Pokemon Theory: Why Do Trainers Black Out After Losing?

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[@Ninjahankin]

I always thought you black out because the trainer you lost to punches you in the face, takes half your money, and throws you back to the pokémon center.

[@barch118]

lol basically

[@shaggydee91]

word!

[@Dahlioo5]

but do you do that to all the trainers you beat as well..?

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

I always thought it was the pokemon that knocked you out.

[@Ninjahankin]

Dahlio5 Well, the trainers you beat enter into a stasis and say the same line for eternity. The world of pokemon is much darker than it appears.

[@trainershade1937]

I always imagined that are character is so self absorbed with themselves, that losing is so impossible that they over-dramatically fall over. We just gasp, put the back of our hand to our forehead and fall over, just like old drama television!

[@KoenWoo]

Lol!

[@trainershade1937]

Koen Woo I mean just look at Subspace Emissary in Brawl, Red goes unconscious with little provocation when Galleom is about to beat them! Turns out you aren't bringing your Pokemon to the center, but they are instead bringing you so they can get on with their journey. Red: "NO, I am the VERY BEST! This can't be possible! I must be dreaming!" *Proceeds to dive off one of the many small ledges, right into a face plant* Bulbasaur: "Damn-it, he did it again!" *Drags his ass to the hospital, AGAIN*

[@appelpower1]

Given the pride I take in just how well I can batter the CPU (which, admittedly, isn't hard), I could see myself doing that.

[@janestagner8497]

mmm... Ok.

[@guzmateamskullleader7537]

Ash Ketchum I asuume the tranier or pokemon knocks me on the head steals my money calls a cab to the poke center and then runs away

[@milkduds9148]

The term "blacking out" is also used to refer to dissociation, so I take it that the trainer becomes so worried and afraid for their Pokemon's health that they dissociate as they run to the nearest Pokemon center.

[@tragiikfc906]

Milk Duds Okay

[@jauume]

Could be.

[@vampire-p]

This is how I always saw it! Mainly because I project myself on to my character, and I do dissociate frequently.

[@daniusschratzius]

This is my theory: Trainers don't really black out, white out or whatever. If you read the dialogue box after you lose a battle, it says that you run back to a poke center, protecting your pokemon from further harm. I think the game is just saving you from having to go back to a poke center manually, because I'm certain that if this mechanic wasn't in place that's what a lot of people would do anyways (unless they have items like revive)

[@haydengames3v2]

Well yes it's a fail safe since you can't "game over", although gen 2 does raise a question for when you defeat Red, the screen whites out and you are left in the cave for a second by yourself. I kind of think parallel worlds are involved since the only battle in gen 1 that you can lose is the first, every other battle results in repeated dialogue, like you never lost in the first place.

[@karana2833]

I think you the player black out in the game the trainer your playing at are like normal npcs in the game who have dialogue after they lose and go hacj to a pokemon centre.

[@greenr5182]

Umm so wait i can just run without encountering anything Why game freak why

[@Thatbasedcat]

I'd pass out to if I lost all my lunch money because my pet got its ass kicked...

[@Sparlock42]

Except that canonically, the trainer remains conscious and hurries as fast as they can to the nearest Pokemon Center, per the text in FireRed and LeafGreen. Which leaves only one option: blacking (or whiting) out is a term used by the in-game Pokemon League rules (which must exist in some form, even though never explicitly shown in-game) to refer to the when a trainer is out of Pokemon.

[@TheDeepThinker-sq3iy]

Oak:yea,hey there!don't go into the tall grass without a pokemon!! Trainer:OMG!WHY??WILL I DIE?! Oak:F#CK no! its just you'll f#ck up the entire planet if you do!! Trainer:AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[@avatarwarmech]

damn I've never seen none of these glitches before that is so crazy

[@maccasmcfrei]

Game restarts * trainer: I feel like I've done this

[@vlonedrippy3199]

TheDeepThinker 2000 so true man, so true

[@bigtrolly]

As seen in pokemon origins, which, contrary to the Ash anime, is based on the games, highly empathic trainers feel the same way their pokemon feel during battle. I think a more logical explanation would be that because of the high level of empathy the player character has, the player faints together with his pokemon. Just a shot in the dark though.

