Can you beat Pokemon Red/Blue as JESSIE from TEAM ROCKET with just an Ekans?

Prepare for trouble, but don't make it double since today we're going to try and defeat all of Kanto while using just an Ekans, like Jessie from Team Rocket. As you'll see perhaps it wasn't the Ekans that was the problem...
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[@supergvmaster5416]

“You too can beat Blaine with just an Ekans” Jrose here with the motivational speech I see

[@razan8487]

Inspiring

[@MerndZ]

The "Thank You" to "wrap" it up sealed the deal for me

[@christineflaherty4909]

And that's what this is all about

[@ZorotheGallade]

Whenever you mess up in Pokémon, remember you will never be as bad as using Super Potions on a Pokémon at full health. The game literally won't let you.

[@matthewferrantino9521]

Blaine is programmed to assume you probably just fucked his shit up with Blizzard. You probably DID get Articuno from Seafoam Islands, and you Definitely have a Water Pokemon with Surf. Blaine is the only Gym Leader in the whole game that you literally cannot encounter without having a move that wipes his whole team. The next closest thing is Misty's Starmie in Yellow. Blaine is smart. For the same reason it's a good idea for him to Super Potion, he's never going to be a challenge.

[@jesterking27]

Not gonna lie, I was hoping he’d finish the run by saying, "...and that’s a wrap!"

[@c10v3r]

Stephen M. Jester II **cue laugh track**

[@punchwoodboss4433]

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[@punchwoodboss4433]

@@c10v3r !0q8

[@xHE4Dx]

jajajajaja ty for the coment xDDD

[@neal8383]

@@c10v3r bb

[@letssmackzak5914]

This might be the first time I have ever seen the back sprite of Ekans lol

[@duane_313]

The back sprites looked terrible back then. They should've just made the battles 2D and showed the front sprites of the two battling pokemon side by side.

[@BZgA]

Then u are no Gen 1 Veteran

[@Exaltable]

BZgA who the fuck was using ekans in gen 1 it’s not even close to even being a good poison option in its gen for anything besides wrap

[@kaptainKrill]

This is also one of the back sprites where it’s obvious how different the original red/green sprites were. Ekans has a wide-open mouth in the original sprite, which you see in the back sprite. It looks weird with the updated Blue design, but fits perfectly with what came before.

[@djmike679]

it looks like a mummy tbh.

[@bestboi7028]

I love the image of Jessie watching and telling her small snake to glare and wrap around a giant kangaroo as she looks her boss in the eyes.

[@kurtislachance9958]

@Allan Tidgwell long snake

[@caritahearts2405]

Jessie tells giovanni his AI fucking sucks then leaves

[@Agent719]

"Look at me. I'm the Rocket Boss now."

[@inanimategaming]

The amount of pokemon that can learn Earthquake never fails to surprise me.

[@rjante2236]

Did you know that Pineco can learn it as well? So a fire beast, that can cause earthquakes with its roar, can't, yet a stupid pineconr can.

[@robertharris6092]

Its really to common. Especially for whats basically the best offensive typing except for mayne fighting.

[@pod_036]

@@robertharris6092 if everyone can learn it, then it's balanced

[@rainpooper7088]

Pablo Otero *Stealth Rocks has entered the chat* *Bug and Ice have left the chat*

[@graydanger]

Mantine can learn it but not fly... Still annoy me.

[@rainpooper7088]

I can’t wait for the James version where he names his rival Biff.

[@nathanielgrey4091]

You mean Butch?

[@lolilops54]

@@nathanielgrey4091 You telling me you don't remember the notorious outlaw Biff Cassady?

[@mtsoccerman]

Oliver Nicholls I was thinking more back to the future bully vibes

[@pipinghotanddisgusting]

I’m pretty sure his name was Buck.

[@GoldenRose116]

You are all wrong his name is Buffy

[@noivernblast3366]

This is going down in... Hisss-tory.

[@maggieent3215]

If you want to be a top cat, you have to catch the pikachu that belongs to Ash! (hey, I meant to say brat!)

[@EWOODJ]

Boooooo Hissssss

[@vegardhovland2724]

@@bulletflight Be careful not to hear a sleepy sound

[@MarkoBoyGamer]

*_WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?_*

[@priyanshugoel3030]

Badum hisss.

[@traditonalbutt701]

Jessie and James are pretty competent when they're doing anything besides trying to go after Ash or some other main character.

