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[@Scoonga_Doonga]

It's just one Banana Pokemon Michael, how much could it cost? 10 Pokedollars?

[@OceanVista76]

just 10¢???

[@Subjectively]

I’m so glad someone made this reference

[@Diabetic64]

@@Subjectively Do you think you could do a pokemon that shrinks as it evolves? I was thinking a sloth luchador that starts as a prehistoric sloth that becomes a modern day sloth that's smaller and more nimble when it evolves. Or a pufferfish that loses it's poison when it evolves and becomes a fairy type

[@TheDragon1276]

These pokemon were very creative and a great edition to the Mazah region. Titanotrop is definitely my favorite. We have large pokemon and small pokemon, but we don't have much tall ones besides the dragon tree. If you halve the stats in the video, then it will for sure be weak. However if the stats were already shown as halved, then I think it will be a great pokemon. Like Slaking without truant, yet still struggling in the fact that grass types have so many weaknesses. I believed it has the potential to be a very balanced, and one of my favorite pokemon you've made. Keep up with the good work. - P.S. why not just call it The Mazah Project?

[@Ichthyodactyl]

Top Tier reference comment, take a like.

[@KerfuffledDingus]

Isn’t making a split evolution line for a banana Pokémon a pretty straight forward idea? You know… banana splits????

[@cazelle_pie5370]

Ah, THAT movie

[@nonametherabbit8593]

YES!

[@martydearmodillyou4231]

Good pun,and good movie name reference too

[@cobiandiego5896]

I broke the 666 likes XD

[@crudkip4326]

@@cazelle_pie5370 as terrifying as that movie is, its a joke about the ice cream

[@stan8479]

There’s something about misspelled words like this that is just so endearing. Hearing you say “I WILL mack a banana Pokémon” made me smile.

[@bigashton]

so, im supposed to care? I mean what were you thinking.

[@CherylPie29]

@@bigashton rude for no real reason

[@bigashton]

@@CherylPie29 Hey sweet potato. I was not talking to you.

[@ferriswilliams1809]

It makes dis even better that his nam is The banana man THIS IS A JOKE I KNOW HOW TO SPELL

[@bigashton]

@@ferriswilliams1809 Oh wow ok nice way to disrespect your fellow Jack enthusiasts

[@brendancarney1388]

Fun fact: there is an actual type of moray called the banana eel! It lives in the reefs of South America, and can be kept as a pet!

[@Ajehy]

OMG this thing looks so cool! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnothorax_miliaris

[@antbot1012]

Oh

[@XorbityXorbGlowbe]

WHERE CAN I BUY ONE

[@The-Silliest-Little-Guy]

It also has a couple other names such as the goldentail moray, conger moray and my favorite *the bastard eel*

[@SawkTheFighter13]

just googled it, they actually look like bananas skin lol

[@dragonicdoom3772]

I think this entire evolution line is worthy of its own ability, for which I have an idea: Slippery - The Pokemon's smooth, slippery skin makes it impossible to trap. Moves and Abilities that prevent the Pokemon from switching out of battle have no effect. Not a crazy strong ability, but a flavourful one. Note that this wouldn't prevent damage from those moves, just stop the Pokemon from being trapped. Also missed opportunity for shiny Potassopod to be a blue ringed octopus, though the green is still nice.

[@dragonicdoom3772]

@@richardderatte6672 That could be an interesting effect as well, maybe it reduces the number of turns trapping moves like Wrap, Bind and Fire Spin damage them

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Makes sense to me

[@trashmystic7964]

I had an idea for 'Slippery' where it sometimes decreases the defense of opponents that hit with physical attacks or increases evasion at low HP. Another idea for an ability for the banagnaw line: Gourmand when this pokemon eats a berry, increase a stat depending on its flavor. (IDK if Gourmand is already an ability b/c it seems like there should be an ability with that name). Idea number 3: Cornucopia when this pokemon dies, give a berry to a pokemon in your party that isn't holding anything. It would be cool to have the line's abilities revolve around berries since it's also their evolutionary condition.

[@ThefifthBishopofGord]

@@trashmystic7964 I think number 3 might fit Potassopod as it naturally eats many berries or an ability that might fit Potassopod is an ability that gives the berry it is holding to another Pokémon in the party when put on to the field.

[@elpaco25]

Slippery: Any pokemon that switches into a pokemon with this ability will slip the following turn. So basically if the opponent chooses to switch into Potassopod they automatically flinch the very next turn they should be able to attack. Basically giving Potassopod 1 free turn to set up/attack/switch out/do whatever it likes. But this only activates IF the opponent chooses to switch out. Potassopod has some pretty basic stats so this ability would not be overpowered at all.

[@darianburcea]

The title is gold

[@taylorprice2958]

Yes

[@_friedtofu]

I dont get it....

[@zasproductions9258]

@@_friedtofu typos or English subtitles, that’s what

[@L_was_taken_yt]

Reagen

[@taishoukinjiro]

@@zasproductions9258 I thought that macking meant kissing? 🤔

[@thebananamann3697]

I have ascended to. True happiness

[@beastlyfails7695]

Applause

[@GhostShmunk]

W

[@springtrapcrafter5404]

Oh shet he here!

[@marlonknockaert3233]

I love everything about this interaction

[@deddasna]

hi nanana mma. n do yoy lovebanana fisj poemon

[@lukasedwards4129]

“A rare delicacy in the Mahza region, by stripping the peel off the Banahnaw and sautéing the body is extremely savory, but by adding a now dried jerky-like peel can add a sweet side to this exquisite dish” (Sautéed Banagnaw and peel dish)

[@kingleonidas2182]

I feel like Potassopod should evolve the way Shedinja does. Maybe adding in a specific location or time.

[@Diabetic64]

I literally commented the same thing!

[@SolCoreWolf]

I think it should evolve by taking x amount of poison damage in battle. Since it's rotten and all.

[@CodesTheOtaku]

That’s brilliant. That’s actually really brilliant.

[@deczone1]

I agree

[@arkdetective]

This was literally what I was thinking.

[@blandsalsa8796]

I unironically and genuinely LOVE Potassopod. If he was real, he would definitely be in my party in a heartbeat. THE BEST SLIPPERY BOI

[@RafaelElectronic]

SAME, big tentacruel energy, I love him. Also, THANK YOU for being the first person to put shed skin on a Pokémon that can actually take a hit lol

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

so... you like tentacles?

[@dolphinsoup]

@@Sparrow_Bloodhunter there is one type that we like. Squidward Tentacles.

[@thecontrollerofbots4099]

Except he would be absolute *ASS* because he has slow start, did subject ever change that? Because he definitely has to, otherwise Porassopod would become literally useless, if he wanted to keep a similar idea then he should give it a less crippling version of slow start that lasts for only like, 1 or 2 turns and instead of taking away half of it's attack and speed or whatever it only takes a third.

[@writingman1089]

I love Titanotrop, personally tropius' flying type always bothered me because his wings looked way too small to support his body but your design does a concept as epic as "fruit dinosaur" justice. However, I feel like grass/dragon would also be a fitting type. I know alolan eggzecutor already did that but of the two yours looks way more draconic.

[@dalekrenegade2596]

I actually think the wings looked fairly large but didn't really fit with a dinosaur/tortoise body.

[@skakee10]

"If i had a nickel for every gigantic tree pokemon that was grass/dragon type, id have 2 nickles. Which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice."

[@limerumpus3589]

@@skakee10 if this pokemon became is a grass dragon then there would be 3 including mega sceptile and its christmas tree looking tail

[@Ajehy]

I always assumed it would be Dragon type.

[@jessicaordonez5646]

@@skakee10 make that 6

[@Fourth_Stooge]

The shape of Titanotrop is so satisfying! And those stats are wild… 585?! That’s insane for something that’s not a pseudo-legendary. Although, I think it’s balanced though since it has the ability Slow Start. Kinda similar to the situation with Slaking

[@wanderingrandomer]

Slow Start isn't really that much of a nerf here. It's Special Attack is higher, and isn't affected by the ability, and it's Speed is garbage anyway.

