#pokemon hypothesis

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How The Pokedex Works

So it's been speculated on how the Pokedex works, even to the point it has been called in accurate.

So much in fact that it has been concluded by many that the Pokedex is written by the trainers who carry them around. That the reason the descriptions in the Pokedex are so absurd is because they are being written by the player character not knowing what they are writing. This is something I have even been guilty of.

However, this actually not how the Pokedex works in the games, and we have actually been told how they work in basically ever game.

Now ignoring how the Pokedex works in the anime given it is a separate continuity and is clearly pulling from a preexisting database rather than needing to be filled out. Also, I won't be taking into account the Pokedex from Legends Arceus, because that Pokedex is different the ones from throughout the rest of the series.

So when you receive your Pokedex from a Professor like Professor Oak, you are told directly by them how a Pokedex works.

"On the desk there is my invention, Pokedex! It automatically records data on Pokemon you've seen or caught!"

In other Words, the Pokedex itself is the one doing the recording, not the trainer nor the professors. This also, explain why the Pokedex isn't completely filled out until you caught a Pokemon. The data being recorded automatically is probably due to the Pokedex scanning the Pokemon.

This is actually further established in Pokemon Origins which treats the Pokedex in the exact same way.

This also means that every single entry is meant to be taken literally, and is not simply just a exaggeration written by a child or ignorant professor.

Also, this actually explains why we have seen in the games, and yes even the anime; several instances of Pokedex being confirmed as valid.

PKMNB: "Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns."

PKMNSAPPHIRE: "Gardevoir has the psychokinetic power to distort the dimensions and create a small black hole. This Pokemon will try to protect its trainer even at the risk of its own life."

PKMNP: "It tugs on the hands of children to steal them away. However, it gets pulled around instead."

PKMNR: "Nosepass's magnetic nose is always pointed to the north. If two of these Pokemon meet, they cannot turn their faces to each other when they are close because their magnetic noses repel one another."

Now people have tried to argue that the dex entries can't be accurate because in the case of Gardevoir, black holes don't work like that. But this ignores that the Pokemon world is not the real world and doesn't play by the rules of the real world. This world has magical creatures that can use all types of elemental powers, and humans are just built different.

Someone might even mention Magcargos dex entry tells us that Magcargo is hotter than the sun and couldn't exist on the Earth, meanwhile in real life we have already had such examples of things being hotter than the sun. But that aside, the Pokemon world is again probably just built different.

Now one might ask why the Pokedex in different games have different entries? Well my hypothesis is given each time it is a different type of Pokedex, the data that gets scanned is at times different. Thus, outputing different information that is recorded about said Pokemon. Written by Eris

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Cubone Does Not Wear It's Mother's Skull

Many people believe Cubone wears itself mother's skull however I don't think this is true.

So this idea originates from the PokeDex which claims this. FireRed "It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly." SoulSilver "It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like." X "It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly." Y "It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like." Moon "The skull it wears on its head is that of its dead mother. According to some, it will evolve when it comes to terms with the pain of her death" Ultra Moon "It wears its mother’s skull on its head, so no one knows what its bare face looks like. However, it’s clear that it’s always crying." Let's Go "Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody." Shield "This Pokémon wears the skull of its deceased mother. Sometimes Cubone's dreams make it cry, but each tear Cubone sheds makes it stronger."

However, I don't think this is reliable information. So one thing you notice is that when your Cubone hatches from it's egg, your Marowak doesn't disappear. They could implement such a thing into the game like how Nincada evolves, or Slowbro devolves. Adding on to this while it's not canon to the games Pokemon Origins does mostly tell the events of Red's story and the Cubone is running around with their mother before Team Rocket get to her.

So with that information I would note the hypothesis that the PokeDex is written by the trainers thus leading to inaccurate information at times and exaggerations. I think that the Cubone thing is a myth or urban legend in the Pokémon World, and that trainers put this urban legend into the Dex. This would also fall in line with casual people like in the Detective Pikachu Movie remarking about the Cubone thing. Written by Eris OUTDATED Reason New Explanation

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Pokemon Timelines And Continuities

The following is an idea of my of what I believe the Pokemon Timelines look like alongside some of the reasoning.

