Game Theory: The Pokedex is FULL OF LIES! (Pokemon)

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As much as I love Pokemon, I don't always trust the information we're given about each Pokemon in the Pokedex. I mean, the professors are the only ones updating any of that info, so there's no way to fact-check them. Or at least that's how it used to be. No longer will we have to blindly trust the professors, my Loyal Theorists! I am here to reveal the lies hidden within the Pokedex!
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[@nuclear1071]

Matpat: the pokedex is full of lies. Also matpat: continues to use the pokedex as evidence for other pokemon theories.

[@RoyalLegend1000]

Lol true

[@vidhijhamnani2748]

*insert funny meme*

[@silver4428]

Mat pat caught in 4k comment

[@RoyalLegend1000]

@@silver4428 what???

[@poggodoggo77]

Hey gotta support the 1st lie with other lies ,right?

[@ethanpopp517]

2017 MatPat: You can’t see black holes. 2019 picture of a black hole: *exists*

[@zachattack1279]

Jef Milkington We’re only seeing the outline of the black hole

[@ethanpopp517]

zachattack12 exactly, that orange part is the event horizon or atleast very close. You can tell a black hole is there.

[@zachattack1279]

@@ethanpopp517 the outline is the event horizon

[@dertvids6174]

What they said

[@justasimpleguy1652]

@Rey Ordonez Hah! Your joking right? That is a real photo, what did you think it was, a drawing?

[@asgermortensen1016]

you my man just taught me everything I need to know about black holes for my physics exam

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Except for the fact that when black holes evaporate, that mass gets converted to energy, the energy of a nuke that is.

[@meliodasforlife5245]

You lucky you watched this video

[@amon6560]

Did you pass?

[@asgermortensen1016]

@@amon6560 yes I did. Unfortunately I did not have to talk about black holes and stuff. (Never said before)

[@jodiemaeosborne5594]

When Game Theory teaches you more physics than a trained teacher can 😄

[@mavh0116]

I once heard a wise man say: "never let the truth get in the way of a good story".

[@DeorsaWisteriaVenustiano]

A concept the majority of the population abide by 😂

[@moonseaeeveelutionsdance8863]

Wise.

[@hannahlarocco4699]

Really kid?

[@CDA1989]

#murica ^^

[@FN64Productions]

Who?

[@ProtoMario]

The Pokedex is written by a bunch of old men who have questionable memories about the genders and names of thier own grand children, and yet, somehow this is a surprise? REALLY, I mean, REALLLLLLY?

[@CatholicismRules]

xD - I, uh, I mean.. BUT PROTO The Pokemon universe abides by different rules than our own universe, as is seen when Ash jumps hundreds of feet into the air and magical Thor-rats defeat ancient ice-robots in legal dogfights. Measuring that world by our logic just doesn't make sense.

[@ironpyrous5787]

ProtoMario Well, hello there !

[@DarkSlasher36]

ProtoMario Well Kukui could just be referring to the trans community when questioning gender? XD

[@sifuculreif6448]

But PROTO, I thought the pokedex was programmed with an A.I. that writes its own articles! Why else would the Prof. send you out to fill the pages? I mean, unless it's the Trainer writing the articles... New Theory?

[@squwooshk]

ProtoMario but Proto do you actually believe this Theory you do realize that since the typing of Gardevoir is mainly Magic it has magic and Magic would be able to make that especially since the types of magic that uses

[@ryancompton397]

At a certain point in this video you start to forget that this is all about the pokedex XD

[@MrAutobot390]

Ryan Compton I was just about to comment the same thing

[@raptorrrr]

Yep

[@ghostone1185]

Ya

[@Bryan-ll3fn]

true true😐

[@picklebobxd9926]

Inr

[@northernalpine4350]

i love how matpat makes a theory that immediately disproves all of his previous theory about the same subject lmfao

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Wanna hear another lie? "This is going to be a series."

[@jdizzle3247]

...Still waiting for Ep. 2 of Debunk The Dex, *MATPAT*

[@thebreakfastman4638]

Hell yes!

[@jotarokujo3623]

JDizzle well if you think this IS debunk the Dex 2 you want debunk the dex 3

[@cherijordan2769]

Ikr

[@Its-me-Penny]

Hi

[@Allycat-xo4mr]

Now read that in his Mickey voice

[@Jackwn]

1:52 Matpat: “Imagine if Wikipedia was full of lies” Me: Well teachers seem to think so...

[@gxthicbirdz170]

Jackwn - Clash of Clans & Clash Royale i thought the same thing XD

[@chase2020]

They say that it's unreliable because anyone can edit it. If they took 2 seconds to do RESEARCH, they would realise that almost everything is sourced and there is a community dedicated to accuracy on the site.

[@ACE112ACE112]

Even worse is that they change them to prove their point. They modify the data to fit their claim.

[@jeffmatrachisia3827]

It's not that it IS full of lies, it's that it COULD be. Wikipedia is not static, so even if it is "peer reviewed", it can have different information when someone revisits the page and the reviewers aren't always reliable. Even if you get legit facts from Wikipedia, by the time a teacher went to there to check the sources it could have had some of those facts removed for any number of reasons (something as simple as people felt it wasn't too important for the article, which is meant to be concise to some point). Additionally, many English articles on Wikipedia are required to be written in "Basic English" which limits them to 850 different words that have been deemed simple enough that even English speakers with minimal education can understand them, and while that makes it more accessible, it means a lot of important information could be left out because it cannot be expressed with Basic English. Really, coming from a librarian, those in research based fields DO use Wikipedia a lot, but not directly. Wikipedia is a great resources for finding other sources if you follow the listed sources, and informal research (answering a question outside of an academic setting), even just using Wikipedia will suffice, it's often correct, it's just not appropriate for school because it sometimes does spread misinformation, which is common enough with the internet.

[@samueljackson3512]

You cant cite something that changes..

