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* Everyone fails astronomy forever. Stars smaller than the sun are redder. This would be noticeable. A planet closer than earth to a star the size of the sun would look like Mercury or Venus (AKA scorching hot at least some of the time and completely uninhabitable). A planet in the habitable zone of a star too much smaller than the sun would have one face always pointing towards the sun, and hence the concept of a day would be meaningless, OR it would always point the same face towards its (large, close in) moon, and hence the concept of a month would be meaningless.

 

Simply, Earth is enveloped in Nuclear War, and everything is mutated by fallout into Pokèmon.

 

So on, ad infinitum. The humans in [[Pokè Earth]] are descended from survivors with Rad-proofed bunkers. Those without bunkers became Tyrogue and eventually the HitmonGang... and Ralts/Kirlia/Gardevoir/Gallade... and Jynx... and the rest of the Humanshape egg group.

 

 

 

 

== The Pokemon World is an alien planet. ==

 

== Ash is the embodiment of every hero. ==

* Hopefully he'll have chance to get laid first.

* What are you talking about? He met at least ''[[Death Is Cheap|two]]'' tragic ends in the ''first season.'' If anything, he's got that part out of the way with a refund check in the mail.

* So, Ash is Michael Moorcock's [[wikipedia:Eternal Champion|Eternal Champion]]...? "[[Soul Cutting Blade|Stormbringer]], I choose you! [[Your Soul Is Mine|Soul Drink]] attack, let's ''go!''"

 

== The hero of the Video Games is only a [[Heroic Mime]] outside of battle. ==

When the Player Characters are in battle, ''they'' are the ones commentating on the sidelines with phrases such as "It's super effective!" and "PIKACHU is hurt by poison!" The main evidence for this is that Red in Gold, Silver, Crystal, and Stadium 2 cannot speak... because he's tired his vocal chords out from shouting over the past three years.

* Alternately alternatively, it's a running commentary in the hero's head. In G/S/C, when you look out of a window, the character says/thinks 'MY reflection, lookin' good!' implying some sort of first-person. Not to mention the yes's and no's - but those could be gestured.

* It could be your professor in some of the games, since he can apparently tell you when it's not the time to use an item. (Imagine Oak in a tree somewhere yelling at you...)

** This troper recalls imagining the trainer freaking out when he tries to pull out his bike in a building and suddenly hears Prof. *Insert Tree Here* reprimanding him ''from miles away!''

 

== Ash's Pikachu is powered by [[Shipping]]. ==

 

== Master WGS's Pokemon [[The Abridged Series]] is canon. ==

 

== Zoroark is based on [[Egyptian Mythology|Set]]. ==

This leaves just the Sheep, Snake, and Ox, and with the lack of new fire types that seem to be a common trend, it's entirely possible that these animals could be represented by a fire type.

 

* Mareep and Flaafy are the sheep, and there are plenty of snakes to choose from.

** Mareep and Flaaffy are Electric-type.

== The reason the Leader's levels get progressively harder is because the in-universe metagame is advancing. ==

 

 

Since your character is crazy talented and destined to become Champion and all, s/he approaches the metagame in a new and innovative fashion, and by the time you get to the Gym Leader your Pokemon are using more of their total power and win the battle. Since news travels fast among Gym Leaders, the later Leaders and the Trainers that trained with them are already using your new techniques against you by the time you get to their Gyms. Even the wild Pokemon learn some new tricks, but without a Trainer, they cannot learn as quickly, and are thus at a lower level on average.

 

== Pokemon is set in Valhalla. ==

Trainers don't get hurt because generals don't participate in battles. When you catch a Pokemon, you prove your tactical acumen to it. Nurse Joy is a Valkyrie.

 

== ONLY the audience sees Team Rocket wearing [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Paper Thin Disguises]]... ==

** And Red must be the player!

** That also explains how Lance got his [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|underleveled Dragonites]].

== Pokeballs use [[Mass Effect|Element Zero]] to store Pokemon. ==

Using the mass changing qualities of Element Zero, this allows Pokemon like Groudon and Snorlax to be stored in Pokeballs without a significant weight effect on the trainer holding the Pokeball.

 

* I know WMG pages aren't the place for research or canon, but in case you'd like to know... Each Pokeball has a whole virtual world inside of it.

== The space station in Mossdeep isn't a space station ==

 

Each Generation tells a story of the world around us, each Generation growing in scale and using a different religion and scope but telling the same tale.

 

 

* Generation II: Tells the story of a nation, hence there is greater diversity in Johto, as it is a whole nation instead of merely scenery for the protagonist. The cultural perspective is more of a Buddhist (Specifically Zen Buddhist), hence the presence of Buddhist temples throughout Johto and the focus on nature. Capturing Ho-oh and Lugia reflect different ways of reaching enlightenment.

