Pokemon Theory - Genesect's Origin (not Kabutops)

[@LightCoreDragon]

Finally. Someone else who understands the difference between a mythical and a Legendary Pokémon.

[@holese.]

I think many people get it but they're so similar it doesn't even matter, just... no one cares

[@PumpkinKidd.]

Hi I’m a genesect

[@Durtlepower]

So there’s more than one Arceus? Jk

[@LightCoreDragon]

Well yes. Some would disagree becuase of... reasons. I don't have the nerves for that discussion.

[@yee5115]

I know right

[@kovadi2824]

I think Parasect wouldn't have existed without the mushrooms. I think the evolution originally went paras->genesect but because of the mushrooms its growth was stunted and it now only becomes parasect.

[@patrick9518]

Yes, Parasect should be excluded, like cubone's supposed evolution

[@alexz31]

that makes sense

[@tunafishbowl]

supporting the sect thing what if paresect was the original but some birth defect or breeding with a different species (i know ridiculous) caused paras to exist then so on

[@dromingo6881]

does make hella sence

[@grainassault4844]

It BUGS me (pun intended) that nobody considers the fact that Paras is actually a very close relative of nincada. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Paras_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Origin

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Wow I feel like an idiot for not working this out sooner this is so going in my head canon

[@SquidwardProfilePic]

hey, imma fan

[@eizzah8323]

Yep

[@blazingnest2988]

same

[@vycr_stis]

When the big poketubers start liking your videos, you know. You've hit a gold mine. Gold Theory? -shrug-

[@slushyjarl5486]

Now how about the true cannon for paras where the mushroom grows and takes it over... wheres the mushroom on this supposed Genesect idea?

[@arleneoreilly863]

I don't know why but this makes so much sense

[@teamdelphita1071]

TheCrafterBoy 67 *genesect transforms* MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!!!

[@superyoshi139]

Team Delphita Genesectius Prime

[@kaji5650]

TheCrafterBoy 67 iii

[@VampKink12]

TheCrafterBoy 67 it dosent

[@vdun]

Interesting theory! Now, I am going to take this to a hole new stage. What if Dwebble is a Paras, but it protects itself from the parasite by wearing the rock. So when it started to be a problem for the paras, some paras started to wear rocks, and didn't get infected. Then the dwebbles would later became it's own species! Maybe?

[@WaffleCat3367]

i guess? you get a cookie for trying

[@vdun]

Tac Nayn Thanks!

[@NovaReboot]

Good theory

[@LUKEKICK1]

brilliant and also the dweble might've had a 3rd evo and evolved into the predigester of genecect.

[@lirolo8343]

+LUKEKICK1 what if Dwebble can still evolve but it needs a sort of stone that doesn't exist anymore ? or like glaceon and leafeon is in need of some special place to evolve !

[@thekirbyking6492]

Pokemon Sun and Moon supports this video, Solgaleo and Lunala have pre-evolutions, cosmog and cosmoem

[@davidrios6099]

TheKirbyKing lunala and solgaleo aren't really legendarys they are ultra beast that can go through earth dimension and the ultrap beast when they want

[@-Archant]

They aren't ultra beasts. Dialga and Palkia, and of course Giratina can travel to the normal world and their own dimension when they want either. So can Lunala and Solgaleo. Arceus, which is a Mythical pokemon, can aswell travel trough his own dimension and the normal one. nything about necrozma isn't rlly explained tough. But what i want to say here is that many legendary pokemon can travel trough dimensions.

[@-Archant]

And, not to forget, Ultra beast have more of their kind. Lunala and Solgaleo are only 1.

[@Skallva]

CrossPlays I would not call Arceus a Mythical Pokémon. He's a literal Pokémon God and a part of Sinnoh mythology. If his disciples have all the rights to be called Legendaries, why shouldn't he?

