Forgotten Single-Stage Pokemon (Part 1)

[@jimothycool]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIu1coWImpxortU

[@brent8341]

Hopefully all of these pokemon get evolutions/alternate forms where they get really long necks, or hats, or really long hats.

[@EnderBladeswh]

Most importantly hats.

[@Bladius_]

If Honchkrow has taught us anything, it's that a more stylish hat can fix any pokémon.

[@cabrondemente1]

Galarian Weezing is peak Pokémon design. Don't @me.

[@kot4311]

Maybe even a necktie or a nice pair of shoes

[@drunkidiot8364]

Hot take, I dislike alternate forms a bit, because they do not fix the guy who was struggling, they just remake them with the same concept with a new idea, it has a basis on real life on how evolution works sure, but its not like pokemon is know by its realism, and we could get instead some new faces with those new ideas used to recicle old pokemon instead of fixing its problems

[@chevy_joy]

I once bought a Luvdisc plush, immediately my mom took it and placed it on her bed, now she sleeps along "the bird" and in fact it's her realest fan now.

[@adolfojuangarcia1906]

Why'd you get a Luvdisc plush, and where?

[@shardtheduraludon]

@@adolfojuangarcia1906Probably Sitting Cuties, since those turn every mon in a region into a plushie. Probably the only reason Luvdisc was ever up for consideration for merch

[@SquidSushi_]

​@@adolfojuangarcia1906 Sitting cuties are a good start for all Pokémon gen 1-5

[@lurkathon]

@@SquidSushi_gen 6 too now

[@JayClearman411]

I played a emerald romhack which made it a menace theres this out of the way fisherman with a team of 4 luvdisc each with perfect Stats at levels ranging from 50-70 it’s close by the weather institute place in hoenn so it heavy rain in effect..so you are NOT out speeding for nothing! I never thought i’d get wiped out by a luvdisc before it was crazy.. It knows hydro pump which never misses neither does sweet kiss for that matter an spams agility & icy wind. The other one spams attract double team sweet kiss hydro pump an he switches…I quickly discovered that luvdiscs had maxed EVs too so I had to catch an train up electrode & magnectric just to contend with em.

[@nightfrostbreeze]

As a Mystery Dungeon player, I can inform you that Kecleon is in fact masking its True Power, and that giving it any sort of buff would be a mistake of cataclysmic proportions.

[@JayClearman411]

@@nightfrostbreeze facts that things a Beast! No way does it not have every stats maxed, flawless ivs…cuz it hits like a truck in that game.

[@eightcoins4401]

The Kecleons in MD curiously are only colors not obtainable in the main games. Maybe thats where their powers come from?

[@marcuchan]

Spinda’s stats are exactly half of Arceus’. Perhaps that could be an evolution line

[@halbertsimpson]

They did that with Goomy and Makuhita. Spinda would complete the trifecta.

[@thatoneguyUknow]

Glalie can be the middle stage.

[@rosstastic5213]

@@thatoneguyUknow nah, obviously the way to go is to make Spinda evolve from Sunkern. Sunkern has half of Spinda's base stats, and Spinda has half of Arceus'.

[@thefloodwatch785]

hatecube shook me to my core. Thank god such a creature hasn't affected the competitive metagame

[@Matheuslinspicollo]

i love this channel so fucking much wtf where else would i get a comment section like this

[@sapandcap8031]

Arceus Vs The cooler arceus

[@Koopstrooper]

Smogon is run by Hatecube. It has had much greater effect on the competitive metagame than you could ever dream of.

[@dream_weaver6207]

As a kid I was so disappointed when my sun and moon stone didn't work on Solrock and Lunatone

[@Bruh_idk69lul]

Pokemon sun & moon ❌️ Sun & moon pokemon ✅️

[@xjennyintime]

Luvdisc had at least the one job of giving the player heart scales for the move reminder, but now that the move reminder is free, it doesn't even have that going for it anymore. Truly a tale most tragic.

[@SlasherLink119]

Kinda wish there was a Post-Game NPC that would at least pay an atrociously high amount for Heart Scales...I don't think anyone would complain about money becoming insanely easier to grind in the post-game...

[@funkymachine]

I think they should give spinda a custom move call "Spinda express" where spinda says "I'm gonna put you through the Spinda express" and then puts the opponent through the Spinda express. This will make spinda viable.

[@GameMasterWLC]

It deals 110 damage and lowers all his stats by 1 stage but contrary makes it viable.

