EVERY Gender Difference in Pokemon EXPLAINED! | Gnoggin Part 2

Today we cover the sexual dimorphism of half of the Pokemon. From Pikachu to Gyrados, and Venusaur to Meowstic. Why do female Wobbuffet have lipstick by the way?
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Have you ever wondered the following questions?
Why does Pikachu have a heart tail?
Why do Magikarp and Gyarados whiskers change color?
Why are female Hippowdon black?
Why are male Hippowdon brown?
Why do female Wobbuffet have lipstick?
Why do Doduo have black necks?
What are the origins of Girafarig?
Why are there no male Salazzle?
Why is Salazzle female only?
If so, than THIS is the video for you!
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[@Mae-vc9jv]

Spending half an hour watching this guy talk about Pokémon sex differences was definitely worth it for vulgina

[@gachadarkangelace2267]

INDEAD me:indead

[@essancefay2824]

Anvilize uuuuuuuh

[@at1as808]

Turn on captions at 14:09 and laugh your ass off

[@flarearrowwood]

YES.

[@misterkaos.357]

Vulgina = Vulture Pussy

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Tsareena's name is based on "Czarina," the Russian equivalent to a queen. She is also based on the Mangosteen fruit, sometimes called the "Queen of Fruit" due to an unsubstantiated story of Queen Victoria offering a sizeable reward to anyone who could bring it to her. So given that the line is based on a fruit closely linked to queens, it only makes sense that they be exclusively female.

[@croukute3325]

It's more like Czaritsa (Царица )

[@BladeTNT2018]

It's signature ability even explains it

[@staricefox353]

I just showed my mom the Vulgina part and my mom said "Are the males called Vulpeni and I laughed so hard that I coughed. I love that woman!🤣😂🤣😂

[@abluehappyface748]

Braviary is Vulpeni confirmed???

[@yamyams6913]

tell your mom that I wish I had a mom with such a sense of humor

[@vaporean_boylove.0w083]

Best question ever XD

[@mickgorro]

@@abluehappyface748 that's Wōguru apparently, not sure where it comes from...

[@rosedblossom]

@@mickgorro Braviary is Vulpeni confirmed???

[@DatMageDoe]

Major misconception: In most cases, honeybees are actually female. Male honeybees are quite different in how they act and behave - they don't attend the nest, but tend to leave and visit other queens and mate with them. They aren't equipped to grab pollen, they don't even have a stinger. But they are fatter and wider than female bees (both worker and queen). This is both an oversight by Game Freak and yourself, but it makes sense as far as Combee's design is based off.

[@joaosoares-rr5mj]

yeah, i tought about that too XD as far as i know, both with bees and ants, most of the members are females, and here and there sometimes a male is born, only to "have sex" and than die...

[@Prof9299]

@@joaosoares-rr5mj Though ants are even more extreme, where the males are only produced by a queen when they have a well established colony, where once they re fully grown its breeding season and they leave the nest; only to mate with a young new queen and die immediately afterwards.

[@Swengies]

I mean still their rarity makes sense scine they would be the ones wandering around the region and most likely to be caught

[@wolffang1060]

I noticed they have made quite a few historical mess ups in this particular case Such as with the color pink and blue and what sexes they represented back in the 1800s Which were for a fact the exact opposite Pink wasnt for girls until around world war 2 It was a very masculine color back then Also they left out Gallades female counterpart evolution which is a complete overlook as well That and a noted hiccup where they referred to braviary as "the male counterpart to mandibuzz and rufflet" though that bit just being him mixing up the names

[@lav9831]

You missed out on beehave

[@zidanetribal1406]

You forgot something for Meowstic. It's stats and movepool differ depending on the Gender. The Males are more defensive and get more support moves, while the female are more offensive and get more attacks.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I really wish Gamefreak would give us a baby calf pokemon that could evolve into either Tauros or Miltank already!

[@SSDARKPIT]

I want a male form difference for Kangaskahn without the pouch. Either that or a male counterpart.

[@coleabbott7222]

ya ya ya, like a kick boxing kangaroo

[@literalynxxo]

y e s

[@Sleeper800]

A baby calf? As opposed to an adult calf?

[@IdealIdeas100]

You mean Marrowak?

[@Finchyay]

One thing I want to point out about Meowstic is that the females have a much more offensively based level up move set, ironically enough. The males, on the other hand, learn a lot more support/status moves.

[@NimhShambler]

I think it has something to do with Autism. Males are usually (USUALLY, not always) more passive while females with it are, again, usually, more aggressive. And come on. Meow-stic. Meow(auti)stic Just a theory.

