#388 Grotle

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#388 Grotle

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388 Grotle Pokemon Made with Rose Art Colored Pencils. Strathmore Toned Paper. Pokemon into human. My style fan art.

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Turtwig, the tiny leaf pokemon -> 387

Grotle, the grove pokemon -> 388

Torterra, the continent pokemon -> 389

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Turtwig, Grotle, & Torterra

Turtwig (#387)

Torterra folium

General Information: The shell on a Turtwig’s back is made of earth, and when it absorbs water it becomes harder. Its shell is warm to the touch. It becomes more energetic when the sun is out.

Turtwig are an average of 1’04 feet tall (0.4 M) and 22.5 pounds (10.2 kg).

Habitat: Turtwigs are native to the New World, which is also known as Turtle Island by many of the Indigenous Peoples. They can be found in grasslands, wetlands, and by clean lakes and large ponds.

Life Cycles: Turtwigs are raised by their parents in litters of 2-6 until they’re around two years old. During this time the parents pass down wisdom and knowledge and social skills, though the baby Turtwig is itself otherwise fully capable of feeding on its own and defending itself. However, Turtwigs are still suspectable to predation, with many falling victim to attacks from ice-type predators during the winter. During droughts, their shells weaken and they become vulnerable to predators then, too. A healthy Turtwig should have a moist shell.

Behavior: Turtwigs are social animals that live in herds, though often these herds can be spaced out and vary widely in size.

Diet: Most of its nutrients come from photosynthesis, however Turtwigs are more animal than plant and still need to consume other resources, namely leaves, berries, and sometimes bark. Turtwigs are quite tolerant to eating the thorny bits of bushes and thistles if they have to, but would prefer berries and leaves. These dietary needs fluctuate throughout the year as Turtwigs receive varying amounts of sunlight. The sparse sunlight of winter helps them survive the cold, but Turtwigs still have to stock up on nutrient reserves in the Summer and Fall to keep them going. First-year Turtwigs have the highest mortality rates in their first winter.

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans: Turtwigs make excellent starter Pokémon for trainers of Turtle Island/the New World, particularly in the Great Plains region and the Midwest.

They are common in children’s television. In fact, there is a popular weekly program aimed at kindergarteners called Tuesdays with Turtwig where the titular character, Turtwig, teaches children about mundane/everyday parts of life and the outdoors through whimsical misadventures and a plethora of friends and guests. This Turtwig is famous for wearing a red polka-dot bowtie and loves to play outside with his friends.

Classification: Turtwig’s scientific name is Torterra folium. “Folium” references the leaf on its head.

Grotle (#388)

Torterra rubus

General Information: Grotle are the evolved form of Turtwig. They are excellent finders of water and will even carry smaller Pokémon in its back to take them to clean water. The bushes on their back are known to produce either nuts or fruit, depends on the population and where it grew up.

Grotle are 3’7 feet tall (1.1 M) and 213.8 pounds (97 kg).

Habitat: Grasslands, wetlands, and the outer edges of forests. They enjoy sleeping under trees at night for the shelter of them, but during the day they leave the forest to bask in open sunlight. Really, they are most likely to be found where clean sources of water are and there’s plenty of sunlight to sit in.

While Grotles and family can be found in more arid environments, they much prefer ecosystems with sufficient sources of clean water.

Life Cycles: Grotle are the middle stage of its line. They are often the scouts of a herd who report back to the herd about new sources of water and other vital information. Grotles evolve from Turtwigs around two or three years old. They spend the next three to eight years of their lives as a Grotle until they finally evolve into Torterra.

Behavior: Grotle are curious, adventurous, and helpful Pokémon. The bushes on its back attract wild Pokémon to it, whom enjoy perching on its back and going for rides and eating the nuts/berries.

Diet: Sunlight and berries. Same thing as a Turtwig.

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans: Grotle are seen in pop culture as helpful Pokémon, and is even the mascot for a train company. On more than one survival show, the people have Grotles on their team for their inpeccable abilities to find clean water. On the kids show Tuesdays with Turtwig, Turtwig has an older cousin named Grotle who’s job in town is to give rides to other Pokémon who are trying to get to different places. Grotle teaches the audience about traffic safety laws and courtesies.

Classification: Grotle’s species epithet “rubus” refers to the bushes on its back.

Torterra (#389)

Torterra torterra

General Information: Torterra is the final evolution of Turtwig! Small Pokémon live on its massive back, many spending their entire lives there! In fact, Torterra shells are considered to be unique ecosystems that receive their own dedicated researchers.

Habitat: Torterras are found in grasslands, wetlands, and sometimes the edges of forests, but will for certain be found near clean water such as lakes and large ponds.

Life Cycles: Torterras are the oldest members of the herd and have been known to live for upwards of a 100 years in the wild—in fact, no one is sure how old Torterras can get before they succumb to old age, but there are certainly many long-term studies in place designed to track individuals throughout their lifetimes. The oldest on record is 126 years old, and she’s still going strong!

Torterras do most of the herd protection and are largely in charge of looking after the babies in the herd while the Grotles and older Turtwigs are out and about. See, Torterras don’t really go anywhere except when they’re migrating to a different water source, but anything under its protection is quite secure. In warmer climates, some Torterras have been known to get buried in dirt and mud, even disguising the fact that there’s a Pokémon there. When they do move, the effect of an entire herd migrating looks a lot like a moving forest. It’s quite spectacular!

Behavior: Torterras live in herds of 20-100 with other Torterras, Grotles, and Turtwigs, though these herds can be spaced out when they’ve settled in an area for a while. Typically immobile, Torterras can be spurred into action when migration needs arise, or threats to itself or other members of its herd are nearby (especially the baby Turtwigs). They are quite tolerant of the critters that make their nests on its back or underneath it, and when not aggravated are generally docile and patient.

