Game Theory: Ash's Age FINALLY Solved! (Pokemon)

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
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  • @gavynperez3468
    @gavynperez3468 6 років тому +36947

    *Please Adjust your fan art accordingly*

    • @kongatron2983
      @kongatron2983 6 років тому +2446

      but Misty should be OK now cause she's 20 too right?

    • @toastguy5976
      @toastguy5976 6 років тому +1453

      Kongatron you should be right...wait what about brock? He's like a grandpa now...

    • @rper7871
      @rper7871 6 років тому +1285

      Also Serena is good, since they knew each other as kids at Oak's summer camp. Not that I'm starting a shipping war, nobody wants that xD

    • @everythingpony
      @everythingpony 6 років тому +349

      Hail Whydra um so did matpat just ask tumbler to make child porn?

    • @accountwontbeusedanymoee7434
      @accountwontbeusedanymoee7434 6 років тому +145

      Ryan Perlish Yes

  • @bleh5047
    @bleh5047 4 роки тому +1979

    Can we just think about the massive amount of work MatPat did for this and the first episode of this video? He would have had to watch all the Pokemon episodes AND analyse them to find the little details that indicate towards what season it is and not to mention the additional research he did on the Japanese cities that the Pokemon regions are based on. Hats off to you MatPat. You are a legend.

    • @shadow_shine3578
      @shadow_shine3578 4 роки тому +22

      Its pretty amazing

    • @callmemisty5879
      @callmemisty5879 4 роки тому +18

      I agree, MatPat deserves more recognition for these amazing episodes

    • @steliosjaj
      @steliosjaj 3 роки тому +10

      I decided to watch the whole series in august and kept watching every single day since, some days even for hours. Yet, it is january now and i managed to reach sun and moon just a few days ago. It is pretty insane.

    • @rudennings
      @rudennings 3 роки тому +4

      @@shadow_shine3578 ita not just pretty amazing, its really amazing

    • @shadow_shine3578
      @shadow_shine3578 3 роки тому +2

      @@rudennings very so

  • @420roachdoggjr
    @420roachdoggjr 4 роки тому +1861

    Iris: What a kid!
    Ash: I'm nearly twice your age.

  • @Kaiyou1691
    @Kaiyou1691 3 роки тому +932

    Ya know, if they had kept Ash’s age like you calculated, they could have had a good opportunity of making him more of a mentor figure for the other 10 year old trainers who are following him anyway

    • @Noorboomboomshakalakaboom
      @Noorboomboomshakalakaboom 2 роки тому +147

      That would have worked waaayyy better. They could've made him also, a big brother who is about to graduate, type in his teeenage - young adulthood (15-19 years). To ease the transition. It would be like we are watching him grow up, and it is a bit of a present to all the viewers who watched pokemon, and played the games since they were little. I really like your idea, and it is better than having him restart to the age of 10 with 20 years of memories and experience.

    • @ellieporter3270
      @ellieporter3270 2 роки тому +37

      I think that’s what the manga does with its trainers

    • @missilluminati3389
      @missilluminati3389 2 роки тому +25

      They would still get shipped tho, Internet is weird

    • @gameknight504
      @gameknight504 2 роки тому +37

      and im pretty sure they dont even need to change his whole deal with being super excited in seeing new pokemon. in fact we as the viewer might see it as ash looking into a different path other than being a trainer like being a researcher or such

    • @purin586
      @purin586 2 роки тому +32

      I bet Ash still doesn't understand type effectiveness. Making him a mentor will be funny

  • @sunsetvibe1063
    @sunsetvibe1063 2 роки тому +885

    The depressing part about the fact that ash is 20 years old at this point is that team rocket spent an entire decade following one guy and his one pikachu, I don’t know whether to feel sad or impressed

    • @dabatman5187
      @dabatman5187 Рік тому +72

      Impressed. They are dedicated as hell

    • @kalielik
      @kalielik Рік тому +35

      I mean, yes, but they probably did some other activities off-camera too.

    • @leogama3422
      @leogama3422 Рік тому +8

      Take a look at the Ash's dad theory video and you'll understand

    • @sorat99
      @sorat99 Рік тому +5

      TEAM ROCKETS BLASTING OFF AGAIN

    • @Lolirock971
      @Lolirock971 Рік тому +2

      Please find the Most High YHWH Elohim!
      Please repent and move on for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!

  • @saitogaika838
    @saitogaika838 6 років тому +1796

    the only explanation is that humans are also like Pokemons and they have 4 forms. toddler , 10 year old, adult, and grandpa/grandma. so ash will always stay a 10 year old until a certain condition is acquired.

    • @Hexafish
      @Hexafish 6 років тому +78

      Saito Gaika Why isnt this comment higher up

    • @jennakay7041
      @jennakay7041 6 років тому +106

      I've seen this theory! I don't know how much evidence their is for it but I've seen people posit that the people in pokemon "evolve" from baby to young kid to older kid/middle schooler to high schooler to adult to elder. A lot more stages than pokemon but hey. Also kind of fits with the earlier video where humans shared ancestry with pokemon? I'd be interested to see if there was enough basis for them to do a video on it at some point.

    • @jon9969
      @jon9969 6 років тому +47

      I also thought that the Pokémon world is completely different from ours, time works differently, let's say a year is over 1,000 day while still keeping the same rate of aging, thus ash could be much younger then he is in this theroy

    • @heartoftheswag2534
      @heartoftheswag2534 6 років тому +21

      Saito Gaika age is connected to passage of time if you're gonna compare stages in human life cycle just remember you can still have unevolved lv 100 magikarp.

    • @dragonband9749
      @dragonband9749 6 років тому +17

      What if ask was always at level 100 so he couldn't evolve?

  • @lucmorris9183
    @lucmorris9183 6 років тому +565

    But how old is pikachu?
    Matpat: *hold my diet coke*

    • @japanimated123
      @japanimated123 6 років тому +54

      The comic turtle you mean hold his diet coke lol

    • @norseweeb2305
      @norseweeb2305 6 років тому +1

      Both of you majer LOL

    • @DiodeBeta
      @DiodeBeta 6 років тому +20

      Actually he would say hold my diet coke not sponsored

    • @paawankataria6651
      @paawankataria6651 6 років тому +9

      Ash n pikachu have been together for 10 years(according to video) n we don't know when he was born so lets say 10 xD

    • @QuokkaWaka
      @QuokkaWaka 6 років тому +4

      Paawan Kataria
      Wow, pikachu was a mean baby.

  • @michaelcherokee8906
    @michaelcherokee8906 Рік тому +672

    "18 years old and still sleeping alone in a tent with a tweenager" has got to be the most creepy, damning, and chilling thing that I have ever heard said about the main character of a children's cartoon.

    • @EpicTacoSenpai
      @EpicTacoSenpai Рік тому +15

      Meh nothing new

    • @RANDOM_DUDE_q_p
      @RANDOM_DUDE_q_p Рік тому +6

      Ash is 13 years old

    • @langadube9611
      @langadube9611 Рік тому +18

      At best Ash is
      10-Kanto
      11-Johto
      12-Hoenn
      13-Sinnoh
      14-Unova
      15-Kalos
      16-Alola
      17-Journeys
      You Serena shippers lucked out because is Ash did age that kiss would have been weird.

    • @Allantitan
      @Allantitan Рік тому +5

      @@EpicTacoSenpai don’t you mean nothing….mew?

