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Pokémon (short for "pocket monsters") is a video game with many anime and manga adaptations. Pokémon trainers capture and force animals called pokémon to do battle against those of other trainers.

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Pokémon is originally a japanese video game, made by GAME FREAK Inc.. Pokémon trainers capture and force creatures called pokémon to do battle against those of other trainers.. Because of the popularity, soon there was an anime and multiple manga-series published.

Questions regarding Pokémon, especially the manga and the anime. Questions about the story of the game are allowed, but for gameplay-specific questions please ask at Arqade.SE.

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How does Charmander breathe fire?

Charmander is a small lizard-like Pokémon. It is a fire-type Pokémon, and is capable of breathing fire. How do Charmander and its evolved forms do this? Is there any biological basis for it, and is it ever explained in canon?
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Where did Gary get these badges from?

In Episode 63 of the Pokémon anime, it can be seen that Gary has ten badges, seven of them unknown. The known badges are Boulder Badge (top left), the Cascade Badge (bottom left), and the Rainbow Badge (next to the boulder badge). Where are the…
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Apart from Togepi and Ho-oH, What out-of-season pokemon have there been?

In the first episode of pokemon, Ash sees a Ho-oH flying overhead, yet it wasn't known about (at least by Prof. Oak) until the second generation of pokemon. When Ash hatches a Pokemon egg and gets Togepi in "who gets to keep Togepi", the pokedex…
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What would happen if you caught a PokeBall with another PokeBall?

Consider the following scenario: A trainer is trying to catch a rare or strong Pokemon, and figures that catching it in a PokeBall will have a low likelihood of actually catching and containing it. What would happen if, after the trainer threw the…
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Has Ash ever cleared all 8 gyms without losing in any region?

I know Ash has lost a lot of gym battles and also got free badges for being nice to his pokemon, or saving the day and other reasons. Apart from that, has Ash ever managed to get all 8 gym badges with a single try?
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Who came first? Pokemon or Digimon?

The idea of not asking and promote one or the other, just a healthy curiosity to know who came before, given the shortage of reliable sources. Digimon Creation. Digimon, short for "Digital Monsters" literally Digital Monsters) is a franchise of…
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Why does Pokemon have a six Pokemon limit?

I was wondering why is there a limit? Why does everyone follow it in the anime? Even Team Rocket follows it, even though they are a criminal organization that steals trainers' Pokemon. Just because there is a custom in place, doesn't mean people…
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Are there any other uses for a Pokeball besides capturing and storing Pokemon?

Can a Pokeball be used for things other than storing pokemon? Like a "Hoi-Poi Capsules" from Dragon Ball or even to imprison humans?
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Does a Cubone kill its own mother?

It's pretty common knowledge that Cubone wields the skull of it's deceased mother. But how does the mother die? Do Cubone's kill their mother at birth, or do they just die after giving birth?
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Why didn't Pikachu evolve?

I'm talking about Ash's Pikachu: obviously he already reached level 314159265kachu (Pun intended; that's not the exact number as I don't know what level he is). I forget the reason for this - did he not want to evolve? If so, then why did he refuse…
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"The World Will Turn To Ash" - How did this differ in the original Japanese?

In Pokemon: The Movie 2000, part of the legend that tells of the balance of nature being wrecked goes "The World Will turn to Ash". This is the sort of pun-legend I'd expect from Japanese writing...yet this is Ash's given name, and the original…
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How does a Poké Ball work?

Is it ever explained how a Poké Ball works? I know that you throw it a Pokémon, and if it is weak enough, you catch it. But is the process ever explained? Does it work on humans? Do most Pokémon like being held in a Poké Ball?
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How many times did Brock get rejected by women?

On Bulbapedia's article for EP068 "Make Room for Gloom", the Trivia section says this: Ash mentions that Brock will find plenty of more girls that will reject him. To be exact, Brock found over five hundred more girls that rejected him in his…
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Has the Master Ball failed at any point in the Pokemon anime?

I am huge fan of Pokémon games but I haven't watched the anime that much. As lots of guys here know that Master ball is the ball which catches Pokémon without failing. Today I ran into an argument with a friend of mine regarding the Master ball. He…
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Was there ever a Pokemon game based off the Orange Islands?

Did they ever release a Pokemon game dealing with the Orange Island League? I was thinking and I remembered that each Pokemon anime series followed the same route as the games as far as getting the badges, but I wanted to know if they ever released…
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