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***** And is also, apparently, you.
***** And is also, apparently, you.
**** During the very very first episode of the anime, the Pokedex said something about Ratata(actually I can't remember what pokemon it was but let's say it was Ratata) and how it likes to play pranks on stupid trainers? All I know is that it called Ash stupid.
**** During the very very first episode of the anime, the Pokedex said something about Ratata(actually I can't remember what pokemon it was but let's say it was Ratata) and how it likes to play pranks on stupid trainers? All I know is that it called Ash stupid.
** The people responsible for the Pokédex entries [[Sci Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|have no sense of scale]].
** The people responsible for the Pokédex entries [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|have no sense of scale]].
** The Pokedex research are based from YOURS, or rather, THE CHARACTER'S point of view. It's like a scientific diary or journal or something. Obviously if you're just 10 yrs. old you'd exaggerate.
** The Pokedex research are based from YOURS, or rather, THE CHARACTER'S point of view. It's like a scientific diary or journal or something. Obviously if you're just 10 yrs. old you'd exaggerate.
*** When did you fit in the scientific research between catching the pokemon and seeing the entry. Apparently, Prof. Oak's dream is to have a random kid enable every entry in the Pokedex. Imagine a hacker getting ahold of a Pokedex. "You captured every single Pokemon in the world? You were never even given a starter pokemon!" I'm seriously starting to doubt Oak's trustworhiness.
*** When did you fit in the scientific research between catching the pokemon and seeing the entry. Apparently, Prof. Oak's dream is to have a random kid enable every entry in the Pokedex. Imagine a hacker getting ahold of a Pokedex. "You captured every single Pokemon in the world? You were never even given a starter pokemon!" I'm seriously starting to doubt Oak's trustworhiness.
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******* And now most breeders just get a hacked ditto. There are also limits to what can be done to improve stats (+ 8 point on every stat, if I remember it right), so it's far from absurdly overpowered.
******* And now most breeders just get a hacked ditto. There are also limits to what can be done to improve stats (+ 8 point on every stat, if I remember it right), so it's far from absurdly overpowered.
* Size is fundamentally messed up in the Pokemon universe. But still, they could have avoided putting a freaking ''whale'' in the game (Wailord) who should be able to win fights just by being launched from a Pokeball and crushing his opponent to a pulp. As it is, you can defeat the thing with a suitably leveled Pikachu.
* Size is fundamentally messed up in the Pokemon universe. But still, they could have avoided putting a freaking ''whale'' in the game (Wailord) who should be able to win fights just by being launched from a Pokeball and crushing his opponent to a pulp. As it is, you can defeat the thing with a suitably leveled Pikachu.
** Don't forget [[Hot Skitty On Wailord Action]] - any number of smaller Mons, such as Skitty, are in the same Egg Group as Wailord, the largest Pokemon in the series to date.
** Don't forget [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action]] - any number of smaller Mons, such as Skitty, are in the same Egg Group as Wailord, the largest Pokemon in the series to date.
*** Well, we've seen Giant Pokemon before, so a Giant Skitty probably isn't too out there, evening things out a tad. Conversely, a Giant ''Wailord'' probably doesn't bear thinking about.
*** Well, we've seen Giant Pokemon before, so a Giant Skitty probably isn't too out there, evening things out a tad. Conversely, a Giant ''Wailord'' probably doesn't bear thinking about.
**** Not to forget miniatures of said Pokemons, or dwarfmons.
**** Not to forget miniatures of said Pokemons, or dwarfmons.
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** Let's see. They're designed to be comfortable. There's a definite advantage to being able to hold an injured Pokémon in a Pokéballs to reduce the amount of pain and risk of aggravating injuries, not to mention how it seems to counteract certain status ailments. Even outside of those circumstances, it seems that trainers spend a lot of time walking long distances, and not forcing smaller or slower creatures to keep up on foot if it isn't necessary is appealing. Your Fly-equipped Staraptor will be relieved to know that it won't have to carry your Steelix, and the same goes for any Surfers.
