Tirtouga (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Tirtouga (disambiguation).

Tirtouga Prototurtle Pokémon プロトーガ Protoga #564 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Rock Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Solid Rock or Sturdy Cacophony Cacophony Swift Swim Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 87.5% male, 12.5% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Water 3 Hatch time 30 cycles
Height 2'04" 0.7 m Tirtouga 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 36.4 lbs. 16.5 kg Tirtouga 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 71	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Tirtouga 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Tirtouga (Japanese: プロトーガ Protoga) is a Water/Rock Fossil Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It is resurrected from a Cover Fossil and evolves into Carracosta starting at level 37.

Biology

Tirtouga resembles a baby leatherback sea turtle. Its body is blue with black spots on the edges of its flippers. Its black shell has six circular indentations in it. It has a black upper beak and a mask that covers most of its head. It has a light blue patch underneath its eyes. Tirtouga's shell is very tough, and it can dive down to depths of as much as 1000 meters. Tirtouga was known to actively hunt for prey to the extent that it would go on land to reach them. Tirtouga lived in the oceans long ago and is now extant only by reviving it from fossils. The people of Alola believe it to be an ancestor of most turtle Pokémon.

In the anime

Tirtouga in the anime

Major appearances

Tirtouga made its main series debut in A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1, where it was befriended by Ferris in the past. The same Tirtouga appeared in the follow-up episode, where it evolved into Carracosta.

Minor appearances

Multiple Tirtouga debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Tirtouga in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Costa

Marshal owned a Tirtouga sometime before arriving in Nimbasa City. Because of his hard-to-control nature, he released him the day before meeting Black and White. He was later captured by Black and named Costa. Under Black's ownership, he eventually evolved. He first appeared in Growing Pains.

In the TCG

Main article: Tirtouga (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Wacan Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: V - VI - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM13 TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM14 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM23 TM23 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM26 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM37 TM37 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM55 TM55 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM69 TM69 Rock Polish Rock Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM71 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM78 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM80 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM94 TM94 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM98 TM98 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tirtouga Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tirtouga Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VII Other generations: V - VI - VIII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Bide Normal Physical — —% 10 Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100% 15 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Guard Swap* Psychic Status — —% 10 Iron Defense Steel Status — —% 15 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 Liquidation Water Physical 85 100% 10 Rock Throw Rock Physical 50 90% 15 Slam Normal Physical 80 75% 20 Water Pulse Water Special 60 100% 20 Whirlpool Water Special 35 85% 15

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Tirtouga in Generation VII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Tirtouga in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tirtouga Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tirtouga Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #616 L-Boost Increases damage when making an L-shaped match.

Evolution

Unevolved Tirtouga  Water  Rock

Level 37 →

First evolution Carracosta  Water  Rock

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Tirtouga images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Unreleased Pokémon-like design

• Tirtouga and its evolved form are the only Fossil Pokémon to have Rock as their secondary type.
• Tirtouga has a striking resemblance to a Pokémon-like design which appeared in the April 1997 issue of MicroGroup Game Review.

Origin

Tirtouga appears to be based on a baby sea turtle, more specifically, a leatherback. It also may be based on Protostega, a large, prehistoric sea turtle that was smaller than the Archelon that Carracosta may be based on.

Name origin

Tirtouga may be a corruption of tortuga (Spanish for turtle, tir having a similar phonetic pronunciation to the tur in turtle) or derived from Tortuga (translated as Turtle Island in French and Spanish). It may also be a corruption of tartaruga, Italian and Portuguese for tortoise, seeing as turtles are closely related to tortoises.

Protoga may be a combination of Protostega (an extinct turtle species largest second to only the Archelon, which its evolution is based on) and tortuga.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese プロトーガ Protoga From Protostega French Carapagos From carapace and Galápagos Spanish Tirtouga Same as English name German Galapaflos From Galápagos and Flosse Italian Tirtouga Same as English name Korean 프로토가 Protoga Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 原蓋海龜 / 原盖海龟 Yuángàihǎiguī From 原蓋龜 Yuángàiguī and 海龜 hǎiguī Cantonese Chinese

More languages Russian Тиртуга Tirtuga Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Costa

External links

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Pokémon

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