Ash's Butterfree: Difference between revisions

===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===

[[Ash Ketchum (EToP)|Ash]]'s Butterfree appears in [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]. Like in the anime, he is one of Ash's first Pokémon, however, he is the second wild Pokémon that Ash captures in the manga, the first is {{AP|Fearow}}.

Ash's Butterfree first appears as a {{p|Caterpie}} and evolves into {{p|Metapod}} at the beginning of ''[[ET02|Play Misty For Me]]'' when Ash is showing off all of his Pokémon to {{an|Misty}}. Later in the same chapter, during Ash's Gym battle against Misty, Metapod evolves into Butterfree.

Ash's Butterfree is seen again in ''[[ET03|Clefairy Tale]]'' battling a wild {{p|Onix}} and in ''[[ET04|Haunting My Dreams]]'' battling the [[Black Fog]], but he is not used again after that. He may have been released like he was in the anime, however, no scenes implying this are shown in the manga. Butterfree is not shown when Ash brings his entire [[party]] out of their {{i|Poké Ball}}s in ''[[ET08|You Gotta Have Friends]]''.

Ash's Caterpie was given the [[nickname]] "{{wp|Felix the Cat|Felix}}" (Japanese: '''ランドルフ''' ''Randolph'') in ''Play Misty For Me'', however, like the other nicknames that appear in that chapter, it seems to have been a one-off gag nickname.

====Moves used====

{{anmov/h|bug|flying|Ash {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 3}}|0=Butterfree Sleep Powder|1=Butterfree Psychic|2=Metapod Harden}} EToP.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 3}}|0=Sleep Powder|1=Psychic|2=Harden as a Metapod}}}}

===Movie adaptations===

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

Ash's Butterfree appeared in ''{{ma|I Choose You!}}''. It was first seen as a Caterpie. After {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|M20|Ash}} and {{OBP|Ash's Pikachu|M20|Pikachu}} escaped from a flock of {{p|Spearow}} and their {{AP|leader|Fearow}}, Ash encountered a Caterpie and caught it.

Metapod was sent out to deal with a bunch of angry {{p|Primeape}}. Ash had Metapod use {{m|String Shot}} on them to tie them up. This resulted in Metapod evolving into Butterfree. The String Shot didn't hold Primeape for long as they broke free from it. When the Primeape were chasing Ash and {{ashfr}}, Ash had Butterfree use {{m|Sleep Powder}} on the Primeape, putting them to sleep. This gave the group a chance to escape before the Primeape had a chance to wake up.

Sometime after that, Butterfree was sent out to defend a [[Pink Butterfree]] from a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Fearow}} attacking her. Ash's Butterfree was able to drive off Fearow with {{m|Gust}}. Since then, it took a liking to the Pink Butterfree. While Ash and his friends were about to go to [[Mount Tensei]], they saw a flock of Butterfree and the Pink Butterfree from before was seen. Ash then sent out his Butterfree to interact with the flock. It did a courtship dance with the Pink Butterfree and she accepted. As such, Ash had no choice but to say goodbye to his Butterfree since they were migrating to the south. After some memories, Ash said a tearful goodbye to his Butterfree seeing as to how it was happy being with the Pink Butterfree.

====Moves used====

{{anmov/h|bug|flying|Ash {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 3}}|0=Metapod String Shot|1=Butterfree Sleep Powder|2=Butterfree Gust}} M20 manga.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 3}}|0=String Shot<br>as a Metapod|1=Sleep Powder|2=Gust}}}}