* Generation III: Tells the story of the planet, thus the focus on how nature works, how the ecosystem functions and how the different parts of the world fit together. The religious perspective is a mix of Judaism(Hence the three beasts and the golems) and Mesoamerican(Hence the design for many locations and the three beasts). The diversity of Hoenn shows the diversity of the world's cultures and environments. The reason Kyogre and Groudon are in conflict reflects the conflict that creates life(e.g. shifting plates,natural selection, e.t.c.) and Rayquaza's guardian role shows how the atmosphere protects the Earth from foreign objects(such as Deoxys e.g. a meteor) and to provide a breathable environment.

 

 

* Generation V: Retells the story of an individual, except now more detail is given as to how an idividual relates to the world. The religious perspective is Taoist, reflected by representations of Yin,Yang, and Wuji in Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyurem. Unova returns to an individuals view of the world, lacking the conflict or diversity of previous regions, as an individual's perspective does not take in all of that. The cessation of conflict between Zekrom and Reshiram, resulting in the availability of Kyurem relfects the achieving of Wuji, and the restoration of balance.

A world just like [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]].

 

* A population of humans, mostly historians, try to render our world [[Discontinuity]], and are in denial that their world is our world, and they are deliberately invoking the [[Planet of the Apes Ending]]!

* Pokedex writers however... ''not so much.''

 

== The [[Player Character]] is, in fact, playing a game that [[Becoming the Mask|eventually became too real]]. ==

 

 

Worried by the PC's odd behaviour, the mother uproots and moves far away to another region. Having lost his attachment to the past, the PC is fine with this, and imagines a whole new world with a whole new set of monsters. He becomes even more isolated from society and instead contstructs the [[Flat Character|rudimentary figure]] of May as an imaginary friend. However, he is asked to leave the field where he plays because the "long grass" is in fact a farmer's crops, so he casts the angry farmers in his mind as Eco Terrorists. He sinks further into his delusion, and the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. He is admitted to the mental ward of a hospital, where he meets Wally, a terminally ill boy. He befriends Wally and convinces him that his world is real. Becoming closer to Wally means he no longer needs his imaginary friend, which is why she disappears and Wally replaces her as the rival. However, one day the play-fighting goes too far and the frail Wally is accidentally killed. This horrifying event fractures his mind completely, as represented by the [[Apocalypse How|extreme weather]] caused by Groudon/Kyogre. The PC and his mother are forced to relocate again.

 

 

Years later, the PC has grown older but his mind is more broken than ever. Eventually the use of stuffed toys was no longer enough to sustain the delusion, and the PC moved on to capturing and "training" real animals. The NSPCA/some equivalent organisation was understandably outraged by this and demanded his arrest, so he cast them as an [[Animal Wrongs Group]] with secret evil intentions. Bianca was just a [[Naive Girl]] who wanted to join in the game - her father's objections to her going on her "Pokemon journey" were really him warning her not to get mixed up with the weird, crazy kid. The Yin-Yang legendaries are representative of the two warring parts of his brain: reality .vs. fiction, and he doesn't know which is which any more.

The idea is that the overworld, such as the routes, are actually much bigger than they appear. It is simply that the game reduces it. One patch of grass is actually several feet long, for example.

 

 

 

== You don't control single Pokemon. ==

 

This explains why the game says that your Pokemon is ''evolving'' and not ''transforming''; it's not a single Pokemon turning into another one, it's actually natural selection at work!

 

== Pokemon were specifically designed as battle machines for people. ==

*** Kangaskhan is just that badass. As for Chansey, well, there's a ''reason'' why it's called "Lucky" in Japanese and its English name is a pun on "chance".

*** The pokemon may escape from the ball, but you never miss your throw.

 

== The entire world of Pokemon is actually a virtual reality simulation. ==

== Each individual copy of the game is a paralell universe. ==

Game-link battles and trades are the result of some rather sophisticated cross-dimensional technology, but the engineers of the various Pokémon universes have so far only managed to access worlds which are relatively similar (and therefore must have split from each other quite recently), hence why they have not found any worlds in which Pokémon do not exist.

* The point of divergence between every copy of Red and Blue occurs when the New Game option is selected. The universes that follow the Yellow path diverge a little earlier, which is why Professor Oak doesn't have a Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle ready in his house at the start of the game there.

** [[Fridge Horror|And when the save file is overwritten, said universe never existed...]]

** Power Points (PP) = ammunition for that particular weapon

** Struggle (the [[Emergency Weapon]]) = ramming enemy fighter

** [[TM|TMs]] = weapons that are mounted on removable hardpoints

* [[Standard Status Effects]] explained!

** Sleep means the fighter's crew have been stunned.

** In Confusion, a group of saboteurs or mutineers try and take over the ship. When the Pokemon hurts itself in confusion, the mutineers have temporarily taken control of a weapons system and used it to damage the ship.