[@funnyfox204]

bigtrolly i think ur right. I mean, in a world where dragons exist and god can be captured in a capsule the size of a base ball and by a 10 YEAR OLD, it makes sense that the trainer would have some sort of connection with their pokemon, so when all of them faint, they cant handle the pressure and faint too. It also explains why trainers can only have 6 pokemon: they just cant handle the physical and non-physical stress.

[@GatorEX]

That lady was literally spamming GG.

[@floopar7930]

She kept getting killind in CS:GO

[@jc.1283]

It meant that "gg you broke the game for 205 years"

[@BaleetedUser]

I really never thought of it as blacking out as in "passing out." after all, in HGSS i believe it states that the player rushed their Pokemon to a center. You know how when a traumatic or frightening event happens and everything around you just seems to stop and you later don't really recall the memory of exactly what happened? That's what I always attributed it to

[@onlinegametime]

In my opinion You black out because when you have no more Pokémons the wild Pokémon attacks you just like how that one professor was attacked.

[@isaiasmartinez1124]

He said people think its because the wild pokemon attacks you

[@skarnecanius8737]

no, he kind of didnt. In fact proto never actually gave a reason. He said that the games glitch if it happens and you have none to use. But he NEvER elaborated on why IN THE GAMES UNIVERSE that it happens

[@serraramayfield9230]

I'm guessing because there's not a canon explanation for it

[@cakeused]

LeagueOfFox ya but why do u black out when losing against a trainer

[@skarnecanius8737]

I personally subscribe to the anime's interpretation, that you occasionally ttake the same damage as your pokemon, and so you black out from the pain and the other trainer takes you to the poke center

[@tenletters5889]

a more believable (in cannon) answer would quite simply be that the trainer either has a outrageously strong bond with those Pokémon, or has a major fear of losing.

[@linkonair]

Feel free to correct me on this, but I'm pretty sure one of the recent titles has updated dialogue saying that you are shielding your Pokemon while trying to get them to safety. I think it was either Gen 5 or 6 that did this. Also apparently the implied meaning of the word used in the Japanese version for blacking out is "lose hope" or what it literally translates out to, "plunge into darkness" [thanks bulbapedia]

[@shadenox8164]

Yes, now the text says that trainer runs back to the pokemon center to get their pokemon healed. This change was made in Fire Red and Leaf Green so at this point we might have more games with running back than we do with fainting.

[@linkonair]

oh wow, that's a lot earlier than I had thought...I...I guess I don't get my entire party knocked out much anymore. I'm glad they made that clarification to the dialogue at any rate.

[@animechic420]

I love how confused that Tentacool looks holding that $0 dollar.

[@pillowdaily7431]

Proto can you do a theory on why the villainous teams give out cash when they loose even though they don't have to?

[@Boneskullzy]

It's just a game mechanic... you win money when you win a battle. Why does everything have to have a purpose in order to exist?

[@ProtoMario]

Look a charizard in the face after losing and refuse to pay.

[@soggycatgirl]

Or maybe a rayquaza, same idea

[@theduck7788]

So basically, after beating a villainous team member, we mug them?

[@Venom3254]

Odyssey2001 code of honor in the Pokémon game universe?

[@cinimodder4632]

4:18 please don't tell me that was real

[@Inksanity]

its from this poorly translated version of pokemon crystal just look up "Vietnamese Pokemon"

[@cinimodder4632]

ok

[@candied_meme8610]

Bri The Pokemon Nerd I bet red was confused at that dialogue and cursed because he was so confused at the dialogue..... That's what I think happened, it's a very strange thing to see in a pokemon game though...

[@dommorris8163]

this really doesn't explain anything. why do no other trainers in the game black out when they are defeated?

[@Nicxon_02]

CAUSE THEY DONT CARE ABOUT THEIR POKEMON, THATS WHY THEY SUCK Idk

[@ProtoMario]

They are not real

[@ProtoMario]

They are not real

[@ShadowKawur]

The NPCs are FAKE!