Timeline 1: Timeline 1 aka the original timeline where real world locations and animals exist alongside Pokemon. Because the war where the Ultimate Weapon was didn't happen in this continuity. Mega Evolutions don't exist in this timeline, alongside the primal forms. Notes The a diary entry on Mewtwo mentions South America. Lt. Surge is called the Lightning American in Japanese. Arcanine's Dex Entry mentions China.

Timeline 2: Timeline 2 is similar to timeline 1 but events of the first 2 games play out differently. Notes Due to Ingo showing up and the devs probably having the og game in mind, Legends Arceus is probably meant to be the past of the original PDPP. The a diary entry on Mewtwo mentions South America. Lt. Surge is called the Lightning American in Japanese. Arcanine's Dex Entry mentions China. Raichu's Dex Entry mention the Indian Elephant. Anabel would fall out of this timeline and into timeline 3.

Timeline 3: A timeline where real world locations don't exist, and real world animals don't either. Due to the war the Ultimate Weapon was fired and it's energy made Mega Evolution possible in this timeline. Also Primal Forms do exist in this timeline.| Notes The diary entry on Mewtwo no longer mentions South America Lt. Surge is no longer called the Lightining American. Arcanine's Dex Entry mentions the East instead of China. Raichu's dex entry omits Indian Elephant, but omission doesn’t necessarily equal a retcon. See PHG and PSS. However, the dex entry in Sword and Shield alongside this game seeming to phase out real world locations implies a full retcon of the Indian Elephant mention. Some game events while different could play out similarly to other games, even if we don’t see it. In other words paralleling each other but not happening like the mention of Blue and Team Plasma. but playing out differently due to the lack of mega evolutions. Extra note Pokemon like Clefairy seem to have been completely retconned to have always been a fairy type as evident by Legends Arceus. A Giovanni after succeeding in his own world assembled various Team Leaders who won in their worlds and created Team Rainbow Rocket. This Giovanni shows up in Pokemon Masters Ex and the uniforms in Pokemon Go. The games with the UBs feature the idea of other worlds or in other words timelines. Due to Ash Greninja and a photo of Ash in Sun and Moon in the Mimikyu room implies a version of Ash exists in this timeline.

Anime Continuity: A continuity where Ash and Gary are rivals instead of Red. The whole series plus the movies constantly reference each other and make callbacks to them by characters recognize certain legendaries they have seen before. This continuity has real world animals in it. Also, there are some interesting variants of Pokemon not seen in other continuities. Pokemon in this continuity are clearly intelligent and capable of deep and complex thoughts, including the ability to grasp concepts like poetry. Also, as seen with Meowth can learn how to speak. Pokemon Horizons is probably canon as well.

Pokemon Adventures: The Pokemon Adventures continuity.

Pokemon Masters Ex: Self Explanatory

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Self Explantory

Detective Pikachu Movie: The movie continuity.

Pokemon Origins/Generations: Pokemon Origins is a retelling of the first games but with Mega Evolution. I can see Pokemon Generations also being part of this canon.

I Choose You: Obviously a separate continuity.

Pokemon Go: The Go Continuity

Pokemon Live: A diverged timeline of the anime.

Pokemon Rebirth: We don't talk about this one. Pokemon Pocket Monsters: We don't talk about this one.

Smash Bros.:

Some Pokemon media like Pokemon Snap, Stadium, Rangers, and Colosseum could be canon to any of these continuities. Written by Eris

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Deoxys Is Not A Mutant Minior

So recently I came across a hypothesis that claimed that Deoxys in a Minior that was mutated by the laser from the Ultimate Weapon. It uses the fact they are both associated with meteors as part of the evidence, and it's Omega Ruby dex entry. "The DNA of a space virus underwent a sudden mutation upon exposure to a laser beam and resulted in Deoxys. The crystalline organ on this Pokémon's chest appears to be its brain."

However, there is fundamental flaw with this hypothesis…. Deoxys exists in one of the timelines where the Ultimate Weapon was never fired. Meaning Deoxys couldn't have been created by the blast from the Ultimate Weapon, because it exists in a timeline where the weapon was never created.

