Things in Pokemon that bothered you.

[mindlessvulgarity]

MY bigest problem is that you need a friend, like if I have Pokemon Gold my friend need to have Pokemon Silver so that I can get every pokemon. You see I don't have 2nd friend who like pokemon.

Yeah but having a friend shouldn't really be a problem for most people....Well as long as you have basic social skills.

 

[mrx19869]

everything. all of it. 100%

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Why do the pokemon always "faint"?

If I was a small purple Rat being hit with a by a fucking lightning bolt I'd do more than faint.

Also what's with electrode self destruct. The pokemon equivelent of a suicide bomber.

 

[Plurralbles]

In the game:
Why can't I choose which Pokemon to use instead of just sending out the one in my first slot
Even after getting all the badges and beating the Elite Four, that old man is still trying to teach me how to catch Pokemon
They never give you your own entourage like in the show
In the anime:
Brock's eye's (or lack thereof)
Whatever happened between Brock and Professor Ivy
Why does Ash keep dumping all his old Pokemon

I think Squirtle and bulbasaur had to help do something... or other, and that's why he doesn't hav them...


*thinks of how good ash's team COULD be... and cries*

 

[Plurralbles]

two words - Safari Zone

yeah, woo you get to catch all these cool pokemon, Oh look nidorino oh look another nidorino ... Oh look another fucking nidorino

Lets go fishing

...

Since When do Nidorinos swim?

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I laughed out loud but... that's really inaccurate.

*imagines if zubat could swim and be found in the long grass.

Would anyone finish the game?

 

[axle 19]

Nurse Joy, the evil pink haired Harpy, but I digress.

After completing the elite four you have nothing else to do except beat them again. At least in Gold and Silver their was an entire new area when you went from Johto to Kanto. Maybe create a game that links all the lands together or that allows you to become a gym leader or elite four member. Maybe start your own team rocket.

 

[Buizel91]

The lack of the "Missingno" bug in yellow and following games.
The lack of Mew near that ship.
Being unable to open your own gym.
Being unable to join Team Rocket.

missingo? am i missing something here?

and i hate it when the colours fuck up in the old TV shows, i swear pikachu was blue for one scene.

oo and in the game where you get stupid people saying no you cant go here until im done...fuck you!!! i want to leave! my Pokemon are not strong enough and i need to fight better Pokemon!!!

 

[TheBadGamer]

MY bigest problem is that you need a friend, like if I have Pokemon Gold my friend need to have Pokemon Silver so that I can get every pokemon. You see I don't have 2nd friend who like pokemon.

Yeah but having a friend shouldn't really be a problem for most people....Well as long as you have basic social skills.

But It sucks when you are the only one who like it and they don't.

 

[Mikkaddo]

Well, with Heart Gold/Soul Silver coming out in a few days, I felt it was time to get all nostalgic about the freaky weird things in the Pokemon games of old. (Or Pokemon episodes of old, whatever works)

I for one always had issues with Nurse Joy, someone you only went to see when your Pokemon were hurt/unconscious, saying "We hope to see you again!"

Sadistic pink-haired witch.

Well aside from the nurses there's the police force. EXTREMELY sexist ideals in that world. Think about it, how many Officer Barrys are there? what about an Officer Robert? that's what I thought . . . and they're all young, lithe super attractive ones as well . . . quite a coincidince . . . (yes I'm aware it's an anime mostly advertised toward younger children, I'm making a joke people relax)

Not to mention the police are never around when crimes regarding pokemon are commited. And the pokemon themselves seem to be as much a focus to the people of that world as sports and pets COMBINED to this world. So why exactly is there NEVER police involvement in the solving of pokemon related crime? can anyone answer that?

Really, any time in the shows and really, in the games too that someone steals pokemon, or causes something similiar to terrorist attacks on gyms the police are NEVER mobilized. Hell each game the main villain group has a headquarters base IN THE CENTER OF A MAJOR CITY. Do the people just not see anything WRONG with this somehow?

 

[Mikkaddo]

MY bigest problem is that you need a friend, like if I have Pokemon Gold my friend need to have Pokemon Silver so that I can get every pokemon. You see I don't have 2nd friend who like pokemon.

Yeah but having a friend shouldn't really be a problem for most people....Well as long as you have basic social skills.

But It sucks when you are the only one who like it and they don't.

Or, like my problem, they like pokemon, but never seem to have the game I'm doing . . . and if they do, it's inevitably going to end up that I'm WAY ahead of them, or they're not far enough into the game TO trade (as far as diamond and pearl) or more recently "yeah I have that one . . . um . . . I think . . . in here . . . somewhere . . . maybe?" he USED to have it . . . but now? oops . . . sorry too bad

 

[mikecoulter]

MY bigest problem is that you need a friend, like if I have Pokemon Gold my friend need to have Pokemon Silver so that I can get every pokemon. You see I don't have 2nd friend who like pokemon.

Yeah but having a friend shouldn't really be a problem for most people....Well as long as you have basic social skills.

But It sucks when you are the only one who like it and they don't.

You don't need friends. What you need is a second Gameboy / DS.

 

[TheBadGamer]

MY bigest problem is that you need a friend, like if I have Pokemon Gold my friend need to have Pokemon Silver so that I can get every pokemon. You see I don't have 2nd friend who like pokemon.

Yeah but having a friend shouldn't really be a problem for most people....Well as long as you have basic social skills.

But It sucks when you are the only one who like it and they don't.

You don't need friends. What you need is a second Gameboy / DS.

I am still doing that XD, but still I would be fun to have some one the same game so you have some one to talk to.