[@noahmitchell4696]

Oak: You've completed the Pokedex? Caught every Pokemon? My Pokedex is perfect! Me: Yes but actaully no.

[@justafan9206]

MissingNo intensifies

[@Razorcrusher]

Gditfohxisutiycifsrusruditvooydi us fi

[@justafan9206]

@@Razorcrusher r/ihadastroke

[@shikigranbell7608]

NOAH MITCHELL nah its a yes

[@Undollii]

POV : When a white and green pokemon thing is more powerful than the legit god of pokemon

[@Jbcoelho7]

Mew >

[@Jbcoelho7]

Mew > life

[@the-angel-of-light-gardevoir8]

Gardevoir could canonically take out legendary Pokémon and maybe even god himself so yeah I mean never having a overprotective companion wouldn’t be that bad right?

[@snor161]

“Thou shall never name their rival a silly name” Sorry Matpat, ‘skittles eyes” from my red and blue play through from 20 years ago has already met his fate,

[@fuzzyboi431]

I guess 2 pokemon gods have opposite commandments, this one says “thou shall never name thy rival a silly name” while MandJTV says “thou must always name their rival a mean name” how shall thou choose?!

[@snor161]

@@fuzzyboi431 good point

[@radomiami]

I personally name the rivals their canon names. Not sure why, maybe I just can't bring myself to change someone's name to "DumDum" or "BrwnPnts".

[@eduardoapontejr2945]

I always do Peepa. Don’t know why, but i like the consistency.

[@YouTubeUser_912]

Wait, where did the "never" in the sentence come from?

[@ContactDeadAhead]

7:07 "Where can I work Diet Coke into this script? 9:40 Shows a black hole drinking something that is NOT Diet Coke

[@sadhlife]

yee exactly

[@MCZordrath]

Y

[@grem1936]

yee what if the cup has diet coke in it?

[@MartinFinnerup]

Well, to be fair he didn't say "in this script". He said "in this analogy". So it was a specific part of the script.

[@sangoluvsmiroku4eva]

Diet Coke does show up at 8:47 though

[@rotomfan63]

I always thought the Pokedex was intentionally filled with lies cause they want to keep that pokemon are ALL intelligent under wraps to keep the trainer thing going.

[@standardhuman8675]

"This is gonna be a new series" Hey, Mat- it's 2021, almost 2022. Where's the rest of this series?!?

[@ShyBoy6ty9]

pokedex = wikipedia *just as I finish typing* "Imagine if Wikipedia was just filled with lies!"

[@arafe.1012]

according to school, thats already been done

[@zacktherandomweirdo]

@@arafe.1012 Too many people edit them to avoid that sort of problem

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@zacktherandomweirdo Wikipedia still has _tons_ of errors. Most encyclopedias do, in fact. Really, if you're going to a wiki for information, you should be using it only to find sources to pull from.

[@stuffedbrains]

@@RabblesTheBinx Found the professor

[@ashnazgthrakatulukii1165]

Larry Sanger also thinks that rigid bureaucratic pyramid of Wikipedia where "the God chosen 1000" paid by govs and corps controlling content of most of articles, is a place for lies mostly. And so do I.

[@joshuachudley1270]

If the Pokemon uses psychic power to create a black hole, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that it could also stabilize it and also destroy it at will?

[@halamadruuid2380]

How? By slowly vaporizing it? There is no way to do that

[@angelarobinson5892]

Um... what about mewtwo’s Psy-crush.

[@wastelandlegocheem]

As Gnoggin put it, that's called cherrypicking

[@nionlietz2488]

@@halamadruuid2380 its fiction there is always a way

[@ahhh844]

It could only be stabilized if it was the mass of the moon. And then it would do everything matpat explained.

[@crazytothebone7036]

"Imagine if Wikipedia was filled with lies" well let me go edit it to make the president matpat

[@kenjidayan7579]

How’d it go?

[@lasercraft32]

I've always wished there was an ULTIMATE Pokemon game with every single region at once, where your entire goal is to fill out the definitive Pokedex tasked to you by a Professor who isn't satisfied with the current inaccuracy of the Pokedex, complete with actually accurate and logical entries that aren't just complete bullcrap and nightmare fuel.

[@sodapopworks550]

5:45 *"But all of that is to complex and to nerdy to talk about here--"* ... MatPat... You... You've seen your channel right? It's basically the literal meaning if complex and *nerdy*

[@michaels.4527]

A random thought... If Ditto has a set mass(mass can't be created), his weight shouldn't be able to change when he takes the form of a larger Pokemon, then a plain Ditto should have the same weight and mass as a Ditto that takes the form of a Snorelax. Now Here's a question! How large of a pokemon or object would Ditto have to transform into, until his density, is less than the air around him, and he begins to float? Please upvote, I'm curious about this one...

[@katrinal353]

Ok, at sea level air has a density of ~1.2 kg/m3. So, ditto having a mass of 4kg according to bulbapedia, means that it has to expand to a volume of ~3.33m3, which if Ditto was a cube would be of side length of 1.5 meters. Basically the size of a Venusaur seems more than enough, to make ditto float... I've never actually realized how wacky the physics of Pokemon really can be...

[@michaels.4527]

So essentially you could tie a basket to a Ditto, have it turn into a Snorelax, and you've got a blimp. I was expecting a larger Pokemon would be needed, but nice to know the actual answer was wackier than I was expecting. Thanks for being awesome! +1

[@UncleRichie101]

Michael S. If u want a laugh look at Wailord's Dex entry, it already is lighter than air if you do the maths. So get a Ditto to turn into one of them and your balloon could lift a fue tons. 😉

[@DarkwolfX37]

Except... there's a problem. From what we know, Ditto is a failed clone of Mew. No pokemon other than those two can learn Transform, so we can't really get a control group for how it works. For all we know, it's gaining mass from the surrounding particles, or possibly isn't even really transforming at all. It might also be acting in the way ghosts and some psychics do by generating their own gravitational field. If we only count the games, it gets even worse. In that case, Transform only works on pokemon, meaning it might not even be actually transforming. Mew IS a psychic type, and after transforming it *does* instantly know the same moves as its target. It could be entirely illusory.

