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[–]Jack_O_Bones 258 points259 points ago

I'm with ya if Pokemon were real we could all have one, if super heroes were real only a select few could be one.

[–]UnsungSavior16 86 points87 points ago

Exactly, and if everyone had one, then EVERYONE could be a superhero if they wanted to be. These results make no sense to me.

[–]Fistcracker 242 points243 points ago

And when everyone's super... no one will be.

[–]MeSoooCorny 123 points124 points ago

The Incredibles is a lot deeper when you watch it when youre older

[–]EnderFrith 25 points26 points ago

It was deep when I saw it as a child.

[–]kintaeb 42 points43 points ago

The Incredibles is the best Pixar movie made. Anyone saying it is anything less than their 3rd best movie doesn't get it.

[–]powercorruption 47 points48 points ago

I get and fully understand The Incredibles, I'd still rate the 3 Toy Story's, Up, Wall-E, Nemo, and Monsters Inc over it.

[–]Schroedingers_gif 28 points29 points ago

Toy Story 2 was mediocre.

[–]demerztox94 7 points8 points ago

But 3 was nice.

[–]TheOpenChannel 1 point2 points ago

Toy Story 2 was okay.

[–]afrobotics 1 point2 points ago

Wall-E is honestly my favorite, something about the atmosphere of the first half really connects with me. That's why I hate when people put things like art into lists...

[–]Toastasaurus 2 points3 points ago

hm. I liked Finding Nemo a bit better because it just made a world to explore.

But yeah, Incredibles is definitely up there, can't think of another that tops it.

[–]WhatIRead 1 point2 points ago

The Pixar pantheon is too amazing to convincing ordinally rate them.

To be third best, you must be better then all but two of Wall-E, Finding Nemo, Up, Ratatouille, and Toy Stories 1-3. That's seven fucking fantastic verging-on-greatest-ever-made movies. When a movie studios lesser works include A Bug's Life and Monster's Inc (we will not speak of Cars or its sequel), then it's hard to make authoritative statements about which is best. Hell people wont even agree with me about A Bug's Life or Monsters Inc.

I haven't seen Brave, but I gather it is not quite up to the standard of previous efforts.

[–]kintaeb 1 point2 points ago

I may have made my statements too rashly, but I fucking love the Incredibles. I feel like the only movies Pixar has made that could be considered better than the Incredibles are Wall-E and the Toy Storys. Up was fantastic in the first 20 minutes, but the last half isn't absolutely incredible, and Finding Nemo may have just lost it's luster for me having seen it so much. It's a fantastic movie, but I think the Incredibles is a far more nuanced movie that has just as much emotion and better pacing.

[–]Ninjarah 1 point2 points ago

What?! Doc Hollywood with cars wasn't enough for you? I mean come on, we put CARS in it and called it CARS! Some people...

[–]UnsungSavior16 18 points19 points ago

Maybe so, but I would rather be not super with a fire-breathing dragon as my best friend.

[–]FlareHunter77 11 points12 points ago

You're forgetting that it trusts you, is intelligent, and you trust it. There would be no fire-breathing dragon. There would be a Pokemon that slightly resembles one.

[–]jumpbreak5 5 points6 points ago

I don't know about you but I'd be pretty happy if I could fly, regardless of how many other people can also fly

[–]mrquest 4 points5 points ago

And having a Pokemon that could fly wouldn't make you happy? Sheesh

[–]IonicSquid 5 points6 points ago

The point is that once everyone can fly, it's not so special that any particular individual can fly. Society would change to accommodate the fact that everyone is capable of flight and suddenly it's not such a super power.

[–]jumpbreak5 1 point2 points ago

In that case I'd say A: exact same thing applies to Pokemon, and B: I don't want to be special. I want to be able to fucking fly

[–]partcomputer 7 points8 points ago

Not to mention that villains have to exist for superheroes to not be worthless. And while some people are real-life villains, New York City isn't being invaded everyday in real-life.

[–]docmedic 7 points8 points ago

To be fair, there are a lot of bug catchers with lvl 11 metapods who never seem to get better.

[–]arcticus 8 points9 points ago

They are kids. Notice that old trainers are always more specialized in a type of Pokemon and have a lot of better ones.

