Complete History and Lore of Pokemon Trainer Red

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[@jidner]

I love how when you're red you're just having a normal play through but when you're someone else seeing Red he's just this silent guy who you're afraid of.

[@lemking9677]

@Scott Sieg MT silver Pokemon gold/silver/crystal

[@lemking9677]

@Scott Sieg Or heart gold \soul silver

[@lemking9677]

@Scott Sieg I've been close to beating him

[@lemking9677]

@Scott Sieg The only good Pokemon on my team were typhlosion and poliwrath and I always led with typlosion so typloshion would be dead by the time I got to venasuar

[@LITTLE1994]

Yeah, that was a crazy turn.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

My favorite quote from Red: "..............." He's such a badass

[@cintronproductions9430]

You know, Red should just speak already. What, did a Tentacruel sting his throat as a child, causing permanent damage to his vocal chords?

[@penguinkirb3759]

his only line was from masters

[@FLFL-Cookays]

@@cintronproductions9430 He has spoken. His one line in pokemon masters is "Words are unnecessary"

[@chinmaymathur7000]

@@cintronproductions9430 He is just lost into void....the search for mew drove him to insanity of sage but the sole purpose of getting even stronger that is why he is on mt. Silver

[@notjeff9058]

I keep seeing you why in a j

[@lilsmarties5347]

Imagine how surprised you would be on the mountain if red just pulled out a Mewtwo in the middle of the fight.

[@Ty-yt3lj]

TBH I wouldn't be surprised, his Pikachu is at a higher level than Ash Ketchum's (L61 for Ash, L88 for Red, someone else did the math)

[@Red_._.]

@@Ty-yt3lj how do you know Ash's Pikachu level?

[@Ty-yt3lj]

@@Red_._. Someone else did the math, that number uses the start of gen 5 as the end point for working out Pikachu's level

[@meatlynotthatmeatly7702]

I wonder why they didnt use mewtwo instead of espeon for the original gsc since you cant even catch mewtwo there so it should be presumed he catched it

[@vicinte]

ive always thought that his main team should be the three birds, mewtwo, charizard and pikachu/snorlax

[@fsfangamechannel6225]

Love how even if the timeline is reset, him dipping after becoming a Champion never changes.

[@asura4712]

That's red for you

[@elekkitty]

“What I just became champion? Sorry i uh… have to go get milk..”

[@kevin55091]

@@asura4712 den versteht doch hier kaum jemand

[@legendred4198]

Red’s too nomadic to stay in one place!

[@lenira7750]

what does it mean to dip

[@steventchouteau]

Ever since I heard him say " ... " It changed my life forever, I've never heard of such intellect and wisdom from such a young kid

[@clare8225]

Omg hahahahhahahahahahhahahhahahhahahahhaha

[@saaaalehin]

And this is literally every shounen anime you've ever seen

[@psychiron]

How does he command his pokemon without talking?

[@steventchouteau]

PsychIron they just know from the moment he catches them, they have a unspeakable bond

[@Theofficialtino]

Wisdom? It’s freakin ellipses 🤣🤣

[@ex0tiv]

Blue : *"Smell ya later"* Narrator : *And since that day red has never open his mouth again*

[@alvissalfred7688]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqXWe4qMe85_oKs&ab_channel=AlvissAlfred

[@kingkhama8075]

@@alvissalfred7688 no one likes a self promoter

[@therealveridicalyt497]

@@alvissalfred7688 That’s against KZbin policy

[@alaszrar6202]

There is one one npc that if you talk to red replies

[@AsIfItNeverWas]

@@alaszrar6202 who?

[@YhwachTheAlmighty.]

I think the reason red is such a menace to everyone is because he’s the first character everyone played with, so when we see red we see ourselves and how much of a strong trainer we made him when playing as him.

[@ven0m_cat]

But thats just a theory, A GA-

[@SweetOrangeJuice]

​@@ven0m_cat-ME THEORY! (Sorry, I had to finish the quote.)

[@raj_a_jaiswal]

Or maybe it's because we see Red as our past self. Full of hope and dreams. And we are scared to face him now that we gave up on those childhood dreams.

[@Kitty-sitty]

​@@SweetOrangeJuice *Insert meme*

[@Martin-wd2im]

A theory about how Red is still the same in BW2 is that after Ethan beats Red, Red time travelled with Celebi from HGSS to BW2 and didn't age

[@callmelime5870]

Ok, this was at 5 likes (I was one of them) and now its 4, I think its just funny

[@tinywomanhours]

Canonically Ethan never actually defeats Red. The fight is left up the player's interpretation because the official guides for HGSS never give an answer to who was the victor in that encounter. Even if you say you and others beating Red in-game is proof of Ethan's victor, same can be said for the same amount of people who have lost to Red.

[@securityguardtemmie]

I say red wins but barely

[@tinywomanhours]

@@securityguardtemmie that's fair, I personally think he could sweep Ethan if he pulled out his Mewtwo which he canonically has.

[@securityguardtemmie]

@@tinywomanhours yea I do say red wins as well with his venesaur and it going mega as a last resort (works as well with the other starters) and sweeping the rest of his team

[@hallowedknight234]

Blue: Smell you later! Red: “............” Blue, later: *_Intense sniffing_*

[@rita-Shi-Mi]

Great Joke

[@hallowedknight234]

Thanks

[@titanictnt7476]

I remember this from a comic.

[@joshuadao5861]

TorchicGamerUnion i remember this from gabaleth

[@LX3CT_639]

It helps me lol

[@joaquinntshangase3299]

Red:*Becomes champion: Also red:”..................”

[@Besitzerstolz]

Should have been "Aight imma fade out"

[@tinle9]

It should should have been "..."

[@banksnakes]

tinle9 Cause he never talks i get it lol

[@thewhizzkidjr9171]

Ash is basically the same except the become champion part 😂

[@guildmasterri5995]

@@thewhizzkidjr9171 he's champion though, were you living under a rock?

