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what's the story behind this
He was in the war, Sgt Tortle. Now pay your respects
I want to marry Wartortle and start a family.
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It's inspired by a sea bunny
From what I heard Wartortle was supposed to be the original version of Mew. The Gen 1 mystical Pokemon, a gentle and serene progenitor. I guess there's some kind of Asian myth about a turtle deity or something, I don't remember.
Apparently Blastoise had been decided upon as the final stage of Squirtle, but they didn't have a middle evo. So they took Wartortle's design, even though it's not thematically similar with the fluff and everything, because they needed a middle-sized turtle to bridge the gap between Squirtle and Blastoise.