[–]Triplebizzle87 1 point2 points ago

Iris being the exception.

[–]angrymale 1 point2 points ago

And then with super heroes would come super villains....

[–]TheyreEatingHer 4 points5 points ago

Because people think "Well there's only a select few that will become superheroes... I bet it's going to be me!"

[–]CakeSmasher 11 points12 points ago

Would you rather have villians with pokemon or villans with superpowers?

[–]MorningKnight 16 points17 points ago

Villians with pokemon. Mostly because pokemon can refuse commands.

Ninja edit: spelling

[–]TossisOP 1 point2 points ago

Also because their teams would largely comprise of zubats

[–]Nimbus1337 2 points3 points ago

My thoughts exactly. Everyone would have the chance, it would be so awesome

[–]AREYOUSauRuS 2 points3 points ago

I know I'm in enemy territory by going the super hero route here....

BUT.. if superheroes were real. I'd just buy a bunch of chemicals, throw them in the microwave and turn that bitch on high and stand by it till it explodes. I'm sure that will lead to me being one of the select few.

[–]gm4 6 points7 points ago

Yeah, right, we could all have one, since everyone who can own a cat or a dog is responsible about it... pokemon would be in zoo's, or killed/studied for gov. research. Think about it.

[–]genzahg 13 points14 points ago

So it would be the same as if superheroes existed. We'd still not have access to any of the awesome, and would just have to observe from a distance.

I'd still go with Pokemon.

[–]5353 5 points6 points ago

Just because you're not responsible about owning your cat or dog doesn't mean you can't have one. Only the rare pokemon would be in zoos or research labs. Anyone would be able to own a starly or a furret.

[–]FlareHunter77 1 point2 points ago

Sorry I deleted that post, but it turned out wrong, I'll redo it:

In Fuchsia City, there are Safari Pokemon in cages. Also, all of the Professors probably did have Pokemon partake in experiments that resulted in killed Pokemon. On r/PokemonConspiracies, someone said that Oak actually did experiment with transferring lives and souls of Pokemon to humans.

to sum it up, Rattata would be extinct.

[–]Triplebizzle87 1 point2 points ago

I agree with some of your statements, but you sound like the gov't is going to have control of all pokemon. Since we're in hypothetical territory, I'm just going to assume that pokemon are as populous in the real world as they are in the poke-world. Now you try to figure out how to rein in continent-shaping god-beasts, mountain-moving, towering monsters of iron and rock, massive, super powerful, legendary birds/dogs, psychic pokemon of such power, they could melt your brain in an instant, and just hordes and hordes of rats and zubats.

[–]tokerdytoke 4 points5 points ago

Unless we roll in toxic waste, then we all get super powers. "And when everyone has super powers, no one will" - sinestro, Incredibles.

Edit: I didn't realize others posted that same thing. I feel dumb as fuck.

[–]Mister_Newling 6 points7 points ago

Ummm you mean Syndrome?

[–]tokerdytoke 1 point2 points ago

I meant whatever the gods, hesus and lucifer wanted me to mean

[–]manbrasucks 1 point2 points ago

Even if everyone gets a super hero power...it could suck. Do you really want to risk having some shitty super power?

[–]Hector_Kur 2 points3 points ago

One would assume "superheroes are real" means heroes like Spider-Man, Hulk, Batman, Iron Man, The Flash, Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, Captain America, etc are real.

...Which means one can get powers from any number of ways that don't involve being born with them. If you really want super powers in a world where the laws of comic books are real, you're just one radioactive spider bite away from becoming one.

And even ignoring that fact, keep in mind, there are thousands of heroes (and super-powered villains) between DC, Marvel and the independent comic companies. Now, thousands out of 7 billion isn't a lot, but there are only thousands and not millions (or billions) because we aren't accounting for all the obscure (to us Westerners) superheroes in other countries, or all the potential super heroes in third world countries that don't make comics. Basically, in a world with super heroes, you can't just compare the number of (largely) American super heroes since this would be a world with super heroes.

tl;dr it wouldn't be hard to get yourself some super powers and the likelihood that you'll accidentally get super powers is actually higher than you might think

[–]MrMacro 7 points8 points ago

Even if there were as many heroes in this universe as there are in the DC and Marvel universes combined, you still have a better chance of being struck by lightning.

