Do Pokemon actually die?

[Disaster Button]

I always have to correct myself when I play and say that I won't be killing it when I defeat it I will just make it exhausted and faint because Pokemon NEVER EVER die.

 

[Angry Caterpillar]

I had this very thought as a child. I didn't sleep well that night.

Did it not bother you that you were basically cockfighting/dogfighting? I find it odd that a PokeDeath bothered you, but the fact that you were physically enslaving these creatures and forcing them to do your bidding and maim/maul other living creatures didn't cause your unease.

Both thoughts occurred on the same day. I was thinking about how cool it would be if pokeymanz were real and I had one of my very own- oh...shit.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

I seem to recall that Prof Oak ate a Crabby in an episode.

So I'm sure they die.

I make sure that they are dead... *wipes off lips*

Holy frak that is creepy.
I'll never look at Prof Oak the same again.

 

[DEATHROAD]

Cubones mother /thread

More detail ,in the ep where they go too the pokemon graveyard they meet a cubone whos mother has been killed

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[jthm]

As to the issue of food, I just figured it was a cannibalistic society. When a trainer has no more pokemon, they are vulnerable. They need to get to the nearest poke center quickly before a roaming chef find them and prepares them as a meal. I liked to think that all those kids in Veridian forest were made into appetizers later on.

 

[jthm]

All I can say is, I'm glad that they don't actually die in the game (especially of old age or anything). Imagine spending HOURS to get a pokemon to level 100 just to have a message pop up saying "Charizard is getting too old to battle. Time to put him down! =)"

Charizard used fly! But he broke a hip! It's not very effective...

 

[Robert632]

If the shows and games worked on a semblance of reality, then yes they would. seeing as they don't, no pokemon don't die. On screen at least.

 

[jibjab963]

They do die, and Pokemon hell is just a huge pokeball on fire.

 

[Ben Legend]

Yes... they do, fire on sticks is effective at killing them I hear...

 

[silver wolf009]

They can. And some are rare because there gender isnt proportinal. For example, i remember hearing that for every 300 evees only one is a girl.

 

[hclarke15]

Yes remember in the first game when you had to go to the tower and stop the ghost of cubone that was killed by team rocket .

 

[Flour]

This also raises the question of ghost type pokemon. I mean, were they always that way or are they dead pokemon who came back as a different kind?

Quite sure the first ghost-like pokemon(haunter and the one before/after it, can't remember their names since haunter is fucking awesome) are described to be sentient gas, which makes about as much sense as having that world still populated by humans considering all the extremely aggressive pokemon, one half being capable of effortlessly destroying trees while the other half attacks with a few dozen friends.

 

[Dethpixie]

Pokemon do die, it seems someone has already mentioned Charmander's tail.
The issue of whether or not Pokemon are edible has come up before, this is it's shining conclusion.

 

[The DSM]

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I dont want to think too much into to it, I cant bear the thought of my mudkips death...

 

[Twad]

Ok, I do know it's been like... 8 years since I last watched the series on TV... And yeah, I played most of the games, up till the one for Game-cube (which I played for about an hour, got bored and then never again).
But since Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, my mind has been wandering over this stupid thing...

Do Pokemon actually die?

They can die, of course they die.. its not even a question i asked myself..but the game/show are so ridiculously "kid-friendly" with a layer of stupidity on it its rarely mentionned and shown even less.

I think Kubone use the skull of his dead mother or someting. So.. how come the race still exist is beyond me.

Yes, they die. Otherwise how would carnivorous PKs whould eat? Immortal herbivores that reproduce too much would ruin the ecosystem.

What meat would the human eat? Everyone know that the cuter the PK is, the tastier they are.

Human mortality isnt even mentionned in the game/anime AFAIK, no human get torn to shreds in the wild.. ever.

THose who dont make much sense are the legendaries, since (some, all?) are gendreless and cant reproduce... and are easily defeated/captured. So as "legendaries" they are pushovers, they should deserve the title by being litteraly impossible to defeat or something.

Im one who think the setting of "Pokemon" as it is now is rotten, but it would be better if it was taken seriously in a world that makes sense.

 

[Amnestic]

Yes, they do die.

In Diamond/Pearl there's a book about a guy running around killing Pokémon with a sword.

Then Arceus smites his ass.

And Crazy Christians say pokemon is evil. It has God! Smiting people! It's like the bible with colourful animals.

Better ansewer the legendary ones bound with elemental powers with the planet are like demi-gods pokemon they'll live eternally till there killed or possibly Asexual and die shortly after laying a single egg.

I assumed the Legendaries (at least in the case of the birds) would simply rebirth themselves when their lifespans eventually came to and end. Moltres is a phoenix, that's obvious. Zapdos would explode in a huge ass thunderstorm and be reborn under a lightning strike and Articuno...eh, I 'unno. Cover itself in ice, then shatter and a little baby chick Articuno comes out?

 

[jibjab963]

Ok, I do know it's been like... 8 years since I last watched the series on TV... And yeah, I played most of the games, up till the one for Game-cube (which I played for about an hour, got bored and then never again).
But since Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, my mind has been wandering over this stupid thing...

Do Pokemon actually die?

They can die, of course they die.. its not even a question i asked myself..but the game/show are so ridiculously "kid-friendly" with a layer of stupidity on it its rarely mentionned and shown even less.

I think Kubone use the skull of his dead mother or someting. So.. how come the race still exist is beyond me.

Yes, they die. Otherwise how would carnivorous PKs whould eat? Immortal herbivores that reproduce too much would ruin the ecosystem.

What meat would the human eat? Everyone know that the cuter the PK is, the tastier they are.

Human mortality isnt even mentionned in the game/anime AFAIK, no human get torn to shreds in the wild.. ever.

THose who dont make much sense are the legendaries, since (some, all?) are gendreless and cant reproduce... and are easily defeated/captured. So as "legendaries" they are pushovers, they should deserve the title by being litteraly impossible to defeat or something.

Im one who think the setting of "Pokemon" as it is now is rotten, but it would be better if it was taken seriously in a world that makes sense.

I ain't going to lie thats dark way of saying it.

 

[jibjab963]

Yes, they do die.

In Diamond/Pearl there's a book about a guy running around killing Pokémon with a sword.

Then Arceus smites his ass.

And Crazy Christians say pokemon is evil. It has God! Smiting people! It's like the bible with colourful animals.

Better ansewer the legendary ones bound with elemental powers with the planet are like demi-gods pokemon they'll live eternally till there killed or possibly Asexual and die shortly after laying a single egg.

I assumed the Legendaries (at least in the case of the birds) would simply rebirth themselves when their lifespans eventually came to and end. Moltres is a phoenix, that's obvious. Zapdos would explode in a huge ass thunderstorm and be reborn under a lightning strike and Articuno...eh, I 'unno. Cover itself in ice, then shatter and a little baby chick Articuno comes out?

I remember watching the show as a kid and there was a baby Lugia so wouldn't that mean that there is more than one of them and are they Legendaries? Or are they the kind of animals that produce by themselfs?

 

[Amnestic]

I remember watching the show as a kid and there was a baby Lugia so wouldn't that mean that there is more than one of them and are they Legendaries? Or are they the kind of animals that produce by themselfs?

It's possible that there are more than one of each legendary pokémon but since they're so rare (you know, 'legendary' and all) you only ever see one in the games so who knows? There might be more than one Lugia out there.

Or there might not be, and they do reproduce by parthenogenesis. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis]

I 'unno. I quite like the idea that they're all phoenixes and give birth to themselves when they die, but there's no real evidence for that as far as I know.