Man I really like the fact that they even considered Latias to be a choice.

Pat: doesn't want the theory to end with Latias being the one. Also Pat: debates why it would be ok to bang a pokemon

I find it so interesting how they even consider some characters that aren’t that obvious, but they totally forget about Annabel, the Brain of the Battle Tower

Hear me out: Riko is Dawn’s daughter, and we would get the occasional cameos as Ash visits his old friend

"When have the parents in Pokemon ever been important?" Hoenn. The fathers of May and Brendan are either Norman or Professor Birch.

"When does parents in Pokemon have ever done anything of significance?" The newest game literally revolve around a parent building a time machine, get killed by the Pokemon that came from another time, having a robot replica of themselves help us to stop the complete destabilization of the ecosystem.

Honestly the only fun way in my opinion that they could have had Ash in a new region after becoming World Champion would have been to essentially make him the One Punch Man of Pokemon. Goes to a new region to collect all 8 badges and see new pokemon for the fun of it but he ends up one-shotting anyone who dares challenge him... except for maybe Team Rocket.

In regards to the whole ten year old stuff It depends if you count manga as canon Pat. Takeshi Shudo stated in the Pocket Monsters: The Animation novels that in the Pokémon world, there is the Primary School Graduates Adulthood Law "As for the April after your tenth birthday, you are able to gain a Pokemon license and carry Poke Balls to capture Pokemon, All adult rights are granted" it also worth remembering that Takeshi Shudo also wanted an Elderly Ash to be reincarnated as his younger self.

I think Ash would probably have a similar role to someone like Cynthia in future Pokemon anime. He will just be the badass strong trainer that occasionally appears during the journey

Patterrz reaction to the whole “Bo Burnham is dreams dad” section made me realize that if this is your first video of Game Theory you watched (or if you skipped over that theory) you’d had no idea what the heck he was saying

Best part of this reaction was Pat's confusion over some of Mat's other theories he mentions near the end

@ 18:48 No. He did that to determine Ash’s Age and later Pikachu’s level. So he remembered the Thunderstone from those research watchthroughs.

I wish Ash marry a complete new girl and then seeing community burn

It is so sad how ash is going to not be the main character anymore and I feel this is the theory is the perfect thing to end all ash theories.

My guess is that Ash isn't a main character but he will be in the series. I'd love it if it followed the pattern of the Pokemon Adventures: Yellow Chapter manga where Ash(Red in the manga) goes missing and his Pikachu, severely wounded, finds a trainer that's willing to help him in Riko(Yellow in the manga). This would lead to Riko traveling the world with Ash's Pikachu looking for Ash, keeping Pikachu as the franchise mascot. If it truly is like Pokemon Adventures, then after Riko(Yellow) goes on their journey meeting New and Old Friends, they eventually find Ash trapped by the big evil in the deepest part of Area Zero(Seafoam Islands I think) where she along with her friends save him from them and they work together in an action packed final fight for the sake of the world.

I'm glad Ash finally achieved his dream. It only took him a year....one _really_ long year.

MatPat forgot a candidate (even if eliminated early). Salon Maiden Anabel. And it would be fun to see Ash as a mentor and inspiration for Riko instead of parent. But maybe a cameo of Ash's wife (assuming time skip) would be great to see, just to find out which ship was true in the end.

there is a candidate missing which could work as well, Salon Maiden Anabel, she instantly fell in love with ash in the anime and has blue/purple hair and blue eyes

Let’s not forget that a Latias is a big part of Ash’s final 11 episodes…

MatPat theories are meant to just be fun and not taken seriously*** ***Unless it's FNaF, then it's meant in all seriousness

21:50 May's dad who was a literal gym leader in the Pokemon Advanced Generation series: *am i a joke to you?*

No, MatPat watched every single episode of Pokémon for a different theory he did and the information just came in handy for this one.

I love Latias thx to growing up on that movie so i wouldnt complain if they did have riko together, also Latias can seemingly shapeshift so whos to say she couldnt have passed on the genes of a different shapeshifted form.

Fun fact about animes that focus on the son of the former anime protagonist. Dragon Ball Z was supposed to focus on Gohan, the son of the original Dragon Ball series, Goku, but they changed that around when they found out how populair adult Goku had become. And now most people dont even know there was a show before Dragon Ball Z, that followed Goku growing up.

Technically Ash can age now after his departure as the Protagonist

Not me when that guy says better than a broken neck I jump straight to the second Harry Potter movie where Ron's wand brakes and Harry's like be thankful it wasn't your neck

My theory, this takes place in the future and I assume that Riko has a similar goal to Ash to become the pokemon champion. How ever in this case, after riko battles through 4 or 8 regions (a bit of a stretch I know) she would encounter adult Ash to be the finalists of becoming the Pokémon champion. (I also had a theory that Roy would also be interested)

15:49 How have I NEVER EVER noticed this?!?!

I feel like this isn't 10 yr old shipping but rather that he met up with someone AFTER his journeys later in his life.

"Sound like a bit of inbreeding to me." Oh, so like the British?

Chat: Pat you're adopted Pat: :0 NO.

You know a video is well made when Pat doesn't have to make joke constantly during the reaction

I like this Theory, i hope the last Episodes does become a proper send-off for Satoshi/Ash.

10:04 So what you're saying is that you're the redheaded stepchild?