Ironically, the lightning strike would probably give you superpowers.

[–]AREYOUSauRuS 3 points4 points ago

Yes. Plus if comic book law is in effect... you can do stupid shit to try to gain superpowers. Play around a power plant, expose yourself to radiation, steal green lanterns ring while he's sleeping. (the "you have to be chosen" bit in the movie was not how it was back in the day, the person with the greater will power could control the ring, i believe Batman overruled Guy Gardner's ring once in the old, old Justice League)

[–]Dakar-A 84 points85 points ago

Quiting school at the age of Ten to travel the world with a dragon/tank turtle/dinosaur? YES PLEASE!

[–]tehkier 18 points19 points ago

I get the dragon and tank turtle... but who is the dinosaur?

[–]Severok 21 points22 points ago

Venusaurus

[–]darkwave90 19 points20 points ago

Venusaurus Rex

[–]suspect161 29 points30 points ago

bulbasaur venusaur Ivysaur

[–]gameslinger 68 points69 points ago

Can you please put them in the correct evolutionary order. It's bothering me as is lol

[–]Cromiell 17 points18 points ago

twitch

twitch

[–]Whaitiri 9 points10 points ago

You also capitalized the last one but not the first 2.

[–]Cromiell 8 points9 points ago

TWITCH

[–]necrosxiaoban 1 point2 points ago

charMander charMeleon MagmorTar

[–]FlareHunter77 2 points3 points ago

Why are you only including starters? That's just what Ash did, but most of us would probably find a rattata or some crap like that. Bidoof, Patrat, other awful beginning Pokemon.

[–]Triplebizzle87 1 point2 points ago

Let's be honest though. In the real world, shit like the starters would be waaay more common. You might have to fork some cash over to a vendor on some NYC street, but still. Everybody knows that everybody loves the starters, so, you best believe people'd be pimping them out (for eggs) more than anybody that every worked the strip in Vegas.

[–]Avenger3611 17 points18 points ago

What app is that?

[–]dayna-mite 2 points3 points ago

We must fix this!

[–]tyrroi 1 point2 points ago

[–]MitchOssimPants 3 points4 points ago

"You Rather" it costs a fucking dollar though. Edit: there's a free version

[–]Avenger3611 6 points7 points ago

a whole buck? Fuck them!

[–]Natsuu 1 point2 points ago

ಠ_ಠ It only costs a dollar, and supports the developers for a game you enjoy. EA charges at least $4.99 for most of their games. Also, theres an ad-supported free version.

[–]A_wild_fusa_appeared 43 points44 points ago

Heroes come with villains, if I'm not a hero I'm screwed by the villains. Everybody can have fun with polemon

[–]AshTheGoblin 54 points55 points ago

Even strippers can have polemon!

[–]wwwertdf 24 points25 points ago

Jynx. That whore

[–]AshTheGoblin 13 points14 points ago

Most likely to become a stripper goes to... Jynx And first runner up is smoochum. Have a nice day ladies and gentlemen.

[–]WasherDryerCombo 15 points16 points ago

Oh come on! Smoochum is adorable. Runner up is Lopunny.

[–]ichidori 5 points6 points ago

that's adorable to you?

[–]bdizzle1 8 points9 points ago

Racist!1

[–]IstheCakeReallyaLie 1 point2 points ago

Me gusta.

[–]slamincham23 4 points5 points ago

Trainers come with Rivals...

[–]InuzukaKiba805 11 points12 points ago

rivals does not necessarily means they are evil... so it wouldnt matter... we would have to deal with team rocket/magma/aqua/galactic/plasma... but they can be defeated by ten year olds so we should be fine

[–]CallMeDrSwedishFish 11 points12 points ago

I don't think in real life the teams would be easily defeated by a ten year old. In real life gangs and cartels are so much better organized and do anything to maintain their superiority. I don't believe Team Rocket would try and take over a city like New York with level 11 zubats.

[–]Deviant_Orphan 3 points4 points ago

A swedish fish would say that.

[–]EbonPinion 8 points9 points ago

No one ever gets hurt.

