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General [[Wild Mass Guess|Wild Mass Guessing]] for the [[Pokémon]] [[
Before adding a new guess, first make sure that it does not belong to one of the more specific Pokémon WMG pages listed on [[Pokémon/WMG|WMG]].
''Please add new entries to the bottom of the page''.
== All Pokemon, not just Porygon, are made from data. ==
Evidence:
* TMs and HMs are CD-like items. CDs typically contain data, and the idea of teaching a biological entity moves using data is much less plausible than the idea of teaching virtual entities using data.
* Pokemon can apparently be stored in computers and transmitted through the internet. While this may be some kind of teleporter network, there do not appear to be teleporters anywhere near the various PCs.
* Porygon is suspiciously similar to most other Pokemon for being a virtually created Pokemon.
* Poke Balls can apparently store any Pokemon, regardless of mass. If we assume that Pokemon are virtual, then this makes more sense. After all, data does not actually have mass.
* Pokemon breeding is more or less a mystery. Since data can be copied nearly instantly depending on the machine, it's possible that eggs are generated nearly instantaneously.
* No matter how powerful a Pokemon attack is, it never kills the Pokemon it's used on. This could be explained as some sort of program.
So it's quite possible that Porygon isn't the only virtual Pokemon, only the first man-made virtual Pokemon. Expanding on this further, Porygon may have been created by modifying the "data" of one or more existing Pokemon species. As for Missingno? An ''in-story'' glitch Pokemon caused by Porygon's creators not knowing what they were doing at first.
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** All those "Pokémon are actually virtual data" examples apply just because ''it's a videogame'', but they don't really make sense from an in-world point of view. Many Pokédex entries point out how they exist in a biological sense (evident in many types, like Water or Grass; Tropious is able to produce fruit. The humans eat that fruit. Are they eating virtual data? How does Squirtle create virtual water?). If they can be created by humans, then all humans should be able to create their own freely, without the need to walk around and throw Pokéballs at them. And most of all...if they are virtual, this means there's some kind of electrically-powered machine that constantly keeps them alive...[[Fridge Horror|oh crap]].
== Pokemon don't reproduce
Instead, Arceus creates the eggs.
* In Solaceon town, an NPC wonders if someone might be leaving the eggs there, so I kinda pictured that some ninja sneaks into the daycare when no one is looking and puts an egg down next to the female Pokemon, and then leaves without saying a word, much to the Pokemon's confusion. I don't know where the ninja gets the eggs from though...
** So Arceus is really just a giant Poke-stork and not a god like we all thought before? The place Cynthia takes us in HGSS isn't really Arceus creating something, but just picking up said Pokemon from the mystical Poke-baby factory in the sky? I guess that makes sense.
* It explains why two different pokemons can breed and then it will be the pre-evolved form of one of them, and other things about it. However, that does not necessarily mean that it is Arceus; maybe it is something else.
== The TMs and HMs are how-to DVDs. ==
The trainer simply lets a Pokemon watch the DVD. Now, if someone more well-versed with DVD technology could help me explain the TMs' one-use nature...
* It could be related to Flexplay technology, in which the DVD player literally burns away the DVD, making it unusable after one use.
** Then, why didn't they make a copy?
* This fits pretty well with the Teachy TV key item in Fire Red and Leaf Green...
* [[Explosive Instrumentation|They explode after use?]]
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== People do know how Pokemon breed. They just don't tell you about it. ==
Think about it. Your character is only 10 in all of the games. Perhaps there's an almost extreme level of discretion used with telling kids about sex in the Pokemon world. Either that or the process is actually [[Nightmare Fuel|quite horrifying and the less you know about it, the better.]] However, the latter wouldn't explain why a somewhat quaint-seeming old couple continues the daycare business unless they're desensitized to the process or get some sick kick out of it.
