Drifloon is Much SCARIER than a Mere Balloon... 👻🎈 Gnoggin 🤡 Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl

[@Gnoggin]

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[@JayVGC]

poo fart

[@Zynirel]

Hi, can you do Pokemon protagonist battle Royal? Or suggest it to that animated channel?

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Ok

[@LukmanHakim-gn3uk]

Ah yes the perfect tool for my thesis

[@zach4463]

Helium is renewable through nuclear fission

[@acehealer4212]

I also remember as a kid buying balloons at theme parks and stuff, the balloons are held down by a weight at the bottom to keep them from flying off when you let go. These weights were usually cute shapes like elephants or (at Disney parks) Mickey Mouse ears. I think those are what the hearts at the end of Drifloon’s strings are meant to look like. A cute ghost ballon that ferries souls to the afterlife is a really clever concept, I like it!

[@PlatformingCyndaquil]

Also in hospitals there are handalls in the shapes of hearts, possibly where Driftblims little hands come from.

[@dradel2050]

My family used to tie a spoon to the balloon string for that

[@PlatformingCyndaquil]

@@dradel2050 Cute!🥰

[@bearbumxx2600]

4:08 The ability aftermath gets even better when you realize that Damp, another ability, stops it from taking effect. Like, if the ground was wet and damp, it would minimize the damage that fires would cause if something on fire came crashing to the ground...

[@justinjyeung]

Well, I think it's more like the Pokemon makes everything Damp around it, including the exploding Pokemon itself?

[@caroalcala3741]

"If for some reason its body bursts, its soul spills out with a screaming sound." And to think Sun, Moon and Ultras dex entries were terrifying enough...

[@xdsmile5359]

That's why alola has the creepiest dex entries

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Fun Fact: In the original It movies, the balloon is yellow rather than the modern classic red. A dangerous yellow balloon that death follows... sounds familiar

[@burnttoast5372]

It does?

[@DragonFellowship]

@@burnttoast5372 Shiny Drifloon is yellow

[@burnttoast5372]

@@DragonFellowship oh ok, thanks

[@ethandollarhide7943]

Just realized that Drifblim's connection to fire is the reason that Flint uses one.

[@nidohime6233]

What about Lopunny?

[@ahuman2544]

@@nidohime6233 obviously flints likes lopunny a lot

[@abrarkadabrar7829]

@@nidohime6233 it's hot. Canonically. Duh

[@shydragon9637]

That does make sense for Drifblim, but man, you’d think that when the devs noticed how few native fire types the Sinnoh region had while designing a fire type Elite 4 member they could have, y’know, added a couple more? Seriously, only 2 of his 5 Pokemon are actually fire type, and one of them is the region’s starter.

[@maxspecs]

@@nidohime6233 some people find Lopunny quite hot.

[@mettatonsagent7541]

Honestly never thought drifloon was the worst of the ghost dex entries. Duskull does almost the same thing and palossand is much more graphic

[@DeltaOdyssey]

The duskull line would be a fun video on it's own.

[@fearjunkie]

And then there's Shedinja...

[@quieness]

PREACH

[@djneonreaper4990]

I honestly think its great because of that, drifloon just wants to be like the other ghost type pokemon but cant cause their so weak and cute lmao

[@animorph17]

Duskull and it's line actually has a reason for it, being proper psychopomps who don't just steal away living children. They are specifically in charge of making sure dead people stay in the afterlife, and hunt down fugative souls who managed to make it back to the living world. In the anime the first time we see a dusklops, everyone THINKS it's being a dangerous monster attacking people. But nope. It was trying it's best to protect them from a ghost criminal who was trying to kill children.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Considering the PokeDex entries of it taking children, I had this idea for a regional variant based off a popped balloon where Drifloon and Drifblim were hunted due to them kidnapping children because if you take PokeDex entries at face value, it’s a wonder why several Ghost Pokemon haven’t been hunted to extinction.

[@lauriemulsman9267]

I do think that it would be hard to hunt ghosts, especially to extinction. Like make dead things dead?

[@toondrake5964]

@@lauriemulsman9267 Who ya gonna call then?

[@mishmash5576]

@@toondrake5964 Busted Ghost Busters!

