Lepiduo (Pokémon)


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Caterpie (Japanese: キャタピー  Caterpie) is a Pokémon.

It evolves into starting at level 7, which evolves into  starting at level 10.

Biology
Caterpie is a Pokémon that resembles a green caterpillar. There yellow ring-shaped markings down the sides of its body, which resemble its large yellow eyes. Its most notable characteristic is the bright red antenna on its head, which releases a stench to repel predators. This structure and the large eye-shaped markings help to startle predators. Its feet are tipped with suction cups, permitting this Pokémon to scale most surfaces with minimal effort.

Caterpie will shed its skin many times before finally cocooning itself in thick silk. It can also spit this silk in order to entangle foes as seen in the anime. Its primary diet is vegetation, and its voracious appetite causes it to eat leaves larger than itself. According to Pokémon Adventures, its favorite food is the Vermilion flower. Caterpie lives in.

Ash's Caterpie
A Caterpie was the first Pokémon that Ash Ketchum caught from the wild, in Ash Catches a Pokémon. It evolved into in the same episode, and then into  the following episode.

Other
Bucky owns a Caterpie as seen in The Dunsparce Deception where he used it to compete in a race with but lost due to its slow speed.

A Caterpie that appeared in Caterpie's Big Dilemma belonging to a young Trainer named Xander ate some of Dr. Gordon's enhanced Rare Candies and turned giant. Xander's Caterpie eventually evolved into a.

A Caterpie appeared in Butterfree and Me!.

Minor appearances
A Caterpie appeared in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village. It was one of the Pokémon in Melanie's care. It reappeared in a flashback in Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!.

A Caterpie appeared in Electric Shock Showdown under the ownership of an unnamed Trainer.

A Caterpie also appeared in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, Pokémon Fashion Flash, The Breeding Center Secret, Clefairy Tales, Mewtwo Strikes Back, Camp Pikachu, Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, Destiny Deoxys, and One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!

A Pink Caterpie appeared in In the Pink, residing on the Pinkan Island.

Multiple Caterpie appeared in Tracey Gets Bugged, Celebi: Voice of the Forest and Coming Full-Festival Circle!.

and were both shown in a flashback to have once owned a Caterpie each in Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?.

A Caterpie appeared in Illusion Confusion! as an illusion created by and.

Multiple Caterpie appeared in For Crying Out Loud where they were accidentally wet by Wilhomena's.

Multiple Caterpie were in Azalea Gym in Gettin' The Bugs Out.

A Caterpie appeared in The Bug Stops Here. Misty chases it away when it is talking with.

A Caterpie was one of the sick Pokémon in a Pokémon Center in Carrying On!.

A Caterpie appeared in Jessie's fantasy in Wings 'N' Things.

A Caterpie was one of the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.

Multiple Caterpie appeared in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! where they protected the Tin Tower after stole the crystal bells on the top floor.

In Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution, Team Rocket's experiments made Pokémon feel sick, one being a Caterpie.

A Caterpie was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.

A Caterpie appeared under the ownership of a in Hi Ho Silver Wind!

A Caterpie also appeared in One Big Happiny Family! in Jessie's fantasy.

A Caterpie also appeared in Genesect and the Legend Awakened at Pokémon Hills.

A Caterpie appeared in Alexa's magazine in The Journalist from Another Region!.

A Caterpie appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.

A Caterpie appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!, Mega-Mega Meowth Madness! and Day Three Blockbusters! at Professor Sycamore's lab.

A Caterpie appeared in a flashback in Seeing the Forest for the Trees!.

Red's Caterpie
caught a Caterpie which was registered in his Pokédex. It evolved into before his Gym battle with Brock.

Two Caterpie appeared in File 3: Giovanni caged in the Rocket Hideout and Silph Co. while Team Rocket was around.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
's Caterpie appears in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu.

Caterpie is the second wild Pokémon that Ash captures in the manga. It was caught in Pikachu, I See You!. It evolves twice in Play Misty For Me—first into while Ash is showing off his Pokémon to, and then into  during his Gym battle against Misty.

Ash is not shown releasing his Butterfree in the manga, although it is not seen after Haunting My Dreams.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Caterpie's first appearance is a cameo in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory. It also makes a cameo in The Secret of Kangaskhan.

Another Caterpie appeared as a silhouette when explains about  in The Jynx Jinx.

Caterpie made its main appearance in the in As Gastly as Before. With the help of her fishing rod and 's Pika, saved a Caterpie from its tree, which was targeted by a fire attack. Caterpie then followed Yellow to where she and were training, next to the Rock Tunnel. It took Yellow a whole day to properly catch this Caterpie with a Poké Ball, but once she prevailed, Yellow welcomed Caterpie to her team and called it "Kitty". It then became one of Yellow's most useful Pokémon, whose string was commonly used to make floaters. However, in the battle against Lance, Yellow did not have a Pokédex, which she needed to stop her Pokémon from evolving, and so Kitty evolved into and then into  right afterwards.

A Caterpie was mentioned as one of the Pokémon Crys had captured for Professor Oak in Three Cheers for Chikorita.

A Caterpie was one of the Pokémon Crystal fails to catch in Absolutely Azumarill.

A Caterpie appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest.

According to the Pokédex at the end of Volume 1, Red appears to have captured a Caterpie which evolved into a Metapod and then a Butterfree.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Shu has a Caterpie that he uses in various creative ways, mostly involving strange uses of its.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, Ginji saved a Caterpie from an attacking.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Caterpie is seen with during the baseball match that took place in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!.

NPC appearances

 * Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Caterpie is rescued in the first mission of the game. It is too young to be of any help to the rescue team but remains a strong fan throughout the game, even in its darkest hour.

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Alternate games

 * Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG Base Set, TCG Base Set 2, TCG Legendary Collection)
 * Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls.


 * Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG Neo Discovery)
 * For protection, it releases a horrible stench from the antennae on its head to drive away enemies.

Game locations

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In side games

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Trivia

 * Caterpie was both the first Pokémon to be captured and the first Pokémon to evolve in the anime.
 * Caterpie shares its name with . They are both known as the Worm Pokémon.
 * Until the release of, when it became able to learn , Caterpie was unable to do anything to a Ghost type outside of except . It shares this trait with its evolution, . This is also true for , and its evolution, , against Steel types before  was released.
 * Due to this, it was impossible to complete a Generation I game using only Caterpie or Metapod, since Struggle couldn't hit Ghost types at the time.
 * In the anime and in Pokémon Adventures, Caterpie holds the record as the Pokémon who takes the least time to evolve twice, taking only one episode in the anime and one chapter in Pokémon Adventures.
 * Poliwag and Togepi also share this record, but in Pokémon Adventures only.
 * Prior to Generation VI, Caterpie's body style was [[File:Body02.png]].
 * In Ash Catches a Pokémon, when Caterpie evolves into Metapod, the process was similar to a real caterpillar going into pupation. Later episodes show Caterpie evolving like the rest of the Pokémon do.
 * Caterpie is tied with for having the lowest Special Defense stat of all  Pokémon and is tied with five other Pokémon for having the lowest Special Defense stat of all Pokémon.

Origin
Caterpie is a stylized, most resembling an caterpillar with the coloration of a. Its "antenna" is an, an organ unique to swallowtail caterpillars which, like Caterpie, they use to emit a foul odor. The tip of Caterpie's tail resembles the horn at the rear end of most species of larvae.

Name origin
Caterpie is a corruption of .

Related articles

 * Ash's Caterpie
 * Kitty
 * Caterpie (Red and Blue Rescue Team)