Game ⇓ | Flavour Text ⇓ |
| Red/Blue | Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls. |
| Yellow | If you touch the feeler on top of its head, it will release a horrible stink to protect itself. |
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| Gold | For protection, it releases a horri ble stench from the antenna on its head to drive away enemies. |
| Silver | Its feet have suction cups designed to stick to any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees to forage. |
| Crystal | It crawls into foliage where it camouflages itself among leaves that are the same color as its body. |
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| Ruby/Sapphire | CATERPIE has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger than its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this POKéMON releases a terrifically strong odor. |
| Emerald | Its voracious appetite compels it to devour leaves bigger than itself without hesitation. It releases a terribly strong odor from its antennae. |
| FireRed | It is covered with a green skin. When it grows, it sheds the skin, covers itself with silk, and becomes a cocoon. |
| Leaf Green | Its short feet are tipped with suction pads that enable it to tirelessly climb slopes and walls. |
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| Diamond/Pearl | It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly. |
| Platinum | It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly. |
| Heart Gold | For protection, it releases a horrible stench from the antennae on its head to drive away enemies. |
| Soul Silver | Its feet have suction cups designed to stick to any surface. It tenaciously climbs trees to forage. |
| Black | It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly. |
| White | It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly. |
