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This brings up the disturbing thought that a number Pokemon cries are [[IncrediblyLamePun terrible puns]]. Bulbasaur for a dinosaur with a plant bulb on its back? Charmander for a fire breathing salamander? And these things actually ''say their names''? Give me a break. This could not occur in nature. Unless...

Now, while the idea of a Lovecraftian-esque Pokémon wreaking havoc on an innocent world may seem a bit too much, remember that this is the series that gave us Cyrus and Cipher. While, yes, Pokémon is primarily marketed as a kids' series (with hidden depths for the StopHavingFunGuys), the Sinnoh games and Colosseum and XD ''have'' been pushing the series into a Darker and Edgier direction, which what is essentially [[IncrediblyLamePun Pokethulhu]] would end quite nicely.

First of all, it is said that Mew, the so-called "first Pokemon", has the genes of all other Pokemon within it. Second, the move Metronome is said to work by activating dormant parts of the brain, implying that every Pokemon knows every move, but just shuts out most of them for some reason. Other Pokemon could have evolved from Mew by shutting down parts of Mew's genome during development, causing a change in form and what types of moves become available. This sort of thing happens in real biology too, so it's not that [[IncrediblyLamePun Farfetch'd]]. Of course, because all Pokemon are one species, new species of Pokemon would be better termed "breeds" or "subspecies", and variants within an evolutionary chain would be better termed "morphs".

Why do they never mention another generation? Simple, because each generation is its own universe. Each reality collapses on itself via Big Crunch, and is reborn as the next generation. This is why Ash is [[NotAllowedToGrowUp forever 10]]-because each season's Ash isn't the same as before. That, or Arceus causes a CosmicRetcon every once and a while [[ForTheLulz for shits and giggles.]]

* Confirmed by ''PokemonXAndY''. A great war consumed Kalos 3000 years ago, and many Pokémon died. Then someone tried to bring his Pokémon back to life and, well[[EquivalentExchange ...]]

* The main legendaries (Arceus, Mew, Celebi, Darkrai, etc) are in fact direct [[ProjectedAvatar avatars]] of said hyperintelligences. They functioned as psychological focus to exert subtle memetic control (in form of [[AGodAmI legendary-centric polytheistic worships/animist religions]] etc) over the local populace.

** It may have a connection to the prominence of Stars in [[SuperMarioBros other Nintendo]] [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} franchises]].

* Pokemon DO fight to the death. Read the ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' manga.