[@grumpyface2553]

@@NimhShambler I'm sorry to say, but your reasoning is backwards. Ever since autism has been acknowledged as a disorder, it was diagnosed far more often in boys than in girls. Why? Well, it's not that autism has different symptoms based on sex. The truth is that girls are merely pressured to be quiet and not "act out", whereas young boys aren't really told the same. Without the pressure to act sedately, boys don't tone down their symptoms, thus it's easier to diagnose it in them. Autism can present differently no matter what your gender is! TLDR; I'm not sure what Meowstic's inspiration is, but I'm pretty sure it's not autism. (Trust me, I've got plenty of experience with it.)

[@thespecter6416]

@@grumpyface2553 Keep drinking that juice. Males are more common to be autistic, that's why they are more passive in moveset. Closed off, confused. While female variation is more active and passionate.

[@grumpyface2553]

@@thespecter6416 Again, I have to disagree. But that's fine - I trust you to learn the truth at your own pace! Wish you the best man, and I'll keep drinking my autism juice in the meantime. peace out

[@artistfloor9]

Naris_The_Zabrak - This is the stupidest “theory” I’ve come across in awhile. Congratulations.

[@imaalt1893]

More male bees than female, what Working bees- female- 90% Drone bees- male- 9.99% Queen bees- female- 0.01% Add up and 90.01% female So again combee is inaccurate

[@fluffernal]

Strike four for Game Freak.

[@zosiakwasna8662]

@@fluffernal hello again

[@fluffernal]

I don't even know who you are.

[@Mr.Tw1sty]

ooF

[@RockoSalmon]

The reason for the gender ratio is because only females evolve. It's really obvious. How can you miss it?

[@cooperbutfiloski4496]

@Lockstin & Gnoggin, I would like to point out about the real reason as to why the female combee has a mark where the male does not. Most farmers that raise bees mark their queen bee so that they can be easily monitored. This is why the female combee is marked in this situation as it's inspired by farmers who mark their queen bees.

[@artur6912]

Let's also not forget that the majority of a hive are worker bees who can change in to queens if necessary (evolve in to Vespiqeen) while the actual males cannot. So in reality it should be REALLY hard to get a combee that CAN'T evolve, not the other way around.

[@Alias_Anybody]

artur6912 He also made a huge mistake: The vast majority of honey bees is NOT male! The vast majority is female!

[@johnlegere2005]

Alias Anybody The vast majority of COMBEES are male. Not honey bees :)

[@artur6912]

+John Legere Actually The video says something along the lines: "The vast majority of combees just LIKE REAL BEES" hence the discussion about how this is a mistake when comparing combee to real bees.

[@Markie7731]

Yes bees along with wasps, hornets, and ants are more commonly female.

[@howling_starr]

I'm surprised you didn't look into Tsareena more. The reason they are all-female species is because the line is based off the fruit called Mangosteen. Mangosteens have an old nickname, occasionally being referred to as the Queen of Fruit. This also explains its exclusive ability, Queenly Majesty. While it's not really a physical reason, it does make sense from a concept point of view.

[@aardbei54]

This fruit translates to mango rock in Dutch. Love it

[@noodlesnoodleson7865]

Ok

[@madhatt3r93]

Yeah, and its name is basically "female tzar", essentially a russian queen

[@BionicBee_]

So that's why the middle evolution is called Steeny

[@iamthepkmmaster]

So, who's Rasputin?

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

"Long hair is feminine." Except for Steel-type humans.

[@zimmygirl777]

Inuyasha just got triggered.

[@juliaguevara4512]

Gay type humans maybe?

[@rooness2184]

Wolfi Dragon Studioz • 13 years ago Because long hair is gay haha very funny

[@concord3230]

Oh, I get it Because *heavy metal* often has long hair associated with it

[@zimmygirl777]

@@concord3230 Inuyasha: (triggered doggo boi)

[@kelly_seastar]

I never noticed "girafarig" was a palindrome until you pointed it out.

[@russellfautheree4650]

Other Pokémon names are palindromes, too. I can readily think of Ho-Oh and Alomomola, but there may be others.

[@KraylebStudios]

@@russellfautheree4650 Eevee

[@abluehappyface748]

If you flip "Mew" upside down it becomes "meW", being kinda like a palindrome

[@JacobtheCuber]

@@abluehappyface748 if you flip mew upside down it becomes wem

[@fishboyliam]

"Honeybee hives are mostly male with a female queen" Hey buddy hey pall that's not right. All workers are female, the only males are drones; their job is to mate with a queen and then die. As such, combees gender ratio is the opposite of real bees; there are way more females than males. Honestly, nintendos whole track record with the Hymenoptera order is weird (the Hymenoptera order contains wasps, sawflies, bees, and ants).

