Do Pokemon actually die?

[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.

 

[LeGrotesque]

They only "faint" in the American versions, as far as I know... I seem to remember learning (somewhere...) that in the Japanese versions, when you fight wild Pokemon, it says they die, which makes sooo much more sense as to why I can't catch the fainted ones when I know it's the fact they're actually dying...
So, yes, they die... as long as you're in Japan. But in America, Pokemon are immortal and live through thousands of beatings. In fact, I'm sure you're actually fighting the same exact pidgey over and over again, it just wakes up and follows you to fight again...

This explains A LOT.

 

[jibjab963]

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.

I think it was with a mom Lugia. I don't remember it was years ago when I seen it.

 

[Mogule]

They only "faint" in the American versions, as far as I know... I seem to remember learning (somewhere...) that in the Japanese versions, when you fight wild Pokemon, it says they die, which makes sooo much more sense as to why I can't catch the fainted ones when I know it's the fact they're actually dying...
So, yes, they die... as long as you're in Japan. But in America, Pokemon are immortal and live through thousands of beatings. In fact, I'm sure you're actually fighting the same exact pidgey over and over again, it just wakes up and follows you to fight again...

That's exactly what I think too. I even remember trying to get a Chansey for that Aerodactal, and I kept running from anything that wasn't a Chansey. Finally I figured I'd thin the numbers a bit, and sure enough I ran into two in a row after a little bit!

 

[jibjab963]

Read the manga, they die all the time.
Especially in the first series

The manga sounds alot darker than the games or the show.

 

[Bonkekook]

I thought about this when I was grinding the other day. There's gonna be a lot of fainted Pokemon just lying around for whoever comes through. :/

 

[Mantha Myhill]

Pokemon can die. it is mentioned many times that a pokemon has died. The only times when a pokemon CAN'T die is either in the games and you own that pokemon. Then they only feint. The other time a pokemon cannot die is when it is in it's pokeball. Then it becomes pure energy and energy cannot die. Wild pokemon CAN die, as i remember in pokemon advanced the series Brock was worried about a sharpedo dying because Team Rocket's Seviper attacked him with a particularlly strong poison tail attack. Also The Spirit Tower in Lavender Town and Mt. Pyre in the Hoenn region are where people lay their deceased Pokemon to rest, so that points to the conclusion that pokemon can die. Another time when a pokemon has nearly died is in pokemon advanced(again), where a nuzleaf was very sick, and nurse Joy said, "I don't know if he's going to make it." What can that mean if the nuzleaf didn't have the chance to die? Also, why would the pokemon need nurse joy if the pokemon could just get over it and recover?

Hope this helps!


Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_Pokemon_die_in_Pokemon_black#ixzz1yYiH2BKI

 

[targren]

Also read the original description of Charmander; if the flame on his tail goes out, he will die.

Then there's the Norman Bates of the Pokemon world: Cubone.

It stands to reason that a pokemon's mother is a pokemon (chicken/egg problem solved!).

 

[triggrhappy94]

If you pay attention to the original versions you actually kill your rival's Rattacate.

 

[Konan Daigneault]

Well, Latios died in the movie... and apperantly a ninetales LIVES for about 200 years? I don't remember. but by the fact that they put an age number, that means it'll eventually die.

 

[Indira Dudley]

For the question of eating pokemon: in the first series, both Brock and Ash fantasize a cooked and chopped up magnicarp as food. Legendaries rebirth. That's what happened in pokemon Hero's with Latios. Pokemon die of old age and getting shot and stuff like that. My question is if cubone is a just a pokemon with its dead mom on its head, does that mean all cubones moms die and they just all decided to put their dead moms skulls on their heads. And since they are born with a skull on their heads how does that make sense. Also what does cubone look before the skull?

 

[Asuka Soryu]

1: There's Pokemon Graveyards in the games, so yes, they do die.

2: Going by the text for some pokemon, YES. Take Spoink, if it ever stops bouncing it's heart will stop and it'll die.

3: Legendaries for the most part are genderless, and probably don't reproduce, not even in an aesexual way.