Pikachu is dead.
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Pfft. Jeez, are you late to this dinner table. [a href="http://tinycartridge.com/post/866743831/super-creepy-pokemon-hack"]Read this[/a]. It's a creepy urban legend about a supposed "haunted bootleg" called Pokemon Black; this, mind you, is back when the DS wasn't a glint in Nintendo's eye, during the era of Pokemon Red/Blue.
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The big deal about this one was that you supposedly had the mysterious "GHOST" pokemon from the tower at Lavender Town in your party throughout the entire game and couldn't get rid of it; if you used its "Curse" ability, it would perma-kill the pokemon you used it against. It's just a story that somebody wrote, but it is unsettling and shows a lot of the thoughts you're putting into this.
I think the concept arose when someone realized that Gary had a rattatta, then when you get to Lavender Town and see him tending to a pokemon's grave, the rattatta's not in his party any more. You could infer that he didn't use it any more because, well, rattatta sucks, but a lot of people think this implies that you actually killed his rattatta in your last fight with him.
In any case, Lavender Town is definitely one of the morbid places in the series, featuring an ENTIRE TOWER OF POKEMON GRAVESTONES, so I think it's safe to say they eventually pass on.
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The big deal about this one was that you supposedly had the mysterious "GHOST" pokemon from the tower at Lavender Town in your party throughout the entire game and couldn't get rid of it; if you used its "Curse" ability, it would perma-kill the pokemon you used it against. It's just a story that somebody wrote, but it is unsettling and shows a lot of the thoughts you're putting into this.
I think the concept arose when someone realized that Gary had a rattatta, then when you get to Lavender Town and see him tending to a pokemon's grave, the rattatta's not in his party any more. You could infer that he didn't use it any more because, well, rattatta sucks, but a lot of people think this implies that you actually killed his rattatta in your last fight with him.
In any case, Lavender Town is definitely one of the morbid places in the series, featuring an ENTIRE TOWER OF POKEMON GRAVESTONES, so I think it's safe to say they eventually pass on.
Yes, they do die, but they apparently only die from old age or an EXTREME beating and for gameplay purposes, the two cases never really seem to affect the player.
Reveras said:
Agree with these people about the topic of Pikachu.Mackheath said:
I hate the damn rat.
Raichu is alright though. But, Ampharos, FTW <3
I think in the original Pokemon Adventures a couple of Pokemon died. But in the games, they faint. The only notion of being dead is the Pokemon Tower.
They probably die and decompose like everything else, but if the Poke'mon world acquires any realities to it. Realistically, children would not handle them, Poke'mon would probably be used to commit crimes and kill people. Like, wasn't Team Rocket a terrorist organization? They could bomb buildings with Electrodes.MassiveGeek said:
Wow, that's weird... Do all female Cubones/whatever it morphs into die in birth? (so the baby can wear the skull).Ramrunner7 said:
That seems weirdly inefficient, biologically speaking. That means every time a female Cu-mama gives birth, the number of the species splits in half, which would make them dying out, since only one half of their number (assuming half are male and half female) die with every generation. What happens if it's a multiple birth? Do the babies split the skull amongst them? What would that look like?
I think Professor Oak is pulling everyone's leg, hard. Go on, Oak. Pull the other one...
I heard that too, apparently when you see your rival at lavender town they were going to have a much serious tone in your rivals story. The story goes during the previous fight with your rival's Raticate was pretty badly injured and died, and was in lavender town to put him to rest. After that he started taking his rivalry with you more seriousNickCaligo42 said:
Pikachu can never die! LIES! IT'S PLOT CONVENIENT TO KEEP IT AROUND!
..However, yes. Pokemon can die. Just takes a lot of beating to do it.
..However, yes. Pokemon can die. Just takes a lot of beating to do it.
Someone needs the play the Hacked version of pokemon Black. Its an old pokemon red where you use the ghost (what pokemon look like before you get the silph co. viewer thing), and it kills pokemon when they battle (only one, then the battle is over). THen, when you're done with the battle there's a tombstone where the trainer was, and if you battled them again,t he pokemon would be permanently gone. So you go through the game in that aspect before finally ending the game by beating it. Then, you appear as an old man and the ghost pokemon you had appears. You hear all the cries of the pokemon you killed, then you battle with the ghost who uses curse while you have to use struggle, until you eventually die.MassiveGeek said:
Its possibly the bleakest game I've ever played, especially since its all in Pokemon Red's graphics.
Anyway, more OT: I would say that they get buried in the tower section. Or the get eaten. Cause if you read some pokemon's pokedex pages, it says they eat other ones (like Ekans eat Pidgey Eggs). So what happens when pokemon like that have to eat?
Cubone gaining it's mother's skull as a helmet is undiluted nightmare fuel, sure that Cubone at the Pokemon Tower gained her skull, but what about the ones hatched from eggs? is it like Bees that stings people then having their...intestines pulled out...stuttering really, an egg is created and you find your skull swiped from under your neck..somehow. D:
It doesnt help that Awkward Zombie drew that too. http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=011011
It doesnt help that Awkward Zombie drew that too. http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=011011
Pokemon, are basically monsters, in several episodes of the original series, Pokemon have been said to be near death, but have been saved by the protagonist (Ash, Brock, Mysty and Pikachu), in the film (first one) we learn Pokemon tears can reverse being turned to stone.
Of course they do, would be damn scary if your pokésteak would be still alive in the restaurant.
I've always wondered about the Cubone thing ... I mean obviously only has one skull ... so that means all cubones we're single children because all cubones wear their mother's skulls.
So if pokemon do die, naturally speaking Cubone would naturally eventually be ... you know ... finished as a species of pokemon.
So if pokemon do die, naturally speaking Cubone would naturally eventually be ... you know ... finished as a species of pokemon.