Recaps

Mark and Caterpie trained through the Trainer System, strengthened their bond, and faced Caterpie’s former group. After Mark used a Point to develop new Tackle techniques, Caterpie defeated the Caterpie Leader and Mark began investigating a strange blue fruit.

• Mark awakened in the Pokémon world with Caterpie as his Spirit and discovered the Trainer System’s panels and Point allocation.
• Mark spent a Point enhancing Caterpie’s Tackle, and their shared training experience perfected the move and raised Mark’s Trainer skills.
• Mark joined the Clear Stream Village Ability Awakening Test, met Old Man Qian, and received a Wimpod Egg and a chance to catch wild Caterpie for money.
• Caterpie told Mark how its former group had rejected it, and Mark accompanied it back to confront its fear and train against the group.
• Mark spent another Point enhancing his Tackle Training Method, and decades of dreamlike research gave him and Caterpie several new Tackle techniques.
• Caterpie returned to the group’s territory, where Mark observed its battles and trained a Leader’s Guard while preparing it to face the Caterpie Leader.
• The Caterpie Leader trapped Caterpie in a cocoon surrounded by Spike Catapult Traps, but Caterpie escaped with Tackle Infinite Quick Strikes and defeated it.
• Mark taught the defeated Caterpie Leader Tackle techniques, cautioned Caterpie against reckless risks, and asked it to help inspect a small blue fruit.

Mark trained Caterpie and the Caterpie Group while learning more about their abilities and the Wimpod egg. When a territorial attack drove the Caterpie from their home, Caterpie led them in defeating the Arbok Leader and reclaiming their territory.

• Mark fed Caterpie and the Caterpie Leader Oran and Wiki Berries, trained them in combat and mathematics, and advanced Wimpod’s hatching progress.
• Mark returned to Clear Stream Village with more than a hundred Caterpie, and Old Man Qian offered to buy them and helped plan for Caterpie’s future training.
• After Caterpie sensed danger, Mark returned with it to Caterpie Territory and learned that Ekans had attacked and driven the Caterpie from their home.
• Mark and Caterpie found Butterfree fighting a giant Arbok, and Caterpie chose to fight while Mark watched and supported it.
• Caterpie used Heart-to-Heart and its attacks to exploit Arbok Leader’s weak point, while Butterfree and Mark helped the Caterpie escape and regroup.
• The Caterpie Group joined Caterpie in battle, and Caterpie struck Arbok Leader with Power-Up Tackle before the group killed it and drove off the remaining Ekans.
• Mark discovered that Caterpie had gained the Caterpie King ability, then led the Caterpie in reclaiming their territory and disposing of the dead.
• Caterpie danced beside the bonfire, and Mark and Butterfree could not identify the unfamiliar dance.

Mark strengthened Caterpie and expanded Clear Stream Forest while preparing to study at Hack Pokemon Academy. The Thunderclap Gang attacked Clear Stream Village, and Mark set off to find Sun Ting as Old Man Qian stayed behind to fight.

• Mark and Caterpie gained powers from Clear Stream Forest, and Mark used Clear Stream Power to heal Butterfree's wings.
• Mark trained Caterpie's Run Away for years in the Dream World, where it developed Mind's Eye, while Butterfree returned and chose to stay with Caterpie.
• Mark brought over two hundred Caterpie to the village, refused Niu Xin's offer to buy them, and explained how the forest's blessing could benefit the breeding base.
• Old Man Qian showed Mark his underground room, gave him a Teleport Move Tutor, and agreed to seek Doctor Locke's help with Mark's plan to commute to Hack Pokemon Academy.
• Mark and Old Man Qian planted trees to expand Clear Stream Forest, then Wang Hai and the Thunderclap Gang attacked the village, where Caterpie defeated Wang Hai's Pokemon.
• Mark and Old Man Qian found the Pokemon Center under attack, and Old Man Qian's Machamp fought the gang while revealing Qian's Veteran-level strength.
• Mark captured Li Seventeen and ran west with Caterpie, then headed northwest toward smoke after finding an exhausted Magnemite and suspecting Sun Ting was fighting a gang officer.

Mark defeated Lei Meng, took in Butterfree and Charjabug, and turned Charjabug into a Vikavolt while arranging for Lei Meng to start over under a new identity. After years of training in the Dream World, Mark returned with improved talents, but a mysterious Ghost-type trainer arrived at Old Man Qian’s courtyard and attacked Machamp.

• Mark rescued Sun Ting, defeated Lei Meng and Electivire, and trained Caterpie against Electivire while recovering the stolen Pokémon and equipment.
• Mark captured Charjabug and Lei Meng, then spent seven days battling Electivire and learned from Lei Meng about Resonance, Veteran-level Energy Cycles, and Genetic Limits.
• Butterfree joined Mark’s team, and Charjabug absorbed electricity from the Magnet Pokémon and shattered Thunder Stones before evolving into Vikavolt Aircraft.
• Mark rode Vikavolt to Old Man Qian and helped him erase Lei Meng’s memories, rename him John, and arrange for him to work in the village.
• Mark trained his Pokémon and studied Protect with Machamp, then filled his Experience Bar and invested a point in Robust Health before entering the Dream World.
• Mark trained for decades in the Dream World, returned with Super Robust Health and Martial Arts Master, and learned Wimpod had mastered Protect while he was away.
• Du Wei and Ling Lan discussed the Thunderclap Plan and set off to attack the Three Mountains Town prison as a silver-haired Ghost-type trainer investigated Old Man Qian’s courtyard.
• Mark found his Trainer Panel malfunctioning at Boulder Pile, then returned to Old Man Qian’s courtyard as Ghost Man used Gengar’s Black Gaze on Machamp and Blaziken and Infernape rushed to fight.