[@Markie7731]

I'm glad someone else understands insect orders.

[@plushehchan8643]

THANK YOU

[@jeanku]

Have an upvote

[@MauMik]

But they are not able to become Queens because they are technically "sexless" females. So, that could be the reasoning ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@mousetrap773]

fishboyliam - it’s so sad to see drones that don’t get to mate try to return to the hive. They may be allowed to stay for a few hours or even a few days before the females decide that they are a worthless drain of resources and kick them out. This usually results in the drone either being killed by the other bees or starving to death outside the hive :(

[@purplesam2609]

Theory: you hatch a baby kangaskan. The hatching attracts an adult to carry it

[@louiss1034]

and suddenly the adult is lvl 1?

[@zidanetribal1406]

And has at least 3 of the same IVs of the parents?

[@CreatorsHubCreates]

And when you get a small egg the size of a foot ball a 8 foot rock snake hatches out of it

[@Hanakothemizumiko]

Skelton Shark I laughed so much 'cuz of your cmment I snorted. xD

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

h

[@awkward1683]

“Fruits can be seen as feminine, being plump and having seeds” Wtf, this line really confused me

[@endzio7376]

Lucy_ Playz8 yeah I get you

[@endzio7376]

Especially when he said flowers can be both male and female

[@awkward1683]

Brandon Games thank goah

[@Ridgwaycer]

I guess they mean that women typically have more fat than men, and carrying seeds -> eggs?

[@evanhenderson1760]

fruits are essentially swollen plant ovaries

[@Romanticoutlaw]

I can't believe you didn't bring up machoke being dual-sexed

[@Purple_Sloth]

cmon, the machop line needs the differences the most.

[@wokeupandchosetogobacktosl57]

And Gardevoir

[@Purple_Sloth]

Epicnp.64 I personally prefer kirlia having one, less hair, shorter skirt male, normal female

[@camicoonluv7360]

Butch-lesbian muscle girl Machoke is my gay aesthetic and I feel like I'm the only person who really appreciated it. Lolol but really I wouldn't mind a little difference between a male and female lol, don't really know how they would do it though, without ruining the "feel" of the line if that makes any sense

[@misterkaos.357]

Machoke me, Daddy

[@genart5501]

Vulby and Mandibuzz are probably all female because in ancient Egyptian (I think it was Egyptian) culture they viewed the vulture spreading its wings as a "motherly" symbol

[@GoodGregory]

What the hell is a vulby

[@Pokelover317]

Vullaby

[@theramendutchman]

@@GoodGregory A Vulture Furby, the newly released Pokémon Species for the upcoming Gen 8 games, have you been living under a Geodude?!

[@sweetasbloodredjam]

Exept that 'durinng the days of enlightenment' pink was actually considered the more masculine color, because of it's realtion to red 'the color of kings', while blue was pretty much universally associated with femenininty. Hence why a lot of religios iconography depics Maria in browns in blues. The notion of pink as a girly color and blue as a boyish one is only about 120 years old. If gamefreak really wanted to invoke that time period the color pallettes of frillish and jellicent should be swapped.

[@Lolpy.]

Apollo Justice No, this game is meant for little kids. Do you really think that they'd know what the world was like 200 years ago?

[@jeffmatrachisia3827]

Feels Guy gotta agree with this guy here. The target demographic of Pokémon (children) don’t know what colors were associated with which gender hundreds of years ago. But they can easily understand “the boys are blue and the girls are pink”.

[@thebeakeddoctor]

Game freak is also known for getting small details wrong, so the fact the blues and pinks weren’t switched but they were still going for that time period isn’t that big of a shock.

[@oh.hi.6345]

Yeah, but didn't they technically did that with the nidos? The basic nido (forgot his name) is purple, which is basically just a dark red mixed with blue, and the female is blue.

[@1815432]

@@oh.hi.6345 the choice of Purple could also just be in regard that throughout many cultures (mainly western) Purple was never considered "female" and instead just royal, it was only in more recent history that we decided purple belongs to a sex, the color could (stretching here badly) also just be them show casing males be more poisonous due to needing to fight, since the poison type is repped by the color purple in Pokemon.

[@elianewinter2638]

7:16 That part made me giggle when I come to think of my pets. We have two cats, a male and a female one. While our tomcat is doing nothing except for sleeping the whole day and relaxing inside the house and eating cat food, our female cat can be find outside, investigating our garden, catching one mouse after another and bravely protecting her territory against any other rival cats ^^

[@darko-man8549]

Oddly enough, pink was a very rich and masculine colour in days of yore as it was a hard colour to get ahold of

[@trevorjones8709]

I'm a little disappointed for your reasoning for the Bounsweet line being all female. Its deeper than them being feminine looking. The mangosteen is sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Fruit" there is also a legend about Queen Victoria loving the fruit so much, that she would give 100 pounds to whoever could bring her fresh mangosteens, lastly, Tareena's name is a combination of Mangosteen and Tsarina, which is a female Russian Monarch. These are the reason why the Bounsweet line is so queenly.