[@funkymachine]

@@GameMasterWLC not funny.

[@lurji]

@@funkymachinewhat

[@_Podzilla_]

​@@GameMasterWLC Funny

[@GameMasterWLC]

@@_Podzilla_ Thank you. That guy hurt my feelings.

[@Korobooshii]

I've always liked Carnivine, wouldn't mind him getting some love. A bit late now, but I remember James had one in the anime, so back then I don't think it would be too farfetched that he'd at least have some fans.

[@dappershinx9234]

That's where I remember him yeah

[@usernametaken017]

I think it needs lighting rod and sap sipper

[@margaram78]

"What would mega-Miltank look like?" *This video has been age restricted*

[@YosiahW]

A pixilated Minecraft steak and it gets a new signature move that only works next to Sizzlipede.

[@emilytheimp]

Mommy? 🥺🥺

[@heartfullofpink6605]

Check out the Miltank self-fusions on Pokemon Infinite Fusion if you want a glimpse of what could be.

[@wentoneisendon6502]

Extra udders

[@Exquailibur]

Mega miltank would gain the steel typing and its udders would become a gatling gun that delivers high pressure milk blasts. This evolution would really put the tank in miltank.

[@benjulesrun9057]

Hoenn went wild with the forgotten single stage pokes. may they all be as lucky as mawile and sableye

[@EggscellentTree]

I mean gen 2 had gligar , murkrow , misdreavus , girafarig , dunsparce , sneasel , etc but alot of them got evolutions later on.

[@usernametaken017]

@@EggscellentTree all hail gen 4 🙌

[@neithermannormachine]

“What’s cooler than being (Jimothy) Cool? Ice-Scald” - Andre 3000

[@SoloCap-Music]

Solrock and Lunatone being ignored in Sun & Moon is all the proof I need that Gamefreak is run by a Spinda

[@curtis4278]

There were a lot of Spinda NPCs in Sun and Moon... 🤔

[@usernametaken017]

Solrock and Lunatone could evolve after leveling up together in a double battle and fusing together. Like a reverse shedinja. Idk. Imagine something like "boulclypse", a rock/psychic type that has a good matchup against dark types because of a signature move or ability. I think this has potential personally

[@letswaveabook3183]

Maybe give the evolutions a rock-psychic "stellar" form as a basic. When it uses a fire move, it becomes it rock/fire "sun" form and when it uses a dark move, it becomes rock/dark "moon" form. If they each have different stats, then it would have the advantage that your opponent wouldn't know if they switch into a wall or a sweeper.

[@SkyNinja759]

Better idea, they evolve if one of them levels up in a battle where the other one is present. If Lunatone evolves in the presence of a Solrock, it becomes a solar eclipse because "the moon is in front of the sun". It takes Solrock's 95 attack and puts it into it's speed. Making it a decently fast special attacker with 95sp.att and 95 speed. Leaning into it current niche of having meteor beam, it could have an ability that acts like a power herb; the first two turn move it uses it instantly fires off. Name the ability something like "lunar congregation". If Solrock evolves in the presence of a Lunatone, is becomes a lunar eclipse because "the sun is shining off the moon". It takes Lunatone's 95 special attack and puts it into it's special defense. Evolved Solrock ends up being a decently stated bulky Pokémon with 90HP, 85def, 95sp.def. Solrock has access to recover and cosmic power, so it's defensive move pool is really good. Give it a signature ability to mitigate the bad defensive type of rock/psychic, or make it a rock/fire type and you have a defensive powerhouse. If you have both level up in the same battle, they could either both evolve into the types above, or they can become unique forms where they're perfectly balanced. Being split down the middle and you getting two of the same Pokémon (not reverse Shedinja but evolving into the same type of Pokémon). Taking the highest stats of the two, they'd basically become a weird mixed attacker amalgamation. It wouldn't be too powerful over the other versions because it's BST would still only be 520. Balance it out by giving it a restricted movepool, possibly like an old gen stone movepool where it doesn't learn anything else by level up after evolving, then give it a less impactful ability selection or something more generalist. This evolution would play off of them being opposites as well, since Lunatone and Solrock has the same stat block but just distributed in a different way (Lunatone is special and Solrock is physical). When evolved that just play off of offense vs defense instead of special vs physical. Although they wouldn't have the same BST because it's replacing speed instead of attack; but that's fine in my mind.

