Every CRAZY Pokedex Entry in Pokémon Legends Arceus

[@lavamonkey1143]

So with the gastrodon thing: In some areas of the world, particularly the Caribbean, beaches have sand largely made up of dead plankton which could be suggest that modern Pokémon scientists know that it eats sand for the plankton but to Laventon they appear to just eat sand.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

It is a ground type, maybe it does eats sand

[@obsidiancomet9580]

It could be that it is eating the sand, with the plankton in it, and then filtering out the plankton and using the sand for its ground attacks. It would fix the conflict of ideas, and would make sense, as people of the past wouldn't understand that it was eating the microscopic plankton in the sand, and would think that its just eating the sand itself.

[@TheDeanofLean]

I was thinking something like this

[@Soulfire702]

Yes

[@liloldman5998]

The plankton says it is invisible to the naked eye, which could mean that to laventon, gastrodon only eats sand while in reality the plankton just happens to be on sand most of the time.

[@byrondobbie763]

My personal samurott theory is that it acts honorable and chivalrous usually but because hisui is so harsh it needed to learn to fight dirty

[@ATFNZMSS-wu7vj]

good theory

[@jacksonvoet8312]

That’s the most believe theory, so, a region of intense danger without many rules could make another one evolve into this form.

[@Gooberger5336]

@@luissuazo3684I mean there’s the concept of it being turn based which is probably the only rule

[@titouanboulanger6877]

Which means we would have a similar evolution in Orre

[@alexbooth2504]

Samurott Ghost of Tsushima edition

[@leftygurl]

i love that these entries are clearly written by laventon, makes them feel more grounded, as opposed to the entries in games with digital pokedexes, where the information might as well be pulled out of thin air.

[@leftygurl]

also, my favourite entry is sudowoodo, where laventon basically says “yeah, this isn’t fooling anybody.”

[@BeanKally]

100th like yay

[@jabarithegoldenlucario8841]

I find Gallade’s entry quite interesting. “The blades extending from its elbows are sharper than the finest swords. Its swordsmanship, albeit self-taught, is astonishingly impressive.” Gallade was self taught. And I find that really cool. It’s like he had to learn how to use his arm blades effectively.

[@midgetydeath]

Well, if he failed then he would’ve been killed by threats. Perhaps that is why they are so rare in the lore?

[@GiveMeMeatballsImHungry]

100th like!

[@Moon-Archive]

@@midgetydeath I mean, it would make sense honestly. Going from a ballerina-esk thing which is very much so a special attacker, suddenly into a physical attacker who slashes stuff, WOULD have a large learning curve realistically. Even with the presumed instincts and possible other ralts-line pokemon to help out

[@geraldyeager7652]

Self taught and not half bad

[@venomgaming7014]

I find this really interesting, but one I find more..ominous, is kleavor. “A violent creature that fells trees with its crude axes and shields itself with hard stone. If one should chance upon this Pokémon in the wild, one’s only recourse is to flee.”

[@foxfire7]

Let me tell you, Hisuian Lilligant is a brutal fighter, it's signature move is basically Bulk Up + Double Hit in one move.

[@CooperGal24]

It also makes sense that some sports players would use Ballet dancing as a form of exercise to strengthen their body and be more flexible. It ALSO makes sense as to why Hisuian Lilligant's typing is both Grass and Fighting.

[@GR1MR34P3R420]

its my favourite hisuian form the shiny is gorgeous and took me hours to get so that was satisfying

[@trainerflowey2729]

Wait, that's what that does?

[@gus7807]

What does double hit do in this game

[@trainerflowey2729]

@@gus7807. Hits twice, i guess. Think there is a bonus effect, but not sure

[@austinroy5146]

15:41 Buneary's dex entries are most probably based on the fact that rabbits irl can die from fright/shock just from hearing really loud sounds

[@dead_insane_entity]

Yeah that dex entry makes way more sense then the other dex entries from previous games

[@kariyui]

Ok yep I shouldn’t have a rabbit if it can straight up die from a sudden sound

[@soappacket2342]

it's so weird to me that my rabbits are the chillest ever and dgaf about loud noises **not typical and all rabbit owners shluld take precaution to lower bun stress**

[@gengarzilla1685]

Rabbits are basically just the ultimate prey animal.

[@maromania7]

​@@soappacket2342 Probably because they were raised in captivity. It's extremely rare, more common is going into shock and having a mental shutdown. Rabbits in the wild are so incredibly stressed that they are usually on the verge of either a heart attack or snapping and attacking everything around them in blind panic. There's a reason wild rabbits, even in safety, drop of old age 25% sooner than domestic. just so high strung, but for good reason when you're a prey animal!

[@jabbathehutt1888]

I see Lilligant living in the mountains as being symbolic of its brutality. Regular Lilligant live in grassy areas where you’d expect a flower to thrive, so they wear dresses and appear as royalty. This Lilligant lives in the mountains where one would expect it to suffer, but instead it has adapted, losing its dress for a more open and effective style. The new addition of the fighting type also makes sense, as fighting gives it coverage against ice. This suggests that Lilligant lives in the mountains to get stronger, and gained the fighting type as a way of surviving against the ice type Pokémon that live there. To me this is just cool cause it shows Lilligant as being an absolute beast that puts itself through struggles so it can come out on top.

[@RGC_animation]

It is no coincidence that one of the noble Pokemon, a lord of the land is a Liligant.

[@nightxsabbath]

Might I also point out that you can find an alpha Garchomp, who are dragon/ground types and thus DOUBLE susceptible to ice types, in the area completely covered in snow?

[@sthellarvalkyrie]

@@nightxsabbath Coincidentally, being the Strongest Alpha in the game.

[@garreonlefay6703]

It's more along the lines of Hisuian Lilligant being the progenitor of normal Lilligant. Their dance and fragrance were so beautiful that humans invited them to reside alongside them. Lilligant shed the brutality needed to survive in such harsh conditions and became more demure, elegant and refined as a result of an easier life.

[@RGC_animation]

@@garreonlefay6703 But you don't even see wild Liligant in the first place.

[@leafeon8956]

My guess with Monferno: Those with lighter blue crests are higher ranking meaning they don't have to fight and hunt as often because the lower ranking ones are the ones that do that. The higher ranking ones just take the food. Therefore, the deeper blue are more likely to evolve into Infernape since they're the ones gaining experience from battles

[@katiebrown3811]

It could also be a reference to how counter-intuitive nature can be; male lions with dark manes are more attractive to females but are more likely to be sterile due to overheating.

[@leafeon8956]

@@katiebrown3811 there's a specific term for that, when animals evolve traits that harm them because it's attractive to mates. I just can't remember it right now

[@pokeperson1000]

Perhaps brighter blue ones are inherently weaker, but were faster learners/were more intelligent? So they rose in the hierarchy due to being wiser or something. But the deeper blue ones perhaps were born with higher specs (like, i dunno, higher IVs or something) so they were stronger and did more of the tasks like fighting predators/fighting for territory, or tasks that end up easier for those able to produce hotter flames and exert more physical force. "Stronger" and "higher ranking" can go hand in hand, but it's not like their definitions are synonymous. Or since the entries talking about brighter blue are more recent chronologically, maybe over the course of time it took for Hisui to become Sinnoh, the traits that the Monferno found more favorable might have changed as their environments around them did.

[@aaraujo306]

I am colorblind, but as far as I understand brighter does not = lighter, and deep does not always = dark. “Deep” is even described as being bright. So couldn’t “bright” and “deep” both mean heavy pigmentation?

[@shinatermin6782]

25:30 I can see the reason why it can be retorted that the Dex entry could classified to be false, but I would like to add that where we can catch there "Wild" Togetics are extremely close to where the Diamond Clan is located and that both clans have made bonds with pokemon without the need for pokeballs for generations, so most likely the Togetics we catch are in fact evolved form bonds made with the clan's people so we're probably catch someone's pokemon without them knowing about it.

[@ReijiNRen]

That's sad. Makes you not want to catch it that way.

[@Ryodraco]

If that were a problem then the Togetic would simply leave. Nothing forces it to stay at the ranch.

[@thehqnd11]

good

[@krishnagupta8503]

It is close but not that close plus who the hell will bring their pokemon near mountains? plus it is their 24/7!