[@drgoo2825]

It goes even further than that, the Purple Mangosteen plant itself does not reproduce sexually as all individuals are female. They reproduce simply through Apomixis(where each fruit grows with a seed inside without getting pollinated). Also that legend of Queen Victoria paying 100 pounds for a single one of the fruits was a myth started by an upstart botanist in the mid 1800s who is also the first one recorded for calling them "The Queen of Fruit". The guy just made stuff up and people just spread it far and wide.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

@@cakeloaf8257 as deep as y-no no...be nice...

[@shadowcomet1]

Yes, I wanna be able to tell if the pokemon ,that's burning my house down/stealing my soul/taking children, is male or female

[@saintrecent]

Shadowcomet And in Asian

[@JT5555]

You Too?!

[@XerneX127]

What Pokemon Is It?

[@Bobsican]

It´s Chandelure?

[@joshuacrissullano7865]

Offka that's racist (edit) oh maybe u meant alolan

[@dive.cats-]

14:52 i love how the final stage is tsarina, which is the wife of a tsar, a russian emporer

[@Deus_Auto]

In case you were wondering, the "quick note" crossed the screen in 13 frames. It was just me wondering; I know.

[@zeraoratheone8235]

Curvy lady chu

[@CpWiser10]

"Combees are a mostly male species, just like real honeybees." I could be wrong, but I thought honeybees were mostly female?

[@cataclyx]

CpWiser10 traditionally, worker bees (the ones you see) are all male (they have really weird sex chromosomes) and the one female is the queen

[@samumm7333]

The Cataclyx Actually almost all honey bees are female and male honey bees don’t do anything except breed and then die. Look it up

[@cataclyx]

Sam Umm damn u right better pay more attention in bio

[@sunwukong2]

i never get why people think worker bees are male. what do they think the stingers are?

[@cataclyx]

SSJ GOKU wdym

[@megadude1892]

Didn't mention that Tsareena is based on the mangosteen, the "queen of fruits"...

[@Chaos89P]

Is Gen. 8 gonna have a Pokémon based on a durian, then?

[@wj11jam78]

It'd have the ability "putrid smell".

[@hesterfranks9716]

+Wj11jam Stench is already an ability (Victreebel, Garbodor, Muk, mons like that have it)

[@owlgal1111]

TBH I thought it was a Peony.

[@beckhampang191]

Chaos89P we already have a durian

[@gracem9509]

3:25 Why go all the way to the ancestor when the giraffes still have a cousin alive today? Its called the Okapi, and it has the same zebra pattern on it's rear.

[@RyanGotReal]

13:26 Oh yeah? *Shows a Chansey constantly slapping a Meowth*

[@skriblsco5037]

When you said Kiwi- as in the bird, i thought you meant kiwi as in the fruit and then that got me thinking *I mean, they kinda look like kiwis...*

[@siragon756]

I'm pretty sure one of the kiwis has its name from the other because they ressemble each other

[@Yuri.LuvsMilfs]

I thought I was the only one who thought that 😂😂😂

[@hugebigpenis1]

@@siragon756 The fruit got its name from an advertising campaign to popularise NZ Chinese gooseberries over other nations ones. The Ratite called Kiwi is the original Kiwi and the nickname for New Zealanders came first too, Its Kiwifruit in NZ also

[@xandertheupriser8600]

Funfact: kiwi birds are actually Far bigger than their misleading kiwi fruit name.

[@ambermargheim5726]

My head canon is they are actually based on kiwimon from digimon

[@Joachus]

The Snover difference may be alluding to pine and spruce trees. You tell them apart by looking at how far down the branches grow, with the pine having generally higher branches than the spruce. Thus the male Snover being a pine tree and the female being a spruce tree.

[@bruh6573]

Mom: Walks in room Computer: 8:17

[@geofff.3343]

Regina means queen. Though traditionally in British English it is pronounced Re-jyne-a instead of re-jeen-a.

[@slothful2039]

Last time I was this early elvis hadn't left the building..........

[@saintrecent]

And I'm Asian

[@theangryaustralian7624]

+451asians and u met urz mate

[@diatrigger6636]

The sun represents the masculine and the moon represents the feminine? That actually explains some of Solgaleo & Lunala's Dex entries. They state that Solgaleo is considered the male evolution of Cosmoem and Lunala the female, even though the Cosmog line is genderless.