** Let's see. They're designed to be comfortable. There's a definite advantage to being able to hold an injured Pokémon in a Pokéballs to reduce the amount of pain and risk of aggravating injuries, not to mention how it seems to counteract certain status ailments. Even outside of those circumstances, it seems that trainers spend a lot of time walking long distances, and not forcing smaller or slower creatures to keep up on foot if it isn't necessary is appealing. Your Fly-equipped Staraptor will be relieved to know that it won't have to carry your Steelix, and the same goes for any Surfers.
** That said, there's a definite IJBM in the idea that Pokémon ''shouldn't'' be allowed to travel free, but I've seen very few trainers with that absolute mindset. And most [[Pok Ã]]©ball-wielding trainers on the show find opportunities to let their Pokémon run around freely. As with most of the training habits in the series, it really depends on the trainer's judgment, and there are times when it's good and times when it's bad.
** That said, there's a definite IJBM in the idea that Pokémon ''shouldn't'' be allowed to travel free, but I've seen very few trainers with that absolute mindset. And most [[Pok Ã]]©ball-wielding trainers on the show find opportunities to let their Pokémon run around freely. As with most of the training habits in the series, it really depends on the trainer's judgment, and there are times when it's good and times when it's bad.
*** This does not explain why Ash and friends thought it was a good idea to let their Pokémon run around as soon as they got to ''a desert''. They were lucky that the worst consequence was [[Hot Skitty On Wailord Action|hot squirrel inside hippo action]].
*** This does not explain why Ash and friends thought it was a good idea to let their Pokémon run around as soon as they got to ''a desert''. They were lucky that the worst consequence was [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action|hot squirrel inside hippo action]].
** And before I forget, it was only the fourth episode of the series when Ash was accused of neglecting his Metapod by not recalling it as soon as it was threatened by Beedrills. And the third episode where he was criticized for not letting his Pidgeotto rest after a battle.
** And before I forget, it was only the fourth episode of the series when Ash was accused of neglecting his Metapod by not recalling it as soon as it was threatened by Beedrills. And the third episode where he was criticized for not letting his Pidgeotto rest after a battle.
** Yellow has the Pikachu out of a ball until it's fainted. Heart Gold and Soul Silver will have some feature that lets the Pokémon be outside the balls. I think mainly it's just convenience.
** Yellow has the Pikachu out of a ball until it's fainted. Heart Gold and Soul Silver will have some feature that lets the Pokémon be outside the balls. I think mainly it's just convenience.
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** [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Jirachi For the last, it already happened.] Okay, it's not an actual [[The Lion King|giant ball of gas burning millions of miles away]], but you get the picture.
** [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Jirachi For the last, it already happened.] Okay, it's not an actual [[The Lion King|giant ball of gas burning millions of miles away]], but you get the picture.
*** They'll probably retcon Arceus into something lesser than a god, or make some lesser Legandary that's just so cool that nobody cares about how it's a step down. However, I have a particularly disturbing thought about catching legendaries. Isn't it kind of irresponsible of the trainer to catch Pokémon like the Lake Trio, Dialga/Palkia, the Birds, and especially Arceus? Does nobody stop to think that maybe it's a bad idea to put those Pokémon in the balls or on the computer when they have very important work to do, such as keeping spacetime, emotions, and the elements under control?
*** They'll probably retcon Arceus into something lesser than a god, or make some lesser Legandary that's just so cool that nobody cares about how it's a step down. However, I have a particularly disturbing thought about catching legendaries. Isn't it kind of irresponsible of the trainer to catch Pokémon like the Lake Trio, Dialga/Palkia, the Birds, and especially Arceus? Does nobody stop to think that maybe it's a bad idea to put those Pokémon in the balls or on the computer when they have very important work to do, such as keeping spacetime, emotions, and the elements under control?
