Pokemopolis - 'cause Pokemon is NOT a Childrens Cartoon

Pokemon is a show that has always known what its core audience is - young kids and progressively socially inept older people skewed more towards male than female. As such, there has always been a tendency (though less so than in other Japanese cartoons) for 'fan-service', or rather putting a female character into a sexual or provocative pose, usually by "accident". This feature is not limited to those female characters who - were they real life people - are of a legal age for such exploitation. There has been in the past a tendency to showcase

some of the more 'adult' charms of characters who clearly are not adult. This is not so much fanservice then as it is jailbait - a person below the age of consent with whom sexual intercourse can constitute statutory rape. But it has been forgivable in the past since the core audience is primarily young boys and, of course, those progressively socially inept older male fans. We could forgive the odd bit here and there but in general this stuff is really quite sad. You could dismiss it as just a random quirk of one cell of animation requiring this particular pose, or just animators giving their fanboys a little thrill. At the end of the day, it is attractive women showing what God/Buddha/Vishnu/Nature/Gaea/The Great Clockmaker gave them, and there is nothing wrong with that at all.

Then along came May.

May is, without a doubt, the most blatant piece of jailbait to ever grace such a popular 'kids show' and perhaps goes the furtherest yet towards proving that Pokemon really isn't. Her first appearance on the show caused a few giggles and guffaws as poor taste jokes were made about how well developed she was for a supposedly 10 year old girl.

But then as the show continued, the laughter turned to amused disbelief. Could they really get away with stuff like this? As May began modelling swimsuits for a deceptively calm Brock and forcing him to take her shopping everywhere, as her poses began to call more and more for thrusting her chest out at camera we began to get a sense that something deliberate was going on here. Perhaps an attempt to appeal to the aging younger fans who might be starting to think Pokemon was beneath them? Or an attempt to retain the older fans, some of whom it must be admitted have shown a tendency to write and draw VERY adult works based on very young characters. Is it just a coincidence or something a little more dodgy going on here?

Suspension of disbelief

Ignoring conspiracy theories about the creators/animators/translators for a second, let us look at things from within the shows characters points of view. Just how is May's provocative attire and poses going to (or will it) affect the 'men' of the group anyway? Ash is old enough to be attracted to that body while at the same time be digusted by thinking that way about a girl that age. Upon seeing something like the below, how would he react?

Luckily it seems we will not be seeing a new kind of AAML in Pokemon Advance, as Ash appears to be entirely immune/confused/oblivious to May's 'other' charms.

But just what the hell is going on in those three earlier pictures anyway? Shouldn't May be finding some more privacy to 'purge her inner demons? Or is this all part of some scheme of hers? Maybe her character is not as innocent as she portrays? Is she like one of those new young whor.... models you find on the internet nowadays playing with dolls while wearing a thong and putting up an Amazon Wishlist? But what kind of sick, lonely, intensely desperate individual would fall for her charms?

Sugar Daddy

Yes Brock is a sad, sad, sad man. Since he has returned to Ash's group Brock has found himself following May around, going shopping with her (and May has no money, so who is buying this stuff for her? Methinks it starts with B, ends with Rock, rhymes with Drock and is Brock) to watch her model her costumes for him. Misty was always off-limits, Jenny and Joy won't return his calls, the older girls all have boyfriends (real or imaginary) and May at least doesn't sweatdrop in terror at the sight of him, all she asks of him is that he buy her things and give her anything she wants and in return he gets nothing but a chance to sneak a perve and then sit around all day feeling guilty about it.... or does he??

Defender Of Virtue

But all is not lost, while May jaunts around the Hoenn region (not ho'ing through the Hoenn region yet at least) at least one person is trying to preserve her innocence, dignity and their good family name. May's brother Max is the defender of her virtue, doing his utmost to not only cover up her utter incompetence in all things Pokemon but also keep HER covered up. Whether it be taking one for the team by blocking Brock's crotch, showing disdain for the skimpy outfits she flouts herself with or admonishing her not to strip naked on the beach (it happened! even if she turned out to have a swimsuit on underneath, albeit a skin tight, hip hugging green one).

Alabama Boy?

But is even Max immune? He is a growing boy after all, sent out into the world with his only parental guidance now a moron with a talent for battling, a comparatively together breeder who appears to want to get into Max's sisters pants, and the pants wearing sister herself. All alone with no one to tuck him in at night and kiss his forehead, alone in an alien world is Max seeking solace in the only female figure around? Is Cartshipping (a phrase one dodger insists on above the altogether more appropriate Alabamashipping) a reality? Or even a possibility? If so it is wrong, wrong wrong wrong wrong, wrong. Everyone knows this (even people from Alabama), Max knows this, hell even Ash would suspect something was a little off.

The Money Shot

But let's be honest folks, we all know why you clicked the link to this page and it wasn't for a diatribe about sexualising young girls in Pokemon, sugar daddys and kids from Alabama. So as a little gift for you all, here's some fanart of May in a thong to get your juices flowing.

Hot Picture Of May Wearing A Tiny Little Thong.

Jailbait in Pokemon.

This type of thing was rare from Misty.

It was always more suitable for someone like Jesse.

But May has taken their territory from them.

Leading to some embarassing situations.

But also increased the muscle tone of at least one male characters right arm.

But the outright sexualisation of such a young character can only have one result.

Though it may have the benefit of forcing other characters to go further to get attention.

Anyway, can even the most illegally young girl in a skimpy swimsuit ever compare to this?

Pokemopolis supports the practice of Safe Sex