Squirtle
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Names
- English: Squirtle
- Japanese: ゼニガメ (Zenigame)
- German: Schiggy
- French: Carapuce
Number(s)
- National: 7
- Hoenn: 209
- Johto: 232
Gender
♂ 87.5% - ♀ 12.5%
Egg Group(s)
Monster / Water 1
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One | Stage Two |
|---|---|---|
Size
- Height: 0.5 m / 1’08”
- Weight: 9.0 kg / 19.8 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×½: Steel, Fire, Water, Ice
- ×2: Grass, Electric
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 314 | ||
| HP | 63 | 0 | |
| Attack | 61 | 0 | |
| Defense | 45 | 1 | |
| Sp.Atk | 52 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 42 | 0 | |
| Speed | 52 | 0 | |
Ability
- Torrent
- Game's description
- Powers up Water-type moves in a pinch.
- Battle effect
- When HP is below 1/3rd, Water’s power increases to 1.5 times.
Wild Item
- NONE
Pal Park
- Area: Pond
- Points: 50
- Encounter rate: 30
Miscellaneous
- Species: Tiny Turtle Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Blue
- Catch Rate: 45
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Slow
1,059,860 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Transfer from GBA via Pal Park [None]
- Pearl
- Transfer from GBA via Pal Park [None]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. Powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.
- Yellow
- Shoots water at prey while in the water. Withdraws into its shell when in danger.
- Gold
- The shell is soft when it is born. It soon becomes so resilient, prodding fingers will bounce off it.
- Silver
- The shell, which hardens soon after it is born, is resilient. If you poke it, it will bounce back out.
- Crystal
- When it feels threatened, it draws its legs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth.
- Ruby
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fire Red
- When it retracts its long neck into its shell, it squirts out water with vigorous force.
- Leaf Green
- After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.
- Diamond
- It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.
- Pearl
- It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.
