Ages of Ash and others?

[thedarkfiddler]

Okay, answer the question. And nobody point out hte lack of a 10- choice. Ash is at least 11 because in one movie he celebrated the aniversary of meeting Pikachu, which was on his birthday. With that in mind, debate.

[cascade88]

I voted for the 11-13 option, but really only because he looks to be at least twelve. But of course, this could all very well be in a floating timeline, where no one truly ages. Then again, and again in terms of looks, Paul--to me, anyway--looks like he could be about 16 or 17, but Bulbapedia has him listed as 11 years old. (link: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Paul)

So, if Paul is only 11, then there's no real telling for Ash, unless you do go by the movie. But then again, when AG started, it was stated that Ash was the same age as May, who was then, of course, 10.
*shrugs*

Either way, I don't believe he's grown, or in his late teens, as others do.

[LuciferIX]

I have him sitting at either 13 or 14, but closer to 14.

[Praetor]

I would say Ash is around 13 to 14 or possibly even 15. May would be around 12 to 13 years old.

Dawn, obviously, is ten, as is Max, who was supposed to go back to Hoenn to get his starter Pokemon, which means he's ten.

Misty is around 18 to maybe 25.

Brock should be at approximately the same age as Misty.

Paul is around the same age as Ash.

[DaveTheFishandChipsGuy]

I'd say 14-15. I reckon it took him about 1 1/2 years to go round each region and compete in each league.

So: End of Kanto: 1 year: 11
Orange Islands: 1/2 year: 11 1/2
End of Johto: 1 1/2 year: 13
End of Hoenn: 1 1/2 year: 14 1/2
Battle Frontier: 1/2 year: 15

At least, he's around 15 in my fic. Paul's 16, Dawn's 10 (obviously) and Brock's 18.

I reckon May is now around 13-ish.

That's my input, anyways.

[Waffle]

Actually, according to a peattern established by the Pokemon company, 9 episodes is about two months. Following that formula, we can conclude that Ash is around 20 hive or take a few years due to episodes being right next to eachother. How ever, this can be voided due to the fact that there are now more and more episodes in each season because of increasing popularity. I agree with Dave, but accidentally voted 18-20.

[JbstormburstADV]

In actuality, I have to go with the main belief that he is currently at the age of 14, perhaps 15 in the Japanese episodes. May is currently about 12 or 13, and Dawn is like 10 1/2 at this point. Max is about 8 or 9, since he's still in Petalburg. As for the other two, I'd say Misty is about 18, and Brock is 22-25

[Elite4James]

Ash looks around 10-12 years old, he's more mature than he was at the start of the series, but in terms of age, I doubt he's a teenager yet.

I think since most people here are around the 15 year mark, they like to visualise him as the same age as themselves. I don't know if that is the reasoning or not, but that's how I would see it were I your age.

[JbstormburstADV]

No, I actually thought about that long before I turned 15, plus I go with what's current around BMGF, so that really doesn't reply to me.

P.S.: Is Seribii down again?

[narutoninja44]

I chose 13 because he is still 13 in my mind.

Here's my little timeline on this:

Kanto: 10
Orange Islands: 10 1/2
Johto: 11
Hoenn: 12
BF: 12 1/2
Sinnoh: 13

By the end of Sinnoh, he should be 14.=3 And from my calculations, currently, May should just be 11, Max should be 8, Brock should be...18, Misty and Paul should be 14, and Tracey should be 16-close to/is 17.

So like I said, 13, because we're in still in Sinnoh, afterwards he'll be 14 IMO.

[kingleon70]

maybe if Ash and May's age are close we could have a chance any way you have to be 18 to run something like a gym if you were Misty

[Praetor]

Ninja44, what makes you think that Misty is 14?

Wouldn't Paul be the same age as Ash because he participated in almost as much leagues as Ash did? (Kanto, Hoenn, Johto, and currently Sinnoh)

[XAOTL]

Ash is minimum 12. one year from viridian to viridian. then his aneversary from meeting pikacuh. Personally I'd go with Earthborns algebra on the situation.

[CICHawk]

I have Ash as 15 in my fic, and my rationale for that is very similar to Dave's.

Then I have Brock as 20, May as 13, but instead I have Dawn as 12. For the things that take place in my fic, it'd be a bit strange to have Dawn as 10 or 11 and going through all those things (some dealing with sexuality a bit, but NO sex). I have no good logic to say that Dawn is 12 besides that she started her training late maybe, but obviously according to the beginning of D/P, she's 10. Plus, it makes her more interesting to write since that's when =O PUBERTY strikes.

Plus I felt when I started my fic that she and May can relate better with closer ages, but of course that was proven wrong with May's reappearance. But then again in the anime, everybody is 10. Which of course, is strange in itself. Since when did adults send out their kids into the whole world, traveling around and catching little creatures which many are potentially dangerous and deadly. Also, my friend made a funny comment the other day on how the characters were never mugged or raped. Yeah, raped. Well, she admitted they did get mugged, but in a nice way. Heh, she's funny.

[narutoninja44]

Jun 7, 2008 19:15:08 GMT 12 Praetor said:

Ninja44, what makes you think that Misty is 14?

Wouldn't Paul be the same age as Ash because he participated in almost as much leagues as Ash did? (Kanto, Hoenn, Johto, and currently Sinnoh)

Cause I was thinking that Misty is 1 year older than Ash, and Paul is also 1 year older than Ash. (Presumably that he already went through Sinnoh, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and he's back in Sinnoh again.)