A Primeape used Rage Fist 20 times in a row… This… is what happened to his heart... “A.A.” is a level 40 Primeape presenting to the
Pokemon Center, Enraged… and without a pulse. His Trainer tells the admitting
Nurse that after using up all 10 of her Primeape's Power Points for the
move Rage Fist, she gave him an Ether: a type of medicine introduced in Generation I
that restores 10 PP for one of a Pokémon's moves. This allowed the Primeape to continue
using this move beyond its natural limits… You see, this Primeape's Trainer
wasn't just any Pokemon Trainer, she was a Champion level Trainer determined
to fill the entire Paldean Pokedex, and then some. And she would
do anything to achieve that… One day, while out exploring Paldea catching
more Pokemon, she happened upon a young Mankey. “Ma” from Latin “Mal”, meaning “bad” or “mad”, “nkey” from “monkey” and “cranky”…
a mad and cranky monkey. A Mankey… Upon catching it, she began training it in order
to get it to evolve. But there was a problem. Mankeys are notoriously aggressive.
According to the Pokedex, Mankey are “Extremely quick to anger. It could be
docile one moment then thrashing away the next instant.” “When it starts shaking
and its nasal breathing turns rough, it's a sure sign of anger. However, since this
happens instantly, there is no time to flee.” “Nothing I can't handle,” the Trainer thought.
“And very typical behavior for a monkey Pokemon.” Mankeys pull in various elements from a
number of monkeys, from Japanese macaques, to baboons and snub-nosed monkeys.
But the trait they all share is their temperament. Quick to anger
when things don't go their way. “All to be expected,” she thought, and she began his training to make it reach
level 28, and evolve - INTO a Primeape. “Ape” from “ape”, and “Prime” from
the Latin “Primus”, meaning “first, or original, the pinnacle, the best.”
The best ape. Primeape, the primate. Primeape as an evolution to a Mankey
makes sense. The idea that apes are “more evolved” monkeys may be a wrong one,
but, like Vikings having horned helmets, it is a common enough misconception
that it works here for a Pokemon design. But upon this evolution, the anger
contained within its relatively small body expands exponentially, to the
point where it is all that it knows. “Always furious and tenacious to boot. It will not
abandon chasing its quarry until it is caught.” “It becomes wildly furious if it
even senses someone looking at it. “ “If you beat it, it gets even madder.”
“When Primeape becomes furious, its blood circulation is boosted. In turn,
its muscles are made even stronger. However, it also becomes much less
intelligent at the same time.” Like all emotions, Anger is a chemical
reaction happening inside the body, as hormones are released. In this case, when anger is
triggered, it sends a signal to the gonads and adrenal glands to produce
more testosterone, cortisol, and adrenaline. In short, anger induces the body's ”fight
or flight” response, in an attempt to survive whatever challenge or threat it’s
perceiving, and this gives you the burst of energy and muscle efficiency you need to run
away from a threat… or to fight back against it. And in the case of Primeape,
it always chooses violence. When this happens, the Primeape's
blood vessels tighten to increase the efficiency of oxygen delivery through
its veins, and the brain shunts blood away from the gut and towards the muscles
in preparation for physical exertion. Its heart-rate, blood pressure
and respiration increase, its body temperature rises and the skin perspires
in preparation for violence. Blood is also more rapidly sent to the sensory organs and the
brain, which will sharpen and focus the mind. But if that's the case, then why do Primeape, and people for that matter, tend to become
or act much less intelligent when angered? Multiple Psychological studies have
shown that people process information less thoroughly and judge others more
harshly when they are angry. causing us to behave in ways that only perpetuate
anger instead of addressing its cause. However, it's all about what part of the
brain the sharpening effect happens to. One study found that when in
a heightened state of rage, brain activity in the front of the brain
and the entire right hemisphere is reduced; while various parts of the left
hemisphere see heightened activity. In short: the parts of the
brain more focused on movement, reflexes, and short-sightedness are more focused. Which is a part of why professional fighters
often report feeling especially clear-headed when in the ring. There is nothing else
to think about besides their own body, and their opponents, and
that's all thanks to anger. But, despite its short-term benefits, recurring anger or a lingering frustration in
the long term leads to many health detriments. The constant flood of stress chemicals and
the many metabolic changes associated with unmanaged anger can eventually cause
harm to many different systems of the body - and have been linked to digestion
problems, headache, insomnia, eczema, high blood pressure, heart
attacks, stroke… and death. This phenomenon can even be seen in
one of Primeape's Pokedex entries: “It has been known to become so angry that it dies as a result. Its face looks
peaceful in death, however.” One day, while in class, the Trainer had heard
about a unique Paldean evolution to Primeape, but the class was cut short before a full
explanation was given. But she had a hunch, this evolution had to have something to do with
primeates' natural buildup of rage, she thought. Determined to get this unique
evolution and complete the Pokedex, she had her Primeape learn the move Rage
Fist, a Ghost-type move where the user converts its rage into energy to attack. The
more times the user has been hit by attacks, the greater the move's power, as it
continuously increases the overall anger. Being hit - especially in
the context of a fight - is a surefire way to increase someone's rage as well. When hit, the affected nerves send a pain
signal to the brain to alert it to the presence of potential damage, and to get a
dose of endorphins to the area in response. But endorphins are a pain reliever,
and they tend to have a positive effect on the mood! Why would this
make a Primeape MORE furious? Well, because endorphins only tend to have the positive
effect on mood when in a NON-rage-like state… When a heightened amount of
adrenaline is ALREADY in the body, the hypothalamus in the brain
may misread the endorphin cue, and rather than help alleviate the anger
or anxiety, it makes them much worse. A Primeape being hit repeatedly is clearly
not getting its way in the fight, which will only make it angrier, and each hit will make its
signature Rage Fist move all the more powerful, as it concentrates its rage into tighter
and tighter balls of energy in its fists. And this is precisely what
this Primeape was doing. It used Rage Fist over and over,
until it was physically incapable of continuing with the move.
