Every CRAZY Pokedex Entry in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Every dex entry in Scarlet and Violet that I thought was worthy of note, due to being crazy, disturbing, funny, weird, or whatever else!
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[@max-lee1203]

Crocodiles and birds in real life actually get along really well. One of Skeledirge's animations has the bird cleaning Skeledirge's teeth which is something real birds do for crocodiles. The bird gets free food and the crocodile gets a free dentist appointment. Edit: To be specific, the bird in question is the Egyptian plover. Edit 2 Electric Boogaloo: Even if the bird and crocodile thing is supposedly a "myth", it can still be used as inspiration. For example, Lurantis' concept is based on a orchid mantis. Orchid mantis' use their appearance to camoflauge as a plant, but with Lurantis, it's a plant that camoflauges as a mantis.

[@resyrum5301]

Which benefits the crocodile because their employers almost never include dental insurance

[@Raisinininin]

@@aananthbalachandran what about the Egyptian Plover?

[@Lich_Mishima]

@@aananthbalachandran symbiotic relationship

[@washiranz8939]

Egyptian Plover, there are hundreds of evidence in videos everywhere on the internet and documentaries

[@arkking552]

@@aananthbalachandran there are many pictures, videos, and studies related to the symbiotic relationship of crocodilians and birds

[@Spex2601]

I love how Garganacl after evolution goes from salt curing to curing with salt

[@NovumDoesObservation]

This comment deserves more attention, you got a chuckle from me

[@Kyumifun]

Lol But i still think this Pokémon has the ability to salt cure the life out of you in it's final form...

[@luvulfurz_64]

Character development

[@jonathanhensley8395]

Delicious

[@thomasmentch6256]

Lady gaga ostrich 🤣

[@reenamiller4489]

When the dex talked about deerling being a pest, I wasn’t surprised, considering I’ve watched many family members try to keep deer away after their plants and crops are chewed to bits. I actually like that they added that detail when compared to actual deer

[@Mysticgamer]

I'm playing the indigo disk dlc, and they're everywhere in the grassy areas.

[@DG_Toti]

I mean it’s still based on a true fact. In places where wolves were hunted to near-extinction since they were seen as a threat to farms, deer began overpopulating and becoming an _actual_ threat to farmland.

[@hunter_cocopops]

For skeledirge, I think it’s meant to represent how in real life, the Egyptian plover bird and crocodiles have this sort of mutual bond where the crocodile lets the bird eat out of its mouth. Therefore the crocodile gets cleaned and the bird get free food

[@Penguin_Happy]

Yeah exactly 💯

[@3180P5]

Ahh, I get it

[@TheRibottoStudios]

I love the idea that some Primeape evolve to Annihilape just to LITERALLY spite Death itself. That's honestly iconic. Also Sawsbuck's fall dex entry completely aligns with a deer's rut season. It happens between the middle of October to early December which again aligns perfectly with their winter form dex entry being much calmer and easier to tame vs the fall form. I'm soooooo loving that Pokemon is continuing to bring in real world aspects to these Pokemon because essentially, they ARE animals. Just with cool powers.

[@TechnoArpan]

too angry to live, too angry to die

[@haddy106]

You can tell who in the comments is American or not from whether they call it Autumn or Fall

[@cr0ccon3t91]

Paldean primape: "in my tribe, death is not the end..."

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@Haddy that's cause fall comes from German and autumn is from French. The UK has more French influences than German so makes sense you'd take on more FANCY words like Autumn while we take on fall

[@miles6492]

@@TheRibottoStudios Except in German, autumn/fall is called Herbst.

[@derubor]

My theory about why the dex entries for Shellos and Gastrodon seem to contradict each other is, that warmer water forces east Shellos to evolve to protect itself, whereas west Shellos rarely evolves naturally due to it feeling more comfortable in the warmer oceans.

[@kamenriderblastknight2226]

I was thinking that too, west shellos is evolving less and less while east shellos are evolving more and more which causes less west gastrodon and more east gastrodon

[@fivestarguy100]

Wouldn't it be crazy if, in a future game, we got a new evolution/form for West Shellos, because it no longer needs to evolve into West Gastrodon? And vice versa, a new evolution/form for East Gastrodon, because all of the East Shellos evolved due to the climate?

[@rdtripler5604]

Same idea here..!

[@owenweatherbie9938]

There was also that bit in the west gastrodon entry about "shallow" water. Maybe east gastrodon prefer deeper water? So while climate change drive rising sea temperature favor west shellos, climate change driven sea level rise favors east gastrodon?

[@moon4236]

That's what I thought too. The number of shellos born from the two forms would be around the same, it's just that in the past west shellos were forced to evolve more often while in the present it's the east she'll os that are forced to evolve.

[@gladoseon4117]

I imagine that the Gastrodon conundrum can be answered rather simply: East Shellos are now in a better situation to evolve, while west Shellos are now in a situation where it’s better not to evolve.

[@adrian.y8563]

21:29 Yes this is accurate, people in Asia (especially in China and Taiwan) see swallow nests (or the hardened saliva used to build the nests) as a medical ingredient and use it for food, usually sweet soups. They are very rare so the prices are usually very high, when cooked they are very gelatinous and have a gooey texture. What's interesting is that, since swallow nests are so expensive, people often times substitute them with white tree ears, which is what Toedscool is based off of.

[@aho9071]

I can imagine in the pokemon world since they are electric type, "ahh not enough sleep, welp gonna boil me some wattrel nest for that five hr energy" lol

[@Zora_TheSideCharacter]

For gastradon I think I have a good explanation: The pink ones are being more numerus and dont need to work as much, leading to less evolution. The blue ones are struggling so they are evolving as soon as possible to survive longer.