[@PinnysVids]

Yeah, just look at all those giant mechs they build! And nobody can dig a hole faster!

[@MatthewRichardson1]

They were top agents in team rocket until that fateful day.

[@darkcheaker]

I mean, the more I grew older the more I get them

[@ZigealFaust]

Yeah. Pikachu just is a fucking broken anime protag from a 90's shonen. Not their fault they basically wanted to capture the Kenshiro of pokemon.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Pretty much. They would attack a city, a pokemon gym, a pokecenter etc and some how run off with the pokemon of dozens if not hundreds of trainers. But that one kid with a pikachu stops them every time.

[@ludicolo15]

When Ekans loses a battle: Ekans? Ekans?! EEEKAAAAAAAAANS!

[@ludicolo15]

@Otacon464 Very clever.

[@dungeonpastor]

@Maria Yuri it's totally used

[@YAK0SEI]

I see what you did there. 🤣👍

[@KentuckyFriedKitten666]

You’re pretty good...

[@jordancwoodard4568]

That joke was solid.

[@NickTheGreatAndPowerful]

Ekans's back sprite is ATROCIOUS in this generation. I never knew since I didn't use it. Even knowing what it is, I don't know what I'm looking at.

[@jiayi5829]

I can understand the way it looks though but maybe changing position is just better

[@elephystry]

It looks like a Shuckle haha

[@Hanesboi]

I really wish Yellow and Crystal changed many back sprites. So many of them look ugly as all heck. Scyther's look like a student raising their hand. Or Wartortle is just Chonker boi

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Weezing's front sprite is worse.

[@MageAtYou]

ekans is curled up and only his head is sticking up. not hard to see

[@Korm]

I ADORE the fact that your rival was named Cassidy. You sir are a man of taste.

[@_V.Va_]

ed champagne CaLm d0Wn Br0

[@elephystry]

I don’t get it

[@jordanthejq12]

@@elephystry In the anime, there's a rival Team Rocket duo, Butch and Cassidy (in reference to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). They HATE Jessie and James.

[@scorne414]

There's also Annie and Oakley in Pokemon Heroes

[@Fractales15]

A lot of these runs turn in to: "which underpowered pokemon can use bodyslam and mimic the best"

[@iDave720]

I would love to see a playthrough as "Hi! I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!" kid

[@lagg1e]

That's ratata. And I hope ratata will be JOEY -greatest trainer of all time, champion of Johto, unificator of Japan and friend to scientists.

[@mjdxp5688]

Actually, in Gen 1 he has an Ekans

[@N12015]

@@mjdxp5688 And the rattata. Still counts.

[@SpicyWah]

Even in the winter I’ll wear shorts

[@dubbz1356]

@@lagg1e Not to mention a fan of MDB as well!

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Here's a little known fact about Wrap. It actually works on Ghost too. Kind of... It doesn't do any damage, but it still stop the Pokemon for acting. That's pretty useless, since all the Gen 1 ghosts are immune to poison, and none of the wrap/bind user have Leech Seed, but that's another example of Gen 1 being really broken.

[@pappysoda951]

shytende aka Tamanoir doesn’t Tangela get leech seed tho?

[@franstef]

@@pappysoda951 No, it doesn't.

[@rjante2236]

It could be useful if the opponent is burned though

[@MrCarni2]

Could work well with Fire Spin too

[@thiagozlin]

on a different note, I recently found out that toxic poison will also progressively boost leech seed damage in Gen 1. I am really wanting to try that out

[@Vaati1992]

Regarding Blastoise knowing only Bubble at Rival Fieval: one thing I learned while doing a randomizer run of Blue is that gym leader Pokémon can actually know the TM which the gym leader gives out, if the Pokémon they are using would've known it in the normal version of the game. For instance when I fought Brock, his Lickitung, which replaced Onix, knew Psy Beam, which the randomizer had assigned to TM 34 Bide, and due to unchanged compatibility Lickitung had thus access to Psy Beam. Gotta love Gen 1's code

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

Blastoise still knows Bubble because the Rival isn't programmed to have custom movesets. Pokemon in battles typically work like this, you can either have the natural moves it knows from level up, or, you have custom moves. So Brock is programmed to have custom moves. That's why his Onix knows Bide. In the case of the Rival fight, Blastoise is level 40. At level 40 the last four moves it would learn through level up are: Level 8: Bubble Level 15: Water Gun Level 24: Bite Level 31: Withdraw Thus, that's its moveset, because that's naturally what Blastoise would know without it being programmed to know any other moves.

