Butterfree (Greta Parker)

Caterpie is the first Pokémon caught in Pocket Monsters. Before Caterpie was caught, she used to live in Pallet Jungle.

The Beginning


After Greta was given a task to catch a wild Pokémon in Pallet Jungle by Professor Oak in, she visited the jungle with Redwald Walker. After she and her Nidoran battled a wild Spearow in the jungle, they encountered the Caterpie on a tree, eating leaves. Greta stated that she always dreamed of catching a Caterpie, which led them to have a Pokémon Battle. Caterpie's opponent was Nidoran. During their battle, Caterpie showed how good she was at climbing and walking on upright objects such as trees and walls. Also Caterpie would use her String Shot as a defense mechanism to slow down the foe and attack them with Tackle fastly. The Pokémon Battle were almost in a draw for the whole time until Nidoran's Poison Point was activated and Caterpie got poisoned for touching her. Eventually, Greta caught Caterpie and so she became the member of her team.

Caterpie appeared for the first time in after she was caught. While Greta, and  were in danger, she was called out of the PokéBall. She had been domestic and loyal to Greta. When her owner ordered Caterpie to use String Shot move, in order to slow down a wild Kangaskhan who was chasing them behind in Pallet Jungle, Caterpie did her best to stop her for a while.

Caterpie participated in Professor Oak's Summer Camp Competition in as it was stated in. Greta used Caterpie in the quarter final round for the first time. Caterpie's opponent was a random student's Staryu. Caterpie slowed down the foe by using her String Shot, although Staryu had a good strength to use Water Gun. Once again, Caterpie battled for Greta during the semi finals. Caterpie was matched with. At first, both Pokémon used String Shot to slow down each other. Then, Weedle was in advantageous position since he knew a Poison type move. As he prepared himself to use Poison Sting, Caterpie dodged his move and Weedle was stuck from his head to the woods. As Greta and Caterpie took advantage of it, Caterpie used Tackle on Weedle over and over again, eventually Weedle lost his energy quite a lot. After he pulled his off the wood, he could not stand anymore and fainted, which led Greta and her team to the final round.

In the final battle in, Caterpie's first opponent was. As Greta remembered Caterpie's useful tactic which she used against a wild Kangaskhan, using her String Shot to slow them down, she used the same tactic against Cubone as well. After Cubone was almost distracted with all the strings, Caterpie used Tackle over and over again and defeated the foe. Her next opponent was, who would keep a distance from the foe and himself by flying high. Caterpie could not do much of anything due to the terms, and was fainted after she was hit with Rage move.



Part Red & Green
When Greta met in Viridian Forest in, Caterpie was matched with her Weedle once again, significantly pointing out that Caterpie and Weedle were still in a rivalry. Before the battle ended by loss of either side, a pack of Beedrill appeared and interrupted their battle, making their victory to be put aside. Shortly after, Caterpie was sent out to battle a wild Parasect. In both battles, Greta ordered Caterpie to begin with String Shot, making slowing down the foe become the significant tactic of Caterpie already. But her challenge to the Parasect was interrupted by this time, reasoning the contact moves on Parasect would have high chances to leave Caterpie with a status problem. After the two failed battles, Caterpie's body glowed bright, but no one realized.

In, Caterpie was called out to battle for Parasect Pack against Beedrill Pack in the Viridian Forest. After Gabor's Exeggutor defeated Greta's Nidoran and, Caterpie was the only option Greta had. Since Caterpie was resistant to Exeggutor's Psychic type moves, his Psychic move did not effect Caterpie as expected. Caterpie used her usual tactic, and started the battle with String Shot to eleminate the speed of the foe. Afterwards, she attacked with Tackle by making a direct hit on him. After a couple of attacks, Exeggutor fainted which brought Caterpie a victory. Over her victory, the Parasect Pack was encouraged to battle for their spores. After Greta glorified Caterpie, she evolved into a Metapod by the proud of her moment.