* This isn't just normal sex we're talking about. Regular sex is (for the most part) two (fairly) equal-sized <s>people</s> animals doing the deed. In this world, there's the quite reasonable possibility of [[
== The player character is one of the most dedicated trainers around. ==
Sure, all the NPCs you see only seem to want to talk about Pokemon, but let's take a closer look. In Gold and Silver, whenever a Pokemon trainer calls you, it's usually to tell you about how they "''Almost'' caught a Ratatta" or "Finally managed to beat a Zubat" and such. Furthermore, Pokemon training is hard work, and not everyone is willing to go through the trouble of [[Level Grinding]]. In addition, it's safe to say that the majority of trainers don't go too far from home, so their training options are limited.
Where am I going with this? Simply put, in the pokemon world, spending an hour or two a day training is considered to be dedicated. Now enter a young trainer who never gets tired no matter how much walking he/she does, and to whom pokemon training itself is a game. By the pokemon world's standards, ''you'' are the '''ultimate''' [[Determinator]]. Any trainer could be just as powerful as you, but they simply don't put in quite so much effort. The only exception is your rival, who is driven by the urge to best ''you'', the freakishly devoted trainer.
* This troper has thought for a while that most trainers are just local people with a love of Pokemon (or type of Pokemon, or fishing) who like to battle on the weekends; as their Pokemon are just pets most of the time, they can't really afford to keep or catch six or dedicate their lives to beating the Elite Four.
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== Non-Porygon Pokemon can be duplicated, but doing so causes the effects of [[Ghost in the Shell|Ghost Dubbing]]. ==
Porygon's Pokedex entry states it has some form of DRM to prevent copying, but why would other Pokemon, who can be stored as data all the same, be unable to be copied? Simple; they ''can'' be copied, it's just that copying will kill the original. Porygon, having no ghost, is an exception, and needs DRM. Scientist are willing to clone fossils because the original is clearly already dead and/or creating a biological clone (which starts at level 5, just like a newborn) is safer than duplicating the computer data.
* Or most of the pokedex entries are made up of exaggerations, nonsense, etc.
== Pokeballs are a [[Lotus Eater Machine]] for Pokemon. ==
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* Due to the harnessing of powerful Pokemon, energy, food, and labor are plentiful.
* Pokemon training, breeding, and contests are encouraged to give people something to do if they don't want to have jobs, which are purely optional, but in high demand due to their scarcity and their value as status symbols. The currency is the equivalent of arcade prize tokens, won only through Pokemon-related competitions and exchangeable only for Pokemon-related goods and novelty items created with scarcity in mind, so as to create artificial competition. Everything else is provided by the state.
* Team Rocket, et al. steal things because they are capitalists or simply fail to grasp the nature of the economy, and the government indulges them because they're harmless as long as they remain nonviolent. Team Rocket's "foreign support" is actually instigated by jealous capitalist rival societies.
** [[Fridge Logic|Wait]], [[You Fail Economics Forever|So stealing is now]] [[Strawman Political|capitalism]]?
** Alternatively they steal just because even in a socialist utopia, it's still (ostensibly) easier to take things than do work to get them, even when it comes to hobbies rather than livelihood. For example, stealing pokemon rather than catching and training them, stealing money to buy potions, etc. There will always be criminals even in a near-perfect society; this applies to the below as well. But they are rarer, with only a few gangs of criminals (and mostly they are more like extremist ideological groups than Team Rocket's brand of crime), and very little violence outside of pokemon battles (for instance, the ease with with many child pokemon trainers can wander around the world almost completely unmolested).
* Violent crime is unheard of because people can express their aggression through Pokemon battles, and wild Pokemon are incapable of seriously harming humans, making it safe for kids to travel alone.
** Violent crime appears often in Pokemon, mostly in past tense or to be speculated.
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== Almost no one gets starters at age ten in the games. ==
There are trainers younger than ten and new trainers older then ten. You also almost always get your starter out of causality; In RBYFRLG, you're ''eleven''. In GSCHGSS, Elm gives you a mon to go run an errand. In RSE, it's a thank you gift for saving Birch. In DP, you and your friend go to look for a Gyarados but get attacked and use them for self protection. The "ten year old" rule only applies to Pokémon Platinum and the anime, and manga that ran with the idea.