[@ToastyBoy17]

Wailord, is possibly the least dense Pokemon in the game. I've done some calculations and gauged the length and width (with the height of 14.5 m) to be 33.5 m and 14.5 m respectively. Since it is more of a flat cone shape, the tail end has a height closer to 7.25 m Plugging the numbers to calculate the volume of a cone-like tube, you get around 2793.45 m^3 as the volume. Putting this together with the mass of 398 kg, Wailord itself has a density of 0.143 kg/m^3 which is less dense than Helium. If we plug in those numbers with Ditto's mass (4 kg), we get a density of 0.00143 kg/m^3 57 TIMES LESS DENSE THAN HYDROGEN. We're talking Ant-Man levels of breaking physics. Its atoms would be too far apart to hold itself together. Ditto transforming into Wailord would not only make it lighter than the lightest air, but literally tear it apart on a molecular level.

[@DeorsaWisteriaVenustiano]

I always figured Gardevoir's black holes were more like Miroku's Wind Tunnel in a way. I kind of wish it had the power to steal souls too.

[@user-ff6eg3jy4k]

Nah, if it had ability to steal the souls that would be creepy and not fitting the pokemon.

[@moadot720]

10:22 “If black holes absorb light, how are you reading this?”

[@kevingross6774]

Thanks been hoping someone caught it

[@jesperfahlberg8419]

Gardevoir: *Isn't affected by gravity* Also Gardevoir: *Can't learn Fly*

[@debojyotisarkar1500]

U can't defy gravity if u r not affected by it Fly is defying gravity afterall

[@bern9642]

@@debojyotisarkar1500 no flying is not defying gravity. Nothing can defy gravity not even light.

[@wastelandlegocheem]

It can't even have LEVITATE

[@arhamjain5910]

@@bern9642 light have no mass so it is not affected by gravity.

[@RiftBrawl]

Debojyoti Sarkar I KNEW IT *AIRPLANES AND HELICOPTERS ARE DEFYING GRAVITY AND SHOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE* _flying is _*_not_*_ defying gravity_

[@94Central]

10:22 "If black holes absorb light, how are you reading this?" well played MatPat xD

[@Alo-of1cd]

Taco Gamer94 XD

[@lukegibb1967]

Took a while but I saw it 😂😂

[@hexamino110]

Good job finding it

[@joshualowe1038]

Taco Gamer94 i spent so long looking for the frame, find it and then see this👌

[@jamesli9563]

The text can be in front of it, outside the event horizon...

[@don-um6df]

imagine if the real intention of gardevoir is to not sucking in the oponent into the blackhole but rather to give them radiation poisning

[@silverleaf_gone]

The collider he talked about sounds like the Particle Accelerator in the Flash. Not worried at all.

[@linaarief2481]

Mat pat use " *theory* " on Scott cawthon Its not very "effective" Scott cawthon use " *NEW GAME* " Its super effective

[@flamewolf552]

Lmao so true

[@karimjrhabassi94]

Lmfao

[@elcalabozodelandroide2]

Meta since 2013

[@iasudiasjdokasmkdomasokdiz4286]

Lmmfdao

[@anonymous.8454]

Mat pat use last resort! ( enemy hp down to zero )

[@kylmiii]

Me: Do you know the most illegal thing I own? Friend: Yes Me:Debunk the Dex episode 2

[@auraemerald8434]

Debunk the Dex episode 3

[@HoodedEra]

Debunk the dex episode 4

[@bedwarsman9860]

Debunk the Dex episode 5

[@tenkaik]

Debunk the Dex episode 6

[@nilupamawijewardena6186]

Debunk the Dex episode 7

[@TheZamaron]

Having read some insane entries, it has to be lying, because some entries literally have some Pokémon stealing the souls or draining the life force of others, and yet we don’t see that happen in he anime or games, if the entries were true then training Pokémon would be a literal nightmare. And yet everything seems fine. The dangers really only come from Legendarys fighting each other or bad guys using Pokémon for evil, most Pokémon get along with their trainer and even each other, abs when they don’t it’s not like they kill the trainer, often just use a slightly painful attack on them or ignore their orders.

[@gdevthecomicartist5419]

"Like it gives great hugs or something" Lonely Pokemon Trainers: "Can I have one of those"

[@mychemicalklance4991]

"Thou shalt not question Pikachu's power level" has to be one of the greatest things I've ever read

[@simongarrels8929]

i am the 69th like on this comment

[@LukeRabkin7]

And now he’s making a video on it. Hypocrite

[@Azozygc]

He know does question pikachu's power level

[@nathanepprecht7812]

"Welcome to Game Theory, the show who's primary strategy is FLAIL'

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

But he made a video claiming Pikachu is weak and worthless...

[@billionai4871]

HUM, ACTUALLY, when a black hole disintegrates, it releases an enormous amount of energy. Black holes emit radiation as if they were hot bodies, but the thing is: the smaller the black hole, the hotter it "is". So by creating a mini black hole that lasts fractions of seconds, gardevoir effectively created a pocket super nova, and since she has telekinesis she could create it in the face of the attacker, effectively protecting her trainer

[@pikmaniac2643]

true that

[@morsadmirari9408]

Except if its as powerful as you say it is then it would effectively kill the trainer and perhaps herself as while she is immune to gravity. Not heat

[@lucasaldinger9267]

Billionai this is 100% True but wouldn't that be got enough to vaporize everything else except the spot he/She is trying to protect

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Have you seen what Austin does? If you tell him she can create a Super Nova then he will show why that still destroys the entire solar system! Good luck surviving after that; plot-shielded or not, that is one dead Trainer.