[@PerpetuallyMissing]

@@wanderingrandomer with the low speed this could work as a excellent special trick room sweeper , something pokemon doesn't have a lot of

[@wanderingrandomer]

@@PerpetuallyMissing Definitely

[@iantaakalla8180]

I do enjoy that Titanotrop could possibly be a subversion of Regigigas in that it possibly might get good special attacking stats and moves and therefore would be good without a Neutralizing Gas Weezing.

[@jsupremacist2634]

It's mostly balanced I'd say except for it's special attack stat. I think it's way too high, especially for a Pokémon with the ability Slow Start. You'd think that the special attack'd be lower than it's attack in that case, so I think it'd be better if attack was buffed to around 110 and special attack nerfed to around 90.

[@nebulastarz2197]

I can totally imagine in the Mazah Reigon anime, James getting a Banagnaw and doting on it so much - constantly feeding it sweets in like the background. Then I’m the episode when Nanahi are introduced, Jame’s Banagnaw starts to evolve and James gets super excited… only for the evolution to be a Potassipod. And then it become a bit of a gag Pokémon in the anime

[@scaredmilitar6793]

This could be a great idea because knowing James and how much he loves his pokemon , this episode could 100% be a possibility in the anime of Mazah

[@CaptainObliviousV]

Don’t forget the face hugging/biting

[@malcolmellis7734]

but theneventually he grows to love it and it becomes a core member of the team (love this idea)

[@jordanhunter3375]

And it's slippery, so Team Rocket could often use Potassipod for underwater espionage or sabotage.

[@GuyNamedSean]

It's even a Poison-type! This is so perfect!

[@greenquimera7600]

The silly thing about Titanotrop (awesome design btw) is that one could teach Fly to Tropius, evolve it and then floating away in a 5000 lb dinosaur Never Ending Story-style

[@arturoayala1004]

Yeah, that could be funny (and scary) to be honest...

[@francisdrake7297]

I guess that not learning Fly would be one of the condition to evolve. After all, there are already Pokémon that evolve when learning a certain move and leveling up, so why not do it in reverse ?

[@Shalakor]

@@francisdrake7297 You have to have a Tropius that knows Fly, and then replace the move to evolve it.

[@remcrimson2750]

Then there is Charizard who doesn't know how to use Fly in gen 1 despite being a flying type

[@gravity1537]

Primape can use iron tail without a tail, I don't think it would be anything to worry about.

[@mindstormmaster]

No “banana-split evolution line” joke? It was right there! Amazing designs, love this series :)

[@victzegopterix2]

I once made a baby pokemon evolving into tropius, I called it Musaurus. _Musa_ for the scientific name of banana trees and _Mussaurus_ is a sauropodomorph which the first fossil discovered of it was a baby. I've made a lot of fakemons but that is still the best name I gave to one.

[@Ajehy]

Cool! Do you post your fakemons anywhere?

[@victzegopterix2]

@@Ajehy, no.

[@teradul2480]

Potassipod, especially since it apparently doesn't have the actual banana, just the peel, could also work as Grass/Ghost instead of Grass/Poison

[@theshuman100]

potassipod, but if you have an empty slot you get the edible part of the fruit like a reverse shedinja

[@teradul2480]

@@richardderatte6672similar, likely but I don't think it would be TOO similar with different typing and more than 1 life, on top of not being a split evolutionary line.

[@FrenziousVega]

Maybe you should release the pokemon to get potassipod. release the banana to get the peel.

[@TinyPhantomz]

Honestly, I feel like there should be another branched evolution based on a banana eel... maybe a banana electric eel based on how potassium is radioactive? Idk lol

[@osbob1983]

Tie this into the Shedinja-style evolution the rest of the comments came up with- The peel becomes Potassopod, and the flesh becomes the banana eel pokemon?

[@osbob1983]

@@Tk-qm8ud Shedinja, the cited Pokemon, turns up in your party when you evolve a Nincada into a Ninjask and have a spare slot in your party and an extra Pokeball in your bag. So it'd be something like that- you evolve a Banagnaw into the eel one, and then if you have a spare Pokeball you get a Potassopod as well. Or possibly the other way round, either/or

[@mr.sandman7339]

I was expecting the fish to have a branched evolution when he said he made 4 new pokemon. I was preparing myself for what I thought was an inevitable "banana split" pun the entire video and turns out I was wrong

[@dwarflanternsharkfriend6713]

I like this idea! Although, I WILL have to be that guy that says "banana eels are a type of goldentail moray eel, while electric eels are knifefish", but still cool nonetheless :)

[@TinyPhantomz]

@@dwarflanternsharkfriend6713 I'm aware that the Bastard Moray (Banana Eel) isn't an electric eel, I just wanted to do something with the fact that bananas are, although in little amounts, radioactive

[@ArcaneAxolotl]

Potassopod should be like Shedinja, where having an empty slot in your party when evolving banagnaw, as the main evolution sheds its peel which turns into potassopod.

[@zak9997]

These are all absolutely fantastic, the idea behind a banana fish shedding its peel and becoming an octopus is amazing! And Titanotop is a great extension of Tropius

[@shadeslayer5402]

So about Titanotrop… I would actually BUFF him, up his sp. attack to 160 and up his other stats as you like until his BST is 670, then give him either truant or a special version of slow start, this essentially brings him in line with Regigigas and Slaking, two Pokémon with huge BSTs but hindering abilities that make them harder to use outside of skill swap gimmicks

[@stryke5729]

I would probably base the idea of the ability on its need to photosynthesise

[@jaredhebert942]

I have to respectfully disagree, just give Titanotrop abilities like Chlorophyll to make up for the speed, maybe a Rock Head or Solid Rock for his fortified being (also the Petrified Forest of trees turned to stone is a thing), or something like Drought for a free Sunny Day on entrance for photosynthesis, a good variety of moves for him & Tropius (plus HP moves like Giga Drain, Shore Up/Roost/Synthesis, maybe Zing Zap or High Horsepower for coverage, and that sounds like a solid party member for comp AND the campaign to me!

[@aaronconway4435]

@@stryke5729 halves speed and attack/sp attack when not in sunlight, and doubled both in extreme sunlight?

[@mushroomlord2347]

Probably should’ve add the dragon type in it because that makes a lot of sense

[@aaronconway4435]

@@mushroomlord2347 it makes sense, but it's not super necessary to the pokemon and like Jack said, he wanted some more mono-typed mons in the dex

[@cheboludotodobien7252]

Loving the designs! I just have a small little clarification for the "banana fish" concept. The title of the manga named "banana fish" is a reference to a short story written by J. D. Salinger called "A perfect day for Banana Fish" In summary, the story is about a soldier named Seymour, who returned from world war II and is now trying to integrate back into society after the traumatic experience that is the battlefield. A certain day at the beach, Seymour talks to a young girl, explaining the term "Banana Fish", a regular fish who snucks into a hole to eat as many bananas as he can, like a pig, but later is unable to exit the hole after eating so many bananas, they die in that very same hole. The term "Banana fish" is used as a metaphor for soldiers who have been sent to war and experienced the violence within, and after all the damage they've caused, they are unable to rejoin society. And just like the banana fish, Seymour dies at the end of the story, ending his own life. Anyway, I know all its pretty dark for a pokemon concept, i just wanted to explain the meaning behind the original concept of the banana fish.

[@arthurdias6860]

Now i have a nickname and a personality for my potassopod. Thanks!

[@BlackDogsAndLadybugs]

This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing. :] I'll definitely have to read more about this.

[@c_splash]

I was surprised that Banagnaw wasn't a regional Remoraid variant. It looks like a banana gun with the same revolver cylinder markings and it even evolves into a coleoid

[@ethanhayes9362]

This is the first time I've actually liked a basic fish pokemon. I love the ocean, and how many types of fish and creatures live there, but throughout almost every Gen of Pokemon I have never been interested in the design of a basic fish, because that's all it really is, a stylized fish with added details. THIS, however, is exactly what I'd look for in a basic fish pokemon, something you could look at and be interested in, not just a fish. Loved looking at this design, can't wait to see more, keep up the amazing work.