* It's possible. The main charecter in B/W is sixteen when he/she and his/her friends are given their starters.
== The journeys happened differently in two universes. ==
BW has basically confirmed the fact that there are two parallel universes. It's not just rebooting or different Pokemon appear for some reason. Here's the theory part: The first games (FireRed, HeartGold, Ruby, Diamond) happen in White. In Black, though, other games happen (LeafGreen, SoulSilver, Sapphire, and Pearl). The protagonists' events differ in each world (maybe they do so and so, maybe they have this Pokemon, etc). Heck, maybe even they have different protagonists (let's say in the Black continuity, Red is Blue's rival and saved Kanto, but in White, Leaf did).
* It'd make more sense to have Pearl in place of Platinum, and have Yellow, Crystal, Platinum, and "Grey" take place in a third universe (perhaps one created [[Merged Reality|by making a better world.]])
** HeartGold and SoulSilver both have Red possessing a Pikachu, implying Pokemon Yellow is canon and Leaf [[Ret-Gone|never existed at all.]] Black and White both reference Giratina, implying Platinum is [[In Spite of a Nail|canon in both.]] The only games that aren't accounted for are third gen and [[Pokémon Colosseum]]. It seems the timeline is more on the lines of
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== The 'rules' for Pokemon and human interaction were set up at the beginning. ==
Right. In the Headscratchers page, numerous people have asked why Pokemon obey their trainers. Here's my theory: Arceus set up rules for partnerships between Pokemon and humans, essentially following the Trainer role. Pokeballs? Well, Arceus (or maybe one of the other Legendaries under its command, I dunno which one would fit) showed humans how to turn Apricorns into the pre-pokeball catch method, and then they figured out how to make Pokeballs by the same method. This is also why the Legendaries can be caught in the games- they follow the 'rules' as well, although they don't use their full power on behalf of the trainer. This also explains why when you catch them, you don't trigger a disaster as in the second movie- the rules as they apply to Legendaries also means they can focus effort on doing their job, while still being with you.
== Baby Pokemon are not supposed to exist in nature. ==
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However, the way they breed is completely different from how Pokemon eggs are made
* In nature: Pokemon eggs are a rare method of breeding. They normally breed in a logical manner(mammalian Pokemon get preggers, reptilian Pokemon lay eggs, fish Pokemon externally fertilize, ect). For the most part, [[Interspecies Relationship|interspecies breeding]] doesn't happen.
* In day cares: In order to get eggs faster, the Day Care people give them drugs that speeds up the process. The result is that all Pokemon there lay eggs, and Pokemon are so flexible [[
== Red and Leaf truly are [[Silent Protagonist|silent protagonists]]. ==
May, Dawn, and Ethan/Lyra are just varying amounts of quiet. Red, however, was silent for almost all of his journey, and Leaf becomes quiet at around the halfway point of hers.
** Makes sense, and is basically canon if you count Red not saying anything when you meet him on Mt. Silver. You can't be sure with Leaf, Kris, Lyra, Gold/Ethan, May, Brendan, Dawn or Lucas.
*** Apparently, in RSE, you only talk in "Yes" and "No", if the characters' responses are anything to go by. So Brendan/May would count. Leaf could be a silent protagonist since she's in the same games as Red. In HGSS and DPPt, you really don't talk much, so it's hard to tell, though that could be evidence in itself.
*** What do you mean, Red and Leaf are silent? They both talk to Copycat, as do Ethan, Kris, and Lyra.
**** Who says they do? No one can figure out what's going on in that scene anyway. However, Red does talk in the non-canonical Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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** Except that in HG/SS, Steven states that he's the champion of Hoenn, not Wallace.
*** He WAS champion of Hoenn in Emerald before he quit and Wallace took the spot. (Heart) Gold and (Soul) Silver probably take place before Gen III, when he still was Champion.
** Or, more likely, it takes place after Emerald.
** And then Cynthia referenced the battle with Giratina in B/W. If that line appears in what's already being called "Gray" (you know it's coming, people), we can count this as confirmed.
