ARCEUS vs MEW! Who REALLY Made What? | Gnoggin - Pokemon Timeline / Pokemon Lore / Pokemon Origins

Who created the Pokemon world? who created the Pokemon? did Mew create all Pokemon? or did Arceus create all Pokemon? There are many questions with many answers, and this is just one of them.
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Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!

[@ParadoxFree]

Lockstin: "The Pokemon company likes to sidestep thi..." Palkia and Dialga: Ight, we gonna head out

[@drybonesmunchakoopas5143]

no they were side stepping to prove his point

[@SilverDungeoneer]

Bold of you to assume they didn't yeet themselves off that tall desk.

[@ExSuPiO1]

Actually that was Arceus on top of Palkia but great comment

[@baosith8078]

@Super Top Secret Area No, Arceus felt the pressure first then pulls Palkia off... Arceus ditched his creation...

[@SilverDungeoneer]

@Errett Velasquez No yveltal is based on bacon

[@NovaTheDoe]

"If not by reproduction, how could Mew originate every single Pokemon?" Oh, silly one, by mewtosis.

[@thomashalsted1888]

_MEWtation_

[@mioyianer4306]

An female Mew canonical give birth to a Mewtwo.

[@thomashalsted1888]

@@mioyianer4306 Perhaps you missed the _LORE_ bit where Humans created MewTwo via cloning Mew's genetic code?

[@mioyianer4306]

No. Mew give birth to Mewtwo but Fuji and others just genetic modified Mewtwo. Who said that you can't take certain body parts and add new body parts that you genetic created for yourself or someone else. Then add it to yourself or someone else to better enhance them or you.

[@thomashalsted1888]

@@mioyianer4306 I fail to understand this, and as such, cannot accept it as an answer.

[@halodragonmaster]

This is quality advertising. My god. "Give us the money for a price of a shirt, and you'll get a shirt for free." You know what, I'm buying a shirt for that.

[@astingray1802]

@keagan Minogue Did it work?

[@invenblocker]

No you're not. You're giving them money and receiving one.

[@halodragonmaster]

@@invenblocker r/wooosh

[@invenblocker]

@@halodragonmaster What are you r/whooshing me for? I played along on the "give us free money and we give free thing" joke exactly by denying that it's a purchase.

[@halodragonmaster]

@@invenblocker fair point. my bad.

[@aidenconway9087]

Arceus: Go forth my creations, and become diverse! Mew: I wanna become an ice cream Arceus: Wut. Other mew: lmao cool ima become G E A R Arceus: No, stop- Yet another mew: *KEY TIME*

[@ayoeyo3113]

Another mew: I WANNA BECOME A PILE OF POOP ( grimer )

[@ayoeyo3113]

Purple poop*

[@trent800]

another mew: Being a magnet sounds awesome

[@elijahlopez6287]

Trent yet another mew: yea I’m gonna do that but three

[@niczic123]

I want to be a completeley useless seed

[@evangeline2158]

"Regigas made Regice, Regirock, and Registeel" Regidrago and Regilectric: *But did you make us?*

[@slevinchannel7589]

How breeding works for normal pokemon is pretty obvious and people just dont want to know, even though it's so obvious, especially if you think about what Pokemon were called before Pokeballs were invented. But yeah, how the actual Legendaries came to be is actually a big question and i want it to be answered already. We really need to have Lore more explained INSTEAD of just having random, disconnected pieces added, like "Hey, Eternatus exists, duh." ...

[@evangeline2158]

@Ace Blackie true

[@afrent9296]

Bruh thats kinda obvious that regigigas made them for me atleast

[@SJ_G.]

So sad Regidrago is still not finished

[@theperfectspongepop3768]

No no no a galarian regigigas make draco and electric ,but that g.regi has not been descovered

[@keimasilver]

I've always thought that the reason Manaphy's eggs hatch into Phione is because the eggs are created at surface level. In order to get another Manaphy the egg would have to be conceived and develop in the deep sea, just like the one Manaphy egg we actually see that washes ashore and is found by a pokemon ranger. This would explain why Phione is basically just a stunted Manaphy in appearance, stats, and movepool. Its growth is stunted because the egg started off in a vastly different environment. Kinda like how there are reptiles that hatch as male or female depending on the temperature the eggs are kept at.

[@RWAsur]

That's an excellent theory, I think I will adopt it! Thanks!

[@dionaeamuscipula6649]

I thought it was stated that manaphy eggs only hatch into manaphy in the pokemon ranger seas and that's why they hatch into phione everywhere else

[@GcorpCoPrez]

Dionaea Muscipula oh thats a neat tidbit to add to the theory as well. The right seas must be the regions of Fiore and Almia.