** Paralysis means that the weapons systems are damaged.

*** The propulsion systems are probably wrecked too, seeing as Paralysis cuts its victim's speed by 75%.

 

== Pokemon training is actually an elaborate [[Alternate Reality Game]] aimed at young children in the Poke-universe. ==

 

The virtual nature of Pokemon is already strongly hinted at in the series -- Pokemon are digitally transferable, able to learn things from software, etc. Additionally, the alternate reality game hypothesis explains, among other things, why Pokemon Centers are ubiquitous and suspiciously free, why everything is within walking distance and why gym leaders seem more interested in standing around handing out badges than promoting their own poke-careers (it's also strange that even gym leaders who initially seem unkind or "evil" will always play fairly and [[Defeat Means Friendship|happily concede defeat]] when beaten.)

 

Of course, we're seeing all this from the perspective of the game's 10-year-old participants -- the anime in particular represents events as seen through Ash's overactive imagination. Although his fantasies are epic in scope, he's really only playing a game during a few short weeks out of his summer vacation, which is why no one ever seems to age.

 

== The single most fatal mistake one can make in the World of Pokemon... ==

** [[And I Must Scream|Visiting a Darkrai in the Dream World.]]

* Letting a Lucario hug you from behind.

* Trying to save the world when you're '''''NOT''''' the [[Chosen One]] (in the anime, this would be Ash/Satoshi, and ''only'' Ash/Satoshi, while in the games and manga it varies).

* Letting [[Complete Monster|Ghetsis]] babysit your children.

 

== You, the person playing the games, play the role of a badfic writer. The player character is your [[Mary Sue]] / [[Marty Stu]] [[Author Avatar]]. ==

* Expanding on this, the Pokemon universe is already an established universe, with the Gym Leaders, Teams, and Elite Four as its main characters. Each new generation is a new series, and you, the badfic writer, have a new fic for each one. The rival and you are a [[God Mode Sue]] and a [[Villain Sue]]. Ever look through the calls in HG/SS and notice that the callers talk about being barely able to take Raticate? It's because your OC is so special, they catch everything on their first try. Ever noticed how only the last few trainers have teams of six, and almost always specialize, while your rival and you easily have teams of six with no need to specialize less than halfway through? It's because it's a rule of the universe that only unbelievably skilled trainers can keep teams of six, and even then, usually have to specialize (only people like Cynthia, N, and Adeku, through an in-universe [[Lensman Arms Race]], can defy this), but since your characters are Mary Sues, they defy the rules of the universe. You also dismantle the Teams in under a week while they fruitlessly throw Houndour and Zubat at you, because in-universe, the Teams are all-powerful, highly dangerous organizations that the main characters have been battling for years, and it looks good on Mary Sue's resume to make them look like fools. The Champions lavish praise on your character and travel with them at parts, because each one is [[The Hero]] of their generation, with the Elite Four making up their [[Five-Man Band]]. It even explains why you have a blank personality, and your rival is typically either a [[Jerkass]] for the sake of it or pretty much not a villain at all: Mary Sues tend to be defined not by their personalities, but by the way the setting bends over backward to service them. As for the points of difficulty, like the various [[That One Boss|That One Bosses]]? You got a bad review, and you want to say "See? Difficulty! Red isn't a Mary Sue!"

 

Your rival always pics a pokemon whose type is strong against yours, because the Gary/Blue character is the one decended from Cain. You/Red/Ash are the decendent of Abel. Except this time you win...

* Its even possible that the two are reincarnations who have been put on the earth to change their destiny, seeing as no one dies in the end...

 

== The first four villain bosses are meant to represent the four alchemical elements. ==

* Giovanni: [[Dishing Out Dirt|Earth]]

* Archie: [[Making a Splash|Water]]

* Cyrus: [[Blow You Away|Air]]

 

A long time ago, Nintendo had this video game called Mother, which was about aliens invading Earth. After their failure the aliens went home and came up with new weapons, most notably Gigyas, the result of experiments to increase the power of their soldiers and Mew, from a project working on super powered [[Tyke Bomb|Tyke Bombs]]. Gigyas was an uncontrollable failure that destroyed the universe but before then Mew was a complete success and was in the mass production stage when Gigyas lost it.

 

 

As guessed above, Pokemon are one giant, hyper adaptive genus with many subspecies. They were bred to be loyal, easy to heal, portable fighting machines which is why they are okay with being contained and battling. There was also data on several flora projects that were supposed to run alongside them. Apricorns were specifically bred to take the monsters in and convert them to energy for storage and repairs while berries were bred to increase their fighting efficiency for example.

 

Their planet is like Earth is because the aliens wanted them to take Earth. Some Pokemon were based on surviving data, others simply took on forms of naturally developing species then out competed them. Pokemon prioritized on the animal kingdom in particular, the only animals who managed to survive were bugs because of the staggeringly large number of niches they fill and human beings, because of our intelligence. The order to [[Kill All Humans]] was lost in the Gigyas incident so Pokemon [[Irony|substituted humans for their original masters and partnered with them]]. This didn't happen immediately, the human shaped egg group is a collection of failures by Pokemon to out compete humanity before they accepted us as companions. Still, humans are not the masters Pokemon were bred for, so humans must continually prove their worth by catching them.

 

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