What are some cool facts about Squirtle?

Its shell is soft immediately after it is born. In no time at all, the shell becomes so resilient that a prodding finger will bounce right off it. After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It sprays a potent foam from its mouth.
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How old is Squirtle?

Squirtle and its evolutions are very clearly based on turtles. But, with the ability to live for 10,000 years and being in possession of their bushy tails, the Squirtle family may also be based on the minogame.
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How did Squirtle get its name?

Squirtle's English name is a portmanteau of the words "squirt" and "turtle." The idea to feature Squirtle and the other Red and Blue starters in a significant role in Pokémon X and Y came about a year and a half into the development of the games.
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What is Squirtle's hidden ability?

Bulbasaur's Hidden Ability is Chlorophyll, which increases the Pokémon's speed when there's intense sunlight. Squirtle's Hidden Ability is Rain Dish, which recovers a little of the Pokémon's health at the end of each turn if it's raining.
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What are Squirtles weak to?

Weaknesses
  • Grass.
  • Electric.
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What can defeat Squirtle?

The best Pokemon Go Squirtle counters are Shadow Zapdos, Shadow Magnezone, Xurkitree, Thundurus Therian, Shadow Zebstrika & Shadow Luxray.
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What gender is Squirtle?

Squirtle is a species. They can be either male or female; in the games, there's an 87.5% chance of any given Squirtle being male, but I suspect this is mostly to make it more difficult to breed more of them (similarly to Eevee and various other Pokémon that are generally seen as rare and highly sought-after.)
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What is the last form of Squirtle?

Squirtle evolves into Wartortle, which evolves into Blastoise.
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What is Squirtle based on?

Squirtle is clearly based on an aquatic turtle, though there don't seem to be any in nature that are actually blue. There are several species of aquatic turtle found in your Metro Parks, including red-eared sliders, painted turtles, spiny softshells, and common snapping turtles.
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What are some fun facts about Squirtle?

Its shell is soft immediately after it is born. In no time at all, the shell becomes so resilient that a prodding finger will bounce right off it. After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It sprays a potent foam from its mouth.
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Why did Ash never evolve his Squirtle?

Some people believe that his Squirtle never evolved because Gary selected Squirtle as his starter Pokemon and so Gary would be the only one with the eventual Blastoise.
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Is Squirtle a cute Pokémon?

Listed as the seventh Pokémon ever, Squirtle is still one of the cutest Pokémon to ever grace the franchise. Known as the 'Tiny Turtle Pokémon', Squirtle will always hold a special place in our hearts as one of the original starter Pokémon.
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Why did Ash let Squirtle go?

Squirtle was a Pokémon Ash captured in the Kanto Region and later let him go back to the Squirtle Squad during his Johto journey because they were confused without a leader.
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Can Squirtle leave its shell?

Withdraws into its shell when in danger. If you poke it while its in its shell, it will bounce back out.
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Who is Squirtle's best friend?

Squirtle is best friends with Ash's Bulbasaur and, like Bulbasaur, it has shown no interest in evolving despite the fact that it was certainly strong enough to have evolved.
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What evolves after Squirtle?

Squirtle is a Water type Pokemon introduced in Generation I, and is one of the three main starters. Squirtle evolves into Wartortle at level 16, then into Blastoise at level 36, and can mega evolve into Mega Blastoise using the Blastoisinite.
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Is there a shiny Squirtle?

The fan-favorite starter is a rare wild spawn, and players must encounter multiple Squirtle to catch up to its Shiny odds. Squirtle has a maximum Pokemon GO CP of 1069, which increases to 1682 CP when it evolves to Wartortle, and evolving it further into a Blastoise can increase the CP to 2788.
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Who chose Squirtle?

Ash would often say "Gary and The Others" in the early episodes, which implies that he actually DID know the other two trainers. We find out from Ash's match with Gary, when he reveals his Blastoise, that he chose Squirtle.
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Is Ash's Pikachu a girl or a boy?

Any event that distributes the Electric Mouse Pokémon makes it male with no way to get it as a female. This is especially noteworthy for the special Pikachu in a cap, which is supposed to be based directly on Ash's Pikachu. This seems to act as definitive proof that Pikachu is a male in the eyes of the game developers.
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Is Ash's Rowlet a girl?

Rowlet is Ash's lightest and shortest Pokémon. Despite not having its gender confirmed in the original version, Rowlet is referred to as a male in the English dub of Aiming for the Top Floor!.
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Should I let my Squirtle evolve?

Its Attack stats are on-par with Bulbasaur and with the exception of Speed, it beats out its Fire and Grass/Poison counterparts on all counts. It learns its last, and most powerful technique at level 42, so it's a good idea to wait with evolving it into Wartortle until the last possible moment.
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Who will win Squirtle vs Pikachu?

not only is Pikachu super effective against squirtle due to their types, Pikachu is the second stage of evolution while Squirtle is the first, plus Pikachu has more speed then squirtle.
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Is Squirtle better than Bulbasaur?

If you're playing on Pokemon Shield, Squirtle (or Blastoise) will be useful against Avery's Pokemon, but if you've got another strong Water-type in your party, that doesn't really matter. Later down the line, you'll have to take on the Tower of Water though, which is where Bulbasaur (or Venusaur) will be super handy.
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