** More Steven/Wallace discussion: It appears that former Champions keep the title of Champion, though they are replaced in the league by the new Champion. The exception to this rule is Red, since he was busy training in Sevii and eventually Johto.
== The Pokeworld is a [[Crap Saccharine World]]. ==
Think about it. There are so many cults and mafias running amuk with dangerous monsters at the palm of their hands. These Pokemon themselves are dangerous, as Pokedexes, move descriptions, and in-game events can show. Even certain regions, ala Orre, are depressing horrid places. Eleven year olds are allowed to carry around dangerous monsters which could kill them by accident, or if they do not trust you enough. These naive children can also accidentally harm others. Kids can run around on their own (though most don't until they're in their mid to late teens from the looks of it), with little protection from pedophiles, [[Mind Rape]], etc. other then their Pokemon. Parents tend to neglect their children quite frequently, or pay little attention to them. [[Pokémon Black and White]], [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]], and a few manga, basically confirm this.
== The Pokemon Regions are actually puppet states or colonies of a larger power. ==
And the closest thing they have for a government is a police force.
* Well, the first part is somewhat true. The regions are a part of a country, [[Fan Nickname|Pokepan]].
== If you hatch a Pokemon and you don't have a Poké Ball, you carry it until you buy more. ==
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* Confirmed several times in the anime. Togepi and Manaphy come to mind immediately.
** And eggs from the Day Care place give you free Pokeballs. Case in point: Phanpy.
*** Free? No, you have to pay for the day care.
== Most Legendaries aren't unique. ==
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== Pokemon aren't trying to escape capture, they are judging if you are worthy of them. ==
That's why legendarys are hard to catch. Masterball? You must be worthy if you have the ultimate ball. Also a possible explanation for why you can't catch fainted pokemon.
* That is one explanation, although there are other variants too, such as:
** They are not <em>usually</em> trying to escape capture, although it might happen sometimes.
** It is valid for most pokeballs, but the master ball is cheating.
== Mitsumi knew who Kaisei was before DPA started. ==
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Eventually the Nanomachine Virus spread to the entire planet, and all animals were changed to Pokemon. This is where and when the claims of 'Enough electricity to render an elephant unconscious' comes from. Some of these Pokemon were incredibly powerful, and they altered geography and destroyed society at large.
Eventually, humanity rebuilt, from the ground up, likely hundreds of years later. Not much of the past is remembered, only little things. Most things, like the humble Pokeball, needed to be rediscovered out of necessity. Eventually, humanity gets to the same level as in the 90's, developing things like the PC system,
Also, anything mythical like Arceus or Dialga that has odd and wild claims? The Pokedex has knowledge of local myths. These pokemon are post devistation.
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== Pokemon who evolve through trading do so because they are excited! ==
We know emotions can trigger evolution, so maybe when certain Pokemon get traded, the excitement of having new friends and seeing new places gets them to evolve.
* This is [[Fanon]] (maybe even [[Word of Dante]]) as stated in ''[[Pokémon
== The reason Marril are more common in Hoenn and Sinnoh is because they're [[wikipedia:Invasive species|invasive species]] ==
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Most of the Pokemon who evolve from a Stone lose the ability to learn new moves naturally. [[As You Know|but you already knew that.]]
This is because the radiation from the Stone retards parts of the brain, preventing the Pokemon from learning new moves naturally.
Eevee is exempt from this because the radiation sets it's unstable DNA into a stable pattern.
The radiation also causes an effect similar to [[The Incredible Hulk]], making them stronger but less smart and/or nice, so perhaps it contains a type of gamma radiation?
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I don't just mean the Unown and Giratina's reality, I mean the whole [[The Multiverse]] she-bang. Okay, in [[Pokémon Black and White]], it's all but outright stated that the two games takes place in parallel universes. Their single dividing point is the founders. The brother who stood for truth was victorious in the Black timeline, [[Science Marches On|and thus Opecluid became advanced.]] The brother who stood for ideals was victorious in the White timeline, and thus Opecluid remains traditional.
