Celebi Only - Pokemon Yellow - Celebration for 60k subs & 3 year channel anniversary!

Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, save states, or RNG manipulation
4. No evasion moves before level 100*
Rule details:
-- *In gen1, evasion boosting is allowed if the Pokemon does it through means other than learning the move by level up or TM. For example, using Mimic or Mirror Move to boost evasion is allowed. (This exception is to keep ranking consistent with my legacy videos.)
-- I am allowed to manipulate my starter
-- I play the game at 4x game speed
-- For fair comparisons all my Pokemon have perfect (or near perfect) DVs / IVs
-- I am allowed to catch HM users - I can use all field moves
-- All in-battle glitches are allowed in generation 1
-- In generation 1, I'm allowed to skip Marowak with the Poke Doll
-- Surge's trash-can-puzzle is automatically solved
-- The bike is allowed in gen1, banned in gen2, and allowed for bypassing terrain in gen3
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- I can pause the game and timer to take breaks
-- The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration
-- The ability Pickup can only be used if the starter has it
Patreon: / scottsthoughts
KZbin memberships:
/ @scottsthoughtspokemon
Twitter: / psychicflying
Twitch: / scottsthoughtspokemon
Illustrations by / sarinavail
Thumbnail art by / brianlsart
STAB: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
DVs / IVs: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
Damage Calculations: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
Gen1 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen1.php
Gen2 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen2.php
Gen1 Crit Rates: www.smogon.com/rb/articles/cr...
Learnsets: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
Base Stats: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...)

[@pingpongmaestros]

Honestly. With the quality of your videos it's completly insane that you only have 60k followers. Hope you grow fast because it is well deserved

[@Naxhus2]

Quality and popularity are only loosely correlated unfortunately. I think that longevity is more important for a large following and there's only one way to get that.

[@michaelklos8089]

The subscribers grow exponentially as long as the content is good. The growth is solid so he's doing well and accelerating at a good pace. I remember when 10k was a massive milestone for Scott. He could hit 100k by the end of the year just because of how subscriber count increases on KZbin.

[@Martin0]

He has an editor do all the work

[@michaelklos8089]

@@Martin0 only the editing. There's a lot more to do than editing: scripting, programming, optimisation, planning, recording and just overall direction of the channel. The overlay is his, the structure of the videos, releases etc are, the methodical approach and analysis are his. Not sure if you meant he didn't put work into the video or that the production quality isn't his work but yea, everything else Scott does contributes to the editing process as well, even if he doesn't do that part personally anymore.

[@Naxhus2]

@@Martin0 "All the work" is a bit of a stretch

[@AllonBachuth]

Congrats on 60k! I'd like to nominate SUDOWOODO again, because gen 1 has no pure rock-type unburdened by double weaknesses, and relying on Mimic from the start would be a very different playthrough from everything else... except for the inevitable Smeargle race one, I guess :D

[@MrMagz924]

Tyranitar would be cool to do a port-back for. You could even redo the Tyranitar vs Dragonite but in Yellow this time.

[@TheBloodyloon]

That might be really hard to code, dark doesn't exist in Gen 1.

[@Magmatic07]

​@@TheBloodyloonThen maybe it can be pure rock, or Rock/Ground like it's Pre evos. If Gamefreak made Ttar in gen 1 it probably would be rock/ground.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@TheBloodyloon I think another youtuber pulled off dark type in gen 1. there have been rom hacks in the past that have done it as well. all in all, not too crazy

[@ScottE-2]

Congrats on 60K subscribers, it has been a long journey, but you are almost at 100K, just 40K more to go. Looking forward to the premier.

[@wideright7567]

great video. I’m a little surprised (only a little) at just how unseatable Victreebel looks at this point. congrats on 60k again, cannot wait to see that big 75k coming up. you’ve earned it all

[@shiro1744]

Mewtwo may be the only chance. Mew, Dragonite, and Alakazam have big Brock problems, Starmie may get (ironically) blocked around Cerulean/Vermillion, and Lapras and the Bird trio have a bad growth rate. Maaaaaybe Hypno or Poliwhirl/Poliwrath could do it.

[@tsawy6]

​@@shiro1744 I think the slow growth rate is a real problem for Mewtwo, but I guess we'll see ...

