Pokemon Theory: How Do Trainers Identify Their Pokeballs?

[@evansathroy]

Actually, the pokeballs white area is made to look transparent to allow the pokemon to be visible inside. As for pokeballs that are uni-coloured like the Dark Ball or Heal Ball, the Pokemon inside glow with a specific colour when held by trainer to alert which pokemon he is about to use. I got all this throught the Manga aspect!

[@lallallama]

wow cool never knew that lol

[@shivamaryan1052]

really

[@leeminchung9]

Pokemon Manga > Pokemon anime

[@ToxinHawk]

The answer is Braille. Everyone in the Pokemon universe knows Braille.

[@sleazymeezy]

There's no thumbs up button on my phone. *thumbs up*

[@MLGeoff]

***** But there's braille in almost every Pokemon game puzzle.

[@stixoimatizontas]

+ToxinHawk very nice!!

[@seansilva7476]

ToxinHawk I'm going to say something you're going to hate Who is Brallie? XD

[@nameyes8418]

Septile The Sean braille is actually a person, louis braille

[@chrisfitzsimmons6428]

It's quite sad that I remember this. But it was in pokemon episode 80. When Ash and his indigo league rival/friend Richie had their pokeballs stolen by team rocket along with many others trainers. They were able to recover the bag of stolen pokeballs and Richie was able to identify his quite quickly, as his pokeballs had a small unique sticker on them, Ash, on the other hand. Had to check each pokeball individually to try and find his own pokemon. The fact he could not tell the difference straight away means that there is no special reason as to how Ash can tell which pokeball is which. It's not with telepathy nor is it to do with the ball being see through. As he couldn't even tell which pokemon was in which ball. It's simply down to the way he wears his pokeballs on his belt. He keeps them in a specific order so as not to get confused. Case closed.

[@soupedkid13]

Slots on your belt. They are in order. You know the order. Done.

[@sonario6489]

But what about when you're not wearing a belt or they are jumbled around in the bag?

[@teamofone1219]

You can’t realistically remember the order all the time especially when under pressure you would forget.

[@soupedkid13]

@teamofone1219 maybe you cant, i have 8 keys, for mine, my mom's and my house, all the doors of each in order and I never have an issue, 6 pokemon 3 per side are not hard to keep track of

[@OracleAesir1]

I like the way in the Manga the top sections are transparent so we can see the Pokemon inside to identify it

[@someguy4216]

Aesir_Cookies thats a good answer to the question thx 4 the knowledge

[@airikitascave]

I have a question for you... How do trainers remember ALL of their Pokemon's moves?

[@k00ltist]

Ikr you have like a billion pokemon but you remember everything about them da fuq?

[@firebubble2]

I think it is that it says on the pokedex and you have to remember it, i dunno. And that is a really good question.

[@HarmlessRealityBreaker]

because its not like 10 year old's have to go to school and have brain space taken up, no games either, so with all that free brain cell space im sure they would be able to remember, but until 10 year old's are allowed not to go to school and are allowed to wander the world in cold dark and hostile places that wont happen.

[@GSBroker]

Just like how you remember your parent's birthday date. If you care about a pokemon, you'll want to learn all about them. That said, true trainers must memorize their pokemon's moves if they want to really be called "trainers". I mean, they're "trainers", right?

[@insentia8424]

There is a little thing shown in the gen 5 Episodes of the anime: The Pokedex can tell you the attacks of the Pokemons... I guess they look them up after retrieving a Pokemon they didn't travel with for a while? (I mean... Just like you do when playing Pokemon (if you do))

[@Aquarithyst]

"Some are made from apricots..." Actually they're made from apricorns lol XD

[@stefanwong3305]

LOL he failed the goldenrod quiz

[@marygriffith9087]

Tianna Woo I was going to correct him but it seems you have beaten me to it. Liked

[@brandonthomas1288]

Stefan Wong

[@quilverr613]

My theory is that Pokeballs have a Pokemon inside of them but each pokeball has a different feel depending on what is inside and gives off a form of energy, trainers can detect where the energy is coming from and identify it to be specific to that Pokemon. For example, Charizard may give an energy that gives thoughts of Charizard, therefore the trainer knows it contains Charizard.

[@owlflame]

Actually, in the earlier parts of the anime, Ash would frequently throw out a pokeball not knowing which pokemon was inside it.

[@bdconrad4787]

Ben Tenisson did as welll

[@owlflame]

BD conrad That was some other problem.

[@GubbiGap]

Could be becourse he wasn't trained?

[@owlflame]

Lina Al-Jarallah That could be becourse he wasn't trained, yes.

[@kristenscherer2982]

also he couldnt find his pokeballs when team rocket took all the balls in the pokemon league in pokemon indigo league

[@aurafox1]

Maybe you can tell which pokemon is in the pokeball based on touch or weight? For example: A pokeball containing Charizard would probably feel warmer than a pokeball holding Blastoise. And a pokeball containing Snorlax would probably be heavier than a pokeball containing Caterpie. Another possibility is that the top of the pokeball is actually semi-transparent. You can't see through it from a distance, but up close you are able to see inside the pokeball. This may not be true for the anime, since it's often suggested they cannot see inside, but it could easily still hold true for the games and it's already shown to be the case in the manga. One last possibility is a bit more technical... perhaps, like each trainer has an ID number, each individual pokeball has a specific signature electronic pulse. Maybe the pokeball vibrates so subtly it can't be seen vibrating, but can be clearly felt when the ball is held.

[@yard5646]

Aura Fox In the Pokemon Adventures Manga. Pokeballs are transparent and you can see trough the top

[@aurafox1]

***** "...and it's already shown to be the case in the manga"

[@jokerofmorocco]

My theory is that they place it in a particular order on the belt and they put it back in the same place so they can tellMy theory is that they place it in a particular order on the belt and they put it back in the same place so they can tell whihc one it is without loooking at it whihc one it is without loooking at it

[@aurafox1]

Bob Jones But then they wouldn't be able to tell the pokeballs apart when they all get shuffled together, such as when Team Rocket steals large collections of Pokeballs.

