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==History==
==History==
[[File:Paul Turtwig.png|left|thumb|250px|As a Turtwig in a flashback]]
[[File:Paul Turtwig.png|left|thumb|250px|As a Turtwig in a flashback]]
Torterra, while still a Turtwig, first became partners with Paul when he started out as a Pokémon Trainer. Whilst both young and inexperienced, Paul and Turtwig experienced [[Reggie]]'s battle against {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} at the {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Pyramid}}, taking Reggie's loss to heart and striving to become better. Traveling through the [[Hoenn]], [[Johto]], and [[Kanto]] regions, Turtwig competed in each of the region's league conferences and evolved into Torterra at some point during these adventures.  
Torterra, while still a Turtwig, first became partners with Paul when he started out as a [[Pokémon Trainer]]. Whilst both young and inexperienced, Paul and Turtwig experienced [[Reggie]]'s battle against {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}} at the [[Battle Pyramid]], taking Reggie's loss to heart and striving to become better. Traveling through the [[Hoenn]], [[Johto]], and [[Kanto]] regions, Turtwig competed in each of the region's league conferences and evolved into Torterra at some point during these adventures.  


It made its first anime appearance in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'' where it was used in a battle against [[Cynthia's Garchomp]]. Quickly launching a powerful {{m|Giga Drain}} attack, Torterra was initially able to bring the Mach Pokémon to its knees. This was followed up by a tremendous {{m|Frenzy Plant}}; however, Garchomp proved too powerful for Torterra and was able to withstand the attack with its fins. Garchomp then knocked out Torterra with a single {{m|Brick Break}} to the head. It was treated to a recovery by Nurse Joy and [[Cynthia]] commented on how powerful Torterra was.
It made its first anime appearance in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'' where it was used in a battle against [[Cynthia's Garchomp]]. Quickly launching a powerful {{m|Giga Drain}} attack, Torterra was initially able to bring the Mach Pokémon to its knees. This was followed up by a tremendous {{m|Frenzy Plant}}; however, Garchomp proved too powerful for Torterra and was able to withstand the attack with its fins. Garchomp then knocked out Torterra with a single {{m|Brick Break}} to the head. It was treated to a recovery by Nurse Joy and [[Cynthia]] commented on how powerful Torterra was.
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It also appeared in ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze]]'', helping Paul's brutal training of {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}. It fired {{m|Hyper Beam}} for Chimchar to dodge, followed by a {{m|Leaf Storm}} which trapped and badly injured Chimchar. In ''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]'' it was used in the semi-finals of the [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]]. It was paired off with [[Ash's Staravia]] and was up against [[Brock's Croagunk]] and [[Holly]]'s {{p|Farfetch'd}}. Paul showed total disregard for Ash, ordering Torterra to blast Farfetch'd with Hyper Beam, not caring that Staravia was hit as well. With Farfetch'd out, Croagunk challenged Torterra and managed to damage it with a powerful Brick Break to the head, similar to its battle against Garchomp. Before Croagunk could follow up, Torterra recharged and hit Croagunk with Leaf Storm, winning the round single-handedly.
It also appeared in ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze]]'', helping Paul's brutal training of {{TP|Paul|Chimchar}}. It fired {{m|Hyper Beam}} for Chimchar to dodge, followed by a {{m|Leaf Storm}} which trapped and badly injured Chimchar. In ''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]'' it was used in the semi-finals of the [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]]. It was paired off with [[Ash's Staravia]] and was up against [[Brock's Croagunk]] and [[Holly]]'s {{p|Farfetch'd}}. Paul showed total disregard for Ash, ordering Torterra to blast Farfetch'd with Hyper Beam, not caring that Staravia was hit as well. With Farfetch'd out, Croagunk challenged Torterra and managed to damage it with a powerful Brick Break to the head, similar to its battle against Garchomp. Before Croagunk could follow up, Torterra recharged and hit Croagunk with Leaf Storm, winning the round single-handedly.
[[File:Paul Torterra debut.png|thumb|left|200px|Torterra in its debut]]
[[File:Paul Torterra debut.png|thumb|left|200px|Torterra in its debut]]
Torterra appeared again in ''[[DP100|Aiding the Enemy!]]'' where it saw the battle between [[Ash's Turtwig]] and [[Paul's Honchkrow]]. It also witnessed the evolution of Turtwig and its loss of speed. Later on, it used Frenzy Plant against Paul's Weavile in a practice battle to improve Torterra's reflexes; however, it remained distracted by Ash's Grotle who was in the Pokémon Center at the time. While Ash's Grotle was training to become faster, Torterra came forwards on its own to show it that a Pokémon could still be powerful by coping with its lack of speed with strong defense. To prove this, it battled against [[Ash's Gliscor]] in a practice match. After teaching this, Torterra returned to Paul's camp. Paul, while curious as to where Torterra had gone, did not push the issue.
Torterra appeared again in ''[[DP100|Aiding the Enemy!]]'' where it saw the battle between [[Ash's Turtwig]] and [[Paul's Honchkrow]]. It also witnessed the evolution of Turtwig and its loss of speed. Later on, it used Frenzy Plant against Paul's Weavile in a practice battle to improve Torterra's reflexes; however, it remained distracted by Ash's Grotle who was in the Pokémon Center at the time. While Ash's Grotle was training to become faster, Torterra came forwards on its own to show it that a Pokémon could still be powerful by coping with its lack of speed with strong defense. To prove this, it battled [[Ash's Gliscor]] in a practice match. After teaching this, Torterra returned to Paul's camp. Paul, while curious as to where Torterra had gone, did not push the issue.


