15 Biggest Mistakes That YOU Made in Pokemon!

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In this video I go over 15 of the biggest mistakes that you probably made in Pokemon while playing as a kid or even an adult! Ranging from Pokemon Red and Blue to Diamond and Pearl to even Sword and Shield, here are the 15 biggest mistakes that YOU probably made in Pokemon! Also this video was sponsored by NordVPN!
00:00 Intro
00:50 Sponsor
02:18 #15
03:40 #14
04:36 #13
06:14 #12
07:32 #11
08:54 #10
10:42 #9
11:46 #8
12:53 #7
14:37 #6
15:37 #5
16:34 #4
17:49 #3
19:35 #2
19:57 #1
21:49 Outro
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[@ethandobbs]

What was the biggest mistake that you made in Pokemon? 👀 Also check out today's sponsor nordvpn.com/dobbs to get a 2-year plan with a huge discount plus 4 additional months for free! #ad

[@MineKat]

Okay

[@jitendramourya9484]

Not knowing poke flute in fire red

[@XVYQ_EY]

I remember pikachu with black tail yet not thick ziz-zaggy but thin smooth stripe at the very end of tail Also my biggest mistake was my 1st playthrough ever (B2) cuz i didn't know how replacing a move upon evolving works. Thx to roblox Brick Bronze, I learned how to play pokémon.

[@rameypunathil2359]

Mine was not knowing about the cycle

[@gabrielkrows488]

Had a team of 2 dark types, 2 water types, 3 normal types, and a fire type with all fire moves

[@yuckyo3s520]

The reason why Youngster Joey’s Ratata has 0 IVs is because Arceus had to nurf the top % ratata or else it’s powers would ascend arceus’s.

[@miphahyrule2545]

Gigantamax eternatus

[@mystomew1268]

Ah yes another genius

[@jonathanthorpe2396]

True

[@crimsonnoir9396]

Makes sense

[@shreybhandari4233]

Yup

[@WowSuchGaming]

As a kid I thought Oddish Evolved into Bulbasaur because of the anime episode where Bulbasaur took care of the forest pokemon lol

[@fishman585]

Imagine looking at an oddish evolving into a bulbasaur

[@ianpablomendez3731]

@Sean Simon LuRes Oddish sucks

[@ricardobr1493]

@@ianpablomendez3731 i Like Oddish Cause Bellosom Is Cute Also If an Oddish Sucks What That Says About You?

[@Morten_Laursen]

I thought oddish evolved into jumpluff

[@harigovind4834]

Congratulations your Beetroot evolved into Onion 👍🏼🥳

I firmly believed they added a "baby" Lapras in Diamond/Pearl. I kept training Shellos only to have it evolve into a glorious Gastrodon.

[@YesIAmTheRatCalledLabyrinth]

LOL

[@Truef1ame]

Hey I mean Gastrodon is pretty good sooo

[@luciusblackdragon6568]

The kanto starters was just the way of the game's difficulty by bulbasaur being easy, squirtle medium and charizard hard so it's not a mistake picking him as your starter, it's a challenge

[@meticakolli1237]

Same for gen 2 Chikorita is not a mistake, it is a challenge

[@paulglodo352]

Facts

[@WaterKirby1994]

I remember doing Hard Mode for Gen 2 as a kid, I ended up effortlessly beating Whitney with my level 30 Bayleaf on my 1st try.

[@luciusblackdragon6568]

@@WaterKirby1994 Well obviously, poison powder the milk tank and then uses synthesis and razor leaf until it goes down

[@thegreatpie4549]

@@luciusblackdragon6568 miltank will milk drink and remove the poison

[@PIMPNITE]

??? I was roasted for being a good citizen 😂

[@zeevvv4617]

First?

[@Nicehousebuddy]

@@zeevvv4617 your on top so say basically anything and you can basically still be on top

[@samuelstannard730]

I did the same thing!

[@playerscience]

@@zeevvv4617 Congratulations. Well done.👏👏👏

[@Foxykite]

Lol i did the same thing on purpose it was fun naming the rival ???? Lol

[@raina1848]

When I was a kid, the biggest mistake I made was when I was playing the original Gold and Silver: I believed a guy I talked to who told me that if you take Ho-oh and Lugia to the Daycare, they will eventually breed after a REALLY long time to create a Celebi, but that this a super-secret that almost nobody knows about. Well, you can guess how that turned out for me...

[@Daaniiell08]

So do you have the celebi ?

[@Oygoify]

@Ziva Purandare well the rumor is if you keep them in their for a really long time. Might still be cooking in there after all these years

[@kitosanimations]

@@Daaniiell08 do you... know how breeding works with legendaries/mythicals...?

[@Daaniiell08]

@@kitosanimationsYeah, was kidding :/

[@claudialuvsu21]

Sooooooo did it work? How long did it take?

