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'''Caterpie's Big Dilemma''' (Japanese: '''進化!その神秘と奇跡!!''' ''Evolution! That Mystery and Wonder!!'') is the 142nd episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 416th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 8, 2005 and in the United States on June 10, 2006.  
'''Caterpie's Big Dilemma''' (Japanese: '''進化!その神秘と奇跡!!''' ''Evolution! That Mystery and Wonder!!'') is the 142nd episode of the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and the 416th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 8, 2005 and in the United States on June 10, 2006.  
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== Synopsis ==
==Blurb==
It's another beautiful day in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], as {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|co.}} head towards their next destination, [[Saffron City]]. A {{p|Caterpie}} suddenly pops out from the bushes. Curious about it, {{an|May}} brings out her [[Pokédex]]. [[Xander|A young boy]] then appears and accuses the group as thieves. The boy commands Caterpie to use {{m|String Shot}} on {{Ash}} and the gang. Caterpie then continues blasting them with another barrage of String Shot encasing everyone in the sticky fluid. [[Dr. Gordon]] then comes and tell them that there seems to have been a mix up with everyone as the young boy apologizes to them for his actions.
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<i>On their way to Saffron City, Ash and his friends encounter a Caterpie and its Trainer-in-training, Xander, who mistakes them for lab robbers. Fortunately, Dr. Gordon, the lab owner and Xander's teacher, shows up and things are sorted out. The kids visit Dr. Gordon's lab, where he makes all kinds of strange inventions. Of course, Team Rocket wants to steal them all!
 
Caterpie helps catch them in the act, but in the process, Dr. Gordon's briefcase opens and blue candies roll out. Caterpie eats some and grows until it's big enough to send Team Rocket blasting off. The Mystery Candy Complete keeps Caterpie growing until it's bigger than a building! The giant Caterpie heads into town as people flee in a panic. Climbing the local radio tower, it then evolves into Metapod.
 
Elsewhere, Team Rocket discovers that Wobbuffet stole some Mystery Candy too, so they head back into town and kidnap Dr. Gordon. The Candy makes Dustox and Cacnea huge—Dustox is so big that Team Rocket hops on its back and flies away with Dr. Gordon! Metapod evolves into a giant Butterfree just in time for Ash and Xander to give chase.
 
After some aerial maneuvers, Dustox suddenly shrinks back to normal size. Butterfree catches it but Team Rocket plummets into a pond. No sooner do they emerge than Officer Jenny arrives with Ash's friends, and when Team Rocket puts up a fight, Pikachu and Butterfree send them on their way once more. Eventually Butterfree returns to normal size too, and Ash says farewell to Xander and his newly-evolved friend—as well as Dr. Gordon, who's now more enthusiastic about his inventions than ever!</i>


Introductions are then exchanged as everyone recites their name and hometown. Ash then compliment's Xander's Caterpie for its strong String Shot. Xander then mentions that the Caterpie is his first, although uncaught, Pokémon and his best friend and that they plan to go on a journey soon. Dr. Gordon then appears from which he calls a strange contraption from a nearby pool of water. It raises to the top and opens up. The group finds out that it contains a chair, table, and several pedestals, all made from different Pokémon's capabilities according to the doctor. He then reveals a microphone with a {{p|Jigglypuff}} figurine on top of it. He then starts singing into it. The Jigglypuff figure starts singing its melody as well. The doctor eventually falls fast asleep.
==Plot==
It's another beautiful day in the [[Kanto]] [[region]], as {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} head towards their next destination, [[Saffron City]]. A {{p|Caterpie}} suddenly pops out from the bushes and appears to be angry. Curious about it, {{an|May}} brings out her [[Pokédex]]. [[Xander|A young boy]] then appears and accuses the group of being thieves. The boy commands Caterpie to use {{m|String Shot}} on {{Ash}} and the gang. Ash and friends cry out in protest, but Caterpie continues to encase them in String Shot. A man in a lab coat called [[Dr. Gordon]] and with a strange device on his head comes onto the scene, and tries to determine the truth about the trio. Using the device's Alakazam, he determines that... their limousine is waiting for them. Eventually the group convinces Dr. Gordon and the boy, Xander, that they are just travelers. Xander apologizes for accosting them.


