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

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  • @gavynperez3468
    @gavynperez3468 5 년 전 +36747

    *Please Adjust your fan art accordingly*

    • @kongatron2983
      @kongatron2983 5 년 전 +2419

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

    • @toastguy5976
      @toastguy5976 5 년 전 +1443

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

    • @rper7871
      @rper7871 5 년 전 +1267

      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 5 년 전 +350

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

    • @accountwontbeusedanymoee7434
      @accountwontbeusedanymoee7434 5 년 전 +143

      Ryan Perlish Yes

  • @mypenisisunbelievablysmall830

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

    • @josephsalisbury6161
      @josephsalisbury6161 5 년 전 +258

      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 5 년 전 +59

      Ben Watson isn't dawn also 20 tho :3

    • @skittyloverbaines3284
      @skittyloverbaines3284 5 년 전 +96

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

    • @cindygoyak9835
      @cindygoyak9835 5 년 전 +14

      Ben Watson wow

    • @TheDoctor2500T
      @TheDoctor2500T 5 년 전 +15

      Ben Watson wouldn't that make them the same age

  • @sylendraws1249
    @sylendraws1249 5 년 전 +12460

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

    • @zeeee8305
      @zeeee8305 5 년 전 +118

      The Game Theorists Giveaway
      Fu** off you imposter

    • @thepugawsomegamer1722
      @thepugawsomegamer1722 5 년 전 +58

      The Game Theorists Giveaway I do not trust you at all

    • @Ykhavari
      @Ykhavari 5 년 전 +308

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

    • @gabcard2767
      @gabcard2767 5 년 전 +113

      Ash, have a seat over there.

    • @Spooder-king
      @Spooder-king 5 년 전 +11

      ur a fu**ing scam go away now

  • @sunsetvibe1063
    @sunsetvibe1063 2 년 전 +771

    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 년 전 +67

      Impressed. They are dedicated as hell

    • @kalielik
      @kalielik 년 전 +33

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

    • @leogama3422
      @leogama3422 년 전 +8

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

    • @sorat99
      @sorat99 년 전 +5

      TEAM ROCKETS BLASTING OFF AGAIN

    • @Lolirock971
      @Lolirock971 10 개월 전 +1

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

  • @michaelcherokee8906
    @michaelcherokee8906 년 전 +593

    "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 년 전 +13

      Meh nothing new

    • @RANDOM_DUDE_q_p
      @RANDOM_DUDE_q_p 년 전 +5

      Ash is 13 years old

    • @langadube9611
      @langadube9611 년 전 +17

      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 년 전 +4

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

    • @MrOrmanley
      @MrOrmanley 년 전 +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...

  • @supposedlymilk9016
    @supposedlymilk9016 4 년 전 +4102

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

    • @Cullenmeacham
      @Cullenmeacham 4 년 전 +124

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

    • @csar7770
      @csar7770 4 년 전 +29

      Wow

    • @mohomonkey9906
      @mohomonkey9906 4 년 전 +61

      Actually 20 years

    • @WTMR-FM
      @WTMR-FM 4 년 전 +94

      I think she’s forgotten at this point

    • @IbeachI
      @IbeachI 4 년 전 +64

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

  • @bleh5047
    @bleh5047 3 년 전 +1925

    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 3 년 전 +21

      Its pretty amazing

    • @callmemisty5879
      @callmemisty5879 3 년 전 +18

      I agree, MatPat deserves more recognition for these amazing episodes

    • @steliosjaj
      @steliosjaj 3 년 전 +8

      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 년 전 +4

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

    • @shadow_shine3578
      @shadow_shine3578 3 년 전 +2

      @@rudennings very so

  • @mizuerenkw
    @mizuerenkw 년 전 +206

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

    • @paulandrew6867
      @paulandrew6867 년 전 +17

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

    • @emeraldkoala2543
      @emeraldkoala2543 년 전 +18

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

    • @datgohraru69
      @datgohraru69 년 전 +6

      no the anime ends with episode 136 of journeys

    • @MeMe-eo1st
      @MeMe-eo1st 년 전 +8

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

    • @jojorparulian4882
      @jojorparulian4882 년 전 +2

      get replaced by 10 or 11 year old kids

  • @Ponera-Sama
    @Ponera-Sama 년 전 +71

    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.