It appeared again during Ash and Paul's [[Full Battle]] in ''[[DP131|Pedal to the Mettle!]]'' and was Paul's first choice of Pokémon. Ash substituted {{AP|Buizel}} for {{AP|Gliscor}}, who used {{m|Sand Attack}} and its ability to fly to dodge Giga Drain. However, Paul and Torterra used Frenzy Plant to lull Gliscor into a false sense of security and when Ash continued to attack at close range, Torterra {{m|Crunch}}ed Gliscor's tail and used Giga Drain to sap energy to recover. However, Gliscor used {{m|Fire Fang}} to injure Torterra, and was recalled by Ash. {{AP|Staraptor}} went up against the disadvantaged and tired Torterra, but it became aware that Paul predicted this and Torterra hit with a super-effective {{m|Stone Edge}} before Paul recalled it.
It appeared again during Ash and Paul's [[Full Battle]] in ''[[DP131|Pedal to the Mettle!]]'' and was Paul's first choice of Pokémon. Ash substituted {{AP|Buizel}} for {{AP|Gliscor}}, who used {{m|Sand Attack}} and its ability to fly to dodge Giga Drain. However, Paul and Torterra used Frenzy Plant to lull Gliscor into a false sense of security and when Ash continued to attack at close range, Torterra {{m|Crunch}}ed Gliscor's tail and used Giga Drain to sap energy to recover. However, Gliscor used {{m|Fire Fang}} to injure Torterra, and was recalled by Ash. {{AP|Staraptor}} went up against the disadvantaged and tired Torterra, but it became aware that Paul predicted this and Torterra hit with a super-effective {{m|Stone Edge}} before Paul recalled it.


In ''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies!]]'', it fought against [[Ash's Infernape|Ash's Chimchar]], where it was shown to control its {{m|Stone Edge}} at will to mow down its faster opponents. It was {{m|Light Screen|protected}} by {{TP|Paul|Electabuzz}} and managed to absorb Chimchar's Flamethrower, forcing Ash to retreat for Gliscor again. However, Paul does not toy with Gliscor this time and it is knocked out with a single {{m|Frenzy Plant}}. Ash deliberated and chose to send out {{AP|Pikachu}}, but Torterra was recalled and not used for the rest of the battle.
In ''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies!]]'', it fought against [[Ash's Infernape|Ash's Chimchar]], where it was shown to control its {{m|Stone Edge}} at will to mow down its faster opponents. It was {{m|Light Screen|protected}} by {{TP|Paul|Electabuzz}} and managed to absorb Chimchar's Flamethrower, forcing Ash to retreat for Gliscor again. However, Paul does not toy with Gliscor this time and it is knocked out with a single {{m|Frenzy Plant}}. Ash deliberated and chose to send out {{AP|Pikachu}}, but Torterra was recalled and not used for the rest of the battle.
It appeared again in a flashback in ''[[DP133|Uncrushing Defeat!]]'' when Ash was remembering it battling Gliscor. He later had another flashback of this at the end of ''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]''.


It appeared again in ''[[DP188|Battling a Thaw in Relations!]]'' at Reggie's house, along with Paul's Weavile, {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}}, and {{TP|Paul|Honchkrow}}. It was unhappy to hear that Paul had lost.
It appeared again in ''[[DP188|Battling a Thaw in Relations!]]'' at Reggie's house, along with Paul's Weavile, {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}}, and {{TP|Paul|Honchkrow}}. It was unhappy to hear that Paul had lost.


