History Fanon / Pokemon

** Because of her Bifauxnen appearance, she's popularly headcanoned as either being a transwoman in the process of
transitioning or just comfortable with how she looks. Alternatively, some depicte Rika as nonbinary in fanworks.

* Depending on the version, Arven is the son of either Professor Sada or Professor Turo, and his other parent walked out shortly after his birth. This combined with the professors referring to their partners as "that man/that woman" leads some to assume that Sada and Turo are both his parents in both versions, and what truly differs is which parent walked out. [[EpilepticTrees This has also fueled fan speculation that there is much more to the story than the opposite-version professor "just" walking out]].
* For the sake of brevity or to smooth over continuity issues, Naranja and Uva academy are sometimes depicted as either being two different parts of a larger University or are outright combined into one academy that has a PortmanteauName.

* All of the protagonists are ten. This is because the anime's protagonist (Ash Ketchum) is explicitly ten, so he's used as the basis for all protagonists. Despite this, Red and the Alola protagonists are explicitly eleven, and May and Brendan are explicitly twelve in the remakes[[labelnote:*]]As the rival. It is unknown if this also applies to their player character versions[[/labelnote]].

* By proxy of the above, all the main protagonists of each game being ten. The only protagonists to have a canon age are Red, who is eleven, the remake versions of Brendan and May, who are twelve, and the main characters of ''Sun and Moon'' (and rival Hau) who are stated to be around eleven. Hilbert, Hilda, Serena, and Calem are outright stated to be older than previous protagonists, while Nate and Rosa seem somewhat older (but still younger then the previous ''Black and White'' protagonists). However, this seems to be more from the way ''Pokémon'' is known outside of the fandom influencing the fandom itself, and in some circles making said mistake can be a source of mockery.

* Most of the protagonists are eleven, with the exception of the obviously older ones. This is because two of the protagonist's (Red and the Alola hero) are explicitly eleven, so they're used as the basis for all protagonists. Despite this, May and Brendan are explicitly twelve in the remakes.

* Similar to the above is Ethan having gold eyes and Silver having red eyes. Ethan's eyes are actually gray. Silver has red eyes in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'''s intro, which is actually OffModel as his official art and other sprites show him with grey eyes. Much like the above, this may originate from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''[[note]]Though, early concept art for Silver does depict him with red eyes. The actual ''GSC'' games used BlackBeadEyes[[/note]].

* The movies will be treated as canon, which they are generally are to the main series with a few exceptions, typically taking place between the episodes the movie debuted between with the odd adjustment here and there for flow purposes (for example, moving [[Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker Movie 6 a few episodes after its debut to not be set smack in the middle of an arc in Slateport City).

* The movies will be treated as canon, which they are generally are to the main series with a few exceptions, typically taking place between the episodes the movie debuted between with the odd adjustment here and there for flow purposes (for example, moving [[/Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker Movie 6 a few episodes after its debut to not be set smack in the middle of an arc in Slateport City).

* A concept gaining traction is that the Hattena line is much more tolerant of strong emotions coming from their trainer, and the [[SurpriseCreepy surprisingly violent]] Pokédex entries rather correlate to the behavior of specifically wild ones.

* The movies will be treated as canon, which they are generally are to the main series with a few exceptions, typically taking place between the episodes the movie debuted between with the odd adjustment here and there for flow purposes.

* Game Silver being Giovanni's son. This became fanon when ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' mentioned Giovanni has a redheaded child. Canonized in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]''.

** In regards to other ages it is generally accepted that Misty and Serena are around if not the same age as whatever Ash's is, with Iris being slightly less common but generally treated as around Ash's age. Misty can occasionally be a year or two older. May is generally a bit younger, and Dawn younger still but within a similar enough age range. Brock (who is canonically fifteen) is generally seen as older than Clemont, who is closer to Ash's age. Cilan is further variable. There isn't really a fanon for how old the Alolan and Journeys companions are considered, as while canon implies the latter are his age fans will sometimes make them younger than Ash.
** It's frequently cited that Misty is two years older than Ash. This is occasionally used to explain her [[AgeInappropriateDress somewhat risque clothes]] in the Original Series, and why she's taller and more mature than Ash. This is debunked in-series as she's mentioned being Ash's age more than once (most notably in an early episode where her reaction to waking up to see Ash's Caterpie in her personal bubble was to scream, at least in the Japanese version, "This is the worst possible way a 10-year-old girl could start her day!"). This fanon likely comes from ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'', a HotterAndSexier manga adaptation where Misty was {{age lift}}ed to twelve.