[@il_tristo_mewtitore8621]

Fun fact: the first Italian pokemon sticker album actually said that farfertch'd evolves into doduo. It was never corrected and made children waste a lot of time training farfertch'ds. Anyway, when I was a kid I thought that luvdisc evolved into alomomola. They're both water-type, pink and heart-shaped afterall

[@connienoland8400]

I honestly believe Luvdisk and alolamola are related. They may be an example of two animals evolving similar attributes in separate environments. Or maybe they're unofficial regional variants. Idk. But theres something there and I want some flavour text to clear it up.

[@kusumasaipedireddy6769]

It should've happend

[@tooktookishere]

I too thought Tauros evolved into Buffalaunt

[@vindovilles3419]

Wait a sec, luvdisc doesn't evolve into alomomola?

[@ripplingwhite]

@@vindovilles3419 unfortunately nah

[@reubenfielder6139]

Not only do I remember Pikachu having a black tip on its tail, I also remember when it had a BROWN tip too!

[@jonnylawless6797]

You're capping. I was six when the anime came out, and my mom got me a Pikachu toy that talked when you touched these sensors on the bottom. And Pikachu has always had a yellow tail with brown at the base.

[@3rdboys755]

He ain’t capping cause I remember him having a black and then changing to a brown tip aswell I also had a pikachu toy I completely remember it having a black tip at the top it’s crazy though 🤣🤣

[@jonnylawless6797]

@@3rdboys755 nah bro you capping too.

[@flightg97shadowgarth32]

The Mandela Effect is a load. Completely false in my opinion.

[@jonnylawless6797]

@@flightg97shadowgarth32 opinion is subjective, you just stated a fact my dude

[@avatardoom]

Wow this is the first time I've heard anybody justify "thunder armor". Nice job dobbs

[@nathanielbass771]

unfortunately, it makes sense for grotle as well, given the overgrow ability. if we go by the "before its time" logic, lightning rod would empower pikachu as well

[@talds8500]

Don't make sense since Swellow changed color to gold and the same did for Pikachu. When Swellow took down Lunatone why did the color change back then? Nah Ash is hacking 100%

[@reykmorales8616]

@@talds8500 using a thunderbolt on swellow with the most broken pikachu and Swellow SP Def is a joke I'm sure pikachu will one shot any swellow with one Thunderbolt

[@talds8500]

@@reykmorales8616 0% that thunder armor makes sense. Dobbs do not know what he is talking about when he mentioned thunder armor. You could clearly see that Swellow was NOT paralyzed...

[@MdMustafa-ss4pf]

@@talds8500 paralysis has a CHANCE of making the pokemon unable to move. Swellow was paralyzed, but also lucky

[@tabathaegeli4870]

You say it's rare to get a rattata with 0 ivs across the board. So his rattatabis rare? Like really really rare

[@ethandobbs]

Like REAAAAALLLYY really rare c:

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

It rarier than shiny pokemon

[@hananhemeda855]

O rlly? I hacked my lvl 1 rattata to have 999 stats across the board :)

[@darreldorigatti862]

Actually yeah. Collectors value 0%s for sure.

[@KEATONSTOOS]

Almost all trainer Pokémon have 0ivs in all stats. I think only the champion doesn't.

[@Zen0_8632]

For the battle against Whitney in Goldenrod I just trained my Geodude to a high enough level and used the TM dig on him to teach him dig, I avoided pretty much all the attacks.

[@513hook513]

Hoot hoot was the first pokemon I caught in silver and that hypnosis was my life saver early on

[@Zen0_8632]

@@513hook513 I did the same lol

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

With my Quilava, I used smokescreen for 5 turns to make that Miltank less likely to hit me and then spammed fury cutter to rip it to shreds (My only mistake with that strat was using a potion after reaching low HP to be on the safe side, only to realize that it resets the fury cutter streak).

[@Katchelina]

If a female Geodude it doesn't even need dig to beat miltank tbh

[@xxlemonkiaxx610]

Even if guts makes swellow have thunder armour, that doesn’t justify how Lunatone used light screen and reflected the attack when light screen only half’s the damage.

[@Hotdogchria]

Also swellows attack were randomly electric type

[@DaSheepKiller]

Joey's Rattata is special alright, just not in the way you'd expect.

[@obseed3041]

The way you put it makes it sounds creepy lmao

[@Zthewise]

Joey Believes in it so that is all that matters

[@zygarde2903]

That's sus

[@startheangel9760]

I believed Luvdisc evolved into Gorebyss I kept grinding and grinding Luvdisc to 80+ in the gen 3 games

[@falconflight1137]

The ultimate luvdisc

[@Poetic_Justice92]

I did something similar on my very first gen 3 playthrough. It wasn't with a Luvdisc though. I leveled up my Ninjask to level 64 because I was trying to evolve it into Shedinja. I'd later find out how to get Shedinja and I was mad that I spent so much time leveling up a Ninjask for nothing. 😆

[@amaiodayaka6561]

Dude, I DID THE SAME THING WHEN I'M JUST A KID BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO HAVE GOREBYSS

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

Well i always thought Luvdisc evolved into Alomamola, also thats not to bad because would would of thought Gorebyss would have evolved from a clam? 😂

[@basquedragon4357]

I'm really impressed by the shiny buizel guy. Not only was his first encounter with a buizel a shiny, but he didn't encounter a single buizel after that even though there are trainers that have them. Or even more impressive, he DID encounter trainers with buizels but they were also shiny.