Also, if Deoxys owed it's existence to the attack from the Ultimate Weapon, then the energy from it aka Mega Energy should given Deoxys a Mega Evolution. Written by Eris

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The Regis Hypothesis

There is a hypothesis that claims that the 3 Regis which are Regirock, Regice, and Registeel a represent Hibakusha.

In a Kotaku article titled Japanese Pokémon Fan Theory Links The Regis To World War II, this theory is covered and is even mentions it was recapped by a Youtuber called Kakeru. Theory goes that the Regi's locations are link 2 the 3 real locations in Kyushu, and the Pokemon needed to get there are could represent Little Boy and Fat Man.

The Kotaku article also brings up a website called Kowai Toshi Densetsu, which as an article that connects Regigas being found in Snowpoint city to Wakkanai, Hokkaido aka the home of the Monument Of Peace.

It also mentions a site called AniWota Wiki that brings up how the Regi's moveset of moves like Ancient Power and Hyper Beam, particualrly using their Japanesee names could also connect to this theory. Written by Eris

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Chinese Fire Starters Wheel Hypothesis Debunked

So it's believed by many people online that the fire type starters in Pokemon games are going off of the Chinese Zodiac wheel, however like the GRAMPS theory this is just plain wrong.

So for Starters you have Charmander which is not a dragon, and while it's final form Charizard is not a dragon type. I will give it half a point for it's mega form and the fact it visually looks similar to a dragon(which doesn't necessarily equal dragon say for some fae).

Cyndaquil counts due to the name Fire Mouse Pokémon.

Torchic Matches up with chickens and Chimchar with Monkeys due to Moneferno Infernape. But also, because Chimchar is basically an ape which apes are monkeys with reduced tails.

Tepig matches up with the Boar, Litten's finally form counts, and Scorbunny also counts.

However, Fennekin and Fuecoco break this. Fuecoco is a crocodile and Fennekin is a fox. Now now some people try to jump through hoops saying Fennekin is a Fox which is a canine therefore it counts because dogs are also canines. But that's just some major levels of reaching on the live of science deniers(joke if you get it you get it). Written by Eris

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My Cubone's Dex Entry Hypothesis

So as stated in a previous post the Pokedexs are meant to be literal as they are automatically recording data on Pokemon. So the biggest question usually is, what about Cubone's dex entry. "Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody." This is because it is seemingly contradicted by the fact if you hatch a Cubone egg, your Marowak doesn't well die. Which such details like this have been implemented as a mechanic before, as in when a Slowbro deevolves. Alongside while not canon, Pokemon Origins showing Cubone's mother to be still alive.

So what is going on here? Well…… I my hypothesis is the dex entry is only partially true, I think if say a Cubone's mother dies, then it will replace their normal skull with their mother's skull. But if their mother isn't dead then they don't do this and retain their original skull. This could give an explanation for the dex entry, while making it where not every single Cubone does this. Written by Eris

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Jynx's Old Design Was Probably An Actual Problem

Major note, this post is purely of educational purposes and by no means supports the actions of say the authors of mangas mentioned in this post, or books from 1950s. In addition I will not be providing many visual examples because I am not comfortable doing that, you will just have to look it up yourself.

So many people have covered this topic before and they have concluded that Jynx's original design was not racist. Something I noticed with this is it done by people who don't really understand history and think Japan is an ignorant monolith, and others have done it to avoid having to admit a favorite franchise did something bad. The former sometimes has people do that because they themselves place Japan in romanticized box and to defend their own questionable views. Often times criticism towards Jynx has been lumped in with the Satanic Panic Crowd, and just an example of people from the West not understanding Japanese culture like in the Manji Situation. So let's look at Jynx under a critical lens.

Some people have tried to stretch it and say Jynx is based on Yamauba by bringing up some things that could connect like dancing in one Japanese legend and being seen as benevolent in others. Alongside saying it's Yamanba or Ganguro while ignoring a decent amount of context behind that. Others says Jynx is based on Yuki Onna despite it not matching up with Yuki Onna and Froslass is the one that clearly based on Yuki Onna. Some have even said it's the Futakuchi-onna which is not really like Jynx and the Pokemon based on that is Mawile.