[@guthguth75]

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

[@ofirsoroka4264]

Maybe the pink Gastrodon species are getting more eggs, but dying quickly after that, and the blue ones just evolving faster

[@matthewwatson5029]

It could also be the case that the pink ones often die before being able to become Gastrodons, whereas the blue ones hatch and grow up in areas that are hidden from humans then come out of hiding once they become Gastrodons.

[@ahsokatanogaming7401]

@@matthewwatson5029 this could be the case because the gastrodons are said to appear near shallow waters and it could be because of the global warming as it is possible tue eastern ones live in deep water as the water along the surface is always a lot warmer then the deeper water so it could be that the water levels have risen since we see very little shallow water in the ocean, more then likely the western are going up in water in the warm upper water while when it evolves it is to big to feed from the shallow waters anymore as the shallow water has decreased

[@luievd89]

Mike, theres a dish made with the swiftlets nest, thats a bird that makes their nest with their saliva which solidify ... So that might be wattrels deal

[@phillyknox]

My theory for the Shellos/Gastrodon entries is that due to the ocean temperatures rising, East Sea Shellos are evolving faster and more frequently to be slightly heartier and survive the different temperatures while the West Sea is having less incentive to evolve- probably due to its habitat zones increasing in size. Also those paradox entries sure are *the* dex entries of all time

[@grain_o_salt]

pun intended?

[@MasterIsabelle]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thinks this

[@k-coolrgs9578]

Good Headcanon

[@knifeturtle8799]

@@MasterIsabelle good too know im not alone

[@RGC_animation]

However, in the game, is there really more Shellos and Gastrodon of one species tho?

[@definitelynotarickroll]

Fun fact: One of Gumshoos’ Pokédex entries states that it was imported to alola from another region When Scarlet and Violet was announced, I was hoping that Paldea would be this mysterious region that I didn’t know about

[@keylimepython641]

It still might be. Paldea's Gumshoos and Yungoos entries do not mention it as being from another region.

[@JohnDoe-lk7er]

For Annihilape, I like to think that the body is dead, but the mind and soul are still alive. Also, the "supernatural strength" comes from it now having extra energy because it no longer needs to perform vital bodily functions.

[@comicsans6264]

Wattrel's violet dex entry is a reference to bird's nest soup. It's a type of bird nest that's made of the bird's saliva that hardens up into tough threads that sticks together like super glue. People collects their nest and makes them into soup. People say that the bird's nest has some health benefits for your body. They're also very expensive.

[@solgaleoex5997]

I am drinking it while watching this

[@nicklinn5731]

I’ve had the opportunity to have birds nest soup. It was in a restaurant’s basement dining room in the middle of Philadelphia’s China town. One of about 20 courses, part of a dinner for my friend’s father’s funeral. Flavor was unexplainable, milky, umami, and yet somehow a little fishy; also a gelatinous porridge texture.

[@thaoaothi818]

Yeah, Mikey should go to Asia one day, just any country

[@austinburras2993]

Or the bird it self

[@nahomiklepke5906]

Yes the soup is made by using the swiftlet birds nest. Wattrel also resembles the bird in its apperance.

[@KeebeThePlush]

For a kids game, the devs never fail to include stuff that can make you shiver if you found the mons irl

[@joesephyouseff5497]

Entei erupts volcanos every time they bark and there is confirmed multiple of them

[@jonnymaldonado5974]

"for a kids game" schtick is getting pretty old don't you think? even Gamefreak seems over that by introducing more mature material in S/V with the professors being killed.

[@ShaeTollefson]

lri snom eht dnuof uoy fi revihs uoy ekam nac taht ffuts edulcni ot liaf reven sved eht ,emag sdik a roF

[@kiapandora2094]

Watch the first original Digimon

[@exacutionpoints8908]

@@jonnymaldonado5974 it's still a kids game. besides, multiple deaths have been known in pokemon before, this one single one isn't gonna change that.

[@Rayquaza-wp8kd]

So I was looking over the Violet Pokédex entries and the one that I was the most interested in was the Orange Flower Florges: In times long past, castle governors would lovingly raise Florges to care for their castles’ exquisite gardens. So a lot of kings and queens had Florges take care of their gardens which is sweet in my opinion.

[@unitds27-delta]

It's certainly interesting, but we've already known this, as other dex entries have told us this

[@halowing101]

The opposite dex entries for the paradox mon is part of why I like to theorize that the paradox mon don't actually come from the past/future, it's from the respective professor's imagination

[@forplaylistpurposes9941]

In reference to Wattrels entry about eating its nest, birds nest soup is a real delicacy made from swiftlet bird nests. This bird doesn’t make nests from twigs but instead will use it’s own spit that will harden and create a nests. People in Southeast Asia and China will take these nests and create a broth from it, as they sort of dissolve in water.

[@otakotako2601]

can confirm that people breed swallows here just to take their nests and eat them

[@lunamoonstone6932]

I was hoping someone else would mention this, thank you!

[@idfkwhattowrite4838]

Yep, it can be pretty expensive sometimes cuz its believed to have some great health effects (I think, I personally don't like bird nest soup so idk if thats actually true)

[@tracyglasper5177]

The soup actually tastes pretty good. I had it once at a Cambodian wedding I attended.

[@forplaylistpurposes9941]

@@tracyglasper5177 I’ve had it at a wedding before too but I was a kid so I can’t remember if I like it or not…

[@rileyhoggan6278]

Fun fact, the aggressive autumn form of sawsbuck references real world behavior of deer. Fall is mating season for them (also known as the rut), and it’s when males will fight one another for the right to breed, thus explaining the game devs reasons for making the autumn form more aggressive and prone to fighting

[@coolkcroyale]

Then as we all know during the winter they go through a seasonal depression

[@chompcafe6779]

So sawsbuck is just … *horny*

[@tberlin9070]

Oh thats cool

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

@@coolkcroyale the post nut clarity got delayed, but it hits hard

[@cousinjack1184]

@@standard-carrier-wo-chan don't you mean "post RUT clarity"???? 😅

[@natalyapilipchuk5235]

9:43 So on my playthrough of Gen 9 I used both Quaquaval and Tsareena on my team. My headcanon now is that when given the opportunity the two will make as much of a scene as possible with their dancing.

