>>50247427Thunderbolt Japanese name translates to 100,000 volts, Pikachu using it on Ash and all the other people in front of the lab should've killed all of them, it didn't because it's a kids show and meant to be comedy.
>>50247474Having serious moments doesn't change that they had unbelievable stuff from the beginning, you can't take seriously something that ignores it's own logic. Considering my example above, if Thunderbolt is so harmless it didn't kill all those people, it shouldn't be so effective in other situations like battles or causing explosions every time it hits Team Rocket for example. That is to say, a human breaking a wall with a punch is hardly a big deal when there was much more unbelievable stuff in the past.