Pokémon are great, but I don't know what I would do with them in the real world. I mean sure, life could theoretically be easier with a giant bird like Zapdos you could take to work, or I guess anywhere. But if I had a Pokémon then that means they are real and that then mea🍎ns the world could turn into a disaster at any minute. How does this fictional universe not have wars going on at all times? These creatures are basically magical bombs you can capture easily, and cheaply too. Of course, there are nefarious organizations like Team Rocket around, but they're not really a threat. These syndicates constantly 🎀get beaten by ten-year-olds, so I would call that not a problem.

Basically, what I'm trying to get at is that while Pokémon is a cool franchise, be it the gam🐟es or anime, there's a lot of things that don't make sense. That said, you can't exist for🦹 over two decades without fans coming up with some theories to answer burning questions like: how does Ash Ketchum not age, what exactly are ghost Pokémon, and what's in a Pokéball? I touch on some of these dilemmas and more for the purposes of this article. Unlike most, I structured this as sort of a question and answer segment. Hopefully, it will flow as well as it does in my mind. There are, of course, some questions that can't be answered too. Do you have a theory about those? Let us know in the comments and enjoy!

25 Doesn’t Make Sense: Why Doesn’t Ash Age?

The Pokémon anime has been going for well over a thousand episodes by now. It even changed animation studios so the quality has gone up with no end in sight. On that fact alone, Ash actually looks younger. How? How can time pass without him aging? The simple answer is, don't think about it🔴, nerd, this is a cartoon for kids. While that may be true, there are some theories that could explain how Ash has stayed so young.

24 Theory: Ash Is In A Coma

I could get into the clone theory, but everyone knows clones ruin everything. Do you hear me Attack of the Clones? Anyway, a more popular theory thinks Ash has been in a coma since episode one. He did suffer a massive shock, literally, from Pikachu. This could all be a dream. That's pretty elaborate. I mean, shouldn't a dream be good? Why does he lo꧋se so often in his dreams? I guess this must be a nightmare. When in doubt, make up a dream, or coma theory.

23 Doesn’t Make Sense: How Can Pokémon Like Klefki Exist?

There's a lot of dumb Pokémon out there and I'm not talking about useless ones like Bidoof, or Magikarp either. I'm more referring to inanimate objects like Klefki who, if you've been hiding under a boulder, is literally a keychain. Wow. So cool. Hold me bꦦack🦄.

I know th🎉ere is over 80𓂃0 Pokémon by now so when the creators hit a stump and created Pokémon like Klefki, they should have called it quits. Is there a reason why inanimate objects could be Pokémon?

22 Theory: Pokémon Are The Result Of War

Yes, there actually is a reason why Klefki can exist. There's a theory that posits the possibility of the Pokémon universe being the result of a nuclear war. Shouldn't that have m🃏ade the terrain into a desolate, wasteland? At first, yes, but who knows how long ago this could have happened. In a thousand years, everything would be pretty peachy. Everyone might have even forgotten Pokémon are just mutated beasts. How else could you explain Klefki? Go on. I ౠdare you to try.

21 Doesn’t Make Sense: Why Can’t You Catch Starters?

It seems that the bulk of the work for new Pokémon, with each new generation, goes into creating cool starters. After that, the artists can get pretty lazy. That's another topic, but for now, let's explore an important question. Why is it so hard to get starters?ꦡ Why do Pokémon Professors only have them? It seems kind of weird to hog these rarities to themselves only to hand them off to ten-year-olds. Shouldn't they be kept safe, or in pens? Well, there's more to it.

20 Theory: Starter Pokémon Are Extinct Species

What if starter Pokémon were all extinct species? I know that seems weird. After all, it's very coincidental if this were true that they were always fire, water, or grass types. What's the deal? Well, I don't have an answer for that, but I do have th🍷is. Each Pokémon Professor, around the world, is given the DNA of three star💧ter Pokémon.

𝔉With each new batch of trainers, they cook up some clones. Why not clone more to release into the wi♑ld? Maybe nature needed them to become extinct. Maybe they were invasive species. Dark, huh?

19 Doesn’t Make Sense: Why Do Wild Pokémon Obey Trainers?

Here's a concept I never questioned before. Wild Pokémon are in⛎sanely tough. Why would they ever want to follow a trainer after one battle? Do all Pokémon really have some sort of Samurai level code of honor? It gets more ridiculous when you bring in the god-level Pokémon. Why are they letting a ten-year-old catch them? Are we, the player, some sort of chosen one? I don't buy that for a minute. In the show, catching them doesn't always create❀ loyalty, so this one is more on the games.

18 Theory: Pokéballs Hypnotize Pokémon?

Well here's a quick thought. What if Pokéballs use hypnosis on Pokémon to make them obey? You know when that red light comes on? That means the brainwashing is in progress. If a Pokémon's will is strong enough, they can break free. Of all these theories so far, and onward, I think this makes the most sense. As for the god Pokémon, well, they should be resistant to thos✤e hypo rays, which begs the question. What exactly is a Master Ball? That's a theory for another day.

17 Doesn’t Make Sense: Where Are The Dads?

This question is more for the origi𓆏nal two games as this has been more, or less addressed later on in the series. First of all, where is your dad? In most of the games, you only have a mother, which is weird.

The only exception is Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire as your dad is a gym leader. 💮Also, other people have dads that aren't old grandpas. To get into why people think the first games lacked young and middle𝕴-aged males, we have to get to the theory.

16 Theory: The Men Perished In War

This makes the most sense in the context of the first two games. That's because there is evidence to prove this theory of where the dads disappeared. They went to war. How do we know? Lt. Surge, the Vermilion City gym leader, is a veteran. He has to be a veteran of something, right? He and the other smattering of men his age are all that's left of the male population in Kanto. Maybe Nintendo just wanted to do a reverse Disney so they offed the dad instead of the mom, but that's less ဣfun to think about.