[@richardkirkland6805]

It took me a while to realize this video is a year old, as I distinctly remembered him reading an ASPITPIAY entry for why Talonflame's dex entry was so specific. Because it lifts Tinkaton's hammer, which weighs 220 lbs. Also, Sawsbuck's Pokédex entry just stated that Sawsbuck Leaf Tea is considered a black tea.

[@unski7051]

I know this comment is a couple of months old, but anyway. It's also that specific weight because it's like 200g off of exactly 100 kilos, which is the unit the original version as well as any other localisations would use.

[@decepticonmaster7702]

Fun fact: When it was mentioned that dondozo and tatsugiri hunts bird poke, it explains why there are a lot of feathers in casseroya lake (the location where you can only find dondozo and tatsugiri). The spoils of the hunt scattered all around the lake.

[@somefunwithcj5830]

also fun fact: I call Tatsugiri "the sus fish"

[@emmittferrymccann7887]

Area calls tatsugiri little sushi guy

[@lunarstudios-mh7qi]

😶 oh god

[@bobandmrmecaleb5873]

Oh, cool!

[@athenaraines]

Weirdly, Kingambit being a reckless attacker in combat rather than a tactical genius actually fits with its namesake. The King’s Gambit in chess is known for being a wild double edged sword of an opening; very aggressive and confrontational, but also leaving weaknesses on your side.

[@christianwai1796]

Its name is a play on king but also on kin gambit, in that it recklessly gambits its kin away to get stronger with its ability supreme overlord

[@ZaidanDarmasakti]

I thought female Bisharp evolved into Queen Gambit.

[@sakuya1185]

@@ZaidanDarmasakti I hope it does in future games

[@gengarzilla1685]

Kingambit's personality is just a horribly disappointing downgrade from the cruel but cunning Bisharp though. Now it's just a tactically incompetent brute.

[@_DazedJOKER__420]

@@ZaidanDarmasakti 😂

[@wolfcat1973]

The fall and winter deerling violet dex entries kinda make me think of the Nara deer. Like, they brazenly approach people for food, follow you if you feed them, then, in the case of the winter form, headbutt you for attention, disregarding the fact that they have antlers that they are jabbing you with. Plus, the Sawsbuck dex entries are kinda accurate to real dear behavior throughout the year.

[@nekomarusmommymilkers]

the 220lbs in talonflames dex entry is a link to tinkatons who's scarlet entry mentions its hammer is 220lbs so talonflame is avenging corviknight and attacking tinkatons

[@omarriverajr.4341]

So skeledirge and the bird actually have a real connection to the world. The Egyptian plover is a bird that works in symbiosis with crocodiles to clean their teeth. The birds gets “invited” by the croc to clean its teeth.

[@toxiccream6424]

was just gonna write this lmao

[@auroradia9435]

Same

[@felixthekat333]

Thank you for writing this

[@darkgamer3209]

Also it's signature move uses the bird

[@d.ed.l5745]

Oh I thought it was because there are birds that hang out with crocs or alligator and the birds usually clean their teeth when the have their mouth open. They don't get eaten they work together as partners.

[@BrendonStMarie]

Watching Toedscool run is probably one of if not the funniest animation in the whole game. I almost died laughing when I saw it the first time

[@Keryusai1]

Same lol

[@SaiOkami777]

I always imagine that sound effect they used in spongebob for squidward's walk

[@Aaroncarter95]

It looks so cursed honestly.

[@Saiyan254]

Lol someone needs to make it to the SpongeBob cheap walk cycle

[@Onsvaltti]

It still makes me happy to see.

[@sirfurbingtonthe23rd4]

I'm sure someone's already mentioned this, but based on the Yellow Squakabilly's dex entry, they were probably the birds that had the squabble with the Fletchlings that's mentioned in Fletchling's dex entry.

[@sethporter9066]

57:07 Ultra Beasts/Necrozma's homeworld: Are we a joke to you?

[@That_NRD]

Looking at Maschiff's Pokedex entry, I wonder if Sada/Turo got Arven a Maschiff specifically because they knew they'd be away from him for long periods of time, so the Maschiff would be able to make Arven laugh, even if he was sad.

[@364-unbirthdays8]

I love this and hate this at the same time. It's beautiful, and I am now very sad

[@k-coolrgs9578]

Very nice headcanon very sad though.

[@Saiyan254]

You can see a photo of a young Arven with a maschiff in Area Zero

[@kurtwagner4663]

Actually yes. The nests of swiftlets(which are real birds despite the name lol) are treated as a delicacy and some even say they have healing properties

[@DaKing08]

Google Asia birds nest drink

[@robertlupa8273]

Wow.

[@LoveRubyXO]

Bizarre

[@leobuana7430]

And the nest is made of the bird special saliva

[@ruijesus5457]

Yeah i search for this comment hehe

[@charizardunites]

6:50 I love the line after he talks about this cute gremlin. My inner corviknight lover, “THIS CREATURE IS AN ENEMY OF TEAM SKY!!!!! Go forth Mega Charizard Y and Mega Rayquaza, strike it down!!!!!”

[@girafarig7859]

I like to think the reason donphan is so susceptible to rain is because their signature tough hide gets soft when its wet for a long period. Like a callous on your hands or feet, it's super hard and tough when it's dry but after a shower its soft enough to scratch off with your fingernail

[@mozziestiks7580]

Skeledirge's bird is based on the symbiotic relationship between Nile Crocodiles and Plover birds! The plover birds will pick and eat bits of meat and plaque off of the crocodiles teeth, getting a meal and also cleaning the croc's teeth in the process. I think Skeledirge actually has an animation of the little bird doing this exact thing!

