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==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||
[[File:Caterpie emitting stench.png|thumb|left|250px|Caterpie emitting a terrible stench]] | [[File:Caterpie emitting stench.png|thumb|left|250px|Caterpie emitting a terrible stench]] | ||
Caterpie is a | Caterpie is a Pokémon that resembles a green caterpillar. There yellow ring-shaped markings down the sides of its body, which resemble its large yellow eyes. Its most notable characteristic is the bright red antenna ({{wp|osmeterium}}) on its head, which releases a stench to repel predators. This structure and the large eye-shaped markings help to startle predators. Its feet are tipped with suction cups, permitting this Pokémon to scale most surfaces with minimal effort. | ||
Caterpie will shed its skin many times before finally cocooning itself in thick silk. It can also spit this silk in order to entangle foes as seen in | Caterpie will shed its skin many times before finally cocooning itself in thick silk. It can also spit this silk in order to entangle foes as seen in [[EP003|the anime]]. Its primary diet is vegetation, and its voracious appetite causes it to eat leaves larger than itself. According to [[Pokémon Adventures]], its favorite food is the Vermilion flower. Caterpie lives in {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Forest Pokémon|forests}}. | ||
==In the anime== | ==In the anime== | ||
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Multiple Caterpie appeared in ''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]'', ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'' and ''[[DP176|Coming Full-Festival Circle!]]''. | Multiple Caterpie appeared in ''[[EP097|Tracey Gets Bugged]]'', ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'' and ''[[DP176|Coming Full-Festival Circle!]]''. | ||
{{ | {{OBP|Ralph|EP100}} and {{OBP|Emily|EP100}} were both shown in a flashback to have once owned a Caterpie each in ''[[EP100|Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?]]''. | ||
A Caterpie appeared in ''[[EP121|Illusion Confusion!]]'' as an illusion created by {{p|Haunter}} and {{p|Gengar}}. | A Caterpie appeared in ''[[EP121|Illusion Confusion!]]'' as an illusion created by {{p|Haunter}} and {{p|Gengar}}. | ||
Multiple Caterpie appeared in ''[[EP132|For Crying Out Loud]]'' where they were accidentally wet by [[ | Multiple Caterpie appeared in ''[[EP132|For Crying Out Loud]]'' where they were accidentally wet by [[Wilhomena]]'s {{p|Marill}}. | ||
Multiple Caterpie were in [[Azalea Gym]] in ''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]''. | Multiple Caterpie were in [[Azalea Gym]] in ''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]''. | ||
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A Caterpie was used by one of the students of the [[Pokémon Trainer's School]] in ''[[AG015|Gonna Rule The School!]]''. | A Caterpie was used by one of the students of the [[Pokémon Trainer's School]] in ''[[AG015|Gonna Rule The School!]]''. | ||
A Caterpie appeared under the ownership of a Coordinator in ''[[AG121|Hi Ho Silver Wind!]]'' | A Caterpie appeared under the ownership of a {{pkmn|Coordinator}} in ''[[AG121|Hi Ho Silver Wind!]]'' | ||
A Caterpie also appeared in ''[[DP038|One Big Happiny Family!]]'' in [[Jessie]]'s fantasy. | A Caterpie also appeared in ''[[DP038|One Big Happiny Family!]]'' in [[Jessie]]'s fantasy. | ||
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A Caterpie also appeared in ''[[M16|Genesect and the Legend Awakened]]'' at [[Pokémon Hills]]. | A Caterpie also appeared in ''[[M16|Genesect and the Legend Awakened]]'' at [[Pokémon Hills]]. | ||