[@azeria1]

Pokemon rejuvenation has this idea some other rom hacks probably also do but you can reverse since it’s done by an item

[@henryalberts539]

I actually once had the reverse idea, while not a buff I think a little floating sleepy pebble baby Pokemon that ties them together as Tyrogue did for the Hitmons would be really cute. They should also get buffs ofc, but we haven’t had anything like Tyrogue since and it’s kind of a worldbuilding shame. My name for it was Pebblight and it was baby.

[@rawkhawk414]

​@@henryalberts539 That's cute lol. I'd call it Starble 😅

[@paulitics6931]

I am a luvdisc supporter. I want the world to know I exist.

[@Jlaps941]

Poor Luvdisc doesn’t even get to be useful past Gen 7 for farming Heart Scales

[@YosiahW]

I used to think Luvdisc evolves into Gorebyss only to find out that Clamperl becomes a pretty and aggressive sea mosquito.

[@MikalEdmunds]

Back in like 2015 I found a shiny Luvdisc in X and Y from my play through. Used it all the way to till the end if I remember correctly

[@JayClearman411]

@@paulitics6931 I vote we give it the fairy typing an 2 evos to even begin to approach viability

[@Schirad]

spinda evolves into ɐpu!ds, now fully spun around

[@Bladius_]

He evolves and is no longer dizzy, he's incredibly serious and normal. Perhaps even wearing a suit.

[@SquishyOfCinder]

Spinda evolving into Pandauseous

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

Spinda stops spinning and evolves into Pinda, the pokemon with 0 BST

[@SquishyOfCinder]

@InsertFunnyThingHere Spinda evolves into Winda, a 540BST Normal/Ground type.

[@Terry_T_ODST]

5:00 about miltank: Similar to Tauros, you could go the regional variant route, using the different cow breeds to justify different typings. On a personal proyect of mine I made a regional miltank that's fairy type based on the jersey cow, with a fairy/ice and fairy/ground variants based on more hairy/muscular variants respectively. Idk, cows are such a diverse group, there's a lot of design space there ❤

[@Bladius_]

A fluffy miltank with it's eyes covered by fur would be very epic.

[@LonesomeDevil]

If Game Freak ever develop a Pokémon region based on India, they'll certainly have no choice but to give Miltank something... unless they create a new cow-based Pokémon for it and then leave Miltank forgotten.

[@Exquailibur]

Mega miltank would gain the steel typing and its udders would become a gatling gun that delivers high pressure milk blasts. This evolution would really put the tank in miltank.

[@edgargaebolg9307]

​@@LonesomeDevil I once designed a Fairy/Fighting regional Miltank based on Parvati and Kali

[@glitchedoom]

​@@Exquailibur Just a regular Miltank with Blastoise cannons for udders.

[@bohanxu6125]

The reason why I like gen 4 designs so much is that it created so many evolution for previous gen otherwise neglected pokemon. gliscor weevil roserade tangrowth electrowires etc. Their designs are all so good and fitting.

[@hexacryst]

"Pokémon Love Version & Pokémon Hate Version, coming to stores conveniently right before holiday season by pure coincidence and nothing more."

[@KingTwelveSixteen]

Luvdisk are supposed to 'kiss' each other by locking mouths in the lore, so clearly the evolution should be a butterfly made of two Luvdisks combined. At least then they could get quiver dance.

[@starsimvidz]

i still remember finding Tropius as a kid and freaking out.. I thought it MUST be incredible.

[@loganwilliams8892]

If Carnivine has 1000 fans I’m one of them.. If Carnivine has 100 fans I’m one of them.. If Carnivine has 10 fans I’m one of them.. If Carnivine has 1 fans I’m one of them.. If Carnivine has 0 fans I’m dead

[@SupahTrunks7]

If carnivine has 0 fans WE are dead. I am with you

[@sreenaths6829]

I dunno why he was so rude to Carnivine lol An interesting idea would be to give him an evolution that does what a Venus Flytrap does.