[@blindedjourneyman]

The matrix: Pokemon edition.

[@SzaraWilk]

I always thinked the Trainer just playing dead...

[@vargasyojhan]

*thought

[@sodaddict]

It's called "blacking-out" and "whiting-out" because of the transitions that happens afterwards, blacking-out causes the screen to fade to black and whiting-out causes the screen to fade to white, the trainers simply walk to their last healing place as they go through this.

[@ProtoMario]

Watch till the end and get spooked... O_O

[@Treeoak]

im spooked

[@Cindercrown]

GG

[@jakeosborne6766]

Exotic butters

[@sashiboop]

Wierd... I have all notifications on, but your videos aren't appearing...

[@jokerjester6494]

pooft

[@mr.doodles5573]

also, what happens if you go to the safari zone without any Poke'mon?

[@egeorgiades93]

When you run out of Pokemon, you are attacked the next second by the Wild Pokemon or The Trainer. You black out as a result. They take the money out of your pocket and run because of witnesses so that's why you only lose a certain amount. The trainers nearby bring you to the Center to get healed.

[@egeorgiades93]

mirkalal When you faint by wild Pokemon, a trainer finds you and brings you back to a Center.....however not before taking a few from your wallet as a fee for helping you.

[@kingshi9446]

Well it says name ran away to protect the harmed Pokémon

[@kingshi9446]

Sol yeah

[@hutaolover6665]

in fr and lg it does

[@humanityisafailure9668]

My theory is that the trainers and Pokemon have such strong bonds that the trainer blacks out when his/her Pokemon faints

[@kinghorker8010]

2:58 Play Station Network is my favorite pokemon XD

[@kinghorker8010]

***** Never played Red or Blue so I wouldn't know XD

[@wyattbarton281]

LOL

[@Cms7899]

Yeah I noticed that too lol

[@OrigenalDarkMew]

King Horker LOL

[@vladashram]

Here's my theory: Ash and Red's journey's take place simultaneously. It's evidenced when Ash wakes up late for his journey, the 3 starters are already taken by Gary and 2 other unknown trainers from Pallet. Gary is actually Blue(Intern)/Green(Jap), which is just a nickname for him. Their journeys take them different paths and routes, with the Red following the map provided by "Gary's" sister. At times their paths almost cross, such as when they are Cerulean gym at the same time and Red battles Misty before she leaves to continue the journey with Ash. Red also was aboard the St(S.S.) Anne and got lucky and got off before it left with Ash and sunk. Ash made it to and helped Sabrina before Red got there, which is why Sabrina is much nicer. Now a further stretch is that the 3rd trainer before Ash is Leaf, also known as Green(Inten)/Blue(Jap) in the manga. But there is very little evidence of that.

[@the_tamale_king]

Hey proto how about a theory where you explain why pokemon dont evolve if you dont have the national dex. Like fire red you can attempt to evolve Golbat but it will never evolve....until you obtain the national dex.

[@sleepysnorlax]

crobat came in gen 4 big fella

[@melware_1869]

sleepy snorlax boi you stupid ass bitch it got introduced in second gen dumbass

[@MegaMetal96]

...no, it came in gold and silver you fucking clod

[@BlazeInferno360]

What about the eevee's? What if you wanted an Umbreon or an Espeon?

[@ProtoMario]

If I recall you can get them, it just comes up as ??? in den. I will do research.

[@Jerico195]

In some of the games it states after you run out of Pokemon and black out, something along the lines of: " rushed to the Pokemon center, protecting the injured Pokemon from further harm". I don't believe that blacking out actually equates to loosing consciousness in-game or anything. But rather just the frantic, perhaps panicked, period in between your lost battle and arriving at the Pokemon Center.

[@SporeFreak2010]

Hm, i always thought it was because, you wipe the floor with every opponent you come across but then you run into a trainer you can't beat (Yet) and the sheer shock of your Awesome, supposedly Unstoppable poke'mon getting fainted makes your dude pass out from shock or fainting if you will.

[@CanzetYote]

I think "blackout" is just a fancy slang term for losing your whole team.

