7 Creepiest Pokémon Backstories That Will Fuel Your Nightmares Forever - Volume 3

Thought we'd run out of creepy Pokédex entries?! Hell no! They just keep adding to the scary pile! Here are 7 more Pokémon with super creepy backstories...yeeesh!
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[@outsidextra]

Good luck sleeping tonight, everyone. Sorry!

[@hoglin7]

Ok

[@leoncaples2947]

I love Pokemon too much to be scared, lol.

[@STRAKAZulu]

I’ll sleep just fine. Your voices are soothing, while my soul is being drained away by this Bramblegast…

[@TheGhostclimber]

"Sorry, not sorry..."

[@Michael_Lindell]

Well, I'm a Snorlax...

[@MrDudeshutup123]

Luke being surprised you can eat Pokemon means they need to do a list of Pokemon that are described as delicious. There are a lot of Dex entries that describe how delicious parts of Pokemon are.

[@treehugger0241]

We've been eating Pokemon since Generation 2! Why is this so surprising?

[@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield]

"He's out of line, but he's right."

[@zigazav1]

@@treehugger0241 At least with Slowpoke Tails, although you're cutting-off a part of a Pokemon, it does not feel the pain of getting it's tail cut off, and it regenerates quickly that tail it lost. You're not killing the Pokemon for food. It's a real shame Slowpoke isn't real, I hear how delicious it's tail is, and I want to give it's tail a taste. Apparently it's so tasty, someone can sell it for a large sum of money.

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

"Just the folds!"

[@paperip1996]

@@treehugger0241 No, right from the beginning actually. Red/Blue/Yellow described Farfetch'd has having been hunted to near extinction because it was so tasty!

[@hilgigas09]

"Separate soul from body," that's normally what happens when a horse kicks you in the head.

[@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield]

Sometimes it just makes it so you need a helmet to eat soup safely...

[@Punaparta]

@@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Or you become a Brexiteer.

[@insaincaldo]

@@Punaparta 2016 is on the phone for you. I'm not sure, it's some incoherent nonsense about owed relevance.

[@hondaaccord1399]

And every horse is Ghost type. They're *spirited.*

[@teamalice115]

“It’s fucking Minecraft.” Made me die because that’s literally what I said when I saw the whole line that it was just Minecraft in Pokémon

[@jordynstief3225]

3:36.

[@csss4241]

Ellen's calm "ah look it's my sleep paralysis demon" versus Luke's terrified "that is ABSOLUTELY horrible": fight

[@yufi305]

😂🤣

[@ilDSttaro]

I'm pretty sure even a kick from a normal horse can separate a soul from it's body

[@Joe90h]

Particularly a kick to the groinal region.

[@goldiegoose8975]

Just saw this new Palossand entry from Violet: _"From the hollows in its arms, it fires the bones of its victims, which are all dried up after being drained of their vitality."_ How family-friendly!

[@theyinyang1103]

The Brambleghast one of burying towns is a real world phenomenon where tumbleweeds bury towns after sandstorms.

[@TheHopperUK]

Is it dangerous or just super annoying?

[@theyinyang1103]

@@TheHopperUK From what I've seen they can block doors and windows like a heavy snowfall if bad enough. And they are thorny so they can be annoying to remove.

[@KaguroDraven]

@@TheHopperUK Both. They dry out fast, and can cause massive fires because of it.

[@wmdkitty]

@@TheHopperUK Yes.

[@feliciasmoon3323]

Gengar is even more creepy with it's dex entries. For me the most frightening one is the Moon entry "It apparently wishes for a traveling companion. Since it was once human itself, it tries to create one by taking the lives of other humans."

[@laurendyer2838]

Sun and Moon entries were something else, man.

[@Torchwood1077]

Wait, what? How the &*#( was that thing human? I always thought it was a dead Clefable!

[@feliciasmoon3323]

@@Torchwood1077 The Gengar being a dead Clefable was a fan theory and it was never proven right ( if i remember correctly)

[@Tdull-tv1ds]

Gigantamax Gengar reminds me of Shin Megami Tensei/Persona’s Abaddon in which both monsters have their mouths open. I’m thinking it’s not a coincidence because Pokémon was created a little after the first Shin Megami Tensei game.

[@Raven1024]

@@Tdull-tv1ds Alternatively it's also just a popular thing for monsters...for a very long time "the gaping maw" sort of deal.

[@adrostruiker6281]

I LOVE how creepy a lot of these are, and Ellen: "Can it get any creepier? Yes! Yes it can, we've been through this it's pokemon."

[@user-hs1xb9tv6e]

In my headcanon those backstories are what happens when you let ten year olds write things that natural scientists, biologists and pokemon behavior specialists should write. Also I love the treasures of ruin. They are all literally pure negative emotions in the shape of animals that are hell bent on destroying everything in their path. They are basically the closest thing to actual demons in the pokemon world and I love it.

[@KGfan4ever]

*cackles in Giratina*

[@RainWelsh]

I don’t know what’s funnier, Luke’s peeved “that’s just f**king Minecraft!” or Ellen’s deadpan “oh look it’s my sleep paralysis demon”. I love these videos, and the “Who’s That Pokémon” jokes are always my favourite bits. Honestly, all of them are unsettling since it’s gone open-world, I haven’t played any Scarlet/Violet but in Sword/Shield there was always something a bit off-putting about turning the camera around to see a Machamp or whatever charging towards you with intent.

[@warpjediAK]

With the entries in the various games being so utterly different, makes you wonder if the devs speak to each other.

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

*devs comparing notes at the office xmas party “Damn Dave, was everything ok at home when you wrote this?” “Shes turned the weans and dug against us!” 😂

[@BudBonkerson]

​@@gruggerduggerhooseshe's turned the weans against you has she mate?

[@madnessarcade7447]

Each game is its own continuity Pokémon is a multiverse

[@TheGhostclimber]

Every time I see these lists I keep wondering if some kind of childhood trauma is required to work in Pokemon development.

[@monkey_blu]

Nah, just normal understanding that nature in real life is metal as fuck.

[@nerovondoom6298]

​@@monkey_bluThat tablet leaf pile is iron maiden song waiting to happen.

[@MSte21]

I wish Pokemon media more often reflected the horrific world implied in the Pokedex. So many lost souls there, made into Pokemon and then forced to fight at the whims of children. It's effed up.

[@Minilena]

I saw a theory somewhere that the dex entries are written by the children themselves, so they're just full of bull they come up with on the spot. I want to believe in that theory, for the sakes or all citizens of the poké-world...

[@lacytaylor1501]

​@@MinilenaSo a child came up with the idea of another child dying in the woods and coming to possess a tree stump....

[@ASoulphoenix]

@@lacytaylor1501 or holding a balloon-shape pokemon and been carried somewhere never to be seen again

[@Ilikecatsismychannelname]

Well, the Adventures/Specials manga certainly does. Right out of the gate, by the end of the first volume we get attempted murder of a minor by an adult (at least 3 times. Granted it's Team Rocket doing the murder attempts, but still...), illegal experimentation (on Pokemon by Team Rocket again), wild Pokemon attacking with intent to kill, possession of corpses via Ghastly (zombie Psyduck will live in my nightmares forever), possession of a trainer plus trainer's Pokemon via the same Ghastly, and a decapitated Arbok (courtesy of Blue/Green Oak's Charmeleon). And that's just the first volume of the first arc with Red, Blue, and Green. Naturally, I adore the manga due to this willingness to engage with the dark side of Pokemon. Of course, it also freely engages with the silly side with such things as a Blastoise acting as a jetpack for it's trainer, and with it's sweet side as in everything the trainer Yellow does ever.

[@FirebladesSong]

@@Minilena Right? Children make up some really horrifying things sometimes... but the concepts aren't horrifying to most CHILDREN.

[@mjvdg4194]

Tinkaton single handedly destroyed the flying taxi service of the Paldea region by hunting the Corviknights as sport. They then craft the bodies of these Pokémon into big anime hammers so they can hunt more.

[@SimuLord]

The entry on Gigantomax Gengar merely says it's a portal to the afterlife. It doesn't specify "hell". You may be walking straight into Valhalla or a video game afterlife like Sovngarde.

[@NivMizzet89]

Skyrim modders, you know what to do.

[@andersasblom6452]

If they wanted you to go somewhere nice, why would the Gengar try to trick people into their mouths? Also, if they ever mentioned "hell", parents in some parts of the world would be upset, and Nintendo can't have upset parents complaining these days.

[@SimuLord]

@@andersasblom6452 It could be the Christian Heaven and you could be buddy-buddy with Jesus, doesn't make you any less dead.

[@CelticVictory]

I'm more concerned by the reviewer that wanted to place their cat inside.

[@Stratelier]

Interestingly, the four Treasures of Ruin each have one Pokedex entry describing their _abilities,_ and one Pokedex entry describing their _origins._ Scarlet and Violet split the difference with two of each (i.e. 2 ability descriptions and 2 origin stories).

[@TheROOTminus1]

Scarlet just seems to go harder with all of its entries though

[@adriankerrison]

I believe real horses can also kick a person's soul out of their body

[@cameronbaines3149]

The fact that naclstack learns the move "salt cure" it for sure cures there prey alive.

[@ZeusBrown]

I really appreciate the inclusion of the chemical formula of salt in the name of Nacli and evolutions. Also there are several examples of Pokemon being food (for humans) in the anime.

[@lucielm]

What is scarrier about Nacli is the rubbing of salt on prey to dry them out is used by the evolved form form for medical reasons. It dries the wound so fast it stops the bleeding. Also no one has heard of the phrase "Salting the wound?" Oh that's cause salt in a wound hurts like a b-!!!

[@Sableagle]

Sure, but now you have to call it Natriumcloridestack in your head every time you see one, don't you?

[@ZeusBrown]

@@Sableagle Small price to pay. It's Garganatriumchloride that I dread.

[@Sableagle]

@@ZeusBrown Galliumroentgeniumargonnatriumcloride?

[@ZeusBrown]

@@Sableagle Galliumllithiumuraniummroxygeneniodineuraniummargongoxygennitrogennatriumtriodineuraniummclorideoxygenriodidede?

[@leonardrodriguez1501]

"That's just f@#$ing Minecraft" freaking got me.

[@SirElchior]

I am loving the increase in how sarcastic, upset, or cynical the intros to each Pokemon are, gorgeous job folks!

[@JoePlinkelton]

The best parts about these Videos are Lukes and Ellens Comments on the "Who's that Pokemon?" Entries 😂

[@jacobdeweil3553]

Please make another volume of scary pokemon entries. These are hilarious

[@zigazav1]

This is volume 3, Outside Extra rarely ever make a 3 part series of list videos

[@CelticVictory]

@@zigazav1 If there's enough material, they could make more.

[@YoruuXD]

Luke being surprised that ‘we eat Pokémon now’ as if Farfetch’d’s didnt carry leeks because they get caught and cooked in stews 😂

[@samuxan]

I'm sure the scarlet/violet DLC will provide enough material for volume IV

[@flyingwithbirbs1202]

Feeling very called out by the "murdering houseplants" bit 😭

[@billcipher3180]

fun fact: Toedscool runs away from people at 3 miles an hour because it knows it's delicious

[@ForestRaptor]

The intensity of the "dracula horse pokemon" bit got me chuckling pretty good. Here's your well deserved Like from a respectable follower of many years now ^^

[@Kahtisemo]

Seriously. When she read the entry and was like "Do you know what that means?!" I thought, um... It's a literal Night Mare? I was not expecting "IT'S DRACULA!" 😂

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

If you haven't already used it, Beautifly would definitely qualify for a list like this.

[@theknightwithabadpictotall7639]

Combee bully

[@laurencooper6687]

And hatterene

[@soulweaver64]

"This is what counts for a Pokemon now, is it?" "It has no face!" Literally made me spit out my tea. Rest in peace, my tea.

[@kevinclapson]

"Elden Ring-grade BS" had me dead. Too accurate for these over-the-top, dark lore entries.

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

Comments in the "Who's that Pokémon" bit are as great as ever:)

[@Monky44]

Almost all new Ghost Pokémon are human souls that are possessing objects , so every one in the Pokémon world has a chance to become a Pokémon

[@prettylittlequeenbee8201]

the whole "who's that pokemon?" bit has me in tears, and I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that it's 1 am and there is a raging thunderstorm outsiide!

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

You don't even need to wait for the next game for some crazy stuff. There are still plenty you haven't covered just yet. Like, has anyone commented on Hisuian Zoroark's entry here?

[@GrandDuchessTaco]

Luke's horror at eating Pokémon just makes me think "oh you sweet summer child". We eat every Pokémon.

[@thajocoth]

"all the plants we've killed" - I haven't had plants in a very long time, but I did once manage to underwater a cactus I had.

[@HIPsteHeero]

Aah yes, a Bulbasaur with a hat, I can already imagine some of the entries: "The hat that this Bulbasaur wears is the remains of its former trainer after it sat on him and crushed him into mush. It spent years shaping the remains into a hat, not to make a fashion statement, but out of shear and utter guilt." "Made of the skin of its mother, this hat is slowly building up energy that might well one day explode to destroy the entire world in a blisteringly painful explosions of screams and acid." "This hat is made of a man and a woman, who used to make videos on a video platform about creepy Pokemon, until they were one day found by some of the creepiest Pokemon who made a pact to make them part of this creepy universe and then turned them into a hat for a Bulbasaur to wear." Let me know which is your favorite! And if you want any more, lol.

[@gaz9411]

"The hat the bulbasaur wears is rubbish. It is poorly lined, has raw edges, and the logo on it is lopsided"

[@HIPsteHeero]

@@gaz9411 Aww, that one is so innocent, yet so sad as well, lol

[@gaz9411]

@@HIPsteHeero Such is the life of Gigantahat Bulbasuar

[@HIPsteHeero]

@@gaz9411 At least no one else was harmed in the process, lol

[@gaz9411]

@@HIPsteHeero "It is said that any milliner who gazes upon the bulbasaur's hat will gasp so hard due to their own professional pride that they will immediatly perish"

[@sambridgett]

I've not played a Pokémon game since 1999 but I love this little sub-genre of Oxtra lists.

[@kayschut9327]

Now do one for Pokemon that are absolute menaces to society. (Like Tinkaton for example)

[@ToriKlepto]

I’m sorry, Luke and Ellen, but as a ghost Pokémon fanatic, I love these videos the most! So I hope you do more lol

[@K4RN4GE911]

The best parts of these Pokémon vids is the offhanded remarks of the crew. Never fails to put a smile on my face.

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

Spectrier = Luna as a Pokémon? Well, we literally got Sweetie Bell as a Pokémon in the same gen with Galarian Ponyta. And of course, finding a shiny version of its evo is quite the Rarity. (can already hear them going BOOOOOO)

[@fd5934]

I basically had to rewind to every “who’s that Pokémon?” Bit because it kept making me laugh so hard and I couldn’t hear the video

[@Z1Blue]

Gengar has always been my favourite pokemon even back when I played pokemon yellow. Gengar is a cute spiky marshmallow and he has a surplus of cool and somewhat unorthodox moves. Wich really speaks to me ^^

[@Zenlore6499]

My next social gathering is my great-aunt’s 90th birthday… I should skip bringing up Poké-horror, right?

[@KarateKitty5000]

The "Who's that Pokémon!" Bits in these are just the best. "That's just f*ckin' Minecraft" hit me like a freight train lol

[@dominicmanester8125]

The darker implications of there being enough lost souls in the world of Pokémon to bury a town.

[@macgyver42563]

And that's what happens when you let your 10 year old children go out on adventure to capture wild animals with the power of gods, nature, and eldritch horrors.

[@Sableagle]

Scary, isn't it? Almost like real life. Not that ... ... you know ... ... Cheung Ek, Tuol Sleng, Vilina Vlas, Srebrenica, Treblinka II, Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, Wounded Knee, Agincourt or Ypres are haunted in real life, of course.

[@dominicmanester8125]

@@Sableagle It's the disconnect between the cutesy aesthetic, the fact it is a kids game contrasted against the lore about mass genocides and world ending wars.

[@Trollkiller]

I love these scary pokemon entries vids but I think another fun one could just be funny entries, cool entries, how Pokemon entries have changed from gen to gen. I'll always remember Mike reading off the Magikarp entry as a favorite pokemon moment from these two lovely channels.

[@pandoravex4791]

10:56 No, no we aren’t. 😂 I’m honestly surprised you didn’t bring up the dex entry that mentions if a gengar finds you you should “give up”, was it already mentioned in another list? I can’t remember.

[@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield]

Solid advice. You're not gonna escape unless it lets you. Red and blue weren't "simpler times" ghastly straight suffocated fools for no reason if I recall correctly.

[@Sableagle]

"Gengar says to continue struggling is pointless, and wishes to discuss terms of surrender." "We haven't the proper facilities. I'm sorry." "What?" "We'd like to accept your surrender, but we don't have enough Pokéballs to take you all prisoner. Was there anything else?"

[@jon-michaelharris5840]

I love the reactions by the team haha

[@singsong7874]

The first one of these videos was the first video from Outside Xtra. This started my love of this channel. Love that y’all are revisiting it 🖤🖤🖤

[@Hisha1303]

"Are we eating pokémon now?" X&Y lets you eat slowpoke tail in restaurant and Sword & Shield lets you buy slowpoke tail and feed it to your slowpoke

[@dallydaydream]

"Are pokemon... *fans* okay?" Of course we're not, we keep playing games with lore like this

[@l0stndamned]

I love these videos. They're a wonderful source of material for comedy-horror rpgs.

[@orkosubmarine]

I love this channel so much, you guys give me so much joy

[@submariNervous]

1:50 - It gets even worse than this, actually! The whole "entire towns get enveloped in them" is based on a real-life problem in the desert areas of the U.S.A. where certain winds can blow _thousands_ of tumbleweeds into towns, at which point it's like getting snowed in due to a freak blizzard except instead of piles of frozen water it's piles of _highly flammable clumps of dry, thorny sticks piled up against the houses of everyone in your neighborhood._ Literally the only thing that surprised me about Brambleghast is that they don't learn any Fire-type moves or at least have some sort of Hidden Ability to reflect this.

[@HinekoAkahi]

I love the little "Who's that Pokémon" commets, they're so funny xD

[@waycooljrplays]

Surprised not to see Greavard added to the list. There was even an ad for them when Scarlett and Violet was being released, where it seemed like the kid who's first person view you were looking through like...died?

[@sneaksyranger]

The response for Bramblin is easy, taken from the wisdom of the Bloodhound Gang: "We don't need no water let the somethingsomething burn, burn somethingsomething, burn."

[@StephenAlexWalker]

Love this series 😁

[@justinanderson4315]

The descriptions are creepy, but their reactions to each Pokémon made me really enjoy this video.

[@batboy-xf3ki]

I absolutely adore these pokemon reviews

[@MCTicTac]

40 seconds in and "It's got no face" just killed me 😂😂😂

[@daveertel1704]

Yay, another one, so glad they decided to make a 3rd video for this series

[@FaisalAli-wr8no]

The setup of the tumbleweed joke was laugh-out-loud funny.

[@brianlewolfhunt]

"swords for hands. Not a great start" Somewhere, a Scyther starts looking for its prey

[@MrAuthor3DS]

Oh, Bramblin does have a "face" - it's those two "eye" seeds floating inside that flip around to "blink". Brambleghast does add branches in front to act as a "mouth".

[@PJ-bq6kw]

Skeledirge’s Violet Pokédex entry is a RIOT

[@elishabarkley7625]

To be fair, a normal horse can separate you soul from your body with a kick, too

[@mar_speedman]

"It gives us no pleasure at all, not one bit" ~Luke Westaway while smiling at the camera from pleasure

[@zacharysmith4856]

I don’t know other creepy Pokémon beyond the ones in the lists, but these are fantastic videos.

[@leoncaples2947]

Please keep these videos going 🙏. I'm begging you!

[@MillicentOak]

Ellen dropping *I Love Horses* brings back some early or mid 00's internet memories. Really starting to understand why Rickrolling was the one that survived.

[@ArkaneStephanie]

I love how the commentary in Who's that Pokémon is getting more and more unhinged the longer this list type goes on. Also I want that horses' hair, I don't care how many souls it takes.

[@adamdickopf8588]

The quality of these videos is only increasing. I actually, genuinely laughed out loud a few times.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

Gigantamax Gengar's mouth leads to the *afterlife*. Oxtra: "Portal to HELL!!!" ...could be Heaven! Still dead but a pleasant dead!

[@MunchKING]

To be fair, cities being buried in tumbleweeds is a real thing that really happened in the American central states.

[@nicholascross3557]

He he he, 'steer' clear of the horse, nice one!

[@Reishadowen]

Pokemon gameplay: "Pokemon used wiggle! Other Pokemon got bopped in the head!" Pokedex: "IT HUNGERS FOR HUMAN SOULS, NO ONE IS SAFE!"

[@CaptainJack67]

Always appreciate your content, friends

[@sacrilegiousboi]

The evil achievements of outside Xtra love it not as much as mimikyu loves Pikachu but alot lol

[@vickirick4219]

I'm honestly beginning to wonder if the whole lost souls thing is supposed to be super literal or if it's maybe reflective of in universe myths.

[@ctoneil2]

Creepy Pokemon backstories is how I stumbled upon this channel in the 1st place!! 💚💜

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

Honestly these videos are worth the price of admission just for the "Who's That Pokémon?!" segments 😂

[@FirebladesSong]

"It's a dracula pokemon!" Look, if you think being some sort of loner vampire horse is going to make me uninterested, you're deeply underestimating my love for horses.

[@TransGuyShane]

I always love these kind of videos 😂

[@matthewbarratt4935]

Just Luke and Ellen this time. So which Pokedex entry broke the outsidexbox crew?

[@stephanie41115]

Loved the ending of this video! Luke cracks me up with his lack of pleasure. Lol

[@maileesaeya3614]

The lore around the Pokedex itself is pretty nebulous, but I like to think that the crazy entries are either the Professor's trolling the protagonists and testing if they're actually paying attention (especially with the fact that you'd think we wouldn't have to re-complete the dex every game, at least for mons from older games), or that the dex itself is being snarky (while it went away quickly, the anime did open with Ash's dex having a snarky personality, plus nowadays the dexes all have Rotom in them).

[@WolfintheMirror]

How about a break from the psychological torture, and for the next one do a ranking of the best adorable event Pokémon with hats? Pokémon GO has three different Bulbasaur with hats!

[@Miloyo09]

3:36 Thank you for taking the words outta my mouth Luke

[@DarkFlareGC]

To be honest I love bramblin and brambleghast 🤣 it was a quick addition to my team. Even if it is a bit creepy. I also love Litwick and Chandelure, not sure what that says about me lol

[@rhysblaney3121]

"Please just consider a Bulbasaur with a hat" Overworked Gamefreak Employee: *Crumples up vague concept art of Charmander wearing a High-Visibility Jacket* "Damn it! So Close!"

[@kookoo47]

"Dracula. It's a Dracula Pokemon. Say it. Say it, you cowards!" HAHAHAHA, oh, Ellen. She says what we're all thinking.

[@SinisterChris]

If you want some real nightmare fuel, look up the inspiration for clodsire, my absolute favorite. It's Bases on the Iobarian ribbed newt. What they do with their ribs being the nasty part.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

I take it they aren't the ribs you eat and are not tasty?

[@michaell7778]

This series is incredible

[@JachAnen]

I mean, it said it lead to the afterlife, not specifically Hell, but with the things Merilwen has done, it's no surprise that Ellen thinks of the afterlife as the same as Hell