Caterpie (Sample Set)

This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

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Caterpie   キャタピー Caterpie

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Caterpie Type Grass HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Japanese expansion Sample Set For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Caterpie.

Caterpie (Japanese: キャタピー Caterpie) is a Grass-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Sample Set.

Card text

Tackle

たいあたり

10

String Shot

いとをはく

10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

e-Reader data

This card's ID is R-08-#.

Mini-game

The long strip contains data for the Sweet Scent animation.

Release information

This card is part of the Sample Set, a small collection of cards created in order to promote the e-Reader prior to its release in Japan on December 1, 2001. This card is part of the second produced collection, consisting of 10 cards utilized during the Nintendo Space World event held on August 24-26, 2001 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba. Some copies of this card eventually made their way into the hands of collectors.

Trivia

Origin

Tackle and String Shot are both moves in the Pokémon games that Caterpie can learn.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.