[@Mini-vl5gm]

I once remember playing sun and moon. I finished the game after something like 30 tries at the e4 and then wanted to complete my pokedex and i thought that polywag evolved 3 times so i grinded to lvl 100 and i only ended up with a polywhirl no polywrath or politoad.

[@lucifermorningstar8562]

Water stone evolves Poliwhirl into Poliwrath. And to get Politoad you make Poliwhirl hold a King's Rock and trade it with a friend so it'll evolve and have your friend trade it back.

[@aoifeoffaerun]

Pikachu was my favorite to draw back then, and yes, I drew it with that black tip. Though, I remember the black tip being more like a portion of a circular spot at the tip. I even have a pikachu toy with the black tip and an old Pokémon pricing guide with an image of pikachu as having a black-tipped tail.

[@kawaiizombiegal]

proof

[@izaakmartinez7899]

I7

[@KatDoesCrime]

I also used to draw pikachu with a black tip for some reason, and at one point I ended up in a big debate with one of my friends over whether the tip was black or brown. I have no idea why I used to think Pikachu had a black tip at the top of his tail, but honestly I think it's kinda cool that so many other people can relate.

[@toadofficer1740]

And cosplay pikachu has a black tail

[@stormcloud7818]

Ash’s pikachu has a black tail and so does cosplay pikachu.not normal pikachu

[@LeahLovesNature]

Don't be embarrassed about the Farfetch'd/Doduo thing; when I was a kid, I used to think that Camerupt evolved into Torkoal for similar reasons.

[@NebulousKiwi]

I thought Mew evolved into Mewtwo for a long time

[@ElFlores1984]

I thought mantine evolved into kyogre for some reason

[@NebulousKiwi]

@@ElFlores1984 A bit off topic, but I used to think only Eevee evolved with stones. I found a shiny stone and was wondering what evo it gets you. I probably thought Sylveon or Espeon, but idk.

[@Painstation9]

@@NebulousKiwi Same Was just like HOW DO I EVOLVE MY EEVEE TO A GLACEON?!?!?! Or WHY DOESNT THE DUSK STONE WORK??!?!!!

[@sirussimon8711]

Same

[@ashhikari626]

I’ve always thought the gogoat line was a grass/normal type since most mammal Pokémon are typically normal types

[@dibkle]

...It isn't?

[@ashhikari626]

@@dibkle pure grass type

[@Meteorite_Shower]

When I was younger and starting out with Pokémon, I avoided using Rare Candies because I believed it would level up my pokémon with weaker stats than if they levelled up normally through battling. _Technically_ I was correct, but I wholly misunderstood why. Also, I worried every time my pokémon levelled or evolved from a battle where they had their stats reduced, like through _Growl,_ because I thought the game might interpret it wrong and give them weaker stat increases. Weirdly, I never thought stat _boosts_ from things like Swords Dance would be interpreted the same way.

[@drudle]

To your first point, a lot of people felt that way because of an npc in the original games mentioning pokemon you level are stronger than those you get in other ways.

[@Edgso]

So, about the rare candy, is it true or not? I'm still confused if it actually makes Pokémons weaker.

[@Meteorite_Shower]

@@Edgso Ah! Right, so, each stat your pokémon has, (HP, Attack, Defense, etc) all have a hidden value called Effort Value or EV for short. These cap out at 252 EV per stat (255 in the older gens), and 510 total EV. Every time you gain experience from battling a pokémon, be it wild or trainer-owned, your pokémon will also earn a small amount of EV (usually 1 or 2) for a certain stat, depending on which pokémon you face. Vitamins like HP Up, Calcium, Carbos also increase these EVs. Now, every 4 of these EVs in a stat will boost that stat very slightly; not that noticeable at lower levels, but by the time you get to Lv100, you can absolutely see the difference between an EV-trained stat and an untrained stat. So, when you battle wild pokémon, you are essentially EV-training your stats, but when you're just playing the game the EV spread will usually be uniform between the stats until it caps out at 510 total EVs. Rare Candies don't offer EVs, obviously, so if you dump a bunch of Rare Candies on a pokémon you've never used, its stats _will_ be weaker than if you've used it. In the older gens, the EV boosts happen at level up, so if you get to Lv100 without fully EV Training, there wasn't much you could do about it. Luckily, these days stats get adjusted for EVs after each battle so there's no worries about using Rare Candies now.

[@Edgso]

@@Meteorite_Shower Wow, tysm for your patience and effort to explain that! So I don't need to feel insecure about using Rare Candies anymore, right? Good to know, and God bless you so much, happy new year btw!! ^^

[@Meteorite_Shower]

@@Edgso Absolutely, go for it. :) And Happy New Year to you as well!

[@luke27luis]

Replaying gen1 wont be the same ever again, with that hitmonchan image. Can't unsee.

[@boombooomz]

Hitmonchan Is my favourite pokemon. I like most of His sprites, but that one..