A Caterpie appeared in [[Alexa]]'s magazine in ''[[BW134|The Journalist from Another Region!]].'' | A Caterpie appeared in [[Alexa]]'s [[Magazines in the Pokémon world|magazine]] in ''[[BW134|The Journalist from Another Region!]].'' | ||
A Caterpie appeared in ''[[XY001|Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!]]''. | A Caterpie appeared in ''[[XY001|Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!]]''. | ||
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A Caterpie appeared in ''[[PS179|The Last Battle XIII]]'' as one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in [[Ilex Forest]]. | A Caterpie appeared in ''[[PS179|The Last Battle XIII]]'' as one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in [[Ilex Forest]]. | ||
According to the end of the [[Pokémon Adventures volume 1|Volume 1]][[Pokémon Adventures volume 2| & 2]]'s Pokédex, Red captured a Caterpie which evolved into a Metapod and then a Butterfree. | |||
===In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga=== | ===In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga=== | ||
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====By [[Level|leveling up]]==== | ====By [[Level|leveling up]]==== | ||
{{learnlist/levelh/6|Caterpie|Bug|Bug|1|xy=n}} | {{learnlist/levelh/6|Caterpie|Bug|Bug|1|xy=n}} | ||
{{learnlist/level6| | {{learnlist/level6|1|Tackle|Normal|Physical|50|100|35|||Tough|4|0}} | ||
{{learnlist/level6| | {{learnlist/level6|1|String Shot|Bug|Status|—|95|40|||Clever|2|3}} | ||
{{learnlist/level6|15|Bug Bite|Bug|Physical|60|100|20||'''|Cute|3|0}} | {{learnlist/level6|15|Bug Bite|Bug|Physical|60|100|20||'''|Cute|3|0}} | ||
{{learnlist/levelf/6|Caterpie|Bug|Bug|1}} | {{learnlist/levelf/6|Caterpie|Bug|Bug|1}} | ||
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P1=I'll eat lots and grow big. | | P1=I'll eat lots and grow big. | | ||
P2=This is so hard... My health is down to half. | | P2=This is so hard... My health is down to half. | | ||
P3=I can't keep up... I can't | P3=I can't keep up... I can't spit silk anymore... | | ||
PL=I leveled up! Happy! | | PL=I leveled up! Happy! | | ||
Dungeon2=yes | | Dungeon2=yes | | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Caterpie was both the first Pokémon to be captured and the first Pokémon to [[Evolution|evolve]] in the anime. | * Caterpie was both the first Pokémon to be captured and the first Pokémon to [[Evolution|evolve]] in the anime. | ||
* Caterpie shares its | * Caterpie shares its {{pkmn|category}} name with {{p|Wurmple}}. They are both known as the Worm Pokémon. | ||
* Until the release of {{game|Platinum}}, when it became able to learn {{m|Bug Bite}}, Caterpie was unable to do anything to a {{t|Ghost}} type outside of {{m|Struggle|struggling}} except {{m|String Shot|lower its Speed}}. It shares this trait with its evolution, {{p|Metapod}}. This is also true for {{p|Weedle}}, and its evolution, {{p|Kakuna}}, against {{t|Steel}} types before {{game|Platinum}} was released. | * Until the release of {{game|Platinum}}, when it became able to learn {{m|Bug Bite}}, Caterpie was unable to do anything to a {{t|Ghost}} type outside of {{m|Struggle|struggling}} except {{m|String Shot|lower its Speed}}. It shares this trait with its evolution, {{p|Metapod}}. This is also true for {{p|Weedle}}, and its evolution, {{p|Kakuna}}, against {{t|Steel}} types before {{game|Platinum}} was released. | ||