In both universes is a version of previous games. Heartgold and Ruby would take place in the same universe. After all, [[Single
What happened to Diamond/Pearl/Red/Blue? The first two may have never existed, or they seperated due to the course [[Big Bad|Cy]][[Omnicidal Maniac|rus]] took in life. Pokemon Blue and Red might as well be the same game. What happened to them? [[Fridge Horror|Heh...]] Remember good old [[The Missingno|Missingno?]] Well, there was [[Eldritch Abomination|A glitch. An aberration. Something that should not have existed, but somehow did.]] It [[Omnicidal Maniac|rose from the sea and destroyed all things.]] A lone survivor [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|did what he needed to in order to stop it,]] [[Multiversal Conqueror|and creation feared him for it.]] [[Atop the Fourth Wall|A piece of the world is missing.]]
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== Mew is from our universe ==
Which is how Arceus could be bolth a descendant of Mew and the creator of the pokemon universe. (Some) Pokemon world humans could have come from our universe as well, which is why they know about real world animals etc., or Mew or Arceus could have found ways to tell them about these things.
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== Potions, Heal Balls, etc. are not magical. ==
They're basically field medicine. Very advanced field medicine, and they work by sealing wounds and such, but more serious injuries like severed limbs, severe breaks, spinal damage and so on need trained professionals to treat. Hence Pokemon Centres and hospitals.
* Then, what will Revive be, is that one magic?
== The political power of Gym Leaders varies per region ==
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This would allow players to recapture Pokemon they may have regretted releasing (with either a 1:1, 0:1, or [[Random Number God|random]] chance of it still having the item it held the last time you saw it) while re-enforcing the idea that Pokemon are merely knocked out in battle and are actually released, rather than never knowing if you've ever met the same wild Pokemon twice and [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees|released Pokemon are]] [[Released to Elsewhere]]. The mechanic could be interpreted as your Pokemon [[Tear Jerker|wanting to return to you]] (and possibly [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|being accepted back into the team]]), your Pokemon wanting to [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|test your skill and help you along your path toward becoming a stronger trainer]], your Pokemon [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment|wanting to beat you for having mistreated it and the forcing it to leave the only home it had, you jerk]], [[It's a Small World After All|random chance]], or any of the myriad other reasons for meeting a wild Pokemon that you once trained.
* This ideas was considered by some unofficial game writers (I don't know if anyone implemented it, though).
== The Pokemon games/anime/manga take place in a post apocalyptic world. == ▼
Some nuclear incident or national disaster wiped out all animal life on earth. In order to save what little was left of the earths ecosystem, the remaining scientists used the remaining samples of DNA of the worlds animals to biogenetically engineer new creatures(pokemon) to support and recreate the ecosystem by giving them elemental powers. After awhile the pokemon got loose and began to populate, thus becoming wild. After time the ecosystem finally healed, and people began treating the pokemon the same as they had treated animals, but with benefits. And so the pokemon world was created.
Proof exists in the fact that some pokemon are called "mouse pokemon" (pikachu) or "fish pokemon" (magikarp and feebas) because those were the animals whose DNA was used to create them. It makes sense if you think about the fact that there are some plant life among other things that don't exist in our world, and that the role of animals is assumed by pokemon.
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== Pokemon have promoted MUCH better parenting skills ==
All from raising your Pokemon to be their best.
== Oak already has full Pokédex ==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150915064340/http://www.kongregate.com/forums/2-off-topic/topics/242443-pok-ymon?page=1#posts-5221805 He just likes to fucking with people]
== The Pokeball system is actually [[Summon Magic]]. ==
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== The six-Pokémon limit is an attempt to prevent Pidgey/Rattata/Zigzagoon/Bidoof/etc. zerg rushes. ==
[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
== In the pokemon universe, there are four timelines. ==
As of generation 5 we know there are 2 alternate universes. Game Freak is lying to us about this. there are four known alternate universes.what was the dividing point was when Unova was created, spliting the universe into three.
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