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[[File:Niue Dollar Pokémon.png|thumb|250px|$1 coins from {{wp|Niue}}]] | [[File:Niue Dollar Pokémon.png|thumb|250px|$1 coins from {{wp|Niue}}]] | ||
* {{wp|Niue}} released a one-dollar coin featuring Squirtle as part of a commemorative promotion for the [[Pokémon]] franchise, with Squirtle on one side and the nation's coat of arms on the other. | * {{wp|Niue}} released a one-dollar coin featuring Squirtle as part of a commemorative promotion for the [[Pokémon]] franchise, with Squirtle on one side and the nation's coat of arms on the other. | ||
* There was a scene in the 2004 film ''{{wp|Godzilla: Final Wars}}'' where a boy throws an action figure of Squirtle into a fire and insults it. This is also a presumed reference to {{wp|Gamera}}.<ref>[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/GodzillaFinalWars Film / Godzilla: Final Wars]</ref> | |||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Squirtle's design is based on both its final evolved form and baby {{wp|turtle}}s<ref name=Origin>[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/pikachu/ ''The Origin Story of Pikachu'']</ref>, though its anatomy and semi-aquatic lifestyle are much more similar to {{wp|terrapin}}s, with proportions matching those of the {{wp|big-headed turtle}}. Much like Wartortle, its tail is a reference to Japanese legends of the ''{{wp|Cultural depictions of turtles#Japan|minogame}}'' (蓑亀), a turtle which lived for 10,000 years and grew a tail made of {{wp|seaweed}}. | Squirtle's design is based on both its final evolved form and baby {{wp|turtle}}s<ref name=Origin>[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/pikachu/ ''The Origin Story of Pikachu'']</ref>, though its anatomy and semi-aquatic lifestyle are much more similar to {{wp|terrapin}}s, with proportions matching those of the {{wp|big-headed turtle}}. Much like Wartortle, its tail is a reference to Japanese legends of the ''{{wp|Cultural depictions of turtles#Japan|minogame}}'' (蓑亀), a turtle which lived for 10,000 years and grew a tail made of {{wp|seaweed}}. | ||