==Personality and characteristics==
==Personality and characteristics==
From what has been seen of its personality, it appears to be calmer and kinder than Paul or his other Pokémon, as it actually went out of its way, against Paul's wishes, to help Ash's Grotle improve its fighting skill. However, this may have been a loyalty to breed action, as it showed no reluctance in mowing down its [[Tag Battle]] partner {{AP|Staravia}} just to land a hit on [[Holly]]'s {{p|Farfetch'd}} with {{m|Hyper Beam}}. Torterra is easily the most powerful Pokémon that Paul has, where its only loss shown was against [[Cynthia's Garchomp]], a loss which caused Paul to forfeit the battle.  
Unlike the majority of [[Paul]]'s Pokémon, who are either brutal like their Trainer or completely indifferent towards Paul's attitude, Torterra is calm and somewhat kindhearted, as it actually went out of its way, against Paul's wishes, to help {{AP|Grotle}} cope with its lack of {{stat|Speed}} upon [[Evolution|evolving]] and taught its pre-evolved form how to use {{stat|Defense}} to make up for the lack of Speed.


Notably, it is the only Pokémon that Paul treated with some respect before his last battle against Ash, regardless of the outcome of their battles and their actions.
Nevertheless, Torterra remains completely obedient and loyal towards Paul, and despite its occasional acts of kindness, it follows his Trainer's orders without hesitation. This was seen when Torterra, along with Paul's other Pokémon, were ganging up on {{AP|Chimchar}} as part of the Chimp Pokémon's harsh training, despite Chimchar being visibly exhausted and injured. Despite this, Torterra still showed no pleasure in these brutal methods.
 
Despite never being referred to as Paul's strongest Pokémon, he was used during Paul's battle against [[Cynthia's Garchomp]] at [[Amity Square]], even though many of Paul's other Pokémon had already fallen to the [[Pseudo-legendary Pokémon]], he continued battling. When Torterra was defeated, Paul forfeited the battle. Torterra also boasts great strength and longevity. It is one of the very few Pokémon that Paul shows respect for, and throughout its appearances, it wasn't scolded or reprimanded by its Trainer once.


==Moves used==
==Moves used==
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[[Category:Anime starter Pokémon|Torterra, Paul's]]
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[[de:Pauls Chelterrar]]
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[[it:Torterra di Paul]]
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[[zh:真司的土台龜]]
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Revision as of 06:56, 8 July 2019

Paul's Torterra
シンジのドダイトス Shinji's Dodaitose
Bag Poké Ball SV Sprite.png
Paul Torterra.png
Torterra and Paul
Debuts in Top-Down Training!
Caught at Sinnoh
Evolves in Prior to Two Degrees of Separation!
Prior to Two Degrees of Separation!
Gender Unknown
Ability Unknown
Current location With Reggie in Veilstone City
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This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Turtwig and an unknown number of episodes as Grotle.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Turtwig N/A Billy Beach
As Grotle N/A
As Torterra Unshō Ishizuka Billy Beach

Paul's Torterra (Japanese: シンジのドダイトス Shinji's Dodaitose) is a Pokémon owned by Paul and his starter as well.

History

As a Turtwig in a flashback

Torterra, while still a Turtwig, first became partners with Paul when he started out as a Pokémon Trainer. Whilst both young and inexperienced, Paul and Turtwig experienced Reggie's battle against Brandon at the Battle Pyramid, taking Reggie's loss to heart and striving to become better. Traveling through the Hoenn, Johto, and Kanto regions, Turtwig competed in each of the region's league conferences and evolved into Torterra at some point during these adventures.

It made its first anime appearance in Top-Down Training! where it was used in a battle against Cynthia's Garchomp. Quickly launching a powerful Giga Drain attack, Torterra was initially able to bring the Mach Pokémon to its knees. This was followed up by a tremendous Frenzy Plant; however, Garchomp proved too powerful for Torterra and was able to withstand the attack with its fins. Garchomp then knocked out Torterra with a single Brick Break to the head. It was treated to a recovery by Nurse Joy and Cynthia commented on how powerful Torterra was.

It also appeared in Glory Blaze, helping Paul's brutal training of Chimchar. It fired Hyper Beam for Chimchar to dodge, followed by a Leaf Storm which trapped and badly injured Chimchar. In Smells Like Team Spirit! it was used in the semi-finals of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition. It was paired off with Ash's Staravia and was up against Brock's Croagunk and Holly's Farfetch'd. Paul showed total disregard for Ash, ordering Torterra to blast Farfetch'd with Hyper Beam, not caring that Staravia was hit as well. With Farfetch'd out, Croagunk challenged Torterra and managed to damage it with a powerful Brick Break to the head, similar to its battle against Garchomp. Before Croagunk could follow up, Torterra recharged and hit Croagunk with Leaf Storm, winning the round single-handedly.