[@apersonowo307]

I like how red grew into a silent badass who seems unimpressed by the challenges the world throws at him until gold beats him

[@lunerblade13]

Funny enough red in the manga is a reverse case. Their he’s much more laid back and compassionate instead of closing himself off from everyone. In fact instead of being beaten by gold, red actually trains gold.

[@rickschumer2872]

@@lunerblade13 where can i read it online

[@davidwilkinson4634]

It's said no one actually won the fight and also when you fight red it's in post game

[@LosRockson]

He’s like the ryu of Pokémon

[@wyethleon]

​@@davidwilkinson4634Makes sense because you are playing Gold, of course you'd win you have potions and unlimited tries but when we're talking about canon win or lose definitely Red would still be who he is and be respected as a champion and prodigy.

[@LITTLE1994]

I miss Red. Remembering my childhood in Gen 1, he is certainly the legend when it comes to ALL characters in the entire series, especially protagonists. Seeing him as the real final boss in Gen 2 was indeed a shock. But now, he rarely ever shows up. Kinda funny that in Let's Go, the male protagonist in it is basically his successor re-living his Yellow story.

[@tinywomanhours]

I personally believe the protagonists of Black and White are more legendary. Hilbert/Hilda actively have an effect on the plot and characters, they point there rivals and the antagonistic force throughout the game and help them realize their true selves. They also literally reawaken a Legendary that was said to only awaken for the chosen Legendary Hero. With whichever dragon Legendary Hilbert/Hilda receive, they actively save the whole world in Black/White.

[@rafaeltorres3121]

@@tinywomanhours black and white were whack. Gen V was when Pokémon started to become silly.

[@tinywomanhours]

@@rafaeltorres3121 Nah, Gen 1 was buggy and boring, Gen 2 had terrible level curves, story, and Pokemon variety in the main campaign, Gen 3 is where it started to get better but it was a bit dumb on a logical standpoint in terms of story, Gen 4 kinda sucked but I do still love it. Gen 5 improved on Gen 4 gameplay, made a great story, had great visuals, bopping ost, better writing, and the Mons in it were still pretty good for the most part. If anything Gen 3 or 4 in terms of writing is where Pokémon started getting "silly". Gen 6 is when stuff started getting worse.

[@WubbaDubba198]

@@tinywomanhours disagree*, Gen 1 didn't need a story to be good, it's story was your journey, or i guess Red's journey. had Team Rocket not been interfering with things so red couldn't progress, he would've had no reason to ever talk to them, because that's how the world works. Team Rocket were just another obstacle that Red, and on another hand Blue, needed to go past to become champions, and for a tiny game-boy game in 1996, that's really all it needed to be, it's when Game Freak want's to have more that the story starts becoming sh*t. This is why Cyrus and Team Galactic are such crap villains, and why Gen 3, Gen 6, Gen 7, and pretty much Gen 8 too, along with P;LA i would argue are absolutely awful in story, because Game Freak can't write for their lives additionally, you are correct with that Gen 2 has such a bad story*, mostly because of the previous statement i said, although most of the story moments were few and far between so i personally don't make a fuss about it. Silver is hella' bad because they really didn't know what to do with him, and just game him so sh*tty redemption at the end even though he REALLY didn't deserve it, Lance is so boring, literally any other NPC in Pokemon would be more interesting to talk to them him (personally I wish Karen was the champion), and Team Rocket falls with Silver in these remarks as they didn't know what to do with them. Don't get me wrong, Red Blue and Yellow aren't the best games in the world, and Gen 1 has needed a lot of improvement, and respectively got it in later games, but your claims are just borderline stupid, and very one note. (*I disagree with the fact that Red Blue and Yellow were """""boring and b u g g y""""" as you put it) (*emphasis on STORY, Gen 2 GAMEPLAY WISE is not even that bad dude. Sure most of the new 'mons aren't available in the main campaign, and the Jasmine - Chuck - Pryce level curve is really weird, but those are just some issues the devs looked over since they were working with such limited hardware, every game is gonna have it's major game play flaw(s), doesn't mean that G/S/C are bad because of these flaws, just means they needed some improvement *cough heart gold soul silver cough*)

[@tinywomanhours]

@@WubbaDubba198 okay buddy, but I only made vague claims about the games and didn't really expand on my takes as I didn't feel the need to, a lot of those games are still enjoyable in my eyes and to claim that everything I'm saying is borderline stupid just goes to show how biased and ignorant other people can be. I could very well list a plethora of reasons why I think Gen 1 is a broken, jumbled mess of a first game. That's just not entirely fair though and I understand that since it was the first, it deserves some leeway. I would say even with the flaws of the Gen 2 story, it is still one of the most flawed games from gameplay perspective; progression wise, mechanically, and difficulty wise. HeartGold/SoulSilver did improve a lot on this front and they're in my top 3 favorite Pokémon games- but I cannot say that they don't have a lot of the sams issues(if you want a basic summarization of the issues you can go checkout Pokémon Challenges "Why Gen 2 is the Worst Gen" video). You probably won't wanna check it out because knowing how stubborn and ignorant Pokémon fans are they won't be able to handle an inch of genuine criticism and just wine but I'm just throwing that out there. Also check your facts since I never said they were down right bad, it may seem that I implied that but no- I never directly made this claim because that's just not true. These games all have merit to them but my original comment was given the context of me comparing these gens to Gen 5 which sorely lacks appreciation from a large margin of the fan base because Pokémon fans are just allergic to change. Thanks for your semi-constructive comment, it was a nice read for the most part but I'm too tired to be dealing with people being assholes because I don't suck off to Gens 1 through 4 like they do.

[@touhouplays7579]

17:27 Mikey: "I deleted the Elite Four and the Champion!" Gone, reduced to atoms

[@chefdunsparce4254]

yup

[@isabellawelz2462]

He's either a killer or hacker....😂

[@evanl.bournes2204]

R/BeatMeToIt

[@ZoraTheExplora]

You missed the chance at the pun "reduced to ash"

[@RealityContractor]

17:28

[@KalutSweep]

You forgot another timeline The ash time line where nobody ages

[@maxilz9447]

AKA, the anime.