[@mirthfulArtist]

Well, in the pokemon adventures manga, the red part if the ball is translucent so you can see who's inside...but I also heard that you may be able to tell by the way the ball feels... Like maybe a sort of aura or presence? Perhaps charizard 's pokeball would be hot and other such things.

[@KoploperMau]

I think it is just muscle memory. Trainers usually wear their pokéballs on their belt. Ash for example has pikachu always on the first spot and then the order he caught his pokemon in. Simple as that...

[@tippydaug525]

Nope! Pikachu is on his shoulder, not a Poké Ball!

[@KoploperMau]

Tippy Plays MC Ash still has his pokeball with him. Always has. You can see that in a certain episode, but I'm not sure which.

[@tippydaug525]

But you said "has Pikachu always on the first spot". Pikachu is on his shoulder, Pikachu's Poké Ball, on the other hand, is in the first slot.

[@KoploperMau]

Maybe my choice of words wasn't the best, but I mean this: Pikachu's pokéball is always on the first slot but never used.

[@tippydaug525]

Ah, I get it now! Makes perfect since! Sorry!

[@Dachi40]

Maybe they put there specific poke balls in a certain order to rember

[@fredxu99]

That's what I would do. But it has been demonstrated that some trainers are able to identify pokemon in their balls even if the circumstances induce randomness, for example Misty tosses them in her backpack in no particular order, or that one episode where Meowth was picking pokemon out of a pile inside of a Pelipper beak.

[@Hazarth]

That is true, there is one particular instance i remember of Ash at St.Anne where he traded a Butterfree for a Ratticate, then in the battle against rockets (i think it was, I'm working from memory here) he picked a pokeball from his belt, shouted Butterfree and Ratticate was released. Clearly not being able to recognize what the pokemon inside was. This would make sense if he either used the positioning on the belt (remembering which was butterfree's pokeball, thus expecting butterfree) or if the pokeballs are somehow marked and can be recognized by their texture, which made him think that partical pokeball was the one that butterfree is in. This proves that whatever system trainers use, it is not dynamic and doesn't change with the pokemon inside automaticaly. I would guess that trainers personalize this based on their needs and prefferences. Ash uses his belt and remembers the order while Misty (because she uses a backpack) will mark her pokeballs in some way (or maybe she has them on belt inside her backpack)

[@ashleysensation8144]

snivy could tell whose pokeball is whose in a unova episode where team rocket captured the pokemon center pokemons

[@A_Wise_Pleb]

that is true because when team R captured everyones pokeball(in the area) noone could tell wich one was theirs

[@Hazarth]

ImOrt4LGaming This is interesting. The reacurring pattern here is that pokemons can identify other pokemons in pokeballs while trainers can't do that easily. I wonder if all pokemons are a bit psychic in nature.

[@Chronopie]

Subconscious use of Aura. Trainers become familiar enough with their own pokemon to sense just which one is inside which ball. Therefore they can pick out their own, but not anyone else's. e.g Ash can call Charizard ten times out of ten, but he actually needs to check what's inside anything unfamiliar.

[@JesseDuffyThePoisonousTaste]

He says Ash has been shown to answer someone, when asked "Is that charizards Poke ball?" his answer, without even looking at the ball, is "Yes." that to me suggest that the trainer has some kind of connection with their poke balls / pokemon, perhaps they can feel the energy of the pokemon within and sense tem. Just a theory. Though, I know Ash has also been shown throwing poke balls in the beginning without knowing what pokemon is within.. but if my theory were correct it could have been just because he was a beginner and didn't know what he was doing or how to properly read the poke balls.

[@JesseDuffyThePoisonousTaste]

You are, without a doubt.. a Troll, with no life that insist on going through comments and chats just to try to start shit and fuck with people :)

[@CozyStag]

Well that is a good theory and another add on, maybe you have to know and be used to your pokemon to sense them

[@JesseDuffyThePoisonousTaste]

Makes Sense :)

[@JesseDuffyThePoisonousTaste]

***** That's why its a theory. Sorry, not about to take 6 fucking hours to come up with a fantastic theory. Got a life. Grow up and go tear someone else apart. Thanks.

[@JesseDuffyThePoisonousTaste]

***** Then get the fuck out of here if I'm such a waste of your time. Go do something better with your time, no one is forcing you to read this.

[@blackace5390]

The theorie for just needing the pokeball maximised and calling out the pokemon's name isn't valid. In The Orange Island League Episode 109 - Pokemon Food fight, Ash attempts to call out Charizard against a Gloom. "I choose you, Charizard!" *Squirtle comes out* "Squirtle return. Charizard, GO!" *drops pokeball, falls and breaks on rock, Snorlax comes out."

[@b-d9099]

i think in the episode that ash meet and battle brock at the pewter gym ash had some kinda cincture that he put he's balls in, so trainers might put their pokeballs in a certain order and then identify then that way, and i know that ritchies pokeballs in the indigo league appear with some kind of mark or some kind of sticker

[@person3848]

maybe pokeballs are textured. or perhaps when a pokemon gets turned into the red energy seen in the anime that energy exudes the energy and traits of the pokemon. so charizards pokeball exerts heat and feelings of aggression. but it only happens when the pokeball is regular size, so u could just feel them all until you found the right one. charizard was so excited at the prospect of battling dragonite that even misty, who wasn't even in contact with the ball, could feel it.

[@joshuasmith8346]

Pokemon are stored as data. So it is easy to say that pokeballs are able to send and receive data (pokemon going in and out of the pokeballs). Because it is a children's show, it is unnecessary to go into extravagant detail about how the pokeballs work. However, it may be interesting to theorize that pokeballs are synced together and can share the "data". Trainers can only carry six pokemon on them because data sharing only works when there are 6 pokemon maximum, hence why pokemon are sent directly to the PC. The reason why you need multiple pokeballs is because for every pokemon you own you need "storage space". the poke ball type just determines the capture rate. So in terms of knowing which pokemon to send out, it's more like the trainer is telling the pokeball which "data" to send out. Just my take on the theory.

[@ruki4929]

In the games, you keep your pokemon in a certain order. Maybe the trainers have a pattern of pokeballs on their belts or something? Just memorise where you keep the specific pokemon? It wouldn't be hard, considering you can only carry 6 at a time.