[@shiro1744]

@@tsawy6It has the worst growth rate, but it starts with both Confusion and Psychic to blast through the early & mid game, and it has the stats and movepool to beat the game in the low-mid 50s. The bad growth rate won’t hinder it as much as other Pokémon that need to be 60+.

[@Martin0]

What’s that little icon next to your @?

[@wideright7567]

@@Martin0 channel membership

[@mattrobertsjr.3279]

Congratulations on 60 K! I can still remember watching your very first video. Was thinking that you were gonna go far. Glad you made it there!

[@Soldaraku]

Personally, I would like to see either Steelix or Scizor backported. It will be interesting to see how those evolutions do when they don't have the crutch of having the best type in the game to fall back on. Plus they could be compared directly to their Gen 1 Pre-evolutions, Onix and Scyther.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah steel and dark types in gen1 would be fun!

[@zenitfan4life]

Congratulations on the new milestone, Scott! As some others have mentioned, it's kind of insane that you have "only" 60k, your channel content is worth so much more! Perhaps might be worth investing into a consulting company to see if there's something you can do to get the YT algorithm to like you more?

[@theSato]

Big congrats and well deserved! You're one of the most committed-to-your-cragt guys I know Scott. Major love and respect

[@sashasscribbles]

Thank you so much for these videos, they truely make me and so many others happy. Congrats on 60k

[@randaljr.8581]

congrats on 3 years! always enjoy watching your videos. the 2nd playthroughs are the best =). and the layout implementations are incredible.

[@rjthepoet500]

Congratulations Scott! Thanks for the amazing content over the years! Looking forward to more

[@teddythecoach]

Congrats on 60k! I always enjoy your videos - they help me get a lot done!

[@xfluffytraxy4996]

Congratulations to 60k. Really glad i found your Channel, aber your content, and the journey. Keep up the good work, Both in Videos and your community.

[@thinking_about_beer]

Thanks! Love the OG lists and miss your uploads!

[@PrincessGoth574]

Congrats on 60k and 3 years! I cant remember how long ive been watching for now. Also I love the portback videos theyre so interesting,. Id really love to see a gothita playthrough in gen 1, mostly just to see the backsprite.

[@owlbag0410]

your videos are so nice to just listen to but i also love learning new stuff about pokemon so its perfect for me!!

[@PureStealth]

I love the method you've developed for back-porting pokemon, it's really faithful to the spirit of the original design

[@Kurtistrent007]

Gongrats for 60k subs it makes me happy people like to play Pokemon Yellow its probably my fav gen 1 pokemon game.

[@ajs.7363]

Scott!! It has been a fantastic 3 years watching you. Love the videos, love the work you do and your techniques. Keep up the great work my friend, excited to keep watching.

[@Aaron.Seabolt]

I've been following you since the 1100 subscriber count. Watching your channel evolve and your play style adapt over time has been rewarding in itself. Much love Scott.

[@Dark-Aclyss]

OMG YES! Haven’t even started the video but I’m sooooo excited for this. I love celebi so much and I’m so glad you did this one. Love you Scott ❤

[@riverturtle2855]

Time traveling Celebi let’s go hopefully we get a Legend game of Celebi 🤘🏽🤙🏽

[@joemclenigan6026]

Congrats Scott...ive been here since day one! Ive watched all your vids nd man it takes me back..like u i have adhd nd i remember how important pokemon was to me growning up...literally my childhood!...im 31 now nd i still remember getting that blue green gameboy color nd my own copy of pokemon silver...granted i had blue...but it was a friends nd he had every mon so it wasnt my own journey...i loved these games as a kid nd to this day as an adult i still have emulators nd always do a gen 2 run here nd there...but with mons ive never used or gave a chance...i was the kid that liked "cool" lookin pokemon lol u keep up the good work dude...heres to another 60k....my favorite pokemon is arcanine...random i kno...but i love that guy nd have a soft spot for fire types ever since i got cyndaquil! Best of luck brotha!

[@lordmon555]

Been here for for awhile and I had no idea you still only have 60k subs keep it up man you're easily my favorite "poke-runner"

[@Judgementday3010]

I can't believe I've been watching your videos for almost 3 years! I remember seeing one of your videos after watching a jrose11 video with Mew. I saw your video with Butterfree solo and loved it! Have been watching every video since. So close to 100k! Keep up the great videos and remember to keep having fun with what you're doing.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@JayHankEdLyon]

Forever happy for your success, congrats on the milestone!

