Goodra's Folklore Origins! - Pokemon Sword/Shield

[@doctorsnakeeater1997]

"Snails aren't scary, they're super harmless!" France: *"Oh ho ho, au contraire!"*

[@rikustorm13]

Lol right?

[@quentinbrown9300]

Oui! (I'm not actually french, pls don't hate me)

[@Cure_Hana]

Is that why escargot was invented? 😅

[@dejaypage1575]

@@Cure_Hana THEY CANNOT KILL US IF WE EAT THEM FIRSY!

[@ZekeAxel]

You meant to say "delicious", mon ami?

[@Finchyay]

“Is the Goomy line’s origins French or Japanese?” Why not both?

[@JMObyx]

Jrench? Frapanese?

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

¿Por que no los dos?

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

Tao Of Tony Stark, my friends. "Is it too much to ask for both?"

[@aesuradracaheorte3585]

@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 or the old el paso commercial girl

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

@@aesuradracaheorte3585 Indeed. Her too. "Why not both?"

[@caspianbchalphy]

So Pokémon basically is like “hey here is two creatures from mythology that seem somewhat similar let’s combine them for this region that one of the creatures hails from”

[@TheRezro]

Yes. Pokemons are aliens and as such they technically can look like anything.

[@nkyfong]

They did this for Zygarde where they mixed the Hindu god Vishnu with the green dragon things at the underworld of Norse Mythology that chew on corpses.

[@Ganzo_ed]

Goomba: Seems shocked that it takes that long to evolve Goomy into Goodra Dreepy: Im about to make this man suffer

[@someoneawesome8717]

I like Goodra, so it's cute and looks like it wants to hug their trainer

[@krystalendermalie1361]

"You will be covered in slime when hugged by Goodra, don't get mad."

[@someoneawesome8717]

If they bring up Goodra's slime actually being good for your skin that would make them more popular!

[@GM_Darius]

Same here! So friendly, but so dang powerful!

[@RokuroCarisu]

'Cause it does.

[@someoneawesome8717]

@@krystalendermalie1361 I would not be mad to get a hug from my buddy, especially with how much work it took to get him so strong

[@Neo232100]

As the old meme goes. “Why not both?” :D

[@aliastheabnormal]

Now we can have Pokémon fans fighting over the proper way to worship Goomy as a god.

[@cookiebombcasualemail5284]

As the new meme goes: "yes"

[@meganbragge8040]

I agree, why not both?

[@KirbyJason210]

"Both?" "Both?" "BOTH?" *both is good*

[@kylepeters8690]

"dragon's need to have four legs and wings or they don't count" Lou Carcolh disagrees

[@jamesonweimann4720]

Not really Asian dragons don’t have wings or they are to small to really count

[@kylepeters8690]

i'm well aware, heck if you look back at most dragons through myth and legend very few meet the so-called criteria to be called a dragon. I intended this just more as a joke since a lot of people seem to have the idea that a dragon has to have four legs and wings or it doesn't count. guess it didn't come across right.

[@zachbahamutson5477]

@@jamesonweimann4720 I only really have one criteria for a dragon for the other types as long as it's able to hold a long conversation with another species or other species, or able to recognize emotional distress and act accordingly it's a dragon. I'm reserving it to these categories because while they may not be as intelligent as humans there are some dragons from myths and legends that were pretty smart that they were able to understand and even learn to do things like a dog. So yes my criteria is they have to be more intelligent than just a raging Beast.

[@Gensolink]

@@kylepeters8690 tbh I always considered two legged and two winged wyverns and such to be a species to dragons anyway like there are multiple species of dogs and such

[@todddempsey1277]

Dragons in hellboy are basically giant eldritch gods with tentecles.

[@flarecoils1573]

Pokemon sun: An amazingly friendly Pokémon, but if left to itself, loneliness overcomes it, and it oozes gooey tears. ;_;

[@anonymousdratini]

Oh no! Now I gotta take mine out of the box and hug her.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Always make sure to give your goolings lots of lovins!

