Why didn't Ash's Charmander die when it got licked by Haunter?

Aug. 31, 2013

Why?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

If you are referring to the PokeDex entries on Haunter stealing your life away with a lick from it’s tongue, that will never happen in the Anime.

Though the idea of death is present in Pokemon, I doubt they will ever let a Pokemon die, let alone one of the main character’s.

It’s all hype like Garchomp flying.

Firstly, by ‘die’ I assume you mean faint. This is the Pokemon anime after all. Lick is a very weak attack (only 20 base power), so not many things will faint after one Lick. It might have been paralysed however. Either that or it became so afraid it couldn’t go on. Aside from that it is the anime. Things in the anime often don’t make sense.