[@jellywishofficial]

It's so cool! so much thought was put into his design, he's definitely my favorite Paldea starter by far

[@Aceius]

It could be a reference to psychopomps as well. Bird like creatures that carry souls to the other side.

[@maskofmany9208]

Yes it does have that animation, whenever it happens in the wild, it is a test of trust between the two, as the bird puts it’s life into the crocodile’s hands (or jaw). The crocodile does not bite, and instead patiently waits for the bird to finish what it is doing, a truly beautiful interaction in the wild

[@corrupteddata3533]

You beat me to it.

[@absolutemaniac7368]

It turns out this doesn't actually happen and is a myth

[@Flameflamesonthesideofmyface]

Wattrel’s nest being a delicacy is probably a reference to bird’s nest soup which are made from swift nests( They make their nest from their saliva) Scarabs represent rebirth so the “infant” being referred to may be its reborn form

[@timotheninja]

Are you telling me that people eat bird saliva?

[@ShardySharky]

@@timotheninja yes that is what they are saying

[@beatricezhang8272]

Yes, yes they do

[@HaaraAki]

@@timotheninja yes, they can also cost around $3,000 a pound. Depending on the grade.

[@timotheninja]

@@HaaraAki wow

[@AutisticGastrodon]

Goodra's Sword entry: i love hugs :) Goodra's Violet entry: *you have heed your last haw*

[@jannfredryckmatias3545]

1:00:54 Hahah glad you took note of these, too. I nicknamed my Treasures as Mollusgrudge, Erminhate, Elkenfear, and Goldenvy thanks to these Dex entries.

[@pikachuyip1478]

I like Crocodile’s final evolution and the interesting part about the small fire bird is has symbiosis to real life crocodiles and birds.

[@markcleveland5162]

Thank you. Why don’t people understand the reference of the final evolution.

[@kyeblade06]

@@markcleveland5162 some just dont know about it

[@t84t748748t6]

i wanne knowe if its a different pokemon it got a soul so its a different pokemon like slowbro and kangaskhan dont lump 2 diferent pokemon together name them

[@bluebaron6811]

I love crocodiles. They seem like terrifying creatures (they still sort of are), but all they really do is sleep and carry birbs on their back.

[@Sheenifier]

@@markcleveland5162 with someone as knowledgeable as Micky with these kinds of things I was expecting him to know this right off the bat. It's just wow you of all people

[@haku8135]

The dex entry just said Gothitelle has seen the end of existence, and it's beautiful. Never said WHY it was ending.

[@adambryant4149]

I'd like to imagine a Gardevoir summoned a black hole

[@crimson_king3350]

And Micheal said that were all gonna die in 1 billion years into the future but Gothitelle saw the future of earth in 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 and probably more

[@violetbean8928]

@@crimson_king3350 by only 4 billion years later the Earth would have been destroyed by the sun growing, so there'd be no future of earth to look into. also, if proton's don't decay, then the universe ends in 10x10^10^56 years

[@thedeepfriar745]

The entire universe fell to the righteous fury of anihilape

[@crimson_king3350]

​@@thedeepfriar745 Maybe it did

[@BoxLoverVR]

U do epic work, Keep it up

[@charizardunites]

6:50 “THIS CREATURE IS AN ENEMY OF TEAM SKY!!!!!!!!” Mike said.

[@KojinMacJorn]

When it comes to the Gastrodon's, look at it like this: Since the Pink Ones are becoming more numerous due to rising water temperatures, it becomes far more comfortable. This causes it not to struggle to survive, thus not requiring it to Evolve to survive. Flip this on its head for the blue. Due to the rising water temps, and its decreasing numbers, what remains must evolve to survive.

[@DaisyDream_pers]

Glad someone mentioned this, because it's what I was thinking

[@equivalentconcept1403]

I just thought shellos migrated when they evolved.

[@MDB2KEntertainment]

I just commented something similar to this but finding your comment just after makes mine seem stupid 😅

[@DrPotatoSkins]

I was literally on my way to comment this. And yeah, it makes perfect sense. With a harsher environment comes harsher survival conditions, and vice versa.

[@darthultor6365]

My theory was that since the dex said That West Gastrodon hunt in shallow waters, They become more rare due to rising tide, with perhaps the opposite happening for the East Gastrodon

[@gavinhowell719]

I think the reason for Shellos' and gastrodon's confusing Pokédex entries is because the west one is less in danger so it is stopping evolving all together while the type that is in more danger is evolving more to save the species

[@tcbrison6592]

I was thinking that the west one has a lot more competition so fewer are able to evolve as resources become spread thin while the east ones have more than enough to thrive. At least for now.

[@Aaroncarter95]

Honestly it could be both. Because it's no longer in danger of going extinct it no longer fights to stay alive and thus doesn't need to evolve fast HOWEVER because so many are in an area they fight amongst themselves where the weakest perish to allow the strongest to survive. Basically they're stuck between needing to stay strong enough to fight each other but not need to get much stronger to require an evolution.

[@RobinHisgen]

I indeed don't think it's a mistake. I think that, at the very least, the differences cause 1 species to evolve more (resulting in more Gastrodon), and the other to evolve less (resulting in more Shellos). Maybe gastrodon has a bigger tolerance for temperature shifts than Shellos, which would normally cause Shellos to evolve if their waters get too warm/cold (maybe it's a seasonal thing, where they would normally evolve in summer/winter, when the water temperature changes too much and make it unbearable for Shellos).

[@cwalshy6527]

I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING

[@Neon_Lightning]

Couple things I’ve got from this list: first, I now have the image of Tinkaton doing the Pokémon version of golf to hit Corviknight, and also I’m wondering with Vivillion if it’s a case of it came to Paldea so long ago that it’s just thought to be native to the region, like Copperajah with Galar.