[@onlychrisallthetime]

I always thought it was cause they were in sync

[@pizza-for-mountains]

"I have entered the seventh circle of sound hell!" - ProtoMario, 2016

[@Blood-PawWerewolf]

So it's the game's fail safe to avoid the game from breaking. I never knew that until now

[@hutaolover6665]

In Fr and Lg, when you white out there is a black screen that explains that you quickly hurry to a pokemon center protecting your pokemon from further harm... but you still faint or what? Call me stupid but when i was younger i thought whiting out meant that all your pokemon are unusable...

[@HistoryandReviews]

We always hear about "The Bond between a trainer and their pokemon" so maybe when all of a trainer's pokemon faint they, being bonded to their mon, become heartbroken and faint as well. That or the wild/opponents pokemon always somehow manages to knock your final pokemon into you causing a blackout from the impact.

[@Diana4281]

I remember going to a Pokemon center on Leafgreen with one poisoned Pokemon and running until fainted to see what would happen. I was right in front of Nurse Joy and still blacked out and got sent to a different Pokemon Center.

[@ZombieBarioth]

Blackouts can also be due to loss of memory, which in this case would be psychogenic amnesia, and involve vision loss. What's likely going on is the trainer is blacking out due to fatigue and shock/panic setting in. The trainer is mentally and physically exhausted from the battle, and his/her Pokemon fainted, which in the Japanese version is "near death". So when they blackout or whiteout everything is a blur to them while they rush their Pokemon to the Pokemon Center, and they may have blocked out the entire thing due to stress. In a wild Pokemon battle they're in such a panic they somehow drop money. Its crazy how badly the original games can break by the way.

[@lonelyshpee7873]

Your "theories" are getting worse and worse

[@shawnhunter186]

this was obviously a joke, given that it's obvious why you black out.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

I assume it's actually because the pokemon knocks you out and the trainer is nice enough to take you to the center. or in the case of a wild battle, someone finds you and brings you. or it could just be a game thing with no actual reason to it

[@blindedjourneyman]

ow the edge ....theories on this subject are MEANT to be funny or creepy as, everyone knows the bland cannon answer. I like to think you're too important to die when you're the pokémon protagonist.

[@shinyclaws6025]

BOI

[@thedeepadventexpedition]

If you don't have anything nice to say, then please refrain from saying anything at all.

[@fivethousanddragons921]

i always thought "real world explanation" that you "black out" because your freak out and its a blur running back to the safety of a poke-center/home.

[@yujiakweh]

the glitchy mess scrambled 40 people's mind

[@paradeice5396]

''PAIN WHEN TAKE A BATH'' cracked up there

[@thenightdragon1874]

you could of just explained that when all your Pokemon faint the guys who made Pokemon gave us a free trip to the Pokemon centre save us running back because with out a health Pokemon as you saw it would glitch out so to stop that it gives the black out excuse to get you there

[@michelled.4874]

That makes sense...

[@ladyarmourlapras]

This was so much scarier than anyone would expect XD

[@hitheredhi9478]

You just earned a subscriber! I've always loved these videos, but I didn't get an account until today, so I could never comment, like, dislike, or subscribe. Good luck making more of these fabulous theories :)

[@ProtoMario]

Thank you

[@hitheredhi9478]

May I please suggest a theory? I checked the theories already used, and I'm not sure if this is there or not, so correct me if I'm saying a used one. How Do Salandit's Pheromones Work? I've read on the Pokemon Sun and Moon site that female Salandit emits pheromones from its tail that cause any male, human or Pokemon, to fall in love with it. How does that work?

[@TheTrooperMB]

French version says "Off-Side" and that the trainer runs as fast as he can to a pokémon center (or house if not visited any) to avoid his pokemons getting hurt anymore.

[@lordnico_3142]

You didn't answer the question likewise. Instead, you went to a completely different topic on what happens if you do not have Pokemon outside the first town. Wasted my damn time.