So before going I would like to mention Pokemon based on Yokai make it pretty obvious. Froslass Platinum: "It freezes prey by blowing its -58 degrees F breath. It is said to then secretly display its prey." HeartGold: "Legends in snowy regions say that a woman who was lost on an icy mountain was reborn as FROSLASS." Sun: "When it finds humans or Pokémon it likes, it freezes them and takes them to its chilly den, where they become decorations." Mawile Ruby: "MAWILE's huge jaws are actually steel horns that have been transformed. Its docile-looking face serves to lull its foe into letting down its guard. When the foe least expects it, MAWHILE chomps it with its gaping jaws." Golduck 1st. Edition Fossil Golduck 1995: "Often seen swimming elegantly by lake shores. It is often mistaken for the Japanese monster Kappa." LeafGreen: "Often seen swimming elegantly by lakeshores. It is often mistaken for the Japanese monster Kappa."

So the only claim that mostly has merit is the Ganguro or Yamanba claim, however it does not help the claim that the original design isn't what it is.

But first a little history lesson. So at a certain point in the 1950s a large amount of stuff from the West brought over to Japan, particularly in 1953 the children’s book known as Little Sambo brought over to Japan. It would go on to be popular caricature in Japan, having lots of books and toys of it sold. Add that bit of information alongside the fact lighter skin is seen as better in Japan thanks to views on nobility(even causing skin bleaching to become popular in Japan), with the fact that Japan is able to understand the intentions behind things like caricatures of Japanese people that you would see in an old Dr. Seuss book. Then you have a recipe for something to be done about it.(Note, Japan can be extremely colorist especially against other people like Filipinos.) So in the 1988 an anti racist campaign had the books and all related merchandise was remove from stores in Japan.(Sanrio used to have characters based this one even named Sambo, also it's also why their Marina Plush wasn't a surprise to many people). However, this would not stop it entirely since many creators in Japan would still use said caricature in their own works. So eventually in August 1990 the Association to Eliminate Black Discrimination in Japan went after after mangas like Dr. Slump, KochiKame, Tsuide ni Tonchinkan, and The Burning Wild Man. Eventually leading to heavy restrictions on mangas and they were forced to edit said caricatures to no longer be that. However, this did not apply to anime thus in animes like that of Dr. Slump's Baseball arc retaining the original caricatures alongside other works like DBZ and One Piece also having examples of this. Even recently characters that looked decently in the mangas had their designs changed to very unsavory depictions as seen in One Punch Man(note this one is probably the fault of the anime industry and not the manga artist).

So I bring this all up to point out Japan is very aware of issues like this and that they are not some isolationist monolith that knows nothing about the outside world. As shown here Japan has anti racist groups in it specifically having dealt with this issue, though it isn't easy for them to make social progress.(I would also like to note Japan also has feminist organizations and other organizations that aim to improve things, this is because many people think or act like such groups don't exist in Japan).

So.... Yamanba and Ganguro First look up the meaning of Ganguro, if you see the name then you should be catching on. So Gyaru is what these 2 fall under and Gyaru is often represented as just these 2 things. Gyarus that are good include Kogyaru, Rokku Gyaru, Hime Gyaru, Himekaji, Amekaji Gyaru, Agejo, etc. So Gyaru itself isn't bad and is often done as a form of rebellion against societal norms of dressing certain ways, or how tan skin was seen as bad(like I mentioned earlier). However, some Gyarus are not done as a way to rebel but rather to partake in colorism via extreme makeup tans and at times cultural appropriation often times to look like said caricatures. Cause in point being Ganguro, Yamanba, Manba Gyaru, and B-Gyaru.

So Jynx if based on Yamaba or any other form of Ganguro is a still under the same category of the caricatures. Regardless, the original design of Jynx looks matches up with said old caricatures.

Now before we end this of this does not necessarily mean you can no longer like Pokemon because of this. They did change the design and Pokemon at this point is the work of many people. The point of this post was to cover this old Jynx situation and explain the why, given so many have avoided the why. Written by Eris