[@promgle5657]

LOL

[@jjenb9106]

In my opinion, heatran is actually just a species of pokemon that lives in magma, and since its rarely seen in the surface, its treated as a legendary. That would explain how it appears to be in several different places in the pokemon world

[@michaelnwanolue238]

Also isn't it the one that has genders for some reason

[@Alice-FE]

@@x.a.n.d.e.r. it's also the only one that can be EITHER male or female. It has a 50/50 gender ratio

[@sober1.6]

would be cool if at one point we could see it in another legends game, maybe as a different form, where its just a normal pokemon, and maybe not so rare. When i was a kid i didnt even know it was a legendary.

[@ravio5868]

@@x.a.n.d.e.r. Well, there's Latios, Latias, Heatran, Cresselia, Landorus, Thundurus, Tornadus, Enamorus, and Kubfu/Urshifu.

[@jjenb9106]

@Ravio yeah, but all of those have a reason to have gender, but heatran doesn't

[@ExpertoftheBlade]

the monferno entry is actually really interesting. Think of it like this... the Darker blue means it's more powerful, so they'd be the protectors of the tribe (assuming they live in similar groups to real life monkeys), while Lighter blue means they're a higher rank, with the lightest blue being the leader. Like a king has the highest position in their kingdom, but the guards are often more skilled in combat

[@giantswingallday7001]

Reminds me of male mandrills and their bright blue faces.

[@beththedarkmage3359]

@Emma Warne This isn't true for every animal species. Often in apes the most intelligent is selected as leader as they are more confident and altogether better at asserting dominance without even needing to fight.

[@marcjasz7208]

Deeper blue and lighter blue are not necessarily opposites... it's true that deep colors typically aren't light colors but dark colors can lack depth sometimes... so maybe the blue gets both deeper and slightly ligher the more strong the monke is?

[@gengarzilla1685]

Reminds me of chess, where the king is very important but actually piss-weak when forced into battle. A figurehead at best.

[@AustinSPTD1996]

19:54 Oddly enough, Alexander Hamilton was engaged in 11 duels before his last one with Aaron Burr. The first 11 were all settled peacefully; that’s because the real first rule of dueling was to avoid combat altogether. With Burr and Hamilton’s duel (ignited by Hamilton having called Burr, “despicable”), their seconds couldn’t agree on a peaceful resolve, and that’s what led to them going to combat.

[@lightfurya2087]

Plus I’ve heard their descendants are good friends. Or I’m mistaken…

[@HourglassBen]

​@@lightfurya2087 they are. They're boating buddies.

[@TiagoNomad]

16:58 “…we hear about Vespiquen eating Pokémon…” The entry just says “interlopers”, so it could refer to people too. Which is absolutely terrifying.

[@suhanhwang9988]

Queen needs to eat. After all, hive queens need the energy to keep making Combees.

[@endergirl2577]

THE HIVE NEEDS FLESH!

[@Lycan4]

I am now validated for feeling a pulse of terror when I was exploring the Mirelands in search of Turtwig, turned around, and spotted an Alpha Vespiquen charging at me. My only saving grace? I had my starter, Blaze the Typhlosion, with me at the time.

[@errortryagainlater4240]

I mean, if irl bugs were Vespiquen-sized they would _definitely_ treat us like a food source.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Vespiquen: OMG Combee you have to try this leg, drizzle some honey on it and it’s delicious Combee: …We’re good your majesty

[@gregthespinarak]

My best Legends Arkoos experience: My level 6 Rowlet getting disintegrated by an alpha Snorkax’s hyper beam

[@neophyta]

Ah. Yes. Snorkax.

[@Spookbrawlstars]

Ah yes the great snorkax can be a monster

[@Dr.RatioSnail]

Rip Rowlet

[@TheOneAndOnlyClodsire]

My best legends arceus experience is dying three times cause of the final noble pokemon and crying

[@gamer_glenn5438]

"Your snorlax evolved into snorkax"

[@domm.4676]

To me, one of the coolest parts of this game is how we get to go on mini quests in the form of the requests and learn A LOT about many of the Pokémon residing in the region, SUCH AS Froslass.

[@RGC_animation]

Treat woman respectfully.

[@kingofthunder2151]

@@RGC_animation No.

[@Blade.5786]

@@kingofthunder2151 Based

[@Escobaz96]

Sounds like MegaMan Battle Network with the side task

[@zirfy5107]

@@RGC_animation How does that even relate to the comment?

[@digifreak90]

I thing to consider with Laventon's theory about the Incarnate Forms being not the true forms, remember that the item used to form change the forces of nature into their Therian forms (with Incarnate being the initial form you see/catch) is "The Reveal Glass".

[@cdesigner9178]

I will say, though, Snorlax in the anime HAS been portrayed that way. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Ash's Snorlax was a menace to society until Ash caught it. It was swimming from island to island eating everything in its path, starving both people and Pokemon. So yeah, this entry doesn't really surprise me.

[@jonath56_gaming]

Are you saying that Snorlax 's dex entry is an Easter egg from the anime.

[@cdesigner9178]

@@jonath56_gaming That's definitely one way of looking at it. Snorlax's dex entries have already said how it has to eat so much food in a day. Where does all that food come from?

[@turtlesfan44]

@@cdesigner9178 anything that it decides is edible enough for it to eat in the first season it ate a giant thorn patch that was blocking a river from flowing into a village

[@off-the-grounder568]

It was a grapefruit orchard. It still caused devastation, since workers would have to be laid off to recoup profits, but no one was starving due to a lack of name-brand grapefruit. It also tried to eat Misty’s Goldeen.

[@samuelstannard730]

@@off-the-grounder568 though there was an earlier Kanto episode in which a Snorlax was stopping a river flowing into a town and affecting their crops

[@RGC_animation]

I really really like how the dex entry are from Professor's Laventon's own writing in first person and not just like a random trivia about said Pokemon. (Well okay, the entries are just random trivia but it feels more natural)

[@TheDragonfriday]

But it too short, would love a bit more for each pokemon but of course it a lot to write

[@jacobs5546]

You could have just said Laventon's Point of View.

[@Pingimaster]

I like how it has a me-perspective. Things like: "I suspect..." just funny.

[@NamedNameless1]

On the topic of Overqwil, lots of poisonous animals aren't naturally poisonous, they gain the poison from their diet, so that could be what's happening here.

[@mushforbrains.]

Can we mention it’s design? It feels like a 3 year old got access to 3D photoshop

[@backpackerraden6268]

To add: a well-known example of this is the poison-dart frog, which most likely get their poison from the ants that they eat, since there are many poison-dart frogs in captivity that are completely harmless

[@mrhalo9181]

@@mushforbrains. ye

[@t1r1g0n]

Though so too. It sounds like it's poisonous and not venomous. Would make sense at least.

[@t1r1g0n]

@@mushforbrains. I love how over the top it looks. The only thing that kinda turns me off are this mini spikes over its eyes. I think it would look better without them...

[@SakuraKotoni]

Cresselia's 'dex entry talking about the maiden is a Japanese thing. IIRC her name is Orihime, and her story is the origin of the Japanese holiday Tanabata. Look it up some time, folk lore is always fascinating IMO.

[@SusanStuder]

Or it could be talking about hara from Greek mtyh

[@dragoknight1832]

18:40 it is literally stated that the plankton is nearly invisible thus Laventon just saw a Gastrodon eating sand and thought that would be its food source.

[@JapaneseMonkey4]

Gastrodon: Mmmm. Sand 🙂

[@neolithiumproduction]

exactly. They wouldn't have the technology back them to 'see' plankton.

[@mabdam3799]

Anakin: I don't like sand, it's course and irritating, and it's gets everywhere

[@JapaneseMonkey4]

@@mabdam3799 Gastrodon: *EATS SAND*

[@zachrodan7543]

never mind the fact that plankton weren't discovered until 1887, so if legends arceus takes place 200 years ago, then presumably plankton wouldn't be known about for another 65 years or so.