Just a few hundred feet away, [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are investigating the situation as Jessie brings up the idea of capturing Caterpie. She then recalls them encountering this strange Pokémon before as they were encased in its sticky string shot and hurried off into the distance.
Introductions are then exchanged as everyone tells their name and hometown. Ash compliment's Xander's Caterpie for its strong String Shot. Xander mentions that the Caterpie is his first Pokémon and his best friend and that they plan to go on a journey soon. Dr. Gordon then appears and raises a strange contraption from a nearby pool of water. It rises to the top and opens up, revealing an array of inventions based on different Pokémon's abilities, according to the doctor. He grabs one device, a microphone with a {{p|Jigglypuff}} figurine on top of it, and starts singing into it. The Jigglypuff figure starts singing its melody as well. The doctor quickly falls fast asleep.


As the doctor wishes them luck towards their Pokémon Contest, Caterpie starts acting strange and heads down the trail. Jessie, James, and {{MTR}} are rampaging through the doctor's building as Caterpie appears in the doorway. Everyone else then appears just seconds after as they are caught with the evidence in hand. A Pokémon battle is about to take place as Caterpie heads into battle as Jessie calls upon her {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}. The doctor seems to not have really cared about what Jessie and James had before, but when James picks up a orange case, he then seems to be concerned. Caterpie snatches the case with its String Shot but Seviper turns around and grasps it with its fangs. {{AP|Pikachu}} delivers a swift {{m|Quick Attack}} into Seviper which throws the case towards the ground and forces it open which reveals it to have seven small blue balls.
Outside, [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are investigating the situation. Jessie brings up the idea of capturing Caterpie, especially after it ruined their plans last night and made them flee while encased in String Shot.


Caterpie then eats one and a mysterious light appears around its body. Caterpie's body seems to have increased in size by at least ten times as it now easily towers over Jessie and James. They are then ejected from the building and their stolen objects hit the ground. Brock mentions that those blue balls are called "Mystery Candy" but the doctor mentions that its his "Mystery Candy Complete" . Those small round blue balls seem to increase a Pokémon's size by a gigantic ratio. The mysterious light appears again as Caterpie then grows in size even more and breaks through the ceiling.
As the doctor wishes them luck towards their Pokémon Contest, Caterpie senses something and heads down the trail. Jessie, James, and {{MTR}} are rummaging through the doctor's belongings as Caterpie appears in the doorway. Everyone else appears soon afterward, and a Pokémon battle is about to take place. Caterpie heads into battle as Jessie calls upon her {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}. When James picks up an orange case, Dr. Gordon becomes very concerned about what he calls his most important invention. Caterpie snatches the case with its String Shot, but Seviper grabs hold of it with its fangs, severing the strand. {{AP|Pikachu}} delivers a swift {{m|Quick Attack}} into Seviper, causing the case to fall to the ground and open, revealing several small, blue balls.


Caterpie heads towards the nearby city, stampeding through and managing to crush a bridge. The doctor pulls everyone into a hot air balloon with a Machoke suit on and heads towards Caterpie's location. Caterpie then arrives at a huge tower in the city and starts to climb atop. After it reaches the halfway point of the tower, the weaker half of the tower fails due to Caterpie's weight and falls on top of the lower city. A mysterious evolution seems to be taking place. As the light emits from Caterpie's body, it starts to evolve into {{p|Metapod}}.
Caterpie then eats one and a reddish light appears around its body. Caterpie's body increases to several times its normal size, reaching all the way to the lab ceiling. Caterpie Tackles Team Rocket and sends them blasting off and leaving the stolen objects behind. Brock figures that the blue balls are "Mystery Candy," but the doctor says that it's his "Mystery Candy Complete." The balls are meant to be a multivitamin to maximize a Pokémon's potential, but the doctor had no idea that this is what would happen. The mysterious light appears again as Caterpie then grows in size even more and breaks through the ceiling. May tells Xander to return it to its Poké Ball, but he reveals that he has never actually caught Caterpie.