[@Bloodpix]

I think the main reason Capsakids teeth are what is added to things to make it spicy is they kinda resemble the seeds inside the hot pepper. The seeds tend to be spicier. I imagine it's also easier to ground and pulverize as a seasoning.

[@thesaltdragon]

Quick note on the Kingambit entry, Kingambit is actually a reference to a chess move known as The King's Gambit, a highly aggressive opening that focuses on doing as much damage as possible early game.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Makes sense as pawniard and bisharp's names come from chess pieces.

[@user-mg1oy6hp4f]

⁠​⁠@@Twinklethefox9022yeah Pawniard is the pawn and Bisharp is the bishop

[@el_perro2436]

And the rookidee line covers some other pieces, rookidee is the rook, and corviknight is the knight

[@garrisonmoncher5461]

So is Nidoqueen the last peice or is that another pokemon?

[@Commander_Appo]

Which is funny since Kingambit is meant to be the last Pokémon you use

[@IceDragon289]

I really like the detail that autumn Sawsbuck is more short-tempered. Autumn is mating season for a lot of deer species, and bucks get super aggressive during that time. Edit: spelling

[@KawaiiHippityHop-cl5bb]

“Though usually compassionate, Florges will hunt down anyone who vandalises its flower garden, showing no mercy even if they beg for their lives.” O_o

[@llawliet1598]

Something I haven’t seen anyone talk about with the tinkaton and corviknight is that you can really only find 1 Corviknight outside of Area Zero, and Tinkaton’s line in several areas in paldea. In Area Zero though, you can find Corviknight everywhere, but no Tinkaton at least to my knowledge you can’t find one. Almost like they’re in hiding within the Great Crater. I think it’s a very nice touch personally

[@zachpohlman321]

I never actually thought about this, but this is crazy. It’d be awesome if Gamefreak actually did that and on purpose.

[@minaricanojieun7605]

another thing I found cool is that tinkaton’s shiny is just a diff coloured hammer, a similar colour to shiny corviknight-

[@RGC_animation]

@@minaricanojieun7605 It murdered a shiny Corviknight to make itself shiny!

[@user-vc2qg9pw3p]

@@RGC_animation Thats why I can't find one shiny corviknight now it makes sense

[@RGC_animation]

@@user-vc2qg9pw3p Well how many shiny Tinkaton did you find?

[@toonirl6675]

As someone who has lived their entire childhood among white tailed deer I can say that those Deerling and Sawksbuck entries are remarkably accurate

[@inboxmeonnicegramMandjTVExtra5]

You have won my giveaway 🎁🎁☝️☝️📥📥

[@confderatechocolate4645]

Came here to say the same thing.

[@markjrcolin1210]

Gen 9 has been a generation that actually grabbed me. It’s been a long time since a main series game actually hooked me. I’ve played a game from almost every Gen except for 1 & 7. And Gen 9, specifically violet, has taken my #1 fav spot next to platinum (the first main series game I completed the main story for waaaaay back when it was brand new.)

[@GreenDinoRanger]

You should give Sun/Moon a go. It's a nice Pokemon adventure

[@fredducine7109]

35:00 the teeth are used probably because they look like and are capsakid’s equivalent of pepper seeds, which is where the capsaicin is stored in a pepper :)

[@suicune690]

As a Sawsbuck enthusiast, I should mention that the Autumn form's aggression is based on the rutting season of white-tailed deer, native to New York/Unova.

[@UniGya]

Cetoddle's entry implies a very funny evolution of the species where it started in the water like all life, left to become mammals, decided to go back to become whales, and then decided to leave again

[@ZizzleTheKakapo]

Cetoddle is like a dog/cat: "Open door I want to go outside" *opens door* *hey go outside then come back in instantly* *closes door* "Open door I want to go outside" FUUUU

[@apjtv2540]

In regards to the Gastrodon/Shellos thing, it may be about environmental pressure. Fewer East sea Shellos mean greater pressure to evolve and protect their habitats, while more West sea Shellos means the pressure to hunt will be lessened and they'll have less need to evolve into Gastrodon.

[@AlexisNotHere_]

Props to mikey to reading 400 dex entries twice, meaning he read 800 dex entries

[@rhettjones7176]

Some deep chess references with Kingambit. The Kings Gambit, an opening chess move, is a high-risk strategy that if it pays off results in an aggressive win by the using player sacrificing pawns. It is a move not used as often as more long-term strategy styles are used today. Hence why Kingambit isn't known for his strategy and more for his aggressive fighting.

[@milesph6905]

Retaliate fits into this too. It's usually a more more associated with other pokemon, I think, but it fits well with the reference to the strategy, at least in my opinion.

[@darthpaul99]

Donphan is based on a tire, so the dex entry about it being vulnerable to rain and not doing well with that isn’t just it’s weakness because it’s a ground type, but also a reference to how tires can lose traction and not perform well in rain.

[@chaosthebifurry1116]

Congratulations you have lost your father Making fun of the bot

[@caseyrosenberg4319]

29:11 funny thing about that, my first shiny was a shiny skidoo on the path to the open sky titan from the bug type gym. I called him Clover and fought the champion's gogoat with him LOL

[@jarnovanderlaan9002]

I love Mikey’s speech about Winter Form Sawsbuck, so powerfull and thrilling, like an protester (in a good way) 24:12

[@mackenziecrooks9235]

Fun fact about Sawsbuck autumn form, it lines up with how deer IRL behave, as it's their mating season. Buck become far more territorial as well

[@CesarACastillo]

A friend of mine knows this from experience he was gored after thinking it was a good idea to tease a deer we found in the mountains

[@q-miiproductions878]

Plus their antlers drop off in winter.

[@CheeseLoverRed]

I have a theory about the Shellos and Gastrodon. Because there aren't a lot of Shellos in the East they have more need to get stronger to defend themselves from predators. Therefor much more of them are evolving into Gastrodon. Which decreases the number of Shellos even more as more of them are Gastrodon. Whereas the West have more Shellos in the group to protect each other. The West also have more competition amongst each other and most likely only a few decide to evolve. Maybe as a ranking system if it has any deep meaning to it.

