lemoncatpower
Cynical Optimist
one thing I am wondering is that when you catch a pokemon, why do they automatically seem to pledge allegiance to you? do they just submit knowing they lost the battle?
one thing I am wondering is that when you catch a pokemon, why do they automatically seem to pledge allegiance to you? do they just submit knowing they lost the battle?
one thing I am wondering is that when you catch a pokemon, why do they automatically seem to pledge allegiance to you? do they just submit knowing they lost the battle?
one thing I am wondering is that when you catch a pokemon, why do they automatically seem to pledge allegiance to you? do they just submit knowing they lost the battle?
one thing I am wondering is that when you catch a pokemon, why do they automatically seem to pledge allegiance to you? do they just submit knowing they lost the battle?
It's heavily implicit that Pokemon have a "might makes right" philosophy, a sort of warrior code. By capturing them, you deserve mastery over them. Which would explain why legendaries have such low capture rates; they have much higher standards than most Pokemon
I still don't get the logic of normal-type Pokémon being immune to ghost-type moves.
No matter how much I TRY understanding the logic of that I just can't.
Yeah, pretty much. That and they probably figure that if a pokémon you trained can beat them, you could probably train them to a similar level. That could very well be the reason traded pokémon don't do as they're told; they haven't had first-hand experience of your skill, so you need to prove yourself to them with badges instead, as that's a concrete sign you've won a battle against a relatively skilled pokémon.Kind of touched on already, but a sense of honor is probably the best answer. They were defeated by you, and unable to escape the Pokeball, therefore they now see it as their honor-bound duty to serve you, or something like that. But as Akashin said, the anime is probably the place to look for an answer to this question.
There are a couple of odd spots in this idea, like starters being loyal to a trainer they're given to, but not one they're traded to, or pokémon being instantly loyal to anyone who owns a pokémon who could lull it to sleep or was able to shell out for a master ball, but the general idea is pretty plausible given the story's premise.
It comes off as pretty absurd to me that of all Pokemon Ditto can't breed with, one includes itself.
It doesn't explain their refusal to listen to other trainers they're traded to. You could transfer your starter instantly to someone else and they'd refuse to obey that person at a certain level despite knowing just as much about that person as they do you.Starters are easily explained by the fact that they're probably specially bred to be given to new trainers.
It doesn't explain their refusal to listen to other trainers they're traded to. You could transfer your starter instantly to someone else and they'd refuse to obey that person at a certain level despite knowing just as much about that person as they do you.
I wouldn't say that. Ditto is a genderless Pokemon, which as a generic rule of thumb cannot breed with others of its species/egg group. Also, as it's implied that it can breed with other Pokemon because it can transform into them, it is easy to infer that it reproduces by taking on that species method of reproduction. Ditto itself may not have a form of reproduction that is applicable to the circumstances in the day care center.
I've always seen it as a reference to the idea that ghosts, being incorporeal, have no solid form, and therefore no physical action could touch them. Of course, if ever physical attack had no effect on Ghost-Types, the type would be too powerful, so it was scaled back to make it so that only your average, every-day attack with no special properties pass right through Ghost-Types, meaning Normal-Type moves don't effect Ghost-Types. Makes perfect sense in my mind.
That explains why ghost-type Pokémon are immune to fighting and normal types, but it doesn't explain why normal type Pokémon are immune to ghost type moves.
I find it odd that a ride pokemon you were bound to encounter like Charizard doesn't have a place in the Alola Pokedex. Especially given all the pokemon that can fly that are in the alola pokedex that easily could have been ride pokemon. It's not a major issue but it is certainly a strange choice.
I find it odd that a ride pokemon you were bound to encounter like Charizard doesn't have a place in the Alola Pokedex. Especially given all the pokemon that can fly that are in the alola pokedex that easily could have been ride pokemon. It's not a major issue but it is certainly a strange choice.