Jessie and James seem to be surprised at the pills' effect as {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} reveals that it recovered three of them when they were blasted out of the lab. Jessie, James, and Meowth appear giving their usual entrance theme. Meowth then grasps onto the doctor and forces him toward Team Rocket. Jessie then throws the three pills towards {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} and {{TP|James|Cacnea}} as Dustox catches two and Cacnea catches one. They both grow in size until both are easily ten times their normal size. James tries to tell Cacnea a command but it just turns around and jumps onto James's small and fragile body. Cacnea then gets back up and reveals James's body which is smashed into the ground. Jessie has captured the doctor as both Meowth and James head for Dustox which has landed on the ground. They lift off and start ascending towards the city.
Caterpie heads towards the nearby city, stampeding through and breaking right through a bridge. The doctor dons one of his inventions, a Machoke suit that increases one's strength by a factor of ten, and pulls a wagon containing the others. Caterpie then arrives at a huge tower in the city and starts to climb it. About halfway up, the top half of the tower fails due to Caterpie's weight and falls on top of the city below. Suddenly, Caterpie gives off brilliant white light and evolves into {{p|Metapod}}, but remains perched atop the broken tower. [[Officer Jenny]] comes onto the scene and Dr. Gordon explains that this mess is his fault.


The mysterious light appears again around Metapod's body and it begins metamorphosis into {{p|Butterfree}}. May queries Butterfree's data up on her Pokédex. Flying through the sky, the doctor seems to be surprised at his pill's power. Ash and the young boy head toward Butterfree and Team Rocket. After seeing them in sight, Team Rocket then starts attacking Butterfree with Pin Missile as Butterfree tries to dodge them. Down below on the ground, the rest of the gang is heading down a road as the missiles head towards their vehicle.
Jessie and James are upset over having lost the pills earlier, but {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} reveals that it grabbed three of them before they were blasted out of the lab. The trio recite their motto before seizing Dr. Gordon. Ash orders Pikachu to use {{m|Thunderbolt}}, but James sends out {{TP|James|Cacnea}} to use {{m|Pin Missile}}. Pikachu manages to dodge until one of the pins scores a direct hit. Jessie sends out {{TP|Jessie|Dustox}} and throws the three pills towards it, but one falls short and lands in Cacnea's mouth. They both grow to about the same size as Metapod, to the surprise of everyone else. James tries to tell Cacnea a command, but it just turns around and falls onto James's relatively small body, crushing him into the ground. James returns Cacnea to its Poké Ball and the trio run away with the doctor in their possession and fly away on top of Dustox's back.


Pikachu launches a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at Team Rocket but they easily dodge its attack. There are several electrical poles in front of them as they start flying closer. Pikachu then launches another Thunderbolt at the poles electrifying them. Butterfree then launches a {{m|Confusion}} attack towards Team Rocket which knocks everyone unconscious. The mysterious light appears around Dustox again as it then returns back to normal size. This leaves Team Rocket without anything to hold them in flight, sending the doctor and everyone hurling towards the ground. Butterfree comes to the rescue and saves the doctor from the fall.
From atop the wrecked tower, Metapod's body begins to glow as it appears that it will evolve again soon. The Pokémon evolves into {{p|Butterfree}}, whose data May queries on her Pokédex. Flying through the sky, Dr. Gordon marvels at the experience of riding a Dustox. Ash and Xander appear on top of Butterfree, flying toward Dustox and Team Rocket. Jessie orders Dustox to use {{m|Poison Sting}}, which Butterfree dodges but the rest of the gang have trouble evading on the ground below as they ride along in Officer Jenny's off-road vehicle.


James, Jessie, and Meowth hurl towards the ground and splash into a nearby lake. The team on the ground consisting of Joy, Brock, and Max finally arrive at the scene. Still standing in the nearby water, this leaves an easily conductible surface as Pikachu sends many volts surging through the water electrifying the whole team. Butterfree then starts flapping its wings and creates a giant gust of wind sending Team Rocket blasting off into the sky.
Pikachu launches a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at Dustox but misses. Ash notices steel electrical towers ahead of Dustox and directs Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on them, causing Dustox to narrowly avoid the power lines by diving recklessly. Xander tells Butterfree to use {{m|Supersonic}}, confusing Dustox and everyone aboard. The mysterious light appears around Dustox again as it quickly returns to normal size. This leaves Team Rocket and Dr. Gordon helplessly falling to the ground. Team Rocket falls into a lake below, but Butterfree saves the doctor from the fall.


A mysterious light then appears around Butterfree as it then returns back to normal size. After experiencing a mysterious evolution and another amazing day in the Kanto Region, the gang is off to the Saffron City Contest.
Team Rocket starts wading to shore just as the rest of the group shows up with Officer Jenny. Jessie tells Dustox to use {{m|Psybeam}} on them, but Butterfree appears and Ash tells Pikachu to use {{m|Thunder}} on Team Rocket, who are still standing in the water. Xander tells Butterfree to use {{m|Whirlwind}}, blasting Team Rocket off with a gust of wind.


