Voltorb and Electrode seem to be the source of much controversy within the pokemon community. Many ask "Is it truly alive?" or "How did it come into being". Here is my theory.
Everyone was supposedly originated from early pokeball models. After this, the details become a bit sketchy. The way I see it, voltorb's spontaneous origination has a lot to do with the spontaneous origination of life billions of years ago. In the ancient seas of a young earth, constant electrical storms in combination with a lack of free elemental oxygen and the presence of chemicals such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and methane allowed for the creation of simple polypeptides that eventually joined to form the 1st prokaryotic cells. These 1st forms of unicellular life were very simple, lacking the organelles and chromosomes that define modern prokaryotic cells. Some of these cells were chemosynthetic, feeding off of chemicals around hydrothermal vents, but the majority of these cells obtained their nourishment from the direct uptake of free polypeptides from the primordial soup. In some cases, some cells would consume other cells through the enveloping process of endocytisis (one cell would eat another by gl0mping it). Most unicellular creatures would die when eaten, but in rare cases, some would incorporate themelves into the predator celll itself, forming a symbiotic relationship, in some cases, allowing the predator cell to do something new, such as photosynthesize. When the "host" cell replicated, its duplicate would have an exact copy of the internal symbiotic cell because the its genetic information was incorporated into its genome. This process is called endosymbiosis, and is the source of sophistication of life on earth. How is this related to voltorb? It all refers back to the early prototype pokeballs. These early pokeball prototypes had to have been tested on some pokemon. Like most prototypes, the 1st ones tested must have not worked correctly. They were able to catch the pokemon, but not release them, trapping the pokemon inside it for life. The trapped pokemon must have been able to, in some way, retain consciousness, allowing them to retain movement through utilizing the pokeball's electric current. This is analogous to a human piloting a mech, giving signals from the inside to prodce movements. The trapped pokemon is in essence, a part of the pokeball. The pokemon/pokeball chimeras(voltorbs) would need electrical energy in order to "feed" the inorganic, mechanical part, which supports the organic pokemon inside. This led the newly formed voltorbs to congregate at places like power plants, where a constistent source of electrical energy is present. Instead of dying off, the small population of voltorbs that resulted from defective pokeballs were able to, in some way, reproduce. Because of their machine/creature hybrid nature, their offspring too, would be machine/creature in nature. This is similar to how unicellular organisms that had "taken up" smaller organisms and incorporated them into their bodies replicate the genes of both, creating similar offspring. Through sucessful reproduction, the 1st few voltorbs were able to create stable popuations and spread to new habitats. Some may question how prototype pokeballs created beings the size of voltorb. The answer is simple. Like all electronic gadgets, the 1st ones made are large and unweildy. As technology advances, it is possible to make better use of a smaller object. Compare the orignal gameboy to a DS lite and this becomes very apparent. The 1st mechanical (non-apricorn) pokeballs were very large, leading to the relatively large size of voltorb in comarison to a modern pokeball.
Tell me what you think of my voltorb theory!
Everyone was supposedly originated from early pokeball models. After this, the details become a bit sketchy. The way I see it, voltorb's spontaneous origination has a lot to do with the spontaneous origination of life billions of years ago. In the ancient seas of a young earth, constant electrical storms in combination with a lack of free elemental oxygen and the presence of chemicals such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and methane allowed for the creation of simple polypeptides that eventually joined to form the 1st prokaryotic cells. These 1st forms of unicellular life were very simple, lacking the organelles and chromosomes that define modern prokaryotic cells. Some of these cells were chemosynthetic, feeding off of chemicals around hydrothermal vents, but the majority of these cells obtained their nourishment from the direct uptake of free polypeptides from the primordial soup. In some cases, some cells would consume other cells through the enveloping process of endocytisis (one cell would eat another by gl0mping it). Most unicellular creatures would die when eaten, but in rare cases, some would incorporate themelves into the predator celll itself, forming a symbiotic relationship, in some cases, allowing the predator cell to do something new, such as photosynthesize. When the "host" cell replicated, its duplicate would have an exact copy of the internal symbiotic cell because the its genetic information was incorporated into its genome. This process is called endosymbiosis, and is the source of sophistication of life on earth. How is this related to voltorb? It all refers back to the early prototype pokeballs. These early pokeball prototypes had to have been tested on some pokemon. Like most prototypes, the 1st ones tested must have not worked correctly. They were able to catch the pokemon, but not release them, trapping the pokemon inside it for life. The trapped pokemon must have been able to, in some way, retain consciousness, allowing them to retain movement through utilizing the pokeball's electric current. This is analogous to a human piloting a mech, giving signals from the inside to prodce movements. The trapped pokemon is in essence, a part of the pokeball. The pokemon/pokeball chimeras(voltorbs) would need electrical energy in order to "feed" the inorganic, mechanical part, which supports the organic pokemon inside. This led the newly formed voltorbs to congregate at places like power plants, where a constistent source of electrical energy is present. Instead of dying off, the small population of voltorbs that resulted from defective pokeballs were able to, in some way, reproduce. Because of their machine/creature hybrid nature, their offspring too, would be machine/creature in nature. This is similar to how unicellular organisms that had "taken up" smaller organisms and incorporated them into their bodies replicate the genes of both, creating similar offspring. Through sucessful reproduction, the 1st few voltorbs were able to create stable popuations and spread to new habitats. Some may question how prototype pokeballs created beings the size of voltorb. The answer is simple. Like all electronic gadgets, the 1st ones made are large and unweildy. As technology advances, it is possible to make better use of a smaller object. Compare the orignal gameboy to a DS lite and this becomes very apparent. The 1st mechanical (non-apricorn) pokeballs were very large, leading to the relatively large size of voltorb in comarison to a modern pokeball.
Tell me what you think of my voltorb theory!