[@shadowtitanx3962]

@@TheGuyWhoIsSitting Similar to how Gyarados, despite being low level, gets Hydro Pump and Dragon Rage, which are brutal to deal with in Red and Blue randomizers.

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

*fival

[@Tsweeney12584]

Yeah, how dare it not hold up to someone randomizing code about a dozen years after the fact. There are so many examples of really crappy programming. It reacting in an odd fashion after the code is manipulated is not one of them.

[@JJ-fi2no]

TheGuyWhoIsSitting Blastoise in Pokémon red knows blizzard in the champion fight though.

[@bio241]

"Psychic strong. Use psychic move." - Pidgeot Mai, 2020

[@cloudfinraptor]

"Koga was battling effectively" "Ekans' attack continues"

[@ZorotheGallade]

"HM slaves aren't allowed to help my single-Pokémon run even by just passively existing" Probably the best offhanded insult ever.

[@calebjohnson9740]

_passively existing_

[@nestfourthreetwoone]

Bernie: I am once again asking for the meowth playthrough

[@pilidod]

*I am no longer asking.*

[@UnknownVir]

inb4 "Meowth that's right!" in the thumbnail or title as the next upload after koffing

[@alexandercolefield9523]

Meowth will be weird, its going to start out shit, but once it gets access to stronger stab moves and slash, its going to be getting critical hits every turn.

[@andrearossi6564]

What about a Mew playthrough

[@N12015]

@@alexandercolefield9523 Is not that bad. He get Bite at level 12 and is faster than Onix. Also using pay day on easier battles means more access to money, ergo more potions and specially vitamins. PS: Nevermind the latter half. Pay Day gives you almost no money in the first two gens.

[@Jonasansu]

I just realized, I don’t think I have ever used Ekans in gen 1 (possibly any gen for that matter, tbh). I think this might be my first time seeing the battle sprite for it.

[@nick-vm6qx]

gen one sprites are weird af tho dont forget

[@remote24]

Be glad, it's a horrible Pokémon. I used it on gen3 and swapped it out quickly

[@powwowken2760]

Having recently watched a professional VGC where someone won a battle they had no right to win by getting 3 consecutive crits followed by flinch, can confirm that sometimes luck is more important than skill

[@Mulakulu]

Every pokemon red/blue challenge "So we beat Brock and now the game become easy"

[@ekim613]

Truth be told, I've been called Ekans more than once in my life. Thanks for the dedicated video!

[@WeFightForever]

6:35 "and you'll see me using bite and other moves." Not to it yet but I'm 100% sure that "other moves" means body slam

[@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis]

And Dig. Also Mimic.

[@CrimZun]

Blane: Am I a joke to you Everyone: Yes

[@StuntpilootStef]

I think Bruno is even more of a joke. Why they put that guy in the elite four of gen 1 AND 2, I have no idea.

[@pokemaniac333]

Hah! He'd better have burn heal!

[@danielwright873]

@@pokemaniac333 It's okay, he'll use a potion at full health to drown his sorrows

[@Minecraftler2306]

Well, who can blame him

[@tonytang7550]

He has the strangest AI, why would anyone use a potion when they're at full health?

[@DQMaster777]

One of these runs Bruno will have his revenge.

[@egotistically9333]

16:47 "Koga's been very cooperative the last few runs, but this time he was actually battling effectively. Good for him." Jrose11 the savage

[@OmegaTyrant]

Mimicking the Wing Attack at the end for Exeggutor was pointless; since it only has 35 power in Gen 1, when Super Effective it'll have 70 power, so it's still weaker than Body Slam without the chance to paralyze, while giving the Pidgeot a free turn, which if it started off with Sky Attack would have essentially been GG for you. That misclick with Body Slam probably saved you; not only you got the paralysis, but judging by the damage it dealt in a crit, two crit Wing Attacks still wouldn't have 2HKO'd and Exeggutor would have gotten at least two chances to put you to sleep. In fact it doesn't seem like Mimic really helped much at all outside of against Rival 6, and I think it would have been better if you just kept Glare + Wrap. 85% accuracy is still decent and you don't need to hit that many Wraps in a row before Earthquake/Body Slam kills, so I don't think it would have been that obscenely luck reliant for beating the Elite 4; for reference I did a solo Onix run and I was able to beat the Elite 4 entering at level 62 and finishing at 66 (given with perfect DVs and Stat EXP grinding) with no saving inbetween while relying a lot on Bind, against more pokemon that could OHKO Onix if he missed while Bind had 10 less accuracy and Onix has substantially lower base Attack than Ekans, so an Ekans in the high 60s to 70s should have more leeway with their misses and not have to hit as many Wraps. It certainly would have relied on a lot less luck at the end than the Exeggutor missing with Hypnosis or you proccing paralysis with Body Slam, and probably give you less luck reliance against the Alakazam too when Glare + Wrap would give it less opportunity to get more than one chance to attack off.

