Pokémon Theory Ash Doesnt Age Because He & Pikachu Are Ghosts

Pokémon Theory: Ash Doesn’t Age Because He & Pikachu Are Ghosts

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Another dark Pokémon fan theory claims Ash doesn’t age because he died in the first season, and he is actually a ghost possessing his own body.

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Pokémon Theory Ash Doesnt Age Because He & Pikachu Are Ghosts

One of the most talked about theories among Pokémon fans revolves around why the show’s protagonist, Ash Ketchum, never ages. Ash first started his journey to become a Pokémon Master back in 1997. Twenty-three years and 7 seasons later, Ash is still portrayed as a 10-year-old boy.

It’s easy to just dismiss Ash’s perpetual youth as an intentional trope to maintain a sense of continuity over the last couple decades, not dissimilar to Matt Groening’s The Simpsons. However, fans have thought of more clever theories to explain Ash’s seemingly immortality. Whether he’s been in a coma since Pokémon’s premiere or has been granted the wish of eternal happiness by the legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh, theorists have had a lot of fun contemplating Ash’s ageless mystery.

A few years back, Reddit user u/askthetyrant2 brought up the popular theory that Ash is actually dead, and gives some compelling reasons to back this claim. One episode in particular supports this theory: Pokémon season 1 episode 22, “The Tower of Terror,” in which Ash does appear to die.

Ash Died In The First Season of Pokémon

After losing to the psychic gym leader Sabrina in episode 21, “Abra and the Psychic Showdown,” Ash, Misty, and Brock head off to Lavender Town in search of a ghost Pokémon so he can have an advantage against Sabrina’s powerful Kadabra. Upon reaching the Pokémon Tower, where ghosts are rumored to hang out, the gang decides to wait until morning in hopes the setting will be less scary. That doesn’t turn out to be the case, and after hearing screams from inside — which are actually coming from Team Rocket — the gang decides to enter. Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar are the ghost Pokémon responsible for scaring Team Rocket, and they continue to pose their spooky tricks on Ash and friends.

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The heroes run out of the tower in a fright, but Ash is determined to go back in. He gives Pikachu and Charmander a pep talk, and they re-enter the tower. Misty and Brock aren’t as easily convinced, deciding instead to stay outside. Ash and his Pokémon quickly encounter Haunter, whose Lick attack paralyzes Charmander, forcing Ash to recall his Pokémon to its Poké Ball. Gengar then joins Haunter, but their goofy antics are lost on Ash, and his unamused bewilderment saddens the ghosts. They sink through the floor, and Ash and Pikachu try to stop them. They crash on the ground forcing the chandelier above to fall and crush them, rendering them unconscious.

The theory states that this crash actually killed Ash and Pikachu, which doesn’t seem too improbable considering Haunter then pulls out their ghosts from their physical bodies. Ash and Pikachu are startled when they see themselves lying on the floor, and Ash exclaims that he “doesn’t want to be a ghost yet!” The ghost Pokémon end up getting specter Ash involved with their pranks. After spotting Brock and Misty outside, he pulls Misty up into the air, causing her to suspect something bad has happened to Ash. She and Brock go back into the tower, concerned for their friend. They’re devastated when they see Ash and Pikachu lifeless on the floor. Not wanting their friends to worry, Ash and Pikachu descend back into their bodies and wake up.

The haunting fan theory surmises that Ash and Pikachu died, and their ghosts have possessed their corpses. Thus, Ash and Pikachu continue the rest of their journey as apparitions controlling their own bodies, never aging with the times. Of course when considering that both Brock and Misty make later appearances in Pokemon the Series: Sun and Moon looking just as young as they did in the original Pokémon series, it’s easy to go back to the notion that the characters’ agelessness is just a trope. Nevertheless, Pokémon fans continue to have fun with some of the darker theories surrounding the franchise, allowing this kid-friendly series to keep fans of all ages engaged many years after it was first released.

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