[@IceBlueStarCat]

Or the original and mega timeline combined

[@Portalcrafter]

The one where ashes dad (could) be red

[@Portalcrafter]

Pro Jey96 didn’t I say could?

[@Portalcrafter]

Pro Jey96 didn’t see that

[@Timochat_]

Imagine being a character so powerful and important that you just transcend timelines

[@chimuoma390]

Koh From Digimon World Dawn/Sayo From Digimon World Dusk Are The Digimon Equivalent Of Red/Blue!

[@fakerzdan]

Princess Zelda and Link be like

[@purpleraider8105]

I always struggle to think of Red officially choosing bulbasaur and Blue choosing charmander. This may be because I always pick charmander at every opportunity but also I associate Blue so heavily with Blastoise mainly because of Gary

[@ohmeohmicah]

I imagine in RGBY Red chooses Bulbasaur and Blue chooses charmander I feel like FRLG is the one where Red goes with Charmander and Blue chooses Blastoise

[@erwannthietart3602]

I read the Manga, Red going with Bulbasaur? I dog it, the 3 starters were most definitly chosen this way because of the manga anyways

[@MaxRavenclaw]

The most sense for me would be Red going with fire, because the colour, Blue with water, and Green/Leaf with grass. That being said, in Japanese Blue and Green are inverted, with Gary being Green and Green being called Blue IIRC.

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

​@@ohmeohmicahkinda odd since in those games rival is green So whole name type similarity gone You could argue R/G for first case R/B for second case Yellow for maybe side timeline

[@iRazenrak]

Red probably looks the same in B2W2 because he's a late bloomer. He's like 17, but looks 14. He doesn't really grow until he turns 21 in Sun and Moon.

[@zym5435]

get the feeling that spending an unspecified large chunk of his early teen years on a mountain cut off from human civilization may have stunted his growth somewhat

[@robertlupa8273]

@@zym5435 Fair enough, even if the actual reason was probably that they didn't bother making a new sprite when they had the HGSS one.

[@rubberscuomo]

Is red in USUM or just SM?

[@enderbrine9624]

@@rubberscuomo red is also on USUM because i remember fangirling seeing red there

[@callyoulater9159]

I think the devs left him like that so his character could be recognizable to newer players, especially casual ones who haven’t seen him in a couple years.

[@mileinacelesteria888]

Man, even though i've heard Red's story a hundred times. It's still fresh on my head on how good his story is.

[@rockk9753]

They should've made the anime about him

[@kleenex8682]

Same

[@kleenex8682]

@@rockk9753 but ash is so good and red dont talk

[@tapgames3465]

@@rockk9753 pokemon origins tho

[@and-gm1hb]

@@kleenex8682 ash is rubbish what are you talking about? Red literally caught mewtwo ash couldn't catch a single legendary

[@PeanutWithWiFiAccess]

Red will forever be my favorite NPC Character in Pokémon his silence paired with his horrific strength really shows what the Player did, and losing to Red is exactly how it felt to the NPCs you had defeated when you played through any game. I hope in any future game where he appears, they give him amazing AI. I want Red to be an absolute monster to defeat. I want him to be the unbeatable legend that Cynthia is. I want Red to purely terrify the fandom again. Just like back when we first saw him upon Mt Silver.

[@miraturtlerabbit6978]

maybe i'm just a sucker for super op protagonist characters (even if their personality isn't very deep at all) but i totally agree !

[@gavinferguson2938]

Yeah I was always super intrigued by Red. My first pokemon was heart gold, my little 12 year old brain couldnt handle how huge that game was. When I finally got to his final battle I was astonished at his lvl differences. He is without a doubt the strongest trainer I ever had to face in any pokemon game. Cynthia is a close second personally.

[@Reginald_Ritmo]

Red/Jack has such a charming and endearing design. I'm glad he keeps coming back.

[@toxickks]

dawg who is jack

[@Reginald_Ritmo]

@@toxickks One of the default names for Red, along with Ash.

[@shizachan8421]

Is it me or does Reds adult design have dad energy?

[@kingteddieP4]

@@shizachan8421 nah. College Age older brother energy.

[@Sweet0rangeJu1ce]

​@@kingteddieP4real, tbh

[@onionenthusiast9832]

People who are quiet have a bigger package Red: “………”

[@ua3698]

Dimmerdome Pinhead damn Red must have the biggest schlong

[@Captain_Garchomp]

How much you think he's packing

[@Spaz._.]

A bike,99 ultra balls,numbers of potion, litterally a f ing rock fossil,pokedex and a leftover

[@realzachfluke1]

Spazimtazer fucking GOLD lmao 🤣

[@onionenthusiast9832]

Zachary Fluke no not Gold, Red

[@diamondingot9841]

4:55, I wouldn’t trust professor oak if he can’t remember his grandson’s name

[@sitisahirahmk8173]

He is old?

[@dexieleighyan2625]

@@sitisahirahmk8173 probably suffering from dementia, i bet

[@breadblizzard8796]

Red just has been holding onto a everstone

[@RoseSupreme]

While I love Red and Blue showing up in other games, I wish they showed this amount of love for the other protagonists as well. How cool would it be to battle Ethan, the one who defeated Red?

[@saladass7674]

That never actually happend just post game fun , if you look it up they never even met before and the fight is not cannon

[@RoseSupreme]

@@saladass7674 Prove it.

[@saladass7674]

@@RoseSupreme what you mean prove it , if you search " pokemon is the red and gold fight cannon" you will see

[@corn2214]

@@RoseSupreme just look it up lol

[@RoseSupreme]

@@corn2214 Some topics never tend to get covered. I mean, who even debates the canonical state of that of all things?

[@The_AuraMaster]

I hate it when my rival uses his Action Replay and deletes the elite four.

[@skirtch9298]

Ikr sometimes rivals could be ao annoying

[@sshgaming4866]

Thats funny

[@beyblader5099]

Better watch out, Player! You are going to get deleted by your rival!

