Oshawott

**Oshawott** (Japanese: **ミジュマル** *Mijumaru*) is the Water-type Starter Pokémon of the Unova region. Its classification is the *Sea Otter* Pokémon. It has the ability Torrent, like all other previous Water-type starters.

## Biology

### Physiology

Oshawott is a bipedal mammalian sea otter-like Pokémon. It has fur covering it entire body, with white fur on its face and arms, light blue fur on its torso and it has a dark blue flat tail, feet and ears. It also has a tan-colored scallop shell attached to its stomach called a "scalchop," which is made of keratin (the same substance as human hair and fingernails).

### Behavior

Oshawott are mostly mischievous and slightly aggressive. When they feel bored, they will play with their Scalchop, making a "pound" sound.

### Special abilities

Oshawott's scalchop can be removed from its belly and used as a sword for specific attacks, such as Razor Shell, and can also be used to deflect attacks.

## Evolution

Oshawott evolves into Dewott at level 17. Dewott evolves into Samurott, the final form, at level 36.

## Game data

### Locations

 **Black**/**White** | Starter Pokémon from Professor Juniper in Nuvema Town.
 **Black 2**/**White 2** | Starter Pokémon from Bianca in Aspertia City.
 **X**/**Y** | Transfer or Trade
 **OR**/**AS** | Gift Pokémon from Professor Birch's bag on Route 101 after beating the Elite Four three times.
 **Sun**/**Moon** | Breed Samurott
 **Ultra Sun**/**Ultra Moon** | Trade

## Appearances

### Anime

Oshawott's first appearance in In the Shadow of Zekrom! was as one of starter Pokémon that Trip could choose. However, Trip chose Snivy as his starter instead. When Trip's Snivy battled Ash's Pikachu, Oshawott snuck out of Professor Juniper's lab to watch. Oshawott followed Ash until Ash finally noticed him, whereupon Ash caught Oshawott in BW003, and added him to his team. He constantly falls in love with other female Pokémon.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Oshawott is one of the Main Starters your character can choose from in the Unova Starters.

## Trivia

* Oshawott is the fourth mammalian starter, the others being Cyndaquil, Chimchar, and Tepig.
	+ Oshawott is also the first Water-type Starter Pokémon to be based on a mammal as well as the first mammalian starter not to be of the Fire-type.
* Oshawott is the only Unova starter to have a different species than its direct evolution: Oshawott being the Sea Otter Pokémon, and Dewott being the Discipline Pokémon.
* Oshawott has the lowest total base stat of all Water-type starter Pokémon.
* When Oshawott's English name was first revealed, it was often misspelled as "Osha**watt**". This was seen on merchandise, such as tags on Pokémon Center plush toys from the Nintendo World Store in NY.
* Oshawott is one of the playable characters in *PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond*, where he is a disciple of Samurott, the Keeper of the Cove Area. He's the one who is sent on an investigation of Pokémon disappearing and ending up in Wish Park.
* In *Super Smash Bros. For 3DS and Wii U* Oshawott appears as one of the many Pokémon that can appear from the standard Poké Ball. As soon as it appears, it uses Surf and makes a small wave in front of it, dashing through the stage. If it hits an opponent, they will be damaged and pushed throughout the stage and beyond, almost always scoring a KO for the one who called it. Oshawott, however, counts as a projectile, and can be reflected.

### Etymology

Oshawott's name could be a combination of the word ocean for "Osha", as well as "water" and "otter" for the end of its name, "wott". Another possibility for Oshawott's name origin is from the words Otter and Wash. By swapping the consonant sounds within each word to get Osher and Watt, then altering the spelling while keeping the same sounds gives Oshawott. Oshawott's name may also be derived from the city "Oshawa" in Ontario, Canada and "otter". Its Japanese name may be derived from 水 *mizu*, water or 未熟 *mijuku*, naive and 丸 *maru*.