[@Gloomdrake]

@@toondrake5964 I mean the Ghostbusters don't really kill ghosts, they just contain them until it becomes someone else's problem

[@kaiserhundkek2531]

@@lauriemulsman9267 exorsism

[@kakashilover9231]

Everyone talks about hypno but then there is this pokemon

[@peteypiranalover]

Hypno came first thus its more well known

[@gigifabulous]

Especially since in Alola, that one Hypno was trying to protect the little girl and Drifloon killed both of them

[@BasementCorvid]

Everyone be sleeping on the fact that lampent frequent hospitals... They use souls as a food source btw

[@G-B-F123]

@@peteypiranalover Fr and that creepy Hypno anime episode + the game mission where you have to rescue some girl from him 😕

[@WOLF-nj1gz]

But Hipno looks like a creepy man and not a balloon

[@tigercat070]

While John Wayne Gacy did perform as a clown at children’s birthday parties, he didn’t use this disguise to lure children to their deaths. He mainly preyed on teen boys, usually offering them alcohol or drugs. I also wouldn’t say he started the whole stranger danger phase of the 80s, that was more due to the kidnapping of young boys, two of which became very famous and very tragic cases...and boy this comment got dark for a Pokémon video. In any case Drifloon is one of my favorite Pokémon!

[@zking2929]

The ending of this comment lol

[@meg2249]

And the whole ‘don’t take candy from strangers’ and ‘check your Childrens Halloween candy for razor blades/drugs’ stems from a father who poisoned his son’s large pixie stick candy that he gave him on Halloween (claiming it was handed out at some unknown house in the neighborhood) for the freshly made life insurance policy he took out on his kid… killed his kid for money basically and thought he would get away with it. But at the time it caused a huge moral panic that lunatics and/or satanists were trying to kill kids through poisoned candy… Ruined Halloween for decades…

[@solarixstar]

The Drifloon stand in really wanted those 15 minutes of fame didn’t it? Constant photo bombing lol

[@dazcarrr]

And it's real world event inspiration involved has a photo of a bombing

[@toondrake5964]

I would like a regional variant of drifloon to start out like a small balloon animal, like a snake or a chicken, and then turn into a giant, parade dinosaur-balloon that expels plumes of fire

[@LightningStrike0KAR]

genius..... Gamefreak, I demand that you hire this person immediately!

[@metarcee2483]

If there's a region based on Mexico or the Southwest US, a piñata could also work. Children love them, and they always look slightly off-putting.

[@sir_coma60]

I personally associate balloons (specifically a red one floating away) with corruption and off screen death. This was imprinted on me from childhood when i watched an ultraman movie where the should be hero, ultraman tiga killed an innocent mother & daughter holding a red balloon. This imagery must have been iconic somehow cause it is constantly referenced in later tsuburaya productions.

[@Kawaiitwo]

PMD Explorers/Super players know that it’s not an ordinary balloon, it’s the devil itself. 4 dreaded words: **Drifloon used Ominous Wind!** And it doesn’t help matters that they’re found in storyline dungeons in the games they appear in, spamming their Ominous Wind to either one shot you or knock you to red health from the other side of the room. This applies to both Drifloon and Drifblim.

[@Reddotzebra]

Helium is much less of a limited resource than it is really, really annoying to get out of air. And when you put helium into a regular latex rubber balloon, it's basically going back into the atmosphere really, really quickly. There are other materials that can hang on to helium a bit better, but it's pretty much a gas that can escape almost any kind of containment over time, it seeps through the smallest crack, and latex has such big pores that it's basically like a sieve to this noble gas. That's why helium balloons deflate in a matter of hours unless they're made of that much denser silver material which I for the life of myself can't remember the name of, my brain apparently stops working this late at night, I really should sleep since I have work in six hours, but new Lockstin video!

[@ashrobin55]

Teflon, is what I think youre talking about.

[@LilithNoxVT]

That silvery material is mylar!

[@Reddotzebra]

@@LilithNoxVT That's the word I was looking for, thanks!

[@irgyn]

correct me if i'm wrong, but due to its low density, doesn't helium eventually escape the atmosphere?

