Tirtouga (Pokémon)

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Tirtouga (Japanese: プロトーガ Protoga) is a Fossil introduced in Generation V.
It is revived from a Cover Fossil and evolves into starting at level 37.
==Biology==
Tirtouga is a reptilian resembling a baby . Its body is blue with black spots on the edges of its flippers. Its black shell has six circular indentations in it. Its upper beak and parts of its face are black, and together resemble a mask. It has a light blue patch underneath its eyes.
Tirtouga's shell is very tough, and it can dive down to depths of as much as 1,000 meters. Tirtouga was known to actively hunt for prey to the extent that it would go on land to reach them. Tirtouga lived in the ancient oceans from about 100 million years ago. It now exists in the present thanks to being revived from fossils. Tirtouga is believed to be the ancestor of most turtle Pokémon.
===Evolution===
Tirtouga evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Tirtouga in the
===Game locations===
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Tirtouga is available in Version 1.3.0+.
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By transfer from another generation====
===Side game data===
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In , Tirtouga can be obtained by completing the Special Research, Level 43 Challenge.
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
Tirtouga made its animated series debut in A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1, where it was befriended by Ferris when he was transported to the ancient past as a child. In the present day, Ferris discovered the same Tirtouga as a Cover Fossil, which was stolen and revived by Team Rocket. The same Tirtouga also appeared in the follow-up episode, where it managed to evolve into before returning to its own time.
A Tirtouga appeared in Eyes on the Goal!, under the ownership of the Shell Sage. It took part in a race with 's .
===Minor appearances===
Multiple Tirtouga debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters BW===
A Tirtouga appeared in PMBW12.
===Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners===
Two Tirtouga appeared in BWGP05.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Marshal owned a Tirtouga sometime before arriving in Nimbasa City. Because of his uncontrollable nature, he released him the day before meeting and . He was later by Black and nicknamed Costa. Under Black's ownership, he eventually . He first appeared in Growing Pains.
A Trainer's Tirtouga appeared in The Final Battle.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Tirtouga and are the only Fossil Pokémon to have as their secondary type.
* Before Generation VIII, Tirtouga and its evolved form had only been obtainable with their Hidden Ability in the Pokémon Dream World. Due to the closure of the Pokémon Global Link, they could no longer be obtained with their Hidden Ability, except by trading between games and . The Tirtouga family's Hidden Ability can currently be obtained via the Ability Patch.
* Tirtouga's English , "Prototurtle", may be a combination of proto- (prefix used to mean "original" or "primitive" derived from an Ancient Greek word meaning "first") and turtle.
===Origin===
Tirtouga appears to be based on a baby , more specifically, a . It also may be based on , a large, prehistoric sea turtle. The Protostega is one of the largest known species of turtles, second only to the , which its evolution, Carracosta, may be based on.
====Name origin====
Tirtouga may be a combination of turtle and a corruption of tortuga (Spanish for turtle or tortoise).
Protoga may be a combination of and tortuga (Spanish for turtle or tortoise).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Costa
* Fossil
==External links==
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