It had run out of Power Points. “No big deal” The Trainer thought “I’ll
give an ether, so we can keep going…” But a few Ethers in… the Primeape
was no longer responding to its name... And its fur was pale and in a
mess unlike it had ever been before… Concerned about this, the Trainer went to
check on Primeape up close and noticed… there was no pulse… So the Trainer rushed
it to the Pokemon center where we are now… The admitting Nurse checked the
Primeape's pulse and confirmed it, there was none, there was no
breathing either, and yet… The Primeape was seemingly still able to stand, and had some motions akin to breathing. By
all accounts it should have been dead and yet… it wasn't... But it was! And
what could have even caused this!? The Primeape was seldom hit, quite the opposite, it was taking out Pokemon after Pokemon in
one fell swoop each, thanks to its high Speed and Attack. The only thing that was changing
about its state… was its ever-building rage. But can anger on its own truly be deadly?
According to the American Heart Association, yes. “Death by Angry Outburst” is a known
phenomenon. People get angry for many reasons, most commonly when they don't have any control
over a situation, like being stuck in traffic. This anger releases the
hormones we've talked about, and this raises blood pressure and heart
rate. And in someone with an aged heart or heart disease… this can easily lead
to a heart attack and prove fatal. According to Professor of
Medicine Dr Diwakar Jain: “In healthy people, the heart
can withstand a lot of abuse, but when the heart is fragile, anger stands
out as the PRIMARY cause of sudden death.” (CG gameplay)
All of the exercise Primeape gets through combat would certainly
mean its heart is healthy, but at the same time, a constant state of irritation and anger
is specifically detrimental to the heart and blood vessels… almost making Primeape’s
heart like a bomb attached to a scale. It's all a matter of balancing out the benefits of
exercise, with the detriments of constant anger. And in the case of our Trainers
Primeape,,, the scales were pushed too far… As the nurse explains this to the Trainer…
the Trainer gets a hunch… the new look on primates face, the hairdo, the ability to
still walk around despite not breathing or having a pulse… this wasn't a Primeape
any longer! No, it had indeed evolved! She brings out her Pokedex to
confirm her suspicion and low and behold… her Primeape had
evolved into… an Annihilape. According to the Pokedex:
“When its anger rose beyond a critical point, this Pokémon gained power that
is unfettered by the limits of its physical body.” “It imbues its fists with the power
of the rage that it kept hidden in its heart. Opponents struck by these imbued
fists will be shattered to their core.” Like all emotions, anger is a balance of hormones,
and as such there is a theoretical maximum to what our emotions are capable of, due simply to
us having physical bodies with only so much potential within them… but a ghost? A ghost has no
such limitation. A ghost can even be the spirit of raw emotion in and of itself. Which is the case
with the now Fightging/GHOST-type Annihilape. “Ape” rom the old English “apa” meaning
“ape or monkey”, and “annihilate”, which itself comes from the Latin “nihil”
meaning nothing, and “ad”- meaning “to” or “to make”. To make something into nothing,
annihilate, and an ape… annihil-ape. On top of being an angry ape, Annihilape
pulls from a few other sources. The most obvious being the entire concept
of vengeful spirits. Spirits so upset and angered by something or
someone who wronged them in life, that they cannot pass on after death, and
stick around as ghosts, seeking revenge. A common one is the Japanese Onryo,
which are often depicted with long tendril-like hair or flayed cloth.
Akin to Annihilape’s new hairdo. But being found in Paldea, a region based on
the Iberian peninsula, there may be a reference to the Basajaun from Basque mythology. These
being essentially huge, round, hairy, ape-like neanderthal cryptid men known for their brute
strength, and beards that go down to their knees. A combination of these two things fit
well as a new evolution to Primeape… So in the end… there was never truly
anything for the Trainer to worry about, as her Primeape evolved and managed to
make a FULL recovery… as an Annihilape! Stay healthy out there, and be sure to
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