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Squirtle ゼニガメ Zenigame #007
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Water ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Tiny Turtle Pokémon
Ability Torrent Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #007 Johto #232 Hoenn #209 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'08" Imperial 0.5 m Metric 1'08"/0.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 19.8 lbs. Imperial 9.0 kg Metric 19.8 lbs./9.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Monster and Water 1 groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 66 Battle Exp.: 661*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Squirtle (Japanese: ゼニガメ Zenigame) is a Water-type Pokémon. Along with Bulbasaur and Charmander, it is one of three starter Pokémon you can receive 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 Naetle, 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 its 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.

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 or swimming in the rivers of deep canyons, but 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 Gary's Squirtle eventually evolved into Wartortle and then 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. Prof. 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 star of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon special is a Squirtle that claims that he used to be human. He is part of Team Go-Getters.

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, Blue stole a Squirtle from Professor Oak. It has since evolved into a Blastoise.

In Magical Pokemon Journey, Almond owns a Squirtle, who sees him as an older brother.

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 Brothers 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.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue

After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. Powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.

Pokémon Yellow

Shoots water at prey while in the water. Withdraws into its shell when in danger.

Pokémon Stadium

It takes time for the shell to form and harden after hatching. It sprays foam powerfully from its mouth.

Pokémon Gold / Pokémon Stadium 2

The shell is soft when it is born. It soon becomes so resilient, prodding fingers will bounce off it.

Pokémon Silver

The shell, which hardens soon after it is born, is resilient. If you poke it, it will bounce back out.

Pokémon Crystal

When it feels threatened, it draws its legs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Squirtle's shell is not merely used for protection. The shell's rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimize resistance in water, enabling this Pokémon to swim at high speeds.

Pokémon Emerald

Its shell is not just for protection. Its rounded shape and the grooves on its surface minimize resistance in water, enabling Squirtle to swim at high speeds.

Pokémon FireRed

When it retracts its long neck into its shell, it squirts out water with vigorous force.

Pokémon LeafGreen

After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.

Game locations

In side games

• Pokémon Stadium: A Squirtle is one of the Pokémon which can be won after beating the Gym Leader Castle.
• Pokémon Snap: Many Squirtle appear at the Valley. When you enter the course, brown shells can be seen bobbing in the water. Hit them with an item, and they will be knocked forward. If you angle it right, they will land on the shore and pop out, revealing themselves to be Squirtle. They can be seen near the end of the course as well, with all but one rolling up a large mound. The last will roll up if you hit it with a Pester Ball.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

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Learnset

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By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

• Flail
• Foresight
• Haze
• Mirror Coat
• Mist
• Mud Sport
• Refresh
• Yawn

By tutoring

In Pokémon FireRed, Pokémon LeafGreen, and Pokémon Emerald:

• Body Slam
• Counter
• Double-Edge
• Mega Punch
• Mega Kick
• Mimic
• Seismic Toss
• Substitute

In Pokémon Emerald Only:

• Defense Curl
• Dynamicpunch
• Endure
• Ice Punch
• Icy Wind
• Mud-Slap
• Sleep Talk
• Snore
• Swagger
• Rollout

Evolution

Trivia

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. Zenigame is simply the Japanese word for pond turtle, 銭亀.

In other languages

• German: Schiggy
• French: Carapuce
• Korean: 꼬부기 Kkobugi
• Chinese (Taiwan): 杰尼龟 Jíe Ní Gui
• Chinese (Hong Kong): 車厘龟 Che Lí Gui

Related articles

• Ash's Squirtle
• May's Squirtle

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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