[@tobimisa]

+LorDNiCo_ the idea is that the glitch allows you to see what happens if you're in a battle without any usable pokemon and _don't_ black out the game recognizes having no pokemon the same as having a full party of fainted pokemon, but glitches out without the right cues available from actually playing the game so from a gameplay standpoint he completely answered the question

[@tobimisa]

@HeroAlmighty there's a difference between not liking the content of a video and accusing it of being clickbait or time wasting "I didn't like this" is not the same as "this is inherently bad"

[@princea8128]

I for one think it's like blue in Pokémon origins when he lost to Mewtwo he got hurt as a result of the fight and had to scurry back home. Even red got blasted away with charizard when he lost. My theory is if you lose the battle you normally get konked (somehow) in the heat of the fight and are knocked out. It also works with wild encounters as your Pokémon are technically protecting you from wild Pokémon and with your team gone they basically have their way with you :')

[@roxasprowers]

no its not the game. the reason is because the pokemon trainer white or blacked out is in the pokemon origins in the first episode when broke explains why red getting tired during in battle. it's the bond between trainer and pokemon.

[@irvinjuarez4161]

I always imagined that the trainer and his/her team are connected as one and if the whole team is wiped out then the trainer wipes out cuz he/she can't handle the pain of 6 fainted Pokémon

[@JamesLard32]

That would make sense if you required a full team. But it happens even if you only have one

[@clericofchaos1]

...so, if the trainers aren't knocked unconscious the world will end?...seems legit.

[@1928blue]

Only you black out other trainers just stand there waiting for another trainer to walk in front of them...

[@PhantomDogman]

What about npc trainers?

[@dommorris8163]

that's what I want to know

[@ProtoMario]

They aren't real, just ai

[@thomasthetrain3715]

Aliens.

[@cjhs2006]

ProtoMario Dude,Our Characters Also Aren't Real

[@doombass-bc2zz]

In pokemon origins When Red's pokemon got tired, Red got tired too (even tho he didnt do anything to get tired) , so if the trainer's pokemon faint, the trainer does too, But in pokemon origins the trainers never fainted, maybe this "blacking out" is only in the games.

[@SullivanBurke777]

I always thought it was some kind of symbiotic/sympathetic reaction; Humans and Pokemon NEEDING each other to function properly, and if something happened to one half of the partnership, the other half would suffer too. Your explanation is truly awesome, though...this game series is so meta and bizarre sometimes. I love it.

[@yuyingzhang6026]

I thought that they were so used to winning, they'd have a mental breakdown for losing and faint.

[@ATRO317]

because of pokemon origins, we actually have a solid answer to this now. You "white out" after losing battles because of the strong bond you have with your partners. Basically, when they run out of will to battle, so do you. So you faint.

[@ZagoNeko]

I used to think it was because you were so "shocked" about losing, you literally pass out.I honestly think "wiped out" would be a better term as it means defeated and also slang for just failing something - like a video game.

[@Draco7876]

Omg I entered the 7th circle of sound hell XD That was hilarious

[@blindedjourneyman]

ikr.

[@Draco7876]

Devil kazuya i know right

[@Draco7876]

Devil kazuya you asked a rhetorical question I gave you the rhetorical answer.

[@Draco7876]

Devil kazuya thats cool. I didn't say you where but glad you have confidence in your ability to state something that is irrelevant.

[@Draco7876]

Devil kazuya any problem kiddo? Rephrase that for me please I'm not fluent in... broken english?

[@TheIcefreeze]

I always imagined that the reason they blacked out is because losing their pokemon is such a shock to their senses that they don't know how to handle it so they black out. It would be like making a bet with someone then after losing the bet them hustling you for money that you don't have and you trying to desperatly figure out where you'd get the money from and you black out because its so intense that you couldnt believe it was happening.

[@Waltimate]

Uhh... around 4:17 why does it say MACHINE FUCK?

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

ooh, I can answer that one. I saw a youtuber playing a Vietnamese translation thingy version of pokemon crystal. apparently it's famous for bad translations like that.

[@ProtoMario]

Yes I actually am one of the only people in the world to best that game completely

[@aquablu9619]

Waltimate oh shit it did

[@tysondennis1016]

Reminds me of this Cards Against Gallifrey card: "The fuck machine dungeon of the Cybermen."