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

The Gastrodon thing seems to pretty obviously imply that Laventon is just mistaken again, as he is proven to be capable of. Gastrodon doesn't literally eat sand, it eats plankton which are _in_ the sand. It's a filter-feeder. Laventon just can't see the plankton, so he makes an incorrect assumption. Edit: Incidentally, you questioned why the Dex asserts that the Therian forms of the Genies are their 'true forms.' The description of the Reveal Glass responsible for changing the Genies' forms states that it _"reveals the truth"_ and _"returns a Pokemon to its original shape."_

[@RGC_animation]

"As he is proven to be capable of." Ah yes, a very useful skill, making mistake. lol

[@FearlessOnDemand]

i dont mind laventons mistake the idea of racist gastrodon is funny af

[@Beairstoboy]

Just jumping on this to say that alpha gastrodons when they run around look absolutely hilarious, especially with their little legs just scooting around alongside them too. Such a quirky little Pokemon

[@pride2184]

Wrong they want to eat youre neck. I went to the pokemon foot print guy told me my gastrosdon wanted to bite my neck because it loved me so much. So youre wrong and so is professor weird hat.

[@Undrave]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@sebbycutestoneofall8515]

About the Cresselia thing: It's a reference to the Myth of the Cowheard and the Weaver girl. The OSP has a very great summary about that story.

[@CooperGal24]

I figured it was also a reference to Vega from the Tanabata story.

[@procrastinatingdeathlizard]

Both stories are the same. Different variants exist in many cultures.

[@andreblueboy6019]

Interesting!

[@dalekarman6387]

From what culture/religion?

[@TrevorTheNinja36]

Lol I thought is was arcoos

[@blake7587]

I think the reason Snorlax was so much more dangerous back then is because extra food was nonexistent in ancient times. Even when crops were bountiful people went hungry. These days if your local grocery store runs out of food you have so many other options.

[@cbbblue8348]

and no technology to create pokemon food that easily fill a pokemon yea

[@min3bubblegum]

Can we all just talk about how Gliscore's entry was made?! Imagine a person struggling to get it off their neck, desperately trying to scream for help, while MC is crouching in the grass and is like: "Mhm, 'look… of… satisfaction…' Got it! Okay, Braviary, we're done here. Now, let's go look how Dusknoir steals a soul of a still living person."

[@wynot999]

umm the names of the protagonist in hisui are akari and hikari

[@supersasukemaniac]

@@wynot999 nope, it's Akari and Rei

[@wynot999]

@@supersasukemaniac oh mb then

[@eeveestar6826]

Laverton is DEFINETLY from Galar, because the "Sending a rose to challenge someone to a duel." is most likely a reference to the War of the Roses from English history.

[@Dougbro1]

Plus the Galarian Weezing structure on the outside of the Galaxy Expedition Team HQ from his odd machine, and his use of phrases like "Jolly good."

[@BearWith_You]

Laventon is not from Galar. Raichu's dex entry in Legends mentions it being able to take out a Copperajah from Laventon's homeland. And in Sword it says Copprrajah is not from Galar

[@ultimate9056]

@@BearWith_You copperajah would've been in Galar long enough to ingrain itself in its culture. Also the Raichu's dex is referencing an experiment performed by Thomas Eddison where he electrocuted an Indian elephant to prove that AC circuits were more dangerous then DC

[@supersasukemaniac]

@@Dougbro1 well also remember, around the time this game takes place, India was an English Colony, so if he's from the Pokemon equivalent of India, of course he would know English/Galar expressions due to the colonization.

[@Dougbro1]

@@BearWith_You Yes, but just because he said it's "a Copperajah from his region" doesn't mean it's the species' location of origin. Copperajah was brought in to Galar a long time ago, but we don't know if it was before or after the events of Legends: Arceus.

[@Altanicorn]

I like how they included the porygon line in the space time rifts. Really nails in that theyre from another time

[@katherinegarlock2249]

Same with the magnemite line

[@gladoseon4117]

@@katherinegarlock2249 *laughs in Magnezone in Coronet Highlands*

[@katherinegarlock2249]

@@gladoseon4117 I'll admit I didn't know it was there until after mt comment. However, it still makes sense that you can't find Magnemite and Magneton in the wild. I honestly find it odd that Magnezone is in the wild as well.

[@noremac7216]

@@katherinegarlock2249 not really, Magnemite might look man-made but magnetism is a natural phenomenon and there's nothing in any of its previous Pokedex entries about it being artificially created. As far as we can tell Magnemite have always existed in the Pokemon world

[@venomgaming7014]

I love how laventon is incredibly concerned about porygon-Z with the line “it worries me.”

[@axelmonroe258]

Makes me wonder where Laventon is from, since the Copperajah migrated to Galar it creates a whole new mystery. Similarly with S/V, Copperajah's entry states how they were brought there from a far away land. Assuming Copperajah takes the place of an Indian Elephant mentioned in Raichu's entry, Copperajah derives from a region we haven't heard of.

[@errorbirdesther]

Maybe he's from a india pokemon region

[@ChromaticEagle]

@@errorbirdestherMakes sense we get new regions every gen.

[@artsyfoxie]

Bulbapedia supports the theory that he is from Galar; given his clothing and general mannerisms, I would instantly assume he was from said region too.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

@@artsyfoxie Well, maybe this India-themed region was under Galarian rule for a while. Y'know, to imitate the British Raj and their influence on India.

[@artsyfoxie]

@@somerandomgamer8504 another good theory, but we may never know. It could be that he’s from Paldea for all we know and just spent a lot of time under Galarian influence.

[@the_godbodor7026]

Here’s my theory about Silkoon and Cascoon. So Legends Dex says that Cascoon’s is the more useful one for clothing, but most likely silkoon’s is in modern time and I believe it’s because in Legends, you get called out for wearing normal, silk clothing saying that you would get torn to shreds by the wild Pokémon. In modern times that doesn’t really happen so it makes sense that when Pokémon are attacking to wear the stronger and more defensive stuff while when they aren’t attacking people to wear more comfortable silk based clothes

[@neolithiumproduction]

I figured it was cause silkworms are moths, and thus cascoon is closer to those as a moth then silkoon is (who becomes a butterfly). Also, I'm betting the modern clothes are cotton.

[@jannie4303]

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[@safidraws]

You aren't really wearing silk though, you are wearing polyester or cotton. Also no, the entry is simply a reference to real life. In asia there is a moth species named "Silk moth" which was specifically domesticated for Silk production.

[@nightshade-warroir6915]

I actually like the idea of some entries being wrong on purpose, since it just adds to the theme that all of these pokemon are new and just being discovered. Of course it won’t all be correct, because it’s new and exciting and we don’t have the ability to properly study it It’s like how we had no clue what a platypus was until way after it’s discovery, or how to this day we’re still learning about animals we’ve known about for a very long time. Got to say I do love some of these entries quiet a bit, especially the little tid bits the professor leaves in about himself or that it is just speculation and not fact

[@kyleellis1825]

Animals have species category changed all the time with new info. Blue/Pink Shellos should actually just become different regional variants, but in a single region.

[@marcosluismartinmorales5523]

About Dialga and Palkia, their new/old forms are literally called "origin" forms, so yeah, I imagined that they were their original forms

[@sanjaeharris5352]

Yes & the reveal glass show ones true form so therian is true form too . Also team rockets boss in anime said therian was true form too. People need to watch the anime (fat chance i'll watch more lol) not all info is in games

[@S33_.]

@@sanjaeharris5352 the anime said unknown is a legendary, it’s not a reliable source

[@rattlercobra921]

My theory is that when Arceus created them he wanted his children to be in his image however as dialga/palkia matured they grew different to adapt to the powers and abilities

[@sanjaeharris5352]

@@S33_. so do you ever read the flavour text on items read reveal glass on this very game. Word for word it goes " looking glass that reveals the truth.It's a mysterious mirror that RETURNS certain pokemon to their TRUE shape" I no care about anime rights & wrongs the glass as had similar text in all games . also therian (which is never a wild form) is the from revealed by the glass so by that text they are their true forms

[@dreamer1292]

@@S33_. how are the pokemon that make fabric of reality and can freely rewrite it, not be considered to be on pair with the legendary pokemon?

[@johnbuck4395]

the Murkrow entry is probably a homage to Mr. Mztylplk from superman (make him say his name backwards to keep him away), kinda like how Palafin is a reference to superman through its hero form and the fact that finnizen evolves at lv 38, the year that superman first appeared in comics

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

It's from even before then, abracadabra was a nonsense word used to ward off evil in the time of the black death. Palindrome words were said to hold power, so saying the word backwards was said to reverse its intent. So evil words spoken backwards were used to ward that evil off.

[@tibicenlinnei4014]

It's also a refrence to The Shining. The little boy, Danny, says "Redrum" and it shows up on the walls. It's Murder backwards.

