Squirtle (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Squirtle appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see .
Squirtle is a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. It debuted alongside Poké-Floats halfway through the show's 10th season, along with Ivysaur and Charizard as part of Pokémon Trainer's team.
==In its own universe==
Squirtle is one of the original three "Starter Pokémon". It evolves into Wartortle at Level 16, who in turn evolves into Blastoise at Level 36. It's one of a handful of Starters that stays pure-typed throughout its lifetime. Even Blastoise's Mega Evolution is a pure Water type.
==Attributes==
As the lightweight character in the Pokémon Trainer's arsenal, the name of Squirtle's game is generally "fast but weak". Most of its attacks are weak, but they come out fast and can rack up damage quickly. Furthermore, while it's not quite as good as Charizard, Squirtle still has a great air game. Its Smashes are good killing options, but they pay for this by being slow, the only slow moves that Squirtle has. Unfortunately, Squirtle has no good projectiles and its close-quarters attacks have short reach.
Oddly enough, despite being a Water-type Pokémon that is capable of swimming, Squirtle can still drown in swimmable water on SSS, although it does have the longest swim time of the active cast.
===Changes===
*Season 31: Became available as a standalone character due to Pokémon Trainer's retirement. This also took away its two most problematic elements, shared with the Trainer's other Pokémon: the "stamina" mechanic (where it would get tired if used for too long, making it weaker), and a "type effectiveness" mechanic. This actually nerfed it, as Squirtle benefitted the most from type effectiveness due to the sheer number of fire-based moves that the rest of the roster has, whereas Grass moves come only from Ivysaur (and Mega Man's down special). Very few fans, however, complained about the loss of stamina.
*Season 37: Pokémon Trainer returned; however, Squirtle can still be chosen as a standalone Pokémon.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Comes out of a Poké-Ball. (If Pokémon Trainer is with it, he'll say "Go, Squirtle!")
Move Name	Description 	Description	Description
Neutral Special:
Water Gun	Similarly to Mario's FLUDD, Squirtle charges up water, then unleashes it. Full charge is reached in three seconds. Press again to use a not-fully-charged version of the attack, or shield to save the charge. Does absolutely no damage or knockback whatsoever; instead, it pushes opponents away. With Pokémon Trainer, the charge persists if you switch Pokémon, but is lost upon death.
Cannot kill.	Similarly to Mario's FLUDD, Squirtle charges up water, then unleashes it. Full charge is reached in three seconds. Press again to use a not-fully-charged version of the attack, or shield to save the charge. Does absolutely no damage or knockback whatsoever; instead, it pushes opponents away. With Pokémon Trainer, the charge persists if you switch Pokémon, but is lost upon death.
Cannot kill.	Similarly to Mario's FLUDD, Squirtle charges up water, then unleashes it. Full charge is reached in three seconds. Press again to use a not-fully-charged version of the attack, or shield to save the charge. Does absolutely no damage or knockback whatsoever; instead, it pushes opponents away. With Pokémon Trainer, the charge persists if you switch Pokémon, but is lost upon death.
Cannot kill.
Side Special:
Withdraw	Squirtle tucks into its shell and then slides across the stage like a Green Shell. Can bounce off walls. Press again to cancel the move; it will end automatically should you hit an opponent. It's immune to all damage, but not knockback. Additionally, if it's jumped on, Squirtle will be left upside down for three seconds, rendering it wide open to attacks.
Kills at 350%.	Squirtle tucks into its shell and then slides across the stage like a Green Shell. Can bounce off walls. Press again to cancel the move; it will end automatically should you hit an opponent. It's immune to all damage, but not knockback. Additionally, if it's jumped on, Squirtle will be left upside down for three seconds, rendering it wide open to attacks.
Kills at 350%.	Squirtle tucks into its shell and then slides across the stage like a Green Shell. Can bounce off walls. Press again to cancel the move; it will end automatically should you hit an opponent. It's immune to all damage, but not knockback. Additionally, if it's jumped on, Squirtle will be left upside down for three seconds, rendering it wide open to attacks.
Kills at 350%.
Up Special:
Waterfall	Squirtle rides up on a wave of water, doing multiple weak hits to anyone caught in its path.
Kills at 180%.	Squirtle rides up on a wave of water, doing multiple weak hits to anyone caught in its path.
Kills at 180%.	Squirtle rides up on a wave of water, doing multiple weak hits to anyone caught in its path.
Kills at 180%.
Down Special:
With Pokémon Trainer:
Pokémon Change	The Pokémon Trainer switches to Ivysaur.	Without Pokémon Trainer:
Hydro Pump	Squirtle fires up to three massive blobs of water that do 20% each to anyone hit. Once you've fired off all three shots, you can't use the move again for another 15 seconds. Makes the "sound" that it made in the Generation 1 games and from Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee on.
Kills at 80%.
Final Smash:
With Pokémon Trainer:
Triple Finish	Squirtle uses Hydro Pump, while Ivysaur uses Solarbeam and Charizard uses Fire Blast. The combined attack traps anyone hit and does close to 45%.
Kills at 65%.	Without Pokémon Trainer:
Hydro Vortex	Squirtle turns into a massive tornado of water for 15 seconds, trapping anyone it catches and doing insane damage and knockback in the process. Use left and right to steer, but be careful that you don't send Squirtle off an edge, as it can self-destruct while using this move! Hydro Vortex and Hydro Cannon are essentially the same move; it was renamed in Season 45 to the name of a then-new Z-Move because Squirtle can't legally learn Hydro Cannon, only Blastoise can.
Kills at 50%.
===Taunts===
*Up Taunt: Backflips, then yells "Squirtle squirtle!" to the sky.
*Side Taunt: Spins on its tail, squirts out water, and says "Squirtle!"
*Down Taunt: Hops while spinning in its shell.
===Victory===
*Pose, with Pokémon Trainer: The Trainer cuddles it in his arms, then puts it down and rubs its head while saying "Great job, Squirtle!"
*Pose, without Pokémon Trainer: Hydro Pumps in three directions while backflipping.
*Theme: Team Pokémon's victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Team Pokémon's loss theme.
==Costumes==
*Default
*Shiny
*Wartortle-colored
*Pink shell
*The slightly greener color it had in the Generation 2 games
*White shell
*Black shell
*Game Boy Chic: Squirtle in its original Japanese Red/Green appearance, with a monochrome color scheme.
Category:Starter Pokémon
Category:Water Pokémon