Squirtle

Charizard (#6) - Squirtle - Wartortle (#8)
General
Name	Squirtle
Japanese	Zenigame
Number	7
Stage	Basic
Evolves from	(none)
Evolves to	Wartortle (lv.16)
Battle¹
Hit points	44
Attack	48
Defense	65
Speed	43
Special attack²	50
Special defense²	64
Special³	50
Biological
Species	Tiny Turtle
Types	Water
Height	1'8" (0.5 m)
Weight	20 lb (9 kg)
Pokédex Color	Blue
Shiny color	Its blue skin turns cyan, and its shell becomes green.
Abilities	Torrent
Signature Attacks	Water Gun
Gender distribution	87.5% male, 12.5% female
¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. ² Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal ³ Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow

The Squirtle is a fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon series of video games. Squirtle is numbered 007 in the National Pokédex, and is a Basic Stage Pokémon (followed by Wartortle at level 16 and then Blastoise at level 36).

Squirtle is a Water Pokémon. It usually weighs around 9 kilograms (20 lbs) and has a height of 0.5 meters (1'8").

Availability

A Squirtle is a starter option in Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pocket Monsters Green, and, more recently, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

A Squirtle can also be received as a gift in Pokémon Yellow.

You can obtain a Squirtle in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal by trading it from Red, Blue, Green or Yellow, or in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire via trading it from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Name origin

Probably from squirrel and turtle.

Strategy

Since Squirtle's Special Attack is about 4% higher than its physical Attack, it is best using water moves than anything else. Defensively, it's Special Defense is about 1% higher than it's Physical, it is not much better on Pokémon using Special attack types than physical. In Template:RBY, its Special is 50, which is 22% lower than its Defense. It is weak to Grass and Electric, and resistant to Fire, Water, Ice and Steel.

If you need to fight a Squirtle, the use the following chart (the number in the parentheses - the actual damage/physical damage without weakness/resistance ratio: multiply the number by the base damage of the move and the attack/special attack of the attacking Pokémon - and the bigger the result, the more damage the move will do):

Template:RBY:

• Electric, Grass - 2.6
• Psychic, Dragon - 1.3
• Normal, Flying, Poison, Ground, Fighting, Bug, Rock, Ghost - 1
• Fire, Water, Ice - 0.6

All other games:

1. Electric, Grass - 2.03
2. Psychic, Dragon, Dark - 1.02
3. Normal, Flying, Poison, Ground, Fighting, Bug, Rock, Ghost - 1
4. Fire, Water, Ice - 0.51
5. Steel - 0.5

Pokédex data

Template:Pokedata

Naturally learnt attacks

These are attacks which are learnt naturally by Squirtle — that is, learnt without the use of a TM or HM (automatically learned once they reach a certain level).

The rows entitled with acronyms are used to identify at what level the Pokémon learns that attack in that game. For example, if the number "7" was in a row entitled RGB beside an attack named "Foobar", than that Pokémon would learn the attack "Foobar" at level seven in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green.

Any attacks which are learned at "Catch" means that they already know that attack when they are caught, or learn it before evolving into this form. N/A means that that attack is not learnable in that game. Any attacks which are learned a "Evolve" are learned when they evolve.

RGB stands for Red/Green/Blue, Y stands for Yellow, GSC stands for Gold, Silver, Crystal, RS stands for Ruby/Sapphire, FRLG stands for FireRed/LeafGreen, and GSC/FRLG stands for Gold/Silver/Crystal/FireRed/LeafGreen.

RGB	Y	GSC	RS	FRLG	Attack learnt:	type
Catch	Catch	Catch	Catch	Catch	Tackle	Normal
4	4	4	4	4	Tail Whip	Normal
8	8	7	7	7	Bubble	Water
28	28	10	10	10	Withdraw	Water
15	15	13	13	13	Water Gun	Water
22	22	18	18	18	Bite	Dark (Normal in Template:RBY)
N/A	N/A	23	23	23	Rapid Spin	Normal
N/A	N/A	28	28	28	Protect	Normal
N/A	N/A	33	33	33	Rain Dnace	Water
35	35	40	40	40	Skull Bash	Normal
42	42	47	47	47	Hydro Pump	Water

Learnable machine moves

The following moves can be taught to Squritle via the use of TMs or HM:

HMs

Number	Template:Game name/Template:Game name	Template:Game name	Template:Game name/Template:Game name/Template:Game name	Template:Game name/Template:Game name	Template:Game name/Template:Game name
3	Surf	Surf	Surf	Surf	Surf
4	Strength	Strength	Strength	Strength	Strength
6			Whirlpool	Rock Smash	Rock Smash
7			Waterfall	Waterfall	Waterfall
8				Dive	Dive

TMs

Number	Template:Game name/Template:Game name	Template:Game name	Template:Game name/Template:Game name/Template:Game name	Template:Game name/Template:Game name	Template:Game name/Template:Game name
1	Mega Punch	Mega Punch	Dynamicpunch	Focus Punch	Focus Punch
2			Headbutt
3			Curse	Water Pulse	Water Pulse
4			Rollout
5	Mega Kick	Mega Kick
6	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
8	Body Slam	Body Slam	Rock Smash
9	Take Down	Take Town
10	Double Edge	Double Edge	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
11	Bubblebeam	Bubblebeam
12	Water Gun	Water Gun
13	Ice Beam	Ice Beam	Snore	Ice Beam	Ice Beam
14	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard
16			Icy Wind
17	Submission	Submission	Protect	Protect	Protect
18	Counter	Counter	Rain Dance	Rain Dance	Rain Dance
19	Seismic Toss	Seismic Toss
20	Rage	Rage	Endure
21			Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
23			Iron Tail	Iron Tail	Iron Tail
27			Return	Return	Return
28	Dig	Dig	Dig	Dig	Dig
31	Mimic	Mimic	Mud Slap	Brick Break	Brick Break
32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
33	Reflect	Reflect
34	Bide	Bide	Swagger
35			Sleep Talk
40	Skull Bash	Skull Bash	Defense Curl
42				Facade	Facade
43				Secret Power	Secret Power
44	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest
45			Attract	Attract	Attract
50	Substitute	Substitute

Miscellaneous information

• Type: Water
• Species: Tiny Turtle Pokémon
• Color: Blue
• Ability: Torrent
• Gender distribution: 87.5% male, 12.5% female

Pokédex numbers

• National Pokédex: 007
• Johto: 232
• Hoenn: 209

See also

• Pokémon.com Pokédex
• Legendary Pokémon data
• The Pokémon Database
• Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
• Psypokes Psydex data