[@yeager1957]

“Only 11 more months until next Halloween” NO LOCKSTINE! IMAGINE IF PEOPLE APPLY THAT LOGIC TO CHRISTMAS! IT ALREADY HAS 1/4 OF THE YEAR!!!!

[@Grimmson]

9:42 and 9:48 's screams had me wheezing lmao

[@nosysprat6170]

Flare Boost increases special attack, not speed. Bigger flame in hot air balloon equals stronk i guess

[@cassie6146]

Imagine you're a kid having your birthday party near Floaroma Town and you see a Drifloon among your bouquet of balloons.

[@BasementCorvid]

He jus late to the party

[@Jormyyy]

Drifblim!! One of my all time favorite ghost types! It's a cute! Can't wait to hear Lockstin break down it's spooky lore 😳 Edit: This might be one of my top 5 Lockstin videos, next to the Tyranitar kaiju origin video

[@solarixstar]

Drifblim was one of my best pokes back in Gen 4, so ready to learn some spooky trivia!

[@Kawaiitwo]

As a PMD player, I get war flashbacks whenever a Drifloon or Drifblim uses Ominous Wind.

[@solarixstar]

@@Kawaiitwo you’ve got me there. Ominous Wind…..oh how I tried to forget it

[@evillecaston]

"It's a balloon" -Drifloon's FrigidFall Dex entry

[@Davanthall]

Ghost is my favorite type, so there was no way I wasn’t gonna use this thing, but man……the hoops I had to jump through to get this freak’n thing…. You can only catch it in one single specific place, and ONLY on a Friday but ONLY after you defeat Team Galactic in that specific location but if you defeat them ON a Friday (which is what I did) you HAVE to wait for NEXT Friday, it won’t happen that same Friday. Also the game prevents you from messing around with the Switch’s clock because if you do that it soft-locks the Pokémon from appearing at all for a full 24 hours, even if it is set to a Friday…. I had to change my Switch’s clock to a Thursday, and then wait an actual real life 24 hours in order to get my drifloon on what was in reality a Sunday.

[@Hopalongtom]

Also as it did on the original games it breaks the berry growth mechanics to mess with the clock.

[@JacVobar]

Methinks they did the switch-clock-thing to prevent a repeat from Sw/Sh.

[@collector8502]

​@@Hopalongtom not just berry growth and drifloon, any daily or weekly event would be postponed to the next time if you changed the time. It was like that in all the Gen 4 games and onwards to at least Gen 7

[@francisfranc3913]

Lockstin: "Oh and look, *points at the Osomatsu-San art* it's a kid trapped in a balloon." Me who's a big fan of the show: "CHIBITA NOOOOOOO!!!" (P.S Chibita is not a child lol)

[@roadrat2156]

So happy someone said it before I did!

[@RoobyScoo]

He said “The kids of Mr. Osomatsu” and my immediate reaction was “They’re most definitely not kids but they sure to act like them!”

[@randomlemur3592]

Lore aside, drifloon still is one of the strangest pokemon for now

[@NatsumenoKage]

Balloons have those heart shaped tags when they are party balloons. They are light weights to keep the balloons down, and easy places for kids to hold onto.

[@ElodieCunningham]

Chibita, the guy in the balloon, is actually in his mid 20s in Mr Osomatsu, as are all the other characters there!

[@mrundy9351]

Regional idea for Drifloon. A ghost/poison drifloon that is popped and is poison type cause it's now more trash like and harms the enviornment

[@mani_icon3135]

I had a friend back in preschool who was terrified of balloons. Seeing a balloon would send her into an immediate panic attack, so no one in my grade was allowed to have balloons in their birthday parties if they were inviting her.

[@daneymcpane]

I'm terrified of balloons too, or really anything that makes a sudden loud noise (Autism), I refuse to go to any parties or events that have them. Unless they are in a different room, then I can still have fun and leave before they bring them out.

[@idiotgoddess2114]

I remember a similar thing happened to me, but instead of balloons, it was anything related to dinosaurs. I don’t know why, but I would be offended by the mere mention of Dinosaurs when I was younger. I have gotten over that and now laugh at the time when mentioning Dinosaurs would result in the same reaction as calling me a slur.

