Yes, cause cartoon When you say cartoon, I think Tom & Jerry...would I want to live a life where I am exploited for comical purposes? Never. characters never get sick You call the pkmn anime as an example...doesn't Stun Spore ail the group and TR alike? What about the Swablu? Amphy?. On most cartoons like Pokemon there's no killing Doesn't the Lucario movie show a bunch of mobilised brutes ready for battle? You can't possibly claim there to be no implicit killing there. And we know there are guns--take the original Squirtle Squad episode, for example (they weren't loaded with bullets, but I don't have to explain this any further for you to understand)., or anything you just live a peaceful life Since when is any cartoon peaceful? Without conflict, there wouldn't be any plot...nothing would happen...there's ALWAYS some sort of simple problem-resolution that's inherent in all cartoons. Even Max & Ruby and Blues Clues (is there an apostrophe in that name?), Pre-K shows, have problems, though they are a little simpler in nature (such as sharing). It doesn't matter who the target audience is, everyone deals with conflict, and you can't avoid it by entering some 'simplistic' cartoon world. with your Pokemon going on a journey with them If any of you think sending ten year-olds off, on their own OR with friends, is alright, then I feel deeply sorry for the children you'll have someday. The pkmn world is dangerous; ever ehar the story of the man taking a documentary of a bear, and, during filming, he got...yeah? The pkmn world ain't any different. Would a pack of Poochyena make your day? How about Gligar? It's dangerous; what about a bunch of adults in creepy attire? Call them safe? No, the pkmn world is a horrible place constantly threatened by forces beyond our comprehension with little but a couple teenagers to stop it... . So, yea sometimes I wish I were a cartoon character. If I were I'd be on Pokemon I wouldn't be joining you..