[@loganwilliams8892]

@@sreenaths6829 I really think it’s because Jimothy didn’t watch the anime much from what he’s said. Carinivine and James relationship in the Diamond Pearl anime was genuinely heart wrenching as a kid

[@SupahTrunks7]

​@@loganwilliams8892 I didn't even watch much of the anime i fell in love with carnivine bc i had a little plastic toy of one as a kid. so you dont even need to have been big into the anime to enjoy carnivine he's just a goofy little guy

[@SupahTrunks7]

@@sreenaths6829 no idea why he said it doesnt fit with the franchise when i feel its perfectly in line with previous carnivorous plant pokemon like the bellsprout line. right down to the yellow green and red color scheme. i would love for a mega carnivine to add elements of sundews (a carnivorous plant that uses sweet-smelling, sticky sap on its leaves to lure insects and is actually kinda pretty in a weird way. def look them up) or bladderworts. instead of levitate give it a different ability and have its signature move be something with a magnet-rise secondary effect to keep the niche of levitate

[@jai249]

Would be funny if spinda got a new form that they unlock when getting confused, where their natural confusion and the new confusion cancel each other and they become weirdly strong for some reason

[@aknight7642]

This is a genius idea, good sir. I tip my absurdly long hat to you.

[@Cleffr]

Then to maintain the theme of its BST being 360 like a circle, it gets 720 BST with 120 in all stats. Since it is now more powerful and still a little confused, it is now confused about its type and constantly questions it. So it has an ability where it can change its type to anything, and has a powerful signature move that corresponds to that type. I think such a Pokémon would be pretty strong.

[@june9914]

@@Cleffrno since their confusion cancels out, they get a base stat total of 0

[@TourFaint]

At least carnivine has a part time job as a boss in wario land 4.

[@cabrondemente1]

It's alternate forme is in Smash.

[@tacowednesdays]

15:20 maybe give a Luvdisc evo a broken heart design. It gets ripped into 2 Pokemon and gets a parental bond-style ability

[@Warden_of_Superjail]

You hit the nail on the head with your description of Tropius. Glad theres others that also think it deserves more love. Great work as always Jim.

[@kayoh9364]

Spinda evolution proposal: Kaleida (pronounced like "collider." As in kaleidoscope.) Has rotationally repeating patterns over its skin Evolves after hitting itself in confusion 3 times in a row. Normal/Fairy type Base stats: 120 HP/Def/SpDef, 60 Atk/SpAtk/Speed As kaleidoscopes have rotational symmetry, the stats here similarly have symmetry, each pair adding to 180 degrees. Keeps Contrary as a hidden ability, but now also gets a new unique ability: Dazing Dance - Once per battle, on switch-in, confuses all pokemon on the field, including itself. Have fun!

[@bananatassium7009]

Brilliant! this should be in a rom hack or something at the minimum, i love all that idea (that dazing dance ability is evil, though!)

[@TinySpiny]

I played Seaglass Emerald recently and they gave Zangoose the Tough Claws ability (I think) which boosts the attack of slash/claw moves which turns it into an absolute monster with Swords Dance + Slash + Shadow Claw + Psycho Cut being basically able to sweep every trainer in the region

[@lunaring5340]

I don't think there's an ability that strengthens claw moves. Tough Claws strengthens moves that make contact by 30%, but is this would already be great for Zangoose. That said, you might be thinking of Sharpness, which boosts slashing/ blade moves?

[@Exquailibur]

Mega miltank would gain the steel typing and its udders would become a gatling gun that delivers high pressure milk blasts. This evolution would really put the tank in miltank.

[@Jolene007]

Carnivine holds a lot of nostalgia for me. I got obsessed Pokemon as a kid at the beginning of Gen 4, and I got a bunch of Pokemon toys. One of which was a Carnivine! I loved its design, just the idea of a freaky plant that wanted to eat you was exciting to my child brain.

[@SupahTrunks7]

Wait did we have the same toy?? Because that’s the exact same reason I love carnivine is I had a toy of it as a child

[@Jolene007]

@@SupahTrunks7 It’s possible! I don’t remember what brand or specific line it was, but it was just a little plastic mold with movable arms. There were a bunch of Gen 4 pokemon made in the same style, little plastic Pokemon with minor articulation.

[@SupahTrunks7]

@@Jolene007 yeah! that's exactly what mine looked like! i used to use him as the goofy villain when playing pretend (while my bigger cranidos toy was the serious villain). wild that we both grew up with the same little plastic carnivine toy!

[@aaleven4728]

I remember in the Pokebilities OM that gave Pokemon access to every single of their abilities Tropius was kinda viable because it had Chlorophyll, Solar Power and Harvest at once which is very powerful in theory, in theory.

[@DragN_H3art]

ever since Calyrex I've thought it'd be funny if they renamed the OM to As One

[@Iinneus]

Luvdisc is so crazy to me. -Highest- _only_ stat? Speed. Ability? Swift Swim. Ok. More speed. Fast Pokémon love boosting and setup moves; what have you got? Ah. Agility. Ok. Your speed stat is now 2,347. What happens next? ...Oh, there was no plan after that?

