Ash's Squirtle/Trivia


 * Squirtle is the first Pokémon owned by Ash.
 * Ash originally wanted a Squirtle to be his starter Pokémon, but Professor Oak told him it was taken by a Trainer who was not late.
 * Squirtle is the only member of Ash's original team of six (,, , , , and itself) that has neither evolved nor ever explicitly refused to evolve.
 * Squirtle is the first of Ash's Pokémon to have been placed in a Poké Ball off-screen, the other being.
 * Squirtle's gender was hinted at in the Japanese version of Island of the Giant Pokémon. In the subtitles, it refers to itself as おれ , which is a pronoun normally used by males, also used by characters such as, , and James in the Japanese version.
 * Squirtle is the only Pokémon owned by Ash to have used a move for the first time in a.
 * Squirtle is the only Pokémon that Ash has owned for longer than one series that has never been confirmed to have stayed at Professor Oak's Laboratory.