[@keimasilver]

@@GcorpCoPrez Unfortunately Manaphy eggs literally can't hatch in any of the ranger regions because they need to either be on the seafloor, according to the Pokédex, or with a trainer to hatch. It is a likely theory that the ranger seas are the perfect conditions needed to lay Manaphy eggs instead of Phione eggs though, especially since the Pokédex says they "swim great distances to return to the place of their birth" like salmon.

[@RWAsur]

@@dionaeamuscipula6649 ...which is basically the same answer but giving justification as to *why* Almia. The reason why Almia seas is deeper water. It's an island, so that makes sense.

[@cocorovo7624]

That one Mew: "Aw yeah it's Shuckle time."

[@potatorat2508]

Nice

[@nocturnaltenebris1168]

I shuckled

[@whitneyknipe6066]

Good old suckle.

[@smartart6841]

When is mew gonna give him an evo

[@cherry_leviathan5942]

@@smartart6841 NEVER, Shuckle is the perfect

[@anemu3819]

"Do you have money?" "Do you want to not have the money?" Not suspicious

[@ruebenllongoria836]

A Vallejo shut up and take my money! 💵💵💵💵💵💵

[@anemu3819]

@@ruebenllongoria836 ok *takes money*

[@Enthuzastic]

A Vallejo *run he won’t stop putting money down your pants RUN!*

[@danstrikker6465]

He makes it sound like I'm about to get mugged

[@koschei8844]

Arceus when assigning purpose: Dialga, You will maintain time. Palkia, You will maintain space. Giratina, You will serve as an example to those who defy my divine will. Mew: What about me father? Arceus: Your purpose is to bone until all but 1 of you is dead.

[@neexy9669]

*your

[@koschei8844]

@@neexy9669 Thanks for the correction :P

[@Jayden3649]

@@koschei8844 wow I am so used to people going gorillsshit when they get corrected that it suprized me when you didn't

[@koschei8844]

@@Jayden3649 Some people never learned that they CAN be wrong and the world does indeed NOT correct itself to their beliefs just because they think so XD I think it's more important that you can admit your own faults and instead grow from other peoples correction :P Sorry if I went on a bit too long btw :P

[@Conorator]

@@Jayden3649 *surprised

[@cleverfoxstudios1786]

I always kind of felt Arceus made mew with the intention of allowing it to co-create Pokemon. Mew is in tune with nature, or at least some places like the Lucario movie where it has a symbiotic relationship with the tree rock thing, so mew became a creater of form while Arceus was giver of power. Arceus is all types, but mew can shape shift, so mew decides the best physical attributes to fit into a niche in a biome, Arceus grants it it's typing. Mating is just the format used to pass into Pokemon so they can populate on their own to some extent

[@qcreation2656]

🤯🤯🤯🤯my minds blown, that's a solid theory.

[@PowerPunk31590]

That's actually a great theory

[@mh5976]

To add to this theory the ultra beasts could be failed realities that arceus thought were to dangerous or got bored with which is why they have there own weird portal with alonlan legendarys being used to keep them out

[@storymaster21]

arcues: exists dialga: literally rips apart time itself palkia: literally destroys reality acreus: yo, yall do what you do giratina: keeps space and time gods in balance and check arcues: gtfo my universe

[@Kiki-gs6ml]

True.. I feel sorry for poor giratina

[@elijahwatson3474]

The universe was extremely chaotic when Giratina was made. So the rules of the cosmos weren’t made yet.

[@lorekeeper685]

Giratina is a good boy but he is too powerful

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@lorekeeper685 The only way to keep its power in check is to give it cupcakes.

[@lorekeeper685]

@@JamesDavy2009 he makes awasome muffins tho

[@raoulfaced]

Re-evolution in a nutshell “Hey man I really like how this turned out let’s go back to that”

[@jay96yagami27]

Pokemon in a nutshell

[@embasorangiratina36]

I think the real question is: Where did the Humans come from?

[@mr.quakers3405]

They came from Humanoid pokemon.

[@ezzyth8824]

Interdimensional travel

[@tristanaishe3567]

They also evolved from mew that's how they can take a lot of damage (exp:ash ,team rocket , everyone else who got electrocuted by pikachu) they just evolved to be humans instead of a pichu or muk or something.

[@Chaos89P]

There are theories that say that humans are Pokémon as well.

[@danieldishon688]

Humans are in the same branch family of pokemon as Mr Mime, Alakazam, Hitmochan, Jynx, Machamp, etc... some pokedex entries and NPC dialogues imply some gifted human kids mutating created the first Abras or something like that. It's sad but in the pokemon world, man is not made in Arceus's image. But for some reason they are the masters of the pokeworld.

[@HC-gm4fo]

Origin Theory: Arceus is an ultra beast. His egg came from another dimension.

[@rumamoitra3822]

is arcues male or female?