[@RANGER_VR.]

I was thining of the same thing that more east shellos are evolving yet less west shellos dont have as much of a reson to evolve.

[@izzyandthewolfcosplay3904]

I just made a post for a very similar theory and scrolled down and saw yours

[@CalebJohnston-vn8dx]

i also suggrest is that since there defending themselves too much they have less time to breed

[@Casselberryfinn]

I was literally thinking the same thing

[@spencerkeigley3270]

I think it because more east gastrodon has to move to surtin areas that are colder but west is the opposite because it has more room in the world.

[@zetomer5468]

21:30 I'm not sure if this was said before (probably was but anyway), there is indeed a bird whose nests are eaten and considered delicacy, they are made of spit by the way (the bird is Swiftlet) 47:15 My theory is that East Shellos started evolving a lot in the wild and thus East Shellos go down in numbers while East Gastrodon increase and the other way around with West Shellos and Gastrodon

[@RuinedFire]

Ooohhhhhhhh I get the Crocalor to Skeledirge thing now. The egg on Crocalor hatches when it evos to Skeledirge, and creates the bird on Skeledirge's snout. This is interesting because there is a type of bird that hangs around crocs.

[@aidenk.364]

My personal head cannon is that since Rotom is sometimes a little prankster/pest, the new washing machines are designed specifically to keep rotom out

[@germany8339]

I read pest and I just thought of "Rotom, the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse "😂

[@aaalol886]

​@@germany8339 pestilence

[@ytk2508]

I think it's more other washing machines aren't as comfy, and so rotom doesn't want to go in there

[@dreamfirefight9456]

But then why do we have Rotom Phones where Rotoms love to interact with the owners of those phones? Not to mention the Alola Pokédex. If Rotom was that much of a nuisance, why would them be overall so cheerful in those aforementioned appliances?

[@irrespondible]

@@dreamfirefight9456 Because the fancy apps in the phones keep them busy. If you have a child, you know KZbin and a game on the phone can help to keep them quiet for a bit.

[@frogace55]

So a fun bit with the paradox mons and the Dex (Spoilers), when you finish The Way Home storyline, Clavell says he's letting you off for breaking the rules, but you can't mention going into Area Zero. With that in mind, the fact they are all tabloid types of entries make perfect sense, because in-verse, that's basically all the information that exists on them beforehand, and giving accurate info means sharing you went to Area Zero.

[@CrystalGreymon]

Wouldn't using any of them in battle against anybody also be the case?

[@frogace55]

@@CrystalGreymon The existence of the Desert Titan and the fact it happens to be the Donphan paradox means that it's possible for others to have leaked out as well, so. . . not exactly You are already lucky enough to be riding on the Paradox Cyclizar, so finding another isn't too much of a stretch

[@cubthebear5995]

i like how mikey is looking at stats when talking about the lore in some of these

[@boubayaga_]

So on the Gastrodon and Shellos situ. I feel like with the waters heating up West Shellos have become more numerous bc they're not evolving in the warmer waters, whereas warmer waters are making more East Shellos evolve. This is the only way to explain both things happening at once lol

[@padenyetter5135]

46:58 For the Shellios theory, I believe that the Shellos are increasing and decreasing based on the temperature of the water, and in order to survive the east Shellos are evolving at a higher rate than the west Shellos in order to compensate

[@santigarr]

I thought it was because the east form shellos were evolving more than the west form

[@poketrenerboberowy8130]

for me i fell like there is more of the pink one. so they dont need to evolve to survive and become stronger while blue one have to or they will die

[@roseprincess7668]

@@poketrenerboberowy8130 This is what I was thinking too

[@ExTrEmEStOrW]

idk why but my idiotic mind went maybe the west shellos went to the east and got cold, evolved into the east gastrodon XD

[@yusufmeteyucel5320]

I have a theory about Gastrodons: As the West Shellos' life conditions are getting better, their need of evolution to survive is decreasing at the same time. In the other hand, the situation is opposite for the East ones which makes them more likely to evolve for surviving and being able to live in those conditions.

[@adrigl3371]

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking, one is just evolving more than the other, therefore there’s less of the base form in the wild

[@Agricarnation]

!!!!! yes!!!!! this is what i was thinking!!!!!!!!

[@Lego_whis12]

Also since there are more west, predators are hunting them. So more east can survive until its a gastrodon and defend it self

[@TTRoxas27]

Yeah my way of thinking too,wanted to comment this,but i am glad i found this one before i did 😂😂

[@brennacampbell8096]

My theory for the gastradon shellos thing is there is more available space for the East Sea gastradon because of the fewer shellos while with the west sea variant there are probably more territorial disputes among gastradon because of the more numerous shellos

[@stickman_ig]

mikey: sawsbuck the subtitles: saucebuck 💀

[@KreamedKARN25]

Fun fact, blue pigments we’re rarer in historic times due to lapis lazuli being incredibly hard to find. So the fact that florges violet entry calls attention to that in the Pokémon world is pretty cool.

[@leafeon8956]

At what point in the past is this? Because I remember hearing that blue used to be a girl's color because blue fabric was extremely cheap and misogyny stuff. I could've fully made that up I don't remember where or when I heard that tbh

[@forplaylistpurposes9941]

You’re referring to gendered baby clothes, which started in the 19th century around the same time artificial pigments were being created. Blue being considered a rare paint pigment has been a thing since the pyramids were built and probably even earlier.

[@leafeon8956]

@@forplaylistpurposes9941 OKAY thank you

[@KreamedKARN25]

@@leafeon8956 yeah, what he said

[@pratikgaikwad7472]

@@leafeon8956 Bruh where did misogyny come from?