6:08 There actually was a scene of that but netflix censored it along with most stuff

Now now Patterrz numbers mean nothing when it comes to the ages of fictional characters. Even MORE so when it comes from a series that has literally lasted for 26 years😂 There's nothing wrong

“At the end of Pokémon ultimate journeys” Google: but- that hasn’t come out yet!

21:04 like matpat said its just a theory

Roy from fire emblem: am I joke to you

"Maybe mommies" is the worst ensemble of two words I have ever heard.

patterrz: an implyed kiss fanbase: THEY KISSED LIVE WITH IT

Nobody that one person on 16:38 on the chat: " Vaporeon is ash's wife "

Bro keeps saying why keep a thunder stone, while every one of us has a bag filled with evolution stones that we picked up, ofc he kept it,

Did Mat really just say "Groodon"?

21:47 The only parent that ever did something in Pokemon was to leave and work on the Petalburg gym

I like how the thumbnail isnt even that video

after the team defeats professor sada, ash shows up and beat them then says: "You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don’t let yourself be destroyed as Professor Turo did. Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the Paldea Region" Rico: "No i will not, and i will bring you back to being a kind a father that you ince were!" Darth Asher: "I see, so Clavel never told you what really happened. My Child, No, I am not your father" *releases alakazam and cleared the hypnosis* Rico: (remembers that she is actually just latias and all her memories about being the child of ash is just fake memories) "Noouuu!!"

Palet town is known as the the town of champion in all region because every adult living there is at least a elite trainer. Pat:Ash from Palet town in the middle of nowhere.

It’s Alola, everyone in Alola are cousins 😂

With that title, I thought it was saying Ash would marry a Pokémon.

11:16 "im a shiny" welcome to the club of shiny humans lol

If you have blue eyes and your parents have brown eyes then the blue eyes come from your ancestors

He actually did watch every single episode and movies

As someone named Roy, that cut deep man

10:30 Pats dad is the mailman

"If anyone is going to find a way to keep talking about me, its going to be you" Not anymore sadly,, sersiously that intro seems like the entire internets reaction to Matpat leaving the theory channels to work on his own life, which I hope he finds success and happiness in, the absolute legend.

5:25 patterz people do that in real life

dark fact: the original writer of pokemon said that the age of consent is 10 (including getting married)

"It's illegal for a 10 year old to marry." damn I wish that was true. Sadly, it's still legal to do that in like 40 states in the US

Patt sure does choose weird places to draw a line in the sand. Also the fuck you mean "how did he check?" How do you think?! He did the same thing he did with all the other girls in this video! XD

Serena's mother was supremely important to her story because she was an inspiration as a Rhyhorn Racer.

I mean if it's true that ash is her father then my prediction video from when Gen 8 started is damn near spot on

the fact you used the "what lvl is pikachu at thumbnail" instead of the proper one gets me super heated.

Fun fact in the original lore of pokemon back when it first started, 10 year olds can get married

Pat, a Brit, railing against inbreeding. The Entire British Monarchy for the last thousand years: uhhhhhhhhhhh

18:47 this is hilarious lmao

I thought I was watching this video late but IM EARLY YAY

idk why buttheway he says "sadge"is so funny

MatPat says a pokemon might be the mom: NO NO NO OH PLEASE GOD NO! MatPat says the pokemon shouldn't be the mom: Well, what would be wrong with that?

Lana has weird eyes as she’s a fish person, obviously.

"when have parents ever mattered in pokemon?" Lusamine.

2:01 read chat, then call the popo

I really don’t want the new anime to have ash be the rival, as I can’t imagine having to watch one of my favorite characters beaten just like that, 25 years of character growth down the drain

I’ve heard of Elementary school teachesr, other higher academic teachers too, trying to get kids they think like each other together. Weird

Imagine if ash is never again until he comes back in 25 years as the final boss. That would be insane.

You do realize that part of the theory is that Ash and al the others grow up right? They're not talking about a 10 year old having a child

i know latias is scientifically impossible, but it's an anime, and i'm not trying to make it work but....in the last special episodes a special pokemon stalking ash with interest...yup it's latias.

Well, actually Satoshi/Ash is 11 now, if I heard it correctly.

SCIENCE YES PAT

4:44 plus thunder stone look like yeah ash was so lucky thunderstones are one in a million

epic Mathew Pathew vid (and every roy has red hair)

Does no one realize the thumbnail is wrong?

I thought you were going to react to What level Pikachu was

Hello there, fellow ginger and blue-eyed person

10:08 i am sorry pat u are adopted

What MatPat faila to realise is that Pokemon Trainers don't have fathers according to every game apart from Gen 3

Bayleef superiority

Patterrz can you react to the pokken rap to be the best extended by B-Lo

thats the wrong thumbnail

Check the thumbnail and title Patterz

Wait goh has blue ayes and black hair

Hey, a fellow shiny!

I have a theory that cause it is sv ash might be a teacher at the school

14:54 reminds me of shondo

Riko has blue eyes vaporeon is blue that means riko is the child between ash and vaporeon!!!

Dragon Ball Z was originally supposed to be about Gohan, Goku’s son… we can see how that ended

as an American i have been asked as a 10-year-old and heard from others they have been asked, by an adult if we have a girlfriend/boyfriend. This does happen more often than I'd like to admit. its gross

I don’t think the new female character is ash’s daughter I think she’s a COMPLETELY different character

who came back after riko's parents were revealed in the anime

Ash still has the thunderstone... He showed it in one of the episodes of Journeys or Master Journeys...