[@thomasbrown6527]

My thoughts exactly lol

[@thewileyweavile8569]

Don't worry. That sprite is only in the Japanese version lol

[@geofff.3343]

I started playing Pokemon in the Red and Blue days. I had Red Version. Well, there's a thing about Red Version. You're only likely to find a Dratini in the Rocket Game Corner for sale as a prize. So when I played through it the first time at about 10 or so I didn't even know Dragon Type was a thing. Well, I also got scammed into buying the Magikarp at Mt. Moon's pokemon center. I was so mad as a kid that I switch trained that thing until it evolved. I was so hype. I literally shouted, "I got a dragon!" Then I fought Lance and was like, "Oh, he has real dragons..."

[@craybros1970]

I remember pikachu having the black tip on his tail and i have lots of drawing of pikachu with that black tip too. I also remember the tip being brown at some point and even colouring it brown

[@prophecyempresslerena358]

One of my favorite parts about sponsors is how different KZbinrs approach how they bring them up. There are some serious comedic takes for making a sponsor sound more appealing and less frustrating to listen to before the main video, especially if that KZbinr is able to find a way to spin the sponsor into being related to the main focus of their channel. I definitely do not want the Pokemon version of caterpillars invading my privacy.

[@ElPikminMaster]

For Whitney, you can just get a female Geodude. That way, you have something against Morty with Magnitude.

[@darianclark3980]

If you play GSC, then yeah. But in HGSS, well probably not for Morty thou

[@stanstanstan2597]

Morty with Magnitude sounds like the name of a show

[@toumabyakuya]

Or simply use your starter in its second stage, its what I do.

[@ethnictendo]

@@toumabyakuya Doesn't matter what stage your starter is, it's gonna get yeeted by Miltank.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@ethnictendo Weird, because that wasn't what I have experienced, at all. Milktank is easy.

[@LycanMOON]

Me whose first adventure in jhoto was a nuzlocke:I like your words magic man

[@Vixen-debo]

You have some guts

[@LycanMOON]

@@Vixen-debo yeah I do,luckily feraligatr basically sweeps the whole game even tho I have some unevolved Pokémon on my team and are about to face the elite 4 (my teams like lv 40s and my starter is in the mid 50s)

[@Jonen560ti]

13:30 Hoothoot was based on a bird from the designer's childhood that also liked to stand on one leg

[@lauraMartinez-hl3zf]

Speaking of the swellow fact, gen 3 was originally gonna have multi pokemon moves. Like your pokemon team up to make a move in double battles

[@fykz489]

i think the pikachu's tail is so weird because we had an toy or picture or something from bootleg source. i remember having a small pikachu figurine with black tipped tail and that was 100% not legit pokemon merch

[@izaakmartinez7899]

in the game I think I remember seeing pikachu's tail being a little black

[@LunaP1]

There’s a lot of bootleg Pokémon merch out there. I found some in my city and laughed at the ones that looked weird.

[@3o5ragib]

The worst thing we used to know: Lance is a dragon type expart

[@safiyaparvin6108]

He iS a BiRb MaStEr

[@The11thDimension91]

Lorelei is just as much a water type as an ice type user; Agatha is really a poison type specialist & lance is a flying type specialist. I guess Bruno really is the only one who really fits their theme & has more fighting types than anything else.

[@Noahw10fn]

He bird Master

[@dwanedibly8129]

@@The11thDimension91 Actually, Bruno has no more Fighting-types than Agatha has Ghost-types, thanks to his two Onix. So I guess everyone in the Kanto League is messing up.

[@allyowancy8037]

Yes because lance is actually a bird keeper who have a good Pokemon so thats why he is a champion

[@eslwgpg1226]

A smarter strategy on Ash’s part would’ve been to have Pikachu use Thunderwave on Swellow instead of Thunderbolt so that Swellow would’ve become paralyzed without taking any damage

[@lalhriatzualakhawlhring1089]

Pikachu dont have that move

[@eslwgpg1226]

@@lalhriatzualakhawlhring1089 yes it does

[@lalhriatzualakhawlhring1089]

@@eslwgpg1226 It does not Quick attack, iron tail, thunderbolt, volt tackle/thunder/electroball/electro web according to the gens when he can learns the move, during this battle he knows thunder, thunderbolt, quick attack and iron tail. I may be wrong about the 4th move but Pikachu dont know thunder wave

[@oxygenaddict61]

the fact that swellow who has a 2x weakness to electric and a low special defense survived a 110 base power (120 at the time) stab boosted move scares me.

