"Dodge!"

[Ash_Junior]

just one thing that I find REALLY annoying when I read Pokemon battles is people yelling out for pokes to "Dodge" like it's an attack. it's not. and it's not like the Pokes are stupid, either. they'd dodge if they could. the only reason someone would have to yell something like that is if the trainer wanted his Pokemon to get HIT.

why do people have trainers yell it out? it doesn't make any sense.

 

[Zerodius]

Because, Pokemon are supposed not to breathe unless told to do so.

Yes, it's an extreme and rather exhagerated exemple... but supposely, Pokemon must obey to such a point that they are not allowed to even make a single effort to dodge an incoming attack unless told to do so.

 

[Dragonfree]

Uh, says who? You? There has never been anything in canon to indicate anything similar to that. :/ Go ahead and make it that way in your own fic (although it's still mind-numbingly dumb and absolutely pointless as a rule in general), but don't post it as an answer to somebody else's question.

Personally, I'd say it's perfectly natural for them to shout that - it's just instinct to yell "Dodge!" at somebody who is being attacked even if you know they already know they should try to dodge it. They'd sound even more stupid just standing there saying nothing.

 

[IceKing]

Personally, I'd say it's perfectly natural for them to shout that - it's just instinct to yell "Dodge!" at somebody who is being attacked even if you know they already know they should try to dodge it. They'd sound even more stupid just standing there saying nothing.

I agree with the lady. A mighty fine lady, if I may add.

I too thought about why many of us do shout out "Dodge!" and that pokemon are probably not given enough credit. I myself have my trainer's cry out dodge, though it should be quite obvious. Dragonfree is right though, you just don't want to stand there and say anything. Unless your one of those psychic-telekenetic trainers, I guess.

And yelling out Dodge doesn't make it an attack, it's a command. And a sensible one. Also, does anyone feel too much credit is given to the trainer when the majority of the work is done by the actual pokemon?

 

[Psychic]

Yes, it's an extreme and rather exhagerated exemple... but supposely, Pokemon must obey to such a point that they are not allowed to even make a single effort to dodge an incoming attack unless told to do so.

stfu. Please, just stfu. You make your opinion sound as if it's fact. Hell, you make it sound like a known fact that anyone with half a brain would know.
Tu parle tous les temps si ton opinion et la meme et le plus important. Et au fin de le jour, je ne comprend pas que'est qui se passe dans ton tete quand tu dit une chosse comma ca.

Maybe if I write something in your own language you'll get the message. I may seem rude, but sometimes your attitude is just a little too much for me. *twitches*


Because, in my opinion (omfg, yes, Psychic has an opinion too!) Pokémon do enough on their own free will and are allowed to do so. Why else would Ash allow his Pikachu to stay out of a ball, even if against his wishes? If the world was as you claimed it to be, the rat would be put down because it was a 'free thinker' who wouldn't obey his Trainer. In the Animé, it's been shown that multiple Pokémon haven't obeyed their Trainers, but there weren't any real consequences to their actions (other than the humans' feeling being hurt or whatever).



So just stop making like nobody else's opinion makes a difference. I don't just mean now; I mean in general. I speak with you enough to know that this behaviour isn't rare.

Yeah, I just stepped over the line, but whatevz. Zero and I are cool (more or less). *winks*

And yelling out Dodge doesn't make it an attack, it's a command. And a sensible one. Also, does anyone feel too much credit is given to the trainer when the majority of the work is done by the actual pokemon?

Here here. To both the "It's a command, not an attack" thing as well as the "Pokémon don't seem to get much credit" part. As I mentioned before, *coughs* Pokémon are very intelligent- moreso than any animal or robot. They can take battles into their own hands - or paws - and Mew knows that they don't work too badly without their Trainers.
So as previously mentioned, yelling for the Pokémon to dodge an oncoming attack seems more like it was impulse. If your friend was about to walk into a wall, I'm sure you'd yell "Watch out!" unless you didn't care about them getting hurt. Same case with the Pokémon- nobody has the intention of getting their Pokémon hurt (though of course it's inevitable in the end in most cases) so they'd do whatever they could to avoid too much pain. That's the way I see it, anyway.

~Psychic

 

[Gazmof]

Personally, I'd say it's perfectly natural for them to shout that - it's just instinct to yell "Dodge!" at somebody who is being attacked even if you know they already know they should try to dodge it. They'd sound even more stupid just standing there saying nothing.

Makes sense to me.

Admittedly the whole "Dodge!" command is kind of redundant, since most Pokemon will try and get out of the way of an incoming attack (unless you've got a Slowpoke or an incredibly arrogant Pokemon).

Generally whenever I've written a trainer yelling "Dodge!" it's been more as a reaction to something. Their adrenaline is pumping and it just seems natural to yell it. Like back when you were a kid, watching a movie and yelling at the main character "It's behind you!".

 

[RaZoR LeAf]

Because if you see someone about to get hit by something, you instinctivly scream 'LOOK OUT', instead of staninding there thinking 'oh yes well you're smart enough to avoid it on your own, you don't need me to tell you that.'. Same deal.

 

[The Big Al]

And dodge is a relatively broad command. I mean, do they jump, do they duck, do they side step? How they dodge is really up to the Pokemon. Actually, how they go about executing the trainer's commands in battle is up to the Pokemon. They just need the trainer for the main strategy.

And "dodge" is an impulse command. It's quite natural to tell someone to avoid something.