Bug-Catching Contest: Difference between revisions

The '''Bug-Catching Contest''' (Japanese: '''むしとりたいかい''' ''Bug-Catching Contest'') is a competition held every [[Days of the week|Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday]] in [[Johto]]'s [[National Park]]. The Bug-Catching Contest was introduced in {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, and makes a return in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.

{{Catch/header|land|no}}

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{{Catch/entryhs|010|Caterpie|yes|yes|Grass|7-18<br/>(24-36)|all=20%|type1=Bug}}

{{Catch/entryhs|011|Metapod|yes|yes|Grass|9-18<br/>(26-36)|all=10%|type1=Bug}}

{{Catch/entryhs|012|Butterfree|yes|yes|Grass|12-15<br/>(27-30)|all=5%|type1=Bug|type2=Flying}}

{{Catch/entryhs|013|Weedle|yes|yes|Grass|7-18<br/>(24-36)|all=20%|type1=Bug|type2=Poison}}

{{Catch/entryhs|014|Kakuna|yes|yes|Grass|9-18<br/>(26-36)|all=10%|type1=Bug|type2=Poison}}

{{Catch/entryhs|015|Beedrill|yes|yes|Grass|12-15<br/>(27-30)|all=5%|type1=Bug|type2=Poison}}

{{Catch/entryhs|046|Paras|yes|yes|Grass|10-17<br/>(27-34)|all=10%|type1=Bug|type2=Grass}}

{{Catch/entryhs|048|Venonat|yes|yes|Grass|10-16<br/>(25-32)|all=10%|type1=Bug|type2=Poison}}

{{Catch/entryhs|123|Scyther|yes|yes|Grass|13-14<br/>(27-28)|all=5%|type1=Bug|type2=Flying}}

{{Catch/entryhs|127|Pinsir|yes|yes|Grass|13-14<br/>(27-28)|all=5%|type1=Bug}}

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These are the competitors found in the Contest.

*{{tc|Ace Trainer|Cooltrainer}} Nick{{sup/2|GSC}}/Ace Trainer Abby{{sup/4|HGSS}}

*{{tc|Youngster}} Samuel

*{{tc|Bug Catcher}} Don

*{{tc|School Kid|Schoolboy}}{{sup/2|GSC}}/School Kid{{sup/4|HGSS}} Kipp

{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; margin:auto; background: #{{bug color}}; border: 3px solid #{{bug color dark}}" cellpadding="2px"

! rowspan=2 style="background:#{{bug color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Place

! colspan=5 style="background:#{{bug color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color2|000|Core series|Version}}

|-

! style="background:#{{Gold color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|Gold}}

! style="background:#{{Silver color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|Silver}}

! style="background:#{{Crystal color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Crystal Version|Crystal}}

! style="background:#{{HeartGold color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold}}

! style="background:#{{SoulSilver color}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|SoulSilver}}

|- style="background:#fff"

| style="background:#{{gold color light}}" rowspan=2 | 1st

| colspan=3 rowspan=2 | {{Bag|Sun Stone}} {{evostone|Sun Stone}}

| colspan=2 | {{Bag|Sun Stone}} {{evostone|Sun Stone}}<br/>(pre-National Pokédex)

|- style="background:#fff"

| colspan=2 | {{Bag|Fire Stone}}{{Bag|Water Stone}}{{Bag|Thunder Stone}}{{Bag|Leaf Stone}}{{Bag|Moon Stone}}<br/>{{Bag|Sun Stone}}{{Bag|Shiny Stone}}{{Bag|Dusk Stone}}{{Bag|Dawn Stone}}{{Bag|Oval Stone}}<br/>Random [[Evolutionary stone]]<br/>(post-National Pokédex)

|- style="background:#fff"

| style="background:#{{silver color light}}" | 2nd

| colspan=3 | {{Bag|Everstone}} {{DL|Evolutionary stone|Everstone}}

| colspan=2 | {{Bag|Everstone}} {{DL|Evolutionary stone|Everstone}}

|- style="background:#fff"

| style="background:#{{bronze color light}}" | 3rd

| colspan=3 | {{DL|Berry (Generation II)|Gold Berry}}

| colspan=2 | {{Bag|Sitrus Berry}} [[Sitrus Berry]]

|-

| style="background:#{{white 2 color light}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" | Consolation<br/>Prize

| colspan=3 style="background:#fff" | {{DL|Berry (Generation II)|Berry}}

| colspan=2 style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{Bag|Shed Shell}} {{DL|In-battle effect item|Shed Shell}}

[[File:Bug-Catching Contest anime.png|thumb|right|180px|The Bug-Catching Contest audience in the anime]]

In ''[[EP161|The Bug Stops Here]]'', {{Ash}} and {{an|Casey}} competed in the Bug-Catching Contest. During the competition, Casey caught a {{p|Weedle}}, and her {{TP|Casey|Chikorita|Meganium}} evolved into a {{p|Bayleef}}. Ash won the competition with a {{TP|Casey|Beedrill}}, earning himself a {{evostone|Sun Stone}}. After the competition, he gave the Beedrill to Casey since she loves Pokémon with yellow and black stripes.

In the {{pkmn|anime}}, the Contest can be followed from a giant screen outside of the park. It also has several other notable differences from the games.

* Only the winner is allowed to keep the Pokémon they caught.

 

 

* No consolation prize is available, neither are there any sort of rewards for anybody other than the champion, whereas such prizes can be earned in the games.

* The contest implements strict age-limits: only children under 16 are allowed to participate.

* The music used during the contest is a remix of the [[Kanto]]-based games' [[Bicycle]] music.

* It is possible to catch the otherwise version-exclusive Pokémon {{p|Caterpie}}, {{p|Metapod}}, and {{p|Butterfree}} in {{game3|Gold and Silver|Pokémon Silver|s}} and {{game3|HeartGold and SoulSilver|Pokémon SoulSilver|s}}, and {{p|Weedle}}, {{p|Kakuna}} and {{p|Beedrill}} in {{game3|Gold and Silver|Pokémon Gold|s}} and {{game3|HeartGold and SoulSilver|Pokémon HeartGold|s}} through the Bug-Catching Contest.

* After the player obtains the [[National Pokédex]] and enters the contest on Thursdays and Saturdays, some of the other competitors may be announced as having caught a Pokémon in the Caterpie or Weedle lines, despite those Pokémon not being available to the player on those days.

 

[[fr:Concours de Capture d'insecte]]