[–]TheRaggedyDr 6 points7 points ago

Blue's rattata.

[–]EbonPinion 7 points8 points ago

Is not a human.

[–]TheRaggedyDr 1 point2 points ago

I'm sorry. I forgot, who cares if animals get hurt.

[–]EbonPinion 1 point2 points ago

You're missing the point. If Pokémon are dying, that's sad. If people are dying, that's way more sad.

[–]xelested 12 points13 points ago

Except Jessie and James. Seriously, how the fuck are they still alive?

[–]UnwiseSudai 4 points5 points ago

A rival is just someone that's determined to beat you, not determined to enslave the world. Sounds like a much better situation to me.

[–]Todomanna 1 point2 points ago

Including Team Rocket!

[–]WhiteBlade3000 19 points20 points ago

I think Gligarman is plenty of evidence that you can be a superhero in a world with Pokemon. But you can't just make Pokemon exist in Gotham City. 54% of voters don't have their priorities in order.

[–]Arxl 8 points9 points ago

Would pokemon have animal right? Since many of them have humanlike consciousness how would they feel about that?

[–]ElMandrake 6 points7 points ago

They don't die, they just faint... well even if they die they become ghastlys or haunters or gengars

Relevant

[–]Arxl 1 point2 points ago

In the first dex entry it tells you Charmander will die if the flame goes out and that the size of it shows its health. Also, pokemon have died. from the new champion in b/w to Celebi to Gary's Raticate.

[–]bluesforpablo 9 points10 points ago

But the Poll boils down to Pokemon Franchise vs Every Superhero Franchise. So the fact that Pokemon got 46% of the votes compared to every super hero franchise is pretty awesome.

[–]Wolvenfire86 28 points29 points ago

Tough call. If Pokemon were real...we could all have some and there would be so much love. But if Superheroes exist, then there'd be a good chance of being born a mutant, or getting powers (studying magic, being born special, etc). Also world peace maybe.

I think I'd pick Pokemon, since Superheros come with horrendously bad super villains. I'd rather take a Fire Blast to the face then Darkseid's Omega beams. And I'd rather deal with Team Rocket than anyone froM Arkham.

[–]clockworknovak 22 points23 points ago

If superheroes existed, there wouldn't be a "good chance" of being born a mutant, would there? It's still pretty damn rare. I say go with Pokémon and then everyone can play!

[–]provokedcarp 7 points8 points ago

His point is that you might be born a mutant, OR you could make yourself into a superhero. Think Batman, Bruce Banner, The Flash, Doctor Fate, etc. All people born without any powers, who gained powers later in life (often because of traumatizing experiences).

[–]Armadylspark 17 points18 points ago

Batman didn't really get any powers though.

[–]Nintendew 30 points31 points ago

He got the power of not having to buy presents on mother's day and father's day

[–]Armadylspark 7 points8 points ago

He's got so much money! how could he not be able to buy a present?

[–]Nintendew 3 points4 points ago

What do you get people who have everything?

[–]Armadylspark 2 points3 points ago

...Cake?

[–]dayna-mite 2 points3 points ago

Thats why he has so much money!

[–]doomgiver98 1 point2 points ago

Batman's superpower is money, which he was born with.

[–]Armadylspark 1 point2 points ago

The superpower lottery!

[–]Wolvenfire86 1 point2 points ago

Not really. One of the key points of the X-Men franchise is that as time goes on, more and more kids are becoming mutants. In Universe X, the whole population is made of mutants. Actually, if I remember correctly, every one in the Marvel universe has a X-gene thanks to the celestials.

[–]befron 2 points3 points ago

I don't think you would live taking either one to the face...

[–]Mr_Mimiseku 5 points6 points ago

The question should be, would you rather be a superhero? Or would you rather have pokemon?

[–]LuperFlipino 9 points10 points ago

It's pretty close...why not both!?

[–]MKSLAYER97 1 point2 points ago

Or better yet, why not Zoidberg!?

[–]Severok 5 points6 points ago

I am curious now, what would happen if you throw a pokeball at zoidberg?

[–]I_Kissed_Cereal 2 points3 points ago

Woop woop woop woop woop.