[@audixas1]

What about Vinesauce Joel?

[@johndoe413]

In Pokémon R&B, the gym leader Lt. surge, says to the trainer that his Pokémon helped shock his enemies into submission during the war. Implying there was some great conflict where humans used Pokémon against each other for power. And so I believe it is possible that since there is no longer wartime in the games, you are allowed by Pokémon law to ‘knock out your opponent but you can’t kill them’ type of sentiment. Growing up I always saw it as a physical blackout from being attacked.

[@estebanchicas6340]

In the spanish version ir only says "You scaped to a Pokemon center"

[@hannahc3317]

oras does too... (eng) to protect your exhausted pokemon from further harm

[@CallMeFreakFujiko]

I think we all literally knew why, but the idea of "if you don't black out the universe will literally be fucked" is sooo much more fun than any other answer could be!

[@coreyhedberh1835]

here is a cool theory. why do people like pokephillia

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

Corey Hedberh on of the many fetishes. pokephilia is just as fucked up as bdsm and the leather thing. to each their own.

[@penguinmaster7]

same reason people like standard fetishes. it's not really fair to hate something because it's different from what you like and/or you dislike it.

[@TornadoZX825]

Corey Hedberh One problem at a time

[@BlinksAwakening]

On a more theoretical level and not so literally, it would seem that you faint (black/white out), it occurs when all your Pokemon have fainted. Note how when you defeat another trainer they do not faint, they say some line and give you money and then continue to stand where they were. This means that you, the protagonist are different than every other character in the game. Somehow you have bonded with your team of Pokemon in such a way that as your Pokemon get hurt, so to do you, their strength relies on you, and yours relies on them. I'd say this sounds like something that would be studied, you'd be regarded in the same way that people regard psychics in the real world. Yet, if you win the pokemon league and become the champion in the game, then your bizarre condition with your connection to your pokemon would feel like it was your destiny or your legacy.

[@nightwolf.coffeelover]

Kinda like it is with Sync Pairs in Pokémon Masters

[@teamtinyturtle9103]

I always thought the wild pokemon either attacked you or you were just overwhelmed that you yourself faint [and then they possibly attack you, but fortunately never kill you (at least, not yet anyway)]. After fainting, you are then rescued and wake up at a Pokémon center (or at your mom's).

[@aedaniammx7559]

ProtoMario Treating glitches as in-game canon since who-knows-when

[@bloggerboyo]

I'd always assumed that the trainer was playing possum so that the Pokemon would just think " well he's obviously dead ill just leave then".

[@soulcleaner3578]

They black out because they get so angry that they overwhelm themselves.

[@kylesatwon1134]

They should make this into a movie. Basically, the main character refuses to leave a battle when he was supposed to black out, and glitches the world. This results in him and a couple of friends having to go back and fix it. Cool idea, right?

[@Mr_Cellophane]

I think blacking/Whiting out is more of a cut scene to symbolize the character walking/teleporting back to the closest pokecenter, in order to avoid wasted time having the player walk back and possibly encounter wild pokemon without any usable ones yourself. The only hole in that of course are the transportation moves (teleport, dig, fly) and why it just doesn't tell you to use that. My only theory on that is just in case you dont have one in your party. Either way. Just seems like a way to save time and get you back to heal your party.

[@charlesxflare]

Why does Lysandre wears that battle gear during his fight? he could've just had a Mega ring

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

just cause he wants to look cooler.

[@ProtoMario]

The bees are cameras, he is broadcasting the event

[@coollm4760]

do you have silver play button

[@ProtoMario]

Liam Murphy yes

[@SockyNoob]

Pokemon Legends Arceus: So here's why you whited out. The Pokemon attacked you too

[@mononokehime3182]

4:37 When you know you're the chosen one and you must link the fire.