    • @MrOrmanley
      @MrOrmanley Рік тому +1

      Is it though? Isn't teenager describing the ages of thir *teen* to nine *teen* ? You know, everything that ends with "teen"? If the girls are 16-19...

  • @dibeshsharmadahal5120
    @dibeshsharmadahal5120 5 років тому +466

    What if ash is like a nurse Joy. Cloned with the same memories

    • @tomasfavetto5040
      @tomasfavetto5040 4 роки тому +25

      Why would anyone wanna clone ash??

    • @briangarcia7384
      @briangarcia7384 4 роки тому +41

      @@tomasfavetto5040 well he does happen to know pretty much every legendary pokemon...

    • @RealMiia
      @RealMiia 4 роки тому +10

      Its really suprising to me that you mini theory being so great still has so less likes it should be crossing like 10k

    • @gabrielhernanizaguirre383
      @gabrielhernanizaguirre383 4 роки тому +6

      Well maybe Ash himself is the only one with the ability to meet any Legendary, also if that was true then why some seasons continue the adventures of some clones? If it was to save Legendaries they could send one clone to each region when the times was right.

    • @briangarcia7384
      @briangarcia7384 4 роки тому +2

      @@gabrielhernanizaguirre383 maybe its a different clone and they just give them past memories

  • @sylendraws1249
    @sylendraws1249 6 років тому +12515

    How old is Ash?
    Too old to only hang out with 10 year olds.

    • @zeeee8305
      @zeeee8305 6 років тому +116

      The Game Theorists Giveaway
      Fu** off you imposter

    • @thepugawsomegamer1722
      @thepugawsomegamer1722 6 років тому +58

      The Game Theorists Giveaway I do not trust you at all

    • @Ykhavari
      @Ykhavari 6 років тому +308

      20yrs old.. hangs out with 10yr olds... Anime logic

    • @gabcard2767
      @gabcard2767 6 років тому +114

      Ash, have a seat over there.

    • @Spooder-king
      @Spooder-king 6 років тому +11

      ur a fu**ing scam go away now

  • @supposedlymilk9016
    @supposedlymilk9016 5 років тому +4148

    AND STILL AFTER 11 YEARS
    ash still owes misty a bike.

    • @Cullenmeacham
      @Cullenmeacham 5 років тому +126

      Do you need a bike misty
      YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
      OK OK OK
      ○ ----- ===\ OOOFFF

    • @csar7770
      @csar7770 5 років тому +31

      Wow

    • @mohomonkey9906
      @mohomonkey9906 5 років тому +63

      Actually 20 years

    • @WTMR-FM
      @WTMR-FM 5 років тому +93

      I think she’s forgotten at this point

    • @BeachVRC
      @BeachVRC 5 років тому +65

      Quick fact,in one point misty talks about marrying ash,idk what episode,but she talks about it 🤣

  • @Ponera-Sama
    @Ponera-Sama 2 роки тому +104

    Note: While Ash was almost 17 when Dawn started her Pokemon journey at age 10, May met Ash when he was 14, and Misty met him close to the start of the series, meaning Dawn is less than 7 years younger than Ash, May is 4 years younger, and Misty is around the same age as him if not older considering she was already a gym leader when Ash first met her. Please re-adjust your fanart accordingly.

  • @ziddars6282
    @ziddars6282 4 роки тому +605

    lets ignore his age and consider the fact that team rocket is still after pikachu after 10 years of failing to catch him

    • @ferociousmaliciousghost
      @ferociousmaliciousghost 4 роки тому +59

      Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
      **Flashback to every episode**

    • @hopesworld9850
      @hopesworld9850 3 роки тому +36

      @@ferociousmaliciousghost *fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 1020 times, shame on me.

    • @thegearheartgroup3557
      @thegearheartgroup3557 3 роки тому +14

      That's what I call commitment

    • @mekashi1
      @mekashi1 3 роки тому +4

      They are _determined_ to catch pikachu
      Get it? Undertale reference

    • @uddhavpareek8304
      @uddhavpareek8304 3 роки тому

      We should learn their determination

  • @benjaminalonzo6705
    @benjaminalonzo6705 4 роки тому +1894

    So one thing is Serena is Ash’s age as they met when they were kids, so she is 19 like Ash or he is 10 like her

    • @jadonfowler3479
      @jadonfowler3479 4 роки тому +149

      Benjamin Alonzo at the end she actually kissed him 😳

    • @mastersubsriber5894
      @mastersubsriber5894 4 роки тому +37

      I know

    • @benjaminalonzo6705
      @benjaminalonzo6705 4 роки тому +90

      Dark Panda I know she did, my point is the theory is wrong due to this factor. Or he didn’t consider Serena is his age

    • @jadonfowler3479
      @jadonfowler3479 4 роки тому +29

      Benjamin Alonzo og my bad I read your comment wrong I thought you said she was 10 and he was 19 😂

    • @nerd7946
      @nerd7946 4 роки тому +65

      Anyways, does anyone think that two *10* year olds fell in love and *KISSED* is weird?
      Also, why are they so tall. Isn’t Brock a lot older than Ash but is comparable in height?

  • @mizuerenkw
    @mizuerenkw Рік тому +239

    So... The anime is ending, let's finish the age of our epic hero?

    • @paulandrew6867
      @paulandrew6867 Рік тому +18

      hopefully the new series would make the shippers finally rest after decades

    • @emeraldkoala2
      @emeraldkoala2 Рік тому +20

      ​@@paulandrew6867 shippers never rest. Never. They just don't stop.

    • @gohraru
      @gohraru Рік тому +7

      no the anime ends with episode 136 of journeys

    • @MeMe-eo1st
      @MeMe-eo1st Рік тому +8

      I don't even watch Pokémon I just play all the games but the theory is still pretty cool and interesting

    • @jojorparulian4882
      @jojorparulian4882 Рік тому +2

      get replaced by 10 or 11 year old kids

  • @rachelrecycles369
    @rachelrecycles369 5 років тому +261

    I think the Sun and Moon Ash is actually a Ditto that has been creeping on them the entire time, and takes over Ash's life in a 10 year old form.

    • @byronlyons3548
      @byronlyons3548 5 років тому +15

      Wouldn't be too surprising, as there was a scenario that was played out that way in the Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon games. The police pretty much asks for your help to find them all, and catch them so they can stop taking over spots from other people they are impersonating.

    • @katiearbuckle9017
      @katiearbuckle9017 5 років тому +3

      Though at Kukui's School you have to be at least 11

    • @lemonicdemonade09
      @lemonicdemonade09 5 років тому

      thats why sun + moon ash looks way different then the other 6...

  • @Christian305Chen
    @Christian305Chen 3 роки тому +3219

    Plot Twist: Ash just shaves every episode off camera.

  • @switchel_plays_pkmn
    @switchel_plays_pkmn 3 роки тому +1325

    Nobody:
    literally nobody:
    Ash: I've been 10 for 10 years!!!

    • @flamedab
      @flamedab 3 роки тому +35

      24 years

    • @arikalind3765
      @arikalind3765 3 роки тому +8

      Du

    • @switchel_plays_pkmn
      @switchel_plays_pkmn 3 роки тому +19

      @@flamedab he is like 25 but he was not 10 for 24 years

    • @flamedab
      @flamedab 3 роки тому +8

      @@switchel_plays_pkmn well using math, its been 24 years since Indigo League, and assuming that its been 24 years since then he would be 10 for 24 years

    • @switchel_plays_pkmn
      @switchel_plays_pkmn 3 роки тому +4

      @@flamedab ok

  • @Shadamyfan-rs8xc
    @Shadamyfan-rs8xc 2 роки тому +56

    What if Ash actually has a disease that prevents his body from aging past 10 years old?

