Tag: Anonymous

I left my Wailord and Dedenne in the daycare yesterday for about an hour while I was training my other pokemon and when i went to pick them up, the man at the daycare said they had an egg? How did this happen? The daycare man said he doesn’t know how it got there so I thought maybe you had an explanation or a theory. Is there something he isnt telling?

Well, anonymous, when a male pokémon and a female pokémon in the same “egg group”—or collection of species that can, for some reason as of yet fully understood by scientists, crossbreed—love each other very much, the male and female will mate. This is a multi-step process that differs from species to species, so I can’t entirely form a generalized statement as to how the first steps work. Some pokémon begin the mating process with a dance; others simply … get right into it.

However, once the initial stages of mating are complete, the mating cycle begins to undergo a rather uniform process. It begin with the female forming the interior of the egg in her ovary, then coating this egg with a calcium-based shell in her uterus. This entire leg of the journey may last only a couple of hours from the end of a successful mating ritual. During this time, the male (or, in some cases, both partners) will begin work on a nest using whatever materials are available at the time.

After the egg and nest are complete, then you have the copulation stage. In this stage, the male will mount the female and deposit sperm in her cloacal folds via what’s known to biologists as a “cloacal kiss.” In cases where the female is much smaller than the male (such as in the case of a wailord male and dedenne female), this is achieved by having the female carefully tuck herself under the male. The male will typically give the female enough room to breathe, but it still is a risk to the female’s life and not a process that scientists recommend for the well-being of the pokémon. Conversely, in the cases of a female that is much larger than her mate (such as in the case of a wailord female and dedenne male), the female simply rolls over and allows the male to access her cloaca from above.

Once fertilized, the female will proceed to lay the egg and incubate it until it’s retrieved.

As a note, although in the Kingdom Animalia, copulation among egg-laying creatures only needs to happen once, as females may retain sperm in their cloacal folds for multiple fertilization instances, in Kingdom Pokémonae, the sperm will typically be spent after one use, which means the act of breeding—including the practice of breeding for specimens ideal for battling (which tends to be a popular practice among trainers)—will require multiple copulation sessions in order to produce multiple fertilized eggs.

In short, your wailord and dedenne [CENSORED]

I got through an entire article about the copulation habits of pokémon, and you censor that? —Bill

Well, yes, up until your summary, your article was purely scientific. Now you’re just asking for angry letters from parents. —LH

What do humanoid pokemon such as gardevoir and gallade eat? I’d assume humanoid pokemon were omnivorous like us but at the same time the thought of a family of ralts ripping another pokemon to shreds with their teeth (or psychic abilities) is horrifying.

It largely depends on the humanoid pokémon in question. For example, when it comes to the ralts line, you are very astute in assuming they wouldn’t be able to hunt, anonymous. Or, rather, they can’t consume anything with enough of a nervous system to register pain. Therefore, plants and many invertebrates—especially worms, most insects, nematodes, and (for specimens who make their homes close to the sea) sponges and very basic sea life—are fair game to any psychic-type pokémon.

However, with humanoid pokémon of other elements, diets can vary rather wildly. Fighting-types, poison-types, and steel-types are typically carnivorous, for example, as their muscle structure and lifestyles dictate that they need a high intake of proteins found only in meat. Likewise, humanoid grass-types (i.e., cacturne) are typically partly photosynthetic and partly carnivorous. In these cases, their cells possess chlorophyll, but they often live in harsh environments where it’s impossible for them to obtain nutrients from soil alone.

And then you have sableye, which eats rocks.

do you have any information on the Haxorus family?

Ah, the axew line. Such an interesting topic!

Axew
The Tusk Pokémon
Type: Dragon
Official Registration #: 610
Entry: A rare, cave-dwelling dragon pokémon. The axew line is most famous for its sharp, prominent tusks, which begin to grow shortly after hatching. At this stage of its life, axew can lose their tusks as a result of intense battling, but they can quickly grow back over time. Additionally, axew frequently use their tusks to crush berries or, more commonly, to mark their territory against tree trunks. For the latter reason, trainers should take caution, as some axew have difficulty distinguishing between tree trunks and their trainers’ legs, and some of these axew have particularly brittle teeth.