[@priestesslucy3299]

Yeah I came to the comments to say this, but you've already explained it more eloquently than I would have lol. 35 power Gen 1 Wing Attack is trash

[@magikarpking886]

yea, I do think jrose should keep wrap at least. Wrap is a busted move. 85% luck is not even luck reliant. I believe if he keeps it the run will be more easier. Though wrap moves works the best if high speed. I would like to see things like ponyta or tentacool to do the work.

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@magikarpking886 And there's Dratini who can outspeed everything with Agility and then has Wrap, while it's also the only first stage pokemon that gets Hyper Beam to finish things off. Ponyta's Fire Spin is going to be the strongest wrapping move among the unevolved pokemon, but that 70% accuracy is going to hurt.

[@magikarpking886]

@@OmegaTyrant ponyta also has agility, and it is faster. Speed is more important in gen 1. Not only having more crit, but also outspeeding gengars and alakazams with less levels.

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@magikarpking886 Fire Spin's 70% accuracy is going to really suck though compared to Wrap's 85%, and with Agility the Speed difference is pretty meaningless other than for extra crits. By the time you reach the Elite 4 Dratini's Speed is going to be high enough that one Agility should have it outspeed everything; the fastest thing you fight is Lance's Aerodactyl with 178 Speed, so once Dratini's Speed reaches 80 (which doubled + the Badge Boost will have it hit 180) you can outspeed everything after one Agility, which you should easily reach by the Elite 4 unless you use a Dratini with a shitty Speed DV (why would you) and didn't get it much Speed EXP.

[@llamason7044]

Gotta love how a tiny snake can cause an entire earthquake.

[@kaptainKrill]

Loving this series! You mentioned you read your comments, so an idea for future runs: how much difference does fast XP vs slow XP make? The comparison set in my mind would be Tentacool and Clefairy. Tenta has beastly stats but super slow growth, while Clefairy will likely get rocked by Brock, but has a deep move pool and will wind up a higher level much faster. Whatever order you choose, thank you! You got a sub from me for this series, and it’s well deserved.

[@scragar]

The EXP requirements for everything other than medium slow are pretty easy to explain: Medium fast is the default, it's simply the level cubed. Fast requires 4/5ths of medium fast(so it grows 20% faster) Slow requires 5/4s of medium fast(almost grows 25% slower) Medium Slow is called that because that's where it fits at high levels, but it actually takes less EXP than medium fast to reach level 64, and given he rarely needs levels beyond this to complete the challenges I'd consider medium slow to be better than medium fast and for the early game it's better than fast too(until around level 30). The difference can be a big deal since slow requires about 50% more exp than slow, that's enough to make about a 10 level difference by the time fast gets to level 60 slow has just surpassed 51.

[@oliverleonard7730]

Clefairy and Jigglypuff level up fastest in Gen 1 I believe. In later games Nincada takes that position.

[@tfpdudu5383]

It really depends on a variety of factors. Clefairy is actually a great example, since it takes several levels to squeak past Brock (Around 17 or so is bare minimum). Its Experience group means that you spend a decent amount of time less grinding in Viridian Forest than the Medium Fast or Slow groups, although the Medium Slow group is ironically faster at early levels, only being slower than Fast in terms of total experience starting at level 29. If Clefairy were in the Slow group, getting to level 17 would require a total of 6,151 Exp instead of 3,930 Exp, which is a pretty huge jump. Beyond Brock, though, it depends on what bottlenecks a pokemon is most affected by, whether it be something like Rival Fivel (or even 2 for that matter), the Elite Four, or something else. A slower leveling curve just means more grinding is necessary, and the earlier in the game those bottlenecks are reached, the less wiggle room there is for grinding. As an aside, even if it wasn't in the Fast group, Clefairy would probably be high tier on this list between its movepool and deceptively good base stats. As it stands it will most likely be a top 5 pokemon on this tier list.