[@mokarokas-1727]

Pikachu send a thunderbolt into a cloud, which for some reason send one back and hits Swellow, which turns them both a different color and makes them stronger. Dobbs: "IT mAKeS sENse if yoU thiNK abOUt It"

[@Frost-zj1pb]

Fun fact. In red/blue I would do the weird glitch thing at the title screen, by mashing the dpad a and b buttons it would change the colors of the game. One was “negative” colors and I used that to clearly walk through rock tunnel

[@Juan_blooms]

My biggest mistake in Pokémon was accidentally not paying attention and throwing a master ball at a tentacle I was so ashamed that I forced myself to restart the entire game of Pokémon emerald

[@KingCrow404]

Lol

[@Juan_blooms]

To make matters worse apparently while I was playing a mega ruby alpha sapphire I didn’t learn my lesson and made the exact same mistake only this time The master ball was a lot more obvious in these games

[@falconflight1137]

RIP, I just never use the master ball lol. If I don't use it, then I can save it for something else. Sadly, I often never find anything 'worthy' of the ball, and it just sits in my bag til I restart the game

[@Juan_blooms]

That’s not even the worst part I didn’t learn my lesson while playing omega ruby office Sapphire and the same thing happened

[@ethnictendo]

@@Juan_blooms Ah yes, my favorite Pokémon game! Pokémon Office Sapphire! XD

[@tentimestay9181]

Biggest mistake that KZbinrs make: voicing Bruno in the video but leaving out his "HOO HAH!"

[@weeyangtoh6049]

The mistake regarding Charmander might not be so bad,considering Charizard is able to learn many different types of moves,like Thunder Punch,Dig,making it a jack-of-all trades

[@TheGrossMeta]

The biggest mistake I made as a kid was thinking that Kadabra evolved naturally... so I spent countless hours grinding it up to lv 100 and being confused af when it never evolved 😅

[@lucifermorningstar8562]

I did the same the first time I played Pokemon Crystal. I trained a Scyther all the way to level 100 hoping to evolve it. But found out later it needs to be traded holding a Metal Coat which I couldn't do back then cuz I didn't have anybody to trade with.

[@handsomesponge9952]

@@lucifermorningstar8562 İts ok lol who wants to make their pokemon get combined with a metal because of a trade machine

[@noodle393]

When I was a kid I always thought Kangaskahn was either rock or ground type.

[@DarthLiam-gd1wc]

Same, the biggest reason I though is because I knew Giovanni was a ground type leader, so I was like, I guess Kansas khan is just too weak to use on his gym team.

[@acewingate6993]

For some reason I remember ground being weak to psychic

[@DarthLiam-gd1wc]

@@acewingate6993 it might be because Nidoking and Nidoqueen are both weak to psychic.

[@acewingate6993]

@@DarthLiam-gd1wc I really think that may be it, but I specifically remember graveler being weak to psychic… I know my memory was wrong ahha but it feels so vivid

[@SamuraiDoggo14]

And it's not because...

[@thewalrusclown]

6:46: unless it's depicting a ball breaking after a failed capture, then it makes perfect scence, the button is falling off, and prespective just makes it appear to be in the wrong spot.

[@pokeswapper]

So here's my list while playing the Gen 1 games I believed: - rock pkmns were immune to electric types - psychic pkmns have no weaknesses - ghosts were weak to psychic - after defeating Lt. Sarge we need to wait for S.S.Anne ship to come back and take us to the next city 😂

[@TweedRiver]

Best guess for why so many people think there's a black spot on pikachus tail is that you see its black tiped ears and the pattern on the bottom of its tail so your brain just fuses those two elements

[@jyoodevil2]

I knew knew it. I always remembered pikachu with a black tipped tail. I just assumed they changed it when they added the heart tail for female pikachu.

[@jeffhirsh5722]

yeah me too

[@madhuryakrish6134]

yup me too

[@madhuryakrish6134]

@@jeffhirsh5722 although i thought it was brown

[@gus7807]

I thought it was dark brown

[@hlnoobyoutube4780]

Yeah me too dude

[@jonathancovert7352]

I thought this was supposed to be mistakes we made playing Pokemon my guy

[@accnumber77]

I know right? Charmander as a starter is not a weakness or a mistake, it is investing in a long term squad.

[@zarkguy]

@@accnumber77 no

[@accnumber77]

@@zarkguy Silence thyself.

[@zarkguy]

@@accnumber77 i shall not be silenced as i have the right of speech and opinions , so YOU silence thyself.

[@fabiankioku5100]

@@accnumber77 not in the original Pokémon red and blue.

[@titusholmes7582]

Only problem I have with the swellow explain action is that guys increases your damage, not your armor or defense

[@ArcticFoxWaffles]

"they nerfed dark void's accuracy from 80% to 50%" So... nothing changed?

[@footballmoments6053]

Ah I see a man of culture

[@userthesecond4854]

@@footballmoments6053 Yes

[@acenewmangaming6738]

As a kid, I thought holding the “A” button when you threw a poke ball would help you catch them….Seriously.

[@apopaf7075]

Same lol

[@syrusorelio2309]

Me and my sister thought simultsniously tapping a+left then holding b+right would increase our chances of catching pokemon, it took me till diamond pearl and my bff asking me what I was doing to learn the truth lol then it was a hard habit to break and occasionally when I really want to catch a pokemon I inadvertently fall back on that old habit lol

[@haywoodwardiii4686]

Hell I tap the screen when playing Pokemon go... Old habits die hard 😭

[@TheShardsFamily]

Hit A an press down! Mews under the truck! An ah misingos where great infinite master balls

[@chingxin421]

I still mash til this day cause I want to 😅

[@thunderstar7682]

I always thought hoot hoot was placing his feet right next to each other to make it look like one foot I never knew it hides the other foot in it's feathers

[@ink_hat7142]

Same lol

[@NebulousKiwi]

First I thought it was one foot, then thought ithid it's other foot behind the foot we see, and now I know it hides the foot in da feathers

[@Jade_la_Crystal]

Same

[@BubblegumYamper]

When I was a kid I thought Hoothoot's final form was Ho-Oh... I did enjoy playing through the game with my level 100 Noctowl 😅

[@frozeneevee]

I've honestly made the mistake of going to sinnoh's victory road without having all the HM moves I needed with me.