[@azurex2697]

(I'm speaking as marnie from SwSh) My rival Gloria doesn't even know to delete her data so I'm good

[@muichiroscat104]

Trace be hacking over here. Hey who gave the nerd a gun

[@aiedan5]

“First off red talks s lot which is unusual” damn Mikey u roasted his life

[@dippin4dots]

...

[@teeheeman8888]

Dude you just f**king killed him

[@ZimVerse]

300th Like! :)

[@duck4259]

".........."

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

My theories: #1 Masters and Origins are the same universe. #2 HGSS and FRLG are in their own separate version of the Original Timeline, where the further events in B2W2 are much the same as in the RBY and GSC timeline. I’m going to call this timeline the “Remakes’ Timeline”. #3 Red was still training on Mt. Silver in the Original and Remakes’ Timelines during the events of RSE. #4 During the events of XY and ORAS, Red had disappeared to Mt. Silver, and would appear there if there were a Mega Timeline Johto game. He then returned to the as-yet-unseen Mega Timeline Unova to be in the Champions Cup, before coming to Alola with Blue.

[@SpookTroop]

I love how red doesn’t talk it really makes him feel mysterious

[@DiaomBayet]

Link, byleth and other silent protagonists doesn’t even compare, because they actaully talk in the story or when talking to people, just not in screen, red doesn’t at all

[@NintendoFreakLan]

You forgot that in Kalos a lot of the NPCs made remarks about Blue learning their dialect but also going "Smell ya later" every time he left.

[@simuna6921]

Nothing will be left unsmelled

[@JoshusBarber]

@@simuna6921 this feels like a threat

[@leorickaldana366]

@@JoshusBarber It is.

[@forkworshipper8679]

@@JoshusBarber You will be smelled do not resist

[@justafan9206]

Blue is controlled by failboat's chat!?! Welcome to game theory!

[@MrNtlman]

Red is hands down the best pokemon protagonist in all the generations.

[@notplatypustheperry9179]

Yes.

[@Musicube.]

Hell yeah

[@LITTLE1994]

100%. The LEGEND. Forget Gold, who had plot armor in Gen 2.

[@notplatypustheperry9179]

@@LITTLE1994 lol

[@giovannygallardo692]

No doubt but then again I bet it us oldies saying that lol

[@erikmartinezvalero2544]

Missed the manga but it's pretty well explained

[@sebman6031]

This is only canon stuff, manga it's not canon in the slightest

[@vn9574]

@@sebman6031 Lmao, sure. Whatever you wanna believe

[@sebman6031]

@@vn9574 I guess You are joking

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

​@@vn9574pokemon war not being referred, gym leader being evil supposedly having female character that didn't exist in games as playable, have red start out like nobody, having yellow as different character, Giovanni meeting him only at gym battle, becoming champion before elite Four, have his rival be foreign trainer and most importantly all the team rocket, mewtwo connection for no reason

[@RetroCityPL]

For some reason it's kinda cool to see player's character from original games given some solid backstory.

[@Paper_Cuts]

Red is a complete madlad His only words he ever said is in Masters And that line is.... “".............Words are unnecessary”

[@CrazyNaturekitty]

Wait really??

[@Paper_Cuts]

CrazyNaturekitty Live Yep! kzbin.info/www/bejne/raPSeJWdhtVmmpo

[@pokeblueblur2286]

I have played that game and you are not lying he said words are not necessary

[@anch95]

Why do people think he doesn't speak? That's just stupid

[@cryptxum9683]

@@anch95 Because all he says are dots? I think originally, dots were meant to represent text which the player is meant to fill in, and therefore, varies depending on who plays the game. The devs decided to just play along with the idea that red is silent.

[@theradiantdancemachine3963]

17:26 he said “deleted the elite four” instead of defeated. Rival: I deleted the elite four Me: you what?! Rival: their gone... all gone. Me: ... Me: you can keep the champion spot, I’m leaving!

[@erikturner5631]

Turning the Elite Four into the Delete Four

[@goomythegoomy_1430]

He didnt say that he Said that he did not delete it

[@pockystick8630]

Yeet and delete four

[@kakyiondonut6084]

Okuyasu… is the champion?

[@kakyiondonut6084]

Pokémator The rival used za hando

[@danielvalmonte2873]

This is one of the best Pokémon videos I’ve seen on KZbin honestly. Great job.

[@pokemastersalgaming8271]

Wait, then would it make sense that Red and Blue from Origins be the Red and Blue from Masters? Think about it: Red's series of events match up, and Blue (probably getting jealous of Red's Mega Charizard) might have went out and found a keystone and Pidgeotite to get the mega pidgeot he has in Masters. It would make so much sense!

[@medo05511]

Kinda wish he mentioned the "Manga Universe Red", as he has a rich background filled with character development. The game's Red is nothing much to talk about, GameFreak keeps bringing him back to newer games so that the player can see how much they've progressed and gotten stronger by "defeating themselves". Liiiike, you know when Link from LoZ battles a dark version of himself near the end of the game? Well, Red is the Dark Link of the Pokemon world.

[@raunakthakur657]

Yeah...that's what we want......perfect! Thank you... .

[@arielle691]

I love the Manga Universe, but usually people don't mention it.

[@ARokPheonix]

i think he talked about it in a prior vid on Red... but i may be mistaken

[@dodothefool]

too many people overlook the manga i read the red and blue pokemo adventures before playing lets go and i knew green blue and red plus their starters all match the pokemon adventures

[@sincerely_sillikers]

Pokespe needs more love.

[@dickballs69420]

17:28 “I *deleted* the elite 4 and the champion” Holy crap Mikey. I know it’s the mega timeline but this is just... wow.

[@haseebahmed2544]

I just watched and noticed this

[@bl_nk5047]

was looking for this.

[@justafan9206]

=)

[@bellbottomblues8351]

the action replay timeline

[@Me-jx1mo]

I thought I had misheard. Apparently not

[@weirdestdudein7760]

10:00 the Espeon is actually likely the one he has in the manga, named Vee. It's was actually a special Eevee that had been expiremented on by Team Rocket, allowing it to change into any Eeveelution depending on the situation. Eventually after a battle, Red had it change into a regular Espeon, which it has been ever since.