== Major events ==
Soon afterward, the mysterious light appears around Butterfree as it then returns to normal size. Xander says that he's glad Butterfree is back to normal and is excited to go on a journey with it someday. After experiencing a mysterious evolution and another amazing day in the Kanto region, the gang is off to the Saffron City Contest.
 
==Major events==
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{{animeevents}}


=== Debuts ===
===Debuts===


== Characters ==
==Characters==
=== Humans ===
===Human===
* {{Ash}}
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|May}}
* {{an|May}}
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* [[Dr. Gordon]]
* [[Dr. Gordon]]


=== Pokémon ===
===Pokémon===
[[File:PTC AG142.png|thumb|200px|right|Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]
[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]: {{p|Sableye}}
 
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
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* {{p|Cacnea}} ({{OP|James|Cacnea}})
* {{p|Cacnea}} ({{OP|James|Cacnea}})
* {{p|Caterpie}} ([[Xander]]'s; befriended; evolves)
* {{p|Caterpie}} ([[Xander]]'s; befriended; evolves)
* {{p|Metapod}} ([[Xander]]'s; befriended; newly evolved, evolves)
* {{p|Metapod}} ([[Xander]]'s; befriended; newly evolved; evolves)
* {{p|Butterfree}} ([[Xander]]'s; befriended; newly evolved)
* {{p|Butterfree}} ([[Xander]]'s; befriended; newly evolved)


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
[[File:Jigglypuff karaoke mike.png|thumb|right|Jigglypuff mike]]
[[File:Jigglypuff karaoke mike.png|thumb|200px|Jigglypuff mike]]
* Chinami Nishimura returns as [[Officer Jenny]] in the original Japanese dub.  
* [[Chinami Nishimura]] returns as [[Officer Jenny]] in the Japanese cast.  
* This is the last episode where Officer Jenny is voiced by [[Jamie Davyous Owens]].
* This is the last English dub episode in which Officer Jenny is voiced by [[Jamie Davyous Owens]].
* {{OBP|Battle Frontier|song}} plays during the rescue scene.
* ''{{OBP|Battle Frontier|song}}'' plays during the rescue scene.
* The {{p|Jigglypuff}} on the karaoke mike has a tiny marker like the one that the anime {{an|Jigglypuff}} carries with it.
* The {{p|Jigglypuff}} on the karaoke mike has a tiny marker like the one that the anime {{an|Jigglypuff}} carries with it.
* This episode may have been a tribute to the ''{{wp|Mothra}}'' franchise of monster films.
* This episode may have been a tribute to the ''{{wp|Mothra}}'' franchise of monster films.
* This is so far the only time when a Pokémon has evolved twice during a single episode.
* This is the first episode in which a Pokémon evolves twice. The next time this happened was in ''[[BW130|Butterfree and Me!]].''
** Coincidentally, the Pokémon evolving in that episode was also a {{p|Caterpie}}.
** The third instance also involved an introductory {{t|Bug}} type, a {{p|Scatterbug}} in ''[[XY012|To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!]]''.
* This is one of the few episodes in which Cacnea does not hug [[James]] upon leaving its [[Poké Ball]], though it does so after eating the Mystery Candy.
 
===Error===
* When Team Rocket blast off the first time after Caterpie eats the candy, [[Jessie's Seviper]] is no where to be seen, despite being present during that scene.
 
===Dub edits===
* In the Japanese version, the candy that [[Dr. Gordon]] invents is [[Rare Candy]] (''Fushigina Ame''). The dub mistakenly calls it "Mystery Candy," which is a literal translation of its Japanese name.
 


=== Pokémon Trainer's Choice ===
====[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]====
* Question: Trainers, which of these Pokémon does not evolve?
* Question: Trainers, which of these Pokémon does not evolve?
* Choices: {{p|Skitty}}, {{p|Sableye}}, {{p|Nincada}}
* Choices: {{p|Skitty}}, {{p|Sableye}}, {{p|Nincada}}
* Answer: OK, trainers! If you chose {{p|Sableye}}, you were right!
* Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose Sableye, you were right!
 