[@siggy3905]

Lemme explain what a mythical pokemon is. There are two different classifications of Legendary pokemon. There are regular legendaries, which you find in the games, such as Reshiram or Zapdos, but there are also mythical pokemon, which cannot be found in the games, but can only be obtained in events. The requirements for a pokemon to be legendary are the same as the requirements to be a mythical pokemon, excluding that mythical pokemon have to only be obtained from events. Both Regular Legendaries and Mythical pokemon need a base stat total over 600. Both normally can only be obtained once, except for a few occasions. So, in a nutshell, Mythical pokemon are essentially a sub-classification of legendary pokemon. Basically, you can call them either legendary or mythical. List of Regular Legendary pokemon: Articuno Zapdos Moltres Mewtwo Ho-Oh Lugia Entei Raikou Suicune Groudon Kyogre Rayquaza Deoxys (Used to be mythical, but not anymore) Latios Latias Palkia Dialga Giratina Heatran Regirock Registeel Regice Regigas Reshiram Zekrom Kyurem Xerneas Yveltal Zygarde Solgaleo Lunala List of Mythical Pokémon: Mew Celebi Shaymin Arceus Manaphy(?) (Can be obtained by transferring it from the Pokémon Ranger game) Genesect Victini Diancie Hoopa Volcanion Marshadow

[@martin6789]

"no legendary Pokemon evolved from other Pokemon YET" ....... sun and moon lol got ur wish

[@JessicaRodriguez-gi2cl]

Which legendary pokemon in sun and moon evolves?

[@taejn]

Jessica Rodriguez really late but cosmog evolves into cosmoem and then depending on what version you have at level 55 I believe it evolves into the version legendaries

[@bluboid5616]

I thought Cosmog, Cosmoem, Sogaleo and Lunala were Ultra beast

[@cybertv5309]

What about the word "YET"

[@ADiretoria100]

@@bluboid5616 Ultra Beasts are legendary

[@staticdrift9772]

The problem with why kabutops isn't a bug type is that kabutops may not have always been rock type. Almost (if not all) fossil Pokemon have the rock type because they're fossils, but kabutops could have been water and bug but now is rock because of being brought back from a fossil.

[@Technocolor00]

I really like this! Ive always been fond of Paras and Parasect since I was young and its nice to see it brought up again outside of 'top x creepy things in pokemon' videos.

[@ripperman25]

I like this theory. I've always wanted to know what a paras would be without the mushrooms killing it, at least now I have a head-canon.

[@oucyan]

4:30 Of course there are multiple legendary Pok'emon, aside from a few, most legendaries exist in multiples. 1 of a Kind legendaries: Mewtwo (might actually be 2 of a kind, as the one from Kalos might be a different individual from the one from Kanto, since the Kalos one is voiced by a female in the Genesect Movie, and of Mewtwo's other appearances in the anime have had male VA's) Suicune, Raikou, Entei (pok'emon revived by Ho-Oh and given new forms, explanation for being in multiple games is from their in game lore, which have many Pok'e Dex entries saying they travel the world) Ho-Oh (Fucking god bird, self explanatory. Lugia on the other hand may exist in mutliples, as there are 3 recorded individuals anime wise, the one from the second movie, and the two from whirl islands, one of which was a baby, showing there is a breeding population for them anime wise at least) Celebi (can exist in multiples due to creating time paradox's with it's powers. but they are all the same individual, just from different moments in time that traveled to the same moment in time) Groudon (may have existed as multiples in the past, due to the jirashi wish maker movie having a mutant clone revived from a fossil, and the silver version remake having 1 just so gen 4 players who didn't have access to gen 3 could get 1, but canonically, there is only 1) Kyogre (same as Groudon, should only be 1, but the Gold version remake added one in a place it shouldn't exist) Jirachi (nothing proves it isn't 1 of kind, it also sleeps for 1000 years and only wakes for seven days (unless caught by a trainer), so it's likely to be 1 of a kind) Regigigas (created the other regis (in multiples), most likely 1 of a kind, possible that there are a multiples, but only a handful, cannonically only 1 should exist) Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Mesprit, Azelf, Uxie (all created by Arceus. all 1 of a kind, the mesprit, uxie and azelf from B2W2 are the same ones from Unova. The game states they cave where mesprit was first encountered is somehow connected to Unova. the egg versions of Dialga, Palkia and Giratina in HGSS can be explained as back-up copies hidden away by Arceus, because god can do whatever he wants) Darkrai (most likely 1 of a kind, nothing to prove otherwise though) Crescelia (same as darkrai) Arceus (fucking god, clearly 1 of a kind) Torandus, Thunderus, Landorus (lore wise they are all 1 of kind. and in game, the only extra copies exist in OrAs due to Hoopa's interference) Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Keldeo (most likely 1 of a kind. nothing to prove otherwise) Meloetta (same as above) Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem (all the same legendary Pok'e Mon lore wise, clearly a unique pok'e mon) Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde (1 of a kind period, should not exist in multiples. though Zygarde can split into multiple individuals, it's all the same pok'e mon) Hoopa (nothing to confirm it isn't unique) Multiple Legendaries: Mew (ancestor of all pok'e mon, most likely exists in multiples and are really good at hiding. probably existed in large numbers in times long forgotten (before even fossil pok'e mon started roaming around)) Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres Lugia (at least 3 individuals exist, as stated above) Regirock, Registeel, Regice Latios, Latias (they had a dad in the 5th movie) Deoxys (2 confirmed to exist thanks to the 7th movie. ORAS hints that the deoxys from the delta episode was coming to earth for a specific reason, which if the movie is any indicator, was it searching for it's friend) Manaphy, Phione (8th Movie shows multiple Manaphy at the end. Phione is born from Manapy eggs, so multiples of both must exist) Shaymin (Giratina Movie shows multiples exist) Heatran (can be male or female. even though they can't breed, this shows they definitely exist in multiples deep underground in magma filled chambers) Gensect (at least 5 exist in modern times, including 1 shiny) Diancie (Diancie are mutated Carbink, and the Carbink treat them like royalty. Diancie isn't 1 of a kind, just incredibly rare, hence the legndary status) Unknown Status: Victini Meloetta Volcanion Non-Legendary with Legendary Status: Solrock, Lunatone (X-Legendary) Arcanine (once thought to be legendary, then they realized growlithe evolves via fire stone) Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite (Incredible rare) Unown (living hieroglyphs... too weak to be legendary though Volcarona (when sun disappeared, it used it's heat to become the sun... pretty badass bug if i do say so myself) Rotom (might have been originally planned to be a legendary, but was scrapped since gen 4 had so many legendaries already. can only be obtained post game through a specific method until gen 6) Psuedo-Legendary: (base stat total = 600 when in it's final evolution, usually rare to find/ evolve at high levels or both) Dratini Line (hard to find. Evolves late) Larvitar Line (hard to find. Evolves late) Bagon Line (hard to find. Evolves Late) Beldum Line (until gen 5, could only be obtained from events or from Steven in RSE after defeating the elite four and champion) Gible Line (hard to find) Deino Line (evolves Late) Larvesta Line (obtain larvesta as egg post game, or interact with Volcarona in ruins. can not be find in the wild in any game. Evolves late) Goomy Line (evolves late and via an annoying method for it's final evo)