[@vergilmontiero2558]

I thought it was the Eevee from Celadon city and it was an Espeon because it was always daytime in the Gen 1 games. I also thought Gary had an Umbreon to reflect it being the opposite of Red. Idk, the things you think about as a kid I guess.

[@akabaneaki]

Would love to see him and green again down the line of pkmn game. Seeing and fighting shirona again totally made me miss them both x'D

[@CloudyNight2156]

I just noticed that Red's shirt has the #96 for the year pokemon stated in 1996.

[@YamiSatoshi]

@Nom_zom "... ..." -- Red, meaning to say "Nice."

[@LITTLE1994]

Yes.

[@ObrigadaJim]

Michael: Red is the only protagonist to appear in other games as a default Character Green/Leaf appearing in Let´s Go: Am I a Joke to you??

[@dippin4dots]

Ash: hahaha, puny peasants being controlled by children. I AM IN EVERY GEN.

[@kagari1426]

Leaf and green are two separate characters I believe

[@ObrigadaJim]

@@kagari1426 I know what your talking about, it's the name confused changes, but their the same girl and I can explain, in japan from the beginning in the artbook of gen 1 was supposed to be green the rival and blue the girl even she don appear in the games of 1 gen, but because the green rival became blue on the English version, when in the FRLG they decided to oficially adds the girl to the game they put leaf to don't confuse the people cause green and blue were the same character the rival. In lets go finaly they decided to put her name properly and somehow homenage the manga too, but u can see is the same character and in the manga she uses both designs the FRLG and the Let's go design confirming she's the same character. ^^

[@sylvyboi]

@@ObrigadaJim I just wish Pokémon Masters would call her Green too

[@ObrigadaJim]

@@sylvyboi I prefer blue as the best of all, I read the manga with the original names, but forgetting blue, between green and leaf, green is much better name, if exists red and blue so there be green kk

[@GucciLee27]

Red is so OP that his origin story doesn't change despite timeline differences. Mans will always be the MC

[@lunerblade13]

Except the manga where red is a fully developed character with an arc and destination instead of being some form of endless illusion of power fantasy.

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

Manga is basically ash if plot convenience helped him​@@lunerblade13

[@kingxavierlovely]

Whoever it was that made the decision to have the first player character appear in the johto games as a final boss is a genuis. They completely struck gold with Red. The highest summit of all player characters and a character that will always bring back gen 1 regardless of how many generations we get to.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

*Legend of Zelda fans:* omg our timeline is so hard to follow *Pokemon:* hold my Full Restore *Kingdom Hearts:* having super hard timelines to follow is TIGHT

[@Couch_Banana]

Yeah yeah yeah!

[@coldzoroark6440]

What about Kirby?

[@janendy55]

Ribotto Studios nice s r reference

[@marthabolanos5930]

Undertale: Hold my ketchup

[@abyanhilmyahmady8470]

Drakengard-Nier : .....

[@Aerusfree]

When he says Red pick bulbasaur all i think is the pikemon adventure manga

[@sliceofpie770]

It's because that's actually Red's real story lol

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

​@@sliceofpie770no lol 😂 Maybe a nice non canon uni but he's not game red, i would say it's more story of ash prototype(yeah i wanna see make you enrage but don't take for granted because it's fact otherwise?)

[@wubbers662]

POV: Red picks a Green starter, Blue picks a Red starter and Green picks a Blue starter

[@zuezue5039]

Red's always a savage regardless what timeline, I love that, even if he (loses) to player characters in other games, regardless what timeline along with his history(s)

[@nathankilpatrick308]

17:27 "I deleted the elite four" Jesus trace calm down

[@SuperDistroyerPower]

lol

[@Aerance]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that. XD

[@dippin4dots]

Nathan Kilpatrick Trace: "I murdered them. I killed not only the men, but the women and Pokemon, too.

[@kakyiondonut6084]

Okuyasu the rival

[@jeannofs]

Micheal: This is your last day to get the champion shirt Every Child Who Wants it: 😭

[@Fluminox-]

Fr 😭😭😭

[@jeffrey4783]

I know it bro!😫😭😭😭😭😭

[@kategachalifeandmore3298]

So relatable 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😫😫😫😫😫

[@Ant-Eater]

Your mom

[@devog1842]

I know😭

[@kidwilks]

So what if the "Mega Timeline" goes further by introducing Sparkling Crystal? They can further explain Blue as the Viridian Gym Leader and Red looking to train more but instead Lance taking over as Champion following events of the Let's Go protagonist moving to a Scarlet/Violet area

[@josephcirrincone9596]

Yeah he looks badass as hell in that Sygna Suit

[@regrettability6434]

I like how in Let's Go Red, Blue, and Green's starters line up with the Pokemon Adventures manga.

[@fothorso]

We KNOW. damn.

[@Trails3rdFanboy]

@@fothorso Most actually dont kid, but whatever makes you sleep at night in your mommas bed :)

[@fothorso]

@@Trails3rdFanboy im sure since lets go videos got popular, everyone already found out thru the comments. :)

[@Trails3rdFanboy]

@@fothorso Lets go was ages ago kid, the hype has evaporated with swsh coming out :)

[@fothorso]

@@Trails3rdFanboy whats your point? Lets go was long ago, and people found out this trivia since then. What, u forget these things after a couple years? :)

[@jwr685]

I like to think that pikachu is reds starter, and that is why he’s reds strongest Pokémon at an astounding level 81 in gsc, and level 88 in hgss. And that he got the three starters from the girl in cerulean city, the boy next to nugget bridge and the police officer in vermillion city.

[@jamescallanan2443]

So the Johto games are specifically in the Yellow timeline.

