Catch quote

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The capture phrase for the bagworm.

A capture phrase is the phrase the player uses upon capturing a fish, bug or deep sea creature in the Animal Crossing series. It begins with "I caught a [blank]", followed by a comment, often a pun or some other kind of joke relating to the creature's name, rarity, or value. For example, when the player captures a Sea Bass in Animal Crossing, the player will say "I caught a sea bass! See? Bass! (Why do I keep saying things like that?)".

The capture phrase for a particular species changes from game to game, although the same general joke may be used again. There are also capture phrases for trash, as well as various other items.

List of phrases

New Horizons

Bugs

• "I caught a common butterfly! They often flutter by!"
• "I caught a yellow butterfly! Shouldn't all BUTTERflies be yellow?"
• "I caught a tiger butterfly! I've earned my stripes!"
• "I caught a peacock butterfly! Now it's my turn to strut my stuff!"
• "I caught a common bluebottle! I'll put it in a rare green jar!"
• "I caught a paper kite butterfly! Do I read it, fly it, or spread it on toast?"
• "I caught a great purple emperor! Its purple reign is over now!"
• "I caught a monarch butterfly! Guess the butterflies are a democracy now!"
• "I caught an emperor butterfly! It's not your average monarch!"
• "I caught an agrias butterfly! I wonder if it finds me disagrias-able?"
• "I caught a Rajah Brooke's birdwing! Nothing else I'd rajah be doing!"
• "I caught a Queen Alexandra's birdwing! That's a feather in my cap!"
• "I caught a moth! And I had a ball doing it!"
• "I caught an Atlas moth! I bet it never gets lost!"
• "I caught a Madagascan sunset moth! Wow, you're not from around here!"
• "I caught a long locust! Or, as I call it, a looooocust."
• "I caught a migratory locust! Things just went south for this guy!"
• "I caught a rice grasshopper! I've been looking for a gluten-free alternative..."
• "I caught a grasshopper! They're a grass act!"
• "I caught a cricket! What a chirp thrill!"
• "I found a bell cricket! It would make a great bellhop!"
• "I caught a mantis! Man, 'tis so cool!"
• "I caught an orchid mantis! Our friendship is blooming!"
• "I caught a honeybee! Ah, sweet success!"
• "I caught a wasp! That's gotta sting..."
• "I caught a brown cicada! Now it probably feels blue, cicada."
• "I caught a robust cicada! It DOES seem pretty lively!"
• "I caught a robust cicada! Not so energetic in the rain, huh?" (if caught during rain)
• "I caught a giant cicada! I guess it's PRETTY big..."
• "I caught a giant cicada! Guess it doesn't feel like singing in the rain!" (if caught during rain)
• "I caught a walker cicada! Pffft... I walk all the time and no one calls me "Walker ...""
• "I caught a walker cicada! It must hate getting its feet wet." (if caught during rain)
• "I caught an evening cicada! Better than an odding cicada..."
• "I caught an evening cicada! This time it's WETTER than an odding cicada." (if caught during rain)
• "I found a cicada shell! I'm glad the little guy came out of it!"
• "I caught a red dragonfly! Didn't even have to roll for initiative!"
• "I caught a darner dragonfly! It better watch its mouth!"
• "I did it! Did you see that? I caught a banded dragonfly!"
• "I caught a damselfly! Now it's a damselfly in distress!"
• "I caught a firefly! I'm on fire now!"
• "I caught a mole cricket! I really dug it!"
• "I caught a pondskater! Wonder if it can do a pond ollie..."
• "I caught a diving beetle! Now I'm making a splash!"
• "I caught a giant water bug! It should've stayed in the water!"
• "I caught a stinkbug! It lives up to its name!"
• "I caught a man-faced stink bug! Reminds me of my uncle!"
• "I caught a ladybug! Sorry to disturb you, ma'am."
• "I caught a tiger beetle! I pounced first!"
• "I caught a jewel beetle! It's a real gem!"
• "I caught a violin beetle! Apparently I'm as fit as a fiddle!"
• "I caught a citrus long-horned beetle! Orange you happy for me?"
• "I caught a rosalia batesi beetle! That's easier to do than say!"
• "I caught a blue weevil beetle! It's the lesser of blue weevils!"
• "I caught a dung beetle! This species likes feces!"
• "I caught an earth-boring dung beetle! It's not boring at all!"
• "I caught a scarab beetle! It's just a dung beetle with better hobbies."
• "I caught a drone beetle! Shouldn't you have more propellers?"
• "I caught a goliath beetle! Am I a legend or what?"
• "I caught a saw stag! Now I can't unsee it!"
• "I caught a miyama stag! Its mandibles are jaw-dropping!"
• "Whoaaa! I caught a giant stag! I'm gonna need way bigger pockets..."
• "I caught a rainbow stag! Its rainbow armor is so shiny!"
• "I caught a cyclommatus stag! Those mandibles are a mouthful!"
• "Wooooow! I caught a golden stag! Does this mean I can retire?"
• "I caught a giraffe stag! Does that make it a longhorn?"
• "I caught a horned dynastid! I'd hate to hear it honk that schnoz!"
• "I caught a horned atlas! I didn't even need a map!"
• "I caught a horned elephant! I think it's too small to ride..."
• "I caught a horned hercules! Guess I was stronger!"
• "I caught a walking stick! Check out its walking schtick! Look, these are the jokes, OK?"
• "I caught a walking leaf! It seems to be taking it in stride!"
• "I caught a bagworm! Guess I'm a bragworm!"
• "I caught an ant! TELL ME WHERE THE QUEEN IS!"
• "I caught a hermit crab! I think it wanted to be left alone!"
• "I caught a wharf roach! This water-loving roach has no pier!"
• "I caught a fly! I was just wingin' it..."
• "I caught a mosquito! It's itching for a fight!"
• "I caught a flea! The curse is lifted."
• "I caught a snail! It's...not much to brag about."
• "I caught a pill bug! That's a tough act to swallow!"
• "I caught a centipede! 99 more and I'll have a dollarpede!"
• "I caught a spider! I spied 'er first!"
• "I caught a tarantula! This situation just got hairy!"
• "I caught a scorpion! It was a sting operation!"

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