[@doomhakai8771]

Thats a shame he's gotta put that in the beggining now

[@moritamikamikara3879]

I hope youtube crashes, burns and gets replaced with a new platform that knows what its doing and knows how to handle these legal issues PROPERLY

[@Kartoffelkamm]

I kinda just ignored all the fuss lately, because these things never had any noticeable impact before, at least not as far as I know. Demonetization was said to ruin KZbin, yet here we are. The new subscription features were said to ruin KZbin, yet here we are. I give this thing three months before everyone just stopped bothering about it.

[@Dracomut]

No, they really aren’t. Let’s just cut out the fearmongering, this whole problem is annoying but nowhere near as bad as people are saying it is

[@moritamikamikara3879]

@@Kartoffelkamm People aren't ever gonna stop bitching about it though. I certainly aint.

[@26th_Primarch]

Yeah...

[@GaijinGoombah]

I have no idea why I kept saying Shussenbora towards the end there. My brain is dumb. ANYWAY! ENJOY THE FOLKLORE OF THE BEST GOOPY BOIS!!! (Also yes, Sliggo is not Sliggoo. Again, no idea why my brain defaulted like that lol.)

[@badd7407]

Where is Sam Fisher Witch Ninja episode you promes,remeber?

[@origialtych]

I was wondering if you would do anything england/pokemon Sword&Shield related this works

[@jeremyetremblay6663]

Gaijin Goombah Media can you do a Lego Ninjago culture video please 😁

[@rexstocephirxiii4263]

I vote both. I can do that right?

[@26th_Primarch]

I saw that picture of SCP-111 at 6:45

[@carlwalter2000]

Two years later, pokemon is like " yo Gaijin you right" BAM hisuian goodra!

[@solidskullz5736]

me seeing goomy for the first time: S L I M Y B O I

[@gaaraofthedesert801]

I'm sure it's likely a fusion of the two. Many pokemon have several mixed inspirstions

[@danatrick4868]

Does anyone else want a dragon snail in their fantasy now?

[@dracocrusher]

That'd make for one heck of an interesting Draconic Sorcerer or Dragonborn in D&D 5e. "Yeah, he's a dragon man. He walks up and you see he has a shell on his back and he's covered in slime.... He looks you dead in the eye as he says '...I'm 3,000 years old... used to be a snail, you know......... Then I fell from the mountain in a rockslide and learned to live in the sea...............' The group seems baffled but awkwardly welcomes you in."

[@danatrick4868]

Thanks for the heart and likes!!!! TT~TT I swear I'll write a story featuring dragon snails!!!!

[@alexanderjohngolveo1351]

@@dracocrusher Dragon Man: '...I'm 3,000 years old... used to be a snail, you know......... Then I fell from the mountain in a rockslide and learned to live in the sea...............' Me: Do you also know a Guard who used to be an Adventurer until he took an arrow in the knee?

[@aguynamelex3146]

Gives me an idea for a series I have in mind

[@aguynamelex3146]

In have an idea for something with that type of snail

[@mediamammoth2675]

Why not both? It is a Japanese developed game set in France after all.

[@Mecha82]

This.

[@JeromeMillion]

Isn't it actually set in the UK though ?

[@mediamammoth2675]

@@JeromeMillion No, no. Sword and Shield are in the UK, bud. X and Y, which Goodra is from, are set in France.

[@JeromeMillion]

Yes I kept watching the video and saw what you meant ! It all makes sense ;) ! Thanks !

[@maxfelson9467]

Yeah still random lore / context / folklore wise

[@mr.pick2157]

1:29. DO NOT YIFF THE GOODRA

[@amonyaesmith2867]

6 years late for that.

[@LMixir]

Too late...

[@strawberrycake3474]

I like them big I like them chunky

[@KemonoPriestessHazuki]

Too late.

[@Haborym777]

Uah too late...I and other people already drew...this guy before

[@krisgunther]

Literally just caught a goodra as I saw this

[@GM_Darius]

That's just good timing.