[@billionai4871]

Mors Admirari: well... yeah, you're right...

[@gamefan1019]

Fun fact: according to gen 3, you don’t actually have to go to a school, you just have to catch 170 Pokémon (or possibly even less)

[@thestraymrjay]

Turns out the gardavoir pokedex is a warning to the trainers to teach their Gardavoir to not make black holes even to protect them

[@Gametag-rv8od]

The real question is, why do the professors get you to catalog all the Pokemon when in fact the professors already put the info already in it?

[@hyperhero2]

...true

[@nieznajomy4398]

counting population and location of the area/territory in which they live?

[@Gametag-rv8od]

+Shawn Thomas the thing is, the professors are the ones who put the information in the Dex already, how do I think it got in there? They are the ones who write their descriptions

[@Gametag-rv8od]

+Valyrian Steel so it's already completed

[@jarlfenrir]

I think there was theory about this already, but if not - for me it's quite obvious that in-game pokedex works different than anime pokedex. You have to collect data for game pokedex, while anime one has all the info put by the professor.

[@pinos9710]

My man MatPat made the most subtle Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference. In the part where he's explaining how massive the stars that go super nova are, right next to the whale, there's a bowl of petunias. Well played MatPat. Well played

[@treyreeves4015]

Pino S I thought I might've been the only one that caught that for a sec lol

[@SpicyChedderJack]

Good on the editors probably, not sure if MatPat is as involved with the editing as he used to be

[@hoboman303]

I knew that was from something but I couldn't remember where....

[@actualdinosaur4337]

I caught it too!

[@aquamage9788]

Pino S THANK YOU FOR SEEING THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS IMPROBABLE UNIVERSE

[@callhimtim3188]

"The pokedex is full of lies" **Proceeds to cite pokedex for Gardevoir's experience of gravity**

[@Jacobflamecaster]

I love the game where an alien shows mercy and turns you in to a Pokémon depending on your diolog and then team up with pic ha cho

[@alochishi8509]

You mean Pokémon mystery dungeon.

[@fan0]

Pichacho? LOL

[@waitingforthursday]

So every time Gardevoir tries to create a moon-sized black hole and fails, it comes out as... Moonblast?

[@sarahhubbard9752]

No because there are lots of pokemon with that move.

[@choboibigly6565]

@@sarahhubbard9752 That was probably a joke but idk

[@whyjodwhy]

jeffreysflvs 🤯

[@peppypenguin5854]

@@sarahhubbard9752 r/woooosh

[@CynderSpirit]

I honestly think the move it is using would be shadow ball as shadow ball does look a lot like a blackhole.

[@rotomicindustries]

I'd love to see something on Giritina, Dialga, and Palkia. Specifically on their personal dimensions and how their physics would translate to real life. The distortion world seems like an interesting one to tackle.

[@mediocregamer2484]

Rotomic Industries i agree

[@jsalerno11]

Remember the distortion world just has weird gravity thanks to giratina

[@rodanyo]

Everything, phisics related, outside of Earth is useless in space, other planets and even other dimentios like the distortion world, which is the perfect example

[@GodzillasGhostGaming]

Same Rotomic Industries!

[@Killmate50]

What about Darkrai? That guy has a bit too much on his mind. Get it! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'll leave now...

[@shodedo5494]

Bidoof: so it what will take them to understand a fraction of my power

[@ForgottenSaber2367]

MatPat: shows a gigantic whale in space Flower pot: …Not again

[@indigo_ink3363]

Yes! Yes! I appreciate you. I was waiting for this comment (Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy, amiright)

[@thefinalpotato8607]

Im pretty sure it's an expression about making black holes. Since Gardevoir uses psychic energy, it sounds more reasonable to create a compressed space that resembles a black hole. Plus a pokedex in games seems more like it's observations that the "player" has made when having captured a pokemon. Which is why they are not consistent

[@GlitchedRed]

True. Crush enough of the correct atoms and you could create an explosion that could level cities. It makes sense since you were given a *blank* pokedex in (Fire) Red and (Leaf) Green.

[@megahypeking5369]

Javi Meh sub me sub you

[@oureous446]

"Matter can't be created or destroyed" Infinite water sources in minecraft "Am I a joke to you" Edit: I never in my life had a comment go above like three likes so thank you all.

[@sidlyanimations2845]

Underated

[@Jazz4950]

Ya know what... infinite water sources are jokes to MatPattttttt

[@Rebecca.8590]

lmao

[@alexrog6868]

Technically matter is constantly created and destroyed all the time, but the law of conservation of mass still applies as bot positive and negative mass are generated in incredibly small amounts and then they instantly vanish into nothing

[@liamthecrusader5056]

It really makes you think,where did everything come from?

[@BoogerFart956]

Hearing that iconic intro, I swear it triggers my nostalgia.

[@Rainfire-forgets-to-animate]

This video inspired me to want to become an astrophysicist after high school/college

[@shawnmcmillan4438]

Well of course it's full of lies it says macargo's body temperature is twice as hot as the sun

[@bluemightyenaredblueleaf3760]

Shawn McMillan you're on every new Pokemon video

[@_pnika]

Shawn McMillan ... ARE YOU HERE TOO??????

[@biomistflorist658]

Shawn McMillan either it would burn our earth dry or it would MELT to the earths core.

[@Soul_KiIIer]

Shawn McMillan and it has a harden shell

[@c0v3n43]

ya thats true... that would cause the earth to like melt or something

[@Tekken438]

The chemistry and biology of Smeargle's paint tail. Do analyze what paint Smeargle produces on his tail and how he is biologically able to do so.

[@j.corbygaming]

Also how this paint substance allows it to learn any move in the game

[@geoxfilipe]

Squids. Also, paint is just a pigment dissolved in water. You have pigments all over you. Pretty much all life does it.