[@bigashton]

what about uuhhh fishmon?

[@ethanhayes9362]

@@bigashton Well, of course, that was guaranteed, that and yougi-fish. Let's also not forget about fossil-fish

[@genuineangusbeef8697]

10:58 Gamer here You actually aren't too crazy at all, if anything it's the inverse! Slow Start on a new pokemon is really cool, but these stats are actually too low for it. You could easily bump it closer to Regigigas in terms of stats: there's no need to match it, but just get a bit closer. Alternatively, you could opt for a more standard ability, in which case these stats work really well! Ripen, an ability which doubles the effects of Berries the user eats, is my favorite idea personally, and carrying over Harvest from Tropius also makes plenty of sense. You could also give Banagnaw and Nanahi Ripen as well: that would do well to synergize with their odd evolution method!

[@pedroiancarvalhoferraz4543]

As another gamer, i'd say that slow start would work pretty well mechanically, since they'd use their special attack stat and their speed is negligible anyway, titanotrop would be an amazing trick roon mon maybe even in the same level of torkoal, depending on their movepool

[@hanburgundy4317]

Seeing as they feed on not only Berries but also sunlight, and due to their immense height, I feel like Drought would be a good Ability. This would open them up to moves like Solar Beam and Synthesis without wasting a turn setting up Sunny Day. I feel like this thing should be a tank.

[@mystery5906]

i think titanotrop is plenty strong already. the other three, though... *takes in deep breath* I like the new Pokémon designs, but the stats for the banana fish I feel need some large buffs. I will be comparing them to the fish Pokémon that fit similar niches in other regions, which you alluded to near the beginning of the video. BANAGNAW Starting with Banagnaw, it has a BST (Base Stat Total) of 205. The other unevolved 2-stage fish Pokémon in other regions are Goldeen (320), Magikarp (200), Chinchou (330), Remoraid (300), Carvanha (305), Barboach (288), Feebas (200), Clamperl (345), Finneon (330), Frillish (335), Clauncher (330), Dewpider (269), and Arrokuda (280). (A quick disclaimer: you could choose to put more Pokémon on this list, or take some off, but this demonstrates my point fairly clearly. I also tried to pick at least one from each generation, even though some of them aren't actually fish.) As you can see, most of these unevolved fish Pokémon have a BST of 300 or higher. For the ones that don't, they evolve into some of the strongest Pokémon in the game, so their unevolved stats are a way to nerf them for a regular playthrough. This clearly applies to Magikarp (Gyarados), Feebas (Milotic), and Arrokuda (Barroskewda). Barboach and its evolution have fantastic typings, and Dewpider and its evolution have great abilities and a great movepool. This should show why Banagnaw's stats are less than stellar. Its very low BST of 205 would only be justified if its evolutions were top-tier, which, unfortunately, they are not. Its current spread is: HP: 20 ATK: 40 DEF: 25 SP. ATK: 25 SP. DEF: 30 SPD: 65 This could be left alone if you go heavy handed with buffs for Nanahi and Potassopod, but otherwise, I would increase its stats to this: HP: 20 ATK: 40 DEF: 75 SP. ATK: 35 SP. DEF: 50 SPD: 75 This would bring its BST up to 295. My justification for increasing its defenses is that it has that banana shell, and I imagine that it could be animated in-game as closing or 'zipping' its shell whenever it uses a status move such as withdraw, which it would probably have as a water type with a shell. My justification for increasing its speed is that its Pokédex entry says that its incredibly slippery. And finally, I increased its special attack so that it would be closer to 300. This wouldn't make it a good Pokémon by any stretch of the imagination, but it would be a bit better in the early game. Its barely mediocre defenses really wouldn't make too much of a difference with its pathetic base 20 hp, but that's okay, because it'll evolve after it eats some berries. Though, while we're on the subject, I would add an extra condition that Banagnaw has to be at least level ~30 before it can evolve, to stop you from catching it on route one and immediately having access to a fully evolved Pokémon. Unless, of course, you only run into it later in the game, in which case none of this matters. What will still matter is the stats of its evolutions, Nanahi and Potassopod. NANAHI Nanahi has a BST of 380. I'll list the BST's of the evolved forms of the Pokémon I listed earlier for comparison. This will apply to Potassopod, too, so I won't repeat this list later on. Those would be Seaking (450), Gyarados (540), Lanturn (460), Octillery (480), Sharpedo (460), Whiscash (468), Milotic (540), Huntail and Gorebyss (485), Lumineon (460), Jellicent (480), Clawitzer (500), Araquanid (454), and Barroskewda (490). Again, Nanahi has a very low BST when compared to its peers. We can see that the stronger unevolved forms evolve into Pokémon with BST's between 450 and 500, while the weaker ones, Magikarp and Feebas, get 540 upon evolution. Nanahi's current spread is: HP: 50 ATK: 70 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 45 SP. DEF: 50 SPD: 115 If we gave Banagnaw buffs, then I would give Nanahi this: HP: 60 ATK: 90 DEF: 100 SP. ATK: 70 SP. DEF: 60 SPD: 115 A healthy slathering across all of its stats but speed would bring its BST up to 495, which is quite respectable. I increased Nanahi's attack and defense because its Pokédex entry tells of it speeding up, ramming into ships, and coming away unharmed, which really doesn't match having a terrible base 50 defense and a very mediocre base 70 attack. Hp, special attack, and special defense are just there to give it a bit more to work with, letting it use special moves and survive special hits just a tad better. Swift swim means Nanahi could afford to run a speed dropping nature in order to not drop any of its other stats, and run a mixed attacking set with good defense and decent special defense. If we didn't buff Banagnaw earlier, and decided to make Nanahi even stronger to compensate, I would go with this: HP: 60 ATK: 90 DEF: 100 SP. ATK: 75 SP. DEF: 100 SPD: 115 Now this, THIS is a chonky banana boy. With a BST of 540, it now stands alongside Gyarados and Milotic as one of the strongest water types. Adding to everything I said before is a slight increase to special attack and a huge increase to special defense, meaning it'll be taking Thunderbolts like a champ. If the previous change made it usable, this makes it a requirement on every team (okay, not quite, but close). Its attacking stats aren't the best, but its defenses mean it'll be able to get off more attacks before anything can whittle it down. Its speed is already fantastic, and if you fear Regieleki outspeeding you, then you can just put it on a rain team in order to go twice as fast. If it had a good hp stat, it would have to be classified as a pseudo-legendary Pokémon (ignoring the three-stage requirement). Do these changes make Nanahi absolutely busted? Ya. Am I doing it anyways? Ya. POTASSOPOD Potassopod has a BST of 380, which is the same as Nanahi. Unfortunately, this means it is also terrible. Its current spread is this: HP: 75 ATK: 55 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 65 SP. DEF: 115 SPD: 20 Potassopod has one, single thing going for it: good special bulk. However, it also has a couple problems, mainly the fact that every other stat it has is terrible. The only thing that could almost be a positive is its very low speed, which could be used on Trick Room teams. Unfortunately, even if it moves first every turn, its going to be able to do absolutely nothing to the opposing pokemon. I suppose it could use a status move like Toxic, but it's completely outclassed by Pokémon like Amoonguss (hehehe) in every way. Despite my harsh criticisms, though, I believe we can take Potassopod and make it something amazing. Here are its new stats for a decent second-stage water Pokémon: HP: 75 ATK: 55 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 180 SP. DEF: 115 SPD: 20 "You think this is funny?" "In a cosmic sorta way, yes." "Well, Mr. funny-man - is this how you get your sick kicks?" "What, it's just an ordinary Poké- OH MY GOODNESS!!!" You may have noticed that I have dumped all 115 points - the amount required to bring it up to 495, Nanahi's total - into a single stat: special attack. This is because I am insane. It's also because I think something this absurd is exactly what Potassopod needs. You look at its pathetic speed, its terrible physical bulk, and you laugh. But if you let the banana peel catch you slippin', you're gonna be in for a world of hurt. Its aforementioned speed will let basically any Pokémon get a free attack on it, and if it's physical, then it doesn't stand much of a chance to survive. The place I expect Potassopod would thrive is in Trick Room teams. Its base 20 speed suddenly becomes one of the best in the entire game, and its ungodly base 180 special attack should decimate just about anything it comes across. Shed Skin as an ability means you can't even burn it, freeze it, paralyze it, or put it to sleep, and it's immune to not only Toxic, thanks to it's poison typing, but also the various spore moves, thanks to it's grass typing. Of course, it's not unstoppable - it needs Trick Room to be up in order to be any good, and since that only lasts for five turns, stalling it out will give you a chance to either take it out or stop the opponent from setting up another Trick Room (Potassopod itself wouldn't get this move). Priority moves are unaffected by Trick Room, and most of them are physical, meaning a couple of those would put a stop to Potassopod as well. If the opponent can put a stop to those, or if you only have special attackers, then it very well may sweep your entire team. If you thought that was it for Potassopod, then you were sorely mistaken. It still gets another option with a BST of 540. And so, here it is: HP: 85 ATK: 55 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 180 SP. DEF: 145 SPD: 25 With this, Potassopod has become an even stronger special wall, with an extra 30 points in special defense, and 10 in hp. This also slightly improves its physical defense, though it still has basically all the same weaknesses. I also gave it 5 extra points in speed, which basically just means that more slow Pokémon will be able to outspeed it in Trick Room, or that it will be able to outspeed them in normal battle conditions. Though, why would you ever use a Pokémon with these stats outside of Trick Room? Anyways, I was pretty harsh on all three of these Pokémon for their stats, so I want to reiterate that I LOVE their designs. I think they're all incredibly cool, and I know that I would want a Banagnaw on my team, and then have a hard time choosing between Nanahi and Potassopod. It's because I think they're such good concepts that I want their stats to reflect that, and why I spent like an hour writing this. Great work as always, Subjectively Man.

