Shrinking

[coolcatkim22]

When a Pokemon goes into a Pokeball do you think it's the Pokeball that makes them shrink or the Pokemon them selves?
Discuss.

 

[Infinity Mk-II]

They don't shrink, they turn into energy.

Anyways... well, I'd say the pokemon can be turned into energy upon meeting certain conditions. However in this case, the pokeball would be an artifact that would force these conditions to be met.

So in simple terms, the pokemon themselves (or rather, their nature) are the ones who make the "shrinking", but it's forced by the pokeball.

That's why they can "fight" the pokeball and break free.

 

[coolcatkim22]

Oh, I just always thought they shrink because in the special manga you could see a shrink down version of them in the Poke ball. Also there have been several episodes where huge Pokemon are seen so I just figured that they just went through the shrinking process backwards.
Although I do like your theory.

 

[~Shimmer Shock~]

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They don't shrink, they turn into energy.

Anyways... well, I'd say the pokemon can be turned into energy upon meeting certain conditions. However in this case, the pokeball would be an artifact that would force these conditions to be met.

So in simple terms, the pokemon themselves (or rather, their nature) are the ones who make the "shrinking", but it's forced by the pokeball.

That's why they can "fight" the pokeball and break free.

Hmm yes, thats what I thought cose of all those shinny red beams
although; how do they do it? It looks like they are disintegrated then put bact together, That would take some amazing technology! but then how did those old pokeballs work?'Cose we know its not the pokemon! I mean Ash caught a doughnut once.

Oh, I just always thought they shrink because in the special manga you could see a shrink down version of them in the Poke ball. Also there have been several episodes where huge Pokemon are seen so I just figured that they just went through the shrinking process backwards.
Although I do like your theory.

Yes I remeber seeing that! However those pokemon seeem to be awake and I sorta remeber something Prof oak said about pokemon sleeping in pokeballs...


Both theorys seem to have rather large "gaps" though.....




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[Blackjack Gabbiani]

He didn't catch the food, it landed in the ball because it was the right size to fit in it.

 

[Infinity Mk-II]

Hmm yes, thats what I thought cose of all those shinny red beams
although; how do they do it? It looks like they are disintegrated then put bact together, That would take some amazing technology! but then how did those old pokeballs work?'Cose we know its not the pokemon! I mean Ash caught a doughnut once.

I don't think it is technology all by itself. The pokeballs are a technologically improved version of some symilar artifacts made with apricorns a long time ago. The propertipes of those were probably magical, but still triggered the same reaction.
Pokeballs are probably made following the same model to still have some of these magical propertypes, but with added functionality.

About the food... I didn't see the episode, but yeah, it likely just could fit in. They are containers after all.

 

[coolcatkim22]

It's called a Onigiri (O.K.A. Rice Ball)

 

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[Wiimote Plus Wheel]

The whole energy-conversion thing is supposed to work on Pokémon because their bodies are more reactive than ours, which is why it doesn't work on ours. Also, that rice ball, while staying the same shape inside the Poké Ball, did actually convert to red energy before being sucked in. This might have been because it wasn't exactly very dense material?

One thing I don't understand is the shrinking of the Poké Balls themselves. I understand WHY you would have to have it and know that it looks so darn cool, but how do they reduce themselves in surface area without showing some form of fold-up seam?

 

[Shinx3000]

I read somewhere that the pokeball reads the DNA of the object it hits and if it finds a certian strand that belongs to pokemon only, it works on them, so thats why it won't catch humans, as humans have a certian strad(s) of DNA that won't allow a pokeball to catch one. I can't find the source of that though.

I suppose if the pokemon are sent into energy, the energy can be resized/formed, so myabe why a large pokemon such as Torterra can be put easily into a pokeball and it made smaller.

 

[Wiimote Plus Wheel]

No, I mean the Poké Ball itself.
It wouldn't be too hard to make energy smaller, but how does the synthetic case of the Poké Ball shrink like that?

 

[Trainer'sInsomnia]

Not that the manga speaks for the rest, but they showed smaller versions of them in that, yeah. Like I remember Bulbasaur and Pikachu minis. But that could've been done just to show us who was in what Pokeball. The Bakuten Shoot manga did the same thing with the Spirits.

I actually think (anime-wise), there's more to the Pokeball than meets the eye. I mean none of the Pokemon bitch, none seem unhappy or abused inside of them... And how else would that explain how Carnivine lived all that time while James stayed away from Sinnoh?

 

[Wiimote Plus Wheel]

Well, Pokémon are just stored as energy, and energy doesn't use up energy by getting hungry, and going from what people have said, it sounds like Pokémon are just in a sort of dreamless sleep-state in them, so they wouldn't really bitch about it.

Yeah, in the manga they become smaller, but I think that's just the manga's way of answering the question of everyone knowing what's in what Poké Ball all the time without having to open them and check. They're clearly shown to work differently from the ones in the games and anime since they don't use the energy-conversion technology, so its kind of like talking about two different items.