caterpie

Caterpie is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Type: Bug

Abilities:

• Shield Dust: Blocks the additional effects of attacks taken.
• Run Away (Hidden Ability): Guarantees escape from wild Pokémon encounters.

Physical Characteristics:

• Small, green, caterpillar-like Pokémon
• Features yellow ring patterns along its side
• Distinctive red antenna on its head for releasing a strong odor to repel predators
• Soft body with short legs, designed for crawling

Behavior and Habitat:

• Commonly found in forests, particularly in the Kanto region
• Prefers leafy environments where it can blend into its surroundings
• Known for its voracious appetite, it consumes leaves rapidly
• Uses its coloration to camouflage against predators

In Battle:

• Primarily a defensive and evasive battler due to its low speed and attack stats
• Uses moves like Tackle and String Shot to hinder opponents
• Weak against Fire, Flying, and Rock types
• Typically relies on evolution to gain more offensive capabilities

Evolution:

• Evolves into Metapod starting at level 7
• Evolves from Metapod into Butterfree starting at level 10

Interesting Facts:

• One of the first Pokémon that trainers encounter in the wild in the original games
• Inspired by the Asian Swallowtail caterpillar
• Known for its role in teaching new trainers about Pokémon evolution
• Ash Ketchum caught a Caterpie in the early episodes of the Pokémon anime, showcasing its evolution into Butterfree

Level Up

TM/HM

Breeding

Tutor

Other

• Leafgreen: Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.
• Red: Its short feet are tipped with suction pads thatenable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.
• Blue: Its short feet are tipped with suction pads thatenable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.
• Yellow: If you touch the feeler on top of its head, it willrelease a horrible stink to protect itself.
• Gold: For protection, it releases a horri­ ble stench fromthe antenna on its head to drive away enemies.
• Silver: Its feet have suction cups designed to stickto any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees to forage.
• Crystal: It crawls into foliage where it camouflages itselfamong leaves that are the same color as its body.
• Ruby: CATERPIE has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes.From its antenna, this Pokémon releases a terrifically strong odor.
• Sapphire: CATERPIE has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes.From its antenna, this Pokémon releases a terrifically strong odor.
• Emerald: Its voracious appetite compels it to devour leaves bigger than itself without hesitation. It releases a terribly strong odor from its antennae.
• Firered: It is covered with a green skin. When it grows, it sheds the skin, covers itself with silk, and becomes a cocoon.
• Diamond: It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
• Pearl: It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
• Platinum: It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
• Heartgold: For protection, it releases a horrible stench from the antennae on its head to drive away enemies.
• Soulsilver: Its feet have suction cups designed to stick to any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees to forage.
• Black: It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
• White: It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
• Black-2: It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
• White-2: It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly.
• X: For protection, it releases a horrible stench from the antennae on its head to drive away enemies.
• Y: Its feet have suction cups designed to stick to any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees to forage.
• Omega-Ruby: Caterpie has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this Pokémon releases a terrifically strong odor.
• Alpha-Sapphire: Caterpie has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this Pokémon releases a terrifically strong odor.
• Sun: When attacked by bird Pokémon, it resists by releasing a terrifically strong odor from its antennae, but it often becomes their prey.
• Moon: It’s easy to catch, and it grows quickly, making it one of the top recommendations for novice Pokémon Trainers.
• Ultra-Sun: Perhaps because it would like to grow up quickly, it has a voracious appetite, eating a hundred leaves a day.
• Ultra-Moon: Its body is soft and weak. In nature, its perpetual fate is to be seen by others as food.
• Lets-Go-Pikachu: If you touch the feeler on top of its head, it will release a horrible stink to protect itself.
• Lets-Go-Eevee: If you touch the feeler on top of its head, it will release a horrible stink to protect itself.
• Sword: For protection, it releases a horrible stench from the antenna on its head to drive away enemies.
• Shield: Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.