[@skyshack4194]

The fact he thinks chibita is a child is hilarious. He is just as old, if not older than the matsuno brothers.

[@francisfranc3913]

I know right?! Poor Chibita, he's like 25 😆

[@skyshack4194]

@@francisfranc3913 yeah he has the curse of looking really young.

[@Kappi__]

I laughed so hard when you screamed at the popping balloons.🎈 Didn't expect that at all. :D

[@LaMegaCacca]

I tough the ability Flare Boost was a reference to how hot air baloons work

[@Minohorse]

2:18 Haha, Lockstin knows. The devs of Senran Kagura actually used pudding as a reference for their boob physics. Now something balloon related: In the xXxHoLiC anime, there's a little creature who stores dreams and nightmares in balloons, for then sell them to someone else, a Dream Trader of sorts, which is pretty cool (and by the theme and appearance, it was obviously based on the Baku, you know, just like Musharna). I like Drifloon and Drifblim btw, much like how I like almost all ghost Pokémon.

[@cristiano7541]

Balloons can be loud but recently, I had a theater like presentation, that I had to blow a balloon up while under a thin bed sheet, I thought it would be extremely loud due to the sound being somewhat trapped (the sound would be less loud to the others outside) but it wasn't loud at all, it was like as loud as a person talking

[@Rubyco]

Drifloon is one of my fav Pokémon and Shinies so I am happy it got covered here too! By one of my fav KZbinrs haha :D

[@followthelucario4388]

While we're on the whole "destructive flaming baloons" spirit: In Brazilian midsummer festivals, it used to be a tradition to light up hot air baloons and release them to drift around in the wind. Said practice has since been forbidden, because they used to cause wildfires wherever they landed, often enough in the middle of woodlands :)

[@e5858]

Drifloon’s and Drifblim’s Japanese names are absolute genius. “Fuwante” (drifloon) pulls from “fuwan” (onomatopoeia for floating), “fuantei” (unstable) and possibly “te” (hand). “Fuwaraido” (drifblim) comes from “Fuwa” (a variation of “fuwan”), “raido” (“ride”), and “Fuwaraidou” (phrase-word meaning approximately “never in the same place for long/goes with the flow”).

[@williamswonderland3636]

The shiny is based on the movie "the yellow balloon"

[@fruit3193]

Great video, though I noticed an issue with some of the reasoning: Drifblim can’t breed with that many Fire types. Slugma, Litwick, and Rotom-Heat are the only ones, and only because they’re all Amorphous egg group.

[@shydragon9637]

Yeah, breedability is not really a strong argument for anything since every egg group includes a wide range of Pokémon with many different types.

[@gonhunter3994]

This would've been nice for -Halloween- Spooky Season

[@nickyoung4813]

4:16 flare boost increases it's special attack, not speed same idea though, bigger boom when on fire

[@drakecharles8387]

"We consider them as innocent things" he says. Must not have grown up with a competitive family that has massive water balloon fights in the summer. It's all fun and games until that one balloon that doesn't want to pop hits you in the face.

[@WavesofColours]

Ahahahaha the Lockstin "therapy" scene is darkishly funny 😆 Drifloon is definitely a Pokemon I always wanted to have in my team. But the type combo was just never ideal to the team I end up using, unfortunately ☹️

[@עומרשרייבר-ל4ר]

I love how once you really dig into pokemon inspirations you can find some really dark and weird things.

[@meloncat5900]

11:00 “a kid trapped in a balloon” He’s around his 20s but yeah makes sense

[@number1xurkitreefan261]

Honestly, Drifloon was a childhood favorite of mine. I caught it and used one on my original Diamond team when I was eight. I was unaware of its dex entry and simply caught one because I thought it was cute (to the point where I would refuse to evolve it cuz I thought drifblim was ugly).

[@MayBeSomething]

4:44 "In 60 more years we may get a Latias that knows Sky Drop, Giga Impact, and G-max Meltdown." Lockstin, 2021. I love dark humor.

[@DigiRangerScott]

Have you ever seen a balloon DEMONSTRATE DEMONISM? WELL NOW YOU CAN! In horse form!

[@L4S0B055]

A... Aura Borealis? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely in people's windows?!