Diet: Sunlight. They can eat other things, but they spend so very little time actually doing anything that the sunlight is typically sufficient. During winter or when otherwise active, they will dig into the ground for roots. Trainers, some carrots or potatoes will be good nutrition for your Torterra, or other root vegetables.

Conservation: Threatened

Relationship with Humans: Torterra are good, noble creatures of the Great Plains, who once roamed the Great Plains in massive numbers (as did the Bouffalant herds). Unfortunately, when European settlers came to Turtle Island it wasn’t just the Bouffalant herds that they killed, it was the Torterra herds, too, even if it did take a lot more effort. In generations past there were Torterra herds in the hundreds and even thousands that migrated across the interior, providing food and shelter for countless other Pokémon. These days, the wild herds are greatly minimized, and their habitat is dwindled to fractions of what it used to be. Conservation efforts are helping, aided in part by starter Pokémon breeding programs, but it’ll be a long time before wild numbers are near where they used to be, if they ever are again.

Additionally, many cultures believe that the world is on the back of a giant Torterra, hence the name Turtle Island. Similar beliefs exist in other parts of the world, but instead of a giant Torterra the Pokémon is a Terapagos.

Classification: Torterra’s scientific name is Torterra torterra because it is the defining species for its genus and family.

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Day three hundred eighty eight 388 Grotle

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388 - GROTLE

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Let’s Talk About Pokemon - The Turtwig Family

Welcome to the Fourth Generation, Diamond and Pearl! (And Platinum (And Heart Gold Soul Silver)) and to give a brief introduction, this is a Generation often referred to when people want to call out their least favorite.

This Generation may also take longer to review than you’d think. While it is on the smaller side; only composed of 107 Pokemon, the last third or so of the Pokedex is entirely made up of DP’s (too many) Legendaries and the Pokemon that evolves from ones we’re already familiar with. They’re calling those Legacy Evolutions now, I guess?

Or at least the TCG is. So that’s what I’ve been calling them ever since.

We'll have to see how Gen 4 fairs here. I'm kinda curious how my overall opinion is gonna end up being, because even now I'm still not sure how to feel about Gen 4. I could end up thinking of it worse than Gen 2, I could turn out liking it about as much as Gen 1.

387: Turtwig

But enough of the introductions. How about Turtwig, the first of our starters this generation? Well, it's way nicer looking than our previous turtle starter. It's loads cuter, and in ways that make turtles lovable. Or, more accurately, this line is a land-dwelling tortoise. But its still got their beakiness and nubby little legs, and the sprout on top too. Turtwig's just too precious.

Personal Score: 7.5/10

Off to a good start here!

388: Grotle

Though, as per what seems like tradition for Grass Starters at this point, Turtwig takes on a much more dinosaur-like appearance as it evolves into Grotle. Grotle's shell looks less like a tortoise shell and more like the back of an ankylosaurus. The only thing it's missing is a bush in place of the big, blunt wrecking ball at the end of their tails. In place of the spiny hide though, are two bushes, and something down its back appearing to be something like crop lines. It's evolution set-up a lot like Ivysaur, but where it leads into is even more interesting.

I do have a soft spot for Grotle though. It's often forgotten, probably by proxy of being a starter's teenager stage, but it's actually a nice design despite what that connoation might imply.

Personal Score: 7.5/10

Really nice for a starter's “awkward” phase.

389: Torterra

And yes, I haven't said it yet, but the Grass Starter done did it again. Torterra is my favorite starter of this generation. It's always the Grass Starter! Is that just a weird coincidence or do I just have Venusaur and Sceptile bias?

Torterra though is definitely cool for any merit it has on its own. It's still looking like an ankylosaurus like Grotle did, but it got its tortoise shell back this time. And the bushes and crop lines Grotle had? It turned into this Pokemon having an entire landscape on its back. A big field with a tree, and three spikes on its back looking like a mountain range with a mossy “forest” along the base. It's a Pokemon you can have a picnic on.

But in all seriousness, Torterra is among the stronger end of starters in general, let alone grass starters. It's just subtly genius, and I love it.

And I'm sure a good chunk of people have heard of this myth before; the world-bearing turtle. One of the religious world-creation theories (most commonly known from Hinduism) is that the world lies on top of the back of a giant, cosmic turtle. (There's some giant elephants there too but that's tragically not relevant to Torterra.) And Torterra is such a cool tortoise version of that bit of mythology. It's just plain awesome that we have a big tortoise Pokemon with a micro-world on its back. And I'm still crossing my fingers for a Mega or Alternate Form or something to take Torterra to the next level. The advent of Alolan forms has omitted to have a Water/Grass, Island-turtle-flavored Torterra, but I’ll live. For now.

And I know this series isn't exactly about metagame or anything, but you'd think a tortoise Pokemon would be pretty boring to use, but no, this thing actually holds its own super well. Getting moves like Crunch and Earthquake naturally. This thing wrecked house even more than any other starter I've used before it. Just keep it the hell away from Ice types. That Grass/Ground type doesn't do it any favors there.

Personal Score: 9/10

Just an absolute beast and I love it.

Overall:

If nothing else, we're off to a great start here. Torterra's just plain awesome, and those prevos of its have a pretty nice setup going on for them too.

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This line is just turtles and trees.

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BetaPokemon Redesign #388-389 - Beta Grotle, Beta Torterra

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#388 - Grotle

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#388: Grotle

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#388 Grotle

Here's a little Grotle! He's very round!

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# 388. Grotle (02/02/2022)

"It lives along water in forests. In the daytime, it leaves the forest to sunbathe its treed shell."

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Grotle (#388)

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