User talk:Caterpie

Caterpie (キャタピー), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Caterpie first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels. They have later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. Caterpie is voiced by Rikako Aikawa in Japanese and English.

Design and characteristics
Caterpie, known as the "worm" Pokémon, was designed by Ken Sugimori. Satoshi Tajiri, creator of the series, took heavy inspiration from his childhood hobby of insect collection in creating the various Pokémon species. Caterpie was based on the design of a caterpillar, specifically the caterpillar of the Swallowtail butterfly. Caterpie's name is derived from the word caterpillar as well.

Caterpie has green skin with a yellow underbelly, yellow spots, and large red antenna protruding from its forehead. Their green bodies are useful for camouflage in foliage, their eyes are patterned to scare away predators, their suction-cup feet allow them to climb any surface, and the osmeterium on their heads can project a horrid stench to repel predators. Caterpie is the smallest of all the original Pokémon. Caterpie grows in size by shedding its skin. Eventually, Caterpie evolves into Metapod, and then Butterfree. It can only ever learn two attacks, Tackle and String Shot, and is severely limited in ability until it evolves. Though, with the release of Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, it became capable of also learning Snore, String Shot, and Bug Bite.

In video games
Caterpie can be found in areas in Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh. In 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.

In anime
In the anime, Caterpie was the first wild Pokémon Ash caught. Remarkably, he caught it without a Pokémon battle, which Misty attributed to Caterpie's weakness. Caterpie was quite fond of Misty, but, much to Caterpie's misfortune, she wanted nothing to do with it because it was a Bug-type Pokémon, which she feared. The night after it was captured, Caterpie and Ash's Pikachu talked to each other, and Caterpie revealed its desire to evolve into a Butterfree. It fell asleep next to Misty who, in the morning, then hurt its feelings by reinstating her irrational fear of bugs. Caterpie was the first Pokémon Ash sent out against the next Pokémon he tried to capture, Pidgeotto. With a large disadvantage against the Flying-type Pokémon, it was beaten severely. Despite this, when Team Rocket appeared to attempt to steal Pikachu, Ash sent out his weakened Caterpie against them, taking down both James's Koffing and Jessie's Ekans by itself using String Shot and Tackle, evolving into Metapod.

In printed adaptations
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Caterpie's first appearance is a cameo as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory. Yellow had a Caterpie named Kitty, which she did not want to evolve. However, in the battle against Lance, she did not have her Pokédex, which she needed to stop her Pokémon from evolving, and so Caterpie evolved into Metapod and then into Butterfree right afterwards.

Merchandising and promotion
Caterpie was featured on a postage stamp series in Great Britain. Caterpie was part of a series of plastic toys released of the original Pokémon.

Critical reception
IGN expressed sympathy for Caterpie, in that most players catch the Pokémon early on in the game, but inevitably discard him in favor of other, more powerful characters. However, they acknowledged Caterpie's practical uselessness, calling it "unbelievably pathetic" and warning, "Caterpie stinks; never, ever use him." IGN further likened the Pokémon to an "oversized tomato-horn-worm-lookin' thing" that deserved very little respect. The same reviewer expressed the belief that the game designers worked to ensure that Caterpie would "always suck beyond a shadow of a doubt", and called it the second worst Pokémon in the game.

Another commentator at IGN called Caterpie adorable, but basically worthless as well, calling it "lame". They claimed that Caterpillar simply "doesn't cut it", with the only purpose in catching it being to evolve it into a stronger form. IGN also praised the Pokémon's name, saying that, though it is pronounced differently than it is spelled, the -pie suffix only serves to add to the creature's cuteness. The Hindu, on the other hand, called Caterpie's name "crazy". Caterpie was also called a "low-level misfit."

GamesRadar theorized that much of Caterpie's popularity stemmed from its central appearances in the Pokémon anime's first season. However, they themselves claimed to be tired of Caterpie, and the work it took to use it effectively. CNET called Caterpie and its attacks "frustratingly ineffective".

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