[@wi.llowvevo]

+David Parisi Rayquaza?

[@oucyan]

xXThe GhostXx did I leave him out? just 1. damn thing is over 3000 years old according to ORAS. I doubt it'd take too kindly to other Rayquaza flying around in the atmosphere.

[@wi.llowvevo]

David Parisi xD, I just really like Rayquaza..

[@NeoBlitz13]

+David Parisi It depends on if we're simply talking anime, or video games really. Anime wise there's 3 Lugia (or two if you discount all the movies due to never being referenced, aside from the first movie), but game wise there would be 1. Same with Mewtwo, but I'm prettyy sure they just ignored the first ever existed.

[@retiredwestbrookfan6049]

+NeoBlitz13 in my opinion, i think their might be either two or three rayquazas because one was shown in the hoopla movie and it was shiny but the other was in the deoxys movie, and another was shown in the anime show. It has to be at least two because one is shiny and the other isn't.

[@plpfangyrl]

One thing that is very annoying about Genesect is that the Pokedex says it both had a cannon orignally, and that it was given a cannon. What?!

[@ViewerOnline101]

It may have had some kind of cannon or something like Blastoise does, and it was just given some super technological one with different drives in its place when it was resurrected and upgraded.

[@ViewerOnline101]

For some reason I'm unable to respond to comments for this video, I keep getting an error message. If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know. This is in response to Ramza Beoulves This is just a theory, not an established fact. However, the evidence does add up and support it, providing a reason for how and why Paras and Parasect started their relationship with their mushrooms, and how it relates to Genesect, and along with how and why it explains the disappearance of the original Genesect. Sure there are some holes, but all theories, even the theory of evolution in the read world, have holes. This is why they're theories and not facts. As for proof that Paras and Parasect existed 300 million years ago, well, since Pokemon is fictional, there is no actual proof. But then again, there's no proof he didn't either. But if you relate it to the real world, giant insect were around during that era, and Paras, Parasect, and Genesect are all giant insects. But like I said, it's just a theory.