[@33jedi]

Proto, in the manga, "Pokémon adventures" The red lid on the pokeball is actually see through and you can see a smaller version of the pokemon sleeping inside. This also makes sense to the anime where in the first few episodes when Ash catches caterpie he battles once then releases him quickly after only to find that his bug was asleep. Ash never marked his balls, and yet Misty still guessed charizard, so I assume that she could make out the flame on it's tail and it was enough to make her question if it was charizard or not. Sure the anime does not support this but it does make sense in the long run. Maybe they just didn't know how to draw them in an anime version always moving around in a tiny form like that in so many scenes? Either way that is my theory on the pokeball selection method, because it would work for everyone no matter what, and the designs on the balls could just be for decoration, as with contest participants and there seals, or with younger trainers who are a bit rash and just throw more randomly without thinking, a mark or something to identify the ball quicker could be used. What do you think about this theory?

[@jasontan7511]

problem.. Ash didnt even look at the ball though how did he know

[@33jedi]

I think that is where the whole, "They put certain balls in a particular place." part comes in. Ash put Charizard in, (For arguments sake let's say the 5th ball pocket.). After reaching for the ball he knew right away which one it was but Misty would have had to look to see for herself which if I remember correctly, she did look first before asking.

[@ohitsdylan5266]

I wish they would put more science behind how things work in pokemon :P

[@Ghostrider6A]

I'd mark my Pokeballs with the National Pokedex number corresponding to the Pokemon inside. (EX: Charizard 006, Celebi 251, ect.)

[@MrRaitachi]

I think, if my memory serves me correct, in the Pokémon Adventures manga it was mentioned that the Pokéball is slightly transparent, so if looked at it closely you could see the Pokémon inside it, which is why there are four little windows inside the Pokéball. I could be wrong, it's been a while since I read it. (And I'm not going bother verifying this factoid, because...)

[@tygroix3429]

In the manga of pokemon, they pokémons are visible inside, the red part on the top of it is transparent. They can communicate and they pokémon can see trought the pokeball !

[@PKM9107]

Also you know how people throw poke balls? If you throw it half way across a field, how do you get it back? Does the pokemon throw it back or do people have telepathic powers or some crap?

[@bkb757]

has anyone ever wondered how the pokeball gets back to their hand after they throw it? The force:

[@nster_7653]

😂😂

[@bkb757]

also i meant to put a question mark, not a colon

[@grazen663]

Watch Pokemon the first movie

[@arshesnayriley2246]

Has anyone even considered that trainers identify their pokéballs by WEIGHT?

[@tidus4601]

They should be the same weight

[@RurouniHiro]

Pokemon djnsjndsnjdnf Wouldn't think so, As recall the Heavy ball needed to catch larger if Not pokemon with a greater mass.

[@arshesnayriley2246]

like I said, identified by WEIGHT... I didn't feel like replying Pokemon djnsjndsnjdnf lol THANK U RurouniHiro :D

[@Imcookie550onROBLOX]

RurouniHiro Well it's not REQUIRED, but you can use a heavy ball on heavier pokemon for that extra catch rate. Otherwise, you can just catch any pokemon with any pokeball. It's not like there are rules that you have to use a certain ball for certain pokemon. For example, if I really wanted to, I could go out and catch the heaviest pokemon (Groudon) with a regular pokeball. Sure, it would probably take a while, but it can be done.

[@arshesnayriley2246]

i mean the weight would be divided and minimized by a number but still be different weight in a way ...

[@nonplayercharacter12333]

In the manga, the pokeballs were almost see-through. as in you could see which one you were choosing. Which could possibly be why everybody looks directly at their pokeball before throwing it. Look before you leap. Or in this case, throw.

[@Peppaboyz]

but he never picked up a pokeball, put it down, picked up another, put it down etc.

[@CheethPopCandy]

But there are actually a lot of times in the Pokemon anime that they never yell out the Pokemon's name. Like for a long time Ash would only yell out "I choose you!"

[@alenerez5810]

My question about logic An item which can hold any pokemon is just ranges from $10 to $2000 or more but a bike is just a million bucks

[@achen917]

Idk why this is a theory .-. My thinking is that when you play the game and rearranging the pokemon, you're actually just moving the balls around on your belt/vest/whatever you use to hold them. They're in order and it wouldn't be too hard to remember 6 Pokemon. PLUS in an episode in the anime where Gary catches a pokemon, he simply takes out his Pokedex to see all the info we get went we look at the summary section (name, type, moveset, etc.) of a pokemon. He even can tell that it is a weak pokemon so from that info it shouldn't be too hard to use the Dex if you ever forget which pokemon is which. Misty, James, and Jesse repeatly show that there is NO special method to throw a ball w/o looking at it and know EXACTLY what pokemon it is. Misty would accidently get Psyduck, Jesse once called out Lickitung by mistake and Wobbuffet a few times, and James occasionally calls out the latest pokemon that enjoys "hugging" him. Really calling out pokemon is just something EVERY trainer must do as you are forced to use your pokemon quite often. Asking how trainers know what pokemon is which is like asking how they can remember each pokemon's moveset :/

[@achen917]

***** If you look at the very FIRST time Jessie ever used Lickitung it turns out to be an accident. Seriously, this is just basic memorization, not some weird connection or whatever. Its like having 6 boxes and knowing whats in them. Nothing special.

[@achen917]

***** Exactly :D The only way to prove that there is a "special" way to distinguish pokeballs that are identical is if a trainer begins to call out a pokemon and BEFORE throwing realizes that the ball contains another pokemon.

[@majormana1]

I think james pokémon where girls he knew the pokemoniinside but forgot he gets huggeby carnvine and deep throat kissed by victrybell

[@phillip22722]

Right, its a muscle memory thing. You know the order you put your pokeballs on your belt or however you have them, so you know the third one is this pokemon and the 6th one is this pokemon already. I have seen it in episodes before where they accidentally mix up their pokeballs and they struggle to find the pokemon they want. A famous instance of this happens on the SS Anne I believe, where Team Rocket and the "Heroes" mix up their pokeballs in the chaos of the ship sinking and Ash and the guys end up with Arbok and Weezing(Or were they Ekans and Koffing at the time?). So they don't know what is in the pokeball by any marks or anything, they just are very good at remembering the order they place them in on the belt.

