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Ash is occasionally observed to carry Pokémon besides his 5 kg companion
Pickachu, which most often can be found on top of his head / shoulder.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/23s8n.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/23s8n.jpg)

or even heavier

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x6SSe.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x6SSe.jpg)

Those are some heavy creatures for are teenage protagonist.

So has our teenage protagonist been hitting them gym(s)? Or is this all just
caused by another perception of weight/strength in the Pokémon universe?


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How strong is Ash?


I think the problem is in the averaging weight and trying to apply it to every
pokemon of that type. Remember that Pikachu refuses to go into the pokeballs,
and so he walks a lot and thus is likely to be fitter and slimmer than an
average Pikachu which dwells inside pokeballs all day.

Also there is a matter of age. I'm not sure if pokemon of one type are
supposed to be born, live and die never changing their weight, but it would
seem counter-intuitive, as they're supposed to be living creatures, much like
animals.

Those weights could be either averages of wild pokemon prior to capture and at
their fittest, or after having lived a few years of lazy pokeball life. I
don't think anyone has explained it in depth.

Not entirely serious, but consider these images:

Pikachu's game sprite and anime depiction have changed over the years:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6Ee4w.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6Ee4w.png)

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8cHXq.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8cHXq.jpg)

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/35NkZ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/35NkZ.jpg)


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