Roving bands of 40 year old pokemon trainers go into town, get drunk in some bar, knock up some slag and then leave for their next gym battle.
This is what happened to almost every mom in pokemon.

>>26852783
Holy shit it all makes sense now

>>26852747
Ever notice there are no military-age men in Pokemon? Only young boys and old men?

His father and all the others are off to war.

>>26852747

I always assumed he worked in another far away place, as is common in Japan.

>>26852798
>Koga
>Surge
>Every professor that isnt Oak or Rowan
>most trainer classes in gen 4+

>>26852814
I'm talking about Gen 1/3 Johto-Kanto of course, not the whole planet through all time, anon.

>>26852800
>as is common in anime

fixed

>>26852783
Does that mean Norman is one of the few that threw away their roguish lifestyles?

>>26852747
>What happened to Red's dad?
He got cut in development.