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The '''pink {{p|Butterfree}}''' (Japanese: '''ピンクバタフリー''' ''pink Butterfree'') is the first [[List of alternately colored Pokémon in the anime|alternately colored]] {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} shown in the {{pkmn|anime}}. Her unique coloring set her apart from the many other Butterfree (such as [[Ash's Butterfree]]) shown in the episode.

She first appeared in ''[[EP021|Bye-Bye Butterfree]]'', in which [[Ash's Butterfree]] fell in love with her. Though she initially rejected Butterfree's advances, the pink Butterfree changed her opinion when Ash's Butterfree fought to save her from {{TRT}}. At the end of the episode, the two became mates, and Ash's Butterfree, with {{Ash}}'s blessing, flew away with the pink Butterfree across the ocean.

In ''[[JN136|These Could be the Starts of Something Big!]]'', the pink Butterfree, alongside her mate, reunited with Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}}.

The pink Butterfree is very decisive and somewhat aggressive in nature. When Ash's Butterfree showed off his moves, the pink Butterfree deliberately ignored him, eventually going so far as to knock him out of the air. She only gained respect for Ash's Butterfree after Ash's Butterfree tried to rescue her and the other Butterfree from Team Rocket. Once she saw Ash's Butterfree in that new light, the pink Butterfree chose to be his mate.

Apart from her pink head and body and the pink tint to her wings, the pink Butterfree shares her physical characteristics with the typically colored Butterfree of her generation: Her eyes, mouth, arms, legs, and edges of the wings all have the same coloration as other Butterfree. In ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'', the pink Butterfree also has the black spots on her wings that are characteristic of female Butterfree.

[[File:Pink Butterfree M20.png|thumb|250px|The Pink Butterfree in ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'']]

In {{game5|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, a female [[non-player character|NPC]] {{tc|Ace Trainer}} near the top of the [[Lake of Rage]] [[List of cross-canon references|makes a reference]] to a pink Butterfree after battling her. She comments, "Come to think of it, I've seen a pink <sc>Butterfree</sc>." This is likely a dual reference to Butterfree's {{Shiny}} form in the games, which does have pink coloring (but only on the wings and none on the body), due to the Trainer's pre-{{pkmn|battle}} comment regarding the [[red Gyarados]].

[[File:Pink Butterfree M20 manga.png|thumb|200px|left|Pink Butterfree in ''{{ma|I Choose You!}}'']]

[[File:Ash Butterfree Pink Butterfree M20 manga.png|thumb|250px|The Pink Butterfree and [[Ash's Butterfree]]]]

* Introduced before alternately colored Pokémon appeared in the {{pkmn|games}} in [[Generation II]], the pink Butterfree is the first shown alternately colored Pokémon in the [[Pokémon universe]].

* The gap of 1,200 episodes between her appearances in ''[[EP021|Bye-Bye Butterfree]]'' and ''[[JN136|These Could be the Starts of Something Big!]]'' marks the longest gap between physical appearances of a recurring wild Pokémon in the main series.

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