[@SpiritoftheWolf28232]

*Sees new episode of Yokai Hunters* Whelp, time for finger stretches. RIN! PYOU! TOU! SHA!

[@Yuki_Ika7]

I misread "welp" as "whelk" as in the kind of snail like creature

[@jumpingspiderjesusfreak6219]

Personally I like the interpretation that it’s both!

[@archangelsupreme4963]

You know what’s kinda funny? They bring up how the Goodra line are essentially dragon snails and now? We do get that quite literally in Legends arceus not 2 to 3 years later!

[@amirgarcia547]

Wait, you’re telling me the terrifying snail dragon actually has *lore?* Nani?!???!

[@monhunterz5430]

Every pokemon has lore! You just have to look at it right.

[@aneeshsrinivas892]

Terrifying? How is it terrifying when the Pokédex mentions its such a friendly pokemon

[@shellknight1323]

Lou Carcolh or Shussabora? Me and Intellectual: *why not both!*

[@dejaypage1575]

*Hears Digimon* ...(brings up Renamon with big Anime sparkle eyes)

[@dejaypage1575]

... Seriously people, name ONE DIGIMON WITH MORE CULTURAL INSPIRATION BESIDES ANY OF THE FOX DIGIMON!

[@DrMDHyde]

Dejay Page Angemon?

[@dejaypage1575]

@@DrMDHyde outsude of Bible stuff

[@richardwilliams2779]

@@dejaypage1575 It's possibly Ogremon and Fugamon. They're both based on the ogre of European folklore and the oni of Japanese folklore.

[@dejaypage1575]

@@richardwilliams2779 good point.

[@DarkRedPsycho92]

Goodra is no doubt my favorite Pseudo-Legendary Pokemon, mine has lots of Ribbons from the Best Friends Ribbon, to the Alola Champion Ribbon. Can't wait to bring my Goodra to Shield and Shining Pearl! 😄

[@Leron...]

Missed an opportunity to end with "This is Gaijin Goodra, signing out"

[@WarmLillie]

Look like some dragons don’t have be scale but can also be gooey

[@Gloomdrake]

Y’all forgot to mention the paintings of knights fighting snails.

[@DrMDHyde]

A coppa sounds like a Yoki that goes around stealing things people use to make their lively hoods.

[@aguynamelex3146]

On the behalf of all gremlins they do stuff because its funny and people happen to get hurt and even they are not as evil as Coppa

[@SableGear]

I see your other yokai-inspired pokemon running around in the background there, nice touch!

[@Garryzilla]

That part at 1:10 for a yokai equivalention for hydriegon is almost right but hydriegon is based of a kaiju actually called king ghidorah the king of terror and the golden dragon from outer space and Godzilla's number 1 enemy.

[@Nagatem]

You had me rolling with laughter at thiccness/motomoto meme

[@jedijam91]

The best Pokémon designs draw on multiple sources.

[@CrimsonMagus]

Coming back to this video after playing Legends Arceus, and it all seems to connect with Goodra's Hisuian form

[@grandedad7392]

I like the tengu, kappa, and Kitsune in your party :)

[@fluxgoodra9034]

OMG FOLKLORE ON GOODRA?? This is amazing! I had no idea this stuff about my favourite Pokémon!! This is by far my favourite episode of yours! Edit: oh definitely Shussebora.

[@thepbrit]

The answer to which creature it's based of is easy, both. Pokemon have many inspirations and it's more than likely both creatures inspired our slimy bois

[@Dawleyllama]

Pumped for the Digimon episode. Always thought you would enjoy the franchise! As for Goodra's inspiration, I think both are correct. Gamefreak loves taking concepts and combining them so I think it is fair to say that boththe French and Japanese folklore had a hand in creating it

[@jazz5753]

Oof, that COPPA intro... Dark times ahead, everyone

[@cobaltCarnivore]

Eden Matrix I'm hoping it results in a purge of underage users. Unlikely, but one can dream.