[@jwr685]

James Callanan yea that’s what I’m thinking. Because that’s the only way that red could have all three starters unless he traded with someone else. But that doesn’t explain why he has a Pikachu at such a high level - the only explanation I see is that Pikachu was his starter that’s why he keeps it on him

[@jwr685]

GG Drizz green isn’t in the r/b/y and g/s/c, confirming that they are different universes

[@catvalentine5740]

Sooo johto red is yellow red

[@marcuslim3468]

@@jwr685 in the manga there are 4 main characters , red , green ,blue and yellow . Red main was his bulbasaur, gree charmander, blue blastoise and yellow actually took care of reds pikachu for awhile. In the later part of the manga green and blue loan red their starter pokemon and thats how red got all 3 starters

[@xea7844]

Would it not be simpler (and thus more likely) that the events of the Let's Go! games weren't canon but origins and masters are? That makes his team in black/white 2 simpler to explain also. Just a thought

[@cyankoopa8111]

LGPE being canon doesn't even work because of Mina being around, there's a 20 year gap between gen 1 and gen 7.

[@eduardocervantes4390]

In GSC, the legendary birds and Mewtwo are nowhere to be found cuz they’ve already been caught by Red 👀

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

Right it's not like they were seating there for 3 years on same spot and didn't wanted to change habitat

[@Marcuskwok-hn5yi]

Yeah…

[@shadedcycle]

So there is a universe where “Red” is called: AAAAAAAAAA Edit: I came back after the 68th replay and I was not ready to see more than 800 likes, I made this comment as a joke. But you guys are great!

[@kazuma7069]

aka me

[@souvikbose8583]

more than you think

[@AlexG32777]

And one were he is called xgieucksxr

[@wittigga1961]

Yes

[@drksquash]

And one called Djesiakalsaerae

[@tankivulture148]

Michael: I'm talking about Mega Dimension Cydonia: well, I use a cooler name

[@LeggereugualeVivere]

Team Dimensione dell'infinito

[@tankivulture148]

@@LeggereugualeVivere 🖤💜🔐

[@flameblitz17]

I really think that the either the Origins or Masters is the one connected to the mega timeline and Let's go is the other separate timeline since it's vastly different from the other incarnations of Red. Also, you didn't mention the Pokemon Adventures' version of Red.

[@undary0u]

Agreed let's go doenst fit with any version of the pre established characters at all thier all drastically different and he keeps mention let's go as of it has any validity what's so ever when masters and orgins exists and fit the mega timeline far better

[@ellislopez4214]

i agree idk if its just me but the red in Alola looks more like remake/origin/masters red then lets go. @@undary0u

[@juvenalromero6306]

Fun fact: in the ORAS postgame episode, Zinnia says that Mega Evolution can mess with space and time properties, thus having the hypothesis that Mega Evolution can create "alternate timelines", so basically this can confirm that the "Original" Red is from the Mega Timeline, wich can be considered as the "Real" original timeline and the No Mega Timeline being created by the power of Mega Evolution

[@Grasseata]

Red is my favorite trainer, even more than... Youngster Joey

[@tiagocardosom]

Blasphemy. I can see you don't like shorts even though they're comfy and easy to wear

[@narmatisubba3122]

Youngster Joey is better bruhhh

[@The_AuraMaster]

But his Rattata is in the top percentage of all Rattata, he could easily beat Red.

[@bigrat6536]

Combo Breaker NAAAANI!!!!!!!

[@camillalapolentona8420]

Impossible

[@eddyleo29]

Vsauce: hey vsauce Michael here Michael: greetings pokefans michael here

[@JDB51]

Exonano 2019 no it’s gourey dings for fans

[@MikeOrigins]

@@JDB51 bruh, it's just how he says it, it's greetings not gourey dings pokefans, it's greetings when you hear it a little better.

[@kakyiondonut6084]

Hol up

[@titanictnt7476]

@@MikeOrigins r/woooosh.

[@MikeOrigins]

@@titanictnt7476 no, he didn't make it a joke lmao

[@fakeuzero]

Red is a legend among all trainers in pokemon games. Cynthia is strong and formidable, but Red has something more. He is the very aspiration of what every pokemon trainer wants to become.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

I hate when games have "multiple universes"

[@alpha-sama]

You gotta appreciate the all the sheer effort that went into this timeline explanation

[@kagari1426]

Yet where is the adventures manga red?

[@isaacorr3180]

@@kagari1426 the manga is separate universe from the games

[@cyankoopa8111]

It's sad that Mina being in LGPE breaks it, though.

[@MuhfuckxnMonstuh]

“Now *grown* ass men” I’ve legit watched this video at least 10x just to laugh at that line😂

[@LITTLE1994]

But that also reflects us OG players from Gen 1 who played since childhood. I started with the old Red, but now I'm 27. Lol

[@alvissalfred7688]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqXWe4qMe85_oKs&ab_channel=AlvissAlfred

[@yugiohdeloestepr]

Great video. I would've loved an explanation about the Red from the Generations anime which is different from the Red in the Origins anime. I think that the Red from the mega timeline in Sun and Moon is not necessarily the canonical Red from Lets GO. There's a chance that Lets GO was intended to be a separate timeline. We don't know for sure, but we do know that at the very least the Sun and Moon Red was very likely intended to be the one who defeated Team Rocket since Lets GO wasn't out yet. That would coincide with the Red from Generations/Origins. Before Lets GO, you could make a strong argument that Origins Red was the Red from the Mega timeline OR that at the very least there was no mega evolution until the post game. Megas could have existed and not necessarily been widely used in every single region like in Kalos or Hoenn. We don't know how many main timelines there are (if we disregard every save file being their own timeline) and I get that claiming that there are more than 2 sounds like a stretch. But what if theres more timelines like for the Gameboy games, Let GO, etc.

[@Alex-on8dz]

Origins was never canon, nor do the games take it into account as it was leaked that scarlet and purple gym leaders don't level their pokemon to the level of the challengers

[@yugiohdeloestepr]

@@Alex-on8dz It is not. Well unless you see it as it's own timeline.