** Due to this, it was impossible to complete a [[Generation I]] game using only Caterpie or Metapod, since Struggle couldn't hit Ghost types at the time. | ** Due to this, it was impossible to complete a [[Generation I]] game using only Caterpie or Metapod, since Struggle couldn't hit Ghost types at the time. | ||
* In the anime and in Pokémon Adventures, Caterpie holds the record as the Pokémon who takes the least time to evolve twice, taking only [[BW130|one episode]] in the anime and [[PS89|one chapter]] in Pokémon Adventures. | * In the anime and in Pokémon Adventures, Caterpie holds the record as the Pokémon who takes the least time to evolve twice, taking only [[BW130|one episode]] in the anime and [[PS89|one chapter]] in Pokémon Adventures. | ||
** [[Polibo|Poliwag]] and [[Togebo|Togepi]] also share this record, but in Pokémon Adventures only. | |||
* Prior to Generation VI, Caterpie's body style was [[File:Body02.png]]. | * Prior to Generation VI, Caterpie's body style was [[File:Body02.png]]. | ||
* In ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]'', when Caterpie evolves into Metapod, the process was similar to a real caterpillar going into pupation. [[AG142|Later]] [[BW130|episodes]] show Caterpie evolving like the rest of the Pokémon do. | |||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
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|de=Raupy|demeaning=From ''{{tt|Raupe|caterpillar}}'' | |de=Raupy|demeaning=From ''{{tt|Raupe|caterpillar}}'' | ||
|it=Caterpie|itmeaning=Same as English/Japanese name | |it=Caterpie|itmeaning=Same as English/Japanese name | ||
|ko=캐터피 '' | |ko=캐터피 ''Caterpie''|komeaning=Same as Japanese name | ||
|bg=Катерпи ''Katerpi''|bgmeaning=Transcription as English/Japanese name | |bg=Катерпи ''Katerpi''|bgmeaning=Transcription as English/Japanese name | ||
|zh_yue=綠毛蟲 ''Luhkmòuhchùhng''|zh_yuemeaning="Green caterpillar", or literally, "Green furry worm" | |zh_yue=綠毛蟲 ''Luhkmòuhchùhng''|zh_yuemeaning="Green caterpillar", or literally, "Green furry worm" | ||
|zh_cmn=綠毛蟲 / 绿毛虫 ''Lǜmáochóng''|zh_cmnmeaning="Green caterpillar", or literally, "Green furry worm" | |zh_cmn=綠毛蟲 / 绿毛虫 ''Lǜmáochóng''|zh_cmnmeaning="Green caterpillar", or literally, "Green furry worm" | ||
|hi= कटेरपी ''Caterpie'' | |hi=कटेरपी ''Caterpie''|himeaning=Transcription of English/Japanese name | ||
|ru=Катерпи ''Katerpi''|rumeaning=Transcription of English/Japanese name | |ru=Катерпи ''Katerpi''|rumeaning=Transcription of English/Japanese name | ||
|th=คาเตอปี้ ''Caterpie''|thmeaning= | |th=คาเตอปี้ ''Caterpie''|thmeaning=Transcription of English/Japanese name | ||
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==Related articles== | ==Related articles== | ||
* [[Ash's Butterfree|Ash's Caterpie]] | * [[Ash's Butterfree|Ash's Caterpie]] | ||
* [[Kitty]] | |||
* [[Caterpie (Red and Blue Rescue Team)]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[fr:Chenipan]] | [[fr:Chenipan]] | ||
[[it:Caterpie]] | [[it:Caterpie]] | ||
[[ja:キャタピー]] | [[ja:キャタピー]] | ||
[[pl:Caterpie]] | [[pl:Caterpie]] | ||
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Caterpie (Japanese: キャタピー Caterpie) is a Bug-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Metapod starting at level 7, which evolves into Butterfree starting at level 10.
Biology
Caterpie is a Pokémon that resembles a green caterpillar. There yellow ring-shaped markings down the sides of its body, which resemble its large yellow eyes. Its most notable characteristic is the bright red antenna (osmeterium) on its head, which releases a stench to repel predators. This structure and the large eye-shaped markings help to startle predators. Its feet are tipped with suction cups, permitting this Pokémon to scale most surfaces with minimal effort.