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Goodra: Exists Me in Aku's voice: EXTRA THICC!!!!!!

[@AlexHeisEngholm]

The french theory got me thinking of the anime "the time I got reincarnated as a slime".

[@luisadolfothewolf7042]

Sliggoo needs rain in order to evolve into Goodra, maybe a reference to the Shussenbora need of staying in the seas for 1000 years before it can reach his final state as a dragon.

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

snails are harmless creatures that are slow and eat plants killer cone snail: *laughs in poisonous harpoon* let me introduce myself

[@gamegod6859]

lou corchu (spelled wrong): ha! cute

[@anthonydezii8493]

I think you forgot to cover European text that had illustrations of knights fighting snails.

[@heek8964]

DID I HEAR DIGIMON AT THE END THERE!?!? YEEEESSSSS!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!!!!

[@Popanimates]

I love how Goodra is so cute despite being a pseudo legendary

[@GM_Darius]

Huh, well damn! I legit was not expecting any sort of culture behind Goodra and it's line. Also, thanks for reminding me that Flail Snails exist! They're 100% going to be in my next adventure :D

[@kevinr.9733]

If Lockstin has taught me anything, it's that many Pokémon have multiple inspirations, and saying stuff like "this is the thing that this Pokémon/set of Pokémon is based on" is frequently reductive and prevents people from looking for connections to other myths and legends. So, in answer to the question of "draconic French demon snail or Japanese snail-turned-dragon", I simply say "yes".

[@scarredchild]

He said Digimon! By far growing up I was a bigger Digimon fan than Pokemon. I knew all the gen 1-3 -mons by heart. I played three games and a fighting game back when I was hardly thinking about how cool Gold and Silver, then Ruby and Saphire were. Palmon and Renamon are still treasured by me. Digimon! Also, getting as many people as I can hearing about COPPA. If it helps at all. I have so many things this might affect. KZbin is just a big domino in what could be a long line. As Barney Fife would say, "You've got to nip it in the bud!".

[@TheOnlyJzillaMerida]

I love Goodra! Happy to see a video on this awesome Pokémon!

[@13KuriMaster]

2:42 Is that an Image from The Secret Saturdays!? :D.... that show needs more love.

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

I would've loved that Goodra had a Mega Evolution that looked like a Flail Snail (maybe Dragon/Fighting)

[@gasparperalta3725]

There's also the fact that a lot of medieval painting show knights fighting giant snails as well as dragons

[@loganfrandrup6590]

Holy crap, you not only made something that sounded absolutely ridiculous, weird, and what I thought was uninteresting, then made it absolutely amazing. I have not felt this sense you covered Shovel Knight's Shovel Blade.

[@justagundam]

My third favorite Pokémon. You've given me even more reasons to love it!

[@Kyzoren]

So... this kinda helps explain the Namekians from Dragonball, with some offshoots of them being dragonoid, rather than slug/snail (the Dark Vassals & the Dragonball Dragons)...

[@MorePower8679]

6:45 That picture Is the one used in SCP-111; which, ironically enough, is also titled “Dragon Snails.”

[@jamesonweimann4720]

The Pokémon impidimp looks like something that can be talked about here

[@leirawhitehart1236]

Wow, I didn't know that France had lore like that! I had no idea that a dragon snail was even a thing! I find it interesting that the French seem to have created a monster based on what they also eat...🤔

[@BepisBoi69]

It's most likely based on the cone snail, who has a venomous harpoon that is usually fatal to humans

[@Kondase]

Amazing. I can't believe with all the dragon mythology research I've never come across anything like this. Thank you for enlightening me.

[@lennerthendriks5587]

Did anyone else notice that in the pokémon camp where other pokemon based on Japanese mythology? (Froslass = Yuki onna, Sneasel = Kamaitachi, etc).

[@Zthewise]

let's not forget that Sliggoo needs it to be raining or foggy to turn into Goodra. Maybe a reference to the Shussabora going to the ocean for it's final 1000 years?