  • @420roachdoggjr
    @420roachdoggjr 4 년 전 +1738

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

  • @saitogaika838
    @saitogaika838 5 년 전 +1660

    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 5 년 전 +73

      Saito Gaika Why isnt this comment higher up

    • @jennakay7041
      @jennakay7041 5 년 전 +102

      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 5 년 전 +45

      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 5 년 전 +20

      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 5 년 전 +14

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

  • @dansilvernight3021
    @dansilvernight3021 년 전 +27

    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

  • @Shadamyfan-rs8xc
    @Shadamyfan-rs8xc 년 전 +39

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

    • @punitvaity3617
      @punitvaity3617 년 전 +1

      Intresting?

    • @lunaitc
      @lunaitc 년 전 +5

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

    • @Monsterboy1199
      @Monsterboy1199 2 개월 전

      is Ash the Highlander of Pokémon ?

    • @3chovine
      @3chovine 2 개월 전

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

    • @fbiagent..
      @fbiagent.. 개월 전

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

  • @Kaiyou1691
    @Kaiyou1691 3 년 전 +884

    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 년 전 +135

      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 년 전 +36

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

    • @missilluminati3389
      @missilluminati3389 2 년 전 +24

      They would still get shipped tho, Internet is weird

    • @gameknight504
      @gameknight504 2 년 전 +35

      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 년 전 +32

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

  • @chensito3314
    @chensito3314 3 년 전 +3198

    Plot Twist: Ash just shaves every episode off camera.

  • @blue-1079
    @blue-1079 년 전 +31

    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 🥰

  • @DELTAruneisnice
    @DELTAruneisnice 2 년 전 +4

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

  • @thomasstewart1380
    @thomasstewart1380 2 년 전 +2202

    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 2 년 전 +144

      MIND BLOWN 💥

    • @z-man1237
      @z-man1237 2 년 전 +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 2 년 전 +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 2 년 전 +143

      @@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 2 년 전 +33

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

  • @benjaminalonzo6705
    @benjaminalonzo6705 4 년 전 +1863

    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 년 전 +147

      Benjamin Alonzo at the end she actually kissed him 😳

    • @mastersubsriber5894
      @mastersubsriber5894 4 년 전 +37

      I know

    • @benjaminalonzo6705
      @benjaminalonzo6705 4 년 전 +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 년 전 +28

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

    • @nerd7946
      @nerd7946 4 년 전 +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?

  • @MumboJ
    @MumboJ 2 년 전 +31

    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.

  • @DENE2012
    @DENE2012 년 전 +4

    You won me over at 0:44 😂!!
    I really appreciate (and recognize/commend) all the effort you put into this video (and your others)! I stumbled across them by accident and am hooked.

  • @ziddars6282
    @ziddars6282 4 년 전 +585

    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 3 년 전 +57

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

    • @hopesworld9850
      @hopesworld9850 3 년 전 +33

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

    • @thegearheartgroup3557
      @thegearheartgroup3557 3 년 전 +14

      That's what I call commitment

    • @mekashi1
      @mekashi1 2 년 전 +4

      They are _determined_ to catch pikachu
      Get it? Undertale reference

    • @uddhavpareek8304
      @uddhavpareek8304 2 년 전

      We should learn their determination

  • @_.Glennicus._
    @_.Glennicus._ 2 년 전 +7

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

  • @CodyRichardsR
    @CodyRichardsR 2 년 전 +14

    Nice Video! Appreciate that huge amount of research!
    Here is a thought, what if each Pokemon season was made in different dimensions with many things in common.
    That might change things.