[@achen917]

JDeppFan2272 Exactly my point. Instances like this clearly show that trainers only know what pokemon is in which ball either through simple memory, special markings, or using a pokedex on the ball. Unless there is an episode where Ash puts his hand in a bag of random balls and somehow knows what the pokemon is without any sort of outside help, this theory is nothing. In fact nearly EVERY time the group does a special challenge where they do get a RANDOM pokemon they say something along the lines of "I wonder what pokemon I'll get" This episode really just made me cringe as I am just so used to Game Theory videos that give solid evidence and show that a ton of research was ton, while this video was kinda... not well done at all. I do enjoy protomario's videos as there are a lot of theories that get you to think. I just honestly feel that this may be his worst theory video that was just pure speculation :/

[@DiabolicalPaperClip]

Didn't Ritchie put stickers on his Pokeballs to differentiate between them?

[@DaPrestoGamer]

yes

[@JakeSnake07]

Yes in that episode he had stars on his poke-balls so he could identify them. In the same episode they along with Ash's were in a bag full of shrunken poke-balls and he found his while Ash used trial and error to find his. In the new season of the anime it is show that they can move the poke-balls when inside. They are also shown to hear whats going on outside the poke-balls. My guess is that they hear whats going on in the poke-balls and respond by moving to tell the trainer which one to use.

[@hamhuang202]

Maybe no one read the Pokemon manga. In the manga, poke ball's red part is transparent, like a glass. Therefore the trainer can actually see through the pokeball and tell which Pokemon is inside that even when the ball is ping pong size. If it is not the real Pokemon that the trainer can see, at least it's a image that identifies this ball to this Pokemon. Actually because this theory comes from official works, it think it's kinda of a fact.

[@elijahedwards7985]

My theory, is that maybe pokemon control humans, because they want to fight as it is basically their life purpose, maybe even controlled by arceus!

[@kris198921]

how do you explain when multiple trainers poke balls are placed in a bag by team rocket and they look in it and get there poke balls out just by sight when there all normal poke balls with no special markings?

[@takatheking5398]

this is explained in one of the first episodes.. you can't..

[@emilywiles1923]

kris198921

[@scoobycao276]

i remember there was an episode where Ash and Gary had their Pokeballs mixed up (by team Rocket??) and did not realize until they battle each other.

[@middleagedpikachu]

how about, when you put the pokemon in, you simply remember what pocket you put him. then after a while, the pockets become so designated for that perticular pokemon that you remember it as a second nature.

[@tonycast7754]

+Pika chu See this is a likely response and it makes sense from an organized standpoint. a Trainer has a belt with 6 slots for his Pokémon and the order they are in is defined by the trainer to better aid them in remembering who's who. This is more prevalent in the show as unlike in the games a trainer does not summon the same starting slot pokemon but can chose between any of their six. This concept does not really work in the case of Misty and others who don't have an organized system and just throws all their balls into one bag. A Related and better question may be How do they keep this system straight when they do things such as summoning more than one/two Pokémon at the same time. I mean how many times does Ash and his cohorts toss all their Balls into the air to summon every Pokémon in their possession? He then has to collect each ball and return them to their exact location on his belt. Then he has to remember which ball belongs to which partner since he cannot recall a Pokémon into a ball it was not originally captured in. So it seems to me that there must be some form of abnormality for each ball that defines who it belongs to. Be it the type of ball in the case of Tododile or a marking on it as with Pikachu's. Richie marked his Pokéballs with stars so that he would know what ones were his, where Ash had no idea from his from every other trainers balls in the bag. So It seems logical that the differences are subtle in that one cannot notice them from a glace as ever normal Pokéball looks the same as every other one. However a trainer knows the difference between each of his own balls. Kind of like how every member of an animal species looks identical to onlookers but somehow members of that species can tell the difference. Examples include Zebra who we know have slightly altered stripes like fingerprints. The same is true of spotted cats and tigers. Or how Twins look identical to us yet parents can usually tell who is who.

[@random_hime]

here's another thing that may seem corny: the trainer loves their pokemon so much they just know without anything that the pokemon is in that one pokeball.

[@Aurilaushe]

My theory is that the pokeballs that contain the 6 (or less) Pokemon on your team are connected in a way similar to a pc, where they're all in a central database and the balls are just conduits to that database, so no matter what pokeball you threw, by calling out the name of the Pokemon you want it will be pulled from the database and released accordingly. There's no fact to back this up, just an idea I had.

[@ChouquetteChouChan]

GentlemanStudiosHD Good theory, but not true. Because multiple times team rocket takes pokeballs and Ash can only call out the ones he has left. If it was true, he could return one and send another after them, but each pokemon have their own pokeball. If one tries to return a different pokemon in a different pokeball it won't work

[@davidgold3nrose]

Lol unless you are misty's Psyduck or Jessie's Wobbufet.... Then you just jump out anyway

[@davidgold3nrose]

Lol unless you are misty's Psyduck or Jessie's Wobbufet.... Then you just jump out anyway

[@davidgold3nrose]

Lol unless you are misty's Psyduck or Jessie's Wobbufet.... Then you just jump out anyway

[@Br0rush]

+GentlemanStudiosHD if that was the case then why would everyone carry around 6 pokeballs, why not just have the one that you would need

[@iknowitalljacob2396]

they order their pokeballs so they know who is who

[@ianzhan7794]

If you seen the manga you could actually see the pokemon inside

[@herrmajestat]

I've had this question for a long time. Thank you very much :D

[@zachfrench103]

i'm sure somebody has already said this, but misty grabs he wrong ball a few times in the show. Also, as stated in the video, most trainers wear the pokeballs implying that they are placed in a certain order

[@bryceleszczynski3581]

In some of the manga books, it shows that you can see which Pokemon is in the PokeBall

[@josephadison3512]

Do Fire Type Pokemons drink water?

[@MidnightWhisper]

+Jay Flayva Maybe they drink oil to power up their fire.

[@Soccerguyz]

yes

[@thezombieslayer7350]

yeah do that

[@silvercyndaquil8472]

I know this is a month later, but: They drink water in the anime and in the games you can give them fresh water. So yes.

