The pokemon Comatose theory?

**cdylan13** · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 5828 Location: Richmond, VA

I don't know how to react to how epic of an essay that was.

**Qarx** · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject:

**theEVILtwin.** · Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

Wow...I've watched Pokemon for years and all I could remember thinking as I got older was the standard questions such as, 'How can a mother let her 12 year old boy go off on adventures all on his own?', 'Why doesn't Ash ever age?', 'Why can't he see through Team Rocket's disguises?' and so forth. I thought that this would just be a whole bunch of nonsense, but after reading the whole thing and then rereading it again, it makes a lot of sense. I've always wondered why the Pokemon started looking less and less like real animals as the series went on (but of course, the writers probably were running out of animals to model new Pokemon after), and why they felt the need to replace the female member of the trio every couple of seasons. Of course the real reason isn't that deep, but as a person interested in psychology and the way the mind works, this was an interesting and entertaining read...I wonder what other cartoons could be interpreted like this?

**microgamer2vs2** · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject:

Anyone know exactly when he was struck by lightning? Chaosxreigns said it was when he was being chased by a flock of Spearows, but that was the first episode, so arguing that the series changed pace after this event isn't valid since there wasn't any kind of pace established. So can anyone think of another time Ash was struck by lightning somewhere a little more episodes into the series?

**InflatablePie** · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2022 Location: Syrinx

I always thought he died in the first episode and Ho-Oh revived him.

But I was reading this the other night. It's a tad depressing, but still a good read.
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**xxtimetokillxx** · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:22 am Post subject:

What?

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**Rickles** · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:28 am Post subject:

I wish pokemon was that well thought out.

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**BioHazardABZ** · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 729

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Was that a WALL of text just about pokemon?!?!?!?!?!

I dont know what to say

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**BreakingBenjamin** · Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 283 Location: Central NJ

Wow... Great read. That made me think about a lot of different aspects of the old and new episodes of pokemon. I wonder if Giovanni was really Ash's father?

**Rawrspoon** · Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 1597

The whole theory captivated me until the part where it said that he realized emerging from his coma would cause brain damage and thus why he tried to prevent himself from figuring out that his world is imaginary.

**microgamer2vs2** · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:57 am Post subject:

@BreakingBenjamin: yeah, that clip is from episode one. I mentioned in my post that the problem with that event happening at the beginning of the series is that you can't say "Did one ever know the reason why the pacing and story development change after Ash was hit by lightning in the beginning episodes" if Ash was hit by lightning in the very first episode. How can you say there's a change in pacing and development when there was only one episode prior to the change?

That's why I'm wondering if there's any other instance in which Ash gets hit by lightning.

**sedron** · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:19 am Post subject:

**microgamer2vs2** · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:32 am Post subject:

**sedron** · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:10 am Post subject: