20 CRAZY Facts About Pokémon Gym Leaders You May Not Know About!

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Gym Leaders are some of the most important and iconic characters in Pokemon, and over the generations, we've been introduced to a lot of them! In this video, I'm going to be going over 20 CRAZY facts about Pokemon Gym Leaders that are really interesting and you may not know about! I hope you enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - 20 CRAZY Pokemon Gym Leader Facts!
0:25 - Grab a Folkachi Plush!
1:53 - Misty, Falkner, Giovanni, Bugsy
4:18 - Roark, Byron, Erika, Blaine
6:37 - Pewter Gym, Dewford Gym, Driftveil Gym
8:13 - Clemont, Iris and Drayden, Cheren
10:36 - Beta and Unused Content
13:54 - Outro
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[@HoopsandHipHop]

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[@josiahshea3350]

Wop wop wop wop wop dawn fuck em up wop wop wop wop wop

[@nightlox_5113]

Drake

[@ImyIsStillHere]

I think it's obvious 🤣

[@thiagoromero6444]

HELLO COULD YOU DESIGN THE STARTER POKEMON AS LEGENDARY

[@DARKMK-lj4bx]

RIP OLD THUMBNAIL

[@Lupinemancer87]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate that in the Anime, Brock, the Rock-type Gym Leader, had the foresight to install sprinklers in his gym, even though he might not really need them, whereas Erika, the Grass-type Gym Leader did not.

[@wikiuser92]

Suede said the exact same thing. And it's absolutely true. Nonsensical.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Bro how many times you gonna be using that image of misty 😭

[@kiloky6244]

Kinda sus lowkey lol

[@JamesParker21]

😂😂😂 this isn't the first time?!

[@msmorbid8893]

It got you here..😂

[@NaturalFur]

@@JamesParker21 just look at his most popular video 😅

[@RoyArkon]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[@thesemicolon7269]

Dude, that thumbnail is more insane than these facts

[@mdalsted]

Aaaand he changed it

[@MidnightLugia24]

Honestly, though, especially since it's not the first time he's used risqué images like that

[@chrishandsome6542]

He just wants you to buy Folkotchi.

[@mdalsted]

@@chrishandsome6542 Folkotchi wasn't in the thumbnail before, though...

[@MidnightLugia24]

@@chrishandsome6542 Over Folkotchi, too, if I'm being honest

[@Niall_Sene]

On that last fact, I think an explanation for why we don't see these other Gyms in the games is because the regions are as big as they are in the anime, but we don't travel to every town in the games, so we only get the eight specific badges, that's my head canon anyway.

[@black-shadow-eclipse]

I love that the Gym Leaders got more personalities over the generations. In Gen 8 and 9 does every Gym Leader feel like hia own character. Like how Grusha has depressions and a tragic backstory with the snowboard accident.

[@RoyArkon]

Indeed

[@ES-dp6tw]

Masters has proven to be an interesting supply of facts on the character and nuances of the gym leaders, serving as a useful narrative tool between mainline games. Two examples I like is how Skyla will actually acknowledge the meme of her gym's obstacles being extravagent; she admits that a lot of challengers end up feeling so worn down by taking all the machine's abuse they don't always put up a good fight, which ties into what she says in BW2 about not having a memorable match in two years. More interestingly is that she mentions contributing to the designs of the obstacles, implicating she has mechanical engineering competence in addition to her piloting. The other is how Elesa has a more subtle take; she admits that when fans want photos with her, she tends to fall into the supermodel persona, cool and detached, and this makes Elesa feel a bit self-concious that she can't just relax and be herself. Adorably, she notes that she's at perfect ease with Skyla at least, so at least she has a reliable confidant to work on her insecurity.

[@DARKMK-lj4bx]

the thumbnail💀

[@josiahshea3350]

Certified lover boy? Certified...

[@Idrop123]

No. No. No. No, Pelliper isn't forgotten, it's realy good in vgc because it's one of the only drizzle pokemon

[@GamingKingdom91]

I like ladian...its a cool looking bug type :>

[@TheSixthSLoT]

I haven’t watched the video yet, but I say with full confidence that none of these facts can be as crazy as that thumbnail.

[@mdalsted]

Aaaand now the thumbnail is changed

[@theshades5702]

Roark... the full grown man with a mining job... probably the youngest... next to Candice... the literal school girl... ok Hoops...