[@spinobro198]

arceus is NOT a mythical pokemon. you do know that right? its a legendary

[@ViewerOnline101]

+venustoise mc fusion Check the website of you don't believe me. I was surprised too, but he's clearly classified as a mythical, not a legendary. Hell, there was even a commercial recently for the mythical Pokemon pack, and Arceus was in it. However much we think or prefer otherwise (including me) Arceus is a mythical pokemon.

[@spinobro198]

+Viewer Online101 hmm very strange

[@animepsyclone]

This might be true, and it could also be the other way around. Team Plasma probably had to obtain old DNA because the Pokèmon it once was is impossible to see today. If so, they may have made mistakes, as their analyzing process was different then the one used at places in-game where you can revive Fossil Pokèmon. This would explain things, and if it once was a Kabutops it would explain the Bug typing.

[@johnathannelson6102]

Viewer Online101 its ok

[@Reallytallsocks]

you sound like Mandark from dexters laboratory

[@Illusn]

This makes a lot more sense than the Kabutops theory. This seems like it could be the actual answer. It could also be a evolved form of a different pokemon that was the ancestor to Paras and Parasect. Great theory.

[@ilikedooooooodes7963]

This is a terrible theory like it requires everything to go right and he stated looks don’t matter but look how similar they are so nah the kabutops one is better but still trash

[@koyomiaraara8081]

This is actually the smartest thing I've heard from a Pokemon fan... Good job.

[@roban2799]

This really makes sense

[@avengerex]

Nice video :D Came from your top 10 strongest Digimon video !! Quality Stuff :D You just earned a new subscriber Sir :)

[@themanbehindtheslaughter2201]

I hate Digimon it's just a copy of pokemon

[@MyPissBurns]

4:14 this part is even more proven with type: null and sillvally, aswell as cosmos, cosmeon, and solgaleo / lunala

[@striker0614]

Hmmm.... Now that I think about it, remove the mushroom and replace it with a weapon, have it stand up straight, and they do resemble one another in multiple ways.

[@DanielTheRobot]

You should have added background music... It makes it more interesting

[@animaniacjokerman95]

DanielTheRobot Hes givin us da facts bro!

[@jemange5003]

"drastic changes during evolution like kabuto to kabutops" what's stopping the drastic type change from water/rock to bug??

[@RyonTeachesMugen]

Great Theory. nuff said.

[@Canadian_Ry]

I like your theory! It's refreshing to hear something different with decently sound logic and reasoning. Keep up the good work!

[@mayfell6092]

I don´t think that your theory is correct, because in the Pokemon Movie 16 there was a young Genesect ( it was smaller than the others and had a child voice) which means Genesects are no evolution results of other Pokemon. They are the basic 1st Pokemon in their evolution. Proof me wrong.... if you can^-^ PS: Nevertheless good video I enjoyed it :D

[@machinadeusex4164]

Good fact, but he said that these are no facts

[@mayfell6092]

Thank you and I wrote that his theory is not correct you fool.

[@machinadeusex4164]

oh..... sorry >-< but please don´t call me fool.... my mom already does that....

[@ViewerOnline101]

You have a far point, but Team Plasma basically cloned them the same way they cloned Mewtwo, they just made several modifications. So even if Genesect is the 3rd evolutionary stage, the clone of them would still be young at some point as it grew and developed, same as Mewtwo. There was another example of this in the anime. In Mewtwo Returns, there are baby Nidoqueen seen when they should have been Nidoran girls. This could suggest that cloned Pokemon are possibly "locked" in the evolutionary stage they were cloned from and even give birth to babies in that level too.

[@mayfell6092]

Good fact^^ but it´s weird because Genesect had memorys from its ´´1st live´´ and Mewtwo nothing. But both were cloned//reconstructed the same way. Funny, is not it?

[@aedaniammx7559]

Well, there's always the possibility that Parasect evolved through some Evolutionary Stone that's 'gone extinct'.

[@mayhemrobot9489]

genesect came from......... WEEDLE!

[@_tykow]

Nope, it must definitevly be..... MAGICKARP!!

[@SplashAttackTCG]

Weedle + metal coat = Genesect.

[@VampKink12]

Mayhem Robot true

[@mr.zeraora7493]

Do you watch LOGinHDI?

[@oddalbert8966]

crazy lucarioX logan sucks

[@NerdySmurtle]

Made my day seeing a new vid. Keep em coming man!