  • @luz3800
    @luz3800 5 년 전 +447

    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 4 년 전 +5

      It is polsible

    • @okastbloart8395
      @okastbloart8395 4 년 전 +17

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

    • @lindacook5535
      @lindacook5535 4 년 전 +4

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

    • @sarragazoharin9259
      @sarragazoharin9259 4 년 전 +1

      Yea

    • @zekrom2359
      @zekrom2359 4 년 전 +4

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

  • @switchel_plays_pkmn
    @switchel_plays_pkmn 3 년 전 +1321

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

    • @flamedab
      @flamedab 3 년 전 +36

      24 years

    • @arikalind3765
      @arikalind3765 3 년 전 +8

      Du

    • @switchel_plays_pkmn
      @switchel_plays_pkmn 3 년 전 +19

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

    • @flamedab
      @flamedab 3 년 전 +9

      @@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 년 전 +4

      @@flamedab ok

  • @lilymejia6885
    @lilymejia6885 년 전

    I love watching your videos because it’s like talking to someone who also has watched every single episode multiple times and loves it and that’s so hard to find in real life

  • @cappy699
    @cappy699 년 전 +4

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

  • @lucmorris9183
    @lucmorris9183 5 년 전 +553

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

    • @japanimated123
      @japanimated123 5 년 전 +54

      The comic turtle you mean hold his diet coke lol

    • @norseweeb2305
      @norseweeb2305 5 년 전 +1

      Both of you majer LOL

    • @DiodeBeta
      @DiodeBeta 5 년 전 +20

      Actually he would say hold my diet coke not sponsored

    • @paawankataria6651
      @paawankataria6651 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +4

      Paawan Kataria
      Wow, pikachu was a mean baby.

  • @enviousridersamvs
    @enviousridersamvs 4 년 전 +1454

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

    • @big_joe_8478
      @big_joe_8478 4 년 전 +19

      me too

    • @_vla
      @_vla 4 년 전 +14

      TRUE! XD

    • @eviet.7867
      @eviet.7867 4 년 전 +29

      YAS FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS

    • @brohartt1187
      @brohartt1187 4 년 전 +38

      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 4 년 전 +53

      It is his Alolan form.

  • @yaridkarim8725
    @yaridkarim8725 년 전 +2

    matt this was insane. hats of to you brother! incredible job as always!

  • @trentonjames3121
    @trentonjames3121 7 개월 전 +1

    How old is Ash?
    Nobody: “-there is a banana that grows near the East of Japan”

  • @itz_pluto4682
    @itz_pluto4682 3 년 전 +974

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

    • @arcaneforce5885
      @arcaneforce5885 3 년 전 +29

      exactly that's quackity levels of short

    • @raphaellahatikvah575
      @raphaellahatikvah575 3 년 전 +2

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    • @kikiflition708
      @kikiflition708 3 년 전 +26

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

    • @diamond9030
      @diamond9030 3 년 전 +20

      @@raphaellahatikvah575 r/IHadAStroke

    • @itz_pluto4682
      @itz_pluto4682 2 년 전 +5

      @@kikiflition708 lmao

  • @rachelrecycles369
    @rachelrecycles369 5 년 전 +257

    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 년 전 +16

      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 년 전 +3

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

    • @lemonicdemonade09
      @lemonicdemonade09 4 년 전

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

  • @Dnightshade100
    @Dnightshade100 2 년 전 +9

    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.

  • @insecdroid
    @insecdroid 2 년 전 +2

    “Completely new Ash and Pikachu”
    Journeys: Hello There!

  • @dibeshsharmadahal5120
    @dibeshsharmadahal5120 4 년 전 +450

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

    • @tomasfavetto5040
      @tomasfavetto5040 4 년 전 +24

      Why would anyone wanna clone ash??

    • @briangarcia7384
      @briangarcia7384 4 년 전 +39

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

    • @RealMiia
      @RealMiia 4 년 전 +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 년 전 +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 년 전 +2

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

  • @mai-8-torch
    @mai-8-torch 5 년 전 +495

    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)...

  • @SmilerStrike
    @SmilerStrike 2 년 전 +2

    Well well well... what do we have here?
    [Pokemon Journeys]
    Well matpat, wanna make him older?

