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Tirtouga (Japanese: プロトーガ Protoga) is a Water/Rock Fossil Pokémon introduced in Generation V.
It is resurrected from a Cover Fossil and evolves into Carracosta starting at level 37.
Biology
Tirtouga is a reptilian Pokémon resembling a baby leatherback sea turtle. 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 Carracosta.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation V | | Unova
B W : #070 | | Unova
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| Black | Restored from a fossil, this Pokémon can dive to depths beyond half a mile. |
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| White | About 100 million years ago, these Pokémon swam in oceans. It is thought they also went on land to attack prey. |
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| Black 2 | This Pokémon was restored from a fossil. It swam skillfully and dove to depths beyond half a mile. |
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| Generation VI | | Kalos
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| X | About 100 million years ago, these Pokémon swam in oceans. It is thought they also went on land to attack prey. |
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| Y | Restored from a fossil, this Pokémon can dive to depths beyond half a mile. |
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| Omega Ruby | About 100 million years ago, these Pokémon swam in oceans. It is thought they also went on land to attack prey. |
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| Alpha Sapphire | Restored from a fossil, this Pokémon can dive to depths beyond half a mile. |
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| Generation VII | | Alola
S M : #194 | | Alola
US UM : #241 | | Kanto
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| This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. |
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| Sun | Based on studies of its skeletal structure, it can apparently dive to ocean depths of over half a mile. |
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| Moon | Reputed to be the ancestor of most turtle Pokémon, it lived in warm seas approximately a hundred million years ago. |
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| Ultra Sun | It was restored from an ancient fossil. Tirtouga lived in the sea but came up onto the land to search for prey. |
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| Ultra Moon | Its hunting grounds encompassed a broad area, from the land to more than half a mile deep in the ocean. |
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| Generation VIII | | Galar
Crown Tundra #147 | | Sinnoh
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| This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus. |
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| Sword | This Pokémon inhabited ancient seas. Although it can only crawl, it still comes up onto land in search of prey. |
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| Shield | Tirtouga is considered to be the ancestor of many turtle Pokémon. It was restored to life from a fossil. |
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Game locations
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In side games
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| This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games. |
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In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Tirtouga is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.3.0+.
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tirtouga
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tirtouga
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tirtouga
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tirtouga
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Tirtouga in Generation VIII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Tirtouga in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tirtouga
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tirtouga
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tirtouga
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tirtouga
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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By transfer from another generation
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Tirtouga
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Tirtouga
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations
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Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush | Walking Speed: 2.33 seconds | Base HP: 49 | | | Base Attack: 72 | Base Defense: 54 | Base Speed: 50 |
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In Pokémon GO, Tirtouga can be obtained by completing the Special Research, Level 43 Challenge.
Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Major appearances
Tirtouga made its main series debut in A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1, where it was befriended by Ferris in the past. The same Tirtouga appeared in the follow-up episode, where it managed to evolve into Carracosta.
A Tirtouga appeared in Eyes on the Goal!, under the ownership of the Shell Sage. It took part in a race with Team Rocket's Chewtle.
Minor appearances
Multiple Tirtouga debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.
Pokédex entries
| Episode | Pokémon | Source | Entry |
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| BW076 | Tirtouga | Ash's Pokédex | Tirtouga, the Prototurtle Pokémon. Tirtouga can dive underwater to half-mile depths, and can also attack onshore. |
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In the manga
Pocket Monsters BW
A Tirtouga appeared in PMBW12.
Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners
Two Tirtouga appeared in BWGP05.
Pokémon Adventures
Main article: CostaMarshal owned a Tirtouga sometime before arriving in Nimbasa City. Because of his uncontrollable nature, he released him the day before meeting Black and White. He was later caught by Black and nicknamed Costa. Under Black's ownership, he eventually evolved. He first appeared in Growing Pains.
A Trainer's Tirtouga appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition.
In the TCG
Main article: Tirtouga (TCG)Trivia
- Tirtouga and its evolved form are the only Fossil Pokémon to have Rock 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 breeding. The Tirtouga family's Hidden Ability can currently be obtained via the Ability Patch.
- Tirtouga's English category, "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 sea turtle, more specifically, a leatherback. It also may be based on Protostega, a large, prehistoric sea turtle. The Protostega is one of the largest known species of turtles, second only to the Archelon, 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 Protostega and tortuga (Spanish for turtle or tortoise).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | प्रोटोकूर्म Protokurm | From proto- and कूर्म kūrma |  Russian | Тиртуга Tirtuga | Transcription of English name |  Thai | โปรโตกา Protoka | Transcription of Japanese name |
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