[@aphroditvs]

They drink oil and breath jet fuel.

[@Double_K_A]

I think you should do a theroy on what is the first pokemon.

[@Mattropolis97]

ApriCORN* not apricot. Thanks to you I threw several small orange fruit at my cats

[@reborn1714]

Lol

[@StormBreaker_Chasing]

But Proto!, in several episodes, when team rocket steals a bunch of pokeballs, trainers are able to pick out which pokeball is theirs when they fall out of the Meowth balloon.

[@sevenequalsoneheart7504]

I have a question specifically about Pikachu and his pokeball. do you remember when ash was watching tv on the first episode and a trainer threw his onix into battle? it came out in a white light. with that being said wouldn't ash's Pikachu have been caught from sinnoh? it has a thunderbolt sticker on it and when Pikachu came out yellow electricity surged out of the ball. wouldn't that mean the sticker was actually a sinnoh region contest seal?

[@em74692]

what I think is trainers have Pokémon stickers on their pokeballs because in sinnoh one episode dawn goes shopping and gets a piplup sticker for her piplup's pokeball I think that would make sense even if it was small the trainer could glance at it and see what Pokémon's pokeball it is. also I have a theory that a trainer might recognize outside marks on a pokeball like a scratch from when it was dropped or a dent on the bottom if it fell. Please like this comment I would like everyone to see what I think. thanks!

[@Twilightmia]

I remember in the manga pokeballs are shown to have a translucent top so you can see the pokemon inside, personally I like to think my character in the game marks her pokeballs XD

[@pitbull0210]

wasnt there a feature in one of the games where you could decorate your pokeballs?

[@devonterondon1]

I have the best question, so after the trainers throw their pokeball and it releases the pokemon the pokeball just kinda like dissapears and you never see trainers pick it up, and when they call the pokemon back, they have a pokeball for it, so how do trainers get the pokeball back

[@animechic420]

I remembered the episode "Dig Those Diglett" where Gary kissed his pokéball before throwing it. He didn't say the Pokémon's name at all.

[@llamagodarceus1680]

Charlene Alyssa Ingram Lol. Another one he kissed it several times XD

[@polpal4201]

why do different types of pokeball have different catching rates?

[@daddysenpai408]

Thats how pokeball companies make money

[@gl1zzy999]

It could be because they are made with different materials?

[@gameinsane4718]

different programmings

[@ZoraLink4]

There is a another Channel that have a really good theory/explanation for it. I comment again when I remember his name

[@joel-nr2dw]

bakublader 96 shoddycast did a good theorie on it

[@evilmaker89]

In the manga, pokeballs have a small window on the top of them that allows you to see the pokemon inside.

[@KAXSH]

THEY ORGANIZE THEIR POKEBALLS! There I saved you 5 boring minutes

[@chrismonteiro5506]

its still interesting

[@KAXSH]

no it isn't

[@Brando2301]

Elwood Hellsythe You only have one to two pokemon out at a time, so it's really likely that they just organize them. Or maybe they identify scratches on the ball, OR MAYBE THEY CALL OUT THE POKEMONS NAME AND IT GOES TO DA BALL XD

[@mondocool8236]

Didnt they cover this in one episode? I think Ash says each pokeball has a certain "feel" to it, which is how he is able to tell them apart (I think its the episode where team rocket steals a bunch of pokeballs, including Ash's and someone asks how do you know its the right one?). I suspect the same applies to all trainers. The ball probably emanates something like a vibe depending on the pokemon. That or trainers literally have a sixth sense about it.

[@mondocool8236]

***** Not sure, but I think we're thinking of different episodes. Your right concerning the A Friend In Deed episode, but the one i'm thinking of takes place outside. But if I am mistaking it for a Friend In Deed episode, then theres no way trainers know unless they either order them a certain way. Pikachu seems to know by smell though.

[@cringecomputerscientist]

This is literally the question I had in my mind since I started watching indigo league

[@MrSamracer]

where does misty keep her pokeballs when she's in a bathing suit XD

[@mikerouse6382]

lol i dont wannna know XD

[@kvykimo]

mike rouse i think you know... ;)

[@mikerouse6382]

yes i do. and i dont wanna think about it :)

[@DaSodeMc]

How do some pokemon understand each other and some don't for example Pikachu can understand most pokemon but when he was on the squirtle island he couldn't understand blastoise

[@Blazingnyancat]

Telepathic? Can read eachothers minds?

[@DaSodeMc]

Blazingnyancat no they were actually talking

[@Sdogofdoom]

DaSode maybe pokemon are born with knowledge of 2 languages, poke common, and their species language.

[@NikkyElso]

Well considering the blastoise was an anomatronic in that episode if Im thinking of the right episode it might have sounded like gibberish to pikachu

[@animotionification]

Same reason some humans speak different languages and some speak the same.

[@linkno1]

They just put the pokeballs in a certain arrangement on their belt and remember what order they put them in. BAM, mystery solved. Oh, but Misty keeps them in her bag? Maybe she has separate little pockets inside her bag like I do in mine. *mind blowing* Jugglers juggling pokeballs? It's going to be no surprise that I say "maybe they just keep an eye on them and don't mix them up". Okay, I'll assume for a second that everybody in the pokemon universe is handicapped and can't remember the position of 6 balls that they keep in the same order everyday... Maybe the pokeballs weigh differently depending on the pokemon inside. A pokemon with an Onix inside may weigh noticeably different from the trainers Marill. Maybe two pokeballs with two similar weighted pokemon inside can still be noticably different to each other because the trainer has had the pokemon a long time and is used to the minor weight differences (you know, like a normal person who does two similar tasks regularly). Obviously the pokeballs would still weight a very minimal amount but would still be enough to notice a difference. Or maybe you can notice via things such as temperature as well. A warm pokeball probably doesn't contain your Articuno whilst a cold ball probably doen't contain your Magmar. Again, different temperatures would be noticeable to that trainer. This wouldn't work for much outside of Ice and Fire types but it could still be there.

