Game Theory: You're WRONG About Ash's Pikachu! (Pokemon)

       
Today is the day, Theorists! The day that I, once and for all, prove that Ash's Pikachu is WEAK! That's right! There is no Level 100 here. Throughout the anime, Pikachu has proved to not be as strong of a contender as we were led to believe. Let's get into the evidence!

  
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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Tom Robinson
Editors: Tyler Mascola, Forrest Lee and Thomas Torbergsen
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

[CJ-mrdn]

Team rocket : changes glasses


Ash: *I've never met this man in my life*

[firefli]

Treecko: **is green, looks grass-like, literally has tree in the name**

Ash: *iS iT a WaTeR tYpE?*

[franciscoguinledebarros]

Pikachu: looses to snivy
Ash: "what how?"
Matpat, pulling the doc: "ya got me, by all accounts this doesn't make sense"

[void]

It would be halarious if it Turns out that Pikachu is actually Lv. 99 but the developers of the anime made Pikachu faint just for plot.

[QuieroBaleadas]

“Jessie MatPat isn’t real. It can’t hurt you.”
Jessie MatPat:

[kaiba]

The snivy trainer gave him 95 rare candies off screen.

[HelenaOfDetroit]

Theory: Pikachu is smart enough to know how to pretend faint so other trainers can learn and feel better about themselves

[liselottedehaan]

Lets just be proud of this dude that watches EVERY episode for his viewers

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I love how MatPat knows that he's actually insane for calculating all of the xp gains and losses by literally watching every episode of the anime

[SuperWiiBros]

I think MatPat has gotten back into more logical videogame theories, and the incredible amount of effort he went through to make tells the huge dedication and passion he still has for his content.

[toantrica]

"Dad, what are you doing?"
"Watching Pokémon."
"Can I watch with you?"
"No, I'm researching."

[rosehouse]

That killed me, I forgotten that ash once thought treecko was a water type. Like what?

[manray]

Gotta love how Pikachu’s final level wasn’t hidden at all when the document was shown at 7:41

[AceTrainerLiam]

Ash is a hacker and somehow still manages to goof up battling a level 5 Snivy.

[krealyesitisbeta]

How did Ash lose to Snivy? Simple: *It was a cut-scene battle.*

[Jan_Koopman]

I just love how you went from "Pikachu couldn't have lost against Snivy! His level is too high!" to "What was his level actually?" to "So how could he possibly lose to Snivy with such a high level?" to "HE COULDN'T HAVE LOST TO SNIVY! HIS LEVEL IS TOO HIGH!!"

[titansans]

You should continue this to see what level Pikachu is now up to the current show.

[xsdxsurplus]

I love how at 7:39 he accidently spoils the entire episode on accident but still love ya matpatt🤣

[ImpishFemboy]

The professor must have gave that kid an over leveled Snivy by accident.

[zan]

I got the answer thanks your calculations Mat. What you neglect to calculate is that Snivy is actually level 16 because it cannot learn Leaf Tornado at level 5. Meaning Ash's level 59 Pikachu was battling a level 16 Snivy. And here's the direct damage calculations:

Lvl 59 0 Atk Pikachu Quick Attack vs. Lvl 16 0 HP / 252 Def Snivy: 41-49 (91.1 - 108.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO

This means that Snivy will not be guaranteed okoed by a neutral nature pikachu using quick attack. As for the return hit Snivy does very low damage back.

Lvl 16 0- Atk Snivy Tackle vs. Lvl 59 0 HP / 0 Def Pikachu: 2-3 (1.5 - 2.3%)

Lvl 16 252+ SpA Snivy Leaf Tornado vs. Lvl 59 0 HP / 0- SpD Pikachu: 7-10 (5.4 - 7.8%)

Which shows that the maximum damage Snivy could do was 10% back. However Ash's pikachu had been injured and could have not fully recovered, or rather not recovered at all from the encounter with Zekrom. Thus it is entirely possible that Pikachu just has 10% of it's hp or 20% if both of Snivy's attacks were crits and so he was defeated. Now it makes perfect sense. Thanks for watching 600+ episodes of pokemon.