=== Errors ===
=== Dub edits ===
* In the original version, the candy that Dr. Gordon invents (which Xander later gives to his Caterpie that causes him to become a giant) is the Rare Candy (Fushigina Ame). The dub mistakenly calls it "Mystery Candy", which is a literal translation of its Japanese name.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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AG141 : Hail to the Chef!
Advanced Generation series
AG143 : The Saffron Con
Caterpie's Big Dilemma
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AG142   EP416
進化!その神秘と奇跡!!
Evolution! That Mystery and Wonder!!
First broadcast
Japan September 8, 2005
United States June 10, 2006
English themes
Opening Unbeatable
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening バトルフロンティア
Ending ポケモンかぞえうた
Credits
Animation Team Ota
Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard しのゆきひろ Yukihiro Shino
Assistant director 中村圭三 Keizō Nakamura
Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda
No additional credits are available at this time.

Caterpie's Big Dilemma (Japanese: 進化!その神秘と奇跡!! Evolution! That Mystery and Wonder!!) is the 142nd episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 416th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 8, 2005 and in the United States on June 10, 2006.

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Blurb

On their way to Saffron City, Ash and his friends encounter a Caterpie and its Trainer-in-training, Xander, who mistakes them for lab robbers. Fortunately, Dr. Gordon, the lab owner and Xander's teacher, shows up and things are sorted out. The kids visit Dr. Gordon's lab, where he makes all kinds of strange inventions. Of course, Team Rocket wants to steal them all!

Caterpie helps catch them in the act, but in the process, Dr. Gordon's briefcase opens and blue candies roll out. Caterpie eats some and grows until it's big enough to send Team Rocket blasting off. The Mystery Candy Complete keeps Caterpie growing until it's bigger than a building! The giant Caterpie heads into town as people flee in a panic. Climbing the local radio tower, it then evolves into Metapod.

Elsewhere, Team Rocket discovers that Wobbuffet stole some Mystery Candy too, so they head back into town and kidnap Dr. Gordon. The Candy makes Dustox and Cacnea huge—Dustox is so big that Team Rocket hops on its back and flies away with Dr. Gordon! Metapod evolves into a giant Butterfree just in time for Ash and Xander to give chase.

After some aerial maneuvers, Dustox suddenly shrinks back to normal size. Butterfree catches it but Team Rocket plummets into a pond. No sooner do they emerge than Officer Jenny arrives with Ash's friends, and when Team Rocket puts up a fight, Pikachu and Butterfree send them on their way once more. Eventually Butterfree returns to normal size too, and Ash says farewell to Xander and his newly-evolved friend—as well as Dr. Gordon, who's now more enthusiastic about his inventions than ever!

Plot

It's another beautiful day in the Kanto region, as Ash and his friends head towards their next destination, Saffron City. A Caterpie suddenly pops out from the bushes and appears to be angry. Curious about it, May brings out her Pokédex. A young boy then appears and accuses the group of being thieves. The boy commands Caterpie to use String Shot on Ash and the gang. Ash and friends cry out in protest, but Caterpie continues to encase them in String Shot. A man in a lab coat called Dr. Gordon and with a strange device on his head comes onto the scene, and tries to determine the truth about the trio. Using the device's Alakazam, he determines that... their limousine is waiting for them. Eventually the group convinces Dr. Gordon and the boy, Xander, that they are just travelers. Xander apologizes for accosting them.

Introductions are then exchanged as everyone tells their name and hometown. Ash compliment's Xander's Caterpie for its strong String Shot. Xander mentions that the Caterpie is his first Pokémon and his best friend and that they plan to go on a journey soon. Dr. Gordon then appears and raises a strange contraption from a nearby pool of water. It rises to the top and opens up, revealing an array of inventions based on different Pokémon's abilities, according to the doctor. He grabs one device, a microphone with a Jigglypuff figurine on top of it, and starts singing into it. The Jigglypuff figure starts singing its melody as well. The doctor quickly falls fast asleep.

Outside, Jessie and James are investigating the situation. Jessie brings up the idea of capturing Caterpie, especially after it ruined their plans last night and made them flee while encased in String Shot.

As the doctor wishes them luck towards their Pokémon Contest, Caterpie senses something and heads down the trail. Jessie, James, and Meowth are rummaging through the doctor's belongings as Caterpie appears in the doorway. Everyone else appears soon afterward, and a Pokémon battle is about to take place. Caterpie heads into battle as Jessie calls upon her Seviper. When James picks up an orange case, Dr. Gordon becomes very concerned about what he calls his most important invention. Caterpie snatches the case with its String Shot, but Seviper grabs hold of it with its fangs, severing the strand. Pikachu delivers a swift Quick Attack into Seviper, causing the case to fall to the ground and open, revealing several small, blue balls.