    • @punitvaity3617
      @punitvaity3617 Рік тому +1

      Intresting?

    • @lunaitc
      @lunaitc Рік тому +10

      That disease is called "being killed by Mew and Mewtwo just over a year into his journey and coming back wrong"

    • @Monsterboy1199
      @Monsterboy1199 7 місяців тому

      is Ash the Highlander of Pokémon ?

    • @3chovine
      @3chovine 7 місяців тому

      I think conditions that prevent/slow physical aging don't affect mental age. So would have to have both.

    • @fbiagent..
      @fbiagent.. 6 місяців тому +2

      @@lunaitcor its called “seeing a ho-oh in the sky wich can make you stay the same age”

  • @itz_pluto4682
    @itz_pluto4682 3 роки тому +978

    ash : *is 18*
    also ash : *is shorter than a 10 year old*

    • @arcaneforce5885
      @arcaneforce5885 3 роки тому +29

      exactly that's quackity levels of short

    • @raphaellahatikvah575
      @raphaellahatikvah575 3 роки тому +2

      HkcxhCSGFSjhsxvbjhhdfhdgcudgchhhcxzscxyhxzcgxvhjsvh zhzhcsgdxcjhdshgnsfgjgscgdsgsjdsjwdggffsajfasdkdwfadgdjsadfsafjvfsafvffjgdsagjvdsavsjvgasjgksakjgjsakjvsdmjcgjxgadvkajvh

    • @kikiflition708
      @kikiflition708 3 роки тому +26

      @@raphaellahatikvah575 someone's 2 years old kid is typing

    • @diamond9030
      @diamond9030 3 роки тому +20

      @@raphaellahatikvah575 r/IHadAStroke

    • @itz_pluto4682
      @itz_pluto4682 3 роки тому +5

      @@kikiflition708 lmao

  • @mypenisisunbelievablysmall830
    @mypenisisunbelievablysmall830 6 років тому +5917

    Ash is 20 and hangs out with 10 year old girls...
    Brings a new meaning to “gotta catch em all”

    • @josephsalisbury6161
      @josephsalisbury6161 6 років тому +265

      Ben Watson ash is like that creepy dude who was like "you know what's best about high school girls? I get older but they stay the same age Ohhh rigggght" lol but middle schoolers

    • @Siliccan
      @Siliccan 6 років тому +59

      Ben Watson isn't dawn also 20 tho :3

    • @skittyloverbaines3284
      @skittyloverbaines3284 6 років тому +96

      Ben Watson I mean I don't think he even knows what sex is so

    • @cindygoyak9835
      @cindygoyak9835 6 років тому +14

      Ben Watson wow

    • @TheDoctor2500T
      @TheDoctor2500T 6 років тому +15

      Ben Watson wouldn't that make them the same age

  • @weebboii1217
    @weebboii1217 5 років тому +151

    Ho-Oh is said to grant you happiness if you ever run into one in the wild; when Ash first saw Ho-Oh, it was glowing gold rather than displaying it's usual rainbow plumage. Therein, Ash's wish to have an eternal adventure was granted by Ho-Oh (As, at the time, that's like the only thing that would've made him happy).

    • @dan1han1
      @dan1han1 4 роки тому +1

      But do the others age or not?

    • @JaeWalangPake
      @JaeWalangPake 4 роки тому +5

      @@dan1han1 I'm pretty sure Misty and ash's other campanions age just not Ash because Ash was the only one that saw ho-oh

    • @Stormkrow280
      @Stormkrow280 4 роки тому +4

      Kinda weird how the anime included a Pokémon who at that point wasn’t part of the games yet

    • @omrr2096
      @omrr2096 4 роки тому +1

      Proof of this theory is that ash only stops aging after he sees ho-oh as we see him as a little kid in professor oaks camp with Serena but still it is a little confusing hopefully their will be more evidence to improve the theory

    • @vincentangwyn2144
      @vincentangwyn2144 4 роки тому +1

      naaah i think he is in coma after the bike crash..
      and hooh granted his wish through dream..
      bit weird someone like him manage to witness all legendary to mythical pokemon in his lifetime..

  • @thomasstewart1380
    @thomasstewart1380 3 роки тому +2225

    Not many people in here talking about the wish he made on a Ho-Ho at the start of his first journey. The wish that his journey would never end. He isn't aging at all. Perpetually 10 years old.

    • @austinluther5825
      @austinluther5825 3 роки тому +144

      MIND BLOWN 💥

    • @z-man1237
      @z-man1237 3 роки тому +134

      Well his journey does involve catching EVERY Pokémon out there and they number in hundreds to maybe thousands and he wants to be at his best to do so

    • @winningstreak114
      @winningstreak114 3 роки тому +123

      well that wont explain why misty didnt age either as she was same age in kanto and alola. She never asked the wish that her journey never end.

    • @thomasstewart1380
      @thomasstewart1380 3 роки тому +144

      @@winningstreak114 His wish could easily extend to his companions as well considering they're an integral part of his journey and it's enjoyment.

    • @abhijith7194
      @abhijith7194 3 роки тому +33

      @@winningstreak114 Exacttly what I thought and so as brock and ash’s mom

  • @Dan_ShiningMoon
    @Dan_ShiningMoon 2 роки тому +34

    Before the Journeys series ends and we start the 9th gen, MatPat should do an update as to how old Ash is now since in Journeys we see summer and winter days

  • @DorimiPrism
    @DorimiPrism 6 років тому +380

    I bet this kid has a magical portrait of himself hidden away somewhere, so then the portrait ages instead of him...

    • @DLEAVES
      @DLEAVES 6 років тому +20

      Is that a Dorian Gray reference?

    • @runerocker3194
      @runerocker3194 6 років тому +13

      Mr.Gray wants to know your location.

    • @queenlunacrystal5343
      @queenlunacrystal5343 6 років тому +4

      "The Librarians and the Un-Aging Ash"

    • @CabeliotCometier
      @CabeliotCometier 6 років тому +5

      Maybe he got it from a certain rainbow fire bird?

    • @raynecrimsone
      @raynecrimsone 6 років тому +4

      Great reference

  • @enviousridersamvs
    @enviousridersamvs 5 років тому +1454

    **watches whole video**
    **too focused on how weird Ash looks in Sun and Moon**

    • @big_joe_8478
      @big_joe_8478 5 років тому +19

      me too

    • @_vla
      @_vla 5 років тому +14

      TRUE! XD

    • @eviet.7867
      @eviet.7867 5 років тому +29

      YAS FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS

    • @brohartt1187
      @brohartt1187 5 років тому +39

      I hated it so much at first. Then watched all the episodes so far and it went away. Totally used to the new look now and it doesn’t bother me anymore haha. But I know where you’re coming from

    • @tannerd37
      @tannerd37 5 років тому +53

      It is his Alolan form.

  • @patrickdinh2924
    @patrickdinh2924 6 років тому +386

    Ash: I want to be a Pokemon Master!
    Defeats a billion pros and champions and still fights team rocket after 10 years without stopping...
    Ash: I want to be a Pokemon master!🤔🤔🤔

    • @Corr
      @Corr 6 років тому +4

      Patrick Dinh i was thinking that too untill i realized a pokemon master would have to know about every single pokemon the world has to offer at least imo

    • @ellit705
      @ellit705 6 років тому +5

      Patrick Dinh yet he never wins a league and hasn't caught all 700 pokemon.

