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Bug-Catching Contest

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The Bug-Catching Contest is a competition held every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday in Johto's National Park. The Bug-Catching Contest is introduced in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, and makes a return in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Bug-Catching Contest judging in Generation IV

In the games

Rules

There is no entry fee for the Bug-Catching Contest. Anyone may enter once per day, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

To compete, Trainers must catch the single best Template:Type2 Pokémon they can find. To do this, Trainers are given twenty Sport Balls (similar to Safari Balls; called "Park Balls" in Generation II), and they are only allowed to use a single Pokémon from their party. The rest of a Trainer's Pokémon and all of their items remain with the contest officials until the competition is over.

Any Pokémon caught will be recorded in the Pokédex, but only one Pokémon can be kept to be judged. The Pokémon that is judged may be kept after the competition.

The competition ends when all the Sport Balls are used, the trainer whites out, the trainer leaves the park, or 20 minutes have passed. After that, the judging will occur, in which Trainers are scored on their skills of capturing rare and powerful Pokémon.

Pokémon available

Generation II

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


  Caterpie G S C Grass 7-18 20%


  Metapod G S C Grass 9-18 10%


  Butterfree G S C Grass 12-15 5%


  Weedle G S C Grass 7-18 20%


  Kakuna G S C Grass 9-18 10%


  Beedrill G S C Grass 12-15 5%


  Paras G S C Grass 10-17 10%


  Venonat G S C Grass 10-16 10%


  Scyther G S C Grass 13-14 5%


  Pinsir G S C Grass 13-14 5%


A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
  • Scyther, Pinsir and one family of Template:Type2s (Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree in Silver, Weedle, Kakuna and Beedrill in Gold) can only be caught during the Bug-catching contest. All the others can be caught in the wild outside the contest.

Generation IV

Always (Pre-National Pokédex)
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


  Caterpie HG SS Grass 7-31 (24-36) 20%


  Metapod HG SS Grass 9-18 (28-36) 10%


  Butterfree HG SS Grass 12-15 (27-30) 5%


  Weedle HG SS Grass 7-31 (25-33) 20%


  Kakuna HG SS Grass 9-18 (26-35) 10%


  Beedrill HG SS Grass 12-15 (27-30) 5%


  Paras HG SS Grass 10-17 (27-32) 10%


  Venonat HG SS Grass 10-16 (26) 10%


  Scyther HG SS Grass 13-14 (27-28) 5%


  Pinsir HG SS Grass 13-14 (27-28) 5%


A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
Post-National Pokédex (Thursdays and Saturdays only)
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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


  Scyther HG SS Grass 28 5%


  Pinsir HG SS Grass 27-28 5%


  Wurmple HG SS Grass 24-36 20%


  Silcoon HG SS Grass 25-35 10%Th


  Beautifly HG SS Grass 25-32 5%Sa


  Cascoon HG SS Grass 25-36 10%Sa


  Dustox HG SS Grass 25-32 5%Th


  Volbeat HG SS Grass 26-36 10%Th


  Illumise HG SS Grass 26-36 10%Sa


  Kricketot HG SS Grass 27-30 10%


  Kricketune HG SS Grass 27-30 10%


  Combee HG SS Grass 27-34 5%
Night


  Nincada HG SS Grass 26-36 20%


A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Scoring

The two primary factors that determine the score in the contest are the sum of the Pokémon's stats, which can be estimated by its rarity and its level, and the amount of damage it sustained in the capture attempt. The higher the Pokémon's remaining hit points at time of capture, the higher the score. Other factors, even shininess, do not significantly affect the outcome.

Competitors

These are the competitors found in every contest:

Prizes

Version Gold Silver Crystal HeartGold SoulSilver
1st Place  
Sun Stone 		 
Sun Stone
(pre-National Pokédex)
  File:Bag Thunderstone Sprite.png  
     
Evolutionary Stone
(random; post-National Pokédex)
2nd Place  
Everstone
3rd Place Gold Berry  
Sitrus Berry
Consolation
Prize 		Berry  
Shed Shell

In the anime

In The Bug Stops Here, Ash and Casey competed in the Bug-Catching Contest. During the competition, Casey caught a Weedle, and her Chikorita evolved into a Bayleef. Ash won the competition with a Beedrill, earning himself a Sun Stone. After the competition, he gave the Beedrill to Casey since she loves Pokémon with yellow and black stripes.

Trivia

References

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