[@justinyapjh]

Bounsweet is based on a Mangosteen, which is the Queen of Fruits

[@jaziellara6984]

8:18 NOSEBLEED! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

[@HiThereImLily]

Jynx wasn't based on ganguro girls, that trend came at a time Jynx already existed. She's mainly based on Kabuki yamauba (dark faced mask, light colour wig, descriptions giving her a tattered red kimono at times) and most likely an opera singer.

[@demi-femme4821]

Still not blackface, though.

[@Cut_Throat_Girl]

Wish people knew about that thus people wouldn't have caused such an uproar and Jynx would've got an evolution...I'M SO MAD THAT SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T EVOLVE FROM THE TRIO!!!!

[@paulwilkinson8977]

@@Cut_Throat_Girl that's awesome to know! Just like Mr.Popo... right? (Juuust kidding about Popo lmao.)

[@Cut_Throat_Girl]

@@paulwilkinson8977 Lol Mr. Popo is a bit of a stretch as it can be read as black servant of God sooooo...but God is a wrinkly green raisin so idk if it's that racist either XD

[@Gamebuilder2000]

I still just think Jynx is a Shadowy Figure Hence the lack of foot prints

[@Hells_Sock]

Vulgina... *VULGINA*

[@ShimSham.]

*V U L G I N A*

[@geardog24]

Hell's Søck PINGAS

[@johnhatzis3113]

Whats next ?! Braviary being called Birdick ?! XD

[@Just_Plague]

John Hatzis Hmm idk?

[@shaneogrady1396]

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[@JillWouters]

I always thought Jynx looked more like an opera singer, specially with the bra. It makes me think of Wagners Rise of the Valkyries.

[@alexandresiemsen798]

3:35 that quick note...

[@joon3035]

wait... PINECONES HAVE GENDERS!?!

[@Michael-sl5qx]

Master Of Scrape Every living thing that isn't microbial does, lol

[@wj11jam78]

What about slugs? I heard they can change their sexual organs at will.

[@Rioluman10]

Slugs are actually hermaphrodites. They are both male and female simultaneously. For reproductive purposes, they swap sperm.

[@arstotzkanatthedmz4486]

RioluMan and they have love darts

[@Just_Plague]

Master Of Scrape ya

[@PedroMatos482]

0:04 I think those were shots fired at Aura Guardian...

[@jolitero]

Every pokétuber out there

[@demi-femme4821]

No, there are a number of different lazy pokemon youtubers he could be referencing.

[@vaszgul736]

I'm here to thank you for making this awesome analysis of the biology of fictional monsters, one of my own favourite pass times, but also to congratulate you for being the first and only person I've ever heard attempt to pronounce "ganguro" correctly.

[@KasimierLP]

looking at buoy designes to guess the sex..... I'm kinda amazed right now

[@1810jeff]

Wait I thought with bees it was the other way around worker bees are female and the only males breed with the queen and there are only a few males in a hive

[@fist-of-doom487]

I don't understand your line of thinking.

[@Girayen]

GioDragonTech he said the other females work while the males continuously breed with the Queen

[@JaredThe]

Hold on I thought it was the other way around! Clearly one of us is stupid.

[@areetablack5301]

You're right usually it's the other way around....Maybe it's a certain kind of bee that has more males than females?

[@unclephil4112]

Male bees are called drones, and only exist to spread the queens, and thereby the entire hive's genetic material. All worker bees are female, and the drones die as soon as they mate. As they produce no honey, have no stingers to defend the hive, as well as farmers having plans for how they want to breed their hives, drone comb is often disposed of.

[@takumidoutou4412]

Female meowstic are more attack orientated tho

[@saintrecent]

Funny Valentine and I'm Asian

[@dandazed5846]

Sentinel Why do you keep saying that? Lmao

[@Shaprite]

Female cats are very protective of their young so yeah. So are most animals.

[@ElementalArcher]

Anthony Barberis, but this don't explain why the male is defense orientated.

[@milonchello1643]

i think its more because in most of felines the male is the one that protects the kids and the female is the one that goes to hunt for food

[@ponyrescue663]

Thank you for being expressive on that "Vulgina" part in the video

[@nicholasolsen8430]

My favorite joke you used was “Who doesn’t love a curvy lady-chu”

[@duxhunt]

Even tho the picture can be clearly seen having a tip so uh yea.

