History Headscratchers / PokemonMysteryDungeon

** I always assumed that was an in-universe urban legend/hearsay, given you can breed tons of Cubone with no ill effects on the mother. Or, you know, have a Ditto as the "mother," which shouldn't even have a skull to pass down in the first place. So Rescue Team's hero can spawn with a skull helmet without it necessarily meaning anything.

** They also eat berries and seeds. Also, in PMD2, there is a very delicious dinner they eat every night at the guild. (Though it looks like fruit to me)

* In Rescue Team, one of the Pokemon you can be transformed into is Cubone. Whose skull are you wearing? Did your human mother *also* turn into a Cubone and die for you to wear her skull?

** Presumably, you're fine if you can get out in time, so you can probably go ''back into'' the area without getting frozen in time. And since the paralysis seemed to happen one area at a time, I always assumed that everyone had at least somewhere to escape to.

* Why did Chadot ban the player Pokemon and partner from dinner when you failed to get some perfect apples in the explorers of time generation? There was no way that they could have known the tree would be bare, so he had no reason, plus, do you think Wigglytuff (the guildmaster) wold be okay with that?

* In Explorers, how does time stopping exactly affect living beings? Mesprit and the anime special imply that time coming to a stop also causes living beings in the area to become trapped in time. But how come there are Pokemon alive in the future? Shouldn't the world be filled with basically statues?

** In fact, that special episode in general was an unsettling example of MoralDissonance. Magnezone was always shown as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and to see him act like such an uncaring jerk...

* Before trying to go to Mount Kilionea, if you talk to Roggenrola, he says he was born there and that he has family living there. There are two Gigalith among Munna's squad, and you first find them in Mount Kilionea...

* Here's one I haven't seen on here, then again there's a LOT to go through on here. In ''Super,'' it appears that the future crew from ''Explorers'' exists contemporaneously with the Wigglytuff Guild. However, if Grovyle and co. were afraid of ceasing to exist upon time being altered, and had never seen a sunrise in their time, that implies they were born while time was frozen in the future. How come the Shiny Celebi we find in ''Super'' is clearly the one from ''Explorers''? Simply saying the timelines merged doesn't make sense since they weren't parallel, so...? Admittedly, there is no definite indication of how long it's been between each game, so ''Super'' may well take place at the time when the ''Explorers'' present reached where the bad future was, but I feel like it can't have been more than a couple years, given that many characters from previous games are still the same species they were (like Corphish, who is definitely the same, given the catchphrase), or are even just alive at all (like Whiscash, whom I feel is implied to be old). Granted, this is the Pokémon world, where you could recruit newborns into your exploration team, so they could all be very young and evolved quickly, fitting the short timeskips. At the same time, we're shown that young Pokémon have to learn about the world just like we do, and go to school to do so. Given how mature and intelligent the future crew is, I doubt they're very young. As well, I acknowledge that Shiny Celebi could've done something to send them back, or even maybe Dialga, but I somehow doubt this. I mean, wouldn't they want to stay and help their world as it finally moves once more after years of standing still? Especially after fighting for it so hard? Or did time somehow jump back to where it stopped when things began to move again, and everyone/-thing that was born/made since it stopped ([[ProtagonistCenteredMorality or at least the characters we care about]]) appears to sort of pop into existence to the people of the past when they reach the point time had stopped (presumably relatively shortly after the credits or defeating Darkrai)?

* Here's one I haven't seen on here, then again there's a LOT to go through on here. In ''Super,'' it appears that the future crew from ''Explorers'' exists contemporaneously with the Wigglytuff Guild. However, if Grovyle and co. were afraid of ceasing to exist upon time being altered, and had never seen a sunrise in their time, that implies they were born while time was frozen in the future. How come the Shiny Celebi we find in ''Super'' is clearly the one from ''Explorers''? Simply saying the timelines merged doesn't make sense since they weren't parallel, so...? Admittedly, there is no definite indication of how long it's been between each game, so ''Super'' may well take place at the time when the ''Explorers'' present reached where the bad future was, but I feel like it can't have been more than a couple years, given that many characters from previous games are still the same species they were (like Corphish, who is definitely the same, given the catchphrase), or are even just alive at all (like Whiscash, whom I feel is implied to be old). Granted, this is the Pokémon world, where you could recruit newborns into your exploration team, so they could all be very young and evolved quickly, fitting the short timeskips. At the same time, we're shown that young Pokémon have to learn about the world just like we do, and go to school to do so. Given how mature and intelligent the future crew is, I doubt they're very young. As well, I acknowledge that Shiny Celebi could've done something to send them back, or even maybe Dialga, but I somehow doubt this. I mean, wouldn't they want to stay and help their world as it finally moves once more after years of standing still? Especially after fighting for it so hard? Or did time somehow jump back to where it stopped when things began to move again, and everyone/-thing that was born/made since it stopped ([[ProtagonistCenteredMorality or at least the characters we care about]]) appears to sort of pop into existence to the people of the past when they reach the point time had stopped (presumably relatively shortly after the credits or defeating Darkrai)?
* How come your partner still fully remembers you after you’ve been RetGone? You never existed to even meet them. That being said, why would your partner even still be part of the guide? You agreeing to form an exploration team with them is what caused them to join in the first place.