[@TacComControl]

Gamefreak: "We're gonna make a goo pokemon that's goo shaped!" Internet: "THICC" Gamefreak: "WHAT NO DO-" Internet: "Also you know goo girls have been a thing for a while, right?" Gamefreak: "...well, poop."

[@DerMessiasderSatire]

Very interesting once again. Pokémon always intrigued me with it being pretty much based on all types of folklore. Love watching these video, honestly.

[@herddragon9215]

it was fun to sit here and see when you were talking about the yokai and being able to sit here and think to myself "oh hay I know this one" I have learned so much about monsters from some research I did on something I was writing fro fun, but I learned so much. this channel has been a help with that as well, so thanks.

[@solidsnake4567]

I like how you had a bunch of yokai inspired Pokémon in the background at the camp.

[@darksin2525]

I'm enjoying your videos and now I'm hyped to see your Digimon videos when they come out ^-^

[@XL.Pumpkaboo]

I both laughed and cried at the disclosure (in the beginning of this video). I laughed, because I found it amusing. I cried, because I understand the REALITY...WHY it had to be done.

[@TrueBlueFanon]

When i hear digimon then instantly imagine you talking about Royal knights.

[@evilkittie13]

Goodra was the last pokemon I expected to have this much lore revolving around it. This was a good insight. Great job on this video!

[@elemomnialpha]

*Level 40* Dreepy and Deino: "that's cute"

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

2:33 That big guy at the buffet table in described in a few words.

[@Kirbydudette333]

🎵Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the champions! Digimon digital Monsters Digimon are the champions! change into digital Champions to save the digital *world* !🎵

[@TheRevanchrist]

I just liked the sound Goomy made when poke it.

[@mattwo7]

Digimon is a treasure trove of culture you haven't tackled yet? *MegaTen (which has been covered all of **_once_** with Izanami in P4) and Dragon Quest would like to know your location.* I kid of course, at least to the extent that I'm glad Digimon is being covered.

[@AnthonyDaFox]

Now were going to French crytids? Whats next your gonna Talk the Tarrasque?

[@GM_Darius]

OH GOD YES PLEASE.

[@DrMDHyde]

Toni Technaclaw I’d love if he got into some Irish folklore.

[@jirehtheprovider]

Heart of Tarrasque from DotA 2 comes to mind

[@alexandersoudry188]

Or the beast of gevaudan, or the gargler, or the guivre.

[@derrickhaggard]

Dullahan episode please. And I'm still annoyed we didn't get a Dark/Fairy type Pokémon or a Ghost/Fairy type Pokémon based on/inspired by the Dullahan for Sword and Shield. And don't give me the excuse "a Dullahan Pokémon is too dark and disturbing for Sword and Shield." because we have Pokedex entries just as dark and disturbing or even more dark and disturbing then the Dullahan legends.

[@angelsinthewindow]

I love how you decided to get this to go for COOPA. I think it works rather well. I have a feel like its a mix of both French and Japanese Yokai design. Since it did make its start in France version of Pokemon, and it has such a long evolution, I think they took aspects of both to make Goodra's evolution line up.

[@SoraHjort]

sure it takes several dragon types a really long time to evolve. But have you seen Larvesta? The Bug/Fire bug takes 59 levels to finally evolve into Volcarona, the Fire Moth. .. Makes me wonder if there is folklore tied with that length as well...

[@Fuzzycat16]

The way you say Lou Carcolh is adorable. ~French guy.

[@JeromeMillion]

Being French I wouldn't even know how to say it because... I never heard of it and the name doesn't even look French xD !

[@Fuzzycat16]

@@JeromeMillion Fair enough =P

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Wait, so that's why knights are fighting snails in medieval artwork?

[@renamon5658]

I would love to hug goodra even if by doing so i ruin my shirt

[@TheCreepypro]

I never would have thought this pokemon would have such ties to a legendary creature I love to learn neat things like this on this channel

[@fatalisblack7213]

I think it takes partial inspiration from the Glaucus atlanticus (better known as the Blue DRAGON slug).

