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Ash discovers and catches a Caterpie—his first Pokémon capture! Though Ash is excited, Misty is grossed out by Bug-type Pokémon, so she is repulsed by its attempts to be friends with her. At night, as Ash and Misty sleep, Caterpie shares with Pikachu its dream of evolving into a Butterfree.
The next day, Ash is able to capture a Pidgeotto after battling it with Pikachu. Before Ash can celebrate too wildly, Misty reminds him that his success is due more to luck than skill.
Team Rocket shows up to steal Pikachu—they realize that there's really something special about this Pokémon—and Ash vows to defend himself. Pikachu and Pidgeotto are weakened by Koffing and Ekans, so he reluctantly sends out Caterpie. To the surprise of Jessie and James—not to mention Ash—Caterpie's String Shot is able to defeat the Team Rocket Pokémon, including Meowth!
When Misty tries to make nice with Caterpie, it evolves into a Metapod. Could a Butterfree Evolution be far behind?
Original Release
04/15/1997
US Release
09/10/1998
Cast
Name | Character |
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Unsho Ishizuka | Narrator / Professor Oak (voice) |
Rica Matsumoto | Satoshi / Satoshi (voice) |
Mayumi Izuka | Kasumi / Kasumi (voice) |
Rodger Parsons | Narrator |
Shin'ichirô Miki | Kojiro / Kojirou (voice) |
Rikako Aikawa | Caterpie |
Rostislav Prochovnik | Arbo |
Megumi Hayashibara | Pidgeotto / Musashi / Musashi (voice) |
Ted Lewis | James |
Rachael Lillis | Misty / Jessie |
Directors
Masamitsu Hidaka, Armen Mazlumian
Writers
Atsuhiro Tomioka, John Touhey, Thomas D. Sullivan, Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sakamoto, Michael Haigney, Norman J. Grossfeld, Crispin Freeman
Creators
Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori
Cast
Name | Character |
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Unsho Ishizuka | Narrator / Professor Oak (voice) |
Rica Matsumoto | Satoshi / Satoshi (voice) |
Mayumi Izuka | Kasumi / Kasumi (voice) |
Rodger Parsons | Narrator |
Shin'ichirô Miki | Kojiro / Kojirou (voice) |
Rikako Aikawa | Caterpie |
Rostislav Prochovnik | Arbo |
Megumi Hayashibara | Pidgeotto / Musashi / Musashi (voice) |
Ted Lewis | James |
Rachael Lillis | Misty / Jessie |
Inuko Inuyama | Nyarth / Meowth (voice) |
Nick Stellate | Pokédex |
Eric Stuart | Ekans |
Matthew Sussman | Meowth |
Veronica Taylor | Ash Ketchum |
Ikue Otani | Pikachu / Pikachu (voice) |
Michael Haigney | Koffing |
Satomi Korogi | Togepi (voice) |
Yûko Kobayashi | Shigeru Oak (voice) |
Yuji Ueda | Takeshi (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tsunekazu Ishihara | Executive Producer |
Alfred Kahn | Executive Producer |
Tom Kenny | Executive Producer |
Norman J. Grossfeld | Executive Producer |
Donna Castricone | Producer |
Keisuke Iwata | Producer |
Shûkichi Kanda | Producer |
Takemoto Mori | Producer |
Takayuki Yanagisawa | Producer |
Choji Yoshikawa | Producer |
Michael Haigney | Producer |