[@magikarpking886]

@@tfpdudu5383 The question is, clefairy is slow af, which means vs gengar's hypnosis will be a huge problem. I think jrose need to grind a lot.

[@tfpdudu5383]

@@magikarpking886 It ultimately depends on how consistent he wants to be with his Elite 4 runs. On one hand, even if Clefairy gets puts to sleep once, it's bulky enough where it can take a decent chunk of damage, so it's like not being outsped is an automatic game over. On the other hand, if he wants to remove Hypnosis as a factor entirely, he will not only have to outspeed Gengar, but have a high enough special to reliably one-shot it with Psychic, which will also require a decent bit of extra levels thanks to Gengar's high special.

[@beanburrito4405]

Loved all of the evil team music thrown in the background

[@wingedmirage4226]

I love how so many people are like “Wait Jessie evolved her Ekans so why don’t you?” This is the danger of making clickbait titles jrose lol. Edit: Rewatching the beginning part, you don’t actually specifically state that this is an Ekans only run, just that you’re using “Jessie’s signature Pokémon”. Makes sense to someone who been following your unevolved series, but not a newcomer, which a clickbait title like the one used here will attract more than usual. No wonder there are so many confused comments.) Fun video as always. I’m assuming Koffing and Meowth are next then. Both of those should be interesting in different ways. Koffing has a very weird movepool while Meowth is made to be a crit king.

[@benengle9621]

No, not confused, angered

[@pokemonxpixie]

The description does say '...using just an Ekans.'

[@roastingnerd8545]

He should've said in the title "jessie's *Arbok*" then

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Gotta love the fact that Ekans, the pure poison type. Has basically no poison move worth using.

[@InternetLad]

Are any gen 1 poison moves besides toxic worth using?

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

@@InternetLad Yeah not really. I think they only have about 8 or ten poison moves in the game, and most of them are just weak attacks that may poison an enemy. Which given if you have one status effect you can't get another is pretty pathetic. Only other half decent move is probably Acid because it can also lower special defense, but most poison moves are physical attacks if I remember right....

[@Generationalwealth94]

​@@JustaGuy_Gaming Acid lowers Defense, not Special. At least in 3rd gen....

[@Colonel_RamRod]

Sludge is a pretty decent one. Course only muk and weezing can learn it I think 🤔

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

For the first time, it finally happened. *The tier list is no longer sorted by in-game time!*

[@nessmastergengar4686]

Damn Ekans has a really good move pull especially for Gen 1

[@ais4185]

7:00 It seems that Glare's accuracy is only 100% from generation VI onwards. It was originally 75% and was then changed to 90% in generation V.

[@calebjohnson9740]

I absolutely hate non-damaging moves that have less than 100% accuracy. I mean, it makes sense for moves that have pretty devastating effects such as Hypnosis, Toxic, Will-O-Wisp etc. but Glare having the same accuracy as Sleep Powder in Gen 1 is just beyond me

[@ItMeCHILZ]

Another video = another good day, you're flying through these so fast and still keeping your video quality fantastic keep up the good work! (So close to the arbitrary sub 30 minutes better luck next time lol)

[@kenpachiyugioh1804]

Your algorithm skills have improved. Top suggested video pretty much all day for me today. Finally got to watching it, great vid!

[@aaronstephen3058]

Where’s the Conquest ice theme? This is a betrayal of the highest level.

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

Not a team theme

[@YukeWeiss]

I live for the day Bruno is a challenging battle. Made an event of this with food and thoroughly enjoyed it. Great thumbnail too!

[@OkMakuTree]

This color pallet looks like something out of a creepypasta game lol

[@NickTheGreatAndPowerful]

Clearly you didn't play Gen 1 on a Gameboy Color. I am so used to this color palette, that I was legitimately disappointed when the Virtual Console versions were black and white with no option to swap color palettes.

[@Br1ttany1992]

Yes that made me sad I had to play in black and white because I grew up playing Red/Blue/Yellow on a Gameboy Color. I'm so used to the color palletes

[@OkMakuTree]

NickTheGreatAndPowerful Lol that’s quite the assumption. I did grow up with the GBC and Red so I am familiar with the colors. The color is really similar but the GBC color pallet is not so pronouncedly red or black. Also the GBC has green, while this is just varying shades of white black and red. Hence looking like someone’s pokemon creepypasta rom.