[@ailuroarmory89]

The first "boss" of final fantasy VI

[@kurisu7885]

Thinking about it, the Stormblood expansion adds a region called the Ruby Sea, and in that region underwater in case you can find two creatures, a Yumemi, a snail, and a Naked Yumemi, a snail with no shell.

[@_Seileach]

I like how the mons you put out to play with in the camp are all youkai-inspired.

[@gmsloep]

Li'l G can't stop poking the jiggly Goomy and neither can I, so jiggly and cute.

[@cory76]

Oh man! I can't wait for you to cover Digimon!!! That's so exciting!

[@perrilewis180]

It's also an rpg slime the first enemy of the game that turns into the endgame boss of the rpg a dragon. And also pokemon have multiple inspirations. So it being from Kalos (france) but being a Japanese game so it's both.

[@shadoww4818]

I recently went to a conference at the American Folklore Society where Michael Dylan Foster, (Yes, That Michael Dylan Foster) was talking about a new concept he was working on where one culture's idea of a creature then overrides another culture's idea of a similar creature. In particular he was talking about how different water based creatures from all around Japan were all slowly turned into Kappa, even when the creature had a seperate name and distinct features such as being more monkey-like or living in salt water. He was calling it Memetic Staining though the actual name is still being work shopped. Either way I think that may be what's happening here. While researching France the designers found myths about the Lou and said, "Oh giant Snail monster, I know about those" and thus their own notions of what snail monsters are like stained the french model leaving a somewhat synchronized pokemon.

[@arthurreyes295]

I can´t support you on patreon Gaijin but I will try and like and comment on each and every of your videos! I so dearly adore your content and I would hate to see it be restrained or degraded, given how much of a lore addict that I am, and wish to see so much more of you in the future! Keep on exorcising those demons!

[@cesarsanchez5383]

Good vid Goombah, im really happy to see a chilean illustration used in the video the author goes with the name Feig and is the Lou Carcolh in the seg 2:33

[@AveonWolf]

All I can say is that when X and Y was coming out and the full pokedex was revealed, the moment I saw goodra it, for lack of better term, was love at first site. The moment I caught a goomy I trained it so that it could lead my team asap. To this day I would say goodra is one of if not my all time favorite pokemon.

[@derpyspoil6669]

i just was out of a job and (sadly) a home for like a year..i'm back as a viewer and still looove your stuff

[@deadshields8561]

Something you forgot to mention is Sligoo’s unique evolution method to become Goodra. It needs to reach the necessary level when raining, and natural rain at that, similarly to how the Shussenbora needs to go to the sea for it’s final evolution so do Sliggoo need to find areas of natural rainfall.

[@Ryogenshe]

I appreciate that all the pokemon in your camp are yokai inspired too. On brand on point 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@texasred9372]

2:43 Yes! Some Secret Saturday’s Rep. I love that show but no one seems to remember it.

[@RowinMarkov]

In response to the question posed near the end of the video i think it is most likely something of a mashup of the 2 cryptids. A little bit of each inspiring the creation of the #1 goo-mon.

[@coreymon78]

Fantastic stuff as always. Great to see you at ANYC.

[@SingingSealRiana]

There is another dragon snail conection, in middivel depictions knights are often showen to fight a giant snail in place of a dragon. There is little lore to find but almost everyone stummbles opone that once. It might went unnoticed but realy, it is quite often on Display somewhere and might be inspiration for one who notice to research for dragon snail lore.

[@ianthompson3628]

Others elements that may have gone into this line's design are the numerous drawing of monster snails battling knights that appeared in manuscripts and documents from the Middle Ages of Europe. No doubt closely related to the Lou Carcolh, or at least sharing origins or inspiration, these are also famous for most likely inspiring the bandersnatch from Louis Carrol's Jabberwocky and related writings, a frumious , sneaky creature with a long stretchy neck that shares its name with scientific classifications of snails. Serendipitously, Lou Carcolh and Lewis Carroll even have superficially similar names. Super fascinating!