*** When was it stated that Grovyle was trying to kill you? If you're talking about Crystal Cave, yes, he was severely ticked off at you, and Dusknoir did swoop in to save you, but when Grovyle went to get the other Time Gears, he was perfectly content with KO'ing Mesprit and Uxie, with nothing indicating that he was actually trying to kill them. Given how much [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar stuff they managed to sneak into this game]], if Grovyle ''was'' trying to kill you, you'd think it would be a bit more obvious.

* How come your partner still fully remembers you after you’ve been RetGone? You never existed to even meet them. That being said, why would your partner even still be part of the guide? You agreeing to form a rescue team with them is what caused them to join in the first place.

* So the player character is RetGone at the end of the game and nobody at guide appears to remember you since of course, you never existed. Then how come your partner still fully remembers you afterwards? You never existed to even meet them. That being said, why would your partner even still be part of the guide? You agreeing to form a rescue team with them is what caused them to join in the first place.

* So the player character got [[=RetGon=]] at the end of the game and nobody at guide appears to remember you since of course, you never existed. Then how come your partner still fully remembers you afterwards? You never existed to even meet them. That being said, why would your partner even still be part of the guide? You agreeing to form a rescue team with them is what caused them to join in the first place.

* So the player character got RetGon at the end of the game and nobody at guide appears to remember you since of course, you never existed. Then how come your partner still fully remembers you afterwards? You never existed to even meet them. That being said, why would your partner even still be part of the guide? You agreeing to form a rescue team with them is what caused them to join in the first place.

* Here's one I haven't seen on here, then again there's a LOT to go through on here. In ''Super,'' it appears that the future crew from ''Explorers'' exists contemporaneously with the Wigglytuff Guild. However, if Grovyle and co. were afraid of ceasing to exist upon time being altered, and had never seen a sunrise in their time, that implies they were born while time was frozen in the future. How come the Shiny Celebi we find in ''Super'' is clearly the one from ''Explorers''? Simply saying the timelines merged doesn't make sense since they weren't parallel, so...? Admittedly, there is no definite indication of how long it's been between each game, so ''Super'' may well take place at the time when the ''Explorers'' present reached where the bad future was, but I feel like it can't have been more than a couple years, given that many characters from previous games are still the same species they were (like Corphish, who is definitely the same, given the catchphrase), or are even just alive at all (like Whiscash, whom I feel is implied to be old). Granted, this is the Pokémon world, where you could recruit newborns into your exploration team, so they could all be very young and evolved quickly, fitting the short timeskips. At the same time, we're shown that young Pokémon have to learn about the world just like we do, and go to school to do so. Given how mature and intelligent the future crew is, I doubt they're very young. As well, I acknowledge that Shiny Celebi could've done something to send them back, or even maybe Dialga, but I somehow doubt this. I mean, wouldn't they want to stay and help their world as it finally moves once more after years of standing still? Especially after fighting for it so hard? Or did time somehow jump back to where it stopped when things began to move again, and everyone/-thing that was born/made since it stopped ([[ProtagonistCenteredMorality or at least the characters we care about]]) appears to sort of pop into existence to the people of the past when they reach the point time had stopped (presumably relatively shortly after the credits or defeating Darkrai)?

** Chatot doesn't seem to have the best common sense in general and part of his personality is just overall being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter and too arrogant to ever admit he's wrong. Examples: He's certain that Wigglytuff is the type of hold a grudge despite Wigglytuff's entire personality and attitude proving otherwise, genuinely believed Team Skull to be good guys despite their ObviouslyEvil traits, hazy track record, and suspicions from literally the rest of the apprentices, immediately puts you (a couple of children with not much knowledge or experience) on sentry duty when Diglett is not available and punishes you when you unsurprisingly flop at it, and initially refuses to believe Dusknoir is evil despite being there to ''literally witness Dusknoir pulling you and your partner into the time portal''. Trust me, it pisses a lot of people off too (me included) it's the prime reason why he's a BaseBreakingCharacter bordering on {{Scrappy}}.