[–]ccbrownsfan 9 points10 points ago

I'm gonna go ahead and say that IRL, neither of these would be appealing.

Specifically, Pokemon: You really think that the government would let people (especially kids) own these things? They range from merely dangerous to living WMDs. Can you imagine the freaking devastation that would occur when armies (who most certainly would have access to pokemon) fought? What about legendaries: ticking time-bombs that, if awakened, could potentially end the world?

Superheroes have their own set of similar problems, but unfortunately, neither of these would end up as they do in fiction-land. It wouldn't be awesome. It would be fucking terrifying.

...But shit yeah, I'd totally snag me a Dragonite.

[–]cjsolis 2 points3 points ago

But Pokemon are intelligent. They, for the most part, probably wouldn't consent to being treated as weapons, and I'd like to imagine that they would protect their environment from bulldozers and whatnot. Little rattatas and pikachus and metapods would, i believe still befriend little children, and people could get small jobs fighting in gyms, and of course you wouldn't have to be a competitive Pokemon trainer to raise Pokemon.

I like think Pokemon wouldn't consent to fighting and wouldn't make for good weapons.

As for legendaries, most of them are not hostile and the few that are are controlled by another, more powerful benevolent one (I.e. Groudon and Kyogre are controlled by rayquaza). So really, its just mewtwo and that's not actually a necessity of Pokemon because it was created. Plus, itd be easy to snag it with a master ball.

[–]WaltzingacrosstheUS 3 points4 points ago

Have you seen the collateral damage that occurs in the Marvel and DC universes? No thank you!

[–]AzuraBlitz 9 points10 points ago

Everyone in this thread is completely underestimating how hard it could be to catch, train and protect pokemon. Along with the fact that it'd be bat shit hard to make sure no one was a threat, and the fact that everyone is fantasising about having their dream pokemon, when in reality, you'll all most likely be the next 'Joey'.

It doesn't say superheroes come with super villains, and I want to meet the god damn Batman!

[–]GoddamnCatman 5 points6 points ago

[–]iDork622 3 points4 points ago

Are villains real too? Can I be Spider-Man? There are too many unanswered questions for me to vote for superheroes.

[–]Tipsyy 3 points4 points ago

My heart is too big to let another creature suffer in fight. Superheroes it is

[–]Dradow 4 points5 points ago

You could be a hero that has the ability to fulfill any wishes.. Like Pokemon being real.

[–]Rahzulus 3 points4 points ago

If Pokemon were really it would probably be illegal to fight them....

[–]SRevanM 20 points21 points ago

If pokemon were real, then war and terrorism would become rampant... think about it, EVERYONE in the world could potentially have a dangerous weapon. If superheroes existed, they would form the Avengers or the Justice league, and fight for good. 54% of people have thought this through. Edit: Also, it says superheroes exist, it says nothing about them coming with supervillians.

[–]darkrabbit713 28 points29 points ago

If pokemon were real, then war and terrorism would become rampant...

Prepare for trouble.

And make it double.

[–]I_Kissed_Cereal 4 points5 points ago

To protect the world from devastation.

[–]DemLuckyCharms 1 point2 points ago

To unite all people within our nation.

[–]aco620 6 points7 points ago

Also, imagine what actually goes along with pokemon being living creatures. Thousands of charmanders and ponytas perpetually on fire burning everything around them down, living toxic waste creatures like grimer and muk destroying everything they touch, billions upon billions of zubats constantly reproducing and taking over every cave on this planet...it's all too horrible to even think about.

[–]SRevanM 1 point2 points ago

To be fair, the zubat problem is prevalent in the games as well.

[–]blackchucktays 9 points10 points ago

Where there is good, there is bad. When some people have super powers, a few are bound to use them in a selfish or evil way.

[–]xirho67 2 points3 points ago

and when everyone has access to pokemon, a lot more are bound to use them in a selfish or evil way

[–]bdizzle1 4 points5 points ago

But the playing field is even. What happens if the first few people to get powers go bad? There's not even a guarantee that good guys will get good superpowers. Pokemon is a much less risky choice.

[–]Vaztes 1 point2 points ago

Replace pokemon with guns, hmm....

[–]Holy90 6 points7 points ago

Edit: Also, it says superheroes exist, it says nothing about them coming with supervillians.