[@Eroil]

Tropius is my favorite Pokemon. Banana God shall live forever

[@saffodill]

spinda is insane

[@jai249]

I think they are just dizzy

[@Eldred91]

I actually really like Maractus a lot. It has a very charming and adorable design.

[@joeg451]

I want to mega evolve Hatecube into Mega-Hatecube using Hatecubite

[@c00LKIDsix9]

It’s worth saying that they aren’t above just giving pokemon stats between generations. Pelipper went from 85 base SPATK to 95 from Gen 6 to Gen 7. I remember them buffing Pidgeot a little that way too, so that’s never out of the question.

[@yourdemiseishere]

But a maximum of like 3 pokemon by 10 BST at a time. Dustox and Beautifly are desynced because whoever does the buffing doesn't really care they just throw 10 BST at about anything.

[@irenareena]

​@@yourdemiseishere Not true, I'm pretty sure chimecho got like a 40 bst increase (though it still sucks)

[@IceCreamKatGaming]

Evolution is a fundamental mechanic of the Pokémon series, and a core part of the game's progression

[@frequentlyfreddie]

But there are some Pokémon that you encounter throughout the games that just don't evolve at all. They have a single stage.

[@meru_west]

no baby form, no evolved form

[@CabbageMuncher13]

No baby form and no evolved form

[@DarkTheBunn]

Most legendary and mythicals don't evolve either, but I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about pokemon like shuckle

[@TheWarlock3]

That just exist as they are.

[@kingspheal363]

If Kecleon got an evolution I think it would be cool to give it a move like "Colour Burst" where it's a high base power move that matches your current type and reverts you back to Normal type. This would be kind of similar to Burn up but it would be reusable through kecleon using Colour change and Protean to change type.

[@CoralReaper707]

Luvdisc NEEDS an evolution. That thing has been in a horrific state for over 20 years.

[@Crestfallen_Warrior]

I like it the way it is. It's not supposed to be used, it's just there as a gift to give to your loved ones. Like "This is a sign of my love for you and I want you to have this." And then you'd get a cute watery heart that's your pet. That's it, that's all there is to Luvdisc. It doesn't need love, it IS the love.

[@Eroil]

In randbats where mons are balanced on levels, Luvdisc is level 100 and is still the worst mon in the format, and it's not even close.

[@cabrondemente1]

Alomomola is the evolution, GF can't change my mind.

[@CoralReaper707]

@@Crestfallen_Warrior Fair enough. But I do think there are better things to give to your loved one imo. We all have our own opinions, though...and that's totally okay!

[@EggscellentTree]

It was an ok mon in randbats when it could toxic subtect but it lost both toxic and scald, at lv100 it was pretty fast ​@@Eroil

[@FrostFoxChick]

i’m a proud luvdisc supporter! luvdisc does have one niche: it is extremely funny to use for in-game playthroughs. i had one on my omega ruby team with surf/draining kiss/double team/charm. genuinely nothing is funnier than soloing maxie at level cap with a luvdisc

[@dembonez19]

I'm convinced that Alomomola was meant to be an evolution of Luvdisc, but they changed their minds. Coming off of the heels of Gen IV where so many old Pokemon got evolutions, it would've made a lot of sense to keep that trend going. Similarly, I felt that Sigilyph could've been tied to Unown somehow.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

As a Carnivine fan, I will not accept such slander! Its role in the anime won me over what can I say?

[@Quatrixjs1]

It was just a Temu version of James' Victreebel

[@ShadowXeldron]

I remember Carnivine because he was in the anime and fulfilled the "Pokemon who loves James so much as both a friend and a meal" role. Outside of that, I do not ever think about Carnivine.

[@LonesomeDevil]

Interesting how many of those Pokémon were introduced in Gen 3... granted, a lot of them were actually decent in their debut game, but I think it shows a little bit of a different design philosophy when it comes to designing a new Pokémon's stats back then. They were designed only for their introductory game in mind without any care for future potential. Also, thank you for properly representing my feelings about Tropius from back when I played through Hoenn for the first time. A new evolution would definitely fit Druddigon because it actually does look like a middle-stage Dragon type a little bit. I'm sure they can add something cool to its design.