[@johnbuck4395]

@@tibicenlinnei4014 oh that's right. I remember that scene when Danny starts talking in with that creepy vocal fry

[@stevenpalinkas9689]

What I think about the Lilligant situation is they stay in the mountains to grow stronger by facing against Ice types which they are weak to. We have already seen fighting types in snowy places to grow stronger

[@gengarzilla1685]

Honestly, battling Ice types so often could even be how it developed the part Fighting type.

[@ellienugent2000]

That makes sense. Mangofoomo, Ex-Hippotas-now-Hippowdon proves this by now only being knocked around halfway by Ice Moves whilst originally getting 1-Shot by them and also evolving during this Ice zone. Aka: Snowpoint's Routes

[@gaypiplup]

@@gengarzilla1685 Both that, and if you’re constantly trudging through deep snow, you’re DEFINITELY going to have some well-built legs.

[@-w-4252]

@@gaypiplup thighs are well built ;)

[@imranhuq3333]

About Samurott. The last part explains why it evolves like that because in older dex entries, it said that Samurott can usually knock down its foes in one swipe. However, in the Hisuian dex entry, it says it crashes into foes like ceaseless pending waves, which implies it needs multiple hits to knock down its opponents. This would make sense because the Pokemon in Hisui are much stronger than Pokemon in other regions. It would also have to adapt to the "crashing" part, so I'm guessing that's why its head looks like that.

[@jannie4303]

Only for fans over 18 years old BEAUTIFULGIRLS.SITE 👈 tricks I do not know Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today. Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım '' Erinder: '' Sezimdüü '' Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak '' Dene: '' Muzdak '' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾 They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising 💗❤️💌💘

[@Xavaren_1]

Interesting

[@e.c7667]

How are the Hisuian Pokémon forms stronger than the other regions?

[@grayackerman2119]

@@e.c7667 the hisui pokedex entrees just seem to be more hardcore than the other regions. Take, for example, gliscor's hisui entree and compare it to any of its other entrees

[@skorupigo5544]

@@grayackerman2119 they're the same pokenon though

[@Tony_AM009]

While we knew that Porygon and its evolution line were artificially created, I think that it was interesting to learn in the Legends Arceus Dex entry of Porygon that it neither has a heartbeat nor does it draw breath. However, it can function and live just fine. I like that we get an idea of this species' anatomy and/or physiology.

[@garururu8864]

Absolutely and especially since the Porygon line is clearly inspired by the evolution of 3d models, with the third evolution being a literal corrupted file. There'd be no reason for a computer-made object to breath and it's negated in most animated projects.

[@BJGvideos]

This is reflected later on in a different artificial life form, the Scarlet and Violet AIs. They don't have a breathing animation.

[@unfortunateimperial6019]

Regarding the cascoon vs silkoon silk, I believe this is actually a reference to real world silkworms. Yes, some species of butterflies and their larval forms can make silk, but it doesn't tend to be as high quality as their moth counterparts, which is what you typically get when you think of silk.

[@Amelia4111]

THE K IN SILCOON IS SUPPOSED TO BE A C!

[@swagatronm8883]

I had a laugh when Mikey made the mistake of not realising that “Workrum” was Murkrow backwards and then in the very next scene asking people to subscribe!

[@pearlydoodles457]

Bro these comments 💀

[@riicky83]

The Yanma dex entry makes sense as most of the houses we see are either tents in the various camps or the ones made of wood in Jubilife Village.

[@ConnorCubitt]

Or made of wood and stone

[@Rizzlam]

I do love how Mike’s and Grunty Boi’s relationship has evolved from being mortal enemies to besties.

[@islandboy9381]

This the type of inter-character development you love to see

[@MiddestPerson]

Ikr

[@shinyeevee37]

Yas

[@waddledoo2you13]

Plot twist, they are brothers.

[@cbcgame2744]

"Haha! It is I! GRUN TY BOI!" "Hey man."

[@aviatinggamer9051]

Dark theory: the togetic/togekiss spawns are the former partners of now dead trainers.

[@Splatoob]

god theory ngl

[@named7416]

07 to those trainers

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Wouldn't that one Ninetails be that tho?

[@smcphee6940]

14:07 This actually comes full circle. In our world, elephants were brought to Great Brittain from India and Asia to be working animals. So the Indian elephants referenced in the past in Pokemon were Copperajah. Also the thought that Laventon is ancestors to Hop and Leon may still hold up that he's from Galar and they may have Indian heritage!

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

Yeah, it goes full circle too, when you realize that Hop and Leon look Middle Eastern when it comes to skin color. That's just wild.

[@yurithesurgicalthigh3600]

Just get us a region based in India now

[@supreme_king_obama1158]

@@yurithesurgicalthigh3600 I think that’s the Intent for gen 9. Though I’m probably wrong we’ll see.

[@yurithesurgicalthigh3600]

@@supreme_king_obama1158 ngl when copperajah was announced I was sure this gen would be based on India but boy was I wrong

[@spin6872]

@@supreme_king_obama1158nah Gen 9 is more so based off Spain

[@burbotime]

For the Togetic entry, Mikey has completely ignored the possibility that some cruel (or dead) individual had abandoned their Togetic, and he gave it a second lease on life.

[@sarthakarora3212]

Or it can be just wondering around. After all you can catch other trainers Pokemon in this game.

[@burbotime]

@@sarthakarora3212 and thus, Team Rocket was born

[@NickyvMLP]

@@burbotime *Grunty Boy intensifies*

[@rilence]

@@sarthakarora3212 WAIT YOU CAN?

[@-w-4252]

@@rilence HOLY SHI-

[@Krizzald100]

The Sudowoodo entry is really funny, claiming it can't even fool children, yet on GSC generation, we confused him as a tree due to the cuttable trees looking like him. What an easter egg.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Me sitting here like "didn't it fool Ash in the anime?"

[@moonlightumbreon8878]

Whoever wrote these dex entries is an absolute genius. Using the common knowledge from the modern day professors and changing up Buneary's dex entry which was wrong to show how much Pokemon scientists have learned since the Hisui dex.

[@kratal122]

When I first saw Porygon I was baffled at how it could be present, given the time period of the game. Then I realized that it was only showing up in space-time rifts, now I’m wondering if Porygon is a bootstrap paradox. Its being encountered in the past inspired its creation hundreds of years later in Kanto.

[@standardhuman8675]

whats the bootstrap paradox? is it like back to the future where marty goes back in time to get his parents together?

[@gengarzilla1685]

Spoiler ahead: For a Pokémon example of this paradox, look at the fourth anime movie where Ash discusses the concept of the Pokédex with a time-displaced Samuel Oak, which gives him the idea of creating an expansive Pokémon encyclopedia as the adult Professor Oak which he calls the Pokédex and eventually gives one to Ash when he starts his journey. A bootstrap paradox is basically where your actions in the past created the present that already existed.

[@standardhuman8675]

@Gengarzilla ohh so it IS like in back to the future where marty causes his parents to meet

[@Waluigiwatchwaa]

Yeah I laughed my butt off seeing Porygon appearing in Hisui, just imagining Commander moustache just fighting me and seeing a Porygon Z just cracks me up

[@BJGvideos]

​@@gengarzilla1685Did that really give him the idea though? For all we know it could have simply verified to him that he would succeed in a plan he already had.

[@pokefandylan2117]

about Raichu's entry with Copperajah, Copperajah seems to have been imported to Galar before Laventon's time, cause it's not just Copperajah being in the Galar games that suggests that Laventon is from Galar, it's also his mannerisms, hat, the theory that Hop and Leon are his descendants

[@risky2166]

And that Galarian Wheezing ornament

[@pokefandylan2117]

@@risky2166 yeah true

[@joinsideke]

He's probably from the Pokemon world's version of India, and either grew up in Galar or experienced cultural exchange due to colonization from them, what with Galar being Pokemon's England.

[@rafaelrijo8175]

@@joinsideke Remember the Roselia entry, that was a very British tradition.

[@joinsideke]

@@rafaelrijo8175 It's not, though, as far as I can tell. No one sent flowers to challenge a duel. Typically they sent a letter, or more dramatically, shout it in person and/or throw off a glove. India (and pretty much everywhere else) also had duels.

[@sabercat5490]

In relation to the Yanma Dex entry, I think it make sense since back then houses were made of wood and not stone/concreate like what they are now.

