Kitty

Kitty ピーすけ Piisuke

Yellow's Butterfree

Debuts in As Gastly as Before Caught in Can't Catch Caterpie! Caught at Route 9 Evolves in The Might of... Metapod?! The Might of... Metapod?! Gender Male Ability Shield Dust*; Shed Skin*; Compound Eyes* Nature Brave Current location With Yellow

→ → This Pokémon spent 40 chapters as Caterpie and less than 1 chapter as Metapod.

Kitty (Japanese: ピーすけ Piisuke), known as Freesk in Chuang Yi's translation of the FireRed & LeafGreen arc, is a Butterfree that Yellow owns in Pokémon Adventures and her fifth Pokémon overall. As of A Well-Journeyed Jumpluff, he is at level 20, and his Characteristic is that he is "impetuous and silly."

History

Yellow arc

Kitty and Yellow

Kitty first appears as a Caterpie in As Gastly as Before. He is first seen in a tree and is about to be attacked by a Fire Blast launched by Blaine's Growlithe, which was attacking Agatha's Gastly. Yellow immediately jumps into action and sent Pika to rescue him by means of her fishing rod. After this, Yellow leaves with Blue to go train, with Caterpie watching her go.

In Can't Catch Caterpie!, Caterpie is revealed to have followed Yellow all the way from Celadon City. Blue tells Yellow to capture him and train him to a higher level. Yellow then sends out Ratty to try to catch him. The two spent all day trying but could not find a way to do it without hurting him. Blue eventually steps in and helps the two capture Caterpie, which she nicknames Kitty.

In the next chapter, Yellow leaves Kitty with Pika as she goes off to run an errand. After Yellow races off Kitty spots a leaf floating past, and chases after it. The leaf floats over to the edge of the cliff, so Pika chases after Kitty to stop him from falling off the edge. Kitty then chases the leaf and almost runs into a cactus. Pika runs in front of Kitty and blows the leaf away, with then flies off in a gust of wind. Pika finds another leaf and gives it to Kitty when suddenly a herd of Pidgeotto fly past and pick Kitty up in the process. Pika climbs the cliff, and then jumps off and shocks the Pidgeotto. The Pidgeotto drops Kitty, and Pika catches him, with Kitty looking very distressed. They land next to a tree and some flowers, and Kitty eats all the flowers, recovering his health and cheerfulness. The two then promptly fall asleep.

Kitty battling Lance

In Ekans the Ecstasy, Kitty uses his String Shot to help save the passengers of the sinking S.S. Anne.

In Eradicate Raticate!, Kitty is sent out alongside his teammates to battle against Lance and his Dragonite. Kitty attacks with String Shot, but Dragonite simply shrugs it off and throws Kitty away. He is later used in a team attack to try and stop Lance from shooting bubbles. Yellow had Kitty cover the volcano crater in String Shot to form a net that is doused by her Omny's water, linked to Ratty's sensitive whiskers. Upon Lance triggering the net, Ratty signals to Pika to send electricity down the net, forcing Lance's bubble into view. Yellow then orders Dody to break the bubble with Drill Peck, but the attack proves too weak.

In the final battle against Lance in The Might of... Metapod?!, after Yellow had lost the Pokédex, Kitty evolves into a Metapod to shield Yellow from a Hyper Beam, then immediately into a Butterfree at the same time as all of Yellow's other Pokémon. As a Butterfree, he carried her aloft, allowing her to conduct an aerial battle during the final confrontation with Lance on and above the back of the Legendary Pokémon.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Hello, Lickitung, Kitty rescued Yellow from a group of Lickitung. In The Last Battle VII, he defended the Day Care Center with the rest of her Pokémon from the half-masked Team Rocket Grunts.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Kitty is seen briefly in Bested by Banette, helping Yellow catch up to Sird and Orm, who had captured Silver.

Personality and characteristics

Kitty using his String Shot as a fishing line

As a Caterpie, Kitty was shown to be very ditsy and easily distracted. He would often wander around and get himself into dangerous situations, usually resulting in Pika getting hurt but Kitty walking away unharmed. Kitty has also been shown to be extremely affectionate of Yellow, shown when he followed her all the way from Celadon City just to stay with her. Kitty can frequently be seen rubbing affectionately against Yellow or wagging his tail happily.

Yellow often uses Kitty's String Shot in a variety of ways to help her out. Some examples include being used as a net, a means of tracking, a line for her fishing pole, and as a cast.

Appearance

As a Caterpie	As a Metapod

Moves used

Using Supersonic	Move First Used In String Shot Ekans the Ecstasy Tackle Unknown* Harden The Might of... Metapod?! Supersonic The Legend
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

• In Eradicate Raticate!, Kitty used Struggle.

Trivia

• At level 20, Kitty is the lowest leveled Pokémon belonging to a Pokédex holder.
• Kitty, along with Polibo and Togebo, is tied for taking the least amount of time to evolve twice, taking less than 1 chapter.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ピーすけ Piisuke	From キャタピー Caterpie
English	Kitty* Freesk*	A pun on kitty cat and Caterpie. From Butterfree
French	Chenipou (Kurokawa)	From Chenipan (Caterpie)
German	Raups	From Raupy (Caterpie)
Spanish, Italian	Kitty	Same as his English VIZ Media name
Chinese (Mandarin)	小毛蟲 Xiǎomáochóng	From 綠毛蟲 / 绿毛虫 Lǜmáochóng (Caterpie). Literally "small caterpillar".
Czech	Terpimír	From Caterpie and -mír
Brazilian Portuguese	Pipo	From Caterpie
Vietnamese	Pisuke	Transliteration of his Japanese name

Related articles

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

Yellow's Pokémon
On hand:	Ratty	Dody	Gravvy	Omny	Kitty	Chuchu
Released:	Seadra
Borrowed:	Pika	Slowpoke	Mewtwo

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