[@ComradeCorvus]

As a fellow gamer AND Breloom enjoyer, I agree.

[@Shalakor]

@@mystery5906 I'd say you could actually have the base stat totals directly mirror the Clamperl line, leaning more on speed with the extra points to play with on Banagnaw, as well as a more even spread to branch from. Also, keep the banana shell more Special Def leaning by default to oppose a more traditional hard shell and to mirror the peel focused evo's Sp Def. BANAGNAW HP: 20 ATK: 50 DEF: 65 SP. ATK: 40 SP. DEF: 75 SPD: 95 NANAHI HP: 60 ATK: 90 DEF: 100 SP. ATK: 30 SP. DEF: 75 SPD: 130 Removed mixed attacking potential for more Spd and keeping the Sp Def from the base form. This was partially motivated by the possibility mentioned in other comment threads of giving this line a signature Slippery Ability, which could ignore Traps, Binding, and Hazards instead of being able to lean on rain for the Spd boost. (Will still speed tie a bunch of other quick Pokemon, though.) POTASSOPOD HP: 70 ATK: 25 DEF: 75 SP. ATK: 175 SP. DEF: 115 SPD: 25 Avoided letting it tie for highest Sp Atk of all time and went with the reduced Trick Room potential for a bit more bulk. Although, it may still be a bit too common of a Pokemon to give such a huge damage potential to, so I'll add one a bit more in keeping with the original spread: HP: 100 ATK: 35 DEF: 75 SP. ATK: 110 SP. DEF: 145 SPD: 20 ...This is also a good idea so Titanotrop still outclasses it in damage potential, since that alternate grass banana option is literally just a block of stats thanks to getting nothing from its Ability, while Potassopod has Shed Skin (or possibly Slippery) to factor in.

[@titouanrobin874]

What's funny to me is that Slow Start has virtually no effect on Titanotrop. It's going to use its sp.atk, which isn't halved by slow start, and its base speed is 35 so halving it is kinda whatever. Regigigas is over there being totally crippled by it, and this one just doesn't have to care. That aside, great video!

[@kennanady2678]

If anything it makes it more viable through trick room which is kinda ironic and cool 😼

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Facts

[@PKMN649]

Oh no. Tropius hasn't made use of its special move pool since gen 4, excluding Air Slash. It's firmly a stall pokemon with the ability Harvest. It's other two sun based abilities theoretically give it the ability to do things with its extremely shallow special movepool, but it's a mediocre grass type, it's never going to outcompete other mediocre grass types that have slightly less awful moves. Slows start absolutely ruins this mon cause assuming it has the same movepool as tropius, it is now a worse tropius that can easily be setup on and can't hit back particularly hard cause all it's got is energy ball, air slash, leaf storm, and dragon pulse to choose for attacks, and all it's utility has been cripled thanks to no longer having Harvest. If it had harvest it would be a premiere sun wall that would be almost impossible to get rid of in lower tiers. Slow start absolutely kills this thing cause Tropius has no coverage, and it lost STAB on the only attacking move it's used since gen 5.

[@titouanrobin874]

@@PKMN649 I get your point but like It's not Tropius Who knows what new moves it could have What if it had a signature banana move that runs off its special attack. I say, just because Tropius is played physically doesn't mean its evolution can't have a good special movepool.

[@ghostrick9824]

@@PKMN649 Not really. The thing is hilariously slow with base 35 speed, is no longer crippled by the additional flying type, and actually has immense bulk with 130/105/90 base bulk. Slow Start only neuters Attack/Speed, and this thing has higher SpAtk, so with the combination of lower Attack and already laughable speed, Slow Start doesn't really hurt it that much. I'd see this thing leaning more into a defensive wall build rather than a slow sweeper. Give it Synthesis/Leaf Storm/Leech Seed/Air Slash and it'll do just fine. Tangrowth is a slow physical wall with usable SpAtk and a mediocre movepool, and even without Regenerator it's not low tier simply because Grass walls check the strongest offensive typings in the meta with those being Ground, Water, and Electric. I even did some calcs versus Weavile with Icicle Crash and this is what it comes to-- 252 Atk Weavile Icicle Crash vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tropius: 186-218 (40 - 46.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery 3 hits to kill from one of the BEST offensive Ice types is actually really good defenses. Then, not only that but... 4 SpA Tropius Leaf Storm vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Weavile: 187-222 (66.5 - 79%) -- guaranteed 2HKO Titanotrop would just outright kill Weavile before Weavile could kill it. It would actually be a pretty damn strong defensive wall, it wouldn't be OU material, especially if Tangrowth is there simply because of Regenerator, but it could definitely be UU, and Slow Start would actually make it really good in Trick Room teams and you could invest into it's Special Attack. Even if it didn't gain any new moves, which I'm sure it'd at least get Ancient Power/Earth Power at the least, here's some calcs on that... 252+ SpA Choice Specs Tropius Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Toxapex: 243-286 (79.9 - 94%) -- guaranteed 2HKO Nearly OHKO'ing standard Toxapex, and Slow Start on a Trick Room team would pretty much guarantee you don't get outsped by anything without priority unless it's name is Shuckle or Pyukumuku. You're definitely not giving this thing credit where credit is due, it'd be viable in UU/RU at the very least, and that's just with Tropius's learnset. If it got coverage like Earth Power or even Ancient Power it could be much better.

[@professorpantherhardraad3921]

In a theoretical anime season of this region I could James having a Potassopod that loves to give him hugs, giving a nostalgic feeling to his Victrebel, Cacnea, and Carnivine.

[@theJennicat]

and maranie

[@theJennicat]

and his chimeco

[@davii2663]

I loved how they looked, however I have a small nitpick for the first form. Considering that they are a very fast pokémon, the way that the banana pell is located create a lot of drag that would impede in the speed. Of course it doesn't need to follow all real world conventions, but imo that detracts from the speed element

[@enderritterhd635]

Maybe to swim faster they fold them together

[@AustinPSmith96]

When I saw the banana peel as a pokemon, it reminded me of Shedinja, and how maybe the original banana fish pokemon could split on evolution.

