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Ash's Squirtle サトシのゼニガメ Satoshi's Zenigame

Ash's Squirtle

Debuts in Here Comes the Squirtle Squad Caught at Between Route 24 and Vermilion City Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With the Squirtle Squad

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Squirtle Rikako Aikawa Eric Stuart

Ash's Squirtle (Japanese: サトシのゼニガメ Satoshi's Zenigame) was Ash's sixth Pokémon.

History

Squirtle in its debut

It used to be the leader of a gang known as the Squirtle Squad, a group of rogue Squirtle who were deserted by their Trainers. Meowth of Team Rocket managed to befriend the Squirtle Squad by convincing them that Jessie and James were his pets. The Squirtle Squad then captured Ash, Misty and Brock so they could take Pikachu back to Meowth. Ash managed to convince the Squirtle Squad to let him free to get a Super Potion for Pikachu, who was badly injured after an earlier encounter with a Goldeen. The Squirtle Squad agreed to let Ash go to town to buy a Super Potion, but if he didn't get back by noon the next day, they threatened to kill Misty (In the dub, they threatened to dye her hair purple).

When Ash got back with the Super Potion, Team Rocket began bombing the Squirtle Squad after they received Pikachu. Ash, Misty and Brock ran to hide in the Squirtle Squad's cave; however, when Ash noticed that the leader was stuck on his shell, he went back to save it. Squirtle then defeated Team Rocket with Water Gun. However, Team Rocket's bombs had started a forest fire, which the Squirtle Squad worked together to put out. After putting out the fire, Officer Jenny appointed the Squirtle Squad as the official fire fighters of the town. The leader of the Squirtle Squad preferred to join Ash on his journey rather than fight fires with the Squirtle Squad, as it wanted to repay Ash for saving its life after Team Rocket tried to bomb it.

Squirtle and the Squirtle Squad

During its time with Ash, Squirtle became one of Ash's three most trustworthy Pokémon, next to Bulbasaur and Pikachu, and it was used very often, about as much as Bulbasaur, Pikachu and Charmander/Charizard. Squirtle is shown to be a born leader and prefers to wear sunglasses occasionally, wearing them when investigating Jigglypuff's presence on the island in Beach Blank-Out Blastoise and when it competed against Team Wartortle to prove itself, its fire-fighting spirit hurt by its inability to put out the fire that Team Wartortle had extinguished. Personality-wise, Squirtle is mischievous and laid-back, which is a contrast to the more serious Bulbasaur. During its time on the Squirtle Squad, it led the team to commit various pranks and so on. It served as Pikachu's 'steed' when the group competed in a race, but the two were put out of the running by a Glare attack from Arbok. During the Indigo Plateau Conference, Squirtle won Ash's second round by defeating a Nidorino. One of its most notable battles was when it was pitted against Rudy's Starmie, which was able to use Thunderbolt; despite the power of the electric attack, Squirtle not only defeated Starmie, but learned Hydro Pump in the process.

During Ash's travels in Johto, he competed in an event called the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix, a firefighting competition for water Pokémon. As luck would have it, one of the teams was the Squirtle Squad, but they were confused without their leader. Ash's Squirtle led the Squirtle Squad to win the Grand Prix, and at the end of the episode Squirtle returned to the Squirtle Squad because Ash felt that the old gang needed Squirtle more than he did.

It returned briefly to battle in the Silver Conference, fighting alongside Totodile and Phanpy against the Template:Type2 trainer Macy and defeating her Electabuzz despite the type disadvantage. It has since reappeared to help him with his final battle against Brandon, meeting May's Squirtle and defeating Brandon's Ninjask in the process. It can be called upon at any time.

Moves used

In the manga

Ash owns a Squirtle in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu. It first appears in the chapter You Gotta Have Friends, though its capture is not shown.

Trivia

• Squirtle is Ash's first turtle-based Pokémon, the others being Torkoal and Torterra.
  • Out of Ash's turtle-based Pokémon, it's the only one that is not voiced by 三木眞一郎 Shin'ichirō Miki in Japanese and, coincidentally, by Billy Beach at some point in English.
    • It is also the only one of the three that is currently able to evolve.
• Squirtle is the only member of Ash's original team of six (Pikachu, Butterfree, Pidgeot, Bulbasaur, Charizard, and itself) to neither evolve nor indicate any refusal to.
• Ash's Squirtle is the only of its kind owned by a main character that has not evolved. Gary's Squirtle is now a Blastoise, and May's Squirtle is now a Wartortle.
• Squirtle is the first of Ash's Pokémon to have been being placed in a Poké Ball off-screen, the other being Lapras.
• Though a Squirtle was Ash's first choice before he began his journey, it was the last of the Kanto starters he caught.

Related articles

• For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Squirtle.
• Squirtle Squad

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here

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