    • @time391
      @time391 6 років тому +4

      None of the other Pokemon master's have caught all 700 pokemon either, unless Archeus and Mew are hackable in the show too :P

    • @elitebladertv7652
      @elitebladertv7652 6 років тому

      Patrick Dinh Yeah because he want to give butthurt to them

    • @janna6104
      @janna6104 6 років тому

      Patrick Dinh they are in neverland my dood

  • @blue-1079
    @blue-1079 2 роки тому +34

    Can we have a moment to just appreciate how much work MatPat does to make these videos? Like, he's hunting down videos that ONLY AIRED ON JAPANESE AIRLINES, and figuring out the ripest times for fruits, and watching EVERY VIDEO to see the deerlings, and hunting down EVERY MENTION of a seasonal festival or event, and looking at WEATHER PATTERNS. Like, the DEDICATION is astounding. Keep doing what you're doing, know that we all know and appreciate the hard work you do :)
    Also, I have been watching these videos for, like, four days straight - I CANNOT get enough of them, they are what keeps me alive and I love them 🥰

  • @mai-8-torch
    @mai-8-torch 5 років тому +498

    Can I just point out; Brock is 5 years older than Ash. So in D&P, Dawn (10) is traveling with Ash (17) and Brock (22)...

    • @howardxing5885
      @howardxing5885 5 років тому +9

      what????? confusing

    • @mai-8-torch
      @mai-8-torch 5 років тому +41

      @@howardxing5885 NoThInG wEiRd To SeE hErE!

    • @joelmiller2601
      @joelmiller2601 5 років тому +9

      Mai8Torch she got dp’d

    • @avecherien
      @avecherien 5 років тому +49

      It's like two older brothers and their kid sister tagging along

    • @ZanWhen
      @ZanWhen 5 років тому +2

      OOF

  • @WitchKat
    @WitchKat 6 років тому +113

    He's from a cloning experiment. Professor Oak has tanks upon tanks of clones in his basement and the memories get loaded into each new one.
    -they're all of Mrs. Ketchum's missing husband-

    • @kcthedreamerr
      @kcthedreamerr 6 років тому +9

      AlphaMonster but that's just a theory.... A game theory?

    • @aj0e419
      @aj0e419 6 років тому +1

      AlphaMonster Infinity Blade: Ash Ketchum

  • @luz3800
    @luz3800 5 років тому +454

    My theory is that ash has dedicated his life so much to becoming a Pokémon master, that he forgets his age and calls himself 10

    • @xxysn.0721
      @xxysn.0721 5 років тому +5

      It is polsible

    • @okastbloart8395
      @okastbloart8395 5 років тому +20

      the narrator said he's ten but we all know he is lucky to have never had acne, ever

    • @lindacook5535
      @lindacook5535 5 років тому +4

      yea hes maybe dont age beacause mowth sed we messed with space time contineuim

    • @sarragazoharin9259
      @sarragazoharin9259 5 років тому +1

      Yea

    • @zekrom2359
      @zekrom2359 5 років тому +4

      or it's possible that he was never properly taught how it works, and still sets himself at 10

  • @deltaruneisnice
    @deltaruneisnice 2 роки тому +8

    14:33 Mom: has Quintuplets
    That one kid, who was somehow born a minute after the quintuplets:

  • @alfietan1771
    @alfietan1771 6 років тому +313

    Now... The real question is, how old is Pikachu?
    Matpat: *Dies*

    • @warlordsquerk5338
      @warlordsquerk5338 6 років тому +10

      If he was with Ash all that time he's the 10 years they journey together + however long he was alive before that

    • @julianinetails1541
      @julianinetails1541 6 років тому +1

      from matpat's research, ash was 10 when he started, matpat calculated ash's current age as about 19yrs and 6mths so pikachu would be about 9yrs and 6mths old.

    • @Fina1Verse
      @Fina1Verse 6 років тому +13

      Pikachu was not born on the day that ash got him numbnuts...

    • @jaylynnstrong620
      @jaylynnstrong620 6 років тому +1

      Alfie Tan Matpat: *Bangs head against wall*

    • @matejrajtar3852
      @matejrajtar3852 6 років тому

      Alfie Tan 37.5

  • @Luiz43447
    @Luiz43447 5 років тому +142

    *Ash's DNA must be analysed for us to know how to not get acne during our teenage years and stuff like that*

  • @valkoln8436
    @valkoln8436 4 роки тому +313

    @14:20
    “We did lots of things, and had lots of fun.”
    Misty:
    “Well, not everything was fun.”
    Everyone:
    Now we understand

  • @med1.0cre
    @med1.0cre 4 місяці тому +6

    love how i got this recommended to me again ON may 22, 2024. happy birthday, ash

  • @Satepin
    @Satepin 6 років тому +942

    *20 Years old Ash Ketchum*
    *20th Pokemon Anniversary*
    *_I see what you did there_*

    • @michanowak7060
      @michanowak7060 6 років тому +57

      *IT ALL COMES TOGETHER*

    • @d3rp555
      @d3rp555 6 років тому +5

      lol

    • @NuSpirit_
      @NuSpirit_ 6 років тому +22

      We need to call Lockstin, WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER AND INCLUDE ALCHEMY!

    • @ipsyc
      @ipsyc 6 років тому +3

      underated coment XD

    • @ajbyrne235
      @ajbyrne235 6 років тому +1

      Shenler el Gaietero you are so clever...🙂

  • @jamescorey3516
    @jamescorey3516 3 роки тому +130

    Can we just appreciate the fact that Pokemon had retained a good consistent seasonal change for all these years while other shows would shift between Summer and Winter in a few episodes time?

  • @-hinataaa2559
    @-hinataaa2559 5 років тому +455

    Ash: these are my friends!!!
    Me:WhAt HaPpEN To YoUr FaCeS

    • @ray-of-sunshine1149
      @ray-of-sunshine1149 5 років тому +1

      Deku!!!
      Also your so right

    • @saltysnowboi
      @saltysnowboi 5 років тому +2

      I had an aneurysm reading Deku Midoriya.
      (I’m hella used to calling him Izuku for some reason, (is that how you spell it?) I think it’s because that’s his actual name lol)

    • @laundrybasketgamers
      @laundrybasketgamers 4 роки тому +1

      Hey look it’s my favorite anime protagonist

  • @cappy699
    @cappy699 2 роки тому +9

    16:08 ash: *I haven’t changed have i*

  • @tuckyking3399
    @tuckyking3399 6 років тому +127

    My favorite Pokemon movie was *_Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus: To Conquering Space Time the Best Pokemon in All of Pokemon Games_*

    • @tk0208
      @tk0208 6 років тому +5

      TuckyKing it really is a classic

    • @zainkhalfan8696
      @zainkhalfan8696 6 років тому +3

      TuckyKing same i really like when in Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus: To Conquering Space Time the Best Pokemon in All Pokemon Games when Ash and all his friend ho back in time

    • @Splitzblue
      @Splitzblue 6 років тому

      It's also the origin of the pronounciation, Ar•say•yus.

    • @StargamerStarBro
      @StargamerStarBro 6 років тому +1

      I like Pokemon: Empire Strikes Back and Pokemon: The Last Jedi

    • @ShuraEssays
      @ShuraEssays 6 років тому

      Splitzblue I mean it's Ar-KAY-us, based on Silvally's ability, RKS System . . .

