7 Crazy Pokemon Origin Theories That'll Blow Your Mind

5. Bulbasaur's Bulb Is An Oddish

Bulbasaur, known to many as the starter Pokémon you'd never pick in a million years, hides a little secret. The Pokédex in Red and Blue states "A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. The plant sprouts and grows with this Pokémon." Clearly this isn't just any old seed; it evolves too. And what creature do we know is a bulb? Yup, Oddish is a Plant Pokémon that could easily be that seed.

Red-eyed with a leafy 'hair' that could easily collect to create the bulb on Bulbasaur's back, this theory suggests there's a symbiotic relationship between the two where they essentially become part of the same creature; it's the seed that allows Bulbasaur to photosynthesise. This is backed up by Bulbasaur's evolutions, Ivysaur and Venusaur, both having the bulb grow upwards in a pattern not dissimilar from Gloom and Vileplume respectively, Oddish's evolutions.

This does, however, come with a slight depressing slant; if the bulb evolves with the main creature, that means that the Oddish loses its own sentience to becomes part of the Blubasaur, essentially absorbed into the Pokémon.