[@Psybur]

I for real pissed my pants when he said 'enjoy your burnt Pop-tart of a Pokemon. . . '

[@mahiru20ten]

It's so damn late that I found this video, but my theory is... If we can fight the pokemon ourselves, it will feel like the Megami Tensei series. Note that in that game other than using your team of demons to fight a wild demon, you can fight with skills that you learned from some methods (different with each game) or using a weapon to attack the demon.

[@ceering99]

I personally think the black out thing is just a poor translation. Also, that Arbok in the manga didn't die, it regenerated.

[@Clone1625]

I don't think visual and gameplay glitches are valid evidence for your conclusion. Of course, blacking out in pokemon doesn't mean you lose consciousness, the character pays their dues to the opposing trainer (or throws coins at a wild animal) and hurries to have their pokemon healed. Blacking out simply prevents us from seeing any of it, it would seem. This would be the answer from a game design standpoint I think. However, your answer is toward the story reason. Well, I think it could relate to the connection with your pokemon. Your pokemon get hurt, and the character is either so upset or shocked they cant keep focus enough to not "black out", or just the rush of returning to the Pokemon Center causes the events to be a blur and unviewable. However, those are only my thoughts, there isn't really evidence I know of for why it happens as a story element. Using the glitches that occur if the black out does not happen doesnt hold weight as evidence because it is unintended occurrences that should not and were not planned to happen, and thus should not be taken seriously. In addition, that evidence backs up the gameplay reason, that being that its a way to transition to the center without showing everything described, but it isn't story evidence, because it isn't an intended story event, nor even a gameplay one.

[@youcantstoptherock1954]

Oak: "HEY! KID! YOUR POKEMON ALL FAINTED! BLACK OUT, OR ARCEUS WILL APPEAR AND FUCK UP EVERYTHING!"

[@opadrip]

With a real world explanation, basically, my trainer must either be epileptic, a druggie, or have bad liver problems.

[@cj.59]

Dat Kermit voice tho!! LMFAOOO!!!!

[@LupeSunglass]

Logic: Need super special tech to get an animal Me: * Walks over and picks up a Pidgey * I just broke physics.

[@fruitlion8]

In the wild battles I get it. The trainer panics because suddenly they're staring down a dangerous creature with no way to defend themselves.

[@thomasthetrain3715]

Something that has been asked 420 years.

[@gotsnoname]

Fucken ProtoMario .. you're the theorist GOD.

[@JustJustin.]

BboyXposure nope

[@gotsnoname]

+jmangamer98 quit being a hater and leave my comment alone. Don't need your negativity.

[@darkmudkip8516]

BUT PROTO THERES no time to walk all the way to the latest Pokemon center

[@aprilderbbs42]

Dam I was hopping for something deeper, but a fair awnser none the less

[@gummygrenade]

Gets hit by chuck Norris Forgets to lose consciousness . Boom! Arceus says " I quit "

[@dogylover1618]

that crazy sound mess almost scrambled my brain

[@kaidos123]

i have a different perspective other than "because glitches", and more of a lore theory. i could be wrong, it's been a while since i've watched it. but i think the answer is kinda confirmed in the Pokemon Origins series, which is not the same canon to the anime, but represents the games. Kinda like Generations, although i believe Origins and Generations are still different canons. anyway. When trainers become familiar with their pokemon, they kind of start to create a bond with their pokemon where they feel the effects of battle that their pokemon do. That's how they battle more effectively. So when all their pokemon faint in battle, the trainer themselves would also have no energy left to stay conscious. But 2 questions remain; Why do trainers still blackout when they are just given the pokemon and it loses? And why don't other trainers faint when their pokemon all lose? I don't have the answers. but my theory is that the trainers you play as are special. as in they seem to be the only characters who have this unique bond with their pokemon, hence why they are so successful. There is lots of proof to this, for instance in B/W, it's prophesied that you will use Reshiram/Zekrom to fight with N to recreate the ancient battle or something. you're also the hero that interacts with many, many ancient pokemon like Suicune who choose to battle you over any other trainer like Eusine. But the biggest proof is when you fight Red on Mt Silver. when he is defeated, he doesn't say anything, and he vanishes. did he black out and get warped to a pokemon center? You should have these bonds with your pokemon as soon as you meet them, even if it's not apparent immediately. or you just get attacked on route 1 if your pokemon faints.

