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* A real animal appears in this episode, as Pidgeotto is seen eating a regular worm. | * A real animal appears in this episode, as Pidgeotto is seen eating a regular worm, possibly due to the lack of {{type2|Bug}} Pokemon avaliable at the time. | ||
* This is also the only episode where Ash captures two Pokémon of different species in one episode. | * 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, while Ash owns a blue sleeping bag. | * Misty owns a red sleeping bag decorated with bubbles, while Ash owns a blue sleeping bag. | ||
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Ash Catches a Pokémon
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Ash Catches a Pokémon (Japanese: ポケモンゲットだぜ！ I Caught a Pokémon!) is 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.
Synopsis
Ash effortlessly captures the Caterpie he tossed a Poké Ball at in the last episode. Misty shows her complete dismay at it as she fears Bug-type Pokémon.
Even before the celebrations for Ash catching his first Pokémon can start, he spots yet another Pokémon, a Pidgeotto. Ash sends out his Caterpie to weaken the Flying Pokémon, but having a type advantage over Caterpie, Pidgeotto easily defeats it with a Peck attack. Misty then tells Ash that bugs are weak to fliers and so, Ash uses his Pikachu. Pikachu Thunderbolts Pidgeotto, knocking it out, and Ash easily makes his second capture. Team Rocket then arrive on scene and attack the twerps. Ash sends out Pidgeotto and Pikachu to battle, but Ekans and Koffing manage to defeat them. Ash is then compelled to use his Caterpie. Jessie and James make fun of the caterpillar Pokémon, but it actually manages to defeat Ekans and Koffing with a String Shot! Team Rocket is blasted away and suddenly, Caterpie starts covering itself with some fluids and becomes brighter and brighter. It then starts to grow, and finally, becomes a Metapod!
Ash and Misty then continue their journey through the forest to Pewter City with two new friends - Metapod and Pidgeotto.
Major events
- Ash captures a Caterpie.
- Ash captures a Pidgeotto.
- Ash's Caterpie evolves into Metapod.
Debuts
Pokémon
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.
- Also, in regards to another quote from this episode, Misty mentions that her age is 10 years old. This was only said in the original.
- This was the first time a main character catches a Pokémon that evolves in the same episode, the second being more than 500 episodes later in DP080.
- Misty reads the episode title at the start instead of Ash.
- This is the first episode where type advantages are mentioned: Template:Type2 moves are effective against Template:Type2 Pokémon.
- A real animal appears in this episode, as Pidgeotto is seen eating a regular worm, possibly due to the lack of Template:Type2 Pokemon avaliable 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, while 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.
- How Misty and Ash commented on Caterpie is different between the versions (mostly due to religious censorship). In the English version, Ash was mentioning how he loves Caterpie, and Misty sarcastically responds how it doesn't take a lot to love a worm, whereas in the original version, Ash comments that he and Caterpie is the same kind of Heaven, and Misty retorts that their Heaven is her Hell.
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Ash pega um Pokémon
- Czech: První chycený Pokémon
- Dutch: Ash vangt een Pokémon!
- European Portuguese: Ash captura um Pokémon
- Finnish: Ashin Pokémon-saalis
- French: Capture du premier Pokémon
- German: Ash im Jagdfieber
- Italian: Il primo Pokémon catturato
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Ash atrapa un Pokémon!
- Spanish: Ash atrapa un Pokémon
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