Dwayne's Wartortle

**Dwayne's Wartortle** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのカメール** *Douein's Kameil*) is the fifth Pokémon that Dwayne captured during his travels in the Kanto region, and his sixth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Indigo Challenge**

Wartortle first appeared as a Squirtle. Dwayne and Jade spotted the injured Squirtle at the harbor of Hutber Port. Squirtle attempted to warn them about something that both Trainers didn't initially understand. Afterwards, Dwayne and Jade healed Squirtle, giving him a Super Potion. Later, Dwayne and Jade learned that a woman named Nastina was trying to build an underwater resort in the local reefs, and that her workers were being attacked by many Tentacool. A strange chain of events lead to Porta Vista being attacked by a gigantic Tentacruel and a swarm of Tentacool, who was angry at the humans destroying the reef. Squritle and Dwayne's pleading saved the city, and Squirtle then joined Dwayne's team.

When Dwayne challenged the Fuchsia Gym, Squirtle was chosen as his second Pokémon to battle against Koga's Venomoth. Venomoth uses Stun Spore, but Squirtle blocks it with Rapid Spin, before knocking out Venomoth with Ice Beam. Dwayne and Koga resume their battle outside in the courtyard. Koga's Golbat makes the first move, swooping on Squirtle with a Wing Attack. Squirtle keeps Golbat away with his Water Gun attack, though Koga responds with Screech. Despite the high frequency, Squirtle launches a series of Ice Beam attacks, freezing one of Golbat's wings in the process. Squirtle then wins the battle with an intense Headbutt attack directly onto Golbat's face. Koga promptly gives Dwayne a Soul Badge in recognition of Squirtle's battle skill.

When Dwayne was trapped in a blizzard, Squirtle, along with Roselia, was sent out to help Dwayne seal off the cave he'd made to shield himself from the snow. It takes them a while, but they do it. Dwayne then tries to figure out how to heat up the cave. Kirlia uses Will-O-Wisp and creates a small firepit, although at the cost of her stamina after having forced herself to abruptly learn a new attack. As the brutal snowstorm rages on, Kirlia's power starts to weaken from trying to keep everyone warm. Dwayne tells Kirlia to get back into her Poké Balll, but she refuses, but Dwayne calls her back anyway, much to Kirlia's shock. Dwayne then figures that the Pokémon should be warm inside their Poké Balls. So, he tells Roselia and Squirtle back into their Poké Balls, and like Kirlia, they refuse too. Dwayne calls them back anyway, despite Roselia and Squirtle trying to evade the beams.

As the time passes, Dwayne is freezing cold, and wonders if his other Pokémon are warm enough inside their Poké Balls, so he takes off his jacket and wraps his Poké Balls inside. But now, the snowstorm has gotten so bad that a part of the snow wall has broken through. Dwayne runs over to the hole and sits in front of it, blocking the snow coming in. Then, the rest of Dwayne's Pokémon – Kirlia, Roselia, Squirtle, Pidgeotto, Clefairy, and Butterfree – all free themselves from their Poké Balls. Dwayne tells them all to return to their Poké Balls, but his Pokémon adamantly refuse and each one hold onto Dwayne – Squirtle hugs his left arm, Clefairy hugs his right arm, Roselia lays down on his lap, Pidgeotto and Butterfree both incase him with their wings, and Kirlia lays onto his chest in a hug – Dwayne is so taken aback by his Pokémon's commitment to him that he is reduced to tears. He then looks at them and conceded that they will be cold all together. The next morning, the harsh snowstorm has completely subsided. Kirlia demolishes the snow wall with Will-O-Wisp, and Dwayne looks upon the amazing view with his beloved Pokémon. Dwayne then decides to leave quickly, afraid of another sudden snowstorm, and quickly reaches the bottom of the mountain and feels very relieved to be away from the snow, and jokes that he would be traumatized of snow from now on.

Sometime later, Dwayne runs to catch the last ferry off Cinnabar Island when he collides with a Wartortle. It tries to tell him something, but he does not understand. As such, Dwayne brings out Squirtle, who begins to talk to Wartortle, in a serious and urgent manner. Suddenly, Squirtle gets a shocked look on its face, and follows Wartortle into the water and Dwayne tows along in a boat. Wartortle leads them to an unnamed island that resembles a Squirtle's shell. Once there, Dwayne finds Wartortle and Squirtle inside their shells on the island, who upon closer inspection, realizes that they are asleep. As they look farther up, there is a giant shell, which Dwayne's Pokédex reveals it is a Blastoise. Dwayne and Squirtle check out Blastoise, and suddenly they fall sleep. Wartortle tries to wake them up, but to no avail. Then, Wartortle drags them away from Blastoise and hits them with a gentle Rapid Spin, which manages to wake Dwayne and Squirtle up. Dwayne the comments that when he approached Blastoise, he heard mysterious music that was vaguely familiar that caused him to fall asleep.