[@passarovoador6662]

@@rumamoitra3822 God doesn't have gender, or at least it shouldn't

[@XxMeTa_Zr0xX]

Theory: Arceus is Cresselia's son. Arceus killed his granddaughter, Jirachi/Floette and Absol "Calyrex" Zoroark takes revenge on what this so called God come. Mew will win because He has a time travelling dad and a wishmaking mom. Arceus Zygarde has no life, he should get punished by his dad, Darkrai.

[@XxMeTa_Zr0xX]

@Colin Campbell Mew is Ash who is actually born again Christian, Max is Manaphy (possessed by his younger sister, Bonnie the Phione, who can grant UNLIMITED wishes) contained with Primal Stones inside his hair thanks to his mom, Delia Ketchum Jirachi and with the help of his uncle, Cyrus Celebi who is actually Marshadow while Oak Arceus worships Baal.

[@XxMeTa_Zr0xX]

@Colin Campbell do you know Final Fantasy VII and Tekken 7?

[@kingston3616]

0:26 Can we get a moment of silence please for Palkia.

[@Differentad-mq9tk]

and Arceus

[@the5kyraven517]

Arceus just wanted to make the truant Palkia get back to work

[@Aqua-ij3xs]

Since Arceus was born from an egg, technically the egg came first regardless of whether Arceus or Mew came first.

[@1jdm408]

So how made the egg

[@wispinwish7835]

Then where did chaos come from

[@ww1483]

Chaos came from nothing.

[@sebastianpottle87]

@@ww1483 where did nothing come from?

[@ww1483]

@@sebastianpottle87 Nothing doesn't exist silly, if nothing exists it can't be nothing, therefor it came from everywhere and nowhere at once.

[@Lotloxa]

Somewhere in a library in Sinnoh, there should be a bookshelf that says pokemon and humans were at one point indistinguishable.

[@LushiferII]

I seriously doubt it. Actually, humans are extraterrestrial. Latias and latios were the ones that bring humans to Earth if I remember correctly, while (as it was said in this video) Pokemon were created by Arceus and Mew.

[@jaernihiltheus7817]

@@LushiferII This is a snippet of the dialogue from the hiker that you meet in Platinum when you have Arceus in your party: "As I understand it, people and Pokémon shared the spirit and awareness. They should have understood and accepted each other then. Because they shared the same spirit, people and Pokémon intermingled. People took the place of Pokémon, and the opposite also held true. That interpretation could give us an idea about how our world came to be. A Pokémon is said to have shaped this world." Then there's the Pokemon Folk Tales in Canalave itself, the 2nd and 3rd talking about inter relationships between Pokemon and People: Folk Tale 2: "There lived a Pokémon in a forest. In the forest, the Pokémon shed its hide to sleep as a human. Awakened, the human dons the Pokémon hide to roam villages." Folk Tale 3: "There once were Pokémon that became very close to humans. There once were humans and Pokémon that ate together at the same table. It was a time when there existed no differences to distinguish the two." So there's at least mythological evidence to suggest people and pokemon were once one in the same.

[@Lotloxa]

@@LushiferII Well, Jaer beet me to it. There's also the entries from Emerald and FireRed which talk about a person turning into a Kadabra bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kadabra_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Pok.C3.A9dex_entries_2 You can read all of the "books" from the libraries of Sinnoh here: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sinnoh_myths

[@lylatfox4]

@@LushiferII dont doubt it. Thats the lore lol, notice how some humans also seem to have super powers like psychic powers and being ghost mediums and that there is a whole egg group called humanoid

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@LushiferII that makes no sense

[@ajanis95]

I'd argue the more powerful, nature keeping legendaries like Rayquaza, Kyogre and Groundon were created by Arceus directly. I mean, if Kyogre and Groundon exist to shape the land and seas/oceans, I would think they'd need to be around around before even the mews so the mews had a place to live.

[@lorekeeper685]

Hey mew can survive space so no

[@ajanis95]

@@lorekeeper685 perhaps, but for how long? And also, you're basing it off what?

[@felonyx5123]

@@ajanis95 Anime intro, the true source of all lore.

[@ajanis95]

@@felonyx5123 Truly. I figured that was the case.

[@djroscurro9859]

I honestly agree. The mythicals that're theorized to evolve from mew in the video also seem a considerable amount weaker than the legendaries you mentioned.

[@99wins31]

Palkia was like “This is too confusing; imma head out”

[@technomorphtv5834]

What if Eevee was one of the first Mew evolutions since it has such an "irregular" DNA structure that changes like ditto does

[@bigchris327]

or what if one one Mew changed into ditto after a transformation was disturbed and one change into Eevee with a DNA/Gene glitch

[@alexmares9562]

@@bigchris327 I think that it’s implied that ditto are failed attempts to recreate mew during the mewtwo project

[@joshuahadams]

Arceus = God, Mew = Adam that’s how I see it.