[@Yoseqlo1]

I always imagine that is some kind of oil that it exudes from the tail, like a squid. Or maybe it is just its sweat that in contact with its saliva becomes a different color, that will explain why sometimes you can see it with the tongue out while painting.

[@FattyPatty27]

Mat Pat: What if Wikipedia is full of lies?!? My Teacher: anyone can go on Wikipedia and just write anything

[@brennathelunalastar7013]

Hey, matpat, I challenge you to ruin either hoopa’s rings or lunala’s ability to control the moon. Whichever one you choose with give me a different task to do. Lunala path: I’ll have to try and make a theory about a Pokémon that you suggest to me and make a video about it on your reddit page. Hoopa path: I’ll have to try and make a theory about any fictional character from one of these two games; choice 1- httyd choice 2- undertale (which I have never played) Choice 3- animal crossing. Whatever you choose, I’ll be waiting for your response. Do you accept this challenge or do you decline? Are you a coward or a risk-taker? I await your response, matpat.

[@chiggerjester1626]

I would disagree with one point... What Gardevoir makes the blackhole from is an important factor in whether it can be useful in protecting its trainer. For example, if a bullet was flying at the trainer and Gardevoir compressed the bullet itself into one of those tiny, unstable blackholes you discussed, would it not be equivalent to the bullet pretty much evaporating before ever getting close to the trainer? While the science is otherwise sound, you are assuming that Gardevoir is utilizing these blackholes to suck in the danger, not making it out of the danger to eliminate it. Same could go for, say, a Hydro Pump targeting the trainer. Compress the matter of the water in on itself, causing an unstable blackhole that then evaporates before it can do serious harm. i would love for you to do some studying of the Rhyhorn evolution line! Rhydon can apparently shatter Diamonds, for example, and Rhyperior can shoot rocks from their arms like Missiles. Care to debunk those little facts?

[@jonathanvinesar9023]

Chigger Jester +

[@I_like_pi_]

If it can apply enough force to the bullet using psychic powers to make a black hole, it could also just stop the bullet, much more easily. After all, it would have to be stopped in the process of making the black hole anyways, or when it evaporated it would just turn back into a hunk of metal flying at the speed of a bullet at the trainer. If the metal turns into a gas because of the immense heat created as a byproduct of the force applied to make it into a black hole, then there would be a cloud of superheated metal gas flying at the speed of the bullet at the trainer. So, if it has to stop the bullet's momentum anyway for the evaporated black hole not to kill the trainer, it could just NOT expend all of its psychic powers pointlessly and stop the bullet anyways.

[@Graestra]

Brian St. John Evaporating was just an analogy, the matter is being converted into radiation.

[@kappapond]

Who needs bullets with a word of living weapons

[@I_like_pi_]

Graestra I agree, the matter is being emitted as radiation, but my point is that it still maintains its mass as well as its momentum. The evaporation of the metal is just due to the high energy of the radiation as a result of the energy applied to compress the particles into a small space, which has nothing to do with the evaporation of the black hole. Hawking radiation is the result of virtual particles becoming estranged from their pair, thereby becoming real, and the anti-particle of the pair having negative energy, thereby removing mass from the black hole. As such, the mass of the black hole is being reduced and replaced by the creation of particles outside of the black hole, which maintain the same center of mass, angular momentum, and charge as the black hole itself. So, a bullet compressed into a black hole would quickly become a hot mess of insanely hot gaseous particles with the momentum of the original bullet. Despite what I said before, it would most likely not become metal, as metal is relatively complex, but it would more likely become hydrogen (or helium if it is hot enough to become a plasma and is shoved next to enough other particles).

[@Awesome-dr7gk]

Started the video thinking that this would be a simple one explaining some inconsistencies with the pokedex. Ended up learning and fearing the freaking awesomeness of Black holes. Thank you Matpat

[@arnavwadhawan7133]

(slow clap)

[@tooltiptinkerer]

No kidding, same on my end.

[@hockeater]

You sir, need to look up kurtzgezagt. Specificly their everything black hole related. It's..... Wow. Also search the experience of falling into a black hole.

[@akasunaS24]

Samee and now i want a Gardevoir instead Gallade

[@evelynbossov143]

I remember the days of being the cool kid when you had one of the X Y special shiny cards oh the memories 😭🤚

[@redumbreonandgreenchicorit9176]

About 4 years since this, when are you gonna continue this

[@krossi2214]

Hey Matt pat! Here's a cool pokemon you might want to analyze. Victini: "It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless to the type of encounter. It creates an unlimited supply of energy inside it's body, which it shares with those who touch it. When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be over flowing with power.

[@zachtempleman4034]

Gamesel that is a pretty good idea but want about the energy reshiram and zekrom emanate due to their respective abilities

[@thecaptain4630]

Well that's easy to debunk because people still lose with victini.

[@scottlag3016]

Infinite energy..soooo victini can time travel. Okay

[@ralphcasallas1268]

Lie: Machamp could punch for about thousands in just a second... Truth: Punches are visible

[@Celtk_]

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@MoonyMood]

If black holes absorb light, how are you reading this? Me: I surely didn't stayed for half an hour to catch that milisecond, don't ruin it.

[@jacobjackson4928]

I’d like to point out black holes are not invisible because that’s impossible. For something to appear invisible it needs to either let light pass through it or redirect light around it, black holes absorb 100% of light. This can been seen right now with vanta black that absorbs 99% of light making it spooky dark. Just to point this out because it’s a fun idea to have invisible black holes, but utterly false.

[@nikmcgarity]

How does typhlosion create explosions by rubbing it's fur together, as claimed by the soulsilver pokedex entry?

[@justmikithings4662]

Gingrish maybe it sweats nitroglycerin?

[@ghateofthyme868]

Gingrish logic

[@ANMGOD-gg8fz]

+pandaluver777 Hahahah you got from Bakugou didnt ya 😂🖒

[@plaguezi]

Gingrish phosphorus on it's fur?