[@TheHadMatters]

@@NickTheGreatAndPowerful VisualBoyAdvance lets you change the colour palette in the GameBoy settings. It's just a bit of a pain to configure the hues because the background colours don't come out the way they are shown in the menu at all (probably a realistic restriction), but there are definitely some pretty nice colour schemes to create. Sorry if you weren't talking about emulators and I misunderstood. I am not fully certain how to interpret your comment, but I figured the info might help.

[@DJTileTurnip]

It may just be 1:44 AM for me, and yep, I may just be up for no reason, but guess what, I'm gonna watch Jrose and not sleep

[@maggieent3215]

(well, sleep can help you recover your HP to face the next day)

[@kouron]

@@maggieent3215 It also helps with your PP, rising it high and making it usable again.

[@volsfootball638]

kouron Or you could always just take a PP up

[@Viremind]

Would have loved to see you explore the effectiveness of Wrap+Toxic. Great run though, keep it up!

[@elephystry]

Maybe during the Bellsprout run. According to Bulbapedia, it knows Vine Whip by default! Brock will be easy... right?

[@jayreddy1323]

@@elephystry oh no. There's this weird glitch where Brock's pokemon are immune to all grass moves that come from specifically a bellsprout.

[@elephystry]

@@jayreddy1323 Oh, that’s so odd! I guess it’s because you wouldn’t have a Bellsprout before Brock without hacking 🤔

[@ryanbowen4029]

@@jayreddy1323 seriously? that can't be legit?

[@Anton-V]

Blue version: Has red graphics Me: ...

[@oliverleonard7730]

Gold and Silver are the only paired games that have different sprites between games.

[@Meleeace1478]

Loving the background music choices.

[@Trizudora]

I can't wait for you to get the 200K subs you deserve. Pretty much every video you put out is super interesting on premise alone, and even if it isn't, your style of commentary is so good that you make it interesting. Idk how hard you script these videos but it doesn't sound scripted at all, you're enough of a master at this kind of commentary that it sounds like you're just watching the footage back and talking about whatever comes to mind. You're super thorough and the depth of your knowledge/experience really comes through with how naturally you commentate. I hope you continue to do stuff that you yourself find interesting and not just what you think we want, because that passion comes through and makes the vids great.

[@billmolloy4053]

Toxic and Leachseed together is super OP in Generation 1 from what I remember 🤔😂

[@hammerstix5791]

The code was poorly written (shocker) and what happened was that leech seed scaled with the toxic damage, so it would do absurd amounts of damage

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@hammerstix5791what do you mean poorly written Everything is working as intended

[@hammerstix5791]

@@lucasbeck1391 You're right, how could I forget

[@TimewastiusMaximus]

This series is verging on absolute greatness...53 videos? It will be the greatest pokemon series on youtube. No question. Fantastic as always!

[@calt7964]

When you do the Growlithe only run you should play as James, since he had one when he was younger.

[@tylerlee5767]

If he does minimum battles, he's gonna get brickwalled hard by Lorelei and Lance. I know I did.

[@50treefrog]

your blaine speech really tickled me this episode, had to pause it cos I was laughing too much! Love it!

[@DaBannyGaming]

If James’ episode doesn’t have “make it double” in the thumbnail, I’m unsubbing. this is a joke obviously

[@NeoGraena]

But the question is. Will it be a Bellsprout run tho?

[@N12015]

@@NeoGraena It'll be a Koffing one. James never had a bellsprout, just two weempibell.

[@brrrkic]

There's no James tho, so it's only the normal amount of trouble

[@somerandomashellperson7130]

@@brrrkic "If Jame's episode..." They're talking about when/if they make an episode based around James Jrose should do what was suggested.

[@nathanielgrey4091]

@@N12015 weempibell

[@theSato]

Aw nice, the usual midnight upload from you. Wouldn't have it any other way, its nice to have this waiting for me first thing in the morning after I sleep now :D Thanks as always!

[@samkavoosi5181]

I need to be sleeping Jrose, but seriously thank you for this awesome series

[@vaporeon344]

Thanks for the wonderful video! If I had to say which Pokémon I want next, I want to see Vulpix!

[@metalmagerin3]

He said the thing! Makes me feel as comfortable as when Mah-Dry-Bread asks about which fossil he should take.

[@InternetLad]

Ruhtuhhtuhhh

[@cooper6156]

Love this! I use only Jessie’s Pokémon on a team in the games since she’s an icon! But I could never be brave enough to use Ekans only but kudos!!!

