>>50220922>>50221058But it's canon. Even to this day they sometimes bring up that Pokemon are only able to use Pokemon Moves because of Elemental Energy they naturally generate in accordance with their type or are able to manifest for the moves they're able to learn, with the most recent example being JN103 elaborating further that moves are effectively executed through a Chakra Points system where the energy flows through the body and into where it needs to go, such as Sirfetch'd here struggling with transferring its innate Fighting Energy to its leek so it can perform Meteor Assault.
Earthquake isn't a LITERAL Earthquake, it's Ground Energy manifesting as a localized phenomena based on the user's physical strength that only targets and damages fellow combatants (be they friend or foe) that the move can reach out to.
Dive isn't LITERALLY diving into water even if there isn't water, it's Water Energy manifesting in a way that the user effectively "slips away" to imbue themselves with that energy for a follow-up bash where they appear to "float up" out of the energy, now having absorbed it and channeled it properly, in order to attack.
