People Eat Pokemon
Although it is scarcely talked about in the anime or games, people do, in fact, eat Pokemon. We never see anyone taking a bite out of a Pikachu or frying up some freshly caught Poliwag, but there are some other obvious nods.
In the second generation of Pokemon games, Team Rocket is shown to be harvesting Slowpoke tails because they’re used in rare food dishes. In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, it is again shown that people eat these Slowpoke tail.
Slowpoke tail Quiche and peppered Slowpoke Tail on salad sound kind of gross, not going to lie.
The Pokemon anime takes it another step further though.
At one point before Togepi hatches, James attempts to eat it; Ash, at another point, says he’s so hungry he could eat a horsea, and Brock fantasizes about eating Magikarp when stranded on a raft in the ocean.
Even in Farfetch’d’s Pokedex entry, it’s stated that humans hunted the species to near extinction because they taste so good. While this honestly mirrors the real world and how we eat animals, it’s still disturbing.
The franchise emphasizes how humans and Pokemon live intertwined and as equals, making this revelation pretty offputting.