* While Charon is meant to be a HateSink, some fans go even farther by portraying him as ''hoping'' that Cyrus fails with his plan and dies so [[TheStarscream Charon himself could take over Team Galactic]]. Others portray him as a manipulative mastermind who enabled Cyrus' AmbiguousDisorder into getting worse to lead him into deciding the end of the world. In a case of AscendedFanon, the versions of Charon seen in the ''Pokemon Adventures'' and ''Diamond & Pearl Adventure!'' mangas seem to run with this view of him.

** WordOfGod is that Ash is NotAllowedToGrowUp and that he will constantly be ten. Until the confirmation in ''Best Wishes'', almost all fans thought he was aging. His maturation over the arcs made him seem older (not helped by him being a mentor to both May and Dawn), it [[ComicBookTime isn't physically possible]] for him to go through so many regions in under a year, he celebrated the anniversary of him and Pikachu meeting in the Original Series, and his design was perceived as looking teenage by Sinnoh. This idea wasn't helped by his second English voice actress using a noticeably deeper voice than the original, making it seem like Ash's voice was breaking. Another odd point is the Magnet Train in Goldenrod City, which completed its year-long construction in between [=EP158=] and [=BW141=]. Fan-works usually depict Ash as at least thirteen by Sinnoh, with the common theories being either that each arc is one year long, each arc is two years long, or earch Arc is under a year long in the 8-10 month range (depending on how old they want Ash at the time of story). Even with the confirmation that he's still ten in the first episode of ''Black and White'' and later Words Of Gods, many fans just [[FanonDiscontinuity ignore that]] and continue to present Ash as older than he canonically is (which is easy considering how [[ArtisticAge mature looking]] Ash's Kalos redesign was). A creepy theory is that Pikachu didn't actually save him from the attack of the flock of Spearows in the very first episode; instead, he got into a coma and everything that happened after the attack are merely comatose dreams.
** In regards to other ages it is generally accepted that Misty and Serena are around if not the same age as whatever Ash's is, with Iris being slightly less common. Misty can occasionally be a year or two older. May is generally a bit younger, and Dawn younger still but within a similar enough age range. Brock (who is canonically fifteen) is generally seen as older than Clemont, who is closer to Ash's age. Cilan is further variable. There isn't really a fanon for how old the Alolan companions are considered.

** While 'Papa Kukui' is a common fanfic type from the Sun and Moon era, he is rarely made Ash's biological father, though it does occasionally happen. He is usually depeicted as Ash's parental substitute or in some cases taking on full parental roles alongside Burnett.

* The entire game is actually a VillainEpisode in the ''Pokémon'' universe, and Team Valor, Team Mystic and Team Instinct are warring criminal syndicates in the vein of Team Rocket and their imitators. As supporting evidence for the theory, fans point to the fact that every organization in the ''Pokémon'' universe with "Team" in its name has always been evil, and to the fact that the general premise of the game (acquiring as many Pokémon as possible and using them to wrest territory from rivals, without thought to training them or earning badges) is oddly similar to Team Rocket's M.O. in the anime. This fanon is a piece of LostInTranslation as the Japanese version uses the GratuitousEnglish "Team" instead of the usual "''-dan''" (Gang).

* Misty will [[ShesAllGrownUp grow up]] to be tall and similar looking to her sisters.

** WordOfGod is that Ash is NotAllowedToGrowUp and that he will constantly be ten. Until the confirmation in ''Best Wishes'', almost all fans thought he was aging. His maturation over the arcs made him seem older (not helped by him being a mentor to both May and Dawn), it [[ComicBookTime isn't physically possible]] for him to go through so many regions in under a year, he celebrated the anniversary of him and Pikachu meeting in the Original Series, and his design was perceived as looking teenage by Sinnoh. This idea wasn't helped by his second English voice actress using a noticeably deeper voice than the original, making it seem like Ash's voice was breaking. Another odd point is the Magnet Train in Goldenrod City, which completed its year-long construction in between [=EP158=] and [=BW141=]. Fan-works usually depict Ash as at least thirteen by Sinnoh, with the common theories being either that each arc is one year long, each arc is two years long, or earch Arc is under a year long in the 8-10 month range (depending on how old they want Ash at the time of story). Even with the confirmation that he's still ten in the first episode of ''Black and White'' and later Words Of Gods, many fans just [[FanonDiscontinuity ignore that]] and continue to present Ash as older than he canonically is (which is easy considering how [[ArtisticAge mature looking]] Ash's Kalos redesign was).

