Real Animals In Pokemon: Why Do They Exist?

With over 1000 Pokemon in existence, it's hard to remember a time where there felt like every real world animal wasn't represented in Pokemon. But I remember. #pokemon
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[@CrashWeezerman]

I get why they don't have them anymore, but I kinda like the idea of regular animals existing in the Pokémon world too. A lot of Pokémon in Gen1 felt closer to JRPG monsters than animals, especially the fighter types. I prefer that over the idea that people actually eat pokemon.

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

In the original lore, Pokémon was set in our world, and animals still lived alongside Pokémon. The games were originally set in 1990's Japan, and all of the other countries on Earth still existed. At that time, only 151 Pokémon had been discovered IN THE WORLD, it wasn't just "the other regions have known about them the whole time". Pokémon evolved (Darwinian evolution) from regular animals, and in some cases, some Pokémon evolved into regular animals. Vulpix, for example, evolved from a fox, but foxes still existed. Of course, Pokémon had the advantage over regular animals in most cases, when it comes to competing for food, territory, and survival in general. Back then, the lore wasn't afraid to say that Pokémon were predators and they do have animalistic behaviours, such as hunting and eating each other. A lot of things got rescanned later, especially with the introduction of other regions, but I still love the original lore and would love to see a modern adaptation of it.

[@AlphaLax]

The original lore is so interesting! I would love to hear more about this war that Lt. Surge was in.

[@cesar6447]

yeah but what about prehistoric ones?

[@danielmalinen6337]

Real animals appeared in the early step of the Pokemon game series when the world was not yet fully developed, but nowadays the company denies that real animals would live and existed in the Pokemon world.

[@michaelsarmiento3057]

What do humans eat in the Pokemon world if Gamefreak denies real-world animals exist in the Pokemon World. I would like to see Fried Torchic being eaten by humans in place of Chicken.

[@Mayral999]

​@michaelsarmiento3057 some Kalos fried chicken would be bussin fr

[@KesorodaBlk]

I argue that the reason is because they didn’t know about the other region’s Pokémon, despite them already existing. Team Rocket Trio’s James had owned a Carnivine when he was a kid, but first appears as an adult in Kanto with Jesse, in the 2nd episode of Season 1.

[@renomketchum7799]

Real animals might still exist, in scarlet and violet we can see real fish being served in the restaurants, also the scarlet book mentions pterasaurs not aerodactyl

[@iwce_cweam]

Heres my headcanon: animals and pokemon are one and the same and live in the same ecosystem

[@andrewchoi5808]

Pokemon and Real World Animals live together in the same planet

[@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606]

I remember during one of pokedex entries in fire red , there was mention of indian elephant

[@Mynameishassan0]

I thought the mongoose in the indigo league was a yungoose

[@michaelahellmich7843]

A lot of instances I didn't know. Good job!

[@R-Multiverse14]

My headcanon is that animals are fictional creatures in the pokemon world like theyre the fictional creatures in the pokemon world unlike in the real world where pokemon are the fictional creatures

[@XtecHubble]

I've been wondering that since I saw those fish in the Cerulean episode..

[@Frozen_Ketchup]

The theory that real world animals being wiped by Pokemon would kinda be impossible because I highly doubt a Tauros stands a chance in a fight against a Spanish Fighting Bull, hell even with resurrected Pokemon like Tyrantrum would get washed by a T-Rex especially considering their weight and size difference.

[@AlphaLax]

Good point, but Tauros does has an advantage though. Tauros can learn Earthquake, Hyper Beam and Blizzard. A Spanish bull would get destroyed

[@michaelsarmiento3057]

According to.Takeshi Shudo, the original idea for the third pokemon movie was to explain "What Happened to the real-world animals in the Pokemon World."

[@jakeetter2822]

This reminds me of the Pokemon vs 1000 lions thing

[@biggrayalien4791]

I want to see a Pokémon game set in India. Or China. Or Brazil. I think those would be more interesting than another European country.

[@darkshadowsx5949]

4 regions are based on Japan (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh) 2 from United States (Unova and Alola), 3 from Europe, France (Kalos), the United Kingdom (Galar), and the Iberian Peninsula (Paldea). they're working on it. you cant expect them to make a series based off every country in just 27 years. that's only 3 years a region. it requires a lot of creativity and story boarding to make a decent show. not to mention they're more likely to base a region off a country by viewership than a random pull.

[@biggrayalien4791]

@@darkshadowsx5949 I understand that. I am just expressing my interest of other regions aside from stuff we've seen tackled several times before. There are a great many places to choose from.

[@tokageki]

I saw them a lot in the first few seasons them they got phased out. Even in the first strain, pidgy eats a normal worm. Edit: i wrote this before he said it.

[@yourfriendrobo]

That voltorb bit made me giggle

[@raynalefevre2226]

I think animals do exist and Pokemon are just mutated animals that people created to give animals powers.

[@shirokuro2644]

What meat they are eating if there is no animal? Pokemon meat?

[@adampozzobon5193]

I mean... Yeah? Lechonk seems pretty tasty, and they specifically designed Veluza and it's self-filleting as a vegetarian option for fish meat. That's not to mention the poems about picking clean the bones of pokemon you eat from ancient Hisui.

[@AlphaLax]

Yes 😢

[@Leegendari]

Gordon Ramsey is out here cooking Groudon Tails and fighting with Bobby Flay

[@francisco3992]

Check this one, I dont remember seing any pregnant women in the show or games, maybe humans ánd all of creatures in that world actually do came from eggs?.