Caterpie then eats one and a reddish light appears around its body. Caterpie's body increases to several times its normal size, reaching all the way to the lab ceiling. Caterpie Tackles Team Rocket and sends them blasting off and leaving the stolen objects behind. Brock figures that the blue balls are "Mystery Candy," but the doctor says that it's his "Mystery Candy Complete." The balls are meant to be a multivitamin to maximize a Pokémon's potential, but the doctor had no idea that this is what would happen. The mysterious light appears again as Caterpie then grows in size even more and breaks through the ceiling. May tells Xander to return it to its Poké Ball, but he reveals that he has never actually caught Caterpie.

Caterpie heads towards the nearby city, stampeding through and breaking right through a bridge. The doctor dons one of his inventions, a Machoke suit that increases one's strength by a factor of ten, and pulls a wagon containing the others. Caterpie then arrives at a huge tower in the city and starts to climb it. About halfway up, the top half of the tower fails due to Caterpie's weight and falls on top of the city below. Suddenly, Caterpie gives off brilliant white light and evolves into Metapod, but remains perched atop the broken tower. Officer Jenny comes onto the scene and Dr. Gordon explains that this mess is his fault.

Jessie and James are upset over having lost the pills earlier, but Wobbuffet reveals that it grabbed three of them before they were blasted out of the lab. The trio recite their motto before seizing Dr. Gordon. Ash orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, but James sends out Cacnea to use Pin Missile. Pikachu manages to dodge until one of the pins scores a direct hit. Jessie sends out Dustox and throws the three pills towards it, but one falls short and lands in Cacnea's mouth. They both grow to about the same size as Metapod, to the surprise of everyone else. James tries to tell Cacnea a command, but it just turns around and falls onto James's relatively small body, crushing him into the ground. James returns Cacnea to its Poké Ball and the trio run away with the doctor in their possession and fly away on top of Dustox's back.

From atop the wrecked tower, Metapod's body begins to glow as it appears that it will evolve again soon. The Pokémon evolves into Butterfree, whose data May queries on her Pokédex. Flying through the sky, Dr. Gordon marvels at the experience of riding a Dustox. Ash and Xander appear on top of Butterfree, flying toward Dustox and Team Rocket. Jessie orders Dustox to use Poison Sting, which Butterfree dodges but the rest of the gang have trouble evading on the ground below as they ride along in Officer Jenny's off-road vehicle.

Pikachu launches a Thunderbolt at Dustox but misses. Ash notices steel electrical towers ahead of Dustox and directs Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on them, causing Dustox to narrowly avoid the power lines by diving recklessly. Xander tells Butterfree to use Supersonic, confusing Dustox and everyone aboard. The mysterious light appears around Dustox again as it quickly returns to normal size. This leaves Team Rocket and Dr. Gordon helplessly falling to the ground. Team Rocket falls into a lake below, but Butterfree saves the doctor from the fall.

Team Rocket starts wading to shore just as the rest of the group shows up with Officer Jenny. Jessie tells Dustox to use Psybeam on them, but Butterfree appears and Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunder on Team Rocket, who are still standing in the water. Xander tells Butterfree to use Whirlwind, blasting Team Rocket off with a gust of wind.

Soon afterward, the mysterious light appears around Butterfree as it then returns to normal size. Xander says that he's glad Butterfree is back to normal and is excited to go on a journey with it someday. After experiencing a mysterious evolution and another amazing day in the Kanto region, the gang is off to the Saffron City Contest.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Characters

Human

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Sableye

Trivia

Jigglypuff mike

Error

  • When Team Rocket blast off the first time after Caterpie eats the candy, Jessie's Seviper is no where to be seen, despite being present during that scene.

Dub edits

  • In the Japanese version, the candy that Dr. Gordon invents is Rare Candy (Fushigina Ame). The dub mistakenly calls it "Mystery Candy," which is a literal translation of its Japanese name.


Pokémon Trainer's Choice

  • Question: Trainers, which of these Pokémon does not evolve?
  • Choices: Skitty, Sableye, Nincada
  • Answer: OK, Trainers! If you chose Sableye, you were right!

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