Episode 3: "Ash Catches a Pok�mon"
Ash catches Caterpie and teases Misty with it. Then Misty admits to hating 3 things: carrots, bell peppers, and bugs. Misty is very very scared of Caterpie and runs away as hard as she can when Ash opens the pok�ball with caterpie in it. Caterpie seems to like Misty and is hurt by her feelings for him. He comes back to Ash and Misty says: "Hey why don't you like Caterpie then i'll just like Pikachu! ok?" pikachu doesnt think this is a bad idea and cuddles up to Misty. Ash gets very mad at pikachu for choosing Misty instead of him... Later that night, Caterpie and Pikachu "talk." (Caterpie tells about his evolution or something...) That morning Misty is Shouts as hard as she can, when she finds Caterpie Next to her in her sleeping bag.
Ash finds a Pidgeotto that morning, a Pidgey at its second stage of evolution. It chases Caterpie until Ash puts him in his Pok�ball, sending in Pikachu to catch the bird. Jesse, James and Meowth of Team Rocket soon reappear, demanding that Ash give them Pikachu. When he refuses, they release Koffing and Ekans. Koffing blinds Pikachu with a sludge attack, and Ash defends with Pidgeotto. The bird puts up a good fight, but is ultimately defeated. Ash has no choice but to use the weakened Caterpie. Caterpie uses his string attack to encase Ekans's head and Koffing, then kicks the blob into the snakes head. He then mummifies Meowth and Team Rocket makes a hasty retreat. Ash is very happy and proud o caterpie and himself, for winning their first battle. Ash thinks that Misty should Stroke him, only once, for his victory, but she is still scared to that for Caterpie. But when Ash finally convinces Misty to give Caterpie a pat on the head for a job well done, the bug suddenly covers himself with string and becomes a Metapod. Ash's Pok�dex states that this evolution happened quicker than normal for this creature. (And thats probably because of winning the battle against Team Rocket. Misty wants to leave Viridian Forest because of all the bugs, but Ash wants to stay and collect more Pok�mon.
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