  • @nickdugan670
    @nickdugan670 년 전 +1

    Dude, that intro was great, love the dedication 😂

  • @TrapnestShinigami
    @TrapnestShinigami 5 년 전 +379

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

  • @Jayden-wd1nc
    @Jayden-wd1nc 5 년 전 +238

    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 5 년 전 +16

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

    • @FragmentedR_YT
      @FragmentedR_YT 5 년 전 +4

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

    • @kazzy1400
      @kazzy1400 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +2

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

    • @joaquincortes6038
      @joaquincortes6038 5 년 전 +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

  • @evelynnvernaz
    @evelynnvernaz 2 년 전 +4

    10:31 i've been replaying this way too many times 🤣

  • @90spiderbros
    @90spiderbros 11 개월 전

    Salute of respect you you Matpat and the theorist team for doing such extensive and exhaustive research for this. I watched this video when it was fairly new and just had to come back to it again.

  • @alfietan1771
    @alfietan1771 5 년 전 +312

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

    • @warlordsquerk5338
      @warlordsquerk5338 5 년 전 +11

      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 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +13

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

    • @jaylynnstrong620
      @jaylynnstrong620 5 년 전 +1

      Alfie Tan Matpat: *Bangs head against wall*

    • @matejrajtar3852
      @matejrajtar3852 5 년 전

      Alfie Tan 37.5

  • @Satepin
    @Satepin 5 년 전 +938

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

    • @michanowak7060
      @michanowak7060 5 년 전 +57

      *IT ALL COMES TOGETHER*

    • @d3rp555
      @d3rp555 5 년 전 +5

      lol

    • @NuSpirit_
      @NuSpirit_ 5 년 전 +22

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

    • @ipsyc
      @ipsyc 5 년 전 +3

      underated coment XD

    • @ajbyrne235
      @ajbyrne235 5 년 전 +1

      Shenler el Gaietero you are so clever...🙂

  • @Lella-qm9yj
    @Lella-qm9yj 개월 전 +3

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

  • @foxsiientertainment7571

    Love the intro MatPat!!! Good job

  • @weebboii1217
    @weebboii1217 4 년 전 +148

    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 년 전 +1

      But do the others age or not?

    • @JaeWalangPake
      @JaeWalangPake 4 년 전 +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 년 전 +4

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

    • @omrr2096
      @omrr2096 4 년 전 +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 년 전 +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..

  • @zelda1420
    @zelda1420 3 년 전 +333

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

  • @pigeonfun1771
    @pigeonfun1771 년 전 +6

    We need an update of this theory😤

  • @katbaker6277
    @katbaker6277 8 개월 전 +2

    Hey Matpat now that Ash's journeys over would you update this theory I'd like to see :)

  • @-hinataaa2559
    @-hinataaa2559 4 년 전 +454

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

    • @ray-of-sunshine1149
      @ray-of-sunshine1149 4 년 전 +1

      Deku!!!
      Also your so right

    • @saltysnowboi
      @saltysnowboi 4 년 전 +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 년 전 +1

      Hey look it’s my favorite anime protagonist

  • @Luiz43447
    @Luiz43447 5 년 전 +140

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

  • @thoroughlyjordan
    @thoroughlyjordan 2 년 전 +24

    My one complaint for this theory is MatPat just disregarding the explicit message from the Pokémon Company that Sun & Moon doesn't follow X & Y. I understand the desire to keep things in a single canon, but there are other explanations that allow for the creator's statement to be true, such as multiple canons. The scenes with Brock and Misty's flashbacks are just reintroducing those events to the new canon. At a glance, it seems like Sun & Moon is intended to follow Johto Journey's.

    • @BlueJack222
      @BlueJack222 2 년 전 +7

      If you look at ashes self in the first episode of Journeys that pretty much contradict the entire statement

    • @mario_fan-qq4hq
      @mario_fan-qq4hq 개월 전

      Ash met both Serena and Lillie in Pokémon journeys. What do you have to say now?

  • @TORTILLA_DOG_STUDIOS
    @TORTILLA_DOG_STUDIOS 3 개월 전 +1

    Do we dare ask for an updated version of this episode since it's been like 4 or 5 years and now Ash has completed his Pokemon Journey thing

  • @heartsmidas
    @heartsmidas 3 년 전 +701

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

  • @_vla
    @_vla 4 년 전 +516

    the
    seasons from pokemon
    99% summer
    1% winter

    • @ses5736
      @ses5736 4 년 전 +4

      Lucky..