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

Also I think Rabsca and Rellor are basically reincarnating constantly. Rabsca's bug part is it's elderly shell, with the Ball being it's new self incubating. The two of them are a mix of Dung Beetles using dung balls to feed their kids, and other scarab species' connection to the afterlife in some cultures. At least that's what I am guessing.

[@wikiuser92]

I think it's that way too. Sounds logical.

[@rayturnatus2007]

I think its related to Ra's daily rebirth, with Kehpri the dung beetle being the one that rolls the sun dung ball across the sky

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

@@rayturnatus2007 I knew it was Egyptian, I just wasn't sure on the specific myth. But I knew it was.

[@marisolramirez9591]

Skeledirge having a connection with a bird could be a reference to how there is a species of bird that pick bits of food from the teeth of crocodiles cleaning them and thus have a symbiotic relationship or how birds and crocodiles have a common ancestor

[@sleepysmt]

with regards to shellos and gastrodon - if there are more west shellos and fewer west gastrodon (& vice versa) it seems to imply fewer west shellos are evolving in the wild and likewise more east shellos are needing to evolve due to changing environmental conditions

[@X525Crossfire]

Actually, Michael, the Deerling-Lycanroc thing is reflective of Japanese culture. Farmers in Japan worshiped wolves because they hunted the herbivores (such as deer and wild boar) who would eat their crops, and they would even leave food at their dens as an offering for their protection. Also, I think Deerling and Lycanroc are listed as "rivals" because Deerling has a type advantage over Lycanroc.

[@ELi_Sorrell12347]

boars aren`t herbivores they eat anything that fits in their mouth you can see from my profile i hunt boar so i would know

[@PatchyConvert]

@@ELi_Sorrell12347 That kind of irrelevant since they still eat crops...

[@th3gr1zzlyk1ng8]

And another thing of note here is that autumn sawsbuck is aggressive because for deer the autumn is their mating season (called the rut) and male deer fight each other for mates

[@X525Crossfire]

@@th3gr1zzlyk1ng8 Not exactly what I was going for, but okay...

[@johncronk8867]

Deer are a menace to farmers worldwide, not just Japan. Take it from a Montanan.

[@Elros89]

Kingambit's strategy of just throwing its army at its opponents makes sense when you look at its ability, which makes it stronger when more fainted pokemon are around

[@kingteddieP4]

So not having a strategy Is the strategy.

[@steeredshark5542]

@@kingteddieP4 or, it’s like the Joker. Have a plan that is incredibly well thought out, but, let people think that you don’t have a plan do you can easily surprise them

[@Mariomaster157]

So Kingambit doing a Leroy Jenkins

[@netzachtheunholy]

barraskewda probably hunt in the same ecological niche as finizen, its just pointed out that it can attack wingull due to it being a unique trait.

[@elijahquipse5879]

25:59 is my favorite line from this channel. 37:05 Add 14.29% of the base speed stat, and the number is the speed in MPH (I think this is it because of 15/105 is 14.29%, so adding that to 105 gets the 120 MPH in the Dex entry)

[@nyxnyx2023]

lets jus round it to 15% and say dats it

[@elijahquipse5879]

@@nyxnyx2023if you want to round, 14.5 would be better than 15

[@RoniDraws]

i think the Donphan entry makes sense, Phanpy is young and its skin isnt as hard and tough as Donphan, so they dont mind the water but for Donphan it probably makes its skin soft and squishy, leaving it vulnerable to cuts and bruising while it fights off predators and such

[@kidomaruking35]

Do you remember the phanphy in the third pokemon movie how it demolished onix? Good times

[@wikiuser92]

@@kidomaruking35 That was an illusionary Phanpy that was much stronger than a real one.

[@kociarzultimate384]

Donphan is based on tire and driving is hard during rain

[@kidomaruking35]

@@kociarzultimate384 genius

[@gengarzilla1685]

Yeah, rain makes it harder for tyres to keep traction. A Donphan in the rain would lose control too often and keep crashing into stuff.

[@exi_m7074]

Honestly, the fact that annihalape gets SO angry that it dies, and then decides “NO! IM NOT DYING!” and comes back to life due to sheer stubbornness just makes me chuckle Also the Yellow Squawkabilly entry connects with the Fletchling entry. It can be assumed the Yellow Plumage Squawkabilly drove the Fletchling out of town.

[@laboa6860]

Stubborness preventing dying. One could say, the determination to keep going? Where have i heard that before...

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

The second one is what I thought!

[@AkamexAris1023]

Call an ambulance but not for me

[@adhiprajna4127]

@@laboa6860 i wonder

[@The_Light_of_Stars]

UNDERTALE and Doom.

[@thatcatpoi]

I have an idea for the Gastrodon dex mix up. Since the oceans are getting warmer, the west sea Shellos don't need to evolve for protection since there's more of them and more will survive than before. Due to east Shellos now becoming scarce, more need to evolve to make sure that their population survives.

[@audreybutler3003]

“Keep your distance from the tiny deadly elephant” is halarious

[@BigPapaShane]

Something I appreciate about the fact that Tinkaton hunts Corviknight is that a normal Tinkaton's hammer matches Corviknight, and Tinkaton's shiny is just the hammer changing to be the color of shiny Corviknight. Pretty much confirms that Tinkaton doesn't just hunt Corviknight for sport, but also for its armor.

[@lilim364]

I think shiny Tinkaton's hammer is supposed to look like rusty metal? Shiny Corviknight is a bit more on the white side I believe

[@ketchup9581]

@@lilim364 shiny tinkaton hammer matches a wood hammer not really rust

[@gachacarrot6406]

Wattrel's dex entry is actually inspired by the Swiftlet bird. These birds make there nests by using their saliva as glue since they usually build their nests on the side of cave walls. People eat them by most commonly turning the nest into a sweet soup called bird's nest soup, others cook it with rice to make it into birds nest congee or bird's nest boiled rice. They do this by separating the saliva from the twigs and cleaning off the reamaining feathers.