[@theJennicat]

yea would be cool if they did the shedninja thing where the trainer needs an open spot on their team and a spare pokeball

[@zerd1801]

Here’s an idea: when banagnaw takes a certain amount of fire damage, it can evolve into a more rigid, caramelized form. Maybe something more insect or arachnid like. Give it grass/fire type and an ability like weak armor, and there could be some fun concepts to play with.

[@chaotic2500]

So you mean like the very delicious fried bananas, or pritong saging?

[@fl1735]

"Take a shot every time I say banana." No, Jack, I don't feel like dying from alcohol poisoning, thanks!

[@joshuanorton8511]

Titanitrop Seems so cool! i love the idea of absolute power houses with a slight drawback (regigigas and slacking) Edit: I think you should bump it’s BST. Little due to giving it slow start. Slaking has 680 BST and still is considered a bad ‘mon

[@edwarddanza5468]

Actually Titanotrop is busted. Slow Start wouldn't even affect it because it's Sp. Atk is greater than it's Atk. And Slow Start only affects the Atk and Speed. Put this thing in VGC in a Trick Room team and you got a sweeper.

[@colinvollmer]

@Edward Danza That’s what I was thinking!! Giving slow start to a mon that uses its special attack more is actually kinda genius, I love this thing

[@danielnoll1686]

We need more grass types! Every odd numbered generation begining with Kanto has had a 2 stage grass type mushroom pokemon that learns Spore. Those being the lines of: Paras, Shroomish, Foongus, and Shinotic. We need one for gen 9 Jack.

[@SurrealKeenan]

8:14 what if it workks like ninjask/shedinja where 1 pokemon evolves into 2 simultaneously? The peel drops off and becomes its own creature while the flesh goes on to become something else

[@cefirodewinter9086]

Exactly what I was thinking about, its so fitting even

[@Shalakor]

But the peel in the evolved form is kinda necessary to make the design work. A naked banana is just way too difficult to make visually appeeling.

[@jackkawf4449]

@@Shalakor doesn't have to be with some creativity, make it an eel, with some browning spots, the use the pith (the little strings in bananas) as decorative fins or something

[@2d20kobolds3]

It happens when trading with a munchlax, snorlax or greedant

[@Shalakor]

@@jackkawf4449 Still wouldn't be appeeling, though, can't deny that. ;P

[@yaboicdog]

This video was actually really good, I think every one of these designs are really cool and add quite a lot of flavor to the maza reagen

[@goldenwolfae]

you know you’re a good artist when you make 4 genuinely great designs for banana pokemon

[@arthurdias6860]

when you mack 4 genuinely great designs for banana pokemon

[@connormagee9858]

I love the tropius evolution! I always wished he got more love from the game developers. It would be nice to see him still have small residual wings that don’t work anymore, just to create an added connection to Tropius, and allow it to learn a few basic flying type moves. It’s reminiscent of the scientific debate as to why the Trex has such useless arms.

[@cuboidham]

maybe rather than wings they've regressed to an almost steosaurus row of ridges along its back, just made of leaves rather than blood or whatever the real ones were

[@marcoasturias8520]

Things usually stay for courtship, sooo

[@amestierney]

potassopod might be my FAVORITE pokemon you’ve designed recently. so so cool despite also being so gross in its conception. it seems powerful but i also want it to be my friend. its perfect

[@mystery5906]

I like the new Pokémon designs, but the stats for the banana fish I feel need some large buffs (Titanotrop is fine, and actually very strong as a special attacker on Trick Room teams). I will be comparing them to the fish Pokémon that fit similar niches in other regions, which you alluded to near the beginning of the video. BANAGNAW Starting with Banagnaw, it has a BST (Base Stat Total) of 205. The other unevolved 2-stage fish Pokémon in other regions are Goldeen (320), Magikarp (200), Chinchou (330), Remoraid (300), Carvanha (305), Barboach (288), Feebas (200), Clamperl (345), Finneon (330), Frillish (335), Clauncher (330), Dewpider (269), and Arrokuda (280). (A quick disclaimer: you could choose to put more Pokémon on this list, or take some off, but this demonstrates my point fairly clearly. I also tried to pick at least one from each generation, even though some of them aren't actually fish.) As you can see, most of these unevolved fish Pokémon have a BST of 300 or higher. For the ones that don't, they evolve into some of the strongest Pokémon in the game, so their unevolved stats are a way to nerf them for a regular playthrough. This clearly applies to Magikarp (Gyarados), Feebas (Milotic), and Arrokuda (Barroskewda). Barboach and its evolution have fantastic typings, and Dewpider and its evolution have great abilities and a great movepool. This should show why Banagnaw's stats are less than stellar. Its very low BST of 205 would only be justified if its evolutions were top-tier, which, unfortunately, they are not. Its current spread is: HP: 20 ATK: 40 DEF: 25 SP. ATK: 25 SP. DEF: 30 SPD: 65 This could be left alone if you go heavy handed with buffs for Nanahi and Potassopod, but otherwise, I would increase its stats to this: HP: 20 ATK: 40 DEF: 75 SP. ATK: 35 SP. DEF: 50 SPD: 75 This would bring its BST up to 295. My justification for increasing its defenses is that it has that banana shell, and I imagine that it could be animated in-game as closing or 'zipping' its shell whenever it uses a status move such as withdraw, which it would probably have as a water type with a shell. My justification for increasing its speed is that its Pokédex entry says that its incredibly slippery. And finally, I increased its special attack so that it would be closer to 300. This wouldn't make it a good Pokémon by any stretch of the imagination, but it would be a bit better in the early game. Its barely mediocre defenses really wouldn't make too much of a difference with its pathetic base 20 hp, but that's okay, because it'll evolve after it eats some berries. Though, while we're on the subject, I would add an extra condition that Banagnaw has to be at least level ~30 before it can evolve, to stop you from catching it on route one and immediately having access to a fully evolved Pokémon. Unless, of course, you only run into it later in the game, in which case none of this matters. What will still matter is the stats of its evolutions, Nanahi and Potassopod. NANAHI Nanahi has a BST of 380. I'll list the BST's of the evolved forms of the Pokémon I listed earlier for comparison. This will apply to Potassopod, too, so I won't repeat this list later on. Those would be Seaking (450), Gyarados (540), Lanturn (460), Octillery (480), Sharpedo (460), Whiscash (468), Milotic (540), Huntail and Gorebyss (485), Lumineon (460), Jellicent (480), Clawitzer (500), Araquanid (454), and Barroskewda (490). Again, Nanahi has a very low BST when compared to its peers. We can see that the stronger unevolved forms evolve into Pokémon with BST's between 450 and 500, while the weaker ones, Magikarp and Feebas, get 540 upon evolution. Nanahi's current spread is: HP: 50 ATK: 70 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 45 SP. DEF: 50 SPD: 115 If we gave Banagnaw buffs, then I would give Nanahi this: HP: 60 ATK: 90 DEF: 100 SP. ATK: 70 SP. DEF: 60 SPD: 115 A healthy slathering across all of its stats but speed would bring its BST up to 495, which is quite respectable. I increased Nanahi's attack and defense because its Pokédex entry tells of it speeding up, ramming into ships, and coming away unharmed, which really doesn't match having a terrible base 50 defense and a very mediocre base 70 attack. Hp, special attack, and special defense are just there to give it a bit more to work with, letting it use special moves and survive special hits just a tad better. Swift swim means Nanahi could afford to run a speed dropping nature in order to not drop any of its other stats, and run a mixed attacking set with good defense and decent special defense. If we didn't buff Banagnaw earlier, and decided to make Nanahi even stronger to compensate, I would go with this: HP: 60 ATK: 90 DEF: 100 SP. ATK: 75 SP. DEF: 100 SPD: 115 Now this, THIS is a chonky banana boy. With a BST of 540, it now stands alongside Gyarados and Milotic as one of the strongest water types. Adding to everything I said before is a slight increase to special attack and a huge increase to special defense, meaning it'll be taking Thunderbolts like a champ. If the previous change made it usable, this makes it a requirement on every team (okay, not quite, but close). Its attacking stats aren't the best, but its defenses mean it'll be able to get off more attacks before anything can whittle it down. Its speed is already fantastic, and if you fear Regieleki outspeeding you, then you can just put it on a rain team in order to go twice as fast. If it had a good hp stat, it would have to be classified as a pseudo-legendary Pokémon (ignoring the three-stage requirement). Do these changes make Nanahi absolutely busted? Ya. Am I doing it anyways? Ya. POTASSOPOD Potassopod has a BST of 380, which is the same as Nanahi. Unfortunately, this means it is also terrible. Its current spread is this: HP: 75 ATK: 55 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 65 SP. DEF: 115 SPD: 20 Potassopod has one, single thing going for it: good special bulk. However, it also has a couple problems, mainly the fact that every other stat it has is terrible. The only thing that could almost be a positive is its very low speed, which could be used on Trick Room teams. Unfortunately, even if it moves first every turn, its going to be able to do absolutely nothing to the opposing pokemon. I suppose it could use a status move like Toxic, but it's completely outclassed by Pokémon like Amoonguss (hehehe) in every way. Despite my harsh criticisms, though, I believe we can take Potassopod and make it something amazing. Here are its new stats for a decent second-stage water Pokémon: HP: 75 ATK: 55 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 180 SP. DEF: 115 SPD: 20 "You think this is funny?" "In a cosmic sorta way, yes." "Well, Mr. funny-man - is this how you get your sick kicks?" "What, it's just an ordinary Poké- OH MY GOODNESS!!!" You may have noticed that I have dumped all 115 points - the amount required to bring it up to 495, Nanahi's total - into a single stat: special attack. This is because I am insane. It's also because I think something this absurd is exactly what Potassopod needs. You look at its pathetic speed, its terrible physical bulk, and you laugh. But if you let the banana peel catch you slippin', you're gonna be in for a world of hurt. Its aforementioned speed will let basically any Pokémon get a free attack on it, and if it's physical, then it doesn't stand much of a chance to survive. The place I expect Potassopod would thrive is in Trick Room teams. Its base 20 speed suddenly becomes one of the best in the entire game, and its ungodly base 180 special attack should decimate just about anything it comes across. Shed Skin as an ability means you can't even burn it, freeze it, paralyze it, or put it to sleep, and it's immune to not only Toxic, thanks to it's poison typing, but also the various spore moves, thanks to it's grass typing. Of course, it's not unstoppable - it needs Trick Room to be up in order to be any good, and since that only lasts for five turns, stalling it out will give you a chance to either take it out or stop the opponent from setting up another Trick Room (Potassopod itself wouldn't get this move). Priority moves are unaffected by Trick Room, and most of them are physical, meaning a couple of those would put a stop to Potassopod as well. If the opponent can put a stop to those, or if you only have special attackers, then it very well may sweep your entire team. If you thought that was it for Potassopod, then you were sorely mistaken. It still gets another option with a BST of 540. And so, here it is: HP: 85 ATK: 55 DEF: 50 SP. ATK: 180 SP. DEF: 145 SPD: 25 With this, Potassopod has become an even stronger special wall, with an extra 30 points in special defense, and 10 in hp. This also slightly improves its physical defense, though it still has basically all the same weaknesses. I also gave it 5 extra points in speed, which basically just means that more slow Pokémon will be able to outspeed it in Trick Room, or that it will be able to outspeed them in normal battle conditions. Though, why would you ever use a Pokémon with these stats outside of Trick Room? Anyways, I was pretty harsh on all three of these Pokémon for their stats, so I want to reiterate that I LOVE their designs. I think they're all incredibly cool, and I know that I would want a Banagnaw on my team, and then have a hard time choosing between Nanahi and Potassopod. It's because I think they're such good concepts that I want their stats to reflect that, and why I spent like an hour writing this. Great work as always, Subjectively Man.

