I'm pretty sure she's in the process of putting Pikachu down, here, so I'd imagine just like PETA stealing pets from people's backyards to put them down, whether or not the Pokemon likes its trainer doesn't factor into the process.
I'm pretty sure she's in the process of putting Pikachu down, here, so I'd imagine just like PETA stealing pets from people's backyards to put them down, whether or not the Pokemon likes its trainer doesn't factor into the process.
So this takes place in a nuzlocke world where pokemon die instead of faint?
This is how nuzlocke works. Instead of miraculous revival from a comatose state at a pokecenter, they just get put out of their misery and laid to rest.
This right here is pretty out there. Team Rocket's goal isn't to KILL pikachu, they want to capture it! The whole reason they followed Ash god knows how far was on the flimsy idea of catching his particularly strong pikachu.
If Team Rocket were an actual threat, the moment they steal a good enough pokeball to catch pikachu they should steal it and be done. Should probably hit Ash right after a hard gym battle when half his team is comatose and hopefully pikachu is already injured making it less likely to escape capture.
This right here is pretty out there. Team Rocket's goal isn't to KILL pikachu, they want to capture it! The whole reason they followed Ash god knows how far was on the flimsy idea of catching his particularly strong pikachu.
If Team Rocket were an actual threat, the moment they steal a good enough pokeball to catch pikachu they should steal it and be done. Should probably hit Ash right after a hard gym battle when half his team is comatose and hopefully pikachu is already injured making it less likely to escape capture.
*This might be refuted by how Ash got Charmander, but it is possible that Charmander's original owner released it, and then, when he changed his mind, tried to use a fresh ball to (or the same one, if emptied Pokeballs can be re-used in the TV canon.)