[@UltimateViper]

Hippowdon variety being shiny was a big one for a lot of people.

[@MAkbar-ki7uh]

ikr, i almost use my master ball on that hippowdown, but i am lucky that remember shiny has to have some sparkle when going to battle, and that hippo dont

[@Asa_TheNightmare]

Grapploct is a fighting octopus While urshifu is fighting/water Wow pokemon...

[@FoxGalahHasMovedToNewAccounts]

Some of my mistakes: 1. I thought all fully evolved Pokemon had a Mega Evolution 2. Caught a female eevee, didn't nickname it. Released it because of that. I didn't realise that I could change its name. 3. Prepared for the Grass Trial with a female salandit. Evolved her into a salazzle and made a new file because I was nervous.

[@Heva1987]

I found a purple Spheal in Pokemon Ruby, I was grinding my Septile to fight the psychic gym. It was first shiny I had seen and my mate told me to NOT catch it or it might corrupt my game file XD I didn't listen to him and did manage to catch it. I also did dear evolve it for years cause I thought it would "stop being shiny" XD. But adult me is wiser and I now have a kick ass shiny Walrein. Other idiot mistake included taking Squirtle in first game as I thought I had to choose the one on the game box. This was why I had asked for Pokemon Red as a kid for Christmas as I wanted the big fire lizard. My dad surprised me with a copy of the game after open all other presents. I love I had the game but sad that it was the blue version. So there I went choosing to pick the blue turtle. I even called my first character Ash cause again I thought I had to. XD

[@usernamekh]

When I first played emerald, I thought absol was a roaming legendary(maybe cause of the movies), so I used a masterball on it.

[@Hats502]

Lol I did the same thing, realized it wasn’t so I released it thinking I’d get the master ball back

[@Ocalvolamina]

8:54 I remember the black tip on the tail of Pikachu why in pokemon Red and Blue the tip of pikachu's tail in these games is darker

[@YesIAmTheRatCalledLabyrinth]

When I was a bit younger I thought that Mew evolved into Mewtwo, after trying s bunch of things, I got it to level 73 and Nothing happened I soon learned that Mew and Mewtwo are COMPLETLY separate Pokemon

[@justinsundstrom8976]

The reason why I think we all thought Pikachu had a black tip on its tail, was because Pichu has a black tail, so we immediately associate Pikachu evolving with a yellow/black tip hybrid, that was never there. (Or maybe the OG games has Pikachu with a black tip on the tail, and I just didn't see it.)

[@shannonhogan1841]

Dobbs says that the paralysis on swellow was a good idea because of guts which I can't deny, but why was Ash using a flying type against rock types?

[@faznanbadri6854]

you have to remember Ash beat Brock with Pikachu. 90% accuracy in game will never hit Ash's Pokemon in Anime.

[@flipflop8976]

Also it probably knew Steel Wing.

[@buenvidanadz1969]

@@faznanbadri6854 But if I'm not mistaken, didn't Brock betray his good boi there by activating the gym's sprinklers, soaking the poor Onyx making the it vulnerable?

[@faznanbadri6854]

@@buenvidanadz1969 no. pikachu is the one who broke the sprinklers with thunderbolt. and the soaking is fainting blow. electricity still not affecting a soaked rock.

[@videomakermiller8188]

I used to think that Magikarp evolved into Seaking becuase i thought they looked similar

[@toustiogrande7837]

14:32 I thought that Woobat's nose was an eye

[@dubleblitz]

I always thought that Cloyster evolves to Gastly because it makes sense that the pokemon inside a little Shellder grew up until it didn't fit in its shell anymore so it leaves it and keeps growing until evolving to a gengar. they are also next to each other in the pokedex.

[@TheEphemeralEternity]

I used all my pokeballs (plus multiple resets) trying to catch the ghost marrowak of lavendar town because I thought it was just a % chance of working.

[@rebeccasheng620]

I used master ball even

[@kaizoku8087]

6:00 The only thing I’d argue against Moltres over Charizard is the fact that charizard learns flamethrower (a 15 use move and arguable the best fire type move in the game with 95 acc.) AND a better move pool such as learning dig,body slam & slash (always crits when speed > 64) which all work wonders on the elite four when used at the right times.

[@Nazoto]

It would be much better to get an Arcanine or Ninetails

[@thegreatbeavers]

Reality is in Pokemon Yellow, I used Pikachu to sweep Lorelei and Butterfree actually destroyed Bruno and Agatha like flies. Charizard, Pigeot, Venusaur, and Blastoise pretty much was the other teammates I used against Lance and Gary.