[@TheGoldenJay637]

I laughed so fucking hard when i saw the 180 points into special attack. That's such a fuckin insane and beautiful idea, thank you so much for this!

[@joaosenra2775]

Looking in the Mazah dex, there are few Electric, Ground, Ice and specially Normal type Pokémon. Rock type is only for the Fossils and I would like to see more non-fossil Rock type. My suggestion is if more forgotten Pokémon is gonna receive more attention, a Electric ray based evolution could be nice. For Rock-types, one based in the obsidian stone (Mazian Honedge would be a dream) could be a nice addition too.

[@chrismorrison4525]

I think Nanahi could benefit from a unique secondary or Hidden ability to take advantage of the flavor text that they gain energy from sweets- Sugar Rush: The Pokémon’s speed raises by one stage after eating a berry.

[@ebongatseabong202]

maybe if it eats a berry it’s speed could be maxed out or raised between 3-5 stages, this combined with baton pass would be really interesting competitively bc if u predict what your opponent is doing you could switch it in to get it on low health so it eats a sitrus berry and than baton pass into your sweeper. Also the ability should obviously be called “Going Bananas”

[@SwoleTommyPickles]

Considering it has swift swim now, I’d just make it’s speed double if it consumed a berry. It’s Swift Swim with a stricter activation condition and it’ll likely only happen once per battle considering u can only hold 1 berry. Only going up 1 stage is terrible considering the 1 time limitation, at least Swift Swim is always lasts the duration of the rain in the event you have to switch it out and isn’t limited to once per battle.

[@daneroberts1996]

@@ebongatseabong202 imagine you give it a berry that raises attack and then you can ALSO baton pass that stat buff!

[@trashmystic7964]

I had a similar idea to this called 'Gourmand' where the pokemon gains a stat buff based on the berry's flavor (since the Dex entry said that sweet things increase speed but not all berries are sweet). Also had an idea for an ability (that I called cornucopia) to synergise with this (that would come from a pokemon that you get from the Potassopod evolution in a ninjask/shedinja way) that would allow you to bring out a pokemon from your party and feed one of the berries used for the Potassopod evolution to that pokemon when this pokemon faints (allowing two activations of Gourmand in one battle).

[@ecilion8029]

Belly Drum + Sitrus Berry + Sugar Rush???? 😶

[@krabbi5643]

When you said that Potassopod was the SHED banana-peel, I was totally expecting it to have an evolution like nincada, where u get Ninjask AND Shedinja. So Potassopod would be the peel, and the other Mon woulkd be the flesh(?),which could be based on an eel like a moray-eel for example.

[@artlocked5840]

I'm genuinely passionate on this line and the evolution of Tropius. It's really amazing and well thought! And frankly, the food-based Pokémon are very creative and I love them.

[@malcolmellis7734]

I want to make a maza region team but it would consist of litterally every pokemon, all these designs are so good!

[@butterscotchbeelzebumblebe5425]

I ADORE Titanotrop! I'd love for Tropius to get love like this in the official games. The tusk-like bananas are such a great design choice and the added "heft" really sells the evolution. I just imagine seeing wild Titanotrops over the horizon, grazing on the jungle's canopy. It'd make a beautiful vista and bring such life to the region's backdrops.

[@MegaPokefan97]

One thing I like about the banana octopus: its poison type and the fact that you put rings on it reminds me of the blue-ring octopus

[@cgill3823]

I'm in love with Titanatrop, tropius has always been one of my faves. I was thinking some new type of ability similar to cloud nine could be cool for it. Since it is so massive it could cast "Shade" or something? so that only it feels the effect of weather. so like other pokemon on the field with sand veil or whatever don't get the boost but then only it gets buffeted by sand and hail or whatever other effects? Harvest might be too much for this thing but it would still be cool to see lol

[@dequanperkins-austin2996]

Titanotrop is really good 😍 but if he already has 35 speed then he don’t need slow start. Chlorophyll or some other ability would make it good to use

[@FalseDelta]

I like the idea of Banagnaw evolving into one of 6 forms based on stats, as in the Pokédex entry for Nanahi it’s said that “the swiftest Banagnaw in the school” will evolve into it. So if speed is the Banagnaw’s highest stat, it evolves into Nanahi, with a different form for each stat, all of them capable of leaving a Potassopod behind, similar to Shedinja, if they’ve eaten the five different berries mentioned.