[@EdgeLifeMatters]

nice Video ^^ But I think: Genesect was Snorlax

[@ViewerOnline101]

+Pixelfreund LOL

[@CrapOverlored]

+Pixelfreund wow snorlax must of had to work out a lot

[@crystaljackson9531]

+Crap Overlored lol xD

[@sundaethief]

oh no no no genesect is the lava snail thing obviously

[@excusemewhat8904]

Fandom Gamer Macargo ?

[@Izzak_Beck]

Cool theory, pretty interesting approach

[@PluckyStar]

This isn't a bad theory by any means, but I feel like the hypothetical scenarios are far more prominent than the solid evidence here.

[@imagomonkei]

Munkeeman We're talking about a video game. There is no solid evidence, lol

[@PluckyStar]

Still, there's far more hypothetical scenarios and "what if's" than necessary. He's not really making any definitive points.

[@VampKink12]

But while theorists are out there I pretty sure they didn't attend to put it in there so no solid proof ulso a video game needs proof

[@sageofsong]

I personally subscribe to the idea that Genesect is an ancient Scizor, but you have some nice points here

[@whatis112-s2i]

I have a theory th one that saved ash is one that hadn’t been infected with parasitic mushroom

[@vyliathepotato]

Good theory. Well explained too. As for Kabutops' rock typing.... isn't it just 'cuz he got revived from a fossil ? I mean, fossils all have a rock typing. Highly doubt all of them were rock type bac in their day. So the part where "Can't see why it would go from rock/water to bug" kida doesn't make sense. For all we know, it could have been bug/water back in the day, and lost the bug typung due to being revived from well... a rock. Anyway, the paras thingy makes more sense. Still doubt the thing was called "genesect" back then. The "gene" part really makes it sound like it was given in modern times due to team plasma tinkering with the actual genes of the revived pokemon.

[@elizabethdespair]

First, The gun was MODIFED. thats it.

[@petruciosxdrn5881]

So apparently Gensect had a giant biological gun on its back?

[@elizabethdespair]

we're talking about pokemon though, anything's possible really :/

[@typhlosiontube4504]

This theory is very accurate and has a lot of evidence that makes so much sense. Many people say Genesect was Kabutops, but I believe this theory is even better.

[@Falconwing51]

I think in particular Parasect used to evolve into the shiny Genesect because the Paras line seems to get more red and less orange as it evolves. I guess Team Plasma painted the normal ones purple or something? Idk, either way nice theory! :D

[@WaffleCat3367]

lol wut painted them

[@Falconwing51]

Tac Nayn Idk, maybe so they can blend in easier in certain environments so they don't die as easily? Fire is a pretty common offensive type... Maybe they changed its genes?

[@kingarthurii5001]

Great theory man, LOVE IT.

[@nippleslayer2009]

I think the wimpod evo that got leaked was genesect

[@silveriohernandez7286]

Have you seen the leaked evolution of wimpod

[@Righteous1ist]

I hate how Genesect is so strong when it looks like a generic bug machine

[@TheOwnerX5X]

cool theory ,bro.

[@ViewerOnline101]

+TheOwnerX5X Thank you.

[@davidevans8527]

the base of the cannon (the little little part connecting it and the back of genesect) kind of looks like a mushroom stalk, and if you take the cannon off of that structure, and make the little part where genesect puts it's head when it folds up into a circle, it looks like the picture at 3:09 with a mushroom on its back.

[@kentaro923]

Plz get a better mic plz!!!

[@carkicobra7616]

there's still the bug steel ant pokemon (can't remember the name) as it doesn't currently have a evolution and they both came out in the same region also genetics has a body exactly like a ant

[@carkicobra7616]

genesects*

[@mr.september4674]

Durant

[@petruciosxdrn5881]

Durant isn't a fossil Pokémon and didn't live 300 million years ago, for all we know.

[@brandonbrown6736]

They forgot creselia

[@brandonbrown6736]

In the mythical chart

[@mrvibinsgoon3240]

Wow

[@samyooelle4345]

Honestly, I like this theory, but what if Genesect is like all the other fossilized Pokémon, being a rock type, and Genesect happened to be a Bug/Rock type, and, what if we will eventually see a fossil Pokémon that has resemblance to Genesect, or what if few Genesect existed, and there are still fossils of it that haven't been found

[@ViewerOnline101]

TXRangerMan Then I guess I'll be wrong. then again, that could still be the 3rd stage that mentioned, just the fossilized remains.

[@bryanzou2037]

Sam Yoo Elle then how do you explain about the biological gun on its back?