[@linkno1]

***** I assume that all pokemon are like real animals, I.E they all weigh differently. It would just depend how much difference in weight those two Onix actually have. Over a period of time it would be easier, I can tell the difference between a few things that are identical just by touching them because I've had them a while. Even if it's nothing to do with weight in that case and both things are EXACTLY the same weight, there is something different between those two objects that only I can distinguish even if I don't know what it is. I assume Pokeballs would work the same way without a special theory just for Pokeballs. Or, back to the original that the trainer just remembers what order he placed them in their bag/belt/pokemon dispensary rifle. Assuming he doesn't put one/both Onix straight in the PC, he would get used to the minor weight difference eventually.

[@GubbiGap]

***** Why would you have two of the same Pokemon?

[@linkno1]

Lina Al-Jarallah Some people like a certain Pokemon and desire to have more than one in their party? Many trainers have multiple of the same Pokemon in their team in the games, for whatever reason. In the games, it's obviously better to have a variety of different types/pokemon in your team to have an optimal setup. It still doesn't stop that one Fisherman from having a team of 6 Magikarp. These trainers still have more than one of the same type/species though. In the anime, from what I can tell, 'type' plays a much smaller role in who wins a battle a lot of the time, making type advantages less of a worry. In this case, it's plausible for a trainer to have 5 Cubones in his team just because he likes Cubone and still be a worthy opponent in battle against a water-based team. As a real world example, why do people own more than one animal of the same breed? I used to have 2 dogs of the same breed (sadly, one passed away). I just like that breed, they're adorable. With the same logic, I should have owned 2 dogs of 2 different breeds...Or a Dog and an Elephant.

[@PRchris13]

pokemons can go out of their pokeballs without permision there been episodes were psyduck comes out of his pokeball without mystic wanting or she having the pokeball on her hand i kinda forgot if it was on manga or anime, but there been moments where a trainer called its pokemon at it came out without the trainner touching the pokeball so in other words one can have a bag full of pokeballs and call all them out without knowing were pokeball they are in,

[@harleyarley]

Wait, what happens to the Pokeball when the trainers throw it? Because in the anime, the pokeball opens and isn't seen again the whole battle, and you never see the trainers go and pick it up, and at the end of the battle they somehow magically have it again..?

[@fishainsley]

Maybe Pokeballs are on Cloud.

[@fitzsimmonsstudios6038]

I have a question: Can Pokemon hear the outside world from inside their PokeBall?

[@josephmarchesi8750]

Possibly, a few times in the show they pop out because they've heard something about them, or like mistys psyduck who just pops out for no reason lol

[@stixoimatizontas]

+Yousef Kayy or like wobbuffet

[@tonycast7754]

+Sotos Davorman I think Wobbuffet is an Enigma in that regard as the Pokéball popping sound you hear is a running gag with him. Even after it is shown he is out of his Pokéball the sound still played when he said his name and photo-bombed the scene. I thought that was weird seeing as how he was already released prior so... Anyway to answer your question +Nick Ice Yes they can hear from inside their Pokéball. This is most evident when a trainer tells them to perform an attack while summoning them. Or during interactions that cause the Pokémon in question to pre-release themselves as was the case with Psyduck, Wobbuffet, Chespin, and others.

[@toxicityy8022]

Yes they can. Look at the, "what happens inside a pokeball" video.

[@lambsauce7368]

u know how u said u can just call their names well what if they pick the completely wrong pokeball but they call they one they do want will the pokemon jump from the belt or will it just say screw u and stay in the ball.

[@sayroto]

hmm another theory i think could be weight, as they pokemon are tuned into energy its logical that a larger pokemon like charizard would have larger energy or more dense energy compared to lets see charmander. so the energy could affect the weight of a pokeball. thus allowing one to distinguish the pokemon

[@hanon623]

Weight would make sense, however there have been thieves who were able to differentiate pokemon by species while Ash was unable to differentiate balls entirely even when his own pokemon were in the mix. There are too many inconsistencies with the way pokeballs were handled in the anime for it to logically have one proper conclusion. For the games it seems likely that the order that you place them on the belt is the only sign of reference

[@sayroto]

hmm i suppose your right

[@kaydnroberts1225]

Minato Namikaze maybe the pokeball has nothing to do with it maybe each pokemon just hears its name and then transfers its self into the pokeball the same way trading works in the cartoons so the pokemon listens for the trainer to say its name and as the pokeball is being thrown the pokemon just zips over to the pokeball

[@sayroto]

Kaydn Roberts yeah i thought that too at some point :P its a good idea

[@MrRadzinki]

practicesafesax44 Energy has no mass...Einstein might disagree with you. E= mc^2

[@CallMeFreakFujiko]

Even though it's not really canon to the games, the Special manga... If I got the manga right, since there's so fucking many... The Pokeballs are kind of transparent... I just wanted to mention that. Bye.

[@VanguardJester]

ok please please, please... do not start a war in this comment chain... here is my suggestion what is the diffrent between a pokemon and a digimon?

[@VanguardJester]

please ignore this comment, this one, below the one with the suggestion. this was a reply to someone who was fortunatly blocked.

[@IronHawk96]

Easy, Pokemon are living beings while Digimon are just data/AI

[@VanguardJester]

***** hmm, pretty simple, and reasonable- but digimon are technicaly alive.. they are just advanced like that of a human..

[@IronHawk96]

the rusting star Yeah true but they are created via computer, Pokemon are bassically their world version of real world animals, they are wild, and can be tammed, Another thing is that Digimon can evolve at will and Pokemon require special training, a stone, or friendship via day or night to evolve

[@VanguardJester]

***** ......now when you say "friendship via night"....

[@Boxy221]

What if for example you had like 2 ore more Geodudes? When you call "Go! Geodude!" How would it work for which one goes out?

[@kentaka123456]

thats why you nickname your pokemon

[@urunnaa.7082]

Ken'ichi Takahashi What about in the anime? They usually don't name them in the show.

[@luckylucas8596]

Pray the right one comes out?

[@kentaka123456]

but i would still nickname my pokemon

[@aswsome123]

it just does

[@tygarwild]

Is the Master Ball just a pokeball with Wario's panties on it and upside down?

[@jaysammons9694]

First of all: No. >.> Second of all: Wario wears briefs. NOT a woman's pair of panties.

[@Coolman-bs6ze]

wtf?

[@larshoneytoast3582]

Jay Sammons How do you know that? Dun dun dun.