Caterpie will shed its skin many times before finally cocooning itself in thick silk. It can also spit this silk in order to entangle foes as seen in the anime. Its primary diet is vegetation, and its voracious appetite causes it to eat leaves larger than itself. According to Pokémon Adventures, its favorite food is the Vermilion flower. Caterpie lives in forests.
In the anime
Major appearances
Ash's Caterpie
A Caterpie was the first Pokémon that Ash Ketchum caught from the wild, in Ash Catches a Pokémon. It evolved into Metapod in the same episode, and then into Butterfree the following episode.
Other
Bucky owns a Caterpie as seen in The Dunsparce Deception where he used it to compete in a race with Dunsparce but lost due to its slow speed.
A Caterpie that appeared in Caterpie's Big Dilemma belonging to a young Trainer named Xander ate some of Dr. Gordon's enhanced Rare Candies and turned giant. Xander's Caterpie eventually evolved into a Mothra-sized Butterfree.
A Caterpie appeared in Butterfree and Me!.
Minor appearances
A Caterpie appeared in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village. It was one of the Pokémon in Melanie's care. It reappeared in a flashback in Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!.
A Caterpie appeared in Electric Shock Showdown under the ownership of an unnamed Trainer.
A Caterpie also appeared in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, Pokémon Fashion Flash, The Breeding Center Secret, Clefairy Tales, Mewtwo Strikes Back, Camp Pikachu, Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, Destiny Deoxys, and One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!
A Pink Caterpie appeared in In the Pink, residing on the Pinkan Island.
Multiple Caterpie appeared in Tracey Gets Bugged, Celebi: Voice of the Forest and Coming Full-Festival Circle!.
Ralph and Emily were both shown in a flashback to have once owned a Caterpie each in Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?.
A Caterpie appeared in Illusion Confusion! as an illusion created by Haunter and Gengar.
Multiple Caterpie appeared in For Crying Out Loud where they were accidentally wet by Wilhomena's Marill.
Multiple Caterpie were in Azalea Gym in Gettin' The Bugs Out.
A Caterpie appeared in The Bug Stops Here. Misty chases it away when it is talking with Togepi.
A Caterpie was one of the sick Pokémon in a Pokémon Center in Carrying On!.
A Caterpie appeared in Jessie's fantasy in Wings 'N' Things.
A Caterpie was one of the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.
Multiple Caterpie appeared in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! where they protected the Tin Tower after Team Rocket stole the crystal bells on the top floor.
In Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution, Team Rocket's experiments made Pokémon feel sick, one being a Caterpie.
A Caterpie was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
A Caterpie appeared under the ownership of a Coordinator in Hi Ho Silver Wind!
A Caterpie also appeared in One Big Happiny Family! in Jessie's fantasy.
A Caterpie also appeared in Genesect and the Legend Awakened at Pokémon Hills.
A Caterpie appeared in Alexa's magazine in The Journalist from Another Region!.
A Caterpie appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A Caterpie appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!, Mega-Mega Meowth Madness! and Day Three Blockbusters! at Professor Sycamore's lab.
Pokédex entries
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In Pokémon Origins
Red's Caterpie
Red caught a Caterpie which was registered in his Pokédex. It evolved into Metapod before his Gym battle with Brock.
Two Caterpie appeared in File 3: Giovanni caged in the Rocket Hideout and Silph Co. while Team Rocket was around.
In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Ash's Caterpie
Ash's Caterpie appears in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu.
Caterpie is the second wild Pokémon that Ash captures in the manga. It was caught in Pikachu, I See You!. It evolves twice in Play Misty For Me—first into Metapod while Ash is showing off his Pokémon to Misty, and then into Butterfree during his Gym battle against Misty.
Ash is not shown releasing his Butterfree in the manga, although it is not seen after Haunting My Dreams.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Kitty
Caterpie's first appearance is a cameo in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory. It also makes a cameo in The Secret of Kangaskhan.