Fraxure
The Axe Jaw Pokémon
Type: Dragon
Official Registration #: 611
Entry: The evolved form of axew, by battle experience. Upon evolution, fraxure lose the ability to regrow their tusks, but in return, their tusks grow harder and sharper, to the point where they can shatter rocks. This may perhaps be of no comfort to trainers who were under the impression that evolution will spare their legs from axew marking. Doubly so for those who raise entire teams of axew, as fraxure are notorious for extremely violent and bloody territory battles, even between other fraxure.

Haxorus
The Axe Jaw Pokémon
Type: Dragon
Official Registration #: 612
Entry: The evolved form of fraxure, by battle experience. Paradoxically, while their previous form was violently territorial, haxorus are known for being kind and gentle creatures (when not protecting their territories from active invaders). However, every part of a haxorus body is as hard as steel and as sharp as a well-maintained battle axe, so trainers of the axew line should be warned that evolution of their fraxure may not bring that much comfort—especially if their haxorus is particularly affectionate.

I once read somewhere that long ago, people and Pokémon could marry. Is this true? What are your thoughts?

I’m afraid it’s merely a legend, anonymous. There aren’t any solid records of this actually happening.

As for my opinion concerning it, my explanation of poképhilia in modern times aside, it would certainly be interesting. I say “interesting” because it could indicate one of three things:

1. Pokémon were far more intelligent then than they are now and were capable of both communicating and understanding humans fully.

2. Pokémon and humans were far, far more alike than they are now (which itself could imply that humans had been a sort of pokémon or very close relatives to them before evolving away from that state).

3. This says more about humans and human morality than about pokémon.

Either way, the point is, it would be either anthropologically or ethologically fascinating to study.

do pokemon pee and poop

Well, the ones that eat and drink do. Pokémon that get sustenance from energy or electricity, such as the porygon line and voltorb line, have no need for it.

If you don’t mind me saying so, anonymous, it’s odd that you wouldn’t know about this. This is a well-known fact, and some evolution lines are even famous for it. For example, it’s common knowledge that dusk stones are nothing more than sableye fecal matter, and it’s said that geodude are responsible for the rest.

What is your opinion on Human/Pokémon relationships (meaning romantic and.. everything that comes with it)?

Well, considering the fact that it’s both illegal and taboo within virtually every country and culture on this planet, I don’t particularly condone it.

However, I do admit it’s a subject that deserves more discussion than that.

To play devil’s advocate, one of the issues brought up against poképhilia is the idea that pokémon can’t truly give consent. While this is true for many of the more animalistic pokémon, humanoid pokémon and those that possess superior intelligence such as jynx, alakazam, froslass, and so forth are all perfectly capable of comprehending the human concepts of love, sexuality, and communication and can therefore actually give consent if they wanted to.

That having been said, on the other hand, there are several unfortunate implications involved with such a relationship, including and mainly the fact that you technically do own your pokémon. I don’t particularly like to phrase it as such, but the human-pokémon relationship is that of master and pet. Thus, although a pokémon can clearly give a form of consent, it’s questionable as to whether it actually is full consent or instead a byproduct of that default relationship, as instilled by the poké ball.

Furthermore, pokémon possess far different concepts of love and sexuality for themselves than humans do. It should be kept in mind that as sapient and intelligent some pokémon seem to be, they are still of a different species and culture than our own. Thus, while some pokémon may understand what love and sexuality is to us, how that applies to them is completely different.

Lastly, there are simply biological differences. Many pokémon, such as alakazam actually, possess powers that could very well kill a human if the user loses control (such as during moments of excitement). And even then, even if a pokémon seems like it would be completely safe to have … a relationship with, some pokémon actually possess rather dangerous organs with which to mate. For example, did you know that a male golduck possesses a corkscrew [CENSORED] that is capable of [CENSORED] at possibly the highest velocity for [CENSORED—REALLY BILL?!]?

In short, in my personal opinion, it’s best to maintain a strictly platonic relationship with a pokémon. This is the best way to ensure that both sides are happy and that the human, at the end of the day, does not end up dead.

It seems like Machop-line Maid Cafes are gaining some traction in Kanto, Bill. Ever been to one?