[@silvertotodile]

Yeah exactly.

[@lyleabner2475]

What Pokemon is eve

[@beautifulsauce]

arceus and mew are still.more real than both though

[@TheKensta88]

@@lyleabner2475 Eevee duh.

[@BoopernautApAdams]

Same

[@societysmostambiguousgirlb1495]

Whitney Mewston be like “I’m every pokemon it’s all in me”

[@wanderingrogue3039]

😂

[@IcE-_-Kidd]

LMFAOO

[@theespecificocean]

There was an episode in Pokémon where Lugia had a baby

[@yashic4389]

That was a filler episode though

[@tuff3jay]

@@yashic4389 so what its still canon

[@trent800]

@@tuff3jay filler=not cannon

[@tuff3jay]

@@trent800 that is not what filler means

[@Queemo]

Trent filler usually fills the plot so it’s cannon

[@krakios3950]

Nobody: Me (after 7:41): You can tell a "Mew Derivative" by it being a tiny, adorable baby.

[@MikeRosadoGaming]

Either Mew has an unstable Genome that constantly evolves to fit the "learning new moves every generation" or his power is somehow tied to human conciousness. 🤔 So, everytime a human identifies a new pokemon, he just mutates. Which would explain why he has the dna (and can learn the moves) of even newly created or aritificial pokemon like Porygon. 🤔

[@Lugent25]

Yeah, makes more since to me that Mew has nothing to do with creation but just has the ability to copy the dna of every pokemon it comes in contact with, while being from the beginning of the universe's creation or era, this is why Mew has come into contact with every pokemon and current pokemon because it's a time traveling entity.

[@sirthisisamcdonalds]

Fans: who came first? Arceus or mew? Gamefreak: yes

[@beyond0077]

Arceus’s design is amazing it reminds me of statues and sculptures from the ancient Greeks.

[@rho-starmkl4483]

Simple, Mew created everything since that was the one who got a green card to enter Galar while Arceus didn’t.

[@jameschristophercirujano6650]

And because people wouldn't buy products of a gigantic pokemon with no cute features.

[@TheSwordsman100]

Nah Arceus didn't approve of their power source so they turned atheist in response even though Arceus was right in the end.

[@jamaldavis2480]

@Robo Duck Correction. We have caught him and shoved him into a computer.

[@vovabars1234]

@@jameschristophercirujano6650 i would buy a big arceus ngl

[@dj_kitsu5850]

God is dead and that’s why the fossils are what they are

[@monsterno.definablenever.3484]

Easy: Arceus created Palkia and Dialga to form space and time, respectively, then filled this new reality, building the entire Pokemon universe with "its thousand arms" (the Unowns, if you believe that theory.) Arceus created mew to create all other non-legendary Pokemon.

[@slevinchannel7589]

How breeding works for normal pokemon is pretty obvious and people just dont want to know, even though it's so obvious, especially if you think about what Pokemon were called before Pokeballs were invented. But yeah, how the actual Legendaries came to be is actually a big question and i want it to be answered already. We really need to have Lore more explained INSTEAD of just having random, disconnected pieces added, like "Hey, Eternatus exists, duh." ...

[@slevinchannel7589]

Pokemon Breeding for NORMAL Pokemon is pretty obvious. They are caster after all, duh. It's obvious. They are not animals, duh. It's not the same, obviously. But yeah, the origins of Legendaries is actually interesting. Apparently, Mew can become 'bigger' though evolution, as there are normal pokemon who are BIG. But i still dont think Mew can evolve into Kyogre or Groudon... Interesting to think about...

[@slaughterinthespotlight1669]

Pokedex said about legendys from hoenn thhat they came from deep lava . Water . Sky so ye

[@monsterno.definablenever.3484]

@@slaughterinthespotlight1669 right; Arceus made the other legendaries to keep everything in order; Ho-oh and Lugia for sky and sea, the legendary birds for fire, ice, and lightning, Regigigas, the continents, tornadus landorus and thundurus for storms, Et cetera, Et cetera, Et cetera.

[@slaughterinthespotlight1669]

@@monsterno.definablenever.3484 But weather trio was MADE by them selves not arceus

[@toruhagakure5239]

“Oh you want a Palkia ,You get a Palkia!” -Arceus

[@CrimsonAkato]

this is what it feels like playing pixelmon on minecraft I can summon 7 Palkia's now and 4 Dialga's ..damn Dialga is really more rare or my luck is just not 50/50 . xD

[@invenblocker]

I saw a comic explaining how it really went down. Mew: "That does it young man, go to your room." Arceus: "But moooom, I don't have a room." Mew: "Then make one." Arceus: "Urgh, fine." And thus, Arceus created the earth.

[@RedRaikou]

I've seen that and no that's not what happened.