[@garchompelago]

I refuse to accept the slander at Pelipper. In VGC formats where restricted legendaries are not allowed (the current format allows it, Im talking about the format that doesnt), Pelipper is a good option for a rain/tailwind/wide guard support.

[@robertsixx775]

Fun fact: In the Pokemon Adventures Manga, Red was going to become the Virden City gym leader. But he ended up turning it down, leading to Blue becoming the gym leader instead!

[@zachpro5475]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="135">2:15</a> it’s good in competitive because of drizzle

[@Hamantha]

Bro is casually ignoring the PDF style thumbnail

[@josiahshea3350]

His favorite pokemon songs are probably in a minor

[@mdalsted]

And now he changed it

[@Hamantha]

@@mdalsted That’s actually incredibly scummy, I might actually unsubscribe. He just feels gross now

[@MidnightLugia24]

​@@HamanthaHonestly, though, especially since it's not the first time he's used risqué images like that

[@pehnusaur4379]

Honestly this is a channel I watch only when I can't find anything us to watch. Very rarely does anything make me say whoa I didn't know that.

[@ghost_curse]

I went into the comments to see if anyone was going to comment on Hoops calling Drayden Drayton for that entire segment and apparently this video had a very different thumbnail a few hours ago

[@demonmasted1]

Just say you like CP at this point

[@burnum]

The Shell Badge would also be used in the anime for the basis of the Orange Island Badges.

[@Jerry_was_here]

Nah The thumbnail is crazy

[@ElDisable]

Comments talking about the (frankly disgusting) original thumbnail with Misty shirtless, his most popular video still has a similar thing there. Dude, your videos are actually interesting, but having a child (fictional or not) shirtless in the thumbnail is plain wrong no matter how you censor it. That sort of clickbait isn’t right, you’re attracting a disgusting group of people to your videos and the fact that you have the image saved in the first place is probably straight up illegal considering some laws that have come into place on this sort of stuff. Just for future reference, you can be better than this.

[@MidnightLugia24]

I'm leaving after this most recent grossness, but hopefully he learns for thr future

[@WhiteRaven696]

I would assume that every region has a gym for every type, we just don't get to see them. I wonder if that would also apply to the Trial Captains of Alola, since those are the Gym Leader counterparts of that region.

[@dylanc_48]

this is gonna sound so nerdy but alonso has to be a reference to fernando alonso, a formula 1 driver from spain, which paldea is based on

[@baitmate6414]

Noncey thumbnail

[@josiahshea3350]

Pokemon fans deciding whether to be attracted to children or animals: 🤔

[@user-sp9ui8bi7i]

That would explain her appearance in the anime

[@OlyChickenGuy]

I just joined the Spotify community, and look forward to supporting you through that, too! PS- these "did you know" videos are what attracted me to your channel in the first place, and I enjoyed this one just as much as any of the others. Thanks for taking the time to create these videos for us!

[@Sindragozer]

i love Pelipper in double battles! Can set rain and tailwind on the first turn, and start throwing out 100% accurate Hurricane's on turn 2!

[@joshuamountz6891]

No it's Byron. In the anime Roark and Byron have an argument over Byron leaving the Oreburgh gym for the Canalave gym

[@ImyIsStillHere]

Having heliolisk do that is actually genius. It's a sun lizard, which evolves with a sunstone and has a greek god of the sun partially in its name. Wow that thing loves the sun And lizards are kinda like house pets to go with the city theme

[@kisomaniac4913]

I always love your stuff! That thumbnail tho... Keep up the great work regardless!!!!

[@DustyPhantom-ne5hy]

Aaron couldn't have been the Oreburgh gym leader before Roark, because Byron was the previous gym leader. If I had to guess, I'd say Aaron was probably the gym leader of Canalave City instead. That would match up with Byron being asked to lead the Canalave gym and leaving the Oreburgh gym to Roark. Other than that, Maylene is probably Sinnoh's youngest gym leader, so he could have led the Veilstone gym as well.

[@RhysHill-ur8lq]

Where the hell is Larry!!!!!!!!!!!!!😤

[@Lucky-Nick123]

If Red was an gym leader then no one would win, Red is op

[@cringecorps]

Bruh the earth badge looking like a feather makes sense now😂

[@PuppyLuver256]

"Pelliper is trash" _you take that back right now_

[@silversonic1]

Giovanni was also originally a kid. If you're gonna say all of the things Giovanni once was, that's kind of an important one.