[@Amador01Hector]

i remember in the anime a few times misty repeatedly called Horsea and it always ended up with Psyduck so calling the name out wouldn't do well

[@werisekk3]

I remember that too, but Psyduck just came out right from her backpack because he (or she) wanted (or was so stupid that it didn't even know it's name :-D).

[@JBnights1]

The Master Ball actually doesnt have a 100% capture rate

[@pep-cpugwilkins53]

why does ash's fire starter only evole? (cant spell)

[@chase2480]

Turtwig evolves. So did Chikorita.

[@chase2480]

And Treecko

[@pep-cpugwilkins53]

well most of the time it is just his fire starter

[@skylerherman3401]

He doesnt want them too, like in the game how you can stop them from evolving

[@crystalrose878]

Are Ditto REALLY failed attempts at making Mewtwo?

[@Zmac-tq1pb]

I believe so. Mew= Pink, 8.8 lbs., transforms. Ditto= Pinkish-purple, 8.8 lbs. transforms. Coincidence? I think not.

[@MultiSpeed98]

Zachary Woodard illuminati confirmed

[@Zmac-tq1pb]

Ditto=Mew confirmed

[@Zmac-tq1pb]

Cake confirmed

[@ThePogoBro]

Zachary Woodard Wild Mew appeared. Ditto! I choose you! Ditto used COPY. ditto is finally Mew

[@StarrTheWitch]

doesn't that mean Pokemon can release themselves anytime they want? so if something happened that they knew they needed to leave the pokeball they could out of their own free will?

[@alexdeltoid7737]

Yes! There are many instances where Pokémon leave their balls by their own free will. A frequent and obvious example of this is Brock's pokemon from the pokemon series always stopping him from flirting with all the Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys.

[@StarrTheWitch]

well I remember a bit before I watched this one I watched a video where he explained if the trainer died the pokemon would stay trapped in the pokeball, that's why I said this

[@danj.p5657]

Oshawott kept escaping his Pokéball

[@aceblitzgaming9783]

+Daniel Peters (Dan Peters) Jessie's Wobuffet escapes its pokeball constantly too.

[@shivamaryan1052]

misty's psyduck and may's skitty too

[@fandomtrash95]

Maybe it is slightly unvisably bigger by the size of the pokemon?

[@kew8796]

I know this is a old video but didn't in one of the anime episodes a lucario/lucario trainer say that every living thing have its own aura? If so it could be possible for a trainer to detect a pokemon's aura in the pokeball...

[@101Kamehameha]

that'd explain the shit out of psyduck

[@DieHardjagged]

Its a Anime, it doesnt need to have to make any fucking sense.

[@drakeb9093]

exactly

[@benyu316]

Congratulation! You caught a hamburger! What will you nickname it? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

[@MrJJandJim]

Turkey. Because of those Chic-fil-a (Sorry if I spelled it abysmally) cows. I don't want to make them angry. I have no idea what I'm doing now.

[@wm4yv]

Hmm... Hamburg, Iceberg, oh, I know! _Dinkleberg..._

[@MrJJandJim]

Peter Kopec Flanders... (I'm not sure if I spelled it right.)

[@MrJJandJim]

***** Because a regular name isn't good enough!

[@llamagodarceus1680]

Arcjesus (Based on Arceus. If you get out the Arc it remains as eus. Put an D on the start. Deus. That is god in my language.)

[@B3stGam3r1]

Naaahhh I reckon it's based on weight. A Charizard would weigh a lot more than a Pikachu, so you'd know that you're not sending a pikachu against a Venusaur instead of Charizard. (That's why ash knew it was charizard without looking) Or as you said they place their pokeballs in a certain order, but for those who don't then i assume they'd go by either weight or appearance,

[@aubreyadavis3113]

-catches gaia leafeon.- Finally I got all the eveelutions!

[@MissRottenStrawBerrywoo]

What age is Ash REALLY?

[@Xynth22]

10. Always has been, always will be.

[@MissRottenStrawBerrywoo]

xynth101088 But i mean in reality how old he would be?

[@Xynth22]

10... Canonically, hardly any time has based in his story. So if he were to magically come into our world he would still be 10 because that is the age he is in the anime.

[@Gudulpif]

I would say something around 25.

[@MissRottenStrawBerrywoo]

True, True

[@SagittarA]

how are trainers paying all the things they buy... like medicine or food i mean if nurse joy is not giving them food. i never heard them talking about money or something AND are pokemons inside pokeballs in some kind of ethernal form or just shrinked? AND are all people in pokemon stupid/retarded? Team Rocket is trying to catch pikachu all the time and dont give up for some damn reason.. or the "rich" ideas of future if they catch some casual pokemon and give it to the boss... or why Ash and Brock and any girl that is traveling with them (depends on series) are always listening to whole Team Rocket intro -_- or why Team Rocket will not fire Jessie and James and Mewth SO MANY QUESTIONS and no answers T_T

[@phoenixglamtfm510]

Pokeballs use lasers to shrink the pokemon to fit into tiny balls Theres a saying that goes like this "Never give up!" Because they dont want to drive team rocket crazy Because the boss loves listening to team rocket's crazy ideas

[@Ranger1812]

1. Maybe they get money from their parents when going on an adventure? And, just like in the games, they could potentially also get money from beating gym trainers (I thought about that just the other day). 2. I think they're energy when inside the ball, albeit, with a consciousness. Matter, after all, is just energy (E=MC2), so the energy you see when they're released/returned to their Pokeballs could be that transformation (I also thought that up just the other day). 3. Maybe because Pikachu is always able to outpour them, and because it's been doing so for so long, Team Rocket's obsession over it only ever grows. They view it as a Pokemon that has traveled from region to region, and always manages to oil their plans; that strength and skill could be so useful if they could catch it. 4. In the anime, certain Pokemon aren't as weak as they are in the games/TCG. That's why they are still seen as useful to Team Rocket. Plus, if it wasn't already evident, Jesse, James, and Meowth aren't exactly the brightest bunch. Maybe they don't completely comprehend the capabilities of certain Pokemon. 5. When someone's doing such an epic intro, it would be too difficult to interrupt, not to mention awkward. :P Plus, who wouldn't just stand there and look at Jesse? She's hot!