[@ASwallie65]

For some of them, it could be that, in nature, it's more important for females to survive for two reasons: to limit the male Gene pool to only those who can survive, and because multiple males can mate with a single female (over time). The female Pokemon tend to have better traits for survival while males have better traits for competition. This could explain the additional white stripe (for camoflauge) on female snover or even the spots in buisel (spots are inherently camoflauge, even if the buisel itself is not very camoflaugeable.)

[@saintrecent]

HaunterXD O and I'm Asian

[@GenJotsu]

You're contradicting yourself. If all they need is one female, they don't need as many females, fewer is necessary. If someone has better competitive traits, then they are better for survival. Good luck defending a village with mostly females against a group of males. Balance in life, is always key.

[@ASwallie65]

JoKing That's true, but females in nature are ALWAYS better suited for camoflauge. Male birds of all kinds are brighter colored for competition while females are dimmer colored (like brown) for protection. Millions and millions of years of evolution contradicts YOU, good man. (Or woman. Depends, are you camoflauged right now?)

[@fist-of-doom487]

No it spreads out the gene pool, also in many cases the mother is the one watching over the children while the father goes looking for food or fighting. (Not always as their are also many animals that do the deed and then leave) but in either case camouflage serves as protection for the children as well as the mother. If they are watching the children she would need a way to hide herself and her little ones in emergencies. It's not a contradiction so much as varying circumstances.

[@okamisuperblueyoshi1]

He's not contradicting himself. It's a trait found in Lions (a Pride of females with a single/few males) and even Hippos as discussed in this very episode. Having many females in a group with a single male is very very common and more typical. Males in nature tend to fight one another, and as such you are incredibly unlikely to ever deal with a group of male animals.

[@lofty8037]

10:52 "cactuses" *TRIGGERED*

[@megadragonking546]

Flipnote Maker IKR it's cacti

[@titin3287]

Mega Dragon King both are right, actually. Cacti is taken from Latin while cactuses is from English.

[@kaorn7419]

It's not just with english, other languages have weird plural versions too, like german (Kaktus - Kaktusse)

[@blitzatom]

Yeah, it's cacti, octopi, and pegasi. In Latin, plural -us is -i. And plural -a (feminine) is -ae. And plural -um (neuter) is, like the masculine, -i.

[@raizin4908]

+Space Command Coalition - "octopi" is considered wrong by purists, because the "pus" in "octopus" comes from Greek, not from Latin. It doesn't make much sense to apply Latin pluralization rules to a non-Latin word. 　So the preferred from is "octopuses" or, if you want to be pretentious and use the Greek plural form, you can use "octopodes". (Yes, this form is actually found in English dictionaries!)

[@TheSceptile44]

Hey kangaskhan Hey I just hatched you And this is crazy but... How da f did you get that baby

[@Chard0x]

I sung that in the tune of Call Me Maybe

[@fasdfdsdfs]

I burst out laughing at Mandibuzz's Japanese name. I'm so immature. XD

[@oliverlapidario845]

Ef

[@tomforge614]

Really? Couldn't put together that Tsareena's femininity comes from being based on the mangosteen, the QUEEN of fruit? Not blaming you. Just seems like something easy to find. I think Bulbapedia even mentions it in trivia. Why we didn't get a Durian, king of fruits, counterpart does feel odd, though. (Yes, I know some people refer to the Ferroseed line as durians, but they don't really share the Tsareena aesthetic and are bi-gendered).

[@RafilaWan]

7:20 Oh my god is that Cole and Marmalade fighting? MY LITTLE CINNAMON BUNS!

[@Tbmeanz]

I never realized that about Girafarig... that’s so clever. Simple and right in your face tbh, but that’s cool to have just learned that. Love your vids and your effort. Great editing and research. You’ve got a great voice for this too man. Keep up the good work.

[@tristansparks6496]

Great video- I only have one thing to point out. Honeybees are usually female, with some ratios reaching 95% : 5% female to male ratio. @12:07

[@TheIrmak75]

the tsareena line is based on the mangosteen fruit which is the queen of fruit hence they are all females

[@thegamingjelly1719]

"In this case, they are the male counterparts to *Rufflet* and Mandibuzz." *Rufflet* and Mandibuzz. Lockstin, have the Shiinotics gotten to you?

[@athendity2567]

6:46 Me: Hey! Want some Pringles?

[@madcinder257]

While you were talking about how tomcats are more rambunctious and get into much more fights, I just slowly looked over to where my cat, Mr Bo Jingles, is sleeping. Except I know he's listening.

