Pokemon Fan Theory Explains Nurse Joy Better Than The Anime
A recent fan theory may have just turned the Pokémon anime on its head, giving a better explanation for the bizarre case of Nurse Joy than the official story. The show has often come up with strange backstories for some of the weirder elements it has had to adapt from the games, but its reasoning behind different Nurse Joys being found throughout the various regions has always seemed a little far-fetched for some fans. However, a new theory (via Reddit) offers a much better explanation: Nurse Joy is actually a species of Pokémon.
Pokémon is one of the most profitable media franchises in the world, with The Pokémon Company continuing to increase profits off of the video games, trading cards, and anime every year, including all the Pokémon movies. Due to the franchise extending over many different forms of media, however, some of the ways in which they adapt various aspects can be kind of strange. In the games, Nurse Joy can be found working in Pokémon Centers in every town, healing the player's party as needed. In the original anime series, the show explains that the various Nurse Joys are all family members who just so happen to all be interested in Pokémon nursing. Since 1997 when the anime first started this explanation has stayed fairly consistent, with the only real change occurring in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl when it was revealed that Joy was actually a family name.
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While Pokémon fan theories have been common since the franchise's conception, all the way back to playground rumors explaining how to catch Mew in Red & Blue, this one may be a little bit more plausible. As the theory explains, the Nurse Joys in the anime
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