[@SagittarA]

1) never heard their parents saying in the phone "i sent you money, enjoy", never seen gym leaders giving them money too 2)dont use E=mc² if you dont know how to type it, anyway thats what i ment by "ethernal form"....... its just hypotetic i was asking how it is, not how it could be :) 3)sounds legit, but doesent explains their crazy theories and why they are not fired from TR yet 4)yes but if you noticed they are not trying to catch only strong pokemons but they are catching absolutely casual pokemons just coz they seems to be usefull to the boss (example: scyther for cutting vegtebles when boss is hungry and so on...) and they really belive he will make them rich for that ?! srsly? :D 5)i wouldnt coz its not epic, its not that difficult to interupt (it happend few times), and only akward thing there is that intro Plus, Jessie is not hot... i would much likely listen to Team Rocket intro told by nurse Joy :3

[@SagittarA]

***** he dont want to but sometimes it would help a lot for example when is being kidnaped by team rocket

[@CraterM]

ThePassword333333 I have not watched pokemon in a while stopped somewhere in season 1 of black and white so I don't know about any thing that happens past the point I stopped. 1) it is unknown how the Ash gets money because as far as I know they don't talk about it at all but money does seem to still be in play because of all the times Team Rocket mentions it. It might be that he gets prize money from the contests/gyms/leagues/etc he enters and that its enough to sustain him for a long period of time. 2) Don't have much to go on here because I can't remember much of what was said on this topic 3) The trio from team rocket are Eccentric but if you notice at times while people are often seem to be quite stupid probably because its intended audience is for younger kids you will notice they aren't always acting so dumb. They aren't fired from team rocket for various reasons, i guess you haven't watched vary much because you would know that they do get fired at one point (may be false) and at the least are almost fired but they do still greatly help team rocket, at one point they don't try to take pikachu for an extended period of time because they are helping team rocket with under cover work and do a great deal for them 4) Like I said they are Eccentric and they often get... ideas and they act on them 5) As for the intro thing I'm not certain as to why Ash does watch it but not everyone does sometimes people as shown in the anime attack team rocket while they are in their intro, it could just be Ash being polite but also it could be because if you just attacked them on sight you would start to seem like as a hole, if every time you saw someone you immediately attacked them and sent them flying you would end up crossing the line at some point and officer jenny would get on your case

[@setsoonameh]

3,500th like!!!

[@ProtoMario]

CheddarCheese X I am quite happy people are still liking and sharing this. Thank you!

[@setsoonameh]

No problemo, your like the answer to everything and please can I know what happens in other regions while Ash is in another

[@silktonemeloetta5082]

+ProtoMario Did you know the master ball can actually FAIL? I've had it legitimately happen against a Legendary.

[@hamhuang202]

+Strange Girl wow, it sucks

[@bashy241]

+Fire Feather guys it's a lie about Mastrballs 100% cTch rate in omega Ruby iwas trying to catch a darkrai and it failed

[@zomburgess9143]

In Pokemon Black and White, the pokeballs show the Pokemon on the side of the red on the ball. You look at the pokeball as you pull it out, allowing you to know the Pokemon.

[@ericawalker7695]

That's the guy! That's the guy who's chin looks like balls!

[@krx50]

I think that when Pokemon are captured, the Poke Ball gets labeled with that Pokemon's name (most likely on the back, which would explain why it isn't something we actually see, and that would also explain why you are asked if you'd like to nickname your Pokemon or not when you catch or receive one.

[@Skiv1995]

Maybe since pokemon seem to be stored electronically (box storage, flash of light composing the pokemon, etc), each pokemon is saved in all six balls which would also explain why only six pokemon can be held due to storage space (one pokeball has space for six pokemon and the remaining five are identical copies for cases in which more than one pokemon needs to be released from the ball). The pokemon then respond to voice commands such as their name which releases them from the ball

[@simuliquid]

in s1 indigo series pikachu sniffed a pokeball and it was ashes they all look the same but u can smell them like when ash caught muk

[@Woogoo336]

The belt order theory seems to be the best for most cases. It would even be supported by the game as your pokemon are stored in a specific order. For cases like misty's backpack, she probably has some physical indicator on it.

[@maxmouse100]

It's actually already explained in the anime. There are occasional mix-ups in the show where Pokéballs are mixed up and they lose track of which ones they are. But as time progresses, the trainer gains a sort of link between themselves and their Pokémon, allowing them to know which one is which. When a trainer first starts out, they don't have a strong bond, so marking or arranging the balls in a certain way may help them early on. If a trainer gains a bond or link to their Pokémon though, they can just tell who's in that ball without needing to be marked or arranged specifically.

[@vernardcarter9838]

Maybe the pokemon goes to another world or special room specific to that trainer and they can use any pokeball, but the reason for trainers using more than one pokeball is because only one pokemon can use a ball as an exit at a time and that one that was recently used as an entrance has to charge to teleport or release a pokemon again. Just a thought.

[@MaxEdrox]

Well thats not all convincent, because, is easy to remember in which Pokeball are your Pokemon when you carrie them so close, but there was an episode that Ash dont knew which Pokemon was inside all those Pokeballs collected from other trainers, he was triyng to call his Bulbasaur but he makes mistakes choosing Drownzee, Magikarp and others, and then when Pikachu found one of his Pokeball, Ash call the Pokemon waiting for anyone because he didnt knew that was Bulbasaurs Pokeball

[@cuzicouldyay]

A random theory from a fic I was reading (ha) is that a telepathic bond slowly forms between a pokemon and their trainer the longer they're together. This would explain how one grows to understand what "Pika pika pika chu pika" means. This could also allow a trainer to "feel" which pokemon is in a particular pokeball.

[@esmondpaterson7543]

Another answer to this question comes from the Pokemon Adventures Manga (which was the original comic based on the games and still continues today). In Pokemon Adventures the top of the pokeball is actually semitransparent and the trainers can see the pokemon inside the ball. Hope this helps anyone.

[@davidduke4297]

Also the series a few times it has shown that Ash keeps his pokeballs on a belt, that they are secured in a row next to each other, he would be able to know his pokemon by the order he chooses to keep their pokeballs on his belt.