[@cringee21]

banana eevee

[@8knights841]

Okay but what he said is true. Because Eevee exists, that might not be a good idea. And also! There's likely an issue with competitive battles where "Ah Yes Speed Banana" where their strong stats become stupidly easy to recognize. Not to mention how much 'banana' that would be. 9. Different. Bananas.

[@Kamidio]

@@8knights841 Not really, in competitive, memorizing that is basically mandatory. The only real surprise you can do is what coverage moves you put on them.

[@iggyvontwitch1969]

I like the idea there, but would posit you aren't going bananas enough.. Instead of preventing swap locking, give it a small chance to force the opponent to swap when they hit the banana with a physical attack. I find the potential comedy aspect very a-peel-ing.

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

@@8knights841 a….. Banana bunch?

[@arcanecalamity8821]

Honestly, sometimes as you're drawing the sketches, I question the design choices. But every single time, I'm thoroughly blown away. They always look so unique and yet so fitting. Absolutely love all the drawings you do. Keep up the good work!

[@goodguyjosh3142]

I know it’s a regional variant and this isn’t traditionally how those work but I love the idea of reviving troops from a banana fossil, and it would be extremely interesting if there was implied law that Tropez and those banana Pokémon are divergent evolution of the same ancient mon. One that went back to the sea and one that took to the sky

[@Farsythe]

I always liked Tropius but thought it could use a little love. Your design for its evolution is awesome! Oh and the whole banana line looks pretty sweet. I bet it'd go great with a Vanillish ;)

[@midnightlupus1262]

The dinosaur is so cool. Imagine walking through the jungle with all the bat and bug pokemon and resting against a huge tree only to realize it's the leg of a Titanotrop

[@lundsteen2288]

Titanotrop definitely should be something like Grass/Dragon or Grass/Ground-Rock. I think it's weird to lose a type without exchanging it for another.

[@maximegagnier8448]

Also, he design tree mono-grass corn pokemon. Maybe give him a second typing and add some other monotype pokemon for the other types without some.

[@BleachO]

Definitely agree, since it loses its ability to fly it is essentially "grounded" so why not Grass/Ground? Although I do love the thought of this absolute beast being Grass/Dragon!

[@BleachO]

Alternatively you could do a region variant of Tropius that is also mono Grass type

[@ShinMario098]

@@richardderatte6672 Only example I can think of, if it even counts, is when Aggron Mega Evolves it goes from Rock/Steel to just Steel.

[@lordfreezer5631]

@@richardderatte6672 Gloom loses the Poison type when evolving into Bellossom, becoming a pure Grass type

[@widdershinnz]

I love that the nub of the banana moves to various places on the face throughout the evolutions!

[@msteerie]

maybe when Potassapod evolves the actual banana that's left behind is seen as some sort of delicacy, cause y'know, rare, & because of this theres a sorta over hunting of Banagnaw in some places to force it to evolve for its banana

[@bubs_devark]

Ah, banagnaw has two separate evolutions... I guess you could say his evolutions are a... banana split? I'm pretty surprised you didn't make that joke in the video when I heard you mention "split" evolutions! So, I took it upon myself to make the joke for you. Joking aside, these designs are simply AMAZING!! I love Tropius and I also wish she had more attention, so seeing Titanotrop made me incredibly happy! The design is stunning, and the pose conveys so much power! Banagnaw and his banana-splits are awesome too, the concept is simple and cute, yet it works so well! I can totally see these pokemon being real, they fit right in! And, perhaps some monkey-mons would argue they fit right in their stomachs!

[@ARTTHAS13]

Wow 👌 👏

[@nandyk.2026]

this is such a fun, memorable concept for the regional fish! I feel like potassipod could alternatively work like a ninjask-shedinja situation, where the discarded 'peel' becomes a pokemon of its own, but I like the concept of feeding it with a bad diet resulting in being a rotten peel.

[@brofessorbon]

I was thinking something similar to Nincada evolving into Ninjask and the shell becoming Shedinja. The peel becoming the octopus and the fish itself becoming the next stage. Thank you for showing Tropius love.

[@ispit-on-u479]

I only hope the banana man returns some day to see his dreams live on and watch as the benevolent creation of potassium rich monsters flourishes and come to life

[@abj6920]

"Hey! I do the art around here! I can make something just cause I feel like it!" is probably how every major work of art came to be. Glad you're having fun, Jack

[@haxrex8]

I love Titanatrop! Thank you for touching the neglected Pokémon. Girafarig, Tropius, and Absol are some of my favorite Pokémon, And I would absolutely love for you to make some more region-locked evolutions for some of the forgotten/neglected Pokémon.

[@orkiporki8895]

As many have pointed this out, the Base Stats on Titanotrop are far from being insane, because being slow with a crippling defensive typing is just that bad. Also, Slow Start is actually good for this Pokémon - it will take less damage from moves like Gyro Ball and you can definitely count on it being the fastest under Trick Room with no damage reductions since it is a special attacker. Still, assuming a regular movepool, Titanotrop would probably not see much play. However, I would like to imagine a scenario where Titanotrop has a signature move that is basically a Special, Grass-type Gyro Ball, which deals more damage the slower the user is than the target, capped at a Base Power of 150. Assuming access to such a move, the absolute minimum Speed Titanotrop can have (which is 33 at Level 100 with a Quiet Nature, 0 Speed IVs and EVs and Slow Start active), and maximum Special Attack with the Choice Specs equipped, Titanotrop can dish out some serious damage: 252+ SpA Choice Specs Titanotrop "Gyro Ball" (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-Therian: 459-540 (120.1 - 141.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO 252+ SpA Choice Specs Titanotrop "Gyro Ball" (150 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Kartana: 226-267 (87.2 - 103%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock 252+ SpA Choice Specs Titanotrop "Gyro Ball" (150 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Bisharp: 254-299 (93.7 - 110.3%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock Even stuff like Zapdos and most Metagross are 2HKOed, making switching in a daunting task. It still has common weaknesses and will fall to strong super-effective moves especially when they are backed up by items like Life Orb or Choice items, but it isn't unrealistic to think that this Titanotrop would see at least decent play in Trick Room teams.

[@teamcyeborg]

I love the fact that they went through the effort of spelling Pokémon with an é, and still kept in the typos.

[@rude887]

I gotta be honest; Titanotrop scares me. I love it, but seeing its size in the scale is honestly horrific. Like, almost feverish.

[@kiksss3693]

I rly love Banagnaw Here‘s my idea for its evolutionmethod: Eating more than one berry during a battle evolves it into nanahi. If you don‘t evolve it for a long time(20-30 Battles or sth) it will eventually rot and become a Potassopod

[@matthewsebastian4765]

I could absolutely see a gym leader in this region, probably the 7th - 8th badge be a grass type with every banamon in this region Maybe a double battle with the tropius duo in the front and the banagnaw evolutions in the back

[@dwarflanternsharkfriend6713]

I like how a three-poke, two-pronged evo line kinda resembles a banana beginning to be peeled

[@kingleonidas2182]

Aw maaaan. I feel like Tropius could still get its wings even at that size. It’s Pokémon after all. Like imagine if it had a long row of them like anomalocaris fins

[@arkdetective]

Maybe a grass ground type mazan version tropius instead of grass flying and it evolves into the evolution that was made here and its grass ground as well. Just a thought.

[@landonstout3649]

If Dodrio is a flying type without wongs, titanotrop. Pups e just kept their wangs

[@arturoayala1004]

..... yeah NO. i prefer it to be only in the ground. Otherwise it would be scary to see a gigantic and tall titandrop flying from one size to the other...

[@kingleonidas2182]

@@arturoayala1004 Oh no big scawy pixels

[@arturoayala1004]

@@kingleonidas2182 yeah... Just wait till it's gets gigantamaxed...