[@Woogoo336]

It does say something about running back to the pokemon center and avoiding battles or something like that. Probably "Blacked Out" is just a translation error that never went away.

[@sunilkoppuridoge1638]

I guess that the “blacked out” thing meant fainted, so like, the Pokémon your fighting makes you faint by using a powerful move, but you wait and then remain conscious and then go to the Pokémon Center

[@zegamingcuber857]

It changed back to " has blacked out" in Sun and Moon

[@DaniMartVTen]

ProtoMario, what about Ash-Greninja? The bond between Pokémon and Trainer is expressed greatly in Gen1, and is revealed several times throughout the franchise later on, to be a vital component in how Pokémon through Mega Evolution are "Vitally Attached" through said bond to their Trainer? If Trainer and Pokémon become as one in the battle, then Feinting and Blacking Out are simply the outcome of equally being defeated by the Will and Power of the superior opponent or opponents, be it against a Single Wild Pokémon or an Opponent Trainer and Pokémon! The world doesn't just Glitch-Out and Die, no, you just get the wind knocked out of you, until some traveler finds you and drags you back to a PokéCenter, and not to a Hospital! Why? Because your Bond to the now Feinted Pokémon is still connective, and so to heal the Pokémon is to heal the Trainer! If you have multiple Pokémon with you as a Trainer, be it the limit of 6, then you "share the neural load" so to speak, HM's if they are still valid, may be because the Trainer is still healthy enough and supported by the shared life-forces of the other Pokémon in their PokéBalls! This may also be why there is a limit of 6 to begin with, can a Human only take on the shared life force of six Pokémon, is the seventh too much to bare? If you black-out with six feinted, both the Trainer and all 6 Pokémon who have Feinted, will now suddenly arrive fully healed in front of a PokéCenter, perhaps because the shared life-forces being exchanged with the Trainer were able to support them? Would having a Seventh Feinted Pokémon result in the Death of the Trainer then? Again, this may be why we see the Trainer awakening at a PokéCenter, and not a Hospital, as this would do no good to the Pokémon who are sucking the Blacked-Out Trainer dry! Priority-Healing must always come first to the Pokémon and not the Trainer, because of the Vital Bond shared between the two! This also may explain why Trainers and Owners may die and so leave behind their Pokémon alone, and rarely do we see Pokémon having died before their Trainers, not unless something was wrong with the Trainer or Owner to begin with, a problem of illness or poor health! This may also be why a Referee is required, so as to save the Trainer's life from expending too much Life-Force through the Bond during the battle, as if to prevent the Trainer from hurting themselves from supporting the HP of their Pokémon. Grass-Type Pokémon know HP-Draining Moves, so why couldn't all Pokémon share a Vital Bond of Health and Energy between Trainer and Pokémon? How's that for a Theory?

[@wikichoo]

Trainers... blacking out to save the world since 1996.

[@kittikissable]

I HAVE HAD A EXPERIENCE WITH NO POKEMON IN PARTY WHERE IT JUST AUTO SKIPS THE BATTLE

[@TheMinecraftHype]

I'm lost... what is 'blacking or whiting out'? Is this a secret game mechanic? I have never been teleported to the Pokemon Center and experienced that text... Kappa

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

um.... does that mean you never lost a battle, or is that a joke?

[@theduck7788]

Must have started with X and Y, those games main stories are PATHETICALLY easy.

[@TheMinecraftHype]

Jonathan Goodwin It was a joke meaning I don't lose. :P

[@TheMinecraftHype]

The Duck Go back another 10-15 years. :D

[@CNFunnyJon]

I believe it has to do with pride or glass wall of confidence shattering.

[@UltimateWahee]

It's probably because the defeat is too overwhelning for the trainer. There is even a line of text supporting that in Let's Go. If you lose, onw of the lines of text says: *"You where overwhelmed by your defeat."* Makes sense i guess.

[@calvin1176]

theory, you become a pokemon to survive but cant remember it, like transforming into a werewolf. thats why its a glitchy weird pokemon