Random Crazy Pokemon Fan Theories That Might Actually Be True (16 items)

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  (#1) Ash Never Grows Up

  Reddit user KokoaKuroba discovered a clue that might explain why Ash is permanently 10 years old. In the first episode of the original Pokémon anime, Ash encounters the legendary Pokémon, Ho-oh. The PokeDex entry for Ho-oh says, "Anyone seeing [Ho-oh] is promised eternal happiness." 

  KokoaKuroba believes that eternal happiness for Ash is being on a permanent Pokémon journey as a 10-year-old. 
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  (#13) Digimon Are Corrupted Pokémon Files

  Some people feel that Digimon was just a bastardization of Pokémon, and Reddit user Reethk_Vaszune has a theory that backs that up. When Pokémon are entered in a PC database, they are presumably a data file. So he theorizes, what happens to corrupted files? 

  "I think that the Digimon universe is somehow interlinked or tapping into a networked quarantine PC directory for corrupted Pokémon files. There are a lot of glaring similarities between Pokémon and Digimon (affinity to elements, evolution process, etc.). If you look at the evolutionary process of Digimon, it's initially very sporadic and uncontrolled (they revert backwards often) until they develop some mastery of the process; perhaps skilled Digimon are files that are being repaired/reconstructed?"
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  (#14) Haunter Killed Misty

  Reddit user Spankler did some research and discovered that in practically every PokéDex entry, trainers are warned to NEVER let a Haunter lick them, because it will "steal your life away." Well, Ash's Haunter gave Misty a big ol' lickin' in the anime in episode 24, which might explained why she eventually left Ash and Brock behind, to die alone.  
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  (#11) Pokémon GO Is Actually The First Game In The Pokémon Timeline

  Twitter user @Ink_Virtue got the ball rolling on this theory and Reddit user mtws25 connected all the pieces. They believe that gamers are currently LIVING in the first Pokémon game in the Pokémon timeline. Before Gen 1, there was Pokémon GO. They explain that, because not all of the original 151 Pokémon were in GO when it was released, Professor Oak had yet to complete the PokéDex for the Kanto region. And, "just like in Safari Zone, when you encounter creatures in the street, trainers ONLY throw (recently invented) Poké Balls and try to capture monsters without battling to weaken it's opponents."

  Thus, because the "concepts of strategic battles were not invented at this time," trainers don't know how to teach their Pokémon new moves yet. They also don't know how to level up Pokémon yet, "so they use Candies. Those candies were overused and in the future, by the time RBY takes place, they are very, very rare to find. They are now called 'Rare Candies.'"

  mtws25 further speculates that the foundation for the Pokémon League had yet to be laid in the GO world, which is "why Gym Leaders change all the time and there's no Gym Badges." They also theorize that "Aerodactyl, Omanyte, and Kabuto that are long extinct by the time of RBY," but they can still be caught in GO. 
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  (#8) So, In All The Pokémon Games, Where's Your Dad?

  Countless theories have been made about who your father is and why he's never present in any of the Pokémon games. Reddit user redhare87 thinks everyone is trying too hard. If you put yourself in the shoes of a 10-year-old Japanese child, it all makes perfect sense:

  "For instance, the perennial question of Pokémon is just where the hell is the main character's dad? Theories abound, but quite simply, he's probably just a salaryman and your mom's a housewife. A salaryman will work 6 days a week for crazy long hours, sometimes having to work half the country away [and] only come home on holidays. Seems simple to a Japanese kid that your dad's just a salaryman."
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  (#4) You Play As The Rival In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Not The Protagonist

  Reddit user ShinyBreloom2323 has a great theory on why Sun and Moon feel a little different from other titles in the series. Hau is typical of the protagonist that you'd normally play in Pokémon titles - he is "bland, and seems to revolve around a single trait." He starts with a Pikachu, which is how Red and Ash (both protagonists) got started. He also always arrives later than you, meaning you get to a location first. This means you're more similar to the rivals like Wally and Silver. ShinyBreloom2323 explains:

  "Hau isn't an obstacle to you. You are an obstacle to Hau. When you finally reach the Pokémon League, you're ahead of him. You've completed the Pokémon League in the same manner as Blue and surpassed him. You play the role of a stereotypical rival; and Hau plays the role of a stereotypical protagonist. [...] It's one of the reasons you find his jolly nature so insufferable. You've been that way every other game, so Sun is a change of pace due to his more adamant role in the scheme of things. You, unlike Hau, have multiple choices to choose from and more emotion to express."

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