[@v1tr1us2]

It never fails to amaze me how wrap and moves like it were released the way they were in gen 1.

[@FifthPromise]

This is the best series on youtube, have been missing it

[@pigszzthegamingpig9906]

How about after the Team Rocket Redemption Tour, we go for another electric type in the top ten hardest list which may turn out to be easier in Magnemite.

[@leraffl1271]

Magnemite cannot learn most of the TMS that JRose likes to use. I would love to see it since it will require him to change his strats early on. I suspect Magnemite to do really badly.

[@nustacular]

Magnemite has been done by a couple people so far. Coach Max did it a couple days ago it wasn’t so bad

[@m.m.2341]

I love your music choices in this one. Marnie for the champion, tracks from the GC games

[@SomeGuy712x]

(6:59) Glare actually only has 75% accuracy in Gen. 1. It didn't become 100% until Gen. 6. (13:51) Praise Helix! (22:41) Actually... (23:57) ...Yeah, Rock Slide doesn't flinch in Gen. 1. I wonder if it was intended to flinch, but doesn't due to an oversight? Because, the person who gives you the TM for Rock Slide says "it can spook the target sometimes", which makes me think it was indeed supposed to have the flinch chance even in Gen. 1. (28:36) Actually, since Wing Attack only has 35 power, it's still weaker than the 85-power Body Slam on Exeggutor, so using Body Slam there was the better move anyway. (And wow, that insane crit+paralyze luck!)

[@spiritedaway0tutu]

Amazing music choice once again. It took me a few minutes to realize that it was all evil team music, which was an amazing music decision

[@sagacious03]

Pretty good video! Still voting for Voltorb for the next run! 0:57 I dunno, unlike with Wrap, Ghosts aren't immune to Clamp & Fire Spin.... 29:13 Wow, Blastoise was an actual threat this run. 30:10 Poor Squirtle.

[@gytuj6722]

fire spin has horrible accuracy though, clamp is definitely better though

[@drew4126]

Super late but I love how anyone would question your authenticity of an ekans run after you beat the game with a magikarp😂...you a true og keep it up

[@emma1247]

I’m loving this series! I get mega nostalgia everytime i see you do a challenge, such simpler times. I’ve been playing pokemon since 2000!

[@katha-chan3410]

The joy I feel every single time I see a new video on this series of yours is UNREAL. Always makes my day. :))) Thank you so much for making these, they are AMAZING!! Fun to watch, informative, wonderful length. Keep it up!!!!

[@beanburrito4405]

You should try Tentacool next, that special is higher than Gastly’s

[@BulbasaurRepresent]

Well he's doing koffing and meowth next

[@OmegaTyrant]

It isn't higher, they both have 100 Special[

[@magikarpking886]

@@OmegaTyrant and 70 speed with wrap, hydro ,swords dance and blizzard.

[@InterstellarVulpine]

I can't believe you found a port of Pokémon Red for the Virtual Boy, absolutely incredible.

[@Drakenwild]

When I played gen 1 I'd usually fight Rival nr 4 right after exiting Rock Tunnel. I knew I didn't have to, but he is right on the first floor, it's not like I had to go too much out of the way to do it.

[@HybridAngelZero]

Naming the rival Cassidy is such a nice touch. Also, unrelated, but these videos always make my day better

[@N12015]

7:00 OBJECTION! Glare has only 75% accuracy until gen 5, then 90%, and then 100% on gen 6.

[@EspireMike]

I just love how every video ends so abruptly. So funny. Such a signature move lol.

[@pappysoda951]

Looks like i’m not sleeping for another 30 minutes lol.

[@matfraser1989]

The fact you names Jessie’s rival Cassidy made this so much better.

[@ohheyitsrachey]

Just wanted to say I love your content! Your videos showed up in my recommended one day and I’m so glad they did, I really enjoy what you do and how you do it! ❤️

[@retrobenjo2587]

Just hearing the magma boss theme gets me hyped for the rest of the series to come 😱👌

[@ozir2070]

RIP RACHAEL LILLIS

[@KiranasOfRizon]

>Refresh main page of youtube >This video not in my recommendations >Wonder how long it's been since a jrose11 video >Search for Jrose11 >This video game out 15 minutes ago Failed me again for the last time, KZbin. I need my Pokemon Red/Blue solo challenges fix.

[@nathanielgrey4091]

Hit the bell?