Dwayne decides to call upon Kirlia, who upon hearing Wartortle's story, uses her telepathy to speak directly towards Dwayne to tell their story. Kirlia reveals that the group live under Blastoise, who is considered their king. A few days ago, Blastoise was swimming in the ocean when it washed ashore. After retrieving Blastoise, the Squirtle and Wartortle also withdrew into their shells. He leads off by saying that when a Wartortle returned to find everyone inside their shells, it headed to the mainland to get help, and bumped into Dwayne. Dwayne comments that people have been searching for the Wartortle's breeding grounds for years, and that the island may be it. He imagines that the discovery would be invaluable to learning about breeding. Suddenly, Blastoise's head and limbs pop out, lifting Dwayne into the air. He hops off, and then Blastoise's cannons pop out of its shell. Squirtle then notices something stuck in one of Blastoise's hydro cannons. It is revealed to be a Jigglypuff, who starts to sing, and everyone falls asleep.

Dwayne soon wakes up to discover that Blastoise has disappeared. He informs Squirtle and Wartortle, whilst the Turtle Pokémon are sent into distress. Squirtle's Water Gun helps to grab the attention of the other Squirtle and Wartortle before taking to a rock to calm them down. Dwayne suddenly notices the drag marks in the sand, and with that, the Squirtle and Wartortle dive one after the other into the ocean to search for Blastoise.

Elsewhere, Adrian and Adriana are celebrating their "capture" over Blastoise, and are revealed to have rented a ship to take them to the island, and comment how "stupid" Dwayne was to not have noticed they followed him all the way to the island and sarcastically thank him for giving them Blastoise. However, Adrian and Adriana soon begin to argue over who would actually capture Blastoise, leading to a brief scuffle that damages the ship, causing it to fill with water. The unusual noise coming out of Blastoise's shell puts the twins to sleep as the ship begins to sink. Fortunately, the Squirtle and Wartortle arrive on the scene and bring the sub to the island.

Dwayne fears for Jigglypuff, who is still inside the mecha, and Squirtle goes to rescue it. An underwater explosion occurs, and Dwayne fears the worst. A few moments pass before a Wartortle emerges and returns to the island with Jigglypuff on its back. Dwayne panics, and asks where his Squirtle was, and the Wartortle that just appeared raises his hand, and Dwayne realizes that his Squirtle had evolved underwater, to which Wartortle confirms, and Dwayne hugs Wartortle, congratulating him on his evolution.

When Dwayne challenged the Viridian Gym, Wartortle was chosen as his fourth Pokémon to battle against Robyn's Rhyperior. Dwayne orders an Ice Beam, but Robyn has Rhyperior use Earthquake, and the earthquake ends up being disruptive enough for Wartortle to lose balance and miss Ice Beam. Wartortle uses Rapid Spin, but Rhyperior dodges again and attacks with Megahorn. Dwayne encourages Wartortle not to give up and calls for Water Pulse. Wartortle manages to stand up despite the damage he suffered, launching the powerful attack towards Rhyperior, knocking him out. Robyn surprises Dwayne when he tosses Wartortle a Sitrus Berry, restoring some of his energy, saying that it wouldn't be fun facing a weakened opponent. Robyn sends out his third Pokémon, Charizard.

Dwayne orders another Water Pulse, but Robyn orders Charizard to dodge, which it does, and Charizard uses Mega Punch on the floor to cause the ground to shake violently, causing Wartortle to lose his balance. Dwayne tells Wartortle to use Iron Defense to predict another physical attack, but Robyn surprises him by ordering a Hyper Beam, which Iron Defense is useless against, and Wartortle gets knocked out.

During Dwayne's match against Natalya at the fourth round of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Wartortle was chosen as his first Pokémon to battle against Natalya's Beedrill. Beedrill first uses X-Scissor, and Dwayne commands Wartortle to use Water Pulse. Both moves collide and make a powerful explosion, as Beedrill moves straight into Sludge Bomb and Wartortle repels it with Rapid Spin. Natalya then commands Beedrill to use Hyper Beam, as Wartortle dodges. Right before Wartortle can attack, Beedrill uses Double Team. Wartortle looks around for the real Beedrill but cannot point it out. Without any room to dodge, Wartortle is hit with multiple X-Scissors and Sludge Bombs, resulting in massive damage. After pulling himself together, Wartortle is commanded by Dwayne to use Ice Beam, which lands and causes Beedrill to fall down. Natalya then has Beedrill use Double Team again, and Wartortle attempts to avoid any possible attacks with Round, with the powerful sonic waves making all of Beedrill's copies dissipate, before Wartortle knocks it out with a powerful Water Pulse attack.