*** ...[[Sci Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|"Millions of miles away"?]]
*** ...[[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|"Millions of miles away"?]]
**** [[They Might Be Giants|About 93 million miles away! That's why it looks so small!]]
**** [[They Might Be Giants|About 93 million miles away! That's why it looks so small!]]
***** Yeah, but there's only one star that close. The next closest is 2.4 * 10 ^ 13 (93 is 9.3* 10^7). Since "star" is generally used to refer to the ones outside our solar system, we can take that as a minimum. More likely, it is even farther out than that.
***** Yeah, but there's only one star that close. The next closest is 2.4 * 10 ^ 13 (93 is 9.3* 10^7). Since "star" is generally used to refer to the ones outside our solar system, we can take that as a minimum. More likely, it is even farther out than that.
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** If the target receives the painful shock instead of the jerkass throwing the ball at them, it's probably not a coded failsafe rather than incidental incompatibility with human biology. Better that way, since a programmed failsafe could be hacked or reverse-engineered away.
** If the target receives the painful shock instead of the jerkass throwing the ball at them, it's probably not a coded failsafe rather than incidental incompatibility with human biology. Better that way, since a programmed failsafe could be hacked or reverse-engineered away.


* Why don't some Wild Pokemon have egg moves? I mean, seeing a wild Sneasel with Ice Punch isn't exactly impossible. If the Pokemon can have [[Hot Skitty On Wailord Action|nonsensical partners]] in the Day Care, they whould be able to have them in the wild.
* Why don't some Wild Pokemon have egg moves? I mean, seeing a wild Sneasel with Ice Punch isn't exactly impossible. If the Pokemon can have [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action|nonsensical partners]] in the Day Care, they whould be able to have them in the wild.
** They could, but presumably they don't. I guess Pokémon naturally prefer to mate with their own kind. After all, note that you'll usually find more than one of the same type of Pokémon in any area. This probably means that they stick together in herds and flocks, so there would always be breeding partners available right there.
** They could, but presumably they don't. I guess Pokémon naturally prefer to mate with their own kind. After all, note that you'll usually find more than one of the same type of Pokémon in any area. This probably means that they stick together in herds and flocks, so there would always be breeding partners available right there.
** As for the Sneasel with Ice Punch, that's actually pretty danged unlikely. Only the Buneary Line or a Delibird can pass that on to Sneasel, and they only learn it through breeding themselves. So to get a sneasel with Ice Punch, a wild Medicham or Hitmonchan or something has to breed with a Buneary, and then the offspring has to travel from around Eterna Forest, all the way to Snowpoint, and breed with a Sneasel. In the wild. Yeeeeeah.
** As for the Sneasel with Ice Punch, that's actually pretty danged unlikely. Only the Buneary Line or a Delibird can pass that on to Sneasel, and they only learn it through breeding themselves. So to get a sneasel with Ice Punch, a wild Medicham or Hitmonchan or something has to breed with a Buneary, and then the offspring has to travel from around Eterna Forest, all the way to Snowpoint, and breed with a Sneasel. In the wild. Yeeeeeah.
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** Dexes are rare and precious things. Some random NPC isn't necessarily going to ''recognise'' Arceus or Giratina, and even if they do somehow, they won't necessarily know it's an actual [[Physical God]] rather than simply something that looks like a few old decorations from the Hearthome Cathedral.
** Dexes are rare and precious things. Some random NPC isn't necessarily going to ''recognise'' Arceus or Giratina, and even if they do somehow, they won't necessarily know it's an actual [[Physical God]] rather than simply something that looks like a few old decorations from the Hearthome Cathedral.
** They do notice, but long ago a witch cursed them only to be able to say the same lines of dialogue over and over so aren't able to express their shock
** They do notice, but long ago a witch cursed them only to be able to say the same lines of dialogue over and over so aren't able to express their shock
*** [[Epileptic Trees|Doomed to say the same thing over and over, eh?]] [[Pokémon Speak|Hm...]]
*** [[Epileptic Trees|Doomed to say the same thing over and over, eh?]] [[Pokémon-Speak|Hm...]]
* Pikachu is supposedly some kind of electric mouse that can shoot bolts of lightning...which it stores in special pouches in its cheeks. So wouldn't that make it more of a hamster? It's not even SHAPED like a mouse, for Christ's sake.