[@KrassomatXD]

Some of these look extremely cool, so I wouldn't really want them to (mega)evolve. A lot of these Pokémon could use a busted signature ability, like Tropius just getting big tropical defense, Solrock/Lunatone some orbital attack boosting, Kecleon changing its type while getting attacked to resist etc.

[@lunaring5340]

I think Kecleon shifting to a resistant type would honestly be more thematically appropriate, and its defenses are paper-thin anyway.

[@TheWizardMus]

Mega Miltank that will sell copies It just becomes taller and more humanoid, gets a cowboy hat and leans into anime cowgirl

[@Benbre08]

Concept to give Milktank a niche, just make a move where it feeds milk to it's ally, restoring 50% of it's health, the difference is that unlike other healing moves, this move can heal any ally, even those who aren't on the field, so you could heal your Moltres that got it's health lowered by rocks earlier for example.

[@letswaveabook3183]

I have to admit that in pokemon TCG, I used the maractus card that could confuse oponents at the cost cost of just 1 energy.

[@tecul1]

Poor Carnivine

[@raputha1148]

I am so pleased there will be a whole other episode of this exquisite video. Truly a time

[@w00ty32]

You got this one and the actual part 2 both titled as part 2 my dude, might need to fix that

[@bobjob2514]

I fully support luvdisc. You go to a route where it’s super common and punch off all its scales to remember moves. Thanks for being my stress relief, little guy! ❤❤❤

[@shoogles_]

I was going to say Maractus could have a dance/music theme, maybe a lot of dancing moves, but then I realised that is also just Ludicolo.

[@dastardlydwarf6909]

Jim you should check out the gen 3 tier shift tour I held in mushi Pokemon like Minun, seviper, Whishcash were top tier was a cool meta

[@jimothycool]

Thank you Mate. That sounds insane.

[@DarthShard]

Feel the same about many of the Gen 3 neglected mons, as well as being fond of Maractus but not Carnivine. Jim speaking for the everyman on this one.

[@shinyarchen_39]

It’d be cool if Seviper got Merciless. If nothing else, it’d play off of both of Zangoose’s abilities being poison-based. Merciless itself is also kind of unfortunate. It’s a cool premise for an ability, and then it gets stuck on the tank that gets Regenerator.

[@user-hu7lw4le1k]

Jimothy Cool evolved into Jimothy Cruel

[@JebeTheGreat]

What if male Miltanks could evolve into a minotaur-esq bipedal bull pokemon called Minotank or Bultank?

[@pariahthemessiah3948]

"male Miltanks" So Tauros lol? Not really sure Gamefreak will to want to give Miltank an evolution, otherwise, they'd have to make 4 designs for Tauros and his regional variants as well. But to be fair, they could probaby get away with giving Miltank regional variants like they did with Tauros.

[@lunaring5340]

Miltank is 100% female, in case you didn't know.

[@PillzmansFox]

9:03 they haven't changed Zangoose because Zangoose is the best pokemon already.

[@Quatrixjs1]

The Luvdisc narration was hilarious "it has swift swim but where is it going at such a pace?"

[@AtmaDragoon]

I too forgot Carnivine existed. But whenever I am reminded it does, I will always then recall the Team Skull Grunt whose favorite it is, and how she is never able to acquire one. I bet she'd be jazzed to hear about Mega Carnivine being A Thing.

[@ssycooffwhite3893]

PLEASE keep your promise to druddigon at the end. Every since I became a fan of pokemon, druddigon has always appealed to me. I love its design, movepool, and abilities (that stat distribution could be worked on though.) There's a lot of druddigon fans out there, and we're all praying that it gets an evolution in ZA.

[@alpolacci]

It killed me that in S/V they gave not one but THREE regional variants to tauros, yet they didn't give it an evo or at least a pre-evo in common with miltank to tie them together

[@thod-thod]

Miltank regional form with whatever region’s signature drink is

[@surio1]

Carnivine is so forgotten they added Snap Trap, a move that screams Carnivine in its typing, effect, and flavor, and gave it to Stunfisk instead. Truly tragic folks.

[@iamnotjcook]

Spinda that stopped being dizzy as an evolution sounds amazing. I also remember some old rom hack that had a really strong luvdisc or luvdisc evolution

[@vallkuma]

Hi jimothy, im ridiculously baked rn and i just wanted to thank you for having such great content. I don't play comp pokemon but like to watch it sometimes but your videos are so interesting to me and idk if this is weird but your voice is relaxing? I sometimes put on your vids to fall asleep and I'm "gardening" to them now and I've now watched all your videos. I think I'm gonna start playing pokemon competitively now !