[@cristinamarisjuanich8391]

​@@RedRaikouAgreed

[@raffierutomo8948]

Still confused how mew evolved into a key

[@enternamehere7942]

Look, one day mew got really freaky

[@ei7945]

Don't question

[@ZickaN13]

@@enternamehere7942 that's called selective breeding

[@Conorator]

keyring*

[@slevinchannel7589]

Pokemon Breeding for NORMAL Pokemon is pretty obvious. They are caster after all, duh. It's obvious. They are not animals, duh. It's not the same, obviously. But yeah, the origins of Legendaries is actually interesting. Apparently, Mew can become 'bigger' though evolution, as there are normal pokemon who are BIG. But i still dont think Mew can evolve into Kyogre or Groudon... Interesting to think about...

[@minibattIelop]

Arceus: "Mew, go f**k yourself" Mew: "ight bet"

[@jakeetter2822]

I got a thought. It is about the afterlife in the pokemon world. If someone good died they would say "he was gone to Arceus's garden" and if someone evil dies they would say "they have gone to garatena's chambers."

[@nethermaster7744]

Question: What are Artificial pokemon made out of? Question: are Humans descendants of Mew?

[@torterranartist4469]

We can use Pokeballs as a standard for "Is it a pokemon?" and because artificial pokemon can go into poke balls we can assume they were designed specifically for Pokeballs to be used on them, besides, a lot of man-made pokemon are modifications of extinct pokemon. As for the second question, the main evidence for that theory is a book of folk tales, not a book about a DNA study done by a pokemon geneticist. The other evidence is Sabrina, and given Ash takes everything that gets thrown at Ash-Greninja pretty easily, (you, know like the second DIantha battle and the Alain battle!) we can infer that humans in pokemon have some pretty extraordinary properties. Besides, we know for a fact that there are people who can manipulate Aura, which is more or less the Pokemon equivalent of the Force.

[@slevinchannel7589]

How breeding works for normal pokemon is pretty obvious and people just dont want to know, even though it's so obvious, especially if you think about what Pokemon were called before Pokeballs were invented. But yeah, how the actual Legendaries came to be is actually a big question and i want it to be answered already. We really need to have Lore more explained INSTEAD of just having random, disconnected pieces added, like "Hey, Eternatus exists, duh." ...

[@The-Magic-Sword]

As per Sinnoh, yes, there was a time when there was no division between people and pokemon, ergo people *were* pokemon.

[@pookumz123]

Takeaway of the day: Mew gets mad booty

[@marcuslyles7625]

Both gets, and is the booty

[@imaginativegirl126]

I feel awkward when Mew is sexualized. It's a cute little fetus. 😘

[@AliceIsSleepy]

accelworld17 True, but it's also really old and fucks a lot.

[@aporue5893]

@@imaginativegirl126 it's literally a tiny cute kitten. Why do people have to get gross

[@christophergreen9597]

“That’s its life” lmao 😂 7:18

[@exiledrop281]

Not for virus and code master

[@arodnap371]

I cocked so Hard and I might have skipped a heart beat

[@shawncasiotone180]

7:15 nobody's talking about those two mews bangin' upside-down.

[@thekingdelta7293]

I always saw it as Arceus created mostly all the legendaries and mythical pokemon while mew created all the normal pokemons

[@KingNexusMOCs]

*reads title* See, THESE are the questions.

[@julikirb]

that they are also I see you have good taste

[@pattymelt5825]

Jesus I remember this being a big argument when gen 4 first came out. I'm glad to see this old question finally being discussed by Lockstin

[@HogW1ld385]

Serious theory: My thoughts are that Arceus was born from the egg and Mew was created from the remains of the egg. (Therefore Arceus is the “first” Pokémon yet Mew is still the “ancestor” of all) Arceus creates the Universe and designs different Pokémon to uphold different aspects but needs Mews power over life to make them live. Mew didn’t change into other Pokémon instead providing the necessary components for life to begin. Some legendaries are unique like Dialga/Giratina Kyogre/Groudon because they stand for a very important concept or it would be catastrophic for more than one to have that power. Other legendaries had smaller roles like fire or lightning and therefore there were more of them. But their lifespans were much longer than humans so there aren’t as many needed. Eventually creatures that didn’t have such monumental power came along and over the eons naturally changed into the Pokémon we know.