 

[Not Lord Atkin]

the Nurse Joy thing is touche, that's exactly what I was thinking.
Also, I always hated caves. A wild pokemon attacks every two seconds, and even though I loved the wild pokemon fight song at first, it got pretty annoying afte a while thanks to the cave encounters. also, a single cave that would take just a few steps normally always takes about 15 minutes to cross, even when running from encounters.

I loved the anime tho. The voice acting was great from the first up to the 8th season. then it all went downhill.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

The games were fine.

But why was it in the TV Show it said "Gotta Catch Em All!" When Ash did nothing like that?! Ask knows nothing about how to use Pokemon correctly!

Judging from the games ash was actually a pretty useless trainer. I dont think he did even one thing right on his travels, he catches a new pokemon once in a blue moon. He is the exact oposite of what you strive for in the game and i found this rather ironic. What do pokemon eat, some are so obviously carnivorous

Do they eat Pokemon? I mean do they have fried Magicarp for breakfast?

I always thought this also, i think they have both organism trees in tandem, i mean they should have no bacteria right? Pokebacteria... weird thought. This story has so many holes in it it falls apart at the slightest questioning.

 

[Poofs]

Why is it that apokemon can only learn 4 moves?
Does he have fucking down syndrome?

Why dont giant animals that can control elements kill people?

Why is it that no-one ever does anything except cater to your needs?
kind of makes me wonder if your just hallucinating

 

[ssgt splatter]

The fact that all Pokemon will accept slavery once they've been caught in a ball.
If I were a captured Pokemon, I'd just be waiting for the first time I was sent out to do battle to turn around and tear the little fucker who caught me a new one!
Especially Alakazam. Isn't his IQ supposed to be like 5000?
They should be the fucking master race. Humans should be their slaves, building pyramids in their honour.

That almost sounds like the Predator.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Lets see the games I don't have much of a problem with the games, they are pretty well thought out and actually have a lot more potential then they are currently being used for. Now the TV series I have a major problem with, and that problem can be summed into two words 'Team Rocket'. In ways they are criminal geniuses but seem to be obsessed with capturing a run of the mill electric rat, when if they just stopped following them and try their plan without being around the main characters aren't around. Either that or someone should put a damned bullet in their heads just to stop them from saying that damned introduction every time you see them.

My biggest problem with the TV show is team rocket is the only plot device available. They present a problem, Ash fixes it and makes some friends along the way. After losing to him hundreds of times why haven't they given up?

Because if they did then we wouldn't have a show. They're more or less the comic relief.

 

[Mikkaddo]

The games were fine.

But why was it in the TV Show it said "Gotta Catch Em All!" When Ash did nothing like that?! Ask knows nothing about how to use Pokemon correctly!

Judging from the games ash was actually a pretty useless trainer. I dont think he did even one thing right on his travels, he catches a new pokemon once in a blue moon. He is the exact oposite of what you strive for in the game and i found this rather ironic. What do pokemon eat, some are so obviously carnivorous

Do they eat Pokemon? I mean do they have fried Magicarp for breakfast?

I always thought this also, i think they have both organism trees in tandem, i mean they should have no bacteria right? Pokebacteria... weird thought. This story has so many holes in it it falls apart at the slightest questioning.

I think the idea of Ash being so useless and inept was both irony AND a ploy. Think about the age of kids in japan it's projecting, very very young, around . . . oh early elementary to early middle school. Look at the AMERICAN or otherwise "western" kids it's projected toward. Again, early elementary, to early middleschool. It almost portrays them as being similar to Ash.

Super energetic, but also overly proud, bigheaded and somewhat morally blind at least a first. As well as inept without an older authoritative member of society present to hold their hand. And equally dependant on their animal friend to fight off that swiftly encroaching depression should something terrible happen.

However, the irony part probably plays into portraying something of a parody of the games. Considering the games (early ones at least) have you going to Prof. Oak's lab to get your starter. The show portrays it the same way . . . Ash is meant to head out to Prof. Oak's lab to get a free starter . . .

But what happens? he sleeps late, gets there LONG after the 3 starters Oak had are gone and had to go with the crappy douchebag Pikachu that wouldn't bond to anyone that came near it.

Hell it wouldn't even go into a pokeball (so it makes you wonder why he bothered taking it in . . .)

Then you look at the rest, the rare catches of new pokemon, his taking up an entire FIELD of Oak's property with crappy bull pokemon (who's name I forget) because he sucked SO badly at the safari contest . . . it SCREAMS parody every second.



As for the food parts, yeah I kind of always assumed they just silently ate pokemon, never technically mentioning it. You'll notice no one ever says the badguys are killing pokemon or being SO INHUMANE! by eating them . . .

Or wait, maybe it's a conspiracy IN GAME, and IN ANIME . . . so that, say everyone is eating pokemon, but only the processing companies, and the resturant owners know it . . . wouldn't that be the ULTIMATE final act twist?

 

[SnipErlite]

kind of makes me wonder if your just hallucinating

Then you should read this [http://cartoonoveranalyzations.com/2009/04/09/pokemon-explained/] - It's a bit of a creepy theory but who knows

OT: I also noticed the sadistic nurses, curse them!

Also who the hell lets a 10-year old into a safari park/zone? Where giant Kangaskhan roam?

 

[Mikkaddo]

The fact that all Pokemon will accept slavery once they've been caught in a ball.
If I were a captured Pokemon, I'd just be waiting for the first time I was sent out to do battle to turn around and tear the little fucker who caught me a new one!
Especially Alakazam. Isn't his IQ supposed to be like 5000?
They should be the fucking master race. Humans should be their slaves, building pyramids in their honour.

I believe it's actually over 9000 /horrid old joke