[@Sunny-ey3vn]

This is part one. The title is wrong

[@icedlemongamer]

18:06 I LOVE CARNIVINE

[@deviantd.6740]

So goated in the anime

[@alexandermorgan6701]

Druddigon lives rent free in my head due to my brother using one in a draft league we were in. It was a lower tier pick and he used it to great effect.

[@nimbus7727]

One of the interesting things I remember seeing for Zangoose and Seviper evolutions would them continuing their evolutionary arms race. I believe Zangoose's evolution gained the Steel typing while Seviper's evolution gained the Ghost typing. I hope Pokemon revisits these two or returns to the idea of related Pokemon participating in an evolutionary arms race.

[@mrboost4186]

7:20 Actually, since gen 6, only half of all types resist themselves (Dark, Poison, Electric, Psychic, Steel, Grass, Ice, Water, Fire) 🤓

[@AllegroRubato]

I think gamefreak should stop messing around and start straight up buffing stats of earlier gens. A lot of those pokemon are cool as designed but can’t do anything because their abilities suck and their stats are not min-maxed to hell like in the newer gens. So just give them stats.

[@ProjectThunderclaw]

A Spinda evolution could take the form of a Spinda Who Got Its Shit Together. Spindont, the No-Nonsense Pokemon.

[@dan13jb]

Kecleon actually has an evolution, you just haven't seen it. Upon evolving it gains the ability 'True camouflage' which makes it invisible to the human eye. It's called Keclegone.

[@stevie9347]

I'm a fan of luvdisc! It was one of the few pokemon I could draw as a little kid playing pokemon sapphire. Got my luvdisc (named Love, I was not creative) into the Lilycove museum for winning the master rank beauty contest and was delighted because I could draw that! It's not my favorite pokemon or anything but I feel warmly towards it.

[@daymastery]

A Carnivine evolution where it grows more heads and becomes a hydra-esque creature would be neat. Could be a Grass/Dragon type, though keeping it as a mono Grass type would work well too.

[@edgargaebolg9307]

Pokémon fans try not to make a Dragon and/or edgy evolution challenge (impossible):

[@vilehunter3761]

So many of these are gen 3. I'm not really sure why gen 3 is beloved. It felt like such a step back for me coming from gen 2 amd then gen 4 blows it out of the water. If someone can explain why it's actually so loved beyond "it was their first so copeing" I'd love to hear some real reasons.

[@kayla_eevee]

Luvdisc isn't my favorite Pokémon or anything but I do like it. It's cute and one of the only Pokémon I distinctly remember drawing as a kid. I have absolutely no artistic talent and a near-constant slight tremor in my hands so I really appreciated that there was a Pokémon I could draw even slightly well.

[@bingo36able]

I love Carnivine! I think the design is awesome, and as a little kid, I thought I was such a smart, tricky person having a Grass type with Levitate. "Hehe, this is the ultimate Pokémon to switch into an opposing Ground Type! It doesn't even have Tropius' double weakness to ice!" Two ideas I have for evolutions would be a branched evolution for Carnivine. Let's just call the evolved form Vinepyr. Vinepyr Grounded Form would be Grass/Ground with Grassy Terrain as an ability, suggesting a Carnivine that took root in the ground and spreads it's root tendrils outward. Vinepyr Hunter Form would be Grass/Electric with Levitate, suggesting a Carnivine that adapted to human encroachment upon its terrain and deforestation by developing electric attacks to menace their machines and hunt birds and flying prey.

[@traviswichtendahl5648]

Carnivine is like if a Super Mario enemy evolved into a Pokemon. Specifically the "orb guy with googly eyes and a big toothy smile" kind of guy.

[@SkyNinja759]

5:13 Give Milktank the Ursaring treatment. An evolution that isn't much of an "evolving" as much as it's just changing shape and getting some more details thrown on it. Miltank could become a more chonky cow, put it down on all fours, and elongate it's horns. Turn it into a premiere stall pokemon with a busted ability and decent secondary typing, maybe buffing it's originally signature move "milk drink" to cure statuses as well. Give it a secondary water type and theme it as bloated. It could fall into the bulky water archetype. Ursaluna has a somewhat random ground typing, so there's grounds for adding a type purely for the evolution. Update it's ability as well. Ursaring loses one ability per evolved form then splits it's current abilities into each. We could have one version that's a bloated cow with a secondary water type and sap sipper to signify it's a gutton, then have a second version that's more of a show cow with thick fat played off that it's well taken care of so it's form can resist ice and fire moves. Both could be bulky but one is a special attacker and the other is a physical attacker just like Ursaluna. Slot in a new ability for each form and you have a good defensive powerhouse for a team. If you really wanted to lean into the anime route, one form could have a rock secondary typing, turn into a brown dairy cow, have an ability to patch up it's defensive holes (a themed "filter" ability) and have a signature rollout-like move. A homage to Whitney's Miltank.

