Strange and Dark Anime Theories

[Cresselia92]

"Campfire Stories: Strange and Dark Anime Theories"

Nothing is better than spending a nice night around a campfire telling to each other spooky stories about creepy creatures, unnerving conspiracies and mind-blowing theories.

The Pokémon anime could offer some interesting material, as there are many dark theories surrounding the characters and the world around them, which could either give some answers to certain enigmas or maybe even raise more questions.

As such, here are provided to you a nice assortment of some weird and creepy theories from the dark side of this otherwise cheery show.

Spoiler: 1. Ash's Eternal Youth Secret

10 years. This is the age that the shows keep repeating about Ash. From one side, there is the interview of the director of M20 which says that Ash is still 10-years-old to represent the typical friendly neighborhood kid, but what would be the reasoning in-universe?

There are different theories about this:

• Ash’s adventures are nothing more than his comatose dreams. After Pikachu electrocuted him during the bike and Spearow's accident, he actually slipped into a long coma and created an imaginary world using some figments of his memories.

• Ho-Oh granted to Ash and Pikachu immortal life when they witnessed the rainbow phoenix the first time, or after they died after the Spearow accident.

• Ash is actually dead and is possessing his body after a chandelier fell on him during the Pokémon Tower events. This explains why he can endure the most incredible feats almost unscathed and with little effort.

• Ash is actually a clone. After he was turned to stone during the conflict between Mew and Mewtwo, a distressed Delia decided to clone him. However, the clones are defective (as evidenced in the past by Ambertwo’s relatively short lifespan), and as such the boy must be cloned over and over. This explains why his skills, personality and appearance change constantly at the beginning of each series.

There are many more theories, but what could be the answer behind Ash’s eternal youth?

Spoiler: 2. Giovanni's Devious Master Plan

This is an absurdly long and complex theory, so I will leave the link about it here and just mention some of the most relevant points.

This theory essentially explains why there are so many Joys, Jennys and Don Georges, as well as other otherwise unexplainable “copies”. The answer is… clones. Yes, once again we are talking about clones.

But think about it. They can’t be simply twins, as it has been mentioned many times that the Joys and the Jennys are whole families constituted by cousins, grandmas and other relatives. And it’s virtually impossible to have identical twins, moms and grandmothers. As such, the logical explanation is that they all share the same DNA, ergo they’re clones.

What does Giovanni have with all of this? Well, he gave the funds to create a clone in the form of Mewtwo. Why would he create clones of people, though? This is where things start getting interesting.

Spoiler: 3. Jessie’s Mimikyu is actually…

A Porygon. Yes, the virtual duck from the infamous banned Pokémon episode.

According to some Japanese fans, many things seem to point toward this, namely:

• Rotom says this about Mimikyu: “It’s said that a researcher who tried to look underneath died from shock.” The event that caused the massive epilepsy is known in Japan as “Pokémon Shock”.

• Mimikyu’s description mentions it wanting to share Pikachu’s 20-years popularity. The Porygon episode happened around 20 years ago.

• Where you can get Mimikyu in the Sun and Moon games, you also can catch Porygon. Also, one of the photos in the mysterious room of the abandoned mall you seemingly features Ash and his Pikachu.

Simple coincidences, or Porygon has a bitter grudge toward the famous mouse?

Spoiler: 4. Karmic Deaths or Houdini Tricks?

Hunter J and Lysandre have one thing in common: they both are considered dead after the events surrounding them. J and her crew have been struck down by Mesprit’s and Uxie’s Future Sight and plunged in the water, while Lysandre has been buried by debris.

The chances of survival for both are considered basically null, but what about their Pokémon? Did they perish as well, or they are stuck in their Pokéballs for who knows how long?

Do you know some other dark and fascinating theories? Feel free to post and discuss them below.

 

[Gengarzilla]

Gonna say right here that I despise all the "Ash is actually dead/in a coma because of something from Kanto" theories. They unfailingly come across as fan attempts to decanonize everything after the first season, even when that's clearly not the intention.

Negativity aside, the clone one is interesting... except for the fact that we saw him come back with our own eyes, and I'd trust my vision in any scenario. I would take the Ho-Oh explanation without a death.

 

[MarshiyanMisutaa]

Sully Snowdon from the third movie and Satoshi's mother had an extramarital relationship and he is Satoshi's true father.

 

[Gabo2oo]

Pokémon can get out of their Poké Balls if they want to, so their trainers' deaths shouldn't essentially trap them.

For the Hunter J scenario though, it's possible that their Pokémon died alongside the whole crew, since they were in the center of a huge explosion. This really depends on how a Poké Ball's interior is affected by an outside source, and how resistent the ball itself is. Assuming a Poké Ball can get destroyed by such a explosion, this means her Pokémon experienced all of it too, so their fate is the same as J's.

Lysandre's death is different though. Poké Balls are small items, so it means they have more chances to be unaffected by irregular-shaped falling rocks than a human. They could get trapped between debris though, but I highly doubt the scene was left as-is (and thus the Pokémon unrescued) after the events. Furthermore, if a Poké Ball does get destroyed in such a scenario, I think there are chances for the Pokémon to be 'called out' and escape from between the debris.

 

[SinnohEevee]

If Cyrus didn't die when Dialga and Palkia were freed, then he died of hunger and thirst.
But what about his Pokémon?

 

[Kirby4ever]

But what about his Pokémon?

Probably hunger and thirst as well.

 

[SinnohEevee]

Some theories I came up just for the fun of it:

Spoiler: Plot twist

* Ash's dad is Giovanni, but he doesn't know it. He was abandoned by his dad at a young age. He left Delia pretending to want to go on a journey, but it's obvious why he didn't come back.
* Dawn's dad is Cyrus.
* Iris' dad is Ghetsis. She's an orphan because Ghetsis didn't find her useful for his plans.
* Serena's dad is Lysandre.

 

[EscLucy]

Some theories I came up just for the fun of it:

Spoiler: Plot twist

* Ash's dad is Giovanni, but he doesn't know it. He was abandoned by his dad at a young age. He left Delia pretending to want to go on a journey, but it's obvious why he didn't come back.
* Dawn's dad is Cyrus.
* Iris' dad is Ghetsis. She's an orphan because Ghetsis didn't find her useful for his plans.
* Serena's dad is Lysandre.

So basically all of the secondary characters have a father that is the main villain. thinks THAT SEEMS TOO LOGICAL FOR THE ANIME!!1!111! DENIED haha

But yeah that would be cool.

@Cresselia92
On your point about Lysandre and J being crushed under the rubble. Let's assume that their Pokeballs are close to them, then surely when a Pokeball gets crushed (by rubble or whatever), the Pokemon comes out of the Pokeball or the Pokemon is no longer the trainer's owner so therefore the Pokemon would get crushed too. An example of this was when Jessie crushed Dustox's Pokeball in Hoenn.

 

[KrspaceT]

Can I use the Shudo Notes for dark theories, or are those unallowed?

(I.E, the light novel descriptiosn of his story bible where Delia may just be the only functional parent, most young men become useless adults, and Pallet Town is named after Oak's grandpa)

 

[Cresselia92]

Can I use the Shudo Notes for dark theories, or are those unallowed?

(I.E, the light novel descriptiosn of his story bible where Delia may just be the only functional parent, most young men become useless adults, and Pallet Town is named after Oak's grandpa)

You can use those, too, as long as they aren't NSFW. ^^