[@tylorvezina9793]

First of all, congrats on 3 years and the 60k milestone! As usual, this was an amazing video, and I love seeing these gen 2 Pokemon used in my favourite game, Yellow. Can't wait to see more, and glad to hear you're going to do a tier list for them. I recommend your channel to everyone I know who likes Pokemon or video game challenges. Keep up the awesome work, and can't wait to see you hit your next milstone.

[@rainbowfish420]

60000 wow great job ,honestly I think you should have more bc ur vids are amazing

[@NickOleksiakMusic]

Seriously proud of you, man! I remember watching you early on in your KZbin career and liking it. Plus, I respect anyone that loves Venomoth! He's very overlooked. I hope it's only further up from here for you ✌

[@Spudmay]

I wasn't sure about the backports initially, but I'd honestly like to see you mess with various things, move pools, etc. Congrats on 60k subs!!

[@alexblack300]

Can't wait for you to hit 100k you definitely deserve it

[@Apfeljunge666]

Even if I dont always agree with every choice of moveset you make with these backports, I really appreciate the amount of thought you put into it.

[@rainfeller]

Thanks, Scott. Always nice to sit down to these after a long week of work. It's been a journey, bud, congrats on the 60k. :D

[@nikothehero799]

I knew you would end up getting so many subscribers. And you're also hustling. Makes me happy... Heres wishing you get lots more!

[@IEmulateGames]

Thank you Scott for the great video and the patch!

[@TelestialGaming]

I would LOVE to see you play through the romhack Pokémon Crystal Clear. Also congrats on another milestone. You’ve put in so much work and grown so much, it’s really inspirational :)

[@kangaskdan]

Massive congrats on 60k!!

[@oscarisaksson4809]

Love celebi its so freaking cute❤ thanks for doing this and Great job for reaching 60 k😎

[@jasonriley1519]

Comfortably the best videos of all solo challenge runners, and there's plenty of good ones out there. Depth in detail is second to none. Congrats. Onwards and upwards.

[@poltergeyst5898]

Congrats on 60k! When you say "I am the one who crits" against Giovanni's rhydon, it conjures Walter White's "I am the who knocks" speech. I think that may have been intentional. Well done, as always. The content is exceptional.

[@christiecat5367]

Congratulations on your channel's success!

[@KyuZan97]

Congrats Scott, you deserve more 💪🏼

[@drachenklaue07]

Hey Scott ❤ Congratulations, you deserve this! The amount of effort you give is visible in every second of your channel! Thank you.

[@Austin007]

Congratulations on 60k Scott! Also wow, what an excellent performance from Celebi!

[@apollobro91]

Congrats on 60K! What a journey you have had with your Pokemon challenges! These Gen 2 pokemon in Pokemon Yellow are interesting.. I enjoyed seeing that 4D chess move of badge-boosting via Lance's Gyarados using Leer in your first run, hehe. Edit: I think a Marill run in Yellow would be the sauce, especially with a nickname like Pikablu!

[@ChaosWindScar99]

First and foremost 60K subscribers is no joke and you definitely deserve it. Also happy channel anniversary. Your challenge runs are my favorite to watch just given how polished they are. Also I like how dominant Celebi seemed but given its psychic typing, I guess I should have expected it. You asked about any Pokémon we would like to see back ported, in my opinion I have 3 top contenders Tyrannitar, Espeon, and Skarmory. The Espeon is an homage to Red's Espeon in Gen 2 but as for T-tar and Skarmory I would like to see how you handle Pokémon who have a type that isn't in Gen 1 I think it could be interesting.

[@myggmastaren3365]

Time to Celebi-brate your 60k subs!

[@wiseguise5960]

Congrats on 60k milestone! Can't wait to see 100k 👍

[@Superius777]

Congrats on 60k and I'm looking forward to seeing this rare pokemon take on Gen 1. It's pretty much never talked about despite having its own movie.

[@IndieMusicMinute]

Scott it’s not a matter of IF but WHEN you will hit 100k. Congrats!