  • @sheep2826
    @sheep2826 3 роки тому +341

    I’m impressed by the continuity of this show. Maintaining a consistent timeline over the course of 20 seasons is impressive.

    • @Lolirock971
      @Lolirock971 Рік тому

      Please find the Most High YHWH Elohim!
      Please repent and move on for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!

    • @Lolirock971
      @Lolirock971 Рік тому

      Please find the Most High YHWH Elohim!!
      Please repent and move on for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!!

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 6 років тому +1316

    Ash is secretly the ultimate life form

    • @dizzy3919
      @dizzy3919 6 років тому +13

      Justin Y. Go away

    • @faces9239
      @faces9239 6 років тому +11

      Why are you always here

    • @dodleoy
      @dodleoy 6 років тому +7

      GO AWAY JUSTIN Y

    • @PhanicRed
      @PhanicRed 6 років тому +3

      Justin Y. How

    • @namarchy5659
      @namarchy5659 6 років тому +31

      Is that a motherfucking JoJo's reference?!

  • @Kirito-rw2ky
    @Kirito-rw2ky 2 місяці тому +3

    Iris: what a kid
    Matpat:you girls don't know the half of it
    Had me rolling 🤣

  • @Jayden-wd1nc
    @Jayden-wd1nc 6 років тому +240

    PLOT TWIST! The Pokémon universe has 60 seasons in a year. So ash is still 10, Misty is still 12, and Brock is still a creepy 18 year old guy that can’t find love

    • @namegoeshere2418
      @namegoeshere2418 6 років тому +16

      Or the seasons last less in their timeline so in one year there would be double the months.

    • @FragmentedR_YT
      @FragmentedR_YT 6 років тому +4

      Shaliababa 88 wait, it’s confirmed that Brock and Misty were those ages to start?

    • @kazzy1400
      @kazzy1400 6 років тому +8

      Fragmented R Misty was confirmed to be 10, actually, at the start. Having 3 older sisters. Brock is 15 at the start. Making her 20, or 21 depending on her birthday, and making Brock 25 or 26.

    • @Jayden-wd1nc
      @Jayden-wd1nc 6 років тому +2

      Fragmented R I read misty was 12 and I made up Brocks age just cuz he has a million siblings

    • @joaquincortes6038
      @joaquincortes6038 6 років тому +2

      eh no. just imagine that each episode is a day, which is very, very considerate because there are sooo many off seen days or just gap of time between episodes and also, some episodes take more than a day, it would be at least 12, because the amount of pokemon episode is a lot more than days on a year

  • @_vla
    @_vla 5 років тому +515

    the
    seasons from pokemon
    99% summer
    1% winter

    • @ses5736
      @ses5736 5 років тому +4

      Lucky..

    • @derpymagno6903
      @derpymagno6903 5 років тому +10

      Nooooooo, I prefer the opposite :D

    • @_azureAutumn
      @_azureAutumn 5 років тому +4

      00000000.1% Spring

    • @jjvillage942
      @jjvillage942 5 років тому +1

      it was super effective but it failed

    • @brianstabile165
      @brianstabile165 4 роки тому +1

      GabeN_____ Studio
      Being a Pokémon trainer is like being a 18 year old drafted to nam right???!

  • @traplover6357
    @traplover6357 6 років тому +786

    Rip Ronnie. He inspired many editors that was a highlight to the Game Theorists.

    • @xSunsetx-kh7zx
      @xSunsetx-kh7zx 6 років тому +3

      GayTraplover7 begins sndndndvsns

    • @azestical6566
      @azestical6566 6 років тому +28

      Traplover7 Why are you trying to make me sad, I’m here to cheer up :d (I’m no trying to be rude, it was a sad loss)

    • @williamconcha6771
      @williamconcha6771 6 років тому +5

      Wrong vid

    • @rubyzga6084
      @rubyzga6084 6 років тому

      @@williamconcha6771 so what

    • @williamconcha6771
      @williamconcha6771 6 років тому +1

      daVICIOUSdj 1 nothing

  • @Lella-qm9yj
    @Lella-qm9yj 7 місяців тому +5

    Sequel!!!!!!! Ash ended his journey. I NEED to know how old ash is by the end.

  • @SuperWiiBros08
    @SuperWiiBros08 3 роки тому +1231

    ash is gonna get cancelled by twitter if this was known now days

  • @gdreticulum3210
    @gdreticulum3210 5 років тому +90

    Matpat: Ash is 20 years old... probably
    Tumblr: it's technically legal

  • @supercatgirl1000
    @supercatgirl1000 3 роки тому +159

    UPDATE FOR JOURNEYS:
    Journeys is originally set in Winter. This is odd because SM both starts and ends in summer. I think, I wasn’t paying that much attention to the seasons when I watched it. We have Snowpoint City over there with snow in it again, and we have a winter episode where Ash and Goh get a day off of their jobs (yes they have jobs) because of a blizzard. So that adds another year to Ash’s age journey. Happy 21st birthday Ash Ketchum. Later, in episode 22 (“Goodbye, Friend”), Ash and Goh see a Beautifly migration, and migration implies Fall. Then the show proceeds to skip over Spring and Winter and go right to next Summer in episode 32 (“Time After Time”) when Goh goes on a trip to Johto and ends up meeting some previous romantic entanglement I guess. It’s mostly a flashback to the one (1) day they knew each other and honestly not gonna lie I cried. So two more years have passed Ash is 23 now. This is affirmed in the Alola episode where we meet Kukui and Burnet’s kid who was presumably conceived near the end of SM and doesn’t look very young. Will update once Netflix gets more, tell me if I’m missing anything

    • @kirbylover2.038
      @kirbylover2.038 2 роки тому +17

      how does this not have more likes you did a lot of research just like matpat

    • @shreyassrinivasa
      @shreyassrinivasa Рік тому +3

      How old is he now at the end of Journeys?

    • @TheKingProductions548
      @TheKingProductions548 Рік тому +6

      ​@@shreyassrinivasa prob 24

    • @JaredittonGaming
      @JaredittonGaming Рік тому +3

      To Be Fair The Alola region is set in Hawaii, which is pretty much summer year round irl.

  • @askrial_
    @askrial_ 2 роки тому +2

    MatPat: just divide your age by 2 and add 7 to find your MINIMUM dating age!
    12 year old kids: yooooo that means i have to date someone older than me!

  • @AndrewKolotyliuk
    @AndrewKolotyliuk 6 років тому +449

    0:44 can we just take a moment to appreciate his usage of a drag meme?

  • @primariamunicipiuluidej
    @primariamunicipiuluidej 6 років тому +354

    Ashes is old enough to drive but not enough to retire
    *that's his age*

  • @notgeorgegr
    @notgeorgegr 6 років тому +562

    Pokedex:
    Matpat the theorist pokemon
    Type:science
    Weak against:Fnaf
    Strong against:Game makers and Film makers
    This pokemon can be found in closets and it was a 98% chance of spawning

  • @TehLastRonin
    @TehLastRonin 2 роки тому +5

    Ash is stuck in a time loop. He remembers everything and even believes it has happened because it has but is unable to realise that he's been forced back to being 10 every "season" same with side characters, they're aware of time itself but not that they are stuck in a loop and stuck the same age. That's my FILM THEORY

  • @mariogamer2102
    @mariogamer2102 6 років тому +177

    You could have made this whole thing up and said ash was 30 and I'd believe it. Shows how much I'm appreciative of your effort in researching this and of a Pokemon fan I am.