[@kartik5876]

I still think arceus created mew. I mean the creation trio created the world and it was empty so arceus made mew whose job was to populate the planet. Also we should not think of legendaries as a family. It may be possible that few of them are descendents of mew but others are simply arceus s creation. We can assume that arceus kept making pokemons .... All these different looking legendaries like rayquaza kyogre lugia

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@kartik5876 I think Arceus created Mew and the Creation Trio. Palkia and Dialga create the Universe and Earth. Mew in turn created Regigigas to form the Earth (Who in turn creates the Regi's) Mew then creates Celebi to create the Earths timeline, while Celebi in turn creates Uxie (Knowledge), Mesprit (Emotion) and Azelf (Willpower) and those three create Victini (Destiny) and Jirachi (Wishmaker). Thats basically the end of that branch Mew then creates Kyogre and Groudon to expand the Seas and the Continents and Rayquaza, who watches over them Kyogre creates Lugia, Rayquaza creates Ho-Oh and Groudon creates Heatran. Lugia creates Manaphy (Who creates Phione), Ho-Oh creates the Legendary Beast, while Lugia and Ho-Oh together create the legendary birds Mew creates humans and other Pokemon Giratina creates Yveltal Arceus creates Xerneas to combat Yveltal Mew creates Zygarde to maintain the balance I always imagine - Arceus creator of Good, Mew creator of Balance, Giratina creator of evil.

[@dogefan12349]

I dislike you.

[@HogW1ld385]

Dogefan Lego Filmz I’m usually a very dislikeable person but is there anything in particular?

[@dogefan12349]

@@HogW1ld385 The comment on the MandJTV video about Miltank

[@Gerudo_King]

Actually, I think it’s the opposite. Arceus probably created all of the legendaries (especially the world building ones like the Weather Trio and the Golems) and then after the world was made, Mews were put on earth to make the Non-Mythical/Legendary Pokemon. Archer was likely the ancestor of all NON legendary bird Pokémon.

[@draconix4131]

I like the “Arkius going on a creation spree” part.

[@NeoZero44]

“And as always, never stop using your... SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION” Weirdest ad timing ever

[@slevinchannel7589]

How breeding works for normal pokemon is pretty obvious and people just dont want to know, even though it's so obvious, especially if you think about what Pokemon were called before Pokeballs were invented. But yeah, how the actual Legendaries came to be is actually a big question and i want it to be answered already. We really need to have Lore more explained INSTEAD of just having random, disconnected pieces added, like "Hey, Eternatus exists, duh." ...

[@nintenx1235]

“And they start getting it on everywhere, all the time, that’s there life.” I envy the mews

[@cbccfg]

Is there any explanation for the "defeated giants" described in the arceus plates?

[@takisthanopoulos5313]

some say that eternamax eternatus might be one of the giants,or even the complete dragon that is now seperated in three pokemon:reshiram,kyurem and zekrom

[@HC-gm4fo]

Arceus is an ultra beast. 🤔

[@trent800]

way before time and space were created there were a few beings Arceus and the Giants Arceus Probably also Created Palkia, Dialga and Giritina to help slay the giants and from their bodies created the plates

[@renatogjergji8469]

There is an italian KZbinr who did a theory about the Giants. The name of the KZbinchannel is Pokémon Millennium

[@thesleepiestpanda]

0:26 Palkia just wanted to follow Arceus before they heard the theory

[@OdessaPNG]

Theory: maybe the eggs of Mew are like stem cells, they change based on the environment or dna presented and then pokemon (lets see like beta forms) breed until the cells stop changing and then breeding is based on their current state

[@spookuly]

I agree

[@地平線-f8c]

This is underrated comment

[@slevinchannel7589]

Pokemon Breeding for NORMAL Pokemon is pretty obvious. They are caster after all, duh. It's obvious. They are not animals, duh. It's not the same, obviously. But yeah, the origins of Legendaries is actually interesting. Apparently, Mew can become 'bigger' though evolution, as there are normal pokemon who are BIG. But i still dont think Mew can evolve into Kyogre or Groudon... Interesting to think about...

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@地平線-f8c Not really. He presents it like a Theory but Mew adapting to their enviroment and becoming all the other Types is just canon. It always was obvious like heck. This is not a theory. Mew is the Ancestor, duh.

[@Lugent25]

Problem is Mew has never shown any giving birth feats via eggs etc. so I don't see Mew as a mater on that level, but Maybe the whole ancestor thing was all speculation from the scientists, and what if Mew just have the ability copy the dna of those it encounters being that it's from another world all togethor.

[@Benjamin12]

Lockstin, here is a idea for a video about Toxtricity and their relation with the Darkest Hour: the statues next to the lighthouse and the mysterious figure at the mountain that looks just like its Gigantamax form.

[@Pilachio]

Mew can learn Transform.. So my guess is that the original Mews might've just transformed into a variety of shapes and abilities. The children of wich could not transform. Similar to Mewtwo . Though in Mewtwo's case it might just be the genetic tinkering it endured. Maybe Ditto is just the natural/original shape a Mew has. But since they can't transform from memory, they maybe also just can't hold their transformation passively as Mew can.

[@corb5905]

Arent ditto just failed mew clones?

[@blankflank3488]

@@corb5905 Not officially confirmed, but it's a popular theory.