[@bobbobston9233]

"kabutos and genesect look a like but many othe pokemon look a like too so this isnt good evidence. it is actually an evolution of parasect. look at how they look alike"

[@davidrios6099]

Bob Bobston um looking alike doesn't matter what about the dragonite evolution tree

[@draconicblaze4461]

David Rios I agree. Also, look at Magikarp and Gyarados.

[@princessunattainable7775]

ha dragonite? magikarp? look at feebas and remoraid =P

[@OwlpoAnimations]

Ha look at cosmog cosmoem and lunala and solgaleo

[@SuperLegend1962]

Owlpo Animations ?

[@jirachi17]

I started to laugh when you said “well parasect doesn’t have a 3rd evolution!!”

[@Spingob]

This theory is accurate

[@CursioNeptune]

Or it could be that Paras' original second evolution was meant to stand upright or resemble something similar to it's final evolve Genesect, but when the mushrooms took over, they're presence caused it to instead develop into a Parasect, since paras' claws closely resemble Genesect, but Parasect's claws are utterly changed (more like crab claws), and it looks like it could no longer evolve to walk upright or gain claws similar to Genesect. So the mushroom helped Paras survive, but in the process, utterly changed it's evolution chain, while at the same time causing Genesects to go extinct since it forcefully changed what paras evolved into.

[@ViewerOnline101]

Possibly, but based on his powerful Genesect is, there's most likely another stage in between it and Paras. Unless its an evolution similar to Magikarp and Gyarados.

[@CursioNeptune]

Well, I was trying to say that near the beginning of my theory -w- "it could be that Paras' original second evolution was meant to stand upright or resemble something similar to it's final evolve Genesect," guess I wasn't clear ^w^;

[@gamerguy950]

I disagree with this theory. Parasect is a zombie that was taken over by the mushroom on its back. The evolutionary line of Paras to Parasect is about the fungus taking control, and it would not be able to evolve beyond Parasect (unless Mega). I think if this theory held any water it would more likely be a different evolution of Paras, much like how Slowpoke, Poliwhirl, Kirlia, Snover, etc. have multiple evolutions, that it cannot do anymore as the fungus is forcing it into Parasect and infecting all newborns with its sproes.

[@ViewerOnline101]

+gamerguy950 Yes, NOW he is. The theory is that 300 millions years ago, he could evolve into Genesect. But since he formed a relationship with his mushrooms, which (according to the PokeDex and other sources), he had his growth stunted, nutrients from his body sucked out, was completely taken over by the mushroom, etc, becoming a zombie, he LOST his ability to evolve. Thus Genesect stopped appearing and became extinct.

[@hufflepuffchef5013]

Do you mean snorunt instead of snover as I am pretty sure that snover does not have a branch evolution (that I know about anyway).

[@gamerguy950]

James Bethell Yes, thanks for the correction.

[@hunterkai6772]

+James Bethell frolass

[@gingerbred9040]

WELL, I believe this is a good theory but the problem is how between Paras and Genesect, first of all, the names do not really match like how the video was talking about, it kinda seems like there would be a middle evolution, plus doesn't parasect seem, incomplete? Like it is not to its final form.

[@Cool_Kid95]

With the advent of regional forms and evolutions, this video is even MORE credible!

[@timevalentime1806]

I was completely surprised by this video. Usually Pokemon theories end up turning all dark and reek fanfic, but in this video you combined Pokemon logic with science and made something that actually sounded believable. When you first said who genesect could be, I almost clicked off, but I'm glad I didn't because I found a nice channel to subscribe to.

[@cyrinaefox6828]

I can see you put a lot of work into this. While I don't agree, I can appreciate the theory. Personally, I think the proto-genesect pokemon was simply a pokemon that died out entirely, and isn't closely related to any modern pokemon or revived fossil pokemon. Boring, maybe, but it's a simple, clean explanation with no holes that need to be filled.

[@petermatallana2556]

I saw the title and thumbnail and immediately thought you were going to talk about how Genesect was Durant.

[@jyotishkamandal5619]

Very nice research. Never thought of comparing the 'sect' words😅

[@brickmastere5535]

Haha! One of his points is right since Cosmog and Cosmoem now evolve into legendaries!

[@theex-wannabeyoutuberwhowa139]

Before: Scizor! After: THAT IS INSANE!

