Goh's Butterfree

Goh's Butterfree ゴウのバタフリー Go's Butterfree

Goh's Butterfree

Debuts in Working My Way Back to Mew! Caught at Vermilion Forest Gender Male Ability Unknown Current location Cerise Park

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Butterfree Rikako Aikawa

Goh's Butterfree (Japanese: ゴウのバタフリー Go's Butterfree) is the sixth Pokémon that Goh caught in the Kanto region, and his seventh overall.

In the anime

History

Butterfree and Goh

In Working My Way Back to Mew!, Goh found Butterfree at Vermilion Forest and chased after him as Butterfree flew at the top of a large tree. Goh threw a Poké Ball at him, but missed as Butterfree was far too high for Goh to reach him. When Goh slipped and dropped his Poké Ball, Butterfree attempted to fly away, but Scorbunny kicked the Poké Ball directly onto Butterfree, resulting in its capture.

In A Snow Day for Searching!, Goh used Butterfree, Scorbunny, Beedrill, Scyther, and several others to find a wild Cubone's lost bone. When they came across the group of Mankey that stole the bone, Goh had Butterfree use Stun Spore to paralyze one of them.

In Panic in the Park!, Butterfree joined a group made up of Goh's other Bug-type Pokémon, which came into conflict with another faction led by Goh's Darmanitan, which was made up of Normal and Poison-type Pokémon, after the food around Cerise Park had been stolen. Butterfree and Venomoth combined their Stun Spore attacks, which were blocked by Grimer's Poison Gas. As the battle escalated, Scyther took control of the Bug-type group, but the infighting ended when Golurk lost control of itself, causing Cerise Park to become flooded. Butterfree joined the rest of the Pokémon in saving Goh's three Cascoon, allowing them to evolve into Dustox and clear the storm with Sunny Day.

In There's a New Kid in Town!, Goh enlisted the help of Butterfree and Venomoth by having them use Stun Spore to locate the invisible crying Sobble, as its crying was affecting all the Pokémon in the proximity, and its paralysis caused Sobble to reappear, but it kept crying until Dragonite hugged the Water Lizard Pokémon to comfort it, which caused Sobble to fall asleep and stop crying.

In Big Brother to the Rescue!, Goh used Butterfree, along with other Pokémon in the park, to create a fountain so that Grimer and Froakie could live in Cerise Laboratory without dirtying the stream.

In These Could be the Starts of Something Big!, Butterfree attended a surprise party hosted by the Lab members commemorating Goh and Ash's departure. After that, Butterfree posed for a group photo with Goh, Ash, and the others.

Personality and characteristics

Butterfree and Venomoth

Butterfree is shown as being a helpful Pokémon for restraining its targets with his Stun Spore attack. He's also useful whenever Goh requires aerial assistance such as searching for lost items or Pokémon.

Butterfree is usually seen alongside Venomoth, and they often combined their Stun Spore attacks together to cover a wider area whenever Goh deems it necessary. They also perform this combo on their own accord, seen when Butterfree and Venomoth used it during their confrontation with the Normal and Poison-type Pokémon faction in Panic in the Park!.

Moves used

Using Stun Spore	Move First Used In Stun Spore A Snow Day for Searching!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Artwork

Official artwork of Working My Way Back to Mew!

In the manga

Butterfree (along with Goh's other Bug Pokémon) in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Butterfree debuted in Battle Frontier Challenge: The Flute Cup!.

Trivia

• Butterfree is Goh's first Flying-type Pokémon.
• Butterfree is Goh's first Pokémon to have its gender confirmed.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Butterfree.

References

Goh's Pokémon
On hand:	Cinderace	Inteleon	Grookey
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
With Professor Cerise:	Caterpie	Venomoth	Butterfree	Pinsir	Beedrill	Scizor
	Taillow	Mantyke	Misdreavus	Dewgong	Greedent	Darmanitan
	Golurk	Cubone	Grimer	Farfetch'd	Magikarp (giant)	Heracross
	Raichu	Trapinch	Flygon	Pyukumuku	Aerodactyl	Boldore
	Absol	Panpour	Frogadier
Roaming the world:	Suicune
Released:	Floette	Ninetales	Cyndaquil
Traded away:	Second Pinsir
Given away:	Eternatus	Dugtrio
Status unknown:	Kingdra
Temporary:	Pikachu	Sunflora
For a detailed list of Pokémon currently owned by Goh, see here

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