Al Qaeda superhero = Western supervillian.

[–]AshTheGoblin 4 points5 points ago

War is already becoming rampant and it's possible now for everyone to have a dangerous weapons. I always imagine our governments would treat them like firearms and you have to have a license to get one, and thered be some illegal Pokemon you couldn't own. But the military's would be wrecking shit with gyaradoses and tyranitars and whatnot.

[–]xirho67 6 points7 points ago

I've always fantasized that there were military grade pokemon that no one in the civilian poke-world talks about

[–]alexdoo 2 points3 points ago

What app is this?

[–]drewuke 2 points3 points ago

[–]snlhopeful 2 points3 points ago

With enough pokemon you could mimic most super hero powers anyway!

[–]SUPRAbuzzkill 2 points3 points ago

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE BOTH.

[–]EnderFrith 2 points3 points ago

Well, let's see:

If superheroes were real, then supervillains would also be real.

If Pokemon were real, then Team Rocket would have to be real.

I'll take my chances with the crime syndicate that has problems defeating 10 year olds.

[–]AsksWithQuestions 2 points3 points ago

Superheroes lead to supervillains and death. Pokemon lead to friendly battles and socializing.

[–]Bnoob 3 points4 points ago

It says Pokemon are real, but not Pokeballs. Without any way to safely contain the Pokemon, they would probably attack and kill anyone who comes close.

[–]gameslinger 9 points10 points ago

Ash, incompetant fool he is, managed to train and befriend a "wild" Pikachu without a Pokeball. I think we'd be ok.

[–]Bnoob 6 points7 points ago

Wasn't the Pikachu caught by Oak first?

I didn't have cable growing up so I didn't watch much of the TV series.

[–]gameslinger 4 points5 points ago

I don't remember the wording exactly. I believe Oak says the only Pokemon he has for Ash, because Ash woke up late, was a newly caught Pikachu that Oak hadn't had a chance to train at all yet. So, it was basically a wild Pokemon still imo.

[–]Bnoob 2 points3 points ago

Okay.

It still would be difficult trying to tame and befriend larger, more frightening Pokemon still.

Also, I'm pretty sure that being in a Pokeball makes the Pokemon more complacent, but I'm not sure.

[–]gameslinger 2 points3 points ago

That's why you steal their babies... Okay maybe that wouldn't be the best course of action.

Also, if the way Pikachu acts before Ash uses his "I'm really a good person you should be my friend" power is complacent than without Pokeballs training would be VERY dangerous and I don't think 10 yr olds would get to skip school and adventure all the time.

[–]Bnoob 2 points3 points ago

Well, not in the real world obviously. But in a cartoon/videogame world where 10 year olds could be electrocuted, burned, maimed etc. without any permanent physical or mental damage, than what's the harm?

[–]Whaitiri 1 point2 points ago

i don't think every kid in the pokemon universe would end up going on pokemon adventures, plenty of people would settle (i.e. all the people in towns who don't battle you might not even own a single pokemon) and you'd be able to get pokemon via pet shop-esque stores, capitalism would ensure that

[–]5353 5 points6 points ago

No, you can just walk up to them and play guitar hero to link with them.

[–]iluuuvemuffins 4 points5 points ago

If pokemon were real we wouldn't be in any different of a situation than we are now. They would just replace the current animals we have now with their pokemon counterparts. We would end up mass producing and eating miltank. Some pokemon like growlith would replace our dogs and could be used by the police etc. But the vast majority of pokemon would have gone extinct over the course of human advancement. Humans and Pokemon could not live in harmony.

Besides pokemon battles IRL would be not unlike dogfighting and you should feel bad to see pokemon get injured.

[–]WasherDryerCombo 5 points6 points ago

This is all very true. The very idea of pokemon battling is pretty terrible. I could never do that to them if they were real. I would keep an Eevee and buy a rare candy after a while to evolve it into Espeon and just keep it as a pet.

[–]FusRoBlah 1 point2 points ago

Could someone link me to this website?

[–]thepaisleyinfection 1 point2 points ago

But then you could have your pokemon protect you rather than have to wait for a superhero take forever. Like the one from the Amanda Show.