    • @thenegaxd3830
      @thenegaxd3830 6 років тому

      MarioGamer 210. Indeed!

    • @trentonsimmons9568
      @trentonsimmons9568 6 років тому

      What part of don't take anything you're told at face value did you not hear? Not to be that guy, but isn't the reason he does this is to inspire his viewers to question what their told and come up with their own answers? CONSTANT VIGILANCE (thanks mad-eye)

    • @jesscateyesquad
      @jesscateyesquad 6 років тому

      MarioGamer 210 😂😂😂😂laughing check out these ancient Pokemon doing ancient ritual on our channel😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Noctua8
      @Noctua8 6 років тому

      PLOT TWIST: HE *DID* FAKE IT

  • @Ethanerd
    @Ethanerd 6 років тому +260

    Wait, so by the same logic Misty is _also_ 20?
    Good to know. . .
    Good to know. ...

    • @Jay_Script
      @Jay_Script 6 років тому +86

      Ethanerd yes officer, this comment right here

    • @insertnamehere3271
      @insertnamehere3271 6 років тому +16

      Ethanerd and so is Serena although I don’t understand why you care

    • @manny2907
      @manny2907 6 років тому +2

      Jaymations but she's 20 sooo

    • @daconnatwuk
      @daconnatwuk 6 років тому +49

      Oh god no.
      *DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE?*
      *RULE 34.*
      NO EXCEPTIONS.
      AND NOW IT'S LEGAL.

    • @Ethanerd
      @Ethanerd 6 років тому +11

      Jatmations oh shoot, o-Officer it was a joke! I swear! I-I um. . . Uh oh

  • @nocx4592
    @nocx4592 6 років тому +217

    3:10 awww, congrats mat and steph!

  • @_.Glennicus._
    @_.Glennicus._ 3 роки тому +10

    "When is the weather man ever right"
    So the pokemon show has a bit of reality in it XD

  • @zeldahyrule3127
    @zeldahyrule3127 6 років тому +201

    The mystery has been solved! Next fnaf

    • @TherealShacharTs
      @TherealShacharTs 6 років тому +10

      Ash was Golden Freddy all the time.

    • @flopps1051
      @flopps1051 6 років тому +4

      Wait he liked it; Does that mean FNAF is actually next or did he like it because of the first part?

    • @oathkeeper65
      @oathkeeper65 6 років тому +1

      Andrew Shao perhaps it’s both.

    • @tophatthompson5189
      @tophatthompson5189 6 років тому +2

      this is trap...a really bad one

  • @namegoeshere2418
    @namegoeshere2418 6 років тому +363

    Just imagine if Ash acted like his age driving a damn car.

    • @dvoremay6683
      @dvoremay6683 6 років тому +2

      Trevor Phillips wow the regions would be a breeze.

    • @namegoeshere2418
      @namegoeshere2418 6 років тому +2

      dvore may he would be able to get a gun and buy a pokeball for every Pokemon species and just go for a spree of catching them all. The Pokemon he would catch would hate him but he would be the one to catch em all.

    • @mss5496
      @mss5496 6 років тому +1

      wait how did you get UA-cam? every time i searched it in you're game i couldn't find it, must've had a new update, huh? :)

    • @EnkoJN
      @EnkoJN 6 років тому

      I mean no one drives cars tho

    • @TVIDS123
      @TVIDS123 6 років тому

      Officer Jenny does

  • @zelda1420
    @zelda1420 3 роки тому +333

    "The Ash Ketchum we all know and *tolerate."* I *couldn't* agree *more.*

  • @kapoorgantavya5509
    @kapoorgantavya5509 3 роки тому +2

    15:07 matpat: wE SeE *LAiCheEs* being sold
    Every scholar: It's Lichi

  • @dragonblast417
    @dragonblast417 3 роки тому +1290

    My favorite series is XYZ because he finally matured and no longer acts like a braty piece of SH*! and someone finally made a move on ash

    • @drewmalone2147
      @drewmalone2147 3 роки тому +131

      its sad that Ash never learned about Misty`s feeling for him

    • @dragonblast417
      @dragonblast417 3 роки тому +174

      @@drewmalone2147 there was this deleted ending in the first movie where they had a kid together atleast we know in an alternate universe she did tell him.....but I still prefer Serena

    • @moniranazma9413
      @moniranazma9413 3 роки тому +29

      @@dragonblast417 can u give me link

    • @kannan07
      @kannan07 3 роки тому +39

      @@dragonblast417 I don't think it was a deleated scene, if am correct it was like a trailer or something,and idc😂cuz it won't happen anymore,cuz it was the first writer's dream,the new writers don't even care😂

    • @dragonblast417
      @dragonblast417 3 роки тому +14

      @@kannan07 I assumed it was deleted cuz it was not shown in the movie or DVD

  • @silentbeat8393
    @silentbeat8393 5 років тому +314

    The only pokegirls that are probably the same age/close to the age of ash are misty because she met aah at the start of his journey and serena because they met when they were still kids.

  • @GDRAFPilot_
    @GDRAFPilot_ 5 років тому +164

    Pokemon Fan: *CAN YOU AGE ALREADY!!!!!!*
    Ash:
    I don't think I will

  • @Funny_Valentine_Dojyaaaaan
    @Funny_Valentine_Dojyaaaaan 2 роки тому +2

    Plot Twist: Ash actually lives in Pluto. A plutonian year is equal to 248 earth years.
    A Possible Theory : Dialga, the god of time got badly injured in one of it's battles with Palkia. This lead to time behaving oddly in the Pokemon Universe and might be the reason why people never age. Also this might've happened after Ash crossed 10 years so Ash isn't aging.

  • @Memeshark9o8
    @Memeshark9o8 6 років тому +805

    If ash is 20, he has to have plastic surgery on his face before then.

    • @Tucher97
      @Tucher97 6 років тому +20

      thats if we ignore the pokedex entries on oh ho

    • @lieutenantnewbie6404
      @lieutenantnewbie6404 6 років тому +26

      Wilmore Harris And he’s a midget.

    • @legolasmagf
      @legolasmagf 6 років тому +5

      Wilmore Harris Say thanks to Mewtwo

    • @elsa5878
      @elsa5878 6 років тому +7

      Nuh uh Asian don’t raisin

    • @jacobcordner
      @jacobcordner 6 років тому +6

      no wonder he looks different in the Sun and Moon series

  • @darkscout5358
    @darkscout5358 4 роки тому +88

    MatPat:"DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOUR TOLD AT FACE VALUE!!"
    Me:"especially if Nintendo said it"

  • @kadaiitotallyreal2064
    @kadaiitotallyreal2064 4 роки тому +206

    Therapist: Old Ash isnt real, he cant hurt you.
    *Old Ash:*

    • @BLZ-ww2mo
      @BLZ-ww2mo 4 роки тому +3

      I'm bout' to end this man's whole courier

    • @alinazhao8180
      @alinazhao8180 3 роки тому +1

      OLD ASH SCARY

    • @philyoung4015
      @philyoung4015 3 роки тому

      why do i find these types of comments everywere

    • @kadaiitotallyreal2064
      @kadaiitotallyreal2064 3 роки тому

      @@philyoung4015 its 8 months old lmao

    • @philyoung4015
      @philyoung4015 3 роки тому

      @@kadaiitotallyreal2064 wait so this is the origin?!?

