>>57579101>What happens inside a Pokeball?Depends on who/when you ask, and which media you're referring to; they either become a ball of light, or they sit in there shrunk.
>Why do Pokemon obey humans? Because they're trained to or because they like you, like animals IRL
>What happens to a trainer’s Pokemon when they die?Released to the wild, passed on to someone in the family, given to a friend, whatever's in the will. Should vary a lot.
>Are pokemon immortal?Most are not, a few probably are. There's been old Pokemon in the franchise, and some Pokemon are practically eternal, some are literal gods, pretty much. Ghost Pokemon varies, I think they've pulled the "they're alive, but 'ghost-like', but not actually ghosts" thing a couple times.
>>57580373I still don't buy the shrinking thing, it feels like a scrapped concept from gen 1 (when Pokemon were way smaller on average) that they brought back in PLA just because they wanted to feel retroactively big-brained about it. Lots of writers and devs do this stuff.
Pokemon don't hop into the ball and shrink, they turn into red energy, and are released via red energy beam. That's been the case in all of the anime. (The games vary, though, but that seems to mostly depend on the gen.)
Plus if it was just Pokemon shrinking, we'd see actual cases of it in the games, or all Pokemon would just know Minimize as a mandatory fifth move.
Oops, only like 30 Pokemon even HAVE Minimize as an option!Team Rocket's stealing Pokemon? Just stuff your Pokemon into your pockets and claim your empty Pokeballs are empty because you're a shit trainer. Or have them hide in a glasses case. Or under the hat on your head.
Broke your Pokeball? Keep your Pokemon in a glove until you can get a replacement ball.
Try catching a Ghost Pokemon normally like some kind of noob? Nah, they just phase out of it and can only be caught if paralyzed, frozen, or asleep!
None of this shit happens because shrinking isn't canon.
