Do Pokémon Pee?

Most people know Pokémon as cute little creatures that battle each other and travel alongside trainers. Yet, many of us don’t consider how Pokémon expel waste. Maybe this kind of attention to detail is unwarranted for a children’s franchise, but it’s interesting to think about nonetheless. This article will discuss why and how Pokémon eliminate toxins from their bodies. Specifically, do Pokémon pee? Why is there no mention of this throughout the games or the anime?

Pokémon don’t pee. They don’t expel waste as humans do, so they don’t urinate or defecate. Instead, Pokémon eliminate body waste through their Special Moves, which are unique for every Pokémon. 

Pokémon love to eat and drink, but all that food has to go somewhere. Pokémon eat most kinds of Pokémon food, plants, or animals, making them omnivorous. Humans are omnivorous, but unlike humans, Pokémon expel waste through their special moves. Read on to learn more about Pokémon biology. 

Do Pokémon excrete waste?

Pokémon have to excrete waste, like any other biological creature. They ingest food and water, so it must come out at some point. In the case of Pokémon, water and food remains are expelled in the form of energy as Special Moves. 

Unlike humans, who can shed waste through urination, Pokémon use a separate selection of moves to expel waste from their systems. These are called Special Attacks, one of two types of moves that can inflict damage. 

Special Attacks deal damage proportional to the Pokémon’s Special Attack stat and Special Defense stat. Most Special Attacks don’t even make contact with the opposing Pokémon. 

Every Pokémon can learn Toxic.

Have you ever wondered why the vast majority of Pokémon can learn Toxic? The Toxic move inflicts damage on any opponent while also increasing the amount of toxin inside the victim.

Toxic poisons the victim. If you’ve been hit by Toxic, your Pokémon will lose a chunk of its Health Points at the end of every turn. The more turns you play, the more damage you’ll take from Toxic. 

While this is not ideal for battle, it is an effective way to purge toxicity without going into too much detail about every Pokémon’s gastrointestinal biology. 

The way Toxic works makes perfect sense when you consider Pokémon don’t pee to eliminate waste, but they do so through attacks in battle. Every Pokémon has waste they need to get rid of, so every Pokémon can learn Toxic. 

The reason it poisons enemies is that it’s their waste byproducts. It’s only natural that one Pokémon’s waste would poison another Pokémon. 

Why don’t Pokémon pee?

The creators specifically chose to have Pokémon expel waste through Special Moves instead of peeing. The most obvious reason for that is that the Pokémon franchise’s main demographic is young kids. 

Naturally, kids know what peeing is, but it would be messy to take care of your Pokémon just like you would take care of your pets. The focus of the game would shift from battling and exploration to taking care of your Pokémon. 

Maybe such a game would be successful too, but it’s just not the focus of Pokémon. Since it’s just a kids’ franchise, there’s no need to dive deep into the xenobiology of Pokémon. It would take the creators’ attention away from focusing on more important things, like gameplay elements or the plot. 

Not only that, but the fact that Pokémon expel waste in such a strange way can be woven into fan theories. When the creators make strange choices or don’t conclusively answer every “why,” it leaves room for the fandom to come in and express their ideas, this makes for a thriving community.