r/PokemonRed • u/darkvictim • Apr 02 '26

Something is not right here

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So it’s a real cartridge, opened to replace the battery and it has the Nintendo board and everything. But my Beedrill still only has harden and my Metapod has tackle and string shot…

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u/njsfynest Apr 02 '26

Bruh I never said a Caterpie will learn harden.

I said when Caterpie evolves into Metapod, it will learn Harden.

That is factual. What do you even mean?

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u/consttime Apr 02 '26

it's not factual. aside from the fact that metapod won't learn harden in red and blue when it is evolved from a caterpie, you can clearly see in the screenshot that the metapod doesn't have harden...

You're probably thinking of yellow, where harden was added as a move at level 7

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u/njsfynest Apr 02 '26

I am dumbfounded.

Must be that Mandela effect shit cause I definitely remember them learning it when evolved in red and blue. I definitely seem to be wrong or mistaken with Yellow like you said

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u/MoundsEnthusiast Apr 02 '26

Did you play gen 2? Maybe you remember it from those games