[Blue, with a bit of an insulted pout on Magikarp's behalf, is about to argue that they're not stupid--]

[--Then he remembers how he and Lance had tried to forcefeed some of the fish when hunger first became a problem, because they didn't seem to be capable of deciphering what was edible and not.....]

[He releases whatever argument he had with a puff of a sigh, and changes gears.] Your phone? Oh, jeez. I hope it's okay. [The fish, not Zack's phone] I guess it's just as well, since phones haven't been working that great until recently, right?

Anyway, if you ask me, it keeps the balance of nature in check! Pokémon are tied closely with aspects of nature, and people respect them as partners.... From what I hear from other people here, it's not exactly the same elsewhere.

[Hmmmm, sounds familiar, doesn't it?]