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Ash Catches a Pokémon!

EP003   ポケモン ゲットだぜ！ Caught a Pokémon!

First broadcast Japan April 15, 1997 United States September 10, 1998

English themes Opening 2BA Master Ending

Japanese themes 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 No additional credits are available at this time.

Ash Catches a Pokémon! (Japanese: ポケモンゲットだぜ！ 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: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

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 capture a Pidgeotto. Team Rocket then attack the party and defeat 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 it's victory.

Major events

• Ash captures a Caterpie.
• Ash captures a Pidgeotto.
• Ash's Caterpie evolves into Metapod.

Debuts

• Ash's Caterpie/Metapod
• Ash's Pidgeotto

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's Pikachu)
• Caterpie / Metapod (Ash's Caterpie/Metapod)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Ekans (Jessie's Ekans)
• Koffing (James's Koffing)

Trivia

• This is the first episode in which evolution is shown.
• Misty cannot stand carrots, peppers and Bug Pokémon.
• This is the only time Ash 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 spoke about, Flying types are effective against Bug types.
• A real animal appears in this episode, as Pidgeotto is seen eating a regular worm.

Errors

Dub edits

• When Misty is telling Ash that birds eat worms, she slaps him. This scene was cut.

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