[@arecus54]

Ekans look like a a sitting shucklefrom the back

[@matthewshelton9573]

Just discovered your videos and man I gotta say.. I can’t get enough

[@cesarwitha_t]

Hey Jrose how about calling your character "cookie" whenever you do the challenge with Krabby in honor of the anime? Btw love you vids!

[@yamiryushi]

Its a crime against humanity to not name every single krabby/kingler cookie

[@slashb7836]

Four months in the future and i am supporting this statement. Even my crab familiar in DnD is named Cookie

[@undeddjester]

Been excited to see my favourite poke in this series. I expected Sabrina and the rivals Alakazam to be hell. Did better than I expected for his final rank 😁 Nice job Jrose :D

[@myerklamb8529]

So you were definitely cosplaying as Jessie during this run, correct?

[@doctorbleh4110]

Fan-artists I choose you!!!

[@SwiftNinjask]

I loved Marnie's theme in the last battle. Great to see you spicing up the videos with different pokemon soundtracks.

[@exeledusprince9165]

I'm sure you are saving frequently, but have you ever accidentally forgot to prevent your pokemon from evolving?

[@TheHadMatters]

Pretty sure he mentioned it once, yes. Don't know which one, but I plan on rewatching them all, so if no one else does before me, I'll get back to you.

[@lyonnaismatt]

When I do these, I have to save at each level up because it's so easy to forget to press B and then you just have to reset

[@elianewinter2638]

Man I love this video! Great idea naming the rival Cassidy too ps: got nostalgic to hear the Gen5 music, it’s use here is super appreciated ♥️

[@n00f]

You can hear the pain in his voice when he's forced to say 'rival fival'.

[@_Lynnteressant_]

'You too, can defeat Blane... with just an Ekans'. Just gotta love your shade for Blane

[@Pastacrest]

Wrap: I’m literally broken, how can I lose? Onix:

[@ME-qu4ik]

I HAVE BEEN DYING TO SEE THIS ESPECIALLY JAMES. THANK YOU!

[@lovelyhatter]

Is the man himself James the next run? Hoping to see some gorgeous Koffing action :D

[@XXXmarquise]

Nice! Ekans/Arbok are among my favorites! I liked how Jessie preferred serpent Pokemon, like Seviper. I always have one on my team.

[@WindWolfVII]

JRose11: Posts video Me: Oh boy, 2 A.M!

[@yata7450]

Amen

[@sagacious03]

At first, I didn't realize this was one of your videos, & was skeptical! Jesse had multiple Pokemon, & more than 1 'mon just makes things so easy! Anyway, hype for the video!

[@ninjacell2999]

Yeah I was doing a Blue Nuzlocke and I thought Wrap would be amazing, but it's just not consistent enough and it's so time consuming. Lack of PP is also an issue. A high speed Pokémon with Slash or another move with a boosted critical hit ratio is far more effective

[@haunter5271]

Much better ad placement here, thanks JRose

[@FifthPromise]

Have you been in a situation yet where you have fought a battle, haven't saved for a while and all of the sudden your main dies and you have to reset really far? Also, have you accidentaly evolved any pokemons yet? I've been doing single pokemon runs since you started doing this (thanks for the inspiration), and have been doing both a couple of times already...

[@joepbijlholt3315]

FifthPromise is there an everstone in every gen? This could help. (Not using other usefull held items does suck though)

[@Nightmster]

@@joepbijlholt3315 Held items were only a thing from Gen 2 onwards.

[@OmegaTyrant]

I just save state a lot, usually before most battles, when I do solo pokemon runs to prevent this, as saving and loading a save state is faster than saving and resetting the game the normal way. If you're playing on cartridge, well you should still save often, as it'll still waste you less time than not saving for a while, messing up, and then having to go back to the old save.

[@FifthPromise]

@@joepbijlholt3315 No, there wasn't any everstones in gen 1 unfortunatly.

[@FifthPromise]

@@OmegaTyrant I've done this sometimes, but sometimes I forget about it and all of the sudden I end up resetting 20 minutes or so back

[@jj209th6]

The fact that ekans can learn earthquake in Gen 1 but Dragonite and Gyarados can't amazes me

[@TheKarui]

You know Jessie did eventually evolve her ekans to arbok

[@micahqgecko]

I love the reference to Jessie’s rival team rocket member from the original show lmao. You can make James’s rival Jezebel and Meowth’s rival Persian.