[@thegamingdweeb4689]

Super friction + whatever is the fuel that supports it's body fire = possible explosions

[@silphaer5353]

That image of Stephen Hawking as the Hulk is one of the greatest things ever created.

[@waffletable8294]

Yes!! IKR?

[@durellnelson2641]

Agreed

[@chrisiyeahboiii2297]

Silphaer I guess You could call him Stephen Hulkking

[@joshuapnua9970]

She's here, she's there she's everywhere Who're ya gonna call? Psychic Friend Gardevoir-

[@sebay4654]

Who completely obliterates those who threaten her friends by erasing them from existence via collapsing them into instantly evaporating black holes

[@tourgasmsvt]

Me : what’s the real life Pokédex .Wikipedia:the second president is Lincoln. Me: I’ve found it

[@supercanadian0640]

MatPat: The theory Pokémon. Using its above-average mental capabilties and arsenal of cringy jokes, this Pokémon slowly ruins your childhood memories video by video

[@kiarawolfe4723]

Squid fangirl its humanoid type, same egg group as gardivour which is why he has it in the dex

[@mareikenienhaus4519]

Squid fangirl nah i'd say psychic

[@BROJANGSTER]

LIE!!!! His jokes aren’t actually cringey. Even the commenters LIE to us!!!

[@davidrojas9668]

And 5 minutes of filler in each video.

[@geekwithglasses2897]

Evolves into FatPat

[@warboss5]

Gardevoir may not be able to create an actual black hole, but is it possible it creates a gravitic anomaly that mimics the assumed behavior of a "mini black hole"? In other words, could it use telekinetic force to draw everything towards a singularity, thus mimicing a black hole without creating chain reaction that would annihilate the Earth? In this case, it wouldn't be that the Pokemon Profs are lying, so much as they aren't properly explaining the phenomenon they are witnessing.

[@GreebleClown]

warboss5 Aye!

[@jennaarmstrong7500]

warboss5 but in the game and animie gardevoir's shadow ball is acting like a black hole with out as much gravitational pull but the professors are called the shadow ball a black hole because it is on of gardevoirs popular moves to learn for the trainer

[@kaotixa5455]

We also have to remember this has a japanese basis, so some information could be lost in translation or just straight up changed for viewing in English

[@Thatguy5606]

Alternatively, how about just making a black hole that _isn't_ stable? It doesn't need to last forever, just long enough to be used as a projectile or weapon in some form... because let's be honest, even if it's only, say, about a hundredth of the size of the moon, it'd still _really_ freaking hurt to get hit by that thing, especially when the heating effects and Hawking radiation is taken into account.

[@TheRaven5138]

Bruh that’s smart

[@martinserralunga2264]

Nice vid, but your just 20% right about black holes, it could create black holes the size of a car, building maybe and it would make some kind of explosion due to the heat that it creates due to hawking radiation as you well said. Remember, mass is neither destroy or created and mas is equal to energy (e=mc2). Love u guys tho 🥰

[@ZackSeifMusic]

Me before watching the video: Ah yes, a video about Pokemon Me after watching the video: Ah yes, the science of black holes

[@RandomThumbVids]

Game Theory: The entire Pokédex is full of lies! MattPat: Talks about one Pokemon out of 807

[@awesomefox555]

yeah, this one wasnt all that on point

[@raymanr3985]

Well, he actually said that he is "starting a new series" , so it kind of make sense that he's just talking about one of them in this episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHnHe6p4p7lmjaMm2s

[@theresalwaysanotherway3996]

+Rayman R or you could just put 2:02, so we don't have to reload the page :/

[@uselqss2889]

Thats what I fought

[@ArfAlex]

RandomThumbVids 😂ikr

[@residentfacehead3465]

2:18 Thou shall always name your charizard muffins.

[@residentfacehead3465]

Also there is a claptrap around 5:30

[@ethanbakerthealienking]

Ok will do!

[@akemi-de-lol]

Nice name pun, kinda lacking.

[@nikkoraymundo9634]

pokeymans

[@TheTruePk2]

It also says not to consider Ash's age... He failed that one

[@GamingNotepad]

The most relatable commandment "thou shall not use a master ball on a magic karp" punishment: stabbed in the neck with a knife

[@davidflores909]

I know the video is 5 years old, but I'm a little disappointed that it was neglected that a small blackhole is still very dangerous. It doesn't just fizzle out into kingdom come. The same mass-energy conservation tell us that the mass would then convert to energy, in this case photons. So if you compress a little pebble of 1 gram from the floor, you would release ~22 kilotons of energy in the form of photons. In other words a thermonuclear bomb that would kill Gardevoir, its trainer, and pretty much anything within a ~100 meter radius instantaneously.

[@felixargyle4871]

Idea: Gardevoir smashes partials and continues to do so, building a black hole and keeping it sustained constantly. It sucks up a person but is not - yet - big enough to sustain itself. 'Voir stops force feeding is partials. It dies out.

[@tridan111]

I think by the time its large enough to suck in a person entirely it'd be stable enough to not immediately collapse in on itself. If you mean that Gardevoir keeps it unstable but sustained, I highly doubt that's possible as you'd need a constant stream of particles to feed into the black hole, thus making it larger and stable enough.

[@Elhvir]

Unless of course she somehow has ability to add exact same number of particles to the mass as it needs to stay stable. But, if the black hole is sustained artificially like this, it would quite easily start sucking in extra materials (like, say, air mixture around it). So, either Gardevoir 'dex entry is lying, or it somehow has a super-computer in its brain able to predict the future on sub-particle level. Or somehow it can create a stable pin-sized black hole WITHOUT need for any kind of mass and then direct the gravity pull of that black hole only to specific parts, followed with ability to actually dissipate that black hole into not either collapsing NOR exploding. Because hey, imagine if entire moon was turned into energy and blew up? Also this sort of sustained black hole would give out decent amount of radiation on long run, sooo... Yay for radiation poisoning?