[@mav4159]

Let's make a fairy tale out of it called "the three little Burmy and the big bad Yanma.

[@zackestin1368]

the diamond clan where its highly likely the "legends" of the region come from also literally live in tents.

[@sabercat5490]

@@zackestin1368 not just them but the pearl clan also

[@bobwalsh3751]

21:41 white dresses for brides only became common worldwide fairly recently. Hell, white used to be a FUNERARY color in Korea until after the War; this is even mentioned in one of the final episodes of MASH when Klinger gives Soon Lee his ex wife's wedding dress to wear to their wedding and she asks him "Why'd you give me a funeral gown?"

[@StonedtotheBones13]

It's honestly still a funeral custom in a few places/cultures

[@neferacronia6798]

While Copperajah may be from another region, the way Laventon talks, combined with the fact that he lived in a region with Copperajah suggests that he's Galarian, or at the very least moved to Galar when he was very young, as he has a British accent. Although some people do think that the hints about Copperajah might mean that Gen 9 is in an India inspired region

[@neolithiumproduction]

Well, if Galar is based on the British...and India was occupied by the British for many years... Laventon may be of indian-pokemon region descent, either born to or immigrated to Galar.

[@gengarzilla1685]

People also point out that Laventon resembles Leon, thus further suggesting a connection to Galar by him being the ancestor of its famous unbeatable Champion. Legends Arceus was not exactly trying to hide the possible ancestors of modern-day characters.

[@HackerDragon9999]

"Gen 9 is in an India inspired region" aged like milk (it's spain I think)

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Thank you! I think ppl forget India WAS part of the British empire relatively recently​@@neolithiumproduction

[@gunsandroses896]

I think maybe the blue with Monferno could be like a strength and intelligence thing. Brighter blue = more intelligent. Deeper blue = more power.

[@indeepgaming4080]

So in short Bright Blue Monfernos are NERDS

[@Kyumifun]

It's like a king and a knight thing. King is the ruler but the king might not stand a chance against a knight in a 1v1 fight.

[@ellienugent2000]

Huh. Cool.

[@ellienugent2000]

I'm gonna look and see if Barry's Monferno is- nvrmnd; just remembered it's darker coloured so he has more power.

[@ellienugent2000]

Basically; He buff tho

[@grievousfan1]

Regarding confirmation that Laventon was right about Tornadus and the genies, the Reveal Glass is used to change their forms from incarnate to therian, and vice versa- seeing that they are always caught as incarnates, the reveal glass 'reveals' their true form- that's just my thought on it

[@MrAuthor3DS]

That and we've seen Giratina's Altered Forme well before its Origin Forme was introduced. (Kinda the same with Dialga and Palkia.)

[@milesph6905]

One of the reasons I can't help but think about the change in tone between Snorelax' dex entries between Hisui and modern pokemon is that the rate of food production has probably risen since Hisuian times. For that reason, Snorelax eating people out of house and home is less devastating than it was back when farms were smaller and there was less people could do against things like crop diseases and harsh weather. What humans have become capable of is probably what changed our perspective of Snorelax from "aww fkk walking famine" to "friendly sleepy boy who eats a ton and sometimes blocks traffic"

[@Amelia4111]

AGAIN, THERE IS NO E IN SNORLAX!

[@kyleellis1825]

If you're going to be correcting people, should probably learn to use an indoor voice if you want them to stop ignoring you.@@Amelia4111

[@AwesomeAceZ]

14:10 the apparition part of the entry is actually referenced in one of the requests where one of the villagers asks you to investigate a Will O' Wisp in the Obsidian Fieldlands that turns out to be a Chimchar in a tree.

[@jannie4303]

Only for fans over 18 years old BEAUTIFULGIRLS.SITE 👈 tricks I do not know Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today. Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım '' Erinder: '' Sezimdüü '' Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak '' Dene: '' Muzdak '' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾 They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising 💗❤️💌💘

[@leohernandez916]

I love how you used the Natsu reference for Overquil. That's exactly what came to my mind. "Overquil can just eat its own poison. Lol. That's silly. Wait. Or can it?" was my thought process.

[@galleryg998]

2:56 most likely the first one - animals with heat retaining fur have two layers of fur, one short one long. Together they create a trapped layer of air that gets warmed up to the animal’s body temp and so it becomes an insulating layer

[@wolfman2.055]

I think the one about Overqwil is supposed to reference how some poisonous creatures don't actually generate their own poisons. They become poisonous by consuming either poisonous plants or by eating other poisonous animals ( a real life example of this would include the Monarch butterfly which as a caterpillar eats milkweed which as the larvae matures transfers the toxins from their food into their bodies , thus if another animal ate them they would become sick ) pufferfish are poisonous in real life and consume things that are sometimes poisonous to other animals so this is possible when it comes to Overqwil .

[@thekermysage8618]

The moon gastrodon entry says that the plankton is microscopic, so many it appears to be eating sand in the past, but modern technology proves it's not the sand but plankton in the sand

[@danielmaynard1582]

So real animals exist in Pokemon. If Gastrodon eats plankton-a real animal-does that mean other real world animals exist? And some say Pokemon doesn't have lore

[@thekermysage8618]

@@danielmaynard1582 it's crazy, maybe they're a plankton Pokemon, maybe they're just plankton

[@Kyumifun]

@@danielmaynard1582 and the bees that Vespiqueen gives orders to. I think there are some real animals but the world is still mostly inhabited by pokemon (and humans). The Pokémon Generations portrayed the beast trio of Johto as "weird pokemon" that looked like normal dogs.

[@ellienugent2000]

Yeah that's what I was thinking with that one the moment it was mentioned it ate planktons...

[@thatboi567]

@@danielmaynard1582 Could also be plankton like pokemon.

[@Kristy9169]

The Togetic thing was funny to me. I remember seeing one near that giant waterfall, and spent nearly 10 minutes using the giant fish (forgot the name) to leap off of the waterfall, and catch the Togetic in mid-air.

[@RGC_animation]

Use a feather ball then lol. (Also that giant fish thingy is called a Basculegion)

[@erinbeaud4556]

If the dex is true, it means that wild togetic was abandoned 😭😭

[@gengarzilla1685]

Or the Togetic's trainer is dead. Which makes me sad because Togepi evolve by friendship, meaning the Togetic lost its life-partner. We probably find them haunting the places where this partner died.

[@MaytheHigurashologist]

2:14 it does explain. Normally, samurott has been known to use 1 slash and it’s done. This version has been influenced by the violence of the region, and thus needs to do multiple slashes to beat its opponents

[@radiogobrrrrrrr1949]

I always thought is was just Laventon being poetic

[@gengarzilla1685]

The actual in-game Pokédex doesn't say that. This came from official websites, which anyone could have missed.

[@stevef5888]

Regarding Cresselia, I do remember a story from Greek Mythology where the Milky Way was created by Hera, or more specifically, Hera’s breastmilk, after Heracles bit her nipple during a feeding, and she tore him off her breast, causing the milk in his mouth to splatter out, creating the streams of the Milky Way. Yes. Really.

[@Basically_Anybody]

Hera despised Heracles as a reminder of her husband's infidelity. Zeus had baby Heracles suckle on Hera while she slept, and when she awoke to see a random baby breast feeding on her, she flung it away

[@stevef5888]

@@Basically_Anybody actually fun fact. It’s both. There’s more than one version of the myth. One accepted myth is Zeus putting Heracles on Hera while she sleeps, and another accepted one is Athena “finding” Heracles in the woods and giving him to Hera to nurse since she was chaste and not motherly. Depends on which era you’re in. You gotta love cultural appropriation

[@Basically_Anybody]

@@stevef5888 I gotta say, I was not familiar with the second

[@Geraldine_Z_Rivii]

I’ve read a book that had a paragraph where a mother was telling her child that the Milky Way was the mother Mary’s breast milk?? Something along those lines… Also the Pokédex entry does say “maiden“ which Mary apparently was … PLEASE don’t let there be poké Christianity

[@Basically_Anybody]

@@Geraldine_Z_Rivii No it's greek mythos, weren't you paying attention?