[@Frank-jl1ce]

Love this fact pokemon video dude.

[@RoyArkon]

I think that if there's another Kanto game that is not a Legends style one, it should get a full-on map like SV so we can not only get the towns that we are used to from Kanto but also 2 or 3 more cities with all new Gyms, since that the extra Gym Badges that we see in the anime are mainly from Kanto anyway. That would be cool.

[@tlst94]

What if the series only had 8 Regions? Released between 1996 and 2004. And they always had a sequel every 10 years(instead of remakes)? With a 10-year timeskip in every sequel. How'd the series have been like? How well would it have been recieved?

[@RoyArkon]

@@tlst94 Dude by 2004 we didn't even finish Gen 3, how can we get to 8 regions in just 8 years LOL?

[@tlst94]

@@RoyArkon Use your imagination. This is a "What If?". So the question is, what if only 8 Regions existed and came out yearly between 1996-2004? And if each got a sequel every 10 years(with 10-year timeskips)? While remakes never existed?

[@RoyArkon]

@@tlst94 I mean remakes could still happen, you can only keep doing sequels that much.

[@alphaxd0013]

Saying Pelpiper is trashed and forgotten about while being used all the time in competitve is insane lol

[@tlst94]

Why does Clemont look like Jeremy Belpois from Code Lyoko? lol

[@blue94rose]

The minor league gyms and major league gyms is most probably based off the County cricket system in England. I don't know if it's the same system for football or other sports, but if you want to be an international cricketer, you have to work your way up the ranks by playing in second XI county championship teams and second XI club teams and even lower ranks before you make it to the senior first XI teams and hopefully your own main state teams. The counties will have their own tournaments within their own regions and they again are classified into more zones, it's the case in all cricket playing countries but it's mostly in England that the second 11 teams are common

[@nightlox_5113]

🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁 bros out here looking for cupcakes

[@josiahshea3350]

Wouldn't be surprised if there's some text leaks from him in a few years

[@SuperAutastic]

Video starts at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="115">1:55</a>

[@nivek5155]

Just ordered the mascot, looking forward to the video game and TCG when they are ready

[@Szymon_Szubert]

I dont think the sun is the biggest light source on Earth, mainly because the sun is not on Earth

[@attilaszanto2275]

Pelipper has received Drizzle in gen 7, so it isn't trash since.

[@rubenmoreno407]

Pelipper is not trash nor forgotten, it's good competitively

[@SilverSonic72]

Roark is the youngest Sinnoh Gym Leader? Maylene might have something to say about that...

[@rubirawrs]

I love my Folkachi! Mine got to me way quicker then i though and he is heckin soft!

[@SalsCorner]

Please change the thumbnail 😭 Misty is a 10 year old girl

[@DARKMK-lj4bx]

age is just a number

[@josiahshea3350]

​@@DARKMK-lj4bxso is 9mm buster

[@SalsCorner]

​@@DARKMK-lj4bx walk yourself to jail rn

[@tlst94]

@@SalsCorner I don't get it. What about Misty? I've only seen Red on the thumbnail. 😕

[@ElDisable]

@@tlst94 he changed it afterwards, thankfully. It was disgusting that it was there in the first place, even if he was just doing it for clickbait.

[@demonmasted1]

Crazy clickbaiting thumbnail....

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

Sees thumbnail: Oh my 😳

[@patonosequecosa]

Go to jail

[@ElDisable]

@@patonosequecosa just imagining the monopoly square lmao, it is kinda crazy that he had that as the thumbnail tho

[@RobertoMarquezJr]

Peliper? You mean the word champion Pokémon? Never heard of it

[@P0kePaul]

Roark isn't even close to being the youngest Gym leader in Sinnoh. You probably forgot about Maylene and Candice being litetal kids Edit: In German the anime actually tells you that every City is supposed to have it's own gym leader !

[@CiaraC-hh7rm]

It’s all connected

[@gameraz1990]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="716">11:56</a> CAN YOU SMEEELLLLL.... What THE BROCK is cooking??

[@k2basior]

Bugsy has Orbetetle on a TCG card

[@luciboi8182]

Love the fact that we actually forced him to change the thumbnail through the comments

[@PERSONII3331PERSONIIEVER]

good

[@half-pipe9791]

thats a kid bro

[@ovxk1014]

Dose anyone want to follow their spirit or is financial success all that matters...