[@natsumaru1stStar]

" Who would use rock climb?!" Me: owo My younger self with a Torterra thinking it was a great move, and even so i thought the anime made it look cooler so i kept it.

[@TheTakato122]

It's better on a Normal-type like Tauros or Snorlax because of their high attack stat and the fact that they get STAB from it. Also, the fact that it's the same base stats as Take Down but with a 20% to cause confusion instead of taking 25% damage.

[@natsumaru1stStar]

@@TheTakato122 Sure maybe I would use a Snorlax as I'm not a fan of most normal types, but again I was pointing out the fact that when I was younger I used the move as again, I did play Emerald and LeafGreen first, but Diamond was when I was getting into Pokemon so I really didn't know what the difference of what moves were good, I just threw things and rolled along with it. It was until Sun and Moon I started to put moves on a mon that would be reasonable coverage.

[@tokitoki069]

9:59 so that's why I think Exeggutor neck is a long but a least that come true in Alola region.

[@Beastlango]

I actually went though rock tunnel with the pikachu shock when I first played yellow. I just happened to see if the little guy was happy or had anything cool to say and stumbled right into this trick. 😂

[@LittleSpik17]

Is it me or does this guy sound like he’s out of breath trying to desperately finish his sentence before running out of air in his lungs ?

[@LittleSpik17]

@@patrickprins9557 you must have very small lungs then :)

[@LittleSpik17]

@@patrickprins9557 your ego? ;)

[@deadeyeddog]

@@LittleSpik17 guy deleted his comment what did he say lmaoo

[@farhi411]

lol

[@LittleSpik17]

@@deadeyeddog He first said that he ran out of breath trying to say my name. To which I said the small lung thing. He then said that nature gave him small lung to compensate for something else that is massive. To which I said his ego?

[@jeremywhite6792]

I literally used to go through rock tunnel using the thunderbolt animation on re-try’s until I could memorize how to go it

[@micq.855]

I think that some people remember Pikachu having a black tipped tail because the female Pikachu’s indeed do have a black tipped tail but shaped like a heart. Idk if this seems the case for some but it does make a little sense.

[@somanshuaikat6391]

You forgot Noctowl not being Psychic-type.

[@projectgarchomp2380]

Excuse me WHAT?

[@somanshuaikat6391]

@@projectgarchomp2380 Yeah dude, I always used to think Noctowl must be Psychic, but turned out it's Normal/Flying. 😶

[@corporalkills]

I’ve been playing for over 20 years and I even didn’t realize that ._.

[@Fawxo]

And Groudon isn’t part fire type O_O

[@mysanity_islow]

@@somanshuaikat6391 wait so noctowl is not dark type or ghost? Because in my crystal gamefile it is not effected by dark type.

[@angelicwarrior118]

20:31 I can relate to that. I originally thought Skitty evolved by level up at either level 22 or 23 as a kid. But then I discovered that it evolved through the usage of a Moon Stone some time after.

[@kingzak13]

My biggest mistake came on my first run through of Ruby/Saphire when I was young. I gave my Mudkip the Everstone because it would stop evolution but made the Pokemon way more powerful. The everstone does not make a Pokemon more powerful at the cost of evolution. My idea was to level it up to get all the good moves sooner, but in the end got stuck in Mauville and ended up starting over.

[@myriad2878]

I know a lot of people definitely look at Gardevoir "the wrong way", if you know what I mean.

[@DreadlordZolias]

Hey, not my fault - it was a Psychic type until 6th gen, so I figured it was simply floating using psychic energy with its mud flaps hanging down due to having lost its legs in evolution!

[@4iqspecimen]

Alternative title: Mistakes that you are MAKING/THINGING in Pokemon When you see the intro: How to unsee something

[@archthrower773]

OMFG I never knew talking to pikachu would be so useful especially in Rock Tunnel

[@sunday1693]

Actually lugia not being water type makes sense, cause according to pokedex entries, lugia can destroy buildings with a single flap of wings, so it chose to live in the sea, away from humans. That means that lugia wasn’t originally water type

[@blockeontheleafeon]

Playing Pokémon the wrong way is pretty awesome. Goes to show that it's YOUR adventure and you can go by whatever ruleset you please through the main story and even post-game.

[@TabbyWesa]

You know Dobbs... You can actually catch a Machop MUCH sooner if you go to the route that is just above the first route of the game. Even though you can't travers far, due to the ledge, there is still a patch of grass that has Machop that you can capture at the start of the game.

[@TheTakato122]

Machop is only found in Rock Tunnel in Kanto and Mt. Mortar which is between Ecruteak City and Mahogany Town. The route that you are talking about is Route 46.

[@terraSpark902]

I do remember pikachu having a black tipped tail, I drew it like that as well!

[@fawful-chortles1281]

IMO what makes Charmander a somewhat poor choice of a starter isn’t its poor matchups against early gym leaders but more so its fire-type stab move options. While Squirtle and Bulbasaur have a decent number of options for stab moves, whether by level-up or TM’s (like Bubblebeam and Surf for Squirtle, and Razor Leaf and Mega Drain for Bulbasaur), Charmander only has Ember and it doesn’t learn any other fire-type moves until in the level 40’s.