[@victoriawhitcomb6475]

Note about Monferno: Deep and Light aren't opposite in reference to color. Deep is usually just how saturated the color is and how far away it is from the monochrome spectrum. Light is just how much white is mixed into the color, usually. You can be a deep color while still being on the light spectrum

[@klashking332]

37:40 it doesn’t “throw their emotions into disarray,” it just deals EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

[@emceechupitheundying5692]

Lol

[@mogscugg2639]

Steven when did you get so fet

[@Waluigiwatchwaa]

Pastes Steven He on enemy

[@Waluigiwatchwaa]

​@@mogscugg2639"stoobid"

[@aligiance]

Good plug ngl xD And nice video! Love the idea to compare the new entries w old ones or read through them as an addition.

[@Macdawnlds]

The typhlosion didn’t adapt to the mountain magic, it evolved to the increase of deaths because lots of people have been dying due to pokemon being more aggressive

[@azgoodra]

Holy sh*t 0_0

[@gengarzilla1685]

This might actually explain why Hisuian Typhlosion don't exist in modern day Sinnoh too. Because the region is now well established and much safer overall, not enough people die on Mount Coronet and thus the conditions for Hisuian Typhlosion don't exist anymore.

[@tylercrockett7273]

I love how they acknowledge that remoraid is based on an archer fish. They shoot water at bugs in real life.

[@ellienugent2000]

Huh really? That's cool.

[@andrewollmann304]

Not just water…but high-pressured jets, as high-pressured as fish can get, anyway.

[@rainstormfr1838]

28:53 this Remoraid entry is actually based on the Archer Fish (which spews water at insects near the water and then east them.)

[@jannie4303]

Only for fans over 18 years old BEAUTIFULGIRLS.SITE 👈 tricks I do not know Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today. Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım '' Erinder: '' Sezimdüü '' Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak '' Dene: '' Muzdak '' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾 They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising 💗❤️💌💘

[@risky2166]

I mean, Remoraid IS based on archer fish. But unstead of "archer", they literally a jet-water gun

[@rainstormfr1838]

@@risky2166 well, yes, thats just the species of the fish.

[@davidec.2853]

The item that changes the forms of Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus and Enamorous is the reveal glass (truth glass in my language). Also, the humanoid forms are called "Incarnate". So it's pretty much confirmed that the therian forms are the true forms, and the four Pokémon can incarnate into their humanoid forms. Even Giratina was firstly introduced in its "fake" form, only for its true form to be revealed later.

[@Avatarbee]

I like how some of the pokedex entries are just the professor guessing or stating old hearsay. Sometimes they can even be flatout wrong. Like the Gastrodon entry. The professor doesn't know that plankton exists so he assumes it is eating sand lol.

[@Kohchu]

I actually kinda love the idea of the Roselia thorns idea for a dual. I mean think about it. If you want to challenge someone to a dual, you have to seek out a Roselia (who might attack you, mind you), in order to pluck off some of it's poison thorns (And not get pricked yourself; otherwise you could die), to mail them to your opponent as a way to say "I challenge you." Not only is that a hardcore badass call out to say "I'm better then you" but, it also probably reduced the amount of duels only to people with actual courage... or stupidity. Also, Workrum being Murkrow backwards makes sense as a fun inside joke; but I do believe it's also a reference to Redrum, the infamous palindrome for Murder; which a flock of Murkrow would be.

[@tronzero]

Regarding Monferno, a "deeper" color doesn't necessarily mean "darker"; it could mean "more saturated." Likewise, "brighter" might not necessarily mean closer to white on the white vs black axis, and could instead mean "more vibrant" in a more abstract sense. So "deeper" might actually be being used with similar intent to the original. On a more "just my own perspective" note, with respect to blue in particular, I find that it's relatively rare to see shades of blue that are neither "light blue" nor "dark blue" but just "blue." As such, I think that "brighter blue" might actually mean "more saturated and closer to the middle of the white/black axis" (aka "royal blue"), which it would be less likely to mean for other colors; and "deeper blue" could easily mean something similar.

[@LibertyLocalizer]

18:58 Overqwil is also one of my favorite pokemon names. And many animals in the real word are poisonous/venemous because of poison in their diet, so this makes sense

[@spugnoxngubcux9801]

19:12 This is actually how blowfish in real life work. Blowfish don't directly create the poison. Instead, the poison is created by bacteria that it obtains from its food. 21:30 I’m not certain about Hisui, but I suspect there would likely be nobility in Ecruteak at this time.

[@JaelinBezel]

What about Kalos?!

[@spugnoxngubcux9801]

@@JaelinBezel Legends: Arceus seems to take place in the mid-to-late 19th century. So if history in the Pokémon universe mirrors our own, then Kalos would’ve already overthrown its monarchy.

[@ryanchad8384]

Suppose yanmas dex entry refers to tents as houses, I think someone from the diamond clan probably mentioned to someone from the galaxy team that a yanma blew their house (tent) away. Since yanma spawn pretty close to the diamond settlement I think it makes sense

[@jannie4303]

Only for fans over 18 years old BEAUTIFULGIRLS.SITE 👈 tricks I do not know Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today. Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım '' Erinder: '' Sezimdüü '' Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak '' Dene: '' Muzdak '' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾 They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising 💗❤️💌💘

[@gengarzilla1685]

Yeah, people here seem to have it in their heads that the Yanma of Hisui were more powerful. They were just about the same and it's that the buildings are weaker.

[@socaltrojan286]

Gliscor's new dex entery just makes me love it even more. I feel Dark Type Trainers would want to include it in their line up. Trainer: Gliscor go feed. This match is over.

[@socaltrojan286]

@Narri L that has not stopped gym leaders and elite 4 members from using other Pokémon outside their specialization. Did you not understand its dex entry for the game is very dark and menacing. My statement was referring to any trainer or gym leader whom would order their Gliscor to finish off their opponent's Pokémon by telling it to feed on them. If you applied Pokémon to the real world, you bet their would people that would be messed up to make such a command.

[@risky2166]

@Narri L I mean, Gliscor is one of many pokemon that you can asscosiated with different type by just judging from its appearance. Dark, poison, flying, ground, bug.

[@nevergonnagiveyouup3908]

To answer your question about the "heavenly maiden", the milkyway was named after a Greek myth. Heracles (or Hercules in Roman mythology) was born and Athena or Zeus (depending on the version) decided that the baby should drink Hera's milk while she was sleeping. While Heracles was drinking, Hera woke up in a startle so a ton of milk was splattered into space, creating the milkyway

[@r.j.penfold]

There's also a milky way goddess that Bulbapedia thinks could have inspired Cresselia iirc

[@KingKayro87]

So what you're saying is they wanted her titty milk so badly that they created an entire smorgasbord of planets when they tried to get some?

[@sarahgilliss3503]

I heard Heracles bit her boob.

[@whateverlol93]

Definitely wrong. How does Cresselia even remotely look like Hera? The plates look like Asian goddesses floating in the wind with their long drapes and dresses. Such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean legends. So it has most definitely nothing to do with Greek mythology. But nice try.

[@Obsessor23]

20:23 Fighting has a type advantage against Ice. So maybe it being Fighting-type is symbolic of it building up endurance.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I don't think that's it. Endurance suggests resistance, but Fighting doesn't resist Ice. I might have gone for Steel.

[@kboyle4452]

No

[@iridescentmirage]

Monferno's dex entry may not be a contradiction as "deep" and "bright" can mean the same thing in art depending on the context. In this case, both refer to the blue being the most saturated, while others with paler blues are weaker.

[@gfdx3214]

about the snorlax causing famine... there have been several Anime episodes that have had a rampaging Snorlax that eats everything. 2 of note that i can remember of the top of my head: The Snorlax Ash caught was at first swimming between an island group and destroying the fruit yield and even badly damaging the trees doing so and a less important one where a snorlax got into a Slakoth Zoo and eats the banana

[@aesiro1336]

Don't forget the Kalos Snorlax episode.

[@gengarzilla1685]

The Kalos one was completely tame and not a threat to that town's livelihood, while all the other instances happened in very out-of-the-way locations. The point is that you wouldn't see this in a big established city like Saffron or, heck, Jubilife nowadays.