[@scurreith3667]

The way that I like to think about this Theory is a bit of an odd one... Arceus was once an egg Arceus formed the universe Created the creation trio Now, this requires subscription to the theory that “the 1,000 arms Arceus created the universe with were Unown” which would mean that Arceus only ever created things with the assistance of the Unown, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, the lake trio, all byproduct of the cooperation of Unown and Arceus, however, where did the egg and the Unown come from? If Mew truly is the original creator, than it makes sense why Unown are also psychic types, which psychic has more links with creation in Pokémon than anything else (Solgaleo and Lunala much?) This also has a little bit of backing in that in the games the only way to be able to use every move is metronome, and yet in the anime Mew never uses metronome, it just attacks, so Metronome in Mew’s moveset moreso personifies Mew predating all other Pokémon, this making it capable of using all moves of every Pokémon below it.

[@unknownfactor6489]

If Arceus hatched from an egg doesn't that mean its actually a divine being and not God ?

[@andose88]

@@scurreith3667 excellent theory.

[@123goofyking]

I'm only halfway through the video, but my theory is this: After Arceus's first batch of creations, Mew went on to become the parent/ancestor of every other pokemon afterwards. Sort of like Adam being created by God and then going on to create the rest of humanity. The first few generations would've had the most power inherited directly from Mew and therefore would be later classified as Legendary or Mythical pokemon. Edit: wow.... That's... exactly what he said....

[@MysteryNova98]

That's basically the most logical thing

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

But wait. The true ancestor of pokemon was Rhydon. It was the first pokemon ever designed meaning it was truly the first.

[@taiga738]

Mew was said to be the ancestor of pokemon when they found a fossil of it but that doesn't discount the possibility of new findings that disprove it, such as discovering that the myths about Arceus are true rather than just myth. Some pokemon bypass the process of evolution such as the ones who are man made or ghosts possessing objects, so it was more about him being the common ancestor of pokemon natural evolution actually applies to.

[@venasaurboi8654]

Lockstin: 5 legendary bird pokemon Me:sees lugia Also me: well yes but actually no

[@neo_235]

Your hair is so jiggly it’s beautiful

[@thomasgabby6214]

I got a counter theory to your Mew problem. I think that Mew might have followed the same method of how life started on Earth, from single cell organisms, in this case, single pokemon organisms, into complex life. Run with me on this one, what if Mew was a giant pokemon, like really huge and it didnt reproduce sexually like we tend to think of. What if mew then gave up most of its body mass to create early proto-pokemon, like that matter was ejected and it mutated into pokemon. This would allow mew to create pokemon without needing a mating partner, in a similar way to how single cell organisms billions of years ago reproduced asexually before a mutation showed up that allowed for daughter cells to do it with a binary sexes. In our history, the purpose of multiple sexes was to increase the genetic diversity of living matter and, consequently, create subsets of species. So esseitally, what im saying is that Mew, the rather large pokemon originally, split its body into many pieces and scattered them across the world, only keeping what would be considered its brain (the part we call Mew). Those pieces landed in various regions and areas and quickly mutated to fit the niche that they are currently found it. To add to the consipiracy pot, all of those pieces were Dittos that transformed and just kept the form that suited them best and over generations of birthing, those forms stuck around until they could not transform back, becoming a permanent species. Now with my mad scientist hat on, i can say that if you took all pokemon DNA and refused them into one organism, you could, theoretically, rebuild a Mew from its resulted mutations, this would be Mew Three. That would be fun huh. Im not incredibly with pokemon lore, but i thought this would really fit in with a lot of the descriptions placed on certain poke-species.

[@marcelorodrigues3263]

Ditto is artificial tho...

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Would explain how Zygard could have evolved to be what he is

[@HC-gm4fo]

Thomas Gabby agree I believe mew was a giant tree like in the lucario movie that encompassed the poke-world.

[@peaxce6675]

I just want Arceaus and mew to interact with eachother once.

[@haidhaid4447]

FR A movie where Mew, Arceus, Rayquaza and Mewtwo (Aka the top 4 strongest pokemon) interacted would be the most goated movie ever

[@timothymaddux9018]

0:26. Arceus and Palkia make their quick getaway upon finally having their divinity questioned.

[@purplesam2609]

Imagine Archeops half way evolved into the legendary birds. I'm gonna draw it.

[@raulnatokapa]

Lockstin looks so good with that shirt. He is really handsome!

[@kenhollis6197]

Yes, very much so.

[@Komega01]

you oogling my man, bitch?!

[@DragonFreaktheGreat]

For some reason his clothes and necklace reminds me of Bakura from yugioh

[@fridaynightnicktoons6885]

No homo but my mans looking good. Also I need that necklace. I say mew created Arceus. He layed that egg. Some had to.

[@mcgilligan7891]

Ah rule34 has shown me all that I needed to know about breeding.