** Chatot doesn't seem to have the best common sense in general and part of his personality is just overall being a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter and too arrogant to ever admit he's wrong. Examples: He's certain that Wigglytuff is the type of hold a grudge despite Wigglytuff entire attitude proving otherwise, genuinely believed Team Skull to be good guys despite their ObviouslyEvil traits, hazy track record, and suspicions from literally the rest of the apprentices, immediately puts you (a couple of children with not much knowledge or experience) on sentry duty when Diglett is not available and punishes you when you unsurprisingly flop at it, and initially refuses to believe Dusknoir is evil despite being there to ''literally witness Dusknoir pulling you and your partner into the time portal''. Trust me, it pisses a lot of people off too (me included) it's the prime reason why he's a BaseBreakingCharacter bordering on {{Scrappy}}.

* Why did Chadot ban the player Pokemon and partner from dinner when you failed to get some perfect apples in the explorers of time generation? There was no way tat they could ave known the tree would be bare, so he had no reason, plus, do you think Wigglytuff (the guildmaster) wold be okay with that?

* Here's one I haven't seen on here, then again there's a LOT to go through on here. In ''Super,'' it appears that the future crew from ''Explorers'' exists contemporaneously with the Wigglytuff Guild. However, if Grovyle and co. were afraid of ceasing to exist upon time being altered, and had never seen a sunrise in their time, that implies they were born while time was frozen in the future. How come the Shiny Celebi we find in ''Super'' is clearly the one from ''Explorers''? Simply saying the timelines merged doesn't make sense since they weren't parallel, so...?
** Admittedly, there is no definite indication of how long it's been between each game, so ''Super'' may well take place at the time when the ''Explorers'' present reached where the bad future was, but I feel like it can't have been more than a couple years, given that many characters from previous games are still the same species they were (like Corphish, who is definitely the same, given the catchphrase), or are even just alive at all (like Whiscash, whom I feel is implied to be old). Granted, this is the Pokémon world, where you could recruit newborns into your exploration team, so they could all be very young and evolved quickly, fitting the short timeskips. At the same time, we're shown that young Pokémon have to learn about the world just like we do, and go to school to do so. Given how mature and intelligent the future crew is, I doubt they're very young.
** As well, I acknowledge that Shiny Celebi could've done something to send them back, or even maybe Dialga, but I somehow doubt this. I mean, wouldn't they want to stay and help their world as it finally moves once more after years of standing still? Especially after fighting for it so hard? Or did time somehow jump back to where it stopped when things began to move again, and everyone/-thing that was born/made since it stopped ([[ProtagonistCenteredMorality or at least the characters we care about]]) appears to sort of pop into existence to the people of the past when they reach the point time had stopped (presumably relatively shortly after the credits or defeating Darkrai)?

** As well, I acknowledge that Shiny Celebi could've done something to send them back, or even maybe Dialga, but I somehow doubt this. I mean, wouldn't they want to stay and help their world as it finally moves once more after years of standing still? Especially after fighting for it so hard? Or did time somehow jump back to where it stopped when things began to move again, and everyone/-thing that was born/made since it stopped ({{ProtagonistCenteredMorality or at least the characters we care about}}) appears to sort of pop into existence to the people of the past when they reach the point time had stopped (presumably relatively shortly after the credits or defeating Darkrai)?

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* In the first game during the fugitive arc, how could the angry mob possibly catch up to the main characters? It seems like the main characters traveled quite a bit since the cutscene at the beginning mentions them having to scale mountains. If they were walking slower than the mob then the latter would’ve caught up to them undoubtedly during the trek to Lapis Cave, but not even seconds after they reach the cave they already hear the mob coming after them, and judging by the partner’s shocked reaction this is obviously the first time they’re discovered. Even if they were moving at the same speed I still highly doubt it would take seconds for them to catch up and even if they were within hearing distance they should’ve discovered the main characters sooner because the partner was talking during the trek.

*** This is a little bit of WMG, but when Dusknoir captures you at Rainbow Stoneship, doesn't he say they have been waiting a few days for you to show up? And they already have portal to the future waiting for you. Now if TimeyWimeyBall mentioned up above is in effect, what if the portal that Grovyle pushed them into took them back to the moment in the future from when Dusknoir originally left it. AKA a few days before the party arrived at Hidden Land in the present and before the DelayedRippleEffect kicked in. If that is the case, that would give them plenty of time during Episode 5. Grovyle, Celebi and Dusknoir where probably climbing Vast Ice Mountain at the same time the Player Character and your Partner where climbing Temporal Tower.zub