What if a Pokemon didn't want to fight?

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Lets say a Pokemon gets captured. Can they choose to leave the trainer? Not just running away, but actually going up to the trainer and saying 'Nope, not doing this anymore'. I mean, what right do trainers have to catch wild Pokemon, who are clearly sentient? If it was some sort of contractual agreement between the two parties, I can understand it. But a trainer just goes into the woods, knocks a wild Pokemon out and captures it for the rest of its natural life? What about its right to freedom? Does it make any sense?
 
It could be a common instinct shared by all Pokemon--deference to other Pokemon that defeat them in battle, a particularly aggressive survival reflex. Or perhaps being captured in a Pokeball is a religious experience for most Pokemon, save the most literal-minded or dangerous, and thus most are compelled to at least give a listen to the one who captured them.

However, a lot of it comes from the trainer. Pokemon aren't "broken," it seems, but domesticated; abstracted in the games to a large degree, a Pokemon, once captured, needs to have its trust earned. Clearly a lot of bonding and time spent together is glossed over for expediency.

A trainer who expects his Pokemon to act like weapons plucked from the ground is in for an unfortunate surprise.

On the issue of Pokemon that want to return to the wild: given that most Pokemon are fairly intelligent, most trainers would pick up on a beast wanting to return to the wild. A responsible trainer would respect his creature's wishes, unless the circumstances are extraordinary (e.g. the Pokemon is a fire-type that wants to return to, and destroy, a forest). Pokemon that obviously want to leave, or are being mistreated, are certain to be found out eventually, and I wouldn't doubt Pokemon have rights at least comparable to animal control.

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I haven't seen them in the recent games, but it would do one well to not forget the trainer sprites in RBY that had the whips (cooltrainers?). Methods like those could convince pokemon to fight and perfectly obey.

And of course, some trainers may just catch many until they find a particularly bloodthirsty (high-DVed? :p) specimen.
 
Me and one of my friends bring this up from time to time. Why does something that you just beat to the point where it almost passed out, and then kept contained in a small airtight ball, which shrinks to an even smaller ball, suddenly want to become your friend? This is usually followed by WTF are they eating when they eat meat (Kentucky Fried Combusken) and then how do two dittos make an egg?
 
For the first question, it's probably all the "Medication" they recieve from the Pokemon centres.

Dittos probably reproduce asexually
 
Dittos don't produce eggs, at least in-game. It's probably some form of asexual reproduction.
 
I would think that see how Pokemon seem to have human-like intelligence they would realized that they have a better chance of survival if they either: goto a secret Pokemon-exclusive area (which is very unlikely), or goto a trainer, seeing that trainers take care of them on a regular basis (hopefully) in exchange for battling or showing off (Poke-contests) which are common animal instincts.

With that said, in the anime there are cases where some Pokemon refuse to conform to domestic life upon it's capture like Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Buizel. Then, they develop a sort off loving or friendly connection to there trainers when the trainer shows respect for them, or it could be love at first sight in some situations depending on personality.

It's kinda like domesticating wild animals in real life, only you use Poke balls.
 
there are 2 things i have to say 1 most pokemon cant talk and 2 well if the pokemon dont fight they shold be kept and poteced
 
If Pokemon didn't want to fight, then the world woud be peacful, and happy. We would live like God wanted us to live....SIKE! we would beat them untill they did fight!! jk :p I dunno..
 
well if they don't fight back they would just get the crap beat out of them so I suppose that all it would take is one fight and then they would just auto fight to protect themselves
 
If you were in a battle and both you and your opponent sent out your Pokemon, and your Pokemon did not want to fight, what would happen?

The opponent's Pokemon will beat the crap out of your Pokemon.

If you were in a battle and both you and your opponent sent out your Pokemon, and bothyour Pokemon did not want to fight, what would happen?

They will turn on their trainers and try to kill them, but before they have a chance they will be detained by the Pokemon Ranger's Capture Styler where they will be sent to be destroyed.
 
If my pokemon didn't want to fight, I wouldn't make it. I'd try and introduce it gradually, but if nothign happened, I wouldn't force it. I'd simply send it to Oak and get a more battle-worthy pokemon. If we're talking about the games and not probable IRL, then I'd box the thing and probably trade it away, or use it for contests...
 
If it didn't want to fight before I catch it, I'd leave it be. If it didn't want to fight after I catch it, I'd train it for contests. Natch :p
As for the ethics of catching, pokemon, I think that in most cases they DO want to be caught, but only by a decent trainer that's guaranted to make them stronger. That's why they fight back -- to test the trainer's strength. Once the pokemon has been caught, it is usually convinced that the trainer is competent and will respect the trainers commands from that point onwards. Traded pokemon, on the other hand, are less trusting and will only obey a trainer once they have the badges to prove they're capable
 
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if Pokemon didn't want to fight, then people would want to leave them alone,or just take pictures of them,or just study them.i agree,the Pokemon world would seem a lot peaceful.
 
A good trainer won't force their Pokémon to fight if it doesn't want to... and not everybody catches Pokémon to fight with. They can study, breed etc.
 
loafing around, etc.

and I do realize there are some trainers who used whips (but that seems to have been phased out anyway...)

Though I'd also imagine that the trainer would either get fed up and release it or the pokemon would just run away (remember that farfetch'd?)

as for them being "obviously snentient" I think that's just in the anime because of the "OMG LET'S MAKE THEM KAWAII" factor

In the games (especially the farther back in the gens you go), the pokemon are treated much more like animals and I think they are assumed to not be of human intelligence.. with a few exceptions (but i'd also say it's just..different.. I don't think they're just 'people shaped like pokemon' as the anime has them appear oh so often)

if that made any sense what so ever D:
 
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Define a "good" trainer?

-One who can battle and win.

-One who catches all the Pokemon

One who fights to win no matter what

There are many ways to define a "good" trainer, even some that would contradict each other
 
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