* Depending on the version, Arven is the son of either Professor Sada or Professor Turo, and his other parent walked out shortly after his birth. This combined with the professors referring to their partners as "that man/that woman" leads some to assume that Sada and Turo are both his parents in both versions, and what truly differs is which parent walked out.

* Alternatively, the series takes place AfterTheEnd. Either the Pokémon are mutated animals or humankind [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters ruined their original world]] and were sent to the Pokémon's world after Arceus took pity on them. Some go as far as to say humans themselves are just another kind of Pokémon. Pokémon being alien visitors that popped up also appears sometimes. "Pokémon as aliens from another planet who appeared one day" was actually Takeshi Shudo's plan for the anime, but the only elements of this present are from the first season Clefairy episode and ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation''.

* It's assumed that in the Pokémon world, there is either a low compulsory age for school, that Trainers are allowed to forgo school until they finish their journey, or that traditional schools don't exist. This is because [[ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow school is rarely ever mentioned]]. In the games (and most adaptations) we only ever see Trainer Schools that are themed around Pokémon. Battling Trainers based around school, like Schoolkids and Lasses, shows that they're enrolled in Trainer Schools. In ''Manga/HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' normal schools exist, in ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' Ash is only on his journey during vacation and needs to return to school afterwards, in ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' ten year olds are legal adults who don't require schooling, ''Anime/PokemonThePowerOfUs'' features a high schooler character, Ash attends the Pokémon School in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', and both Goh and Chloe have the choice between going to school and being a Pokémon Trainer in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', with Chloe attending school more than Goh.

* There are six common candidates for Ash's father. ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', a [[AllThereInTheManual novelization]] written by Takeshi Shudo says Ash's dad was a random deadbeat who left and amounted to nothing, but it's only considered semi-canon as many things contradict the actual anime and other theories are more common:

* A lot of fanfic writers believe that Delia lied about Ash's father being on a journey, most commonly either to cover up that he's dead, he's a deadbeat, or he is the criminal Giovanni. [[note]] In fact, this ''was'' Takeshi Shudo's intent for Ash's dad, as shown in his [[LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation light novels.]] In summary: Ash's dad ran off after Delia became pregnant at 18, supposedly to become a Pokémon trainer. However, after never hearing from him, Delia checked with the Pokémon League and found out he never registered as a trainer. She still told herself and Ash that he was on a journey as a trainer though, and one of the reasons Ash wants to be a trainer himself is the hope that he'll one day meet his dad. [[/note]]

* Delia is 29. It's mentioned in ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' but never clarified in the anime itself. The book is a bit dubious with ages (for example, Ash is several months older than he is in the anime), however fans take Delia's age as canon. You'll occasionally find people rectify Ash's younger status in the anime versus ''Pocket Monsters the Animation'' by having her be 28.

* While Ash being called 'the Pride of Pallet Town' originates from ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'', him being called 'The Prince of Pallet Town' is entirely fanon, and the title of 'Pride of Pallet Town' is much more widely used than a single narrator quip as in canon.

* With ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' outright confirming that the catchable Arceus is merely a [[FightingAShadow weaker avatar]] of the actual Original One combined with the Nintendo "Gigaleak" revealing [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/beta-arceus a rough beta design of Arceus]], some fans have embraced the idea of the beta design being Arceus's true form/"Origin Forme" [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm or at least the closest humans can come to seeing it]]. Fan artists usually polish the design to make it look more otherworldly or incomprehensible ([[https://www.deviantart.com/sonicaewe/art/Arceus-true-form-865934000 example]]).

* A CommonTongue exists that makes cross-regional communication easier.

* Depending on the version, Arven is the son of either Professor Sada or Professor Turo, and his other parent walked out shortly after his birth. This combined with the professors referring to their partners as "that man/that woman" leads some to assume that Sada and Turo are both his parents in both versions, and that truly differs is which parent walked out.

* Ash still having the Pokeballs of his released Pokemon, allowing him to easily bring them into use at any time the series or fanfic writer wants. There is nothing that says Ash ''doesn't'', and even a hint or two that he does here and there, but at no point was it ever shown that, say, Greninja can't be captured by someone else, or that Ash explicitly still has Butterfree, Pigeot, Goodra, Greninja, and Nagadenal's Pokeballs.