  • @SG-wj2qj
    @SG-wj2qj 7 місяців тому +3

    Or… Ash died when he was turned to stone by Mewtwo & Mew.
    And everything we watch is his active consciousness. None of this is real, which is why he doesn’t age, doesn’t mature or develop.
    :0

  • @i.theworstguys298
    @i.theworstguys298 6 років тому +98

    Serena ends up kissing Ash at the end of the XYZ series and that is something that I at first shuddered at when MatPat gave his actual age but it's important to note that they were the same age when they were at Oak's summer camp. Therefore, Serena is also 19 (or 18). This means that she had been in love with him for all those years, chose to not become a trainer and waited nine (or eight give or take) years, and only began her journey once she saw Ash on TV rescuing the Garchomp. That's almost yandere type status of strange yet oddly romantic I guess.

    • @fightingmedialounge519
      @fightingmedialounge519 6 років тому

      No, they are both still ten as stated by the narrator.

    • @i.theworstguys298
      @i.theworstguys298 6 років тому +15

      Kye Dysarthria
      Hence why I said going off MatPats research, then logically them being older would be the case.

    • @bibbobella
      @bibbobella 6 років тому +6

      Nahh not yandere she never murders anyone..as far as I know..I havent exactly seen pokemon for years..more like a REALLY stalkerish girl...or a girl that just so happen to see him in television remembering how she felt about him and thinking "Huh that seems fun maybe I should try it as well!"

    • @JonnySpec
      @JonnySpec 6 років тому

      +Kye Dysarthria
      An Unreliable Narrator, I guess.

    • @PlutoX
      @PlutoX 6 років тому

      Well, Serena was probably a rhyhorn racer for all those years and finally quit after 8-9 years.

  • @heartsmidas
    @heartsmidas 3 роки тому +702

    “The most insane thing about this series is how Brock doesn’t get arrested for sexual harassment” -MatPat 2018

  • @primariamunicipiuluidej
    @primariamunicipiuluidej 6 років тому +1266

    *Can we just appriciate that this man studied ash's age for no actual reason or point since it will not hardly impact anything. Please?*

    • @bowldawg4394
      @bowldawg4394 6 років тому +85

      *Can we appriciate how you are using bold font to get attention?*

    • @primariamunicipiuluidej
      @primariamunicipiuluidej 6 років тому +33

      Jonny Knight yes we can

    • @PowerSenpai
      @PowerSenpai 6 років тому +28

      Is that not really the same for any game theory though?

    • @adamdale7314
      @adamdale7314 6 років тому +12

      Gotta pay the bills

    • @zeapsin186
      @zeapsin186 6 років тому +12

      Hexa Coyerrr he doesn't even have ads on this video

  • @MumboJ
    @MumboJ 2 роки тому +35

    I'm honestly shocked that the anime has such a consistent progression of seasons that MatPat can actually follow the day/night cycle and seasonal produce. I feel like most shows wouldn't even get the Deerling formes right.
    And yes, obviously the canon age means that Ash has indeed remained 10 years old for 10 years and counting.

  • @tjackknife6590
    @tjackknife6590 6 років тому +358

    Actually, taking this into consideration, Ash would have to be 1,020 years old, having seen Jirachi twice on different occasions. Once in “Jirachi Wish Maker” and once in Season 16 Episode 35 “Searching for a Wish.” The Pokédex even days that Jirachi only comes once every thousand years.

    • @ambercarr6522
      @ambercarr6522 6 років тому +1

      You mean 2,020

    • @tjackknife6590
      @tjackknife6590 6 років тому +37

      Animal Kingdom No I mean 1,020. If you saw Jirachi once at 10 years old, then you would see him again 1,000 years later at 1,010 years old. If anything I think he’d actually be whatever age he was at in Jrachi Wish Maker plus 1000 plus the age difference between the Best Wishes arc of BW and the current time. So 1,016 probably.

    • @monicaford993
      @monicaford993 6 років тому +10

      could he have seen a different jirachi? like cicadas only come out once every seven years so I was confused when I saw them every summer as a kid, but they don't all come out and hibernate at the same time. Every time you see one they've been hibernating for seven years but like staggered

    • @tjackknife6590
      @tjackknife6590 6 років тому +5

      The legendaries are always unique meaning there's only one

    • @ddsjgvk
      @ddsjgvk 6 років тому +10

      But the movies had many multiple legendary Pokémon. You have at least three Lugias

  • @brooksyang5834
    @brooksyang5834 4 роки тому +89

    Every time I watch a game theory video about pokemon: Goodbye imagination, goodbye childhood, goodbye fun, welcome to math, statistics, and reality

  • @husk160
    @husk160 5 років тому +751

    This means that ash and misty are the only appropriate ships

    • @curlychicken2792
      @curlychicken2792 5 років тому +129

      And serena since they were childhood friends

    • @theunknown8997
      @theunknown8997 5 років тому +6

      @@curlychicken2792 yeah but maybe ash was 10 at that time!?

    • @curlychicken2792
      @curlychicken2792 5 років тому +12

      The unknown yeah but then wouldn’t that mean Serena would be too?

    • @phoenixgamer10gaming18
      @phoenixgamer10gaming18 5 років тому +33

      Serena was in the same year, so that basically means she is the same age.

    • @lipaazim5927
      @lipaazim5927 5 років тому +25

      Actually Misty and Serena are the only appropriate ships(i ship with Serena)

  • @Dnightshade100
    @Dnightshade100 2 роки тому +11

    Honesty, I’m surprised at you. You’ve gone into the fact that ash hasn’t seemed to age a bit, yet the funny thing is…
    No one else seems to be aging either. Seriously, misty and Brock don’t change, dawn and may don’t change.
    The only ones in the show that actually change at all are the Pokémon when they evolve.

  • @captiankiwi561
    @captiankiwi561 5 років тому +153

    serena has memories of ash when they where just kids at the summer camp, so doesn’t that make them the same age
    So many questions

    • @adammakour4448
      @adammakour4448 5 років тому +2

      Nani NaNi

    • @alicebrown9034
      @alicebrown9034 4 роки тому +7

      Yeah. It does.

    • @ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs
      @ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs 4 роки тому +7

      Anime logic. Every thing doesn't need to make sense. Or you call it plot hole.

    • @fallon-may0935
      @fallon-may0935 4 роки тому

      What if serena’s birthday was The day after trainers in the calose region get their Pokémon. Meaning she would have been 11 the day after she received fenikin. Meaning Serena would have been 2 during camp if it took place between may 22 and March 31

    • @jieluo6999
      @jieluo6999 4 роки тому

      It doesn't makes sense since the two looked around the same age when they were little

  • @lightningmcqueen...
    @lightningmcqueen... 5 років тому +396

    14 year olds cant date 13 year olds
    14/2
    7
    +7
    14

    • @aniruddhadatta8098
      @aniruddhadatta8098 5 років тому +23

      That's ..... An exception

    • @cadenanderson4438
      @cadenanderson4438 5 років тому +18

      Creepa52 hey hey we never said that it is a perfect rule but you need to follow it.

