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Think about what you're doing when you catch a Pokémon. You are shoving it in to a ball, ripping it from it's natural habitat and eventually forcing it to live a life of constant pain, battling and loneliness.
Let's think about this in a little bit more detail. First of all, what is it really like inside a Pokéball. We on the PokéBlog Team have a few theories of our own.
1. There are no other Pokémon. While it would be better technology to be able to fit more than one Pokémon in a ball it would be impossible. While battling you would bring out more than the Pokemon you want to battle with. When catching one Pokémon, you'd let out one already caught and stored in the ball. So, it is lonely living in a Pokéball.
2. You aren't in your natural environment. While it could mimic the natural environment of the Pokémon, like a zoo, it couldn't fully recreate it. There would be boundaries. Like a tardis, it could be "bigger on the inside" but how big. Not infinite and definitely not the large space of it's old home.
3. Neglectful. We all remember from whatever Pokémon game we've played that there are just some Pokemon that aren't good enough to be on your team. You love them and there isn't a command to release them, so, they go in the PC. Not only are they stuck in a ball, they aren't getting out until you and a friend decide to have some kind of "Worst Pokémon" battle.
So, now we have a picture of what life in the Pokéball is like for these creatures let's get a look at what their time outside of the ball is like.
1. Painful. In a less looked at episode, The Battle of the Badge, Ash is forced to feel all the pain his Pokémon feels in the battle. This isn't pretty. Ash is electrocuted, hit and overall badly injured. What is this like for Pokémon. They have to feel this every time a trainer decides he wants a fun playful battle. Playful? Try painful.
2. Sickly. The rare time a Pokémon gets out of it's ball, it is either sick or so injured from :: SIGH :: battling, it is rushed to a Pokécentre, where Nurse Joy will put it on a stretcher and take it away from it's trainer.
So, who's fault do you think all this is? Is it the trainer or The Pokémon Industry's? Think about it, children all over the Pokémon world are being taught that this is okay, that they "gotta catch 'em all". They don't know any better. Professer Oak, why? Why are you teaching kids that this is OK?
So, after all this, I still think the Pokémon games, show and movies are great and while the Animal Abuse Theory has some logic backing it up, the Pokémon actually seem to like it. It's their life and training them, battling them and "catching them all" is all normal in the Pokémon universe.
The PokéBlog Team