[@lolgaleo4325]

this is now. this is 2017, and somehow, A CUTE LITTLE SPACE CLOUD EVOLVES INTO A GIANT GALACTIC MONSTER SPACE LION

[@zonzyotea8815]

i started laughing when he said gene-sex as plural for genesect

[@magus3597]

Makes alot of sense :) liked and subscribed

[@skorppio]

Warning audio was recorded through a rusty trombone. Lower your volume before watching

[@ethanadams8109]

You said all Pokemon so far have not evolved from anyone. You were RIGHT. Cosmog. I'm subbing.

[@mattberry9565]

you missed something on the black entry, "Team Plazma upgraded the canon on its back", stating he already had one on his back.

[@sshallow7921]

I'm a simple dude, I see a Genesect theory that doesn't include Kabutops, I click.

[@ZenRai001]

Your content is good. Keep it up.

[@fljaa7930]

I subscribe to your channel and I left a like on this video ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ViewerOnline101]

josh alcantara Awesome! Thanks.

[@RialVestro]

I don't know why people are trying to figure what an unaltered Genesect is or what it would look like. The information on it clearly says that the only alteration made to it is the addition of the cannon on it's back so it was always a Genesect not a different Pok'emon. The body always looked that way because it says nothing about adding metal armor to the Pok'emon, it's just exactly what you see except without the cannon.

[@Mystaroo]

If you talk to the man who gives you the drives when you have genesect and if you talk to him again he says "That 300 milion years ago, Genesect ruled the world."

[@ViewerOnline101]

legofan112233 Yes, and...?

[@DeWente69]

Your theory is spot on. But a shellfish is essentially a water bug type. A roach and a shrimp are related. So kabutops changing type isn't completely unfounded. But your theory is pretty undeniable. The creators don't put all the details out, but they leave enough breadcrumbs for us to follow. Japanese people are generally better than us in the art of story telling and filling in the behind the scenes details. Good Job!

[@charlespenland1186]

If Sun and Moon opened the flood gates for anything, it's that Legendaries can have evolution lines now. Granted, Cosmog is from an entirely different dimension and may be a regular pokemon in said dimension, but in the human world, he may as well be a Legendary.

[@hephsforge9236]

Fun fact: in the TCG when it came time to give genesect a shining card, they utilized the same background artwork from the old school shining kabutops. This is the closest thing to an official connection to either that we’ve gotten.

[@gabrielbost8281]

And kabutops is only a rock type because of the fossil how each fossil pokemon through genes 1-7 all had a rock typing but gen 8 changed that who's to say kabutops traditionally wasn't a bug water type, but lost the bug and gained the rock via being a fossil

[@InvaltidWord]

@@gabrielbost8281 i dont think a shellfish would become an insect man

[@animemagikarp8187]

4:07 now Solgaleo/Lunala evolve from Cosmoem in Sun and Moon

[@Ma121Hunter]

Wouldnt it make more sense that Armaldo is related to genesect? In the movie we clearly see that Genesects ancient home was mostly a marshy, swampy area thats surrounded by rocky spires. Sure, Paras/Parasect could live in such areas, but in the dex entries, we have evidence that states that Anorith/Armaldo often inhabited these places. Armaldo's dex entry even states that it evolved legs to be better suited at living on land. it makes more sense to replace the rock typing with metal when upgrading Armaldo into gensect, rather than having some unknown evolution of parasect, or in kabutops, replacing both typings entirely..

[@5327indarkness]

why are people correcting him on cosmog,look at the date of the video!

[@justsomenerd284]

I think it's just the head of your imaginary original Genesect. I think he got a that weird armor, succeeded escaping where-ever he got that technological armor, but didn't get the armor of.

[@randoiguess]

He's right when he say's that legendary Pokemon so far (October 25 2015) don't evolve from anything, because Lunala and Solgaleo evolve from Cosmoem.

[@owos100]

That was a good theory, one I haven't heard before :D

[@coolcookieguy]

I think it might be the case that genesect works the same way like slowpoke having the ability to either evolve into slowbro or slowking. The preexisting form of genesect might be the evolution that surpassed the mushroom while the other that did not surpass the mushroom becomes parasect. Just a thought

[@albert6049]

I laughed so hard when the idea was first mentioned in the video! xD Looking at the Gen 7 movesets of the two, they seem to somewhat mirror each other from lvl 6~66, mainly differing because Genesect is a manmade killing machine, whereas Parasect relies on its moves to protect itself. This also explains Genesect learning Hyper Beam and Self-destruct at levels 73 and 77. Also Parasect is based on Cicadas. Cicadas were around 200 million years ago.