    • @derpymagno6903
      @derpymagno6903 4 년 전 +10

      Nooooooo, I prefer the opposite :D

    • @_azureAutumn
      @_azureAutumn 4 년 전 +5

      00000000.1% Spring

    • @jjvillage942
      @jjvillage942 4 년 전 +1

      it was super effective but it failed

    • @brianstabile165
      @brianstabile165 4 년 전 +1

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

  • @TehLastRonin
    @TehLastRonin 2 년 전 +3

    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

  • @justzecoolboy
    @justzecoolboy 3 개월 전 +3

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

  • @traplover6357
    @traplover6357 5 년 전 +786

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

  • @valkoln8436
    @valkoln8436 4 년 전 +313

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

  • @Buzzling_
    @Buzzling_ 년 전 +1

    Since Ash's story is over it would be great to see a follow-up to this adding the latest seasons.

  • @albertdavid63
    @albertdavid63 2 년 전 +3

    11:18 is the cutest animation I have seen in your videos😘😘😍😍😘😘🥰🥰

  • @primariamunicipiuluidej
    @primariamunicipiuluidej 5 년 전 +353

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

  • @SuperWiiBros08
    @SuperWiiBros08 2 년 전 +1230

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

  • @andreohlund3536
    @andreohlund3536 년 전 +3

    that means, by following your rule of dividing your age by 2 and adding 7, that means that if a 14 year old dates a 13 year old that is how you described it, "icky'' because 14/2+7=14

  • @everyoneever6366
    @everyoneever6366 2 년 전 +1

    I just remembered a scene from Dinosaur King where Ursula responds to being called an old lady by saying something like "I'm 16! Have been for years!"

  • @pranitvartak4007
    @pranitvartak4007 3 년 전 +845

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

    • @forgy_man311
      @forgy_man311 3 년 전 +27

      AND Brock!!

    • @elfi643
      @elfi643 3 년 전 +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 년 전 +4

      67

    • @chrisclack4258
      @chrisclack4258 3 년 전 +7

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

    • @user-sr7kk6yh4r
      @user-sr7kk6yh4r 3 년 전 +3

      What about Giovanni's age?

  • @patrickdinh2924
    @patrickdinh2924 5 년 전 +385

    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 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +5

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

    • @time391
      @time391 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전

      Patrick Dinh Yeah because he want to give butthurt to them

    • @janna6104
      @janna6104 5 년 전

      Patrick Dinh they are in neverland my dood

  • @NekoGamerplay
    @NekoGamerplay 6 개월 전 +1

    Now that Ash's journey has officially ended with the conclusion of the Journeys saga, this NEEDS to be looked at again!!

  • @l8studios_
    @l8studios_ 2 년 전 +2

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

  • @WitchKat
    @WitchKat 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +9

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

    • @aj0e419
      @aj0e419 5 년 전 +1

      AlphaMonster Infinity Blade: Ash Ketchum

  • @silentbeat8393
    @silentbeat8393 4 년 전 +313

    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.

  • @QueenOfTheSea101
    @QueenOfTheSea101 2 년 전 +1

    LOVE the opening 'cover' of pokemon johto song. absolutely LOVE it. it's one of my favorite of ALL opening songs of the show. the rest is just icing on the cake.

  • @kapoorgantavya5509
    @kapoorgantavya5509 2 년 전 +1

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

  • @mariogamer2102
    @mariogamer2102 5 년 전 +176

    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 5 년 전

      MarioGamer 210. Indeed!