[@daniellares454]

Hey hoops she’s a minor this is really weird for you to be click baiting lewd minor images

[@MidnightLugia24]

Honestly, though, especially since it's not the first time he's used risqué images like that

[@kakarikokage2514]

Pokémon is so wrong for sketchy thumbnail opportunities.

[@mdalsted]

And now the thumbnail has been changed

[@kakarikokage2514]

@@mdalsted Well, shoot. I'll leave the comment anyway.

[@RoyaLotad]

I see we're pretending a child is topless for clickbait now. What kinda crowd are you trying to get watching these things?

[@MidnightLugia24]

Honestly, though, especially since it's not the first time he's used risqué images like that

[@danmartin87]

hoopsandpedohop

[@ZeIose]

I don’t know what the original thumbnail was but it seems like any one that clicked this video yesterday should probably be put on a list 😂

[@jackphillips4305]

Still no new eevee evolutions. Gamefreak just abandons it. God they suck

[@o_piterzin]

Wtf is that Misty thumbnail I love your work but, really? U dont need that level of clickbait bro

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

Clickbait is the thumbnail causing people to click the video so unless anyone clicked for the thumbnail alone it isn't really clickbait

[@o_piterzin]

@@Boltofbrilliance122 Bruh, it still is clickbait. When u look at any video, the first thing you look is the thumbnail and then the title. An image like that for a normal video about pokemon is so unnecessary.

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

@@o_piterzin but unless they are watching because of the thumbnail it isn't clickbait

[@o_piterzin]

@@Boltofbrilliance122 The thumbnail sexualizing an actual child of a show made for kids still is crazy, call it a clickbait or not + The thumb has nothing to do with the video itself.

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

@@o_piterzin ok two things first the thumbnail is showing less skin than the actual scene from the anime and second the thumbnail says " crazy gym leader facts" so saying it doesn't have anything to do with the video is false

[@josiahshea3350]

Sexualizing children is crazy

[@stevenperkins2276]

Pretty sure thats just you

[@mdalsted]

How old is Misty? I'm looking it up. Could've sworn she's an adult, though... EDIT: So, she was 10 years old in the third episode of the anime -- *ouch* -- but said show has been running for more than 20 years by this point -- *ouch* for a different reason 👴 -- and I don't know how different the anime's canon is from the games'. Either way, yeah, that thumbnail is an issue, even if the age of consent in Japan is lower than in the U.S.

[@Yx_Shorty_xY]

⁠@@mdalstedBro, it’s a fictional character. 😆

[@mdalsted]

@@Yx_Shorty_xY True...

[@ElDisable]

​@@Yx_Shorty_xY i hope you realise that (even if they are a fictional character) that the idea of depicting them like that is still wrong. Just because they don't exist doesn't mean it isn't wrong, and only the worst kinds of people use that excuse to justify something so disgusting of course I doubt hoops meant anything by it and probably just used it for the clickbait, but these sorts of things should not be just accepted

[@msmorbid8893]

Woohoo day 2 of being the first comment!!❤🎉

[@sm8758354]

Please Just don't Call a "Pokemon" trash...It might be someone"s fav mon and it kind of made me Sad. Love your Content though!

[@kiloky6244]

First

[@Chrisboy265]

What is that fucking thumbnail bro

[@jacobbrown9894]

Well the thumbnail when I clicked on this is red so it seems people got his ass hard in the comments considering all these Misty related ones

[@MidnightLugia24]

Sorry Hoops, but I'm done & unsubscribing. I'm tired having to skip over nearly three minutes of Folkachi or sponsorship to get to the actual content, kinda disgusted how regularly you've used risqué thumbnails of Pokémon characters (Misty, Serena, the female swimmer, etc...), and also kinda over how you keep redoing the same starters multiple times over with different types, mega evolutions, split evolutions, regional variants, etc.. which are all essentially the same kind of starter redesign just under new names. Good luck with your channel and everything, but I'm gone.

[@MrPaki206]

Lmao bro change the thumbnail 💀💀

[@G.reyDaze]

Is any of this actually fact checked tho?

[@trapez77]

You click baiting soab

[@andrewmarsjr9879]

Dude is ripping off pokemon nasty lol 😂😂😂 I wonder if Nintendo and pokemon know