[–]Listerine_Enema 1 point2 points ago

If superheroes existed then those people wouldn't have gotten shot at the Batman premiere last night :C

[–]MetalDevil 1 point2 points ago

srsly!? super heroes means super villans, get ready to fucking die, pokemon, I want my fucking charizard!

[–]TyphoidLarry 1 point2 points ago

Pokemon is awesome as a fiction. Make it real, and you suddenly have an entire society making animals fight each other for entertainment.

[–]arcticus 1 point2 points ago

Pokemons exist = You're now free to roam the world, capture Pokemons and be a master. Super Heroes exist = Now we have Super Heroes and Super Villains fighting around the globe, fucking shit up and we're not one of them. Oh, have I talked about the probability of Earth being destroyed in a scenario like this?

[–]TheBoyYuuu 1 point2 points ago

54% suck at grammar

[–]Toastasaurus 1 point2 points ago

hm. depends: Do I get to be one of the super heroes?

[–]xShinno 1 point2 points ago

i'd rather have pokemon because i love pokemon AND if superheroes exist then the villains would to, and i really don't want to get smashed by falling debree comming from some giant fight between the two -_-

[–]wotererio 1 point2 points ago

Pokemon also have super powers, but super heroes aren't pokemon. Therefore, pokemon are way better, and cuter. I wouldn't want to hold a 'cute ironman' but think about holding a 'cute plusle'. Well, waddaya think?

[–]neocrosby 1 point2 points ago

I am severely angered that I live in a world where the the majority of people are contempt with having there be chump ass super heroes. Mother fucker, I want to beat the champion of the Elite 4 and be my own realities super hero!

[–]DemLuckyCharms 1 point2 points ago

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5367085/1/The_Sun_Soul

This is what Pokemon would be like in real life. Horrifically dangerous and terrifying.

[–]Gunderfro 2 points3 points ago

Both selections would have major impacts on the way society functions. More so with Pokemon, I think. So barring all the potential issues, Pokemon would get my vote. That would be some serious business.

[–]Armadylspark 1 point2 points ago

Plus it would mean that they can be used for helping in construction and the stuff. This in turn would help the economy back up on its feet.

[–]aero23 1 point2 points ago

The question isnt implying you could even be a superhero anyway, so why is everyone assuming people could just wake up and choose to have superpowers? The question is about superheroes existing, probably like 1 in a billion people would actually get powers for them to become superheros and have the definition remain. The alternate is "have pokemon be real" which doesn't stipulate that everyone gets a pokemon, but as far as the games are concerned 99% of the people you run into have at least one pokemon. The choice is now obvious, OP is entirely correct in his slight misanthropy when you weigh the options against one another.

Pokemon it is, by a long shot

[–]bonerjohnson 0 points1 point ago

Pokemon would be a lot safer, as with heroes come villains and who knows what else.

Always dreaming of heroes I think I'd still go Pokemon. It'd be safer and friendlier for all. Plus there would be no guarantee I'd get powers, but my Pokemon would!

[–]CallMeDrSwedishFish 1 point2 points ago

Pokemon would still be pretty damn dangerous. A dragon that spits fire hot enough to melt boulders? Yeah, that going to kill a few people. Even common Pokemon are dangerous. Look at Raticate, that things teeth are big enough to probably cut through bone.

[–]bonerjohnson 1 point2 points ago

Well yeah, legendaries would be pretty rare, but even common ones could hurt. Still you'd most likely have your own to handle stray Ratticates.

[–]ShakeNBakey 0 points1 point ago

This was my go to wish as a child!

[–]GaryOak24 0 points1 point ago

Where there are superheros, there are super villains.

[–]hawcru 0 points1 point ago

Would having the strongest pokemon grant you the most political power?

[–]Triplebizzle87 1 point2 points ago

I doubt it, but I'd be curious to see what Obama and Romney would have. Romney/Meowth 2012!

[–]frankc454 0 points1 point ago

some people just want to watch the world burn...

[–]Hydris 0 points1 point ago

Im sure Everyone that voted superheroes did so under the assumption that they would be one. If it stated Pokemon were real or superheroes were real but you weren't one of them, the vast majority of the votes would be the for Pokemon.