[@yifun6187]

it's been a joy watching your video quality consistently rise every video. here's to the future

[@Pheanir]

Congratz on the 60k, they're well deserved! =) Tbh, I would love to see a Blissey playthrough as a back port option for yellow version; it would additionally offer a comparison between it and its prevolution Chansey, which I think could be interesting.

[@lonewolfe5960]

Well Scott I can't say for certain when I started watching your videos, but I do know that your first video on your channel was the first video on your channel that I watched and it's hard to believe it's been 3 years already. congratulations!

[@siggil9697]

I find it interesting how well mew and celebi fit to the region thet got introduced to. The nature pixie time travel spirit fits the more traditional more close to nature Johto region perfectly. Just as the fetus cat DNA thing fits the Kanto region with all the science stuff around. I really realized this while warching the video. Also congrats for the 60k very well deserved.

[@fsanmiguel666]

Pokemon Yellow, with Shuckle! You know you want to, Scott!

[@pikachuspokerface]

I've only been here 8 months, but man. I honestly could have SWORN you had more subs than this! Keep it up, Scott! I love your content. 😁

[@kayoh9364]

Imagine youre blue. Your grandfather gets you an Eevee for your 10th birthday. It's a solid pokemon, pretty rare, gives you an interesting choice for where to take your career. Youre pretty happy. And then he gives your old childhood friend a time god.

[@thebigbean8783]

How exciting. I've already got sentimental more than once about 60k. I just love you, your channel, and your content. Ever since I found your video all those years ago, they've been my favorite thing on this site offers. Now. Instead of rambling, I'm just gonna say I think celebi is gonna do great!! It'll be looking around the 47-50 minute mark at most, I'd imagine.

[@thebigbean8783]

😏

[@thebigbean8783]

It did great!

[@YannickStreibert]

Congratulations, Scott! Well deserved 🎉

[@PerilousParadigm]

So excited to see this, but also excited to watch you grow and thrive🎉

[@erik19borgnia]

Congratulations on 60k Scott!!!!

[@erik19borgnia]

Also, for a future portback run: a Gen 2 Magnemite/ton (Steel type) or Scizor. That also needs to "port" the steel type, which I think is quite doable and not THAT hard.

[@TomatoSalad123]

Congratulations! Please never stop

[@Kiaxiou]

Congratulations on your 60k you earned it

[@Volti666]

Congratulations 🎉!! What a milestone indeed! I am so happy to be on this journey together with the community. Basically only thing missing at this point is "Can you beat Pokémon Yellow as Bruno" with his team xD

[@FNJones88]

Yay, I waited 30 minutes for the premier, then had to sit through 2 minutes of graphics. Happy 3 years, love you, and praise Denis.

[@gaz9411]

Can't believe how long it's been. I remembered I asked you to do a Meowth run. Just looked it up and you published it 2 and a half years ago! Still here, watching all your videos. Thanks for all the entertainment! :)

[@colinsteines7120]

My word Scott I’m so glad you have hit this achievement just a little more until that silver play button you got this man

[@Crunchy_Troll]

Thanks Scott for everything

[@anxiouspatsfan4050]

I'm amazed you are just at 60k my friend. So you do so much more than the "main stream" pokefolks. From ideas to patching you should have a couple play buttons under your belt. Keep being yourself and growing. Also I don't know if you have done this VS vid but Kingler vs Tentacrul one is special one is physical both are 2 stage mons and you could do a gen 1-8 playthrough comparison for each generation. 4 would be the peak of the arc because it gives a special physical split on them. I'm just a subscriber on here but I love the way your brain works on the early gens. Keep up the great work. Yours truly a Pokemon nerd ❤

[@ptiscool3334]

I’m surprised it’s taking so long to increase your subscribers. Your content is top tier.

[@madddd1]

Oh wow, it was 3 years. Still remember your first butterfree video, its been a blast. And venomoth is definitely a psychic type, its purple after all!

[@Fallenhero4567]

Thanks Scott! I think you should back port all starters for these types of videos.

[@davidwhiteside92]

New to your channel! Love this format, and your overlay is fantastic! Does it automatically calculate the stat changes???

[@Skipatronic]

Congratulations on 60k! It's been great seeing how the content evolved the past few years

[@xZadokx]

Glad to be part of your journey. Keep up the excellent work, Scott.

