Is Mr. Mime Secretly Ash Ketchum’s Dad in POKEMON? (Explainiac w/ Dan Casey)

Mr. Mime isn’t just a Psychic/Fairy-type Pokemon capable of weaponizing physical theater to do righteous battle. He might also be Ash Ketchum’s father. Join Dan Casey on the premiere episode of Explainiac as he dives into the deep end of one of the weirdest and wildest fan theories in all of Pokemon fandom.

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