[@gfdx3214]

@@gengarzilla1685 Agreed, in the Kalos one they wanted the snorlax to eat the crop yield as a tradition. The two I mentioned were about a snorlax nearly ruining two places

[@bunnydasnowman]

I think with Overqwil’s Pokédex entry, it refers to how actual puffer fish get their poison- from the bacteria from the food they eat, and when the puffer fish digests it’s food (usually invertebrates and algae) the bacteria turns into the toxins found in the body of the puffer fish The more you know :D

[@savvythedivineyethuggable7493]

I just caught something about the Typhlosion dex entry. For this, I have some explaining to do. The concept of purifying through fire has sort of been used both literally and symbolically for some time now, but I want to say that the connection between melting god and Purgatory have to do with this. First, Purgatory is not the same as Hell. In Purgatory (in some branches of Christianity at least), certain souls are purified before they enter Heaven. Here, souls aren't too far gone, they just need to "get cleaned up a bit" if that makes sense. This has been compared to smelting gold, from what I have been told by Christians that I've talked to, where gold is melted and the impurities rise to the top where they can then be easily removed. With this information, Hisuian Typhlosion could somewhat be based off the concept of Purgatory. If that's so, then do the souls it purifies suffer intense torment in order to be freed of their evil desires? Also, they totally missed an opportunity to turn ghost pokemon into good pokemon.

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

May I point you to Asonian Dusknoir from Truegreen7's series? It's literally the pokemon equivalent of the Angel of Death.

[@savvythedivineyethuggable7493]

@@caolanochearnaigh9804 Well, that sounds interesting, but that's not canon to the official Pokémon series.

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

@@savvythedivineyethuggable7493 Yeah, you're right. As an Atheist, I don't believe in ANYTHING unscientific. (Religion, horoscopes, "healing" stones, etc.) It can't be proven, therefore, it mustn't exist. That being said, unlike some people, I respect others' opinions. And on the topic of good Ghost types, Mimikyu. It only wants to be loved, and actively tries not to show it's true form to people, lest they die of shock.

[@savvythedivineyethuggable7493]

@@caolanochearnaigh9804 Well, yeah Mimikyu exists, but I was talking about how there could have been good regional variants of ghost types that used to be evil.

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

@@savvythedivineyethuggable7493 Yeah. Imagine a Ghost/Fairy type banette who instead of becoming a knock off of Chucky, actually tries to help the kid as they mature, kinda like Woody from Toy Story.

[@mydogghost]

Samurott form i can explain its a dark type because in the unvoa region it would show mercy to its opponents but in old sinnoh where event hr wild Pokémon are dangerous it couldn’t just use one attack to finish its opponents of it had to rapidly and show no mercy aka the dark typing

[@gabrielrasilva]

The "new" form of samurott is only a diferente color nothing more this is the reason it domt have an interesting entry to explain it havimg an recolor

[@mydogghost]

@@gabrielrasilva I mean it does this ruthless form of fighting just changed the shells it’s weapon it didn’t need much of a change except it’s fighting style

[@gengarzilla1685]

The "Pokédex" does not explain that, only Nintendo's official websites did. _Anyone_ could miss these important details.

[@mydogghost]

@@gengarzilla1685it’s theory crafting my guy I’m just putting the most logic thing

[@katiesquid]

Snorlax being harmful in Husui makes me think that the reason they're so docile in modern games is due to selective breeding. We know this can happen to Pokemon (Alolan Persian), so maybe trainers started breeding Snorlax who were more sleepy than others to get rid of the genes that made them greedy.

[@joosthuibregtse8143]

Great idea! Let's do it with humans!

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Imagine if there’s a dark type snorlax out there that’s like a man eater or something

[@errortryagainlater4240]

@@ksoundkaiju9256 it can't control its hunger so it will randomly eat anything it can grab. Ngl that's quite scary.

[@Kyumifun]

@@joosthuibregtse8143 I think the greedy ones died out since there were more trainers to defend the villages while the sleepy ones survived.

[@Kyumifun]

@@ksoundkaiju9256 wouldn't be suprised if a regular Snorlax was a man eater. I'm sure this Pokémon is capable of doing that. Snorlax can eat anything!

[@kevinjeremiahleescss2781]

24:09 lockstin just released a video on the inspirations behind Hisuian sliggoo and Goodra. To me, i think that the reason sliggoo and Goodra look melancholic is due to some kind of metal poisoning like for example mercury. Mercury poisoning can also cause anxiety. You guys can check his video and the comments for more info idk

[@personwholovesailorm]

As far as Laventon's home region I think it's safe to assume that Galar has already become a pretty well developed region at the time of Legends Arceus judging by the fact that multiple villagers mention Galar and Laventon's manner if speech is pretty close to a Galarian native. My guess is that Copperajah have already been brought to Galar by this point in time to help it develop, likely from the other region that we may get to explore in the next games. If Laventon has an actual camera and with Pokeballs being a recent invention, it's not too farfetched to assume that.

[@deena2851]

In the German version of the game Laventon sprinkles English words and expressions into his dialogue. Since Galar is inspired by Great Britain, this might be another hint that Laventon hails from that region.

[@JoeThomas-lu6fy]

@@deena2851 Not just German. He uses occasional English words in every language, and uses British slang/dialect in the English version.

[@deena2851]

@@JoeThomas-lu6fy Cool! I didn‘t know that! 😃

[@michaelcarlton1484]

The thing with Copperajah implies an India region. And given the British Empire's relationship with India at this time being similar to their relationship with Japan, I think it can be assumed Lavernton is from the Pokemon equivalent of India.

[@ceruleanlovegood9125]

@@michaelcarlton1484 what if it’s also a hint to gen 9 too? Maybe gen 9 is India inspired

[@drthmik]

The Drifloon entry is made all the more interesting since you actually rescue a child from being taken BY a drifloon in the game

[@jannie4303]

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[@PatriciadeMeij]

That's sad

[@risky2166]

@@PatriciadeMeij No, thats horrifying..

[@PatriciadeMeij]

@@risky2166 Also true

[@RGC_animation]

Yeah, finally they made the dex entry actually true.

[@Just_Shaun]

I like how they explain why the hisuian forms exist. It's very contextualised but what I can't wrap my head around is how based on the lore some of these Pokémon no longer exist.

[@Selet101]

Some ideas you can think of for sure for each: Basculegion killed off the entire population of Basculin over the generations until they went extint in Hisui/Sinnoh. As shown in The pokemon show "Hisui Snow" no one trusted pokemon back then, which would cause mistreatment on Zorua/Zoruark, but over the generations people learned more about them and treated them better, causing the deep resentment that fills them to dissipate. Wyrdeer it seems was a cause of hunting to near extinction. The black orbs on dead Stantler were used as a medicine according to Laventon, and modern pokedex entries state they were hunted to near extinction for art. The knowledge of how to evolve was likely lost to time while stantler struggled to survive. Ursaluna and Kleavor more than likely lost the ability to evolve due to not having the means to do so, with Peat Block and Black Augurite probably no longer being able to be found, as it was already really rare even back then. Devidueye, Typhlosion, Samurott, Braviary, Goodra and Lilligant likely are just because they no longer live natively in Sinnoh, as they migrated to warmer climates. Sneasel, Sneasler and Avalugg i have no idea. Voltorb and Electrode is a mystery as well that i have no idea how to explain the changes.

[@kit702]

@@Selet101 I'd theorize that Voltorb and Electrode changed over time to continue to resemble the Pokeballs they were trying to mimic in the first place -- as Pokeballs became made of material other than wood they lost their Grass typing (though imo this implies that it would have made a lot of sense for that line to *also* become Electric/Steel when the Steel type was introduced). Due to the Sneasel entry Michael pointed out in this video, I also think it's reasonable to suspect that the two forms of Sneasel got into some form of territory dispute and the Dark/Ice Sneasels managed to wipe out the Fighting/Poison types; despite Fighting types having an advantage over Dark types, the Hisuian Sneasels simply weren't as aggressive or cruel in their tactics. No idea about Avalugg, though. Maybe it was simply a case of them migrating to even colder climates after a while and losing their Rock typing to completely become Ice (and not be harmed by the increased cold). No idea what could have caused the migration. Maybe as Snowpoint City and the area around it developed, enough of the natural environment was lost it needed to migrate? Especially if it started getting bigger at some point before migrating; regular Avalugg is 2 feet and over 500 pounds larger than Hisuian Avalugg. Or maybe the snowy regions of Sinnoh actually became colder over time and Hisuian Avalugg couldn't survive there any longer due to its Rock typing. But all that is just hypothesizing and I feel a lot more certain that Voltorb and Electrode just "evolved" and that Sneasels and Weaviles just wiped out their Hisuian variants.