No, but I’m intrigued by the concept. On the one hand, I very much approve of the philosophy behind it. That is, what many people don’t know is that machop-line maid cafes are very much akin to meowth cafes: they are spaces in which humans may interact with pokémon who are up for adoption. Pokémon who participate in such cafes have had better luck at getting adopted than pokémon who are simply held at a shelter, at least in urban areas, so it’s difficult not to like machop-line maid cafes for that at the very least.

On the other hand, why do the machop need to dress up as maids and serve humans like wait staff?

Something that I was just wondering about, is there a way for a Pokemon that evolves through trading to evolve another way? Or was this method of evolution only discovered after humans started catching and trading certain pokemon species? Like has there ever been any cases of a Pokemon to appear in the wild that wasn’t abandoned but is the final stage of say the Gasty line? And how does trading a Pokemon even cause it to evolve? What’s the science behind it?

Certainly, anonymous! In fact, trade-based evolution is only the easiest and most recently discovered method for specific species, and it’s frequently the most humane, all of which is why it’s often recommended by both the pokédex and modern-day researchers. So yes, to answer one of your questions, trading as a method has only existed as long as the trade machine has.

However, all of the species that evolve via trading are fully capable of evolving on their own. It’s just that their evolution requirement without trading would be age. There are, for example, wild gengar and steelix in Sinnoh, but both of these are frequently decades if not centuries old. What this means specifically depends on the species. For example, in steelix’s case, the reason why it takes so long is because onix need time to devour enough minerals to form the metal coat needed for evolution, as well as enough time to allow pressure and heat from the earth itself to compress said metal coat into a form of armor. Haunter, meanwhile, evolve by age because they need time to master the shadow abilities their evolved forms are most famous for. In some cases, such as scyther and kadabra, it’s rare for a specimen to survive long enough to achieve evolution, which is why some species of trade-based pokémon are extremely rare to nonexistent in the wild (as their evolved forms, anyway). Hence why trading is considered a more humane path to take according to researchers. Overall, though, how long it takes entirely depends on the species. As I’ve mentioned just now, onix and haunter may take centuries to evolve, but pokémon with shorter lifespans may take only decades.

That being said, trade evolution is not a well-understood subject, and for the most part, its discovery in the first place was purely accidental. My personal theory is that there are two factors involved. First, when transferred (stored within a poké ball, uploaded into the storage system, sent via trade), your pokémon are actually converted into data via a very complicated process. This data packet not only contains everything about the pokémon itself but also information regarding its trainer, where the pokémon was caught, and so forth. Due to the structure of this data, it’s impossible for any ordinary human to edit it, but the trading machine was designed to do this automatically. Think of it like an automated metadata editor, basically.

However, in certain cases, the code for a pokémon’s current trainer may be linked to other lines of code within the data packet that make up the pokémon—specifically its evolutionary switch. So, when the current trainer information is modified, that switch will be flipped from “off” (as in, this pokémon is not ready to evolve) to “on” (this pokémon is ready to evolve). That, combined with the second factor—in this case, the fact that the added electricity from the trading machine itself could provide the energy needed for evolution—may result in the pokémon being set to evolve upon taking a physical form.

Of course, there is one other factor involved in all of this, and that’s the held item. Everstone “overwrites” evolutionary data in all cases and will thus force that switch to stay in the “off” position. Likewise, some pokémon’s evolutionary switch—in particular, pokémon such as onix, scyther, poliwhirl, and all others that require a held item to evolve—will not be fully complete unless the added data from the evolutionary item is present.

In short, a lot of it has to do with data or age, and evolution in general is an extremely complex but highly fascinating process.

Is it just me or have Pikachu been becoming thinner over the years? I think I remember old images in the Pokedex having Pikachu being pumper and now its not?

Hmm. Is it possible that you’re from the Kanto region? Kanto pikachu are rather curious specimens, actually. The ones native to Viridian Forest and the surrounding area—as far south as Pallet Town, actually—seem a little meatier than any other pikachu in any other region.

There is, of course, a very reasonable explanation to this: the pikachu of western Kanto congregate in urban populations and are considered to be both wily and adorable. Thus, they have learned on their own that running up to humans and standing on their hind paws will yield positive results in the form of pokémon treats, peanuts, halves of sandwiches, and other edibles.

In other words, pikachu may seem fatter to you if you’ve lived in Kanto and have since left for other regions because only in Kanto has the human population managed to allow itself to be tamed by electric rodents.