Kitty

Kitty (Japanese: ピーすけ Piisuke), known as Freesk in Chuang Yi's translation of the , is a that owns in Pokémon Adventures and her fifth overall. As of A Well-Journeyed Jumpluff, he is at level 20, and his Characteristic is that he is "impetuous and silly."
==History==
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Kitty first appears as a Caterpie in As Gastly as Before. He is first seen in a tree and is about to be attacked by a launched by Blaine's , which was attacking Agatha's . immediately jumps into action and sent Pika to rescue him by means of her fishing rod. After this, Yellow leaves with to go train, with Caterpie watching her go.
In Can't Catch Caterpie!, Caterpie is revealed to have followed Yellow all the way from Celadon City. Blue tells Yellow to capture him and train him to a higher level. Yellow then sends out Ratty to try to him. The two spent all day trying but could not find a way to do it without hurting him. Blue eventually steps in and helps the two capture Caterpie, which she nicknames Kitty.
In the next chapter, Yellow leaves Kitty with Pika as she goes off to run an errand. After Yellow races off Kitty spots a leaf floating past, and chases after it. The leaf floats over to the edge of the cliff, so Pika chases after Kitty to stop him from falling off the edge. Kitty then chases the leaf and almost runs into a cactus. Pika runs in front of Kitty and blows the leaf away, with then flies off in a gust of wind. Pika finds another leaf and gives it to Kitty when suddenly a herd of fly past and pick Kitty up in the process. Pika climbs the cliff, and then jumps off and shocks the Pidgeotto. The Pidgeotto drops Kitty, and Pika catches him, with Kitty looking very distressed. They land next to a tree and some flowers, and Kitty eats all the flowers, recovering his health and cheerfulness. The two then promptly fall asleep.
In Ekans the Ecstasy, Kitty uses his to help save the passengers of the sinking S.S. Anne.
In Eradicate Raticate!, Kitty is sent out alongside his teammates to battle against Lance and his . Kitty attacks with String Shot, but simply shrugs it off and throws Kitty away. He is later used in a team attack to try and stop Lance from shooting bubbles. Yellow had Kitty cover the volcano crater in String Shot to form a net that is doused by her Omny's water, linked to Ratty's sensitive whiskers. Upon Lance triggering the net, Ratty signals to Pika to send electricity down the net, forcing Lance's bubble into view. Yellow then orders Dody to break the bubble with , but the attack proves too weak.
In the final battle against Lance in The Might of... Metapod?!, after Yellow had lost the Pokédex, Kitty evolves into a Metapod to shield Yellow from a , then immediately into a Butterfree at the same time as all of Yellow's other Pokémon. As a Butterfree, he carried her aloft, allowing her to conduct an aerial battle during the final confrontation with Lance on and above the back of the .
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In Hello, Lickitung, Kitty rescued Yellow from a group of . In The Last Battle VII, he defended the Center with the rest of her Pokémon from the half-masked Team Rocket Grunts.
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Kitty is seen briefly in Bested by Banette, helping Yellow catch up to Sird and Orm, who had captured .
==Personality and characteristics==
As a Caterpie, Kitty was shown to be very ditsy and easily distracted. He would often wander around and get himself into dangerous situations, usually resulting in Pika getting hurt but Kitty walking away unharmed. Kitty has also been shown to be extremely affectionate of , shown when he followed her all the way from Celadon City just to stay with her. Kitty can frequently be seen rubbing affectionately against Yellow or wagging his tail happily. 
Yellow often uses Kitty's in a variety of ways to help her out. Some examples include being used as a net, a means of tracking, a line for her fishing pole, and as a cast.
==Appearance==
As a	As a
 	
==Moves used==
* In Eradicate Raticate!, Kitty used .
==Trivia==
* At level 20, Kitty is the lowest leveled Pokémon belonging to a Pokédex holder.
* Kitty, along with Polibo and Togebo, is tied for taking the least amount of time to evolve twice, taking less than 1 chapter.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ピーすけ Piisuke 	From キャタピー Caterpie
English 	KittyFreesk 	A pun on and Caterpie.From Butterfree
French 	Chenipou (Kurokawa)	From Chenipan (Caterpie)
German 	Raups 	From Raupy (Caterpie)
Spanish, Italian 	Kitty 	Same as his English VIZ Media name
Chinese () 	小毛蟲 Xiǎomáochóng 	From 綠毛蟲 / 绿毛虫 Lǜmáochóng (Caterpie). Literally "small caterpillar".
Czech 	Terpimír 	From Caterpie and
Brazilian Portuguese	Pipo 	From Caterpie
Vietnamese 	Pisuke 	Transliteration of his Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Yellow's Pokémon
Category:Nicknamed Pokémon
Category:Male characters (Pokémon)
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