[@gabrielbost8281]

They share what 3-6 moves?? Of that sense all bugs are in same evolutionary line I'm seeing very little evidence to back this theory

[@albert6049]

​@@gabrielbost8281 To be fair, all bugs ARE in the same evolutionary line, IRL. But talking seriously, when I heard of this Genesect theory, it hit me cause they had similar names -sect/insect, and upon checking I found they had similar movepools. Specifically stuff like metal claw, etc. If you look for mons that can learn metal claw and fell stinger, you only get these two (search done via Pokemon Showdown). There are other search combinations that only result in a a few similar 'evolutionary line' results.

[@themoagoddess1820]

my own theory has to do with the life extending properties of the Paras-Parasect line's mushrooms (which is information I found on bulbapedia) and that originally Paras(specifically Paras' ancestors since the mushrooms define what we now call Paras) would eventually evolve into Genesect's unmodified form at a similar level to when Larvesta becomes Volcarona, but the life-expectancy of a Paras gradually became shorter and shorter and it became nearly impossible for them to evolve into Genesect(which shortened their life-expectancies even further without big sibling Genesect to protect them). eventually, their life-expectancy became so short that the life extending mushrooms that would subsume them when they died(and thus, became Parasect) became the only thing that could prevent them from becoming extinct.

[@themoagoddess1820]

and this is why I should watch the whole video before commenting, you pretty much said the same, but with Parasect as a normal stage in its evolution.

[@angelanebedum1749]

Hey did you guys hear that the creator of Pokemon is dead? It was on the news earlier, saying that he was on a vacation trip with his daughter in Oregon, and a TREE fell on top of the car they were both in. The daughter survived but the creator of pokemon was killed...

[@rupertjohnvelarde5502]

I know this video is about genesect but I saw hoppa in the mythical section in 5:19 .Hoppa is legendary because he or it is known not on the whole kalos region and but in deherus city (sorry for the wrong spelling on the city).and also I know this video was made 1 year ago

[@ThePika78]

Maybe Paras evolved directly into Genesect before, but when he evolves with the mushroom, it transforms into Parasect.

[@bladethorn]

Didn't take this seriously until you said it was the third evo for Parasect. That actually sounds pretty logical.

[@toms7703]

Nice theory and video

[@Gryphonzwing]

i think the electric rodents are all related could you do something on that maybe???

[@whatis112-s2i]

there should be like a mega genesect, not evolved naturally but upgraded even MORE

[@vincentnguyen3068]

Paleozoic* Not Bug, Genesect is categorized as a Paleozoic pokemon on the site you used in the video. In the Paleozoic Era there were no insects, only underwater shellfish(trilobites), and other small marine paleozoic life. Taking that into consideration Genesect is not an insect. Many pokemon types don't define it's origin/or species, for example Shuckle isn't an insect, although it is bug type.

[@FarAtmosphere]

huh... that sounds like it could happen. and considering the fact that some legendarys(or mythical, same thing) can evolve, backs this theory up even more.

[@ogg9343]

At first i was like this theory is stupid how dose parasect become a genesect. But after watching this you got me convinced, this actually makes sense. I was also a believer of thinking genesect was a kabutops but now this theory made me convinced. Your are a good theorists dude nice job!!!

[@ViewerOnline101]

Thank you. I was aware that at first it sounds stupid, until it's explained.

[@BrodyErbtv]

You have made a lot of good points!

[@airimee]

if parasect evolved agian would make it a full grass type.

[@eclipseslayer98]

I actually really like this theory!

[@connorw374]

Arceus could be a stage 2 evolution with a missing link, I have come up with a name for that link showing it's evolutions: Unown->Uknowis(Missing Link)->Arceus The reason no one knows of the Uknowi is that they create pockets of reality to live in. The evolving and expanding their pocket into a universe

[@nyckae8587]

Kills me how some mythical pokemon appear way more than some legendary pokemon and vice versa

[@Ericquer]

mamoswine is a ancestor evolution unlocked by ancient power, if parasect had something like this, it would unlock its final form.

[@yourstrulyx3haynes696]

Wouldn’t it be more believable for it to be a scyther rather than a “lost” parasect evolution

[@fdrngm266]

Genosect... Genocide? A species being completely wiped out. Only to be resurrected from a fossil and modified? It really makes sense actually, I'd love to see this as canon

[@Henfrig]

You will have to pay for the damage the explosion caused on my mind