[–]Mister_Newling 0 points1 point ago

Well you're forgetting that Pokemon would be immensely powerful creatures that we can't control because, you know, we wouldn't have pokeballs or a working PC. We might develop it eventually but first there would probably be a ton of dying. On the other hand superheros would become rapidly pointless as no one is stupid enough to fight them. Then they become basically the policemen and send millions of people out of jobs. So yeah, Pokemon all the way!

[–]gibsoncoca 0 points1 point ago

If superheroes existed, it'd probably be because some ridiculous evil existed for them to have to thwart. If Pokemon existed, everyone would have their own little troops of loyal friends who also keep them protected. The answer is Pokemon, no question!

[–]toolman92 0 points1 point ago

Why can we not have both?

[–]betazyno 0 points1 point ago

would u rather have rabid dangerous animals that attack u on sight or superheroes(over 1000 of them) to save us?

[–]Triplebizzle87 1 point2 points ago

They're not rabid... just wild animals. And I would punch every single zubat right in the face.

[–]public_impact 0 points1 point ago

I would rather have super heros than aggressive creatures that can kill me with fire, ice, and electricity.

[–]facetothedawn 0 points1 point ago

If they could only fight one another (somehow) then yes - I don't like the idea that a crazy person could acquire a master ball and get a fire breathing monster

[–]Bwob 0 points1 point ago

Maybe the idea is that there is probably some superhero that could go make pokemon be real. So then you'd get both!

Although I guess by that logic you could just ask for pokemon and have someone go ask Jirachi for superheroes and get both either way...

[–]zwerver 0 points1 point ago

Pokemons kill you, heroes safe you.

[–]Grinddbass 0 points1 point ago

I feel a 50/50 split is acceptable.

[–]klownxxx 0 points1 point ago

I want to use this website, but it is always over capacity!

[–]Laaayycock22 0 points1 point ago

If superheros were real, then city's would be destroyed constantly from the villains!

[–]CajunTurkey 0 points1 point ago

Something's wrong if you believe in that survey

[–]Gandalay 0 points1 point ago

THE FUCK THESE PEOPLE THINKING.

[–]slothenstein 0 points1 point ago

Some may argue that pokemon are superheroes. How many times have the helped save the world?

[–]da_man_made_of_bread 0 points1 point ago

If superheroes were real i would get bitten by a radiactive spider, then expose myself to excess gammarays, then take a bunch of steroids, then create a crime fighting mechanical suit, and watch my parents get murder in front of me.

[–]Hunter5Thompson 0 points1 point ago

Ok now that we agree superheroes are awesome. Which should take over, Marvel or DC?

[–]duckman273 0 points1 point ago

If super heroes were real, would super villains be real?

[–]Spaser 0 points1 point ago

If superheroes exist, supervillains would exist too. I'll stick with pokemon.

[–]kickababy 0 points1 point ago

yeah have superhoes, not BE one but have superhoes. that's waaaaaaaay better than going out and catching a pokemon T.T

[–]nudgeishere 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, isn't it weird that different people have different opinions?

[–]Belexar 0 points1 point ago

[–]meepy12345 1 point2 points ago

I can never play Pokemon again

[–]Stackman93 0 points1 point ago

Pokemon is real. Just ask Michael Vick.

[–]dkdisco 0 points1 point ago

To be fair, there are some superheroes (Cough, Scarlet Witch, COUGH) who can manipulate reality itself. If they wanted to, they could make pokemon exist too. Dunno if Arceus could make humans superheroes though.

[–]PixieProxy 0 points1 point ago

Superheroes don't just come with villians, they come with massive amounts of COLLATERAL DAMAGE. Every huge arc in every superhero comic probably has thousands of people die just because they happened to be in a random building close by to a fight.

Pokemon please, I'll have one Zoroark and Gardevoir to go.

[–]RIOONLINE 0 points1 point ago

I think everyone who voted super heros was thinking it would be them with the powers. Pokemon would be fucking epic. God I hope death is just a long dream where I live the pokemon experience

[–]baserunner107 0 points1 point ago

you can't cuddle with superheroes

[–]mingie 0 points1 point ago

hmm i think i worked with the kid who started this website