Things in Pokémon that make you go "What the hell?"

When pikachu beats legendaries but loses to a snivy fresh out the lab or how did jiggly puff always knew where ash was also team magma not containing fire types and team aqua not having water types

There was that one doctor in BW2 that said "I'll battle even if I can't find a pulse!" I don't understand how that could have EVER gotten into a kid's game, it's just such a strange line and couldn't really mean anything else other than "I'll battle even if the Pokemon's dead." I have no idea what they were thinking when this was put in there.

Also lots of Ghost Pokemon's Pokedex entries... Pokemon is really morbid, is it?

I can't believe that ice is not super effective on water,like it obvious,ice freezes water cold!

Castform's eh... "Weather balls".

A frozen Typhlosion...... That makes no sense WHATSOEVER.

why most of the NPC trainers in B2 W2 never fully evolve their pokemon

Autaven said:

The fact that gym leaders at the beginning are such a low level... what if you start at the other end of the world? You'd be competing with 8th gym and then getting easier. I know this makes complete sense - it's a game. But still it's something I always think about.

That you can't catch Pokemon when they faint. Where have they went to???????

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My guess would be that Gym Leaders use Levels based on the Challenger's experience. A trainer with no badges would fight the weak(er) team, a trainer with seven/eight badges would fight a leader at full strength. In the Jotho series, you fight the Kanto leaders at a much higher level than you did in the Kanto series. So I deem it plausible.

WTH moments, huh?
Mostly type dis/advantages that I don't expect. Or how Hugh's Serperior can OHKO a Cryogonal with Leaf Blade. I'm vaguely thinking that if it were my Serperior, that wouldn't be the case. >_>

Dunpsarce makes very little evolutionary sense.

Toujours said:

In Japanese they're not called double! Doubleslap is "Round-trip slap" in Japanese, so blame the translators. All the other ones I think are actually things that hit twice, so there's that.

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Strange case with Double Kick: the animation per hit used to be one kick, resulting in two hits. Now it's some preposterous quad kick.

I don't get how in the anime, Pokemon attack humans and their techniques are extremely dangerous i.e. Gust, Thunder.

Yet, Gust is mediocre in the games, and you don't ever hear about trainers dying from battling Pokemon because of some freak incident with a Charizard's Flamethrower. People die in r/l from wild animal encounters. It doesn't make sense that some big Dragon Pokemon isn't going around munching on humans.

Also, Pokemon is basically Dog Fighting in kiddy form. You're sicking animals against each other to win money and fame.

Seriously?

Back when the anime first aired, I used to tilt my head at their attempts of localization. Calling a rice ball a jelly-filled doughnut, for example.

My incredibly crap luck on Confusion, usually hitting myself more than the other Pokémon and flinching. My Pokémon flinch at the worst times.

Running around the Distortion World in Platinum and wondering why the hell didn't Cynthia battle Cyrus for me. She's right there with level 58-62 Pokemon!

My top "What the Hell??" Moment?
Cinnabar Island.
Missingo.
'Nough said.

Somniac said:

The fact that even the mammals lay eggs, I mean I understand why they have it that way for a kids program, but c'mon talk about teaching kids incorrect ideas.

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Echidnas and platypuses both lay Pre-birds. Clearly all Pokémon are related to the two.

It's when the Pokemon lives without eating anything in the game. Plus the player doesn't tire out xD

Game wise, when I found out Black & White would scrapped the idea of Pokemon following behind you from HeartGold and SoulSilver. WTH?!?! That was awesome!

Anime wise, why is Pikachu is getting beaten in a Pokemon battle at all at this point?! It HAS to be at level 100 by now. Just because Ash is staying 10 years old forever doesn't mean Pikachu has never levels up!

I've never watched the anime, so I can't really think of "what the hell" periods from that ._. However, I have plenty from the games, one of which being in Diamond: "What the hell is this on my lower screen?" Being eight, I was quite confused about the function of the Poketch, and so abhorred it, casting it and the touch screen to the depths of oblivion.

The amount of immunity characters have to fall damage in the anime. They probably built the roads out of Styrofoam to be able to walk off with no sweat after falling on solid 'concrete'.

In the games: Dat Silph Co. architecture! The employees must have a hell of a time trying to navigate that atrocity.

My WTH moments in the anime was when this dissappeared.

And in the games some of the Pokedex Entries.
Jellicent: If its veil-like arms stun and wrap a foe, that foe will be dragged miles below the surface, never to return.
Cubone: When it thinks of its dead mother, it cries. Its crying makes the skull it wears rattle hollowly.
Chandelure: Being consumed in Chandelure's flame burns up the spirit, leaving the body behind.
Duskull: It loves the crying of children. It startles bad kids by passing through walls and making them cry.

Like some of these entries are just.. wow..