[@raizin4908]

The Japanese name "Vulgina" (バルジーナ) is actually pronounced more like "vul-JEE-nah", so it doesn't rhyme with vagina. 　Pro tip: Japanese pokemon names are written phonetically, unlike words in English. Just plonk the Japanese spelling into Google Translate, and it can pronounce it for you pretty accurately. Computer voices aren't always the easiest to understand, though. But luckily Google Translate gives a transcription as well ("Barujīna" in this case). This combined with the computer voice probably helps a lot. It might also help learning a little bit about Hepburn transcriptions (the kind used by Google), to know better how all of the letters in "Barujīna" are pronounced exactly, and what that horizontal bar over the i means.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

I'll still call it vagina

[@blankflank3488]

Raizin Except that a G in Japanese should be pronounced hard, like in goat. But Japanese Pokemon names aren't exclusively Japanese words, so in this case, becuz it comes from "regina", it is pronounced like a J, which is why it is "barujiina". I don't know why Google Translate pronounces it like a J, becuz I've never heard Japanese G's being pronounced like J's. But of course, I don't speak Japanese, so please let me know if there are actually words like that. As you said, Japanese is VERY phonetic, so it doesn't make any sense for a G to not make a hard G sound.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

@@blankflank3488 I'll still call it vagina.

[@blankflank3488]

@@DakotaofRaptors Oh by all means, please do. I was responding to Raizin tho, so I guess I should have put their name as an indicator.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

@@blankflank3488 nice Mew btw

[@raizin4908]

13:08 "In alchemy and other similar things, the moon represents the feminine powers, while the sun is masculine" I wonder if this has anything to do with the "lunar cycle" that female humans of fertile age are commonly known for.

[@zYPenguinHawkYz]

Ralts Are Noble Children, Kirlia Noble Teenagers While Gallade Are Adults Chosen Or Lucky To Be Knights/Paladins, As Dawn Sounds Like A Good Church Name, While Gardevoir Become Noble Adults....

[@giraffeparty0]

I love how the thumbnail is just *POKEMON* *SEX* differences explained whwh-

[@brittanyhilliard2940]

Maybe some sexual differences are just for fun and completely made up..?

[@Purple_Sloth]

Just to flex that they can do them

[@dland6616]

Tangela "pink" resembles nailpolish thus making it look feminine

[@the_flaming_child2628]

I love your videos!Keep up the good work!

[@kensa1280]

When I saw female hippowdon (I forgot how to spell it) I thought it was shiny... well I’m dumb

[@IceUrsa216]

The funny part about the origins of Jellicent's differences is that while the patterns make sense, the colours surprisingly don't. Historically speaking, pink, being a more pronounced colour, was used for boys, while the more dainty, subdued light blue was used for girls. It wasn't until the mid-20th century that the colours were swapped.

[@Cookiofshadows2]

I think even today in Japan. If you look at Pokemon Crystal, if you chose the female trainer, your radio was blue. The male trainer had a red radio.

[@FloOwey]

The Bounsweet line is actually based on a real fruit oftem called "Queen of fruits"!

[@hatatehimekaidoutheemoteng3791]

I always confuse female hippodon for being a shiny.

[@kaorudragneel8498]

I really enjoy watching these!

[@raeryuko]

15:38 "they are the male counterparts of *rufflet* and mandibuzz"

[@galacticake]

bounsweet. steenee, tsareena are based off Mangosteen, which in some tropical/Asian places are known as The Queen Of Fruit(The King Of Fruit being Durian), so maybe that's why they are a female only pokemon.

[@Cookiofshadows2]

Sounds like we now need to create a male only Durian based line. :)

[@w4nn4-cry58]

1:25 I think those Gyarados are like “ we raised two idiots...”

[@savodraws307]

Wow! Incredible research on these!

[@YouMakeYou]

You got my 'like' at female Wobbuffet. Still dying XD

[@-rizen]

I assume that the Tangrowth thing is like... nail polish??

[@zosiakwasna8662]

Super annoying?

[@meme_aids]

@@zosiakwasna8662 what

[@zosiakwasna8662]

@@meme_aids nail polish is annoying... And so is tangrowth

[@donaldpulliam9153]

15:18 Although this is a bit off topic, I believe I see where the inspiration for Blanka of Street Fighter came from as well, although, I wouldn't have thought it would've come from a Shinto god, but from the hair, to the skin color, and his "elemental" superpower of lightning, it makes a lot of sense, I love how much Japanese mythology spices up their character creation/gameplay

[@TheCrazyRetarded]

6:20 i think moto moto likes you

[@theblackmage9916]

Actually, The Bounsweet line is based on the Mangosteen, considered the Queen of Fruit due to its taste.

[@beckhampang191]

The Black Mage from what I heard it's because it's a cooling fruit. A counterpart to the king of all fruits the durian, eating too much durian will make you become heaty.

[@Gnoggin]

inb4 political debate in the comments.

