History Recap / PokemonS1E3AshCatchesAPokemon

-->---'''Jessie'''!Japanese Title: ''I Caught A Pokémon!''

->"''Well, if'' they're ''gonna use two Pokémon, I don't see why'' we ''can't use two Pokémon.''"
->"''[[HonorBeforeReason The Pokémon League rules say only one at a time]].''"
->"''[[LawfulStupid Ash, if you follow the rules, you're going to lose all your Pokémon]]!''"
-->--'''Misty''' and '''Ash'''
!Japanese Title: ''I Caught A Pokémon!''

* HonorBeforeReason: Even though both Jessie and James attack Ash with Pokémon at once and Misty suggests making it fair by fighting as well, Ash insists on fighting alone because he does not want to break official Pokémon League rules. Counts as EarlyInstallmentWeirdness since not only do the heroes often team attack, and sometimes even [[CombatPragmatist outnumber Team Rocket themselves]] in later episodes, but the later games actually allow team battles.

->''"All's fair in love, war, and Pokémon battles."''
-->-- '''Jessie'''

* VSign: Ash gives one after catching both Caterpie and Pidgeotto. In both cases Pikachu replicates.

* WhatTheHellHero: Misty explodes at Ash for endangering Caterpie by sending him against a bird that could eat it. Ash returns the favor by calling her out for hurting Caterpie's feelings by spurning it constantly.

** In the Japanese, it's one of the scant few times they don't say "This feels bad!"

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[[caption-width-right:250: I just want her to like me, is that so much to ask?]]

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[[caption-width-right:200: I just want her to like me, is that so much to ask?]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Even though both Jessie and James attack Ash with Pokémon at once and Misty suggests making it fair by fighting as well, Ash insists on fighting alone because he does not want to break official Pokémon League rules.

* WhatTheHellHero: Misty explodes at Ash for endangering Caterpie by sending him against a bird that could eat it. Ash returns the favor by calling her out for hurting Caterpie's feelings by acting nervous.

* TheWorfEffect: Both Pikachu and Pidgeotto are rather easily beaten down by Team Rocket to force Caterpie into battle. In Pidgeotto's defence, they attacked two against one.

* TheWorfEffect: Both Pikachu and Pidgeotto are rather easily beaten down by Team Rocket to force Caterpie into battle.

!!Japanese Title: ''I Caught A Pokémon!''
!!!Original Airdate: April 15, 1997
!!!US Airdate: September 10, 1998

** The original had Ash saying that Caterpie is walking with him and Misty shivers in fear as she realizes that Caterpie is coming out of the Poké Ball. The English dub, however, doesn't indicate that Ash is going to call out Caterpie immediately, making Misty a bit overreactive since Caterpie is going to stay with the group regardless.

** When Ash says that Caterpie is walking with him, Misty shivers in fear as she realizes that Caterpie is coming out of the Poké Ball. The English dub doesn't indicate that Ash is going to call out Caterpie immediately, making Misty a bit overreactive since Caterpie is going to stay with the group regardless.

* DubInducedPlotHole: Like in previous episode, Meowth's mentioning of the boss is reinterpreted as him being the leader of the trio by 4Kids. In this case, when Jessie and James pummel Meowth's big mouth, Meowth proclaims he's charge here in the English dub as opposed to saying that he's going to tell the boss in the Japanese version.

* DubInducedPlotHole: Like in previous episode, Meowth's mentioning of the boss is reinterpreted as him being the leader of the trio in the English dub. In this case, when Jessie and James pummel Meowth's big mouth, Meowth proclaims he's charge here in the English dub as opposed to saying that he's going to tell the boss in the Japanese version.

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* HonorBeforeReason: Even though both Jessie and James attack Ash with Pokemon at once and Misty suggests making it fair by fighting as well, Ash insists on fighting alone because he does not want to break official Pokémon League rules.

->''"All's fair in love, war, and Pokemon battles."''

Continuing from last episode, Ash immediately catches a Caterpie by throwing a Pokeball at it. Once caught he takes it out to get a look at it and finds out that Misty is disgusted by bug Pokemon. Despite this, Caterpie tries hard to win Misty over.

Later Ash finds a Pidgeotto and after some trial-and-error manages to capture it as well. Unfortunately Team Rocket show up to steal his Pikachu away from him. They disable Pikachu immediately and Ash struggles to fight both Koffing and Ekans at once. Despite being ridiculed by Team Rocket, Caterpie defeats them in the end. While being congratulated for his victory Caterpie evolves into a Metapod.

* HonorBeforeReason: Even though both Jessie and James attack Ash with Pokemon at once and Misty suggests making it fair by fighting as well, Ash insists on fighting alone because he does not want to break official Pokemon League rules.
* IdiotHero: This episode presents Ash as being extremely ignorant of how catching and battling Pokemon is done, most likely to provide an excuse to explain these things to the viewers. Among other things Ash has to be told that not all Pokemon can be caught by just throwing a Pokeball at them and that bug Pokemon are weak against flying Pokemon.

-->-- '''Jesse'''

* HonorBeforeReason: Even though both Jesse and James attack Ash with Pokemon at once and Misty suggests making it fair by fighting as well, Ash insists on fighting alone because he does not want to break official Pokemon League rules.

* NonIndicativeTitle: Ash actually catches ''two'' Pokémon in this episode/

[[caption-width-right:200: I just want to like me, is that so much to ask?]]