Wartortle then gets promptly recalled for some rest. He later gets called back out as Dwayne's final remaining Pokémon against Natalya's Marowak. Marowak is commanded by Natalya to use Bonemerang while Wartortle is commanded by Dwayne to counter with Rapid Spin. After attacking, Wartortle begins to look like he can't take another attack, right as Marowak prepares for an Ice Beam. However, at that exact moment, Wartortle charges up and learns a brand-new attack: Skull Bash, which pushes through the Ice Beam and makes direct contact with Marowak, knocking him out and giving Dwayne the win allowing him to advance through the tournament.

Shortly before Dwayne's battle against Lagi in the fifth round of the tournament, Dwayne was lured away from the stadium by Adrian and Adriana, who were looking to keep Dwayne away up until his match, in order to get him disqualified from the tournament. Therefore, Roselia, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon, worked together to fend them off and get Dwayne to the stadium, although at the cost of their stamina. When the match started, Dwayne brought out the exhausted Wartortle as his first Pokémon to battle against Lagi's Fearow. Because of his exhausted state, Wartortle was easily knocked out by a single Drill Peck from Fearow.

### **Orange Archipelago**

During Dwayne's third round challenge of the Navel Gym, Dwayne chose Wartortle, Kirlia, and Roselia to accompany him in the sled race against Danny and his Geodude, Electrode, and Scyther. When the light turns green, both teams race down as fast as possible while Jade uses the cable car. Scyther steers his sled while Dwayne uses Roselia's Bullet Seed to steer, although Dwayne spins out of control. Just then, Danny runs into a hole, and Dwayne stops to help. Dwayne helps him and his Pokémon up, and Danny questions him on his decision to stop and help, telling he could've won the race, but Dwayne explains that he couldn't know whether Danny could free himself without help, and helping another human being in trouble was more important than winning a Badge, and Danny becomes impressed with Dwayne's altruism.

Dwayne and Danny restart the race and begin when the sun rises. When the terrain changes from snow to rock, Dwayne's sled picks up too much speed and barely misses a large rock, causing it to cut through trees. Danny closes in on the finish line, but Dwayne soars through the sky and catches up with Danny. The landing causes Dwayne's sled to shrink in size, and the lighter sled allows Dwayne to pull forward and win the race.

When Dwayne challenged the Trovita Gym, Wartortle was chosen for Dwayne's third round match-up, facing off against Rudy's Starmie. Wartortle and Starmie both attack each other with Water Pulse and Water Gun, respectively, and Rudy quickly plays some music, causing Starmie to spin so much, it uses Thunderbolt to knock Wartortle into submission, leaving Dwayne horrified. After thinking over Rudy's offer, Jade yells at Dwayne to win since he can release Wartortle's hidden power. This causes Rudy to lose his concentration. Dwayne orders Wartortle to fight back; he escapes the Thunderbolt and as he is about to fall off the cliff, Wartortle learns Hydro Pump, releasing allowing to launch himself back onto the battlefield. Wartortle then uses his new attack and Skull Bash to defeat Starmie, giving the final victory to Dwayne.

When Dwayne challenged the Kumquat Gym, Wartortle battled alongside Kirlia in a Double Battle against Luana's Alakazam and Marowak. However, it is revealed that before the match began, Kirlia and Wartortle developed a grudge with one another after the two Pokémon accidentally got in each other's way during training. The referee calls for the match to begin and Kirlia rushes towards her opponents. However, Wartortle's Hydro Pump manages to hit Kirlia by accident. Dwayne commands Wartortle try to use Skull Bash on Alakazam. However, Alakazam's Psychic stops Wartortle midair. As a result, Dwayne commands Kirlia to use Shadow Ball, but the attack hits Wartortle instead.

After momentarily watching on as Wartortle takes successive Bonemerang and Psychic attacks, Kirlia hits Alakazam with Shadow Ball, freeing Wartortle from its Psychic. Luana has Marowak use Body Slam on Kirlia, but Wartortle manages to drag Kirlia out of the way. With the two now willing to cooperate, Wartortle uses Rapid Spin while Kirlia surfs atop of his shell, allowing Kirlia to hit Marowak with Psybeam. Meanwhile, Wartortle continues to spin towards Alakazam, who prepares to land a Hyper Beam at point-blank range. When Wartortle dodges at the last minute, Alakazam is hit with Marowak's wayward Bonemerang attack, sending it and the charged Hyper Beam backwards. Much to Luana's shock, the Hyper Beam hits Marowak. The referee checks the two Pokémon and reveals they have been knocked out, earning Dwayne the victory.

