Pokémon: Wait… Does Ash Have Super-Strength?

If being a Pokémon Master falls through, Ash Ketchum could always get a job as a superhero. We all live in a Pokémon world, but let’s be honest, we’d rather live in the actual Pokémon universe. After all, what’s not to love about adorable, cuddly, world-breaking monsters who do your bidding? But there’s also the question of what sort of logistics are involved. It’s clear from the games that humans in the Pokémon world don’t quite match up to regular humans, and it’s even more pronounced in the anime with people like Team Rocket and Ash. Especially Ash, who takes all sorts of abuse from his Pokémon and carts them around like they’re nothing. Which begs the question: does Ash Ketchum have super-strength? Continue scrolling to keep reading Click the button below to start this article in quick view. This question was posed on Twitter, with the user pointing to various examples of Ash carting around exceedingly heavy Pokémon and juxtaposing it with the scene from the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back as an explanation for why Mewtwo used a Protect against Ash, who by all accounts should be just a regular human 10-year-old. After all, Pokémon like Pikachu and Fletchinder can’t be…
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