* Pikachu is supposedly some kind of electric mouse that can shoot bolts of lightning...which it stores in special pouches in its cheeks. So wouldn't that make it more of a hamster? It's not even SHAPED like a mouse, for Christ's sake.
** [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/9/97/025Pikachu_anime.png Pikachu] isn't [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/ce/025Pikachu-TCG.png mouse-shaped] ''[[Off-Model|now]]''.
** [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/9/97/025Pikachu_anime.png Pikachu] isn't [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/ce/025Pikachu-TCG.png mouse-shaped] ''[[Off-Model|now]]''.
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* Why haven't any Pokemon professors ever mounted a hidden camera on a Pokemon and put it in the day care centre to see where the eggs come from or something? They're supposed to be researching them, yet they don't give a damn where they come from? Or are they just holding off from publishing this?
* Why haven't any Pokemon professors ever mounted a hidden camera on a Pokemon and put it in the day care centre to see where the eggs come from or something? They're supposed to be researching them, yet they don't give a damn where they come from? Or are they just holding off from publishing this?
** Perhaps they ''do'' know and just don't want to tell a ten-year-old about red-hot Pokelove.
** Perhaps they ''do'' know and just don't want to tell a ten-year-old about red-hot Pokelove.
*** Specially since the player would likely be traumatized by imagining some [[Hot Skitty On Wailord Action]].
*** Specially since the player would likely be traumatized by imagining some [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action]].


* How come Magnemite (and evolutions) and Glalie don't have the Levitate ability? They both levitate! It's blatantly obvious! There is no other way they could conceivably move!
* How come Magnemite (and evolutions) and Glalie don't have the Levitate ability? They both levitate! It's blatantly obvious! There is no other way they could conceivably move!
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*** The Pokédex states that both [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Voltorb#Pok.C3.A9dex_entries_2 Voltorb] ''and'' [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Electrode#Pok.C3.A9dex_entries_2 Electrode] are mistaken for Poké Balls. A Poké Ball is a little bigger than a baseball. Voltorb are one-foot-eight (50 cm). Electrode are three-foot-eleven (1,2 meters). How is this possible?
*** The Pokédex states that both [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Voltorb#Pok.C3.A9dex_entries_2 Voltorb] ''and'' [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Electrode#Pok.C3.A9dex_entries_2 Electrode] are mistaken for Poké Balls. A Poké Ball is a little bigger than a baseball. Voltorb are one-foot-eight (50 cm). Electrode are three-foot-eleven (1,2 meters). How is this possible?
*** This could be explained by a page in the manga that had many, many Voltorbs and Electrodes of WILDLY varying sizes, with some Electrodes as small as regular Pokéballs, and a Voltorb as big as a regular Electrode. No clue how that happens, but it was in the manga. x'3
*** This could be explained by a page in the manga that had many, many Voltorbs and Electrodes of WILDLY varying sizes, with some Electrodes as small as regular Pokéballs, and a Voltorb as big as a regular Electrode. No clue how that happens, but it was in the manga. x'3
* [[Hot Skitty On Wailord Action|Why can a thousand pound whale mate with a 2 pound cat?]]. How is said whale only a thousand pounds? How can a water dragon possibly bounce? Why are children encouraged to go out into the wilderness alone where wild monsters lurk?
* [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action|Why can a thousand pound whale mate with a 2 pound cat?]]. How is said whale only a thousand pounds? How can a water dragon possibly bounce? Why are children encouraged to go out into the wilderness alone where wild monsters lurk?
** Said whale can also bounce. As can a fish with a tail that looks like wings.
** Said whale can also bounce. As can a fish with a tail that looks like wings.
** Why does said thousand-pound whale weigh less than a sixth the weight of a blue whale's ''tongue''?
** Why does said thousand-pound whale weigh less than a sixth the weight of a blue whale's ''tongue''?
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