During Dwayne's Full Battle against Drake at the Orange League, Wartortle was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Drake's Onix. As Dwayne tells Wartortle to use Hydro Pump, Drake has Onix to burrow underground and avoid the attack. Initially unsure on what to do, Dwayne eventually tells Wartortle to get into the water. However, Onix gets to Wartortle first, knocking it into the air before holding it in a Bind. Wartortle manages to counter this by using Rapid Spin, and begins spinning violently, causing Onix to lose his grip and allow Wartortle to escape the bind, and Wartortle follows it up with Ice Beam. Onix is unable to withstand the attack and faints.

When Drake brings out his Gengar, Wartortle gets recalled for the time being. Wartortle gets called back out to battle against Drake's Dragonite. Wartortle starts off with Hydro Pump, but it is knocked to the ground by Dragonite's Water Gun. It then uses Thunderbolt, but Wartortle manages to escape in time. Drake commands a Body Slam, and Dragonite flies into the air and starts to descend. Dwayne has Wartortle retaliate with Skull Bash, and the attacks both collide, but Wartortle's proves stronger, sending Dragonite flying. Upon landing, Dragonite slams its tail into Wartortle hard, knocking him out. Despite the victory, Dragonite continues to lose energy.

After Dwayne decided to travel to the Johto region, Wartortle, along with Clefable, was left at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

### **Johto Journey**

During the finals of the Whirl Cup, Wartortle was temporarily sent back to Dwayne's team, and was chosen as his second and final Pokémon to battle against Martinez's Feraligatr. Feraligatr begins the second round by shooting a Water Gun, but Wartortle dissipates the attack with a Rapid Spin. Seeing that this tactic won't work, Martinez orders use Brick Break. Feraligatr charges foward with the attack, and Dwayne orders Wartortle to use Skull Bash. The two attacks explode after a brief clash, knocking Wartortle back, but Feraligatr took refuge in the waters just before the attacks exploded. Taking advantage of this, Feraligatr strikes Wartortle with a Dragon Claw attack. Martinez then orders Feraligatr to use Water Gun again, just as Wartortle has recovered.

Dwayne tells Wartortle to dive underwater to dodge, but Feraligatr cancels the Water Gun and switches to Ice Punch on the water, which freezes Wartortle underwater. Dwayne tells Wartortle to try and break the ice, but Wartortle is unable to, and Martinez orders Feraligatr to end the battle by using Dragon Claw, and Feraligatr easily cuts through the ice, and lands a direct hit onto Wartortle's head, and Wartortle resurfaces, knocked out from the attack, and Martinez is the declared not only the winner of the battle, but of the Whirl Cup. After the end of the tournament, Wartortle was sent back to Professor Oak's Laboratory.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Ever since his days as a Squirtle, Wartortle has proven himself to be quite the altruistic Pokémon, attempting to warn Dwayne and Jade about the threat of the Tentacool and Tentacruel that were planning to destroy Porta Vista for Nastina's actions resulting in their reef being destroyed, and alongside Dwayne, risked his own well-being to try and convince the Tentacruel to leave the city alone, which they successfully did.

Moreover, Wartortle seems rather loyal towards his own species, after another wild Wartortle called for help about its leader, Blastoise, Dwayne's Wartortle jumped in after his fellow Wartortle to try and help. After a Jigglypuff was trapped in the sinking ship after it was trapped within Blastoise's cannon, Wartortle risked his life to rescue Jigglypuff from the soon-to-be-exploding ship, further showing his altruism.

In regards to battle, Wartortle is quite powerful, being capable of defeating Koga's Golbat, who had decades of battling experience compared to Wartortle. Wartortle was also capable of knocking out Drake's Onix, and later helped wear down his Dragonite, at the Orange League, ultimately helping Dwayne defeat the powerful Dragon-type Pokémon and win the competition.

Wartortle shares a strong bond with his Trainer, as both Wartortle and Dwayne shared quite a few similarities; both enjoyed battling and often displayed great altruism towards others. Their bond was further examplified when Wartortle, alongside the rest of Dwayne's Pokémon, all refused to be kept inside their Poké Balls in order to help keep Dwayne warm after the young Trainer risked his well-being to protect them from a blizzard.