{"id":179658,"date":"2021-01-28T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/pokemon-fans-interesting-theory-ash-ketchums-father\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T20:08:10","slug":"pokemon-fans-have-interesting-theory-about-ash-ketchums-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/28\/pokemon-fans-have-interesting-theory-about-ash-ketchums-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Fans Have Interesting Theory About Ash Ketchum’s Father"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fans of the\u00a0Pokemon<\/em> franchise are all too familiar with its usual suspects. Despite the game’s featuring their own sets of characters, the anime series’ mainstays, Ash, Pikachu, Jessie, James, and co., are all just about household names nowadays.<\/p>\n

While many players flock behind characters like Pikachu and Jigglypuff<\/a> for their cuteness, other characters like Wobbuffet and James have gained popularity for being simply relatable, if not stylish. That being said, one of the characters that has remained a complete Poke-mystery since the franchise’s inception, Ash Ketchum’s father, continues to remain shrouded in secrecy.<\/p>\n

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As per the official\u00a0Pokemon\u00a0<\/em>anime series, Ash Ketchum lived with his mother Delia Ketchum<\/a>, until departing on his Pokemon-research journey at the age of 10. While Delia herself has received a fair amount of character development since the series’ start, Ash’s father has\u00a0never been established, let alone acknowledged. While many fans have speculated as to Ash’s family, and whether or not his father might even be alive,\u00a0one recent theory looks to somewhere rather… nefarious.<\/p>\n

In a simple Reddit post, u\/Sneklover24 highlights the theory that Ash’s “real parents” have been Team Rocket all along. More specifically, that Team Rocket’s President Giovanni<\/a> is actually Ash’s father, and that he hired the bumbling trio of Jessie, James, and Meowth, to perpetually fail to “steal Pikachu” in an indirect attempt to keep watch over his son. This theory\u00a0has little direct or substantial evidence to support it, but it does track quite nicely with the existing details of the\u00a0Pokemon<\/em> anime.<\/p>\n