    • @trentonsimmons9568
      @trentonsimmons9568 5 년 전

      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 5 년 전

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

    • @nudahnotverified184
      @nudahnotverified184 5 년 전

      PLOT TWIST: HE *DID* FAKE IT

  • @tjackknife6590
    @tjackknife6590 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +1

      You mean 2,020

    • @tjackknife6590
      @tjackknife6590 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +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 5 년 전 +5

      The legendaries are always unique meaning there's only one

    • @ddsjgvk
      @ddsjgvk 5 년 전 +10

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

  • @ayush.s_36
    @ayush.s_36 2 년 전 +4

    "Ash was almost 20 years old at the end of XY series"
    Amourshippers: 🤐

    • @parthive405
      @parthive405 2 년 전 +1

      except for the fact that they were the same age in summer camp so they are the same age

    • @eeveeonticgaming
      @eeveeonticgaming 개월 전

      So AmourShipping is fine. Lets go!

  • @Kujo_Jotaro_69
    @Kujo_Jotaro_69 2 년 전 +1

    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.

  • @nocx4592
    @nocx4592 5 년 전 +216

    3:10 awww, congrats mat and steph!

  • @veridian4433
    @veridian4433 5 년 전 +286

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

  • @askrial_
    @askrial_ 년 전 +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!

  • @connorcarrillo1139

    I haven't watch the Sinnoh series, so I couldn't say for certain. However, I wanted to add that it snows in and around snowpoint city (according the games, and I know that we aren't talking about the games, but I think it's an important point) because of the snow blowing down from the mountain. Bulbapedia states: "Snowpoint City (Japanese: キッサキシティ Kissaki City) is a snow-covered city located at the far north of Sinnoh, where snow blows down from the top of Mt. Coronet causing low temperatures." So to assume winter and jumping from summer to the summer might be adding an entire year to the sinnoh arc without it being there.

  • @AndrewKolotyliuk
    @AndrewKolotyliuk 5 년 전 +449

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

  • @GDRAFPilot_
    @GDRAFPilot_ 4 년 전 +161

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

  • @newerbeasts792
    @newerbeasts792 2 년 전 +1

    Me saving this to my music playlist just for the intro: yes

  • @SG-wj2qj
    @SG-wj2qj 개월 전 +2

    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

  • @jamescorey3516
    @jamescorey3516 2 년 전 +129

    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?

  • @notgeorgegr
    @notgeorgegr 5 년 전 +559

    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

  • @leoarjuncrasto
    @leoarjuncrasto 3 개월 전 +2

    Looks like by the End of Pokemon Journey’s Ash turns 21-22

  • @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17

    This is maybe in my top 10 favourite Game Theories, I'm gonna miss MatPat.

  • @Memeshark9o8
    @Memeshark9o8 5 년 전 +805

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

    • @Tucher97
      @Tucher97 5 년 전 +20

      thats if we ignore the pokedex entries on oh ho

    • @lieutenantnewbie6404
      @lieutenantnewbie6404 5 년 전 +26

      Wilmore Harris And he’s a midget.

    • @legolasmagf
      @legolasmagf 5 년 전 +5

      Wilmore Harris Say thanks to Mewtwo

    • @elsa5878
      @elsa5878 5 년 전 +7

      Nuh uh Asian don’t raisin

    • @jacobcordner
      @jacobcordner 5 년 전 +6

      no wonder he looks different in the Sun and Moon series

  • @primariamunicipiuluidej
    @primariamunicipiuluidej 5 년 전 +421

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

  • @jrjp01
    @jrjp01 개월 전

    I choose to believe there were some off screen timetravel shenanegans with dialga resetting stuff but allowing memeories to persist in a "dont question it: mental block" kinda way.

  • @scusson23
    @scusson23 년 전 +1

    12:40 The Litleonids rename from real life is most likely a reference to the Pokémon, Litleo

  • @sheep2826
    @sheep2826 3 년 전 +340

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

    • @Lolirock971
      @Lolirock971 10 개월 전

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

    • @Lolirock971
      @Lolirock971 10 개월 전

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

  • @primariamunicipiuluidej
    @primariamunicipiuluidej 5 년 전 +1263

    *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?*

  • @alolakumao4809
    @alolakumao4809 년 전 +1

    Ash 2070: Hey do u guys have a black spray can to cover my gray hair?

  • @Macilnar0Anquietas

    We need an update when the final episode of Ash’s journey airs.