Ash's Squirtle: Difference between revisions

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When Ash got back with the Super Potion, Team Rocket began bombing the Squirtle Squad after they received Pikachu. Ash, Misty and Brock ran to hide in the Squirtle Squad's cave; however, when Ash noticed that the leader was stuck on his shell, he went back to save him. Squirtle then defeated Team Rocket with {{m|Water Gun}}. However, Team Rocket's bombs had started a forest fire, which the Squirtle Squad worked together to put out. After putting out the fire, [[Officer Jenny]] appointed the Squirtle Squad as the official fire fighters of the town. The leader of the Squirtle Squad preferred to join Ash on his journey rather than fight fires with the Squirtle Squad, as he wanted to repay Ash for saving his life after Team Rocket tried to bomb him.

During his time with Ash, Squirtle became one of Ash's three most trustworthy Pokémon, next to Bulbasaur and Pikachu, and he was used very often, about as much as Bulbasaur, Pikachu and [[Ash's Charizard|Charmander/Charizard]]. Squirtle is shown to be a born leader and prefers to wear sunglasses occasionally, wearing them when investigating {{an|Jigglypuff}}'s presence on the island in ''[[EP060|Beach Blank-Out Blastoise]]'' and when he competed against [[Team Wartortle]] to prove himself, his fire-fighting spirit hurt by his inability to put out the fire that Team Wartortle had extinguished. Personality-wise, Squirtle is mischievous and laid-back, which is a contrast to the more serious {{AP|Bulbasaur}}. During his time on the Squirtle Squad, he led the team to commit various pranks and so on. He served as Pikachu's 'steed' when the group [[EP033|competed in a race]], but the two were put out of the running by a {{m|Glare}} attack from {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}. During the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]], Squirtle won Ash's second round by defeating a {{p|Nidorino}}. One of his most notable battles was when he was pitted against [[Rudy]]'s {{p|Starmie}}, which was able to use {{m|Thunderbolt}}; despite the power of the electric attack, Squirtle not only defeated Starmie, but learned {{m|Hydro Pump}} in the process.

During Ash's travels in Johto, he competed in an event called the [[EP147|Fire and Rescue Grand Prix]], a firefighting competition for water Pokémon. As luck would have it, one of the teams was the Squirtle Squad, but they were confused without their leader. Ash's Squirtle led the Squirtle Squad to win the Grand Prix, and at the end of the episode Squirtle returned to the Squirtle Squad because Ash felt that the old gang needed Squirtle more than he did.

He returned briefly to [[EP267|battle in the]] [[Silver Conference]], fighting alongside {{AP|Totodile}} and {{AP|Phanpy|Donphan}} against the {{type2|Fire}} trainer [[Macy]] and defeating her {{p|Electabuzz}} despite the type disadvantage.

In the Christmas special, he was seen snatching a biscuit from {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and being used a sled by Bulbasaur.

Squirtle can be called upon at any time. In ''[[AG189|Gathering the Gang of Four!]]'', he returned to help Ash with his final battle against {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}, meeting {{TP|May|May's Squirtle|Wartortle}} and defeating Brandon's {{p|Ninjask}} in the process.

Ash owns a Squirtle in the {{pkmn|manga}} series [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]. He first appears in the chapter ''[[ET08|You Gotta Have Friends]]'', though his capture is not shown.

** Out of Ash's turtle-based Pokémon, he's the only one that is not voiced by 三木眞一郎 ''[[Shin'ichirō Miki]]'' in Japanese and, coincidentally, by [[Jimmy Zoppi|Billy Beach]] at some point in English.

*** He is also the only one of the three that is currently able to evolve.

* Ash's Squirtle is the only of his kind owned by a main character that has not evolved. {{Gary}}'s Squirtle is now a {{TP|Gary|Blastoise}}, and {{an|May}}'s Squirtle is now a {{TP|May|Wartortle}}.

* Though a {{p|Squirtle}} was Ash's first choice before he began his journey, he was the last of the Kanto starters he caught. It should be noted, however, that the order of capture did not depend on him.

* Squirtle's gender was confirmed in the Japanese version of ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]''. In the subtitles, he refers to himself as おれ ''{{wp|Japanese pronouns|ore}}'', which is a male-only pronoun meaning "I", also used by characters such as {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}} and [[James]] in the Japanese version.