[@OptimusProvost]

I’m really disappointed Drifloon’s shiny isn’t red

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

The original It balloon was yellow, if it is any consolation

[@belljdr]

Love using Drifblim ! Needed a ghost type for gen 4 to replace my main boi Chandelure.. i wanted Gengar but i felt it fit more for genn1/2XD

[@monsterno.definablenever.3484]

0:23 ... and then the balloon lets go of the child, and another drifloon is born.

[@TySmithHerpingVA]

A good show of how complex even a simple design can be! Also, I have always attributed Flare Boost to reflect how hot air balloons use fire to rise higher.

[@pickashoev248]

10:53 "The kids of Mister Osomatsu" My brother in christ, those are all full grown adults. Yes, even the one in the ballon.

[@krisv7410]

I was shiny hunting Drifloon in BDSP when this video was uploaded!! I was able to catch it, name it Hindenburg and rewarded myself with this video!!

[@smugsneasel]

08:00 Superintendent Chalmers: Aurora Borealis?!! At this time of year, at this time of day, at this altitude, localized entirely within our windows?! Lockstin: Yes!

[@antonissa8345]

I have an idea to a series. In it you take either a country or multiple countries and then you look up different animals, plants, objects and myths there are there and translate it to what Pokémon would live naturally in that place of the world if it was in the Pokémon world. Here’s a few examples on Scandinavia: Animals: PIGEONS = PIDGEY line, PIDOVE line. CROWS = MURKROW line. DEERS = STANTLER. SARDINES = WISHIWASHI. OWLS = HOOTHOOT line, ROWLET line. BEAVERS = BIDOFF line. SEAGULLS = WINGULL line. VIPERS = EKANS line. BEARS = TEDDIURSA line. Plants: CHERRY TREES = CHERRUBI line. BERRIES = BOUNSWEET line. CHRISTMAS TREE = SNOVERN line. and that’s just a few examples.

[@awesomesofar5963]

3:46 is easily the best joke you've ever made lockstin, I'm dying

[@Wandergirl108]

Yay Maxill hijinks! XD Anyway, cool stuff. Never knew the thing about balloon helium being low-quality, that's really comforting, thanks for telling me! :)

[@AmandaC.]

Not me having anxiety watching the balloons floating around the entire video and dying because of the popping balloon 😂😂

[@obits3]

I love that some of the Pokédex entries says that it tries to take the children but the children end up dragging it around.

[@SammieWeiss]

9:42 God that scream and that face made me die of laughter

[@cagebusterjapan734]

I must have the Pokédex sound effect every time you quote a Pokédex verse.

[@greninjaman7241]

I think that last entry from New Pokémon Snap was just referencing what it does in game, where you can see it carrying Clamperl. As for why Clamperl specifically, probably because it's the easiest Pokémon Drifblim can carry from the beach and reef levels it's found in

[@rho-starmkl4483]

10:11 Squidward: This job gets very stressful…

[@Dr.Disney]

And he turned one of these into an Amazon Delivery Drone

[@drifloonitic]

I love this lil balloon! It may be creepy, but it’s great!

[@SaintJim1992]

@9:06 Totally expected to see Storm from X-men when I saw that elbow patch

[@LauraDora124]

I can’t help but have that music that plays in the spinning seal video in my head, as the balloons spins in the background.

[@tatsusama3192]

When I saw the original IT for the first I couldn't take it seriously. I had already seen The Wild Thornberrys and couldn't stop hearing Nigel whenever IT (Tim Curry) spoke

[@julianrobertson1869]

I'm so glad you were able to reintegrate Maxlle (I don't think I spelled it right) I absolutely love the character.

[@thor7912]

Spooky season lasts from November 1st to October 31st, with random days off for the less important times like Christmas and such. I'll allow them a day or two... I guess.

[@ellec7188]

Idk if the first one was planned or not but I love that the balloon kept creeping into shot just to get pushed away... For it to be like I'm still hereeee

[@dallinmoody1297]

Theory 1 austin is off his meds Theory 2 his scriptwriter was high and/or replaced by skinwalkers Theory 3 they had to fluff up the runtime somehow

[@morrigankasa570]

I am pretty sure they have figured out how to create more Helium from other elements. Similarly they have figured out how to make Gold from Mercury. Also at least a decade ago I remember learning that some labs have figured out how to extract Nuclear Elements from Ocean water that can be used in Nuclear Power Plants.