[@terra.luina.07-naomiegamin44]

The nido bird and its soup.

[@gachacarrot6406]

@@terra.luina.07-naomiegamin44 The nido bird is actually just another species of the cave swiftlets. Their technically almost the same thing. And, like I said, there are actually multiple ways of eating birds nest. The soup is just the most common way.

[@terra.luina.07-naomiegamin44]

@@gachacarrot6406 and probably, Mikey would experience eating that if he goes for A trip to Asia

[@Onsvaltti]

Isn't this super common in countries like china? 🤔

[@terra.luina.07-naomiegamin44]

@HikenoAce yeah China does d9 this dish... Some in the native provinces in my country, Philippines also cook these rarely

[@TheKittencatter1993]

I've watched your vid sparsely but never subscribed. but some how since you were so kind/bold to straight up ask i was like "o.o sure why not"

[@Evistopheles]

What! The winter form of sawsbuck is so fluffy and elegant, it’s my favourite!

[@meepmeep2706]

Crocalor's sombrero is made of marigold shaped flames that acts as a nest for the egg. It started as a petal on fuecoco and became a marigold head dress people wear in day of the dead. It is said that marigold guides the soul in the afterlife and its orange color is like a burning fire that lights up the paths of the souls. So When fuecoco evolves into crocalor, the flame hair attracts the soul of a phoenix that is most commonly associated with death and rebirth because that's the cycle of a life of a phoenix. The chick on skeledirge is based on egyptian plover and their relationship with nile crocodiles. It's a symbiotic relationship between the two, the crocodile gets its teeth clean and the bird gets to eat and the crocodile wouldn't eat the birds. Also the bird becomes a mic and shoots out as a phoenix when skeledirge uses torch song.

[@roxas13keyblade65]

Made me like this mon so much more

[@varunteja6583]

Well explained!

[@caioperfeitolopes7417]

Plus the fact that crocodiles and other related species have been seen coexisting with birds with them cleaning their teeth in exchange for the food they get for doing so. And a singer with clean teeth is good for the stage

[@varunteja6583]

@@caioperfeitolopes7417 That's awesome man, didn't know that about singers!

[@joshuaervin7922]

This makes sense, I do know the singing and the color design follow the clown from the opera Pagliacci with him looking like a sad clown.

[@Say_Jomi]

Tinkaton’s lore is just hilarious to me. Definitely my favourite Pokémon of this gen

[@-This_is_Fine]

Me too, she is very cute and hilarious

[@adimcveitty576]

Same tinkaton is a very cute pokemon

[@odakidakida9193]

Villain backstory

[@jamboss1014]

Real recognize Real

[@kyeblade06]

I just find it funny how you get its backstory through its evolution pokedex entries

[@caffeinated_nightmare]

For the bird with Crocalor and Skeledirge, I'm pretty sure they based it off of a type of bird that has a symbiotic relationship with crocodiles. It's called the Egyptian plover, crocodiles allow it to be in its mouth to clean its teeth and the bird gets a meal out of it.

[@giobbo98]

"Sawsbuck's leaf are used to make black tea" MANDJTV: "I would like to try sawsbuck's tea, I wonder which tea it is"

[@TheTriforcekeeper]

@7:57 I loved Clodsire's Violet dex entry: It lives at the bottom of ponds and swamps. It will carry Wooper on its back and ferry them across water from one shore to the other. Imagining the evolution just carrying the smaller Woopers across water is super cute to me. Edit: typo

[@Killerbrixs]

When they evolve they are like I miss my friend so I will be them >:) so cute🥲🥲🥲

[@zhengleo6305]

Actually, there’s such thing as bird nest soup (some bird nests are actually made of the bird’s solidified saliva) 21:30

[@fabrizioart1928]

Yup, came to say this.

[@madethistocomment727]

So it's......spit soup?

[@zhengleo6305]

@@madethistocomment727 basically, yeah

[@mexxhan5981]

@@madethistocomment727 It's a delicacy made from the solidified saliva of swiftlets, but are one of the most expensive animal products due to their rarity, with 1kg being worth $6600/1 pound being worth $3000. It is very good for the skin, high in protein and has a rich flavour.

[@AngelaEAwesome]

I saw a video where people were climbing cliffs to get the nests. I think they had to dive to get to the nests and it was dangerous to get. to them

[@yuridhjeeyn9034]

4:58 maybe it has to do with evolutions? both base forms could be born at the same rate, but the temperature could influence their evolution rate in the wild but the east-form has an easier time evolving in warm waters -> less unevolved-east-form & more evolved-east-form and the west-form has an easier time evolving in cold waters (ergo: harder time in warm waters) -> more unevolved-west-form & less evolved-west-form

[@-SeaSnake-]

12:24 Reference for Lechonk being an Iberian truffle pork

[@jidner]

19:41 adding on to this, the reason it’s face looks peaceful in death is because all the rage left it’s body and manifested into annihilape. such a cool concept

[@AmandaC.]

The fact about the Autumn and Winter Sawbuck make sense when you think about real world deers. Their mating season is around autumn so it would explain why they are more agitated and calmer in the winter, after mating season

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

And the flowers sapping their nutrients referencing how deers can get calcium deficiency or straight-out Osteosporosis when their antlers start to grow :D

[@TheHeartlessSpirit_.]

19:45 I love how Annihilate is just it becomes so angry it dies, but then it’s so angry it COMES BACK?

[@MaxWeb2599]

1:21 I think it's a combination of the symbiosis many crocodiles have with birds plus the mythos of the Phoenix, a bird made of fire who after dieing turns into an egg and by hatching setting everything ablaze(which would explain the ghost type it's get)

[@tetra_kirby5691]

I love the idea of Cetitan's ancestors being like "hey let's go on land" and then later "hey let's go back in the water I liked it" and then like "heyyyyyy so I changed my mind again can we go back on land"