[@juanchirino4900]

Congrats on 60k subs man. Cheers to many more. IMHO you already surpassed the likes of mahdrybread and jrose11 as the best Poketuber.

[@kannavz3494]

yay!!!! best birthday present ever!!!! love the little onion fairyy!!!

[@chrisnelson93]

Congrats on 60k well deserved! Also looking forward to this one!

[@MrVelyx]

Congrats to the 60,000

[@tehy123]

Nice job on 60K but let's move on to what really matters: advice on the run! Uh, yeah, I think Swords Dance was an underexplored option here, at minimum right before the Champion it would be a solid option over Mega Drain so Earthquake can run through his team (or a badge boosted psychic for Cloyster). But very solid overall and congrats again

[@TJF588]

"who is the trickiest trainer in the previous playthrough" Something about that rolled really nicely~

[@lamiaprincess6371]

Congrats on the 60k subscribers! Your content is so incredibly good that its definitely deserved. For Pokemon to port back: Piloswine, since Piloswine getting both Earthquake and Amnesia makes it really interesting; Meganium since I think it is likely to just be better than Venusaur in Generation I; Shuckle because I think it having a massive Special stat and basically no Special moves is pretty funny, and for the dark horse pick For a Pokemon you haven't used yet but would be incredibly fun to release its limiters on: Slaking. (Also did you experiment with copying Slash in the Champion fight? It gives you better game against the Exeggutor and the Magneton isn't scary anyway, so I think it's making a trade for a guaranteed OHKO on the Alakazam versus the Flareon. I can definitely see Earthquake just being more consistent overall tbh I just figured I'd ask about it.)

[@stumpytheviolator3118]

No way my boy hit 60k subs, proud of you brother

[@CBPaladino]

Great job Scott🎉

[@TheMoogleKing93]

You've been at this for more days than there are Pokemon!

[@LadyShrimp44]

Yay, so happy for you!

[@davidgardner6677]

Couldn't believe psychic/grass Celebi didn't beat VBell but no sleep moves + no boosting moves really kept it out of first place.

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

YEAH CELEBI MY FAVORITE POKÉMON!!! I can't wait to see it demolish yellow version!

[@heathbrinkman3126]

Congrats dude! You always show so much effort and energy in your videos, and its exciting to see how youve grown over the years

[@flprtc]

been here since the first video, I enjoy quite a bit (a lot actually) doing house chores listening to your videos. Pretty sure I have decorated every step of gen 1 games edit: Are videos on gen 3 vs coming out eventually? Would absolutely love to see them (crawdaunt vs sharpedo especially)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Gen3 vs videos will happen eventually, not rushing to make them though

[@danielkaragic7057]

Solo playthrough only using destiny bond! Happy 60k, i really enjoyed your videos from the start on and think i have seen every of your playthroughs. Incredible how your character in thr videos developed, from a really dry and stern feel to a lot more fun and jokes :)

[@Lockirby2]

As a Final Fantasy player, I can very much say that Reflect sounds like it should defend against Special moves. I vote to backport Zacian. I think that would just be amusing somehow. I guess it would be Normal type? Congrats on 60K!

[@KainaX122]

Congrats on 60k! My only question is how you’re not at like 600k already

[@thatponybro6940]

imagine if you could have 4 stacks of Metronome on a Pokemon, that could an interesting challenge

[@komrot5305]

if the clefable run is anything to go off of, this would be a wonderfully painful experience for all involved and i am here for it

[@MrGoodCompany]

Congrats!

[@juanchirino4900]

Celebi did great. But I am more impressed by how far you have managed to bring down Victreebel's time.

[@cuneyta.3371]

Amazing Celebi run❤

[@Promatim]

"Next is the hiker" delivered so straight made me cackle. Good run! Gen 1 always needed more ghost types. Maybe Chandelure for a future downshift? Seems like it would crush gen 1!

[@dragonslayerz2220]

Medium Slow, 145 special, starts with Fire Stab and Smog (I guess), learns Psychic, and is fast enough for Gen 1 speed to not be bad. Yeah, that's S-tier. Even Misty can't stop it.

[@KigerrEE]

2:50 I feel game freak definitely understood there wasn't enough rock moves and generation 1 which is why they gave magnitude in fire Red /leaf Green