[@randomchiz]

Here's what you do for luvdisc: make Heart Scales act like a luvdisc-specific eviolite. Then give it Friend Guard as a 3rd ability. Boom, a decently fast support pokemon in doubles. If you wanna be extra spicy, give it Scald too (cuz it's filled with the warmth of love or something)

[@saltator8565]

14:09 This was brutal lmao

[@oterrabsiul]

Zangoose could evolve to a part ground type to gain an upper hand against seviper's poison typing and similarly seviper could evolve into a ghost type to become immune to zangoose's STAB options

[@beauvogames]

Loving a load of these suggestions, a number of whom I've wanted evolutions for for years, especially Tropius who - like you say - just looks so powerful but weirdly isn't. A more offensive evolution would be awesome and would allow for Eviolite Tropius, which would be amazing on a Harvest set.

[@jas_nah]

I laughed so hard when I first encountered Tropius. One of my favorite Pokemon memories. I always use him as an HM friend, but I wish that goofy guy could do more.

[@austinmeakim7181]

I think a cool Solrock Lunatone evo would be like leveling one to 30 something with the other in your party consumes both pokemon to produce the evolution, kinda like the opposite of Nincada turning into two pokemon when it evolves

[@WiiTara]

Zangoos and Seviper: Hear me out. Zangoos evolves into a Normal/Steel Type, while Seviper evolves into a Poison/Ghost Type basically making each other immun to one of the opposits STABs.

[@SkyNinja759]

They did Kecleon so dirty over the years. If he got a unique move similar to king's shield it would be neat. Something to play off it's invisibility because it's type changing uniqueness is taken by multiple pokemon now. Have a move that makes it immune on it's next turn, but can be hit the turn it's used. Like dig, dive, etc, but not being locked into the move and target. You could put it next to a follow me user to put pressure on the enemy team. Think about it; boost up until the follow me user is low HP, use the vanishing move the turn the follow me user goes down, then get immunity for a turn while firing off a decent move. Given enough speed it would mean that's two turns of attacks because the following turn you'll outspeed. It would be a threat if it can two shot something, and it being a normal type it's coverage should be enough to two tap with a wide pool of super effective coverage. Just name the move "vanish" or something, so Gamefreak could give it to ghost types in the future if they wanted. Just test out the mechanic with Kecleon because it's a underpowered single stage normal type.

[@lux_1742]

The idea for Solrock and Lunatone evos for me has always to bring them closer to eachother with times of day. Give Lunatone an evo based on dawn (night->day) and solrock an evo based on dusk (day->night) to keep them as a pair that makes sense and is pretty cool.

[@CoolPunko]

Gosh, the way Jimothy trashed on the helpless little Luvdisc, relentlessly.

[@guybrush20X6]

Tropius's main gimmick in its starting gen was being the first Grass Flying Pokémon to actually fly, but with HMs a thing of the past, there's not much to it now.

[@jzplr]

Carnivine is likely singlehandedly responsible for me never clicking Earthquake on any Pokémon that looked like it wasn't touching the ground; there are plenty of Pokémon like Magnezone that are floating but don't have Levitate, but Carnivine is the rare exception that actually does for some reason.

[@Willingmess]

I love discus fish, the basis for luvdisc. I think an amazing evolution further based on the incredibly diverse patterns and colors on discus would be fantastic without risk of crossing into alomamola’s territory.

[@meluiethbox844]

I saw a concept for a Luvdisc evo once where it's the same but it gets a big shark-tooth grin that makes it look like a broken heart. By my money that's the best idea anyone's ever had for this thing.

[@halifaxsteppenwulf7980]

Worth pointing out that many people would love a mega Carnivine because that’s one of James’ iconic Pokémon. It liked to bite him.

[@joetalentoh]

As a randbats player i'm always caught off guard whenever Tropius is referenced as anything other than a top tier threat.