Torterra in its debut

Torterra appeared again in Aiding the Enemy! where it saw the battle between Ash's Turtwig and Paul's Honchkrow. It also witnessed the evolution of Turtwig and its loss of speed. Later on, it used Frenzy Plant against Paul's Weavile in a practice battle to improve Torterra's reflexes; however, it remained distracted by Ash's Grotle who was in the Pokémon Center at the time. While Ash's Grotle was training to become faster, Torterra came forwards on its own to show it that a Pokémon could still be powerful by coping with its lack of speed with strong defense. To prove this, it battled Ash's Gliscor in a practice match. After teaching this, Torterra returned to Paul's camp. Paul, while curious as to where Torterra had gone, did not push the issue.

It appeared again during Ash and Paul's Full Battle in Pedal to the Mettle! and was Paul's first choice of Pokémon. Ash substituted Buizel for Gliscor, who used Sand Attack and its ability to fly to dodge Giga Drain. However, Paul and Torterra used Frenzy Plant to lull Gliscor into a false sense of security and when Ash continued to attack at close range, Torterra Crunched Gliscor's tail and used Giga Drain to sap energy to recover. However, Gliscor used Fire Fang to injure Torterra, and was recalled by Ash. Staraptor went up against the disadvantaged and tired Torterra, but it became aware that Paul predicted this and Torterra hit with a super-effective Stone Edge before Paul recalled it.

In Evolving Strategies!, it fought against Ash's Chimchar, where it was shown to control its Stone Edge at will to mow down its faster opponents. It was protected by Electabuzz and managed to absorb Chimchar's Flamethrower, forcing Ash to retreat for Gliscor again. However, Paul does not toy with Gliscor this time and it is knocked out with a single Frenzy Plant. Ash deliberated and chose to send out Pikachu, but Torterra was recalled and not used for the rest of the battle.

It appeared again in Battling a Thaw in Relations! at Reggie's house, along with Paul's Weavile, Ursaring, and Honchkrow. It was unhappy to hear that Paul had lost.

Personality and characteristics

Unlike the majority of Paul's Pokémon, who are either brutal like their Trainer or completely indifferent towards Paul's attitude, Torterra is calm and somewhat kindhearted, as it actually went out of its way, against Paul's wishes, to help Grotle cope with its lack of Speed upon evolving and taught its pre-evolved form how to use Defense to make up for the lack of Speed.

Nevertheless, Torterra remains completely obedient and loyal towards Paul, and despite its occasional acts of kindness, it follows his Trainer's orders without hesitation. This was seen when Torterra, along with Paul's other Pokémon, were ganging up on Chimchar as part of the Chimp Pokémon's harsh training, despite Chimchar being visibly exhausted and injured. Despite this, Torterra still showed no pleasure in these brutal methods.

Despite never being referred to as Paul's strongest Pokémon, he was used during Paul's battle against Cynthia's Garchomp at Amity Square, even though many of Paul's other Pokémon had already fallen to the Pseudo-legendary Pokémon, he continued battling. When Torterra was defeated, Paul forfeited the battle. Torterra also boasts great strength and longevity. It is one of the very few Pokémon that Paul shows respect for, and throughout its appearances, it wasn't scolded or reprimanded by its Trainer once.

Moves used

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Using Frenzy Plant
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Using Leaf Storm
Move First Used In
Giga Drain  Top-Down Training!
Frenzy Plant  Top-Down Training!
Hyper Beam Glory Blaze!
Leaf Storm Glory Blaze!
Crunch  Pedal to the Mettle!
Stone Edge  Pedal to the Mettle!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

  • 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, they are both turtle-like Pokémon, they both were seen for the first time in their final form, have never been seen in their mid-evolved forms which are also seen to be owned by a main character and were seen in their first form in flashbacks.
    • However, with Gary and Blastoise, it was never actually confirmed until a later episode that the Squirtle in the flashback was his.
  • With the exception of Crunch, all of Torterra's moves have, at some point, had 5 PP in the games.
  • For DP085, Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia is about Paul's Torterra. He writers this senryū about it: 「シンジとは ふるいつきあい ドダイトス」 "Shinji and Dodaitos have been friends for a long time."

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