[@dustyplays9394]

Obviously gardevoir could create said black within someone's brain. By doing so, it'd be constantly fed electrical waves, ultimately giving it the necessary energy and particles to sustain itself and grow large enough to suck in larger objects(the brain tissue, then eventually the actual person/pokemon), at which point it could feasibly survive without assistance.

[@nos1000100]

yall know a male Gardevoir is a thing right?

[@xXDarkxIdealsXx]

Honestly the most likely scenario seems to be that the Professors only THINK Gardevoir is creating a small black hole. I mean it's not like they'd be alive if they were dumb enough to get within range required to measure the thing with instruments etc... It's likely just the equivalent of a "Gravity Spell" from like old Final Fantasy games and such. Just creating a super unstable gravitational anomaly that collapses in on itself, but before that happens it is able to suck in an enemy with enough force to cause blunt trauma etc... Because presumably the gravity anomaly would suck them in at an incredible speed, then disappear, causing the momentum to carry the person into the ground at high speed. Kinda like how "Psychic" used to be used in Pokemon like in the Sabrina fight where Kadabra would telekinetically smash opponents into walls and such. Except more potent due to the higher velocity achieved. And if you think about it, telekinetic powers of sufficient power would probably be able to create something like that. If you telekinetically "crushed" the space in an area down compact enough it would create a pseudo singularity of sorts where the density of the air etc... within the "psychic ball" is so high that it attracts outside objects with enough force to cause my above scenario; and if you assume that the "psychic ball" gives this gravitational anomaly enough solidity you could even just have the enemy smash into the ball itself. This would be more like a faux neutron star or something than a black hole, it'd be like if you were in space and just flung yourself into the upper atmosphere; you'd be dragged in faster and faster toward earth and eventually crash with a huge amount of force, dealing a lot of damage. So TL:DR = you'd be creating a body dense enough to gravitationally "suck" opponents toward it fast enough to cause them harm.

[@EnderDaKoolGuyOfficial]

10:22 the black hole says "If black holes absorb light, then how are you reading this?"

[@shahidrana111]

Ender Da Kool Guy if the black absorbs light how are you alive?

[@straightasacircle3182]

Thank you for this. You have no idea how long I tried to pause the video at the right moment.

[@deathepicmasterking8641]

Can you get matpat to please, PLEASE do an episode on darkrai and how it can cause nightmares with just its prescence being nearby to a sleeping organism

[@SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial]

brian angelo I was very lucky and got it 1st try

[@babytoychica2707]

Someone You Don't Know I got it the second try

[@granberyacademia]

So… it could create microscopic black holes. And use the Hawking radiation to create a powerful explosion. In a way it could use e=mc2 as an attack… which is awesom

[@watchman_1029]

I mean, is there no in-between for 2 protons and a moon? Like a football pitch, yknow, pull the Pokémon away but not obliterate it and the planet

[@SoraRoxas528]

So uh...did you guys have fun finding images of Gardevoir?

[@echo0497]

SoraRoxas528 XD

[@denos1699]

SoraRoxas528 oh ...Wow ok, I just searched it annnd okay then I have seen thing

[@gynoid9649]

Your face matches your comment is well😂

[@gadgetmcfly9640]

what u saw

[@denos1699]

GadgetMcfly things...I can't describe well

[@Nathan-rb7el]

For anyone wondering the text in the blackhole at 10:21 is "if blackholes absorb light how are you able to read this"

[@micahallen8435]

Saw it

[@essa3801]

Wait how are you reading this

[@Kiki-rx3ep]

Thanks man, I tried to look for it, but just gave up.

[@ultrainstinctspongebob7804]

I saw it

[@sincerecinnamon]

I used playback speed lol

[@georges2842]

The Pokédex alleges that Malamar is responsible for war crimes in Pokémon Shield. I just like to share that bit of trivia.

[@captaincozmo8529]

There's a collection of KZbin videos exploring the pokemon universe but the pokedex is telling the truth. That world is truly a nightmare

[@MonochromeMoths]

2:18 1. Thou shalt not take Pokedex entries at face value 2. Thou shalt not question Pikachu's power level 3. Thou shalt not consider the age of Ash 4. Thou shalt not draw lewd images of Gardevoir 5. Thou shalt worship Lord Helix, and only Lord Helix 6. Thou shalt not comment about the next doctor who theory 7. Thou shalt never use a master ball on magikarp 8. Thou shalt thine rival a silly name 9. Thou shalt not refer the game as ' pokeymans' 10. Thou shalt always name their Charizard ' Muffins '

[@genericletsplayer1920]

Yessssss

[@thenarrator6846]

jammer splash1 OMG XD

[@genericletsplayer1920]

One of US

[@AK-cc7qy]

jammer splash1 I'm gonna go catch a magicarp... With a dark ball 8)

[@MugdhaMahdiShams]

jammer splash1 The Ten Pokémmandents!!!

[@YesGuy]

At least Gardevoir trying to protect their trainer, unlike murderous Haunter: Silver: Its tongue is made of gas. If licked, its victim starts shaking constantly until death eventually comes. Crystal: It hides in the dark, planning to take the life of the next living thing that wanders close by.

[@cecilcooksey6295]

preach it man!

[@magnum9588]

By catching it we're doing society a favour.

[@Skyehye3113]

The intro will be so much more satisfying when there’s a fourth theory channel the blue one to fill the the last spot

[@TruthBeTolled]

i love all the science you do to make sense of something or to disprove it, the only problem is that its anime and they change how something would scientifically look to make it look more flashy, that way people better enjoy the viewing experience.

[@SketchUT]

...When’s part 2 MatPat? We’re waiting Matthew You can’t escape us You’ve covered FNaF now it’s the pokedex’s turn again *MATPAT*

[@thestevens580]

42 likes!