[@lukicario9339]

8:43 See, this is why I never took Thunder Wave off any of my Pikachu's whenever I played ORAS Well, not THIS, this isn't the reason, I just like Thunder Wave, but you know what I mean

[@andrewreece3240]

Dang I ain't watched this man in years and he got an animation intro. Nice, I also love that pyduck is still here.

[@pokemoss9223]

I remember once when I was like 7 or 8, I decided to draw Pikachu, looked through one of my Pokemon books for a picture of Pikachu, saw it didn't have a black part on the end of it's tail, and *thought the book was wrong* and drew Pikachu with a black tip on its tail anyway.

[@AngelCopout]

I always thought Pikachu used to have a black stripe at the end of it's tail. Also the Pokemon Yellow tidbit with the lightup is mind-blowing but like many other players, I've already got the tunnel mapped out.

[@cosmoisconfused]

"dude, yeah, this card is worth way more than ¢10, it has a factory error!" "that's just the normal card design tho-"

[@autumbreeze1129]

11:01 oh, we can blame the Pokemon company for that one too. In the official Pokemon sticker book, they have Farfetch'd as the first in the Doduo to Dodrio evolution line stickers. That messed with a lot of people, I can tell you. All kids in my primary school thought Farfetch'd evolved to Dpduo because of that sticker book

[@swampy725]

The only times I remember of me going through sinnoh's victory road I always had a bibarel will all the HMs and sure and water hall on a team member so I never actually made that mistake

[@joeyfumia5525]

20:45 A fellow enjoyer of Afrobull, I see.

[@HeromakerJB]

For the longest time when I was younger I though Gyrados evolved into Lapras. Also I thought it was rock types instead of ground types that weren't affected by electric type attacks.

[@WayWardWonderer]

I legit did the "???" when I first played "Pokemon Silver", too...

[@starlitsunrise17]

I remember doing that too, haha.

[@JohnnyLProduction05]

Lol same

[@Soafia]

To be fair I think a lot of people did when they were little.

[@yaricandelario214]

I was playing Pokémon Gold in a emulator in My tablet and I named My rival ??? too thinking that was his actual name.

[@elenepotskhishvili6718]

Me too😁😂😂😂😂

[@diegogutierrezhernandez462]

You forgot that nearly everyone though Togepi was a generation one pokemon

[@EnderGamerGirl]

Explaining the black tip on Pikachu’s tail: in I think gen6 there was a trainer that gave you a Pikachu that had different forms and signature moves depending on the costume. The Pikachu did have a black tip on the tail so people think of that Pikachu

[@LordHayabusa85]

I got around the Charmander-Brock problem by training it nonstop until it learned metal claw and evolved into charmeleon. As for Misty, I caught a Pikachu in Viridian forest and trained it until it was a higher level than Misty’s Starmie.

[@rickyflores9091]

Charmaner doesn't learn Metal Claw In Gen 1

[@monkey5948]

yall are using the trade machop for whitney? im using the odd egg in crystal to get shiny tyrouge and then leveling it to 50 because it has your ot

[@blastslash7408]

i just headbutt a tree and got heracross you do not play with brick break

[@QuickSilverKitsune]

Me who poisoned Miltank to death with Bayleef and healed with Synthesis when it was necessary: Amateurs, relying on super effective moves

[@stammesbruder]

The mandela effect: proof that people would rather make up a ridiculous claim about coming from a different universe before admitting that they were mistaken.

[@dannyparker3391]

THANK YOU

[@edsweet2858]

Not always

[@joshuabean7805]

Wait.....didnt the cloned pikachu from Mewtwo strikes back have a black tip tail? I know its ear tips were different but I think it had black on its tail to.

[@testerwulf3357]

@@joshuabean7805 No, it's ears were the only think different. NO pikachu has had black on it's tail except cosplay pikachu of which is a black heart on the end.

[@thetakeover11]

Open minds open doors 😌

[@rezrider21]

The crying squirtle talking about youngster Joey 🤣

[@esecretlangel9130]

something I did when I was a kid was delete moves like leer, defence curl and harden. It was until Pokemon Y when I realised this moves were helpful, and i began by play Pokemon Red and blue.

[@timelink8633]

One of the errors i made as a kid is thinking one pokémon from a different Gen was from another,for example : i always thought that slugma was from Gen 3 and Lucario was from Gen 5

[@lesmurii6872]

Me too, magcargo always was gen 3 for me, same for weavile and mismagius who i thought were gen 2

[@lightthegreninja2793]

The later two i can understand beacuse their pre evoloutions( sneasel and misdervas respectively) are from gen 2 after all

[@JoshHolden-Aka-evani]

"The Japanese cards are accurate to what a real pokeball should look like" got to find me some real pokeballs

[@Whitesword10]

Did the same thing you did with Farfetch'd except with dunspare. Thought it would evolve into Gligar. Needless to say it didn't, but it had a mean hit with the move return at level 100!