[@Alex-on8dz]

@@yugiohdeloestepr well if origins has its own timeline, just like pokemon masters, it just doesn't influence main canon at all

[@yugiohdeloestepr]

@@Alex-on8dz Correct

[@thenewyorkhip-hopspot5485]

Rly enjoyed this video. Loved how entertainment he is in his narration

[@cyber3438]

17:28 “I deleted the elite four and became champion”

[@_freebirdnerd]

Glad that wasn't just in my head!

[@bennyjaminny]

@@RetroForever_ -:0

[@juleknight7559]

he pulled a monika

[@Joltemon]

Aw cmon I was gonna say that

[@goomythegoomy_1430]

THIS MAKES ME ANOYED CUZ IT IS WRONG

[@hallerty]

Blue: smell you later Red: ... Blue: I said SMELL YOU LATER red: ... Blue: yeah ok bye

[@chinmaymathur7000]

Smell Ya' Later

[@STAROCiDE]

S N I F F

[@ethundersnow4506]

I used to smell Red later. But I'm gonna smell you RIGHT NOW

[@STAROCiDE]

@@ethundersnow4506 blue as a canibal: smelt ya later

[@davidasher3624]

I was 10 when Pokemon Red was released in the states. Cool getting back into this stuff and seeing that he's an absolute legend now.

[@Tai-rv5ql]

15:15 Yo it's that dude blue back in a tune

[@Marshadow01]

17:28 OH CRAP HE DELETED LANCE WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO

[@lucasrg9238]

Lance doesn't feel so good... But don't worry, he still has his full restores!

[@robjovolk]

i dont know y he said that

[@seko0629]

"Dargonite... I feel so good"

[@oresti9271]

Clair is gonna take revenge for the fallen deleted Lance 😂

[@LuqmanGGVO]

lmao

[@alolanlana]

maybe when red dissapeared he was looking for his father

[@SentinalRaider]

Lmaooooo

[@sphee4149]

Like father like son

[@Blade.5786]

His father left to get milk from the store, he'll be back any second. Right? _Right?_

[@GhostSanityEdits]

Actually I think his father died in a Pokemon war. There was a war between kanto and jhoto, 3rd gym leader Lt. Surge talks how his pokemon saved him during the war. Also their is no adult male ncp sprite seen in kanto region

[@alolanlana]

@@GhostSanityEdits in let's go, Surge says 'A Pokémon battle is war!' this indicates that there was no war and he's referring to pokemon battles. also, there literally are adult male NPCs. the rocket grunts, bikers, birdkeepers, blackbelts, loads of other trainer classes, then bill, giovanni, blaine, koga, surge, bruno, lance, and many more. do your research

[@CWorthStudios]

I just realized something... when you trade, you trade across time, space, and dimensions. Bill is a GENIUS. I wonder where he keeps his Dialga and Palkia...

[@blaze_lwf19]

Doctor bill : multiverse of pc

[@KHfan0011]

Love this video, my man. With the benefit of hindsight, it turns out, that Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet, AND Arceus all return to the original timeline.

[@rowquaza5977]

When you already read the manga and know a million fun facts about red

[@chinmaymathur7000]

Yayyy!

[@rowquaza5977]

Cutting a protective suit with ivy’s vine whip to shock lt surge

[@EA-bv8zk]

Das MEEE!!

[@lilacsrandomthingsdumparch4954]

He chose venasaur,,,, and he fought,,, big bird thing,,

[@rowquaza5977]

Lilac The Bored Animator zapmoltcuno

[@danieljones3943]

Talks about the complete history and lore of Red Brings up all these non-canon adaptation. Never brings up Pokemon Adventures which follows the Gen 1 games more closely than Origins.

[@sgtstormwing2320]

Yeah, why didn't he mention Pokemon Adventures Red? The Adventures Manga is one of the best, if not THE best, forms of pokemon content outside the main series games in my opinion. The fact that he does not talk about him is a bit disappointing for me, personally.

[@timotheos5717]

@@sgtstormwing2320 I'm just curious since I haven't read the Manga, what starter did he choose?

[@sgtstormwing2320]

@@timotheos5717 Depends on what you mean by starter. In the beginning of Vol.1, he's already got a Poliwhirl with him(it had been with him since he was a young boy, where it was just a Poliwag). But, by the end of chapter 2 of Vol.1, he obtains Bulbasaur from Prof. Oak.

[@ObrigadaJim]

@@timotheos5717 He choose bulbasaur from professor oak but he already as poliwhirl since he was a child

[@timotheos5717]

@@sgtstormwing2320 ah ok thanks

[@auriliagilneas]

Masters gets... funky with the timelines. Characters arrive on Pasio via Hoopa rings, so it's likely Hoopa is bringing some of these from alternate timelines (which was somewhat confirmed when Ash Ketchum made an appearance shortly before the Masters 8 Coronation tournament began in the Japanese Anime).

[@bodhicath5613]

Honestly for red im just gonna stick to manga timeline so i dont have to confuse my brains out

[@ZaChousenWan]

He no longer has the blessing of "player input". After losing the blessing at the end of gen 1, he felt lost without it. It used to be an integral part of who he was. He trained and trained because that's what his mentality was conditioned to do. But this time, without the player's guidance. He became the only NPC that experienced the sheer incredible power of the blessing. He has not forgotten the feeling. He was able to overcome every trainer he came across, guided by the memories of his blessing. He gradually grew bored of dominating every opponent he faced. He eventually found the blessing again, but this time on someone else. A challenger approached him at Mt. Silver, and he was beaten by the boy who now had the power he once had. Realizing that the blessing is no longer his, he gained a sense of purpose once more. He now dedicates his training to one day be able to defeat the people who were blessed like he once was. This is my fan theory of Red.

[@miss.darkcandy475]

OMG this is sooooo good 😊

[@okimimitsuko2735]

I absolutely love this theory

[@justafan9206]

*curse

[@kshitizplays5305]

I love this.This seems like a Fanfiction

[@ZaChousenWan]

@@PyroManiac753 Nope.

[@NIX4K]

17:28 "Look ma, I *deleted* the Elite Four, and the Champion!!" "Oh, that's gre-OH GOD!"