[@Diabetic64]

Why not have it evolve like Nincada? Where it evolves into both as long as you have an extra slot and pokeball?

[@isaiahallen8199]

I thought the same thing! Have Nanahi shed its peel entirely to create Potassopod. Nanahi would keep it's speed boost and evasiveness, while Potassopod could be more sluggish and sticky.

[@Z3ROR]

What about this: If Vanillish is in your party when Nanahi is evolving the pokemon Vanillish evolves into a Banana Split pokemon. :P

[@Diabetic64]

@@Z3ROR LIKE SLOWPOKE AND SHELDER!!! But also like Shelder it will be something completely different, but still the same pokemon

[@TheBHolder]

Tropius is my favorite pokemon, but I must say I absolutely LOVE Titanotrop. I want it to be a real pokemon so bad! Well done!

[@veryveryneonneo]

You could make a third evolution for bananaw, where if you use a speed boosting move enough times in one battle, it evolves into a peel-less banana pokemon and you also get a free potassipod, like how you get shedinja by evolving nincada into ninjask. Also I know this video was made 9 months ago

[@MalJaws]

You could have a split evolution operate similar to Nincada and its evolutions. Where it sheds its peel and that becomes a Potassopod, along with the main evolution, Nanahi!

[@blainev1596]

Love the video! It’s always great to see you cut loose. Lol I had a thought Titanotrop. Instead of a simple diet change could Tropius evolve by taking it to the site where Chixulob crashed down to earth? Kind of like Magnezone in gen 4. I feel like that would explain why it became even more dinosaur-like and further reference how the age of dinosaurs ended in the Yucatán. Maybe I only feel that way because it always bothered me how Tropius was not a fossil Pokémon. Lol PS I love having an actual titanic sauropod Pokémon. My new favorite Mazah design!

[@blainev1596]

Oh, and I just thought of this, but the Chixulob crater should totally be a feature on the Mazah map!

[@stephaniewidzowski6367]

YES YES BOTH OF THESE also idc what other people say, I think Titanotrop works perfectly as mono-grass

[@gabrielbastos18]

The final part of Nanahi's description - about it's horn absorbing damage - makes me think it should have Rock Head as an ability option. Speed Boost as a hidden ability would also be interesting since it can build up speed.

[@lottery7461]

One thing about Titanotrop that doesn't really matter from a design perspective but you might want to keep in mind anyway is that since it evolves from Tropius, it would be able to know all moves Tropius could which would include things such as fly which don't make sense at all.

[@dynamicbanteranimated8411]

Awesome designs!! I hope there’s more monotypes coming up in future videos. I feel like the main series games have been neglecting them in the last few generations

[@stratonia]

Imagine standing on top of Titanotrop's head. It'd feel like you're on top of the world.

[@profalba8408]

Touching on the subject of remoraid and octillery, remoraid looks like a fish, but is it a fish? Even if it is, wacky concepts like these are what I live for, and trying to find a realistic explenation to them is actually really fun (I'm of the opinion that remoraid is a polyp, a kind of jellyfish larva). I'm always happy to see cephalopod mons and this one does not disapoint. And that tropius evo? Holy arceus, it's stunning. Guess wailord is tiny now.

[@psychicmaster92]

10:55 Well you do have over 25 different mono types, so definitely more than a few. Also, not sure if you're still taking suggestions for pokemon, maybe a regional variant of either Torcoal or Dreadnaw, to add a desert tortoise to the region.

[@mitachiuchiha1426]

I love everything about this video. The puns, the mons, TITANOTROP and of course - the bananas ♥

[@clownsingularity]

the lack of wings or wing like crests on titanotrop make it look more like a regional variant then an envolution

[@sunstar8782]

Potassopos actually looks somewhat like it’s previous evolutions, the same can’t be said for Remmirod and Octillarly. Helps a bit

[@bencrooker720]

There's never enough banana pokemon, Haven't you heard? They come in bunches.

[@td8690]

Had some ideas for new eeveelutions for the mazah region.(the names are just placeholders) Champeon- fighting type eeveelution based on either luchadors or one of the Aztec / Mayan gods of war, Obsideon- rock or ground type eeveelution based on the obsidian blades used and Itztli, Medalleon- steel type eeveelution based on jewelry from Mayan and Aztec culture, A ghost type eevee based on day of the dead or any gods of death, like Catrina or xolotl A poison type eevee based on the plague aspect of xolotl A bug type eevee based on more edible bugs in Mexico

[@arturoayala1004]

... i get the feeling this is similar to the axolotl pokemon request from some months ago...

[@meromora387]

These are all awesome, especially Titanopod! Probably my favorite Mazah Pokemon now. Also, just an idea I had now: what about an Gogoat regional form/evo that loses it's grass pelt due to the heat of the region? After all, there's already a chupacabra Pokémon, yet no "cabras" to be found. Honestly, Gogoat is one of my favorites, and it would be really good to see it getting some love!

[@J_fellow]

I think Titanotrop’s ability doesn’t hinder it enough, it’s a special attacker and it’s already slow, if anything the speed drop would help it be even better in trick room

[@homesteadhero]

I cannot believe you somehow made me fall in love with not one, but MULTIPLE banana-themed Pokemon! And you made an evolution for Tropius, my favorite underrated mon!? I couldn't have asked for more.

[@BBBoyRunningOnBBGrlHardware]

so you could say the evolution is. a banana split?

[@vee3732]

OH NO...

[@saphyre957]

*insert Seinfeld theme here*

[@thewalrusclown]

3:51: no thank you, my liver already said " fuck this, I quit" at the 5 minuet mark during the Guardian Spice " take a shot every time the proportions or sizing is off" drinking game.

[@averyplaysthegame]

Maybe evolve it into Potassopod if it's holding leftovers. Seeing as how it's a discarded apple similar to Potassopod being a discarded banana peel. Leveling up after being poisoned by Black Sludge could also work.

[@melodyspringlow3813]

I love these designs, so simple yet really fun and interesting visually, great job! Maybe not the most unique idea, but something I kinda like; maybe when you evolve Banagnaw into Nanahi if you have a spare pokemon and space in your team you just get a Potassopod? Similar to Nincada, Ninjask and Shedinja. It might not make the most sense, since Nanahi still has a peel on it, but I do think it's a fun idea regardless. Either way, awesome designs and you've once again successfully left me wanting more!

[@AlexTheDonut]

Do you think you could do a pokemon that shrinks as it evolves? I was thinking a sloth luchador that starts as a prehistoric sloth that becomes a modern day sloth that's smaller and more nimble when it evolves. Or a pufferfish that loses it's poison when it evolves and becomes a fairy type

[@kaiyote7924]

i absolutely agree 100% and whole heartedly with "yes i will mak a bananamon". incredible. we love to see it. and more specifically, I love to see it. 🍌

[@funinthesun2441]

I really like Potassopod and I love the callback to octillary the rotting banana peel concept is excellent but the shade of brown doesn't read as a banana to me and I think the colors of it need adjusting, it looks it needs a little yellow in the design to make it appear to be a banana peel in the process of rotting and which could also tie into the real-life octopus’s ability to change its color.

[@tayrenstudio7062]

You could make it that you have to use a leftover because the peal of a banana is what is left when you eat a banana

[@maaarte23]

Isn't it a good idea to make Banagnaw evolve into a fish like banana without its peel so that Potassopod can become its own Pokemon while getting separated from its former form? Like Shedinja does.

[@aidenlikesgreninja526]

Banana-mana-bofana-tanna-rotana-sanna-wanna-goganna-panna-dodanna-janna-yana-kanna-roranna-zana *Just imagine I took the effort to do this for a while*

[@aidenlikesgreninja526]

If anyone wants to continue this indefinitely that would be hilarious

[@choboribi]

spit out my drink when i saw Titanotrop's stats, that thing is a beast. thanks for expanding on one of my fave pokemon :)

[@NarutoBunshin18]

Titanotrop could have actually become ground or even dragon but I understand as well making it mono-type. After when Gloom evolves into Bellossom it becomes pure grass, losing the poison-typing