EP003
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| Ash Catches a Pokémon! | |
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| ポケモン ゲットだぜ！ I Caught a Pokémon! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | April 15, 1997 |
| USA | September 10, 1998 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Pokémon Theme |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | めざせポケモンマスター |
| Ending | ひゃくごじゅういち |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Storyboard | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Assistant director | 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada |
| Animation director | 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa |
Ash Catches a Pokémon! (Japanese: ポケモンゲットだぜ！ I Caught a Pokémon!), was the third episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 15, 1997 and in USA on September 10, 1998.
In this episode, Ash and Misty travel through Viridian Forest, where Ash makes his very first capture.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
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Synopsis
Ash and Misty head into Viridian Forest, where Ash effortlessly captures a Caterpie to which Misty shows her complete dismay. The next morning, Ash, with the help of Pikachu, captures a Pidgeotto. Team Rocket then attacks the party and defeats Pikachu and Pidgeotto. In a last ditch effort, Ash sends out Caterpie, who gets rid of Team Rocket. Caterpie then evolves into a Metapod after its victory.
Major events
- Ash captures a Caterpie.
- Ash captures a Pidgeotto.
- Ash's Caterpie evolves into Metapod.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Caterpie (Ash's; new, evolves)
- Metapod (Ash's; newly evolved, debut)
- Pidgeotto (Ash's; new, debut)
- Ekans (Jessie's)
- Koffing (James's)
- Butterfree (debut)
- Beedrill (debut)
Trivia
- This is the first episode in which evolution is shown.
- According to a quote from this episode, Misty cannot stand carrots, peppers and Bug Pokémon.
- This is the only time a main character catches a Pokémon that evolves in the same episode.
- Misty reads the episode title at the start instead of Ash.
- This is the first episode where type advantages are mentioned: Flying-type moves are effective against Bug-type Pokémon.
- A real animal appears in this episode, as Pidgeotto is seen eating a regular worm. Real animals were only shown in the first season (due to there only being 151 Pokémon at the time).
- This is also the only episode where Ash captures two Pokémon of different species in one episode.
- Misty owns a red sleeping bag decorated with bubbles.
- Ash owns a blue sleeping bag.
- Ash mentions that the Pokémon League has regulations stating that trainers may only use one Pokémon at a time in battles. This could have been retconned years later in Advanced Generation where two-on-two battles are not considered unusual.
- Despite the episode title saying "a Pokémon", Ash catches two.
- Both Pokémon Ash catches in this episode are released by the time Ash travels to the Orange Islands.
Errors
Dub edits
- When Caterpie is looking sad due to Misty telling it to stay in its Poké Ball, the katakana for "Ga~n" (a Japanese sound effect) moves across the screen. This was painted out for the dub.
- When Misty is telling Ash that birds eat worms, she slaps him for putting his Pokémon in danger. This scene was cut.
In other languages
- European Portuguese: Ash captura um Pokémon
- Dutch: Ash vangt een Pokémon!
- French: Capture du premier Pokémon
- German: Ash im Jagdfieber
- Italian: Il primo Pokémon catturato
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Ash atrapa un Pokémon!
- Brazilian Portuguese: Ash pega um Pokémon
- Spanish: Ash atrapa un Pokémon
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