[@Selet101]

@@kit702 Quite possible for Sneaseler just to have been wiped out by the Weavile line. Weavile are certainly more violent and vicious fighters. The thing with Electrode is though, the noble pokemon Lord Electrode has existed for centuries since the ancient hero. Poke balls only existed for a couple of years before the story of Legends Arceus. I feel that Poke balls are more based on Voltorb and Electrode than the other way around. The only way i can think of it as otherwise is if we somehow get an even more ancient version of the two that look even more different, and have a different kind of ancient pokeball that looks similar to them. Size doesn't matter for Avalugg though. It's stated they grow larger constantly their entire lives. Lord Avalugg being absolutely monstrous in size shows that. the Snowpoint area getting colder over time though, either forcing out their rock typing or forcing them to migrate makes some sense though. Sadly i doubt we'll get any answer unless Hisuian Avalugg is in Scarlett and Violet.

[@MrHenhen5]

​@@Selet101 maybe laventon and the others who worked on the pokeball originally based it off of the electrode/voltorb. And then as the pokeball was developed more voltorb evolved alongside it

[@gengarzilla1685]

Weavile aren't _just_ more violent and vicious, they're also pack animals who work incredibly well in a group. Which gives them a pretty hefty advantage against a loner like Sneasler. If even the power and girth of a single Mamoswine can't beat off a hunting party of Weavile then I'd say Sneasler's got no chance.

[@netherillager5959]

About the Snorelax, I think the reason people view it so differently in the future is because of food being a more abundant thing because of technology and pokemon, yet in the past, food was far harder to come by

[@salmi2luccio]

I guess it's the same with yanma, a modern house is much heavier than an ancient house,( i haven't played the game but I would guess they are made of wood?)

[@kyleellis1825]

Wood cabins probablly are a lot easier to blow away than a house with a foundation in the ground.@@salmi2luccio

[@salamenceking6567]

I love how “Greetings! Poke fans! Michael here!” never gets old. Best intro ever!

[@neophyta]

90 percent of comments start with 'i like how' or 'i love how'

[@brianetie86]

@@neophyta I love how you noticed that

[@clandoll]

@Dating zone 7 bot

[@Socioromanticism]

Yes, but where does he come from?! He just comes up from the ether! Why aren't we calling out this witchcraft?

[@feel-ix1718]

Yep

[@cellanj]

I love that the uxie entry kinda ties into mystery dungeon, because it was like a major plot point, in PMD explorers, that it might have done that to the main character

[@wikiuser92]

That info about Uxie was previously known, so this isn't referencing PMD.

[@errortryagainlater4240]

Aaaand now I'm thinking about an open-world style PMD game 😭 (the closest we've gotten to that is Pokepark I think)

[@cellanj]

@@wikiuser92 yea you're right, but I live in hope that they'll make any reference to my favourite game. I'm on mad copium

[@cristiano7541]

19:10 this situation is similar to why you look after the snake that bit you and injected its venom. Because they have antibodies and other substances to neutralize the poison it creates, so if the snake accidentally bites itself, it doesn't die with its own poison (due to evolution)

[@Jupue]

39:30 @Mandjtv in german the item that changes the gelbes forms is called "wahrspiegel"(true-mirror), so it can be suspected that the true forms are the therians as they are not the ones found wild but by making them "true"

[@yeetyeeterson1914]

I like to think that the snorlax one is in line with the other entries. I imagine a snorlax harmlessly waking up and looking for food and coming across what they believed to be a wild rice field and harmlessly gorging themselves finishing just in time for the local farmers to see what the pokemon had done to their crops. Of course it ended in famine but it wasn't malicious it was just a wild animal behaving like a wild animal. I like this way of writing pokedex entries a lot more than previous iterations!

[@-w-4252]

ehe- now im imagining those people smashing the snorlax into pieces as revenge totally obliterating and killing it. So in revenge the rest of the snorlax’s out there became malicious and caused the famines on purpose

[@gilbertdiaz8930]

I just wanted to point out that Froslass's entry helps show its relation to its Yokai origin even more. Being a Yuki-onna (Snow Woman). There's many stories of these ghost women killing men who trespass in their areas and ending the lives of those who wronged the Yokai I believe. Actually, I feel that'd be a great video idea. Going through the Pokedex and comparing pokémon to Yokai. Like Froslass and Yukionna Or Ninetails and Kitsune

[@notagoatdefinitely7457]

Maybe even ludicolo and kappas

[@gilbertdiaz8930]

Exactly!! Like we need to have Mikey try and do this as a video. I'm sure there could be dozens if not hundreds of pokémon with mythical origins. Like Drowsy and Baku being another example

[@notagoatdefinitely7457]

Oh we can't forget mawile too

[@ReijiNRen]

Also there is a request in the game that ties into froslass's pokedex entry. Given you have to find a journal and the journal is written by a woman and a wild froslass has it. After you read it, it and the froslass vanish... if you didn't catch the froslass. If you did, only the journal vanishes.

[@gilbertdiaz8930]

@@ReijiNRen Okay, that is cool and we need more Yokai ties shown in pokémon now

[@tysonvienneau1830]

When you think about Samurott's dex entry, you realize something. In other dex entry's of Unovan Samurott, it says that it can "Fell a single foe in a single strike with its sword and quiet an entire crowd with a single glare." Meanwhile, Hisuian Samurott's says that "its *Turbulent Blows* crash into foes like *Ceaseless pounding Waves*." This means that during its time in Hisui, it found that, since the opponents are much more hostile, it can't just take something down in a single blow and shut people up by just looking at them. Seeing as it couldn't be merciful with a single strike, it became more relentless and showed no mercy. Notice it's still called the formidable Pokémon, it's still formidable, but not in the way we are used to

[@Katesashark]

11:55 Grunty Boi: THEY REPRESENT THE TEARS OF MY ENEMIES! 😃 Me: 😦 My dad: Ha ha ha ha! 😂

[@kinohokage]

Canadian here, there was a long period in Canadian history defined by the "fur trade" for beaver pelts. Beaver fur was highly valued by europeans(both settlers and across the ocean), and the First Nations peoples used the pelts in coats, pants, boots, etc... It was highly valued for the same things that I would Imagine Bibarel's coat was mentioned to be useful for. Since Bibarel is an Analogue to the Beaver, I feel it's probably safe to assume that they are making clothes out of Bibarel pelts.

[@Val.Kyrie.]

Fellow 🇨🇦 that was my immediate thought when he first read the dex. I thought it was obvious they were made into hats 😅

[@Prof_Tickles92]

In the beta versions of gold and silver, Quilfish had an evolution that they later re-worked into Lanturn. Glad to see they’re going back to the original idea.

[@yaboipktendo]

Since snorlax would eat Food of villages To the point of the Villagers starving, do you think Snorlax would result to eat People If they dont have enought Food/ any Food at all? Also, Goodra's Entry kinda makes me Love it even more. I'd Just Imagine that Sometimes when they are tired they will Ask their Trainer to cuddle Up inside the Shell with them Just so that they can make Sure the Trainer does Not leave them

[@tetra_kirby5691]

Why do you capitalize everything?

[@yaboipktendo]

@@tetra_kirby5691 Autocorrect

[@pavankumarr9163]

Plot twist: snorlax ate villagers' food, villagers made snorlax their food.

[@yaboipktendo]

@@pavankumarr9163 Honestly, one Snorlax could feed an intire Village for Days

[@Hashsquatch2]

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[@wheresprototype3507]

Hey Michael are you continuing the then vs now series? If so and you don't have one in mind I would like to see the ice or electric type. Also great video

[@dragon-du6ew]

Hmmm the legend of thunder and one of the worst too one of the worst AaEeIiOoUuYy

[@magica3526]

ice got a huge buff this gen so it'd be interesting

[@SacredFemme12]

I think the heavenly maiden talked about in cresselia's dex entry could be lunala, or possibly even dawn wings necrozma as both of them (more likely lunala) are linked with the stars and celestial bodies, but I dunno.

[@matthewolson2308]

lunala makes a lot of sense to me!

[@ellienugent2000]

@@matthewolson2308 Yeah I agree! She *DOES* seem Majestic in a Celestic way 4 a pokémon of Dark Ghost Type...

[@sarthakarora3212]

Can be new legendary that created milky way. It created our galaxy.

[@lunasif]

Um, or it could be a reference to the Japanese myth of the princess from the moon found in a bamboo stalk...