[@clare8225]

Hahahahhahahahahahhahahhahahhahahahhaha

[@gideonkariuki4143]

Why?!

[@xxunoriginal_edgy_namexx859]

@pokemon trainer red Understandable. Have a nice day.

[@Gayb3ans]

@pokemon trainer red *gasp* you broke character!

[@Gayb3ans]

@pokemon trainer red you deleted it, huh?

[@sirfailalotful]

I’m glad so many pokemon content creators enjoy the Mirror B theme as much as I do.

[@JuanChavez-bf1ic]

I always thought that origins was part of the original timeline it's just that mega evolution wasn't really known about., and that red having a mega charizard was a complete surprise to him because the mega stones/evolution originated from Kalos (since pokemon is essentially like earth and each regions can be though of as countries).

[@scienceyan]

Michael: red is the only character to ever been in different games Blue:Am I a joke to u

[@VeggiePopper]

Well, he meant PLAYER character.

[@pokeblueblur2286]

Nice👏👍

[@aurelia8028]

Yeah, what about Alder, N, Professor Oak, Caitlin, Bruno, Crasher Wake and surely others I can't remember right now. They all appear in different games

[@thatoneguy5187]

@@aurelia8028 he meant protagonists

[@odstsoldier6252]

That’s how u know this video is BS

[@Lupinemancer87]

BTW, in case you didn't know, in Pokemon Master. RED FINALLY TALKED!!!

[@lightthegreninja2793]

Yeah, i know, right?

[@pkmntrainerred6093]

GameRant published an article solely about this topic. This speaks miles about the importance of seeing dialogue from Red. Bonus points for it being a badass sentence Article: www.google.com/amp/s/gamerant.com/pokemon-masters-red-talks/amp/

[@mithmoonwalker]

yes, words are unnesesary

[@pokemontrainerred196]

...

[@ashdynthetiger2199]

I love how he used his only gift pokemon run footage.

[@androidhatsunemiku9667]

The thing about Sword and Shield being part of the Mega Evolution timeline did in fact get confirmed because of the Ultra Beasts you can catch as well as being able to take care of Cosmog in order to evolve it into Solgaleo or Lunala. Those Pokémon only being around in the Sun and Moon games as well as Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, games that have Mega Evolution.

[@Aka-Spade]

Well actually, the B/W protagonists do have official names and they do appear in the battle train in B/W as a battle partner depending on what gender you choose at the beginning. Obviously, they’re not as prevalent as Red, but I feel it’s worth mentioning.

[@jersont.3339]

But they don't appear outside of their games, that's what he means. Also he knows that they have a name but they are not specific like red

[@justhereforfun7288]

@@jersont.3339 Those names are their specific names just like Red's, they don't have specific names while you play them just like when you play Red. He meant that they don't appear in any other game with their official name ,as you said, they will be named what you named them in your game.

[@mr.birchie766tree4]

It looks like red mega evolved into adult in the mega timelines

[@jose-nf4lh]

Redite

[@Akyure]

@@jose-nf4lh and the Blutite

[@FreedaJoel]

They look like children in let's go though

[@kingstrojek9937]

I love the thought that red and blue are close or on good enough terms to trade or narrow each other’s Pokémon

[@dragonmaxim1154]

Great i waited so long for a videonlike this :D

[@gunner7034]

The best quote from red is “words are unnecessary” from Pokémon masters.

[@xTriton_]

I thought it was "...".

[@gunner7034]

@@xTriton_ he actually said that in a Pokemon masters sync pair story with Flint.

[@beyblader5099]

Me if I found out he did talk, but I had no idea about it: *NANI INTENSIFIES*

[@ARandomMinecraftVillager]

Makes sense XD

[@DMMBlogs94]

Not to mention: Red's birthday is on August 8th.

[@ARandomMinecraftVillager]

What? How do you know?

[@hannguyenthi7244]

Nachoo In the manga. Find their manga counter part in Bulbapedia and you’ll see.

[@fabioj-]

no way thats my birthday lmao. I see why I am the chosen Pokemon Master

[@FreedaJoel]

Lots of people birthdays are on August 8 like mine

[@yatinnodiyal3450]

You are not kidding right mine too it's 8 august

[@video_guy4573]

12:23 in the game, at one point Sonia mentions about how you can dynamax only in the galar region. So most likely, they just choose to dynamax only.

[@aarchumsa7750]

There is not just 2 timelines with and without mega evolution but 4 timelines: The Classic Timeline without ability, mega evolution and fairy type (1st and 2nd generations games), The main timeline with abilities but without mega evolution and fairy type (3rd to 5th generation games + FRLG and HGSS), the mega evolution timeline with mega evolution and fairy type (6th and 7th generation games + ORAS, Pokémon: The Origins and maybe Pokémon Masters) and finally, the Let's Go timeline with mega evolution and fairy type but without ability

[@elilackey7341]

There's another timeline where red is about a thousand people in one and his team is: Omostar Zapdos Venomoth Pidgeot Nidoking And lapras And the helix fossil is a sacred item that grants him good luck before it becane an Omostar You know what I'm talking about

[@lucasrg9238]

BIRD JESUS SHOW US THE WAY

[@Junirules360]

WRONG It is : A God A Messiah An angel A king A prince An alterane vehicle

[@bardzonudny2921]

Just... do not go that way

[@ScratchRZL]

Praise Lord HELIX

[@elilackey7341]

@@Junirules360 I was listing them by their pokemon names, not theyre titles

[@MrArk1265]

True fans remember Michael posting this on his second channel.

[@oDerpy]

Mr. Ark1265 yeah I saw the whole thing yesterday

[@nnnateeee]

watched all of it yesterday 😔✌️

[@krishiv0073]

Yeah I saw the whole thing too

[@gameboy-zz7uj]

Why was it taken down

[@wolfishcat7922]

I went to watch and then it it said it was taken down

[@DARTHDANSAN]

So hard to keep up . Great video

[@chucho_qmp]

Wow this was a fascinating video Mikey :)