[@KestrelDC]

The little heart hands are also reminiscent of those little weights they sometimes put on the end of a balloon’s string to hold it in place

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

I love when Locks talks about an individual Pocket Monster and it's always the best and funniest part of his video.

[@Absbor]

Driftloon was one of the fav mons of a wholesome artist I know. Somebody who draws cutely Eevees and Mareep and stuff. xD

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

Helium voiced Lockstin is hilarious. I can't take him seriously 🤣

[@FryedCalamari]

The Scariest part is it's Minimize spam and baton pass Gives me the chills

[@druid_zephyrus]

Those latias jokes tho...ooof. Like hilarious, but ooof damn thats a cut.

[@JayVGC]

my fave stringy boy/the reason therapy is in high demand in sinnoh

[@yeetboy8671]

I had the feeling that drifloon is just so tired of being pushed around by the wind thats why it grabs to children so they dont get blown away

[@ShadowMage]

In all of my years of playing Pokemon, I've never managed to encounter a wild Drifloon. It was one of those ghost types that I've always wanted to catch, but never knew how to find them (even now, I admittedly still don't know how).

[@DeoxTew]

4:46 I nearly spat water all over my keyboard, thanks

[@Vivi-te5qj]

That pudding balloon bit gave me high-school flash backs.

[@jubilanttitan4999]

9:38 Gnoggin: Are balloons even scary? Balloon: Bet **Pops** Gnoggin: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* (This had me rolling on the floor)

[@nolangerrans6083]

I always assumed that drifblim was connected to fire since it resembles a hot air balloon, which traditionally used an open flame to heat a bunch of air to fly. That may also be what is being represented with its red spiky bottom. And its shiny then gets a blue “flame”

[@siaskies1704]

10:56 "The kids of 'Mr. Osomatsu'" okay, who's gonna ruin it for him?

[@waterking74]

4:49 Drifloon: *I’m back just went to the bathroom what I miss*

[@LJA116]

Whenever I try to imagine the sound of the soul escaping a burst drifloon, I can only imagine the sound effects of Ghasts in Minecraft.

[@gerelectric1171]

i imagine it like the souls saying "HEY, THANKS DOWN THERE, YOU'R GRANDMA SAYS HI!"

[@teensierkitty4214]

Honestly it's much more likely that drifloon doesn't actually steal children's souls and instead is trying to escape unwanted play time While the kid doesn't realize they've been whisked away on accident either taking a too high up drop or being completely lost and injured

[@SpillTheTEEjabber]

6:17 🎶Im so lucky to be Chunky~🎶

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

Gacy was a killer clown then? Makes it extra weird that supposedly there was a someone who would be pen pals with him.

[@catriamflockentanz]

4:34 On the topic of what Drifblim is capable of: Why can Drifblim as a Ghost/FLYING Types only learn 4 Flying Type Moves??? That always was and still is terrible. 11:14 How? How were these Balloon Animals made? You don't only need tiny balloons but also the ability to knot them correctly and at this (lack of) size... 14:18 Fun fact about Tabitha King: Her Novel "Small World" is hands down scarier than any Stephen King novel I've ever read... (Granted, I only read three.)

[@haven_lady675]

When i saw Drifloon and Drifblim for the first time, i didnt get the Ghost typing and the whole kidnapping thing until this video and several origins explain it. Now I understand why this line is scary but cute.

[@gabriellockwood2780]

Drifblim is full of the spirits that feel regret after becoming Spiritomb lol 😂

[@v.v365]

I was super creeped out when I noticed the Shining Pearl NPC child who was nearly taken by a drifloon before I saved their dad from team Galactic

[@ZekDraco]

I love how Lockstin had to keep pushing the Driftfloon away.

[@justadude8297]

Tbh drifblim seems really passive in the anime it’s a precious balloon boi

[@SanitysRebellion]

I mean…if my body is somehow punctured/explodes my soul would escape with a screaming sound too.