It was paired off with Ash's Staravia and was up against Brock's Croagunk and Holly's Farfetch'd. It managed to defeat Croagunk and Farfetch'd easily. With this win Ash and Paul advanced to the finals.
Moves used
Trivia
- Though many people assumed that Chimchar was Paul's starter Pokémon, it was revealed to be Turtwig in Top-Down Training.
- This is the second time one of Ash's rivals have had an evolved form of a starter Pokémon that Ash owns. The first is Gary who owned a Blastoise. It could also be noted that both Pokémon were the rival's starter Pokémon and they are both turtle-like Pokémon. Likewise, neither was seen until after it had reached its final form.
- Torterra is one of only two Pokémon to defeat Brock's Croagunk. The other was Dawn's Ambipom, who was Ash's Aipom at the time.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Turtwig, Grotle, and Torterra.
