Ash Catches A PokemonAsh, Misty and Pikachu arrive in Viridian Forest, where Ash finds Caterpie, a Pokemon of the Insect element. Caterpie tries to be friendly with Misty, but she's scared of bugs, so she chases them away. Later on, Caterpie and Pikachu are "talking" together while Misty and Ash sleep, and Caterpie thinks that if he manages to evolve into Butterfree that Misty would like him.The next day, Ash finds Pidgeotto, a higher evolution of Pidgey; he sends Caterpie to weaken it but Caterpie is easily defeated. Pikachu weakens Pidgeotto by shocking it, and Ash captures it. Then out of the blue, Team Rocket appears, wanting to capture Pikachu; Pikachu gets blinded by Koffing's sludge attack, but Caterpie, weakened from the battle with Pidgeotto, manages to defeat Team Rocket and their Pokemon, and it evolves into Metapod.
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