Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Squirtle" in English language version.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The Water Type starter from the first Pokémon generation, Squirtle appears as one of Ash's Pokémon in the anime and is probably instantly recognisable to anyone who has been around an eight year-old at some point in the last 15 years.
Sugimori: "Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle were all designed by Ms. Nishida."; Nishida: "I created the designs for Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle by working backward from their final forms. I wanted people to be surprised when it evolved into Charizard, so I designed the original Charmander in such a way that Charizard would be unimaginable."
Sugimori: "Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle were all designed by Ms. Nishida."; Nishida: "I created the designs for Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle by working backward from their final forms. I wanted people to be surprised when it evolved into Charizard, so I designed the original Charmander in such a way that Charizard would be unimaginable."
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)The Water Type starter from the first Pokémon generation, Squirtle appears as one of Ash's Pokémon in the anime and is probably instantly recognisable to anyone who has been around an eight year-old at some point in the last 15 years.