Is 4'11 the average height for humans in the anime?

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Since anime make pokemon like Emboar, Charizard, Zoroark, Typhlosion, Sceptile, Empoleon, Garchomp, Rhydon, and blaziken(all of which measurer from 5 ft 3(1.6m) to 6 ft 3(1.9m) which are average heights for humans) tower over most humans, why does the anime make humans seem shorter?
 
No.

The problem is you've taken the PokéDex data too literally (and note how in the Anime the 'Dex doesn't give exact measurements). The idea of the 'Dex measurements only being averages/estimates is supported by the NPC in the Lake of Rage:

Southeast of the lake is another house, where a Fishing Guru resides. His greatest dream is to see the world's largest Magikarp, and he regularly measures those brought to him in order to realize it. If the player brings him a large enough Magikarp, he will give the player an Ether as a prize.
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So Pokémon you catch aren't the same size in the games, and the Anime has never stated that Pokémon are always the same size, so the reasoning behind your question doesn't work out.
 
Anime is not consistent with games. Like humans, pokemons in anime have different heights.
 
The main characters are children in the anime as well. Braviary is 4'11'' so he would be as big as a 10 year old in real life and the anime. different sized pokemon have been shown multiple times as well. Falkner's pidgeot was said by Ash that it was bigger than his. Ash's Charizard was smaller than the ones in Charicific Valley.
 
@Iteru the Pokedex Entries seem to be accurate when it comes to the height of pokemon outside the anime as Cynthia's Garchomp towers over her yet in PBR they are only slightly taller than a Cool Trainer(a teen).
 
Virizion's Lover said:
@Iteru the Pokedex Entries seem to be accurate when it comes to the height of pokemon outside the anime as Cynthia's Garchomp towers over her yet in PBR they are only slightly taller than a Cool Trainer(a teen).
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Which has nothing to do with the actual main games proving that there are differences. The Dex entries come from the main games after all.
 
Two things are happening:
1. Pokédex entries are the average height / weight, not the exact height / weight of every Pokémon of that species
2. The anime takes artistic license... Pokémon are sometimes exaggerated and drawn larger / smaller than they actually are if it helps to portray whatever the anime wants the viewers to see
 
Or the anime exaggerates the size of some species while making others smaller based on convenience. You're looking at final evolutions, which are supposed to be powerful. The animators are probably working under the heuristic that "big = powerful", for instance, Flint's Infernape seemed much larger than Ash's. If you look at NFE's, their sizes are a bit closer to the average compared to the trainer's height, so either the NFE's in the world are undersized or the animators take the liberty in making powerful exemplars of fully-evolved Pokemon larger to emphasize their power, because again, "big = power"

I've seen the anime show Pigeot to be tall enough to support Ash on its back, and another depiction making them shorter than he is. The ones I've seen depicting Pigeot as shorter were generic wild Pigeot, whereas large Pigeots were trainer-owned (e.g., Ash's, Falkner's).
 
Midnight Blue said:
Just like how Gary's Krabby was larger than Ash's.
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orthe most infamous example, that island-sized Dragonite.

now to answer the question, 4'11 is the average size for trainers, snce they are all around 10-14 years old.

adults are in the 5-6 foot range. except for Surge. holy crap.
 
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