[@jessevasquez9267]

Lockstin & Gnoggin About what, that Donald Trump is gay or something?

[@oreiusenderson8861]

Jesse Vasquez Probably about gender assumption or the true number of genders or some such stuff.

[@jessevasquez9267]

Oreius Enderson Like four, or even FIVE!!!???

[@kyle_bearr]

there are only 2 blenders

[@MrBKainX]

I assumed because he used gender and sex interchangeably

[@adrianortiz8121]

Seeing an Alakazam with a small mustache is something I never wished to see

[@leafigardens]

Meowstic are also based off of the bakeneko, a Japanese two-tailed very mean cat myth. It's really interesting, I would recommend checking it out. Espeon is also partially based off of this myth.

[@discrelia]

I went to check and Mandibuzz is spelled バルジーナ which would sound something like barujiina so yeah it's not from vagina... unless it's not supposed to be the english reading for some reason, then it could totally be vagina!

[@raizin4908]

In Japanese "vagina" is written/pronounced ヴァギナ, so pronounced with a sound similar to the "gee" in geezer. If it were meant to reference the vagina, they would probably have made it more like ヴァルギーナ, not バルジーナ. 　But either way, in Japan there is a huge taboo surrounding the female sex organ and its various names, so it's extremely unlikely that they would so directly reference it in a game for kids.

[@noahsepter9514]

in katakana, the "V" sound is often replaced with the "B'" sound since Japanese doesn't have a dedicated "V" sound. at least not one that is used often.

[@raizin4908]

Yeah, I know. Basically any ヴァ is interchangeable with バ, with both ヴァイオリン (vaiorin) and バイオリン (baiorin) being used for "violin". And even when words like this are written with a ヴ (indicating a V sound), many speakers still pronounce them with a B sound. 　But all that is beside my point. I was talking mainly about the difference between the ジ in Vulgina (pronounced as "jee" in "jeep") and the ジャイ that is would have been if it were based on the English word "vagina" (pronounced as "gy" in "gyroscope"), and the ギ in the Japanese word for vagina (pronounced as "gee" in "geezer"). tl;dr: My point was, that although "Vulgina" looks like "vagina", the pronunciation of its "gi" isn't even close to the English or the Japanese pronunciation of "vagina".

[@user-vm9xz4kv9z]

eiphreim vulgina come from vultur+regina (meaning "the queen" )

[@mr._kevster]

8:17 just why?

[@caseyjamesgarland7029]

Blade 120302 obviously it was meant to be a joke I must admit while I have no interest in the Raichu it is an incredibly well made picture.

[@homertex7353]

Why not

[@BionicBee_]

lady-chu

[@bloodclaw123]

I laughed out loud. Legitimately.

[@demi-femme4821]

*BLIZBO BARRABAS!*

[@lightovernight1244]

Wow this was awesome. Great job.

[@gonbechyan]

while Vulgina is very much hilarious, it makes a lot more sense how they got away with it in japanese cause the japanese writing better reflects the pronunciation. The name is written as バルジーナ, while if it was pronounced how most of us are inclined to read it, it would be バルジャイーナ. It only becomes a problem when u convert it to roman spelling because both become Vulgina

[@artsyryder]

*Vulgina*

[@catbeweird]

-insert sexual lucario comment-

[@dimi3978]

lel

[@Kaheiyattsu221]

catbeweird carios are sexy

[@osas7844]

hmmmm

[@Riley1800]

Kaheiyattsu221 🐸

[@Riley1800]

catbeweird 🐸

[@SetsunaInoue]

Oh my gosh, my friends and i used to use that same song you used for bug types in our old vids. That was a shock

[@jurgeysamuel]

pants and dress explanation for snover was most likely the correct one lol

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

This series is doing hell for my living pokedex

[@louiss1034]

8:17 oh yea~h

[@atzoova]

I love the random scream on Wobbuffet

[@Nopeful]

this video was like, the opportune time to use r34 clickbait in the thumbnail BUT YOU DIDNT LOCKSTIN

[@demi-femme4821]

Have you SEEN the early videos? He used to do that all the time! He probably got tired of every video's thumbnail being a substitute for PornHub.

[@felixdarkaster2633]

That's a nice Vulgina

[@compositecreature]

Im so happy that gen five gave us tree deer pokemon with zero dimorphism. That's everything I ever wanted in a deer mon tbh! It's also really funny to me that the pidove line comes from the same region, so game freak absolutely could have gone with a distinctive stag/doe approach.

[@kickless7776]

When you realise that the turkey you ate last thanksgiving, could've been a Hitmonlee

[@PsychoDiesel48]

8:17 Oh my XD