[@girlwithoutafairy]

Just watch Pokedex Paradox by HamsterBomb

[@RinaAhmad-jl4nt]

56 likes!!!

[@wjp1238]

You made this video without one sexual reference about Gardevoir. I'm proud of you Matt.

[@Ichiyama22]

Only because he wasn't talking about Hitmonchan.

[@Sllandre]

...Actually where it has that huge stone podédex by the beginning, #4 is "Thou shalt not draw lewd images of Gardevoir", thereby acknowledging that it exists.

[@Knallbart]

*shiver* .... so... creepy... o.O

[@wjp1238]

I'm talking about Matt himself, not the animation stuff, Tusk.

[@soobred2672]

You should be I haven't seen one since it came out

[@mebrychi6504]

I propose the idea that maybe the Pokémon has the mass of a moon and it’s already squished down enough to make the Pokémon

[@darklingxd]

"If black holes absorb light,how are you reading this?"... Clever!!!

[@BlessMyHoRizoN]

Whaaaaaat? Gardevoir isnt effected by gravity? Then why cant it learn fly or have levitate? I'm calling bullshit.

[@Bogidani]

Becouse trough anatomical appearence it obviously has legs and feels peer pressured trough other leg-having creatures into walking, or it would heavily damage the psychological stance of Guardevoir trough being bullied by the other creatures for not doing so. As simple as that

[@justanotheraltaccount7821]

Bogidani WHAT?

[@mahziel]

It looks like it can't fly since it has legs and no wings etc. Other creatures that can't fly for the same reason would be mean to it if they ever saw it flying, most likely because they are jealous. So to avoid being bullied it walks. Is what Bogidani is saying.

[@BlessMyHoRizoN]

Eh idk about that, Mew, Golurk, Pikachu and Genesect can fly just to name a few odd ones.

[@fryingpan8700]

BlessMyHoRizoN this is true

[@Coms7274]

“If black holes absorb light how are you reading this” -matpat

[@KingVervada]

By pausing the video just right lol

[@notalexherrera7125]

I just use 0.25x speed

[@1Gengar]

Yeah I just can't stop myself from going back ten seconds and replaying it at 0.25x speed

[@robertoescalona3621]

I saw it at regular speed well puased

[@robertoescalona3621]

@@1Gengar I know right

[@budgetproductions1178]

one thing wrong with this perspective, black holes don't just evaporate, they expell that energy outwards, with the right amount of mass, that's gonna release an extreme amount of energy, which would quickly be transformed into heat considering that an atmosphere exist. let's say Gardevoir uses a coin and compresses it, that amount of energy release will most likely burn everyone in the vicinity.

[@avagreb8253]

If Gardevoir doesn't feel the pull of gravity how does it weigh 106.7 lbs on average?

[@theFOODslayer]

Woah, that's a good question.

[@aturkeymain]

I just watched a 15 minute video about black holes ...and _enjoyed_ it...

[@CrazyQuilman157]

"I just watched a 15-minute video about black holes ...and it didn't suck...

[@ValosarX]

Are the black holes in the movies you're watching body parts?

[@loudawg1153]

Ryuk The Panda most of the information was actually wrong

[@sid98geek]

There are actually two holes in MatPat's theory (no pun intended, seriously): 1. He said that Moon shall make a stable black hole, i.e. a black hole which gains mass faster than it evaporates. He also said that the black hole which scientists are trying to create would be microscopic that it would last only 10^-27 second, a very small fraction of a second that is. What he didn't mention is that these two are extreme cases, so if Gardevoir can find a golden mean between the mass of the moon and the mass of the hypothetical black hole by the scientists, it can create a black hole that lasts long enough to suck in some objects and weak enough to be eventually evaporated. In simpler words, Gardevoir should turn that object into a black hole which is lighter than moon but heavier than two protons, and this "balanced" black hole would let it protect its trainer. 2. Hey MatPat, you just tried to find the flaws in Gardevoir's Pokedex entry. Your theory is that the Pokedex is full of lies, so why didn't you find lies in Pokedex entries of other pokemons??? Just because one Pokemon's entry is incorrect doesn't mean that's the case with all of them.

[@stirlingshade]

This guy could be a good teacher. I don't want him to become a teacher or we wouldn't have videos.

[@phoebe5114]

"Gardevoir does not feel the pull of gravity." But the move Gravity cuts Gardevoir's evasion by 2 and removes Levitate if, say, it Traces it, just like it would any other Pokemon. So, Gardevoir is just as vulnerable to gravity as any other Pokemon. There's the biggest lie.

[@gravityzoommaster]

Trace Oglesby underrated comment

[@coyotepup1311]

It's funny how weird yet nice Pokemon is

[@kevinmashru5367]

Matpat : Pokédex entries are a lie. Also matpat : uses pokedex entires as evidence

[@idkjusbcuz7654]

“ If black holes suck in light, how are you reading this? “ 😃i did something today!😃

[@tpgmflint]

i read that too =D

[@raehomes412]

Me too

[@derplehl6558]

I love how the title is "The Pokedex is full of lies! (Pokémon) no Matpat, I expected a Skyrim theory episode.

[@nata9067]

It took me a moment to get the sarcasm

[@nirast2561]

"the dovakin is a powerful psychic pokemon that can use dragon type attacks; his shouts are unpredictable and can have a variety of effects."

[@derplehl6558]

radu nicolae amazing

[@FireburstWOF]

Gardevoir is my fav Pokémon. Wait a second….HOW IS IT ON EARTH IT CANT FEEL GRAVITY…..???

[@willyscoiote]

It's the absence of light that generates what we perceive as the colour black. The reason Black Holes aren't actually black is because of the way the light rays are bent around it (when those rays aren't going straight into the event horizon). The light is bent so hard by the Black Hole's gravity that it travels around it and comes out at the other side.