So like... For example, Pokemon don't die when you smack their HP down to zero, they just "faint" and yet when Ash's Pikachu fights a Raichu in this one episode they have to resuscitate the thing with the electric paddles. And if Pikachu's Electric already, wouldn't that just fry the paddles!?

When you lose and all your Pokemon, you "faint" you black (or white) out and you lose some money. But when you defeat all of a game character's Pokemon THEY don't drop over. They have this whole little shpeel where they continue on with their train of thought. They don't go "Argh, my spleen!" and fall over so you can loot their pockets and run, they're still standing! With the Elite Four, you're forced to stand there and listen to their speeches over and over again. Am I to assume when you pass out some kind soul drags your sorry ass to a Pokecenter? Because you automatically appear there!

LAWL! This is one of those instances where you just shouldn't try to make real world analogues to game mechanics. You just shouldn't try, Super Mario doesn't try! It's just got its own world rules. If you die, you fall down into the unknown and just magically appear again because you collected enough manz.