Talk:Ash's Coma/@comment-24411637-20140111215454

"He got electricuted by pikachu while on his bike. He never rode a bike after. The metal bike amplified the effect of pikachu's attack which caused his coma." - Jack Laughter

He didn't get electrocuted while on his bike. He is frantically riding the bike to the nearest Pokémon Center to rescue his weak Pikachu while getting chased by the Spearows that originally attacked them. It's storming and the terrain is rough so he FALLS OFF the bike and sends Pikachu and him flying. He crawls over to Pikachu and tries to get it in the Pokéball so that he can take it to the center easier and safer. He turns around and starts talking to the Spearow about his dream while he waits for Pikachu to get in the ball. Pikachu sees Ash trying to protect it and it jumps onto and then off of Ash's shoulder and into the air and uses it's lightning attack on the Spearow. Pikachu was too weak to use it's lightning while in the bike and only regrained SOME of his strength after being touched by Ash's effort to protect it. Pikachu did not electrocute Ash while they were riding in the bike because as I said, they both got launched out of it and only after, did Pikachu actually use Thunder Shock.

Also, I would like to point out that Ash DID ride a bike after this happened in the episode "The Bridge Bike Gang" of Season 1. He has no fear of them at all, in fact, he WANTED one but couldn't afford to purchase one. He is not scared of bikes at all, you don't see him act strangely when told they can only cross the bridge by bike, nor did he have any fear when riding on the bike across the bridge in the Bridge Bike Gang episode.