    • @blue_azul
      @blue_azul 5 років тому +30

      13/2
      6.5
      6.5+7
      13.5
      14 > 13.5

    • @lovecraftminusthexenophobi4128
      @lovecraftminusthexenophobi4128 5 років тому +27

      I'd say it only starts to apply when you're college level age really

    • @eliothmoreno3352
      @eliothmoreno3352 5 років тому +28

      if i had a kid that his 5year old
      5/2
      2.5 + 7
      9.5 year old

  • @sabrina_doll
    @sabrina_doll 6 років тому +160

    14/2 = 7
    7+7 = 14
    I wasn't looking to date, but it looks like there's no going around this

  • @justzecoolboy
    @justzecoolboy 8 місяців тому +4

    49 year old person with 27 year old wife: mm yes matpat told me this isnt weird

  • @Halbairn
    @Halbairn 6 років тому +367

    Ash's daily life summarized poorly sounds like a deep web porno title
    *LEGAL GROWN UP DRAGS EARLY TEEN GIRL TO FOREST*

    • @AlandersonFabiano
      @AlandersonFabiano 6 років тому +1

      White Sardines Kk

    • @yagzuykur3559
      @yagzuykur3559 6 років тому +19

      And shows them his monster and balls

    • @sweetmarshieboil2170
      @sweetmarshieboil2170 6 років тому +1

      White Sardines I AM GLORIA BORGER

    • @aa4202
      @aa4202 6 років тому

      Ash's daily life summarized poorly sounds like a deep web porno title
      *LEGAL GROWN UP DRAGS EARLY TEEN GIRL TO FOREST*

    • @python6344
      @python6344 6 років тому +1

      Epsy _ PEW PEW PEW PEW (shooting laser sounds)

  • @veridian4433
    @veridian4433 6 років тому +287

    I'm never going to be able to unsee bearded Ash

  • @raeh9719
    @raeh9719 5 років тому +296

    7:45 Just think, Brock is 5 years older than Ash, so you basically have this 10 year old girl travelling with two men, ages 18 and 23.

    • @ronanasche7063
      @ronanasche7063 5 років тому +53

      _Law and Order: Special Victims Unit_

    • @yvanthedrakon
      @yvanthedrakon 5 років тому +4

      @@ronanasche7063 SWIGGITY SWOOTY

    • @LuluGrande_
      @LuluGrande_ 5 років тому +12

      @@NarutoUzumaki-oc9kt no, in Pokemon world after you are 10 years old you are adult.

    • @hawkeye5955
      @hawkeye5955 5 років тому +11

      @@NarutoUzumaki-oc9kt : Brock would be more than happy to be arrested by Officer Jenny. Not sure about Ash though.

    • @k4133
      @k4133 5 років тому +1

      Naruto Uzumaki **cough**
      -Nuuuuu-

  • @June96255
    @June96255 Місяць тому +2

    I think that the fact that we have not seen or Ash him self have not seen his dad for 20 yes is also wild.

  • @pranitvartak4007
    @pranitvartak4007 3 роки тому +844

    Everyone is talking about Ash's Age!! But, no one's talking about *James and Jessy's Age!!..*

    • @forgy_man311
      @forgy_man311 3 роки тому +27

      AND Brock!!

    • @elfi643
      @elfi643 3 роки тому +52

      They were in their 20’s in the beginning so they would be in their 30’s, Brock Was 15 so he’s now 25

    • @youreverydaytroll189
      @youreverydaytroll189 3 роки тому +4

      67

    • @chrisclack4258
      @chrisclack4258 3 роки тому +7

      nope both bulbapedia and the pokemon wiki stated that Jessie and James are sixteen at debate

    • @リヴィングトンカナタ
      @リヴィングトンカナタ 3 роки тому +3

      What about Giovanni's age?

  • @lunamisi6122
    @lunamisi6122 6 років тому +80

    Pokemon: cheese & crackers, ash is 47 hanging out with 70 10 year olds.

  • @alexmack7955
    @alexmack7955 4 роки тому +228

    Ash: hOl uP ShE sAiD sHe WAs 18

  • @l8studios_
    @l8studios_ 2 роки тому +3

    For the first 4 generations I’d say those ages make sense until he goes to school at age 20

  • @anisa2001786
    @anisa2001786 6 років тому +230

    Dermatologists hate him

  • @nyoom5278
    @nyoom5278 6 років тому +114

    14 year olds: “ok sooo divide by 2... is 7. Then 7+7....
    God dammit

    • @einekonsequenz341
      @einekonsequenz341 6 років тому +4

      Why? It's pretty close.

    • @xxxtenatcionfan2365
      @xxxtenatcionfan2365 6 років тому +4

      12 year olds

    • @dannythedj1022
      @dannythedj1022 6 років тому +13

      100 years old: 100:5=50+7=57.... wow

    • @ProjectRCW
      @ProjectRCW 6 років тому +14

      10/2 = 5. Add 7 and its 12. Wat

    • @MrRighto
      @MrRighto 6 років тому +6

      If you’re one than you can only date people 7 1/2 and greater

  • @Hi_My_Names_Ryan
    @Hi_My_Names_Ryan 6 років тому +140

    I love the attention to detail that go into these videos. I haven't seen the anime in YEARS(I've played up to black and white though) and I can fully follow what your talking about.

    • @ElecMusic
      @ElecMusic 6 років тому

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    • @janghoul2572
      @janghoul2572 6 років тому

      Another thing for this theorie is Red and Blue.Both appear in SM and are around 20.

  • @Scorpia-fj2ev
    @Scorpia-fj2ev Рік тому +3

    Now it's been announced that the gen 9 anime won't have Ash as the main character anymore, can we get a final definitive update?

  • @MrBaldi-ve1xv
    @MrBaldi-ve1xv 6 років тому +420

    Don't let this distract you from the fact that Ash released his Greninja.
    *His only chance to become a Pokemon master*

    • @sirrealgaming6913
      @sirrealgaming6913 6 років тому +26

      Don't worry if he didn't Sakurai would have nerfed it to the floor

    • @zurielbabida8162
      @zurielbabida8162 6 років тому +19

      Mr. Baldi And i hate how they didn't do anything with Serena after so wtf

    • @LordZemosa
      @LordZemosa 6 років тому +2

      Shouldn't you be trying to chase kids down halls with rulers?

    • @caritahearts2405
      @caritahearts2405 6 років тому +19

      ASH STOP GETTING RID OF YOUR POKÉMON AND CATCH A GOD DAMN LEGENDARY ALREADY!!!!!

    • @callelb208
      @callelb208 6 років тому +8

      He blew it when he released Pidgeot

  • @triplem5855
    @triplem5855 5 років тому +333

    Anime logic vs matpat
    matpat uses science
    Its not very affective

  • @primariamunicipiuluidej
    @primariamunicipiuluidej 6 років тому +421

    *Now the real thing that we need to theorize is why you actually did this*

    • @MRfunnyordie3
      @MRfunnyordie3 6 років тому +36

      That easy.
      Because we asked him to do it.

    • @jcnot9712
      @jcnot9712 6 років тому +3

      Hexa Coyerrr Sounds like an act of self-loathing masochism if you ask me.

    • @clintonanderson7436
      @clintonanderson7436 6 років тому +3

      DETERMINATION

    • @whatishappening6949
      @whatishappening6949 6 років тому +1

      BEACAUSE MATPAT IS AMAZING!

    • @unsie
      @unsie 6 років тому

      because he has no life

  • @StriderStryker
    @StriderStryker 2 роки тому +1

    Ash: *is over 20 years old and hanging out with a lot of girls*
    Chris Hansen: _Why don’t you take a seat right over there?_