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caption=Caterpie in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX]]|
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'''Caterpie''' (Japanese: '''キャタピー''' ''Caterpie'') is a [[non-player character]] in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team]] and their [[remake]], [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX]].

==In the games==
[[File:Caterpie Mystery Dungeon Red and Blue.png|250px|The {{player}} and partner first encounter Caterpie in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]]|left|thumb]]
Caterpie is first mentioned to the {{player}} and partner by his worried mother {{p|Butterfree}}. She explains that a fissure opened in the ground and Caterpie fell into a cavern. She tried to rescue him herself since he is too young to get out alone, but some Pokémon started attacking her. Since she was too weak to continue and her baby was in danger, she asks the player and their partner to help, and the partner immediately accepts. The player and their partner find Caterpie crying at the end of [[Tiny Woods]] and reunite him with his mother. After the player and partner agree to form a [[Team|Rescue Team]], Caterpie expresses his wish to join when he grows up.

Later, Caterpie asks the player to save his friend, {{mdc|Metapod|1}}, who has gotten lost in [[Sinister Woods]]. [[Team Meanies]] overhears this and also decides to go and save Metapod, saying that if they do so, Caterpie will have to join their rescue team and that they will claim a reward from his mother. The player character and partner assure Caterpie that they will rescue Metapod first. They follow Team Meanies to Sinister Woods and defeat them. They then proceed to rescue Metapod, reuniting the two friends. After this, the two are often found near [[Whiscash Pond]] together.

Caterpie, along with Metapod, Jumpluff and Diglett, is the only one to believe the player when the rest of the town turns against them and their partner.

After the player and partner beat the {{DL|List of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team characters|Mankey}} in [[Uproar Forest]], Caterpie, along with {{DL|List of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team characters|Wynaut and Wobbuffet|Wynaut, and Wobbuffet}}, helps out in remodeling the player's [[Team Base]], using his silk to stick pieces together.

After the player and partner defeat {{DL|List of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team characters|Rayquaza}}, Caterpie appears with everyone else on top of [[Hill of the Ancients]] to celebrate the victory. A few days later, he informs the player and partner that {{mdc|Granbull|1|Snubbull}} has evolved.
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===Quotes===
;[[Tiny Woods]]
*First Time
:''"Waaaaah… Mommy… Where are you…? Sniffle…"''
:''"Huh?"''
:''"OK."''

*After rescuing him
:''"………… Cool…"''
:''"Thank you! <ally> and <player>!"''

===Appearance===
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|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{bug color dark}}; background: #{{bug color light}}; width:120px"| [[File:MDP RT 010.png]][[File:MDP RT 010 Teary-eyed.png]][[File:MDP RT 010 Inspired.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{bug color dark}}; background: #{{bug color light}}; width:160px"| [[File:MDP RTDX 010.png|40px]][[File:MDP RTDX 010 Teary-eyed.png|40px]][[File:MDP RTDX 010 Inspired.png|40px]]<br>[[File:MDP RTDX 010 Determined.png|40px]][[File:MDP RTDX 010 Grin.png|40px]][[File:MDP RTDX 010 Pained.png|40px]][[File:MDP RTDX 010 Sad.png|40px]]
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| Portraits from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red Rescue Team<br>and Blue Rescue Team}}
| Portraits from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX}}
|}

==In the manga==
[[File:Caterpie GRT.png|thumb|200px|Caterpie]]
===In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga===
Caterpie first appeared in ''[[GRT1|Pokémon to the Rescue!]]'', where it was trapped on the top of a tall rock located inside a fissure. Both [[Ginji]] and {{OBP|Mudkip|Ginji's Rescue Team}} successfully rescued it from some attacking {{p|Ariados}}.

It reappeared in ''[[GRT6|Tears and Emotions - It's the Final Chapter!]]''.

==See also==
{{Animespecies|Caterpie}}

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[[Category:Pokémon characters]]
[[Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team characters]]
[[Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX characters]]

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