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It was also stated explicitly in the golden Noctowl episode that if you use a trap to catch a Pokemon instead of battling it then it won't respect you as a trainer.
And in the second movie, in the original language, Misty's initial verbal attack on Lawrence III concerned that he was using traps instead of Poke Balls and that a trainer shouldn't do that. Lawrence dismissed her with his remark that he wasn't a trainer but a collector.
Throughout the series nets and such have been condemned as ways to catch Pokemon. The only legitimate way is to battle one and capture it fairly or to gain its trust and friendship to where it chooses to be captured without a battle. And as we have seen with Bulbasaur, Treeko and others, most Pokemon prefer to have their masters prove themselves in a battle before being captured, even if they like the person.
And in the second movie, in the original language, Misty's initial verbal attack on Lawrence III concerned that he was using traps instead of Poke Balls and that a trainer shouldn't do that. Lawrence dismissed her with his remark that he wasn't a trainer but a collector.
Throughout the series nets and such have been condemned as ways to catch Pokemon. The only legitimate way is to battle one and capture it fairly or to gain its trust and friendship to where it chooses to be captured without a battle. And as we have seen with Bulbasaur, Treeko and others, most Pokemon prefer to have their masters prove themselves in a battle before being captured, even if they like the person.