Another Caterpie appeared as a silhouette when Green explains about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
Caterpie made its main appearance in the Yellow arc in As Gastly as Before. With the help of her fishing rod and Red's Pika, Yellow saved a Caterpie from its tree, which was targeted by a fire attack. Caterpie then followed Yellow to where she and Blue were training, next to the Rock Tunnel. It took Yellow a whole day to properly catch this Caterpie with a Poké Ball, but once she prevailed, Yellow welcomed Caterpie to her team and called it "Kitty". It then became one of Yellow's most useful Pokémon, whose string was commonly used to make floaters. However, in the battle against Lance, Yellow did not have a Pokédex, which she needed to stop her Pokémon from evolving, and so Kitty evolved into Metapod and then into Butterfree right afterwards.
A Caterpie was mentioned as one of the Pokémon Crys had captured for Professor Oak in Three Cheers for Chikorita.
A Caterpie was one of the Pokémon Crystal fails to catch in Absolutely Azumarill.
A Caterpie appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest.
According to the end of the Volume 1 & 2's Pokédex, Red captured a Caterpie which evolved into a Metapod and then a Butterfree.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Shu has a Caterpie that he uses in various creative ways, mostly involving strange uses of its String Shot.
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, Ginji saved a Caterpie from an attacking Ariados.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Caterpie is seen with Green during the baseball match that took place in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!.
In the TCG
- Main article: Caterpie (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Caterpie is rescued in the first mission of the game. It is too young to be of any help to the rescue team but remains a strong fan throughout the game, even in its darkest hour.
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Alternate games
- Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Trading Card Game (Base Set, Base Set 2, Legendary Collection)
- Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (Neo Discovery)
- For protection, it releases a horrible stench from the antennae on its head to drive away enemies.
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TCG-only moves
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Headbutt | Caterpie (Expedition 96) |
Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Pinball RS
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Trivia
- Caterpie was both the first Pokémon to be captured and the first Pokémon to evolve in the anime.
- Caterpie shares its category name with Wurmple. They are both known as the Worm Pokémon.
- Until the release of Pokémon Platinum, when it became able to learn Bug Bite, Caterpie was unable to do anything to a Ghost type outside of struggling except lower its Speed. It shares this trait with its evolution, Metapod. This is also true for Weedle, and its evolution, Kakuna, against Steel types before Pokémon Platinum was released.
- Due to this, it was impossible to complete a Generation I game using only Caterpie or Metapod, since Struggle couldn't hit Ghost types at the time.
- In the anime and in Pokémon Adventures, Caterpie holds the record as the Pokémon who takes the least time to evolve twice, taking only one episode in the anime and one chapter in Pokémon Adventures.
- Prior to Generation VI, Caterpie's body style was .
- In Ash Catches a Pokémon, when Caterpie evolves into Metapod, the process was similar to a real caterpillar going into pupation. Later episodes show Caterpie evolving like the rest of the Pokémon do.
Origin
Caterpie is a stylized caterpillar, most resembling an Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar with the coloration of a Spicebush Swallowtail. Its "antenna" is an osmeterium, an organ unique to swallowtail caterpillars which, like Caterpie, they use to emit a foul odor. The tip of Caterpie's tail resembles the horn at the rear end of most species of hawk moth larvae.
Name origin
Caterpie is a corruption of caterpillar.
In other languages
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Related articles
External links
Notes
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species. |
- Pokémon
- Generation I Pokémon
- Bug-type Pokémon
- Single-type Pokémon
- Pokémon with a gender ratio of one male to one female
- Pokémon in the Medium Fast experience group
- Green-colored Pokémon
- Body style 14 Pokémon
- Bug group Pokémon
- Pokémon with wild held items
- Pokémon with a base stat total of 195
- Pokémon whose Special stat became both Special Attack and Special Defense
- Pokémon with 15 max performance stars
- Pokémon that cannot learn TMs
- Body size 1 Pokémon
- Pokémon that are part of a three-stage evolutionary line