There are few childhood memories as sweet and carefree as those spent playing video games.

But while nostalgia often stops us feeling anything but joy for these memories, as we get older,

gamers occasionally start to notice things about games we grew up with that either don't make sense,

or raise some very uneasy questions indeed.

From truly awful Pokemon lore to Minecraft monstrosities,

here are some creepy video game theories to ruin your childhood.

Pokemon. Okay, listen, you'd be amazed. Oh.

Pokemon is a more realistic franchise than we give it credit for.

And no, I don't just mean because my mom threw me out the house when I was 12 too. I mean, the setting.

Each Pokemon game's region is broadly based on a different area of the real world. Sword and Shield were a look at the UK through

a polka lens, whereas tropical sun and moon were based on Hawaii. Now the black and white

games are set in the Unova region, which is based on the American

state of New York.

In these games, players can catch the legendary Pokemon Victini, which fans theorize

may symbolize something pretty dark.

Victini's Pocodex entry refers to it as the Victory Pokemon, and states that its body

contains a huge amount of power that could

erupt at any moment. To reinforce this idea, Victini learns a lot of explosion-themed moves

like incinerate, inferno, and Final Gambit. This has led many to theorize that Victini

represents an atomic bomb. In the United States, VJ Day marks Day Japan surrendered to the USA after they dropped two atomic bombs on the country,

effectively ending their conflict in the Second World War.

The V&VJ Day, of course, stands for Victory.

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