[@verylostdoommarauder]

I think it's an Adam and Eve situation, where Mew was made to be the first MORTAL Pokemon.

[@PokeGamer025]

I personally believe that arceus created the creation trio, lake guardians and Mew first, then created Groudon and Kyogre to diversify earth's landscape (instead of leaving it as a giant hunk of rock), then Rayquaza to create the atmosphere so living creatures could remain, well, living and stop the fights of the other 2 in its trio. I also believe that Mew is the ancestor to all pokemon, but not like how you explained it. My theory is that all pokemon except Legendary and Mythical pokemon were made in the same way you explained it, via Mew's reproduction. However, I think other legendary pokemon were Mew that never reproduced further, like if a Mew family line turned into a Ho-Oh, the final, fully formed Ho-Oh in the family line would just decide that it didn't want to reproduce, and since its genes aren't in any other pokemon, it is the only fully formed Ho-Oh in existence. You may argue that it would die, but Legendary Pokemon are supposed to be immortal. Your explanation is still really good though.

[@SuperKarolinaB]

0:26 Arceus: CMON LETS GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE Palkia: WOOAAAHHH?!

[@madambutterfly1997]

Now you're playing with fire by putting Mew against Arceus.

[@bowser3017]

Mew turned into Bidoof gg

[@josephbedwell3164]

Isn't Lugia the trio master of Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres?

[@slevinchannel7589]

How breeding works for normal pokemon is pretty obvious and people just dont want to know, even though it's so obvious, especially if you think about what Pokemon were called before Pokeballs were invented. But yeah, how the actual Legendaries came to be is actually a big question and i want it to be answered already. We really need to have Lore more explained INSTEAD of just having random, disconnected pieces added, like "Hey, Eternatus exists, duh." ...

[@slevinchannel7589]

Pokemon Breeding for NORMAL Pokemon is pretty obvious. They are caster after all, duh. It's obvious. They are not animals, duh. It's not the same, obviously. But yeah, the origins of Legendaries is actually interesting. Apparently, Mew can become 'bigger' though evolution, as there are normal pokemon who are BIG. But i still dont think Mew can evolve into Kyogre or Groudon... Interesting to think about...

[@epic3044]

XD when arceus says many sprinkles around its so funny

[@lifesearch205]

You know something. Its a hell of a thing to think of Archen being a Boomer of sorts to the bird trio. Like, they thought he was dead, and he comes back to life to give them a stern talking to.

[@jimmysmash1236]

Arceus is like god, mew is like Jesus, and mewtwo is that old bearded hobo who kinda looks like em

[@darkraioxxx]

Mew is adam while Mewtwo is jesus also known as the second adam.

[@chaotic_salad1970]

@@darkraioxxx mew is God Mewtwo is imposter of mew making ppl think he's better than mew

[@jimmysmash1236]

theAmazingEspeon and Umbreon ! Lol

[@Drshnaps]

My assumption with the original three Legendary Birds was always that they were mutations of other already existing bird pokemon species. Look at Articuno compared to Pigeot; they are basically the same pokemon visually, just one has some elemental traits added to it. Same with Moltres and Fearow. No idea what Zapdos would have been a mutant of, though; maybe something that got cut?

[@shinesoul7472]

Jermungandr my pokeDollors are on Staraptior for zaptos

[@blankflank3488]

Trumbeak kinda looks like Zapdos.

[@bowser3017]

Zapdos is a bird anarchy Jesus

[@KZ-kl8fx]

Plot twist, arceus and mew did the dirty to make the rest of the pokemon. Follow up plot twist; there’s more to this family tree

[@KZ-kl8fx]

Reminds me of that final scene in Men in Black when Will Smith says “you gotta let them outta that locker man they needa know the world is bigger than that” then a giant locker opens that they are inside of 😂 there are most likely pokemon that are completely unfathomable to trainers and would make Arceus look like a Loki. (Many metaphors and pop culture references, I apologize but welcome to my brain😂)

[@finnvaneekelen7740]

I want 10 hours of arceus creating Pokemon with that voice

[@Kiki-gs6ml]

4:48 All I heard is taco coco 😂😂

[@SetsunaInoue]

I was under the impression that any pokemon who was in charge of creatinf/governing different parts of reality were made by Arceus. Like Mesprit, Azelf, and Uxie created emotion, kyogre and groudon created land and sea, etc. The others, the ones that are simply "guardians" or just crazy rare were descendents of Mew

[@DigiRangerScott]

We all know Arceus created Smart Balls, while Mew created Smart Circles

[@darknessbobulus]

Okay that Arceus going on a binge legit made me laugh my ass off. Good job Skull Man! (There's no way lockstin wrote that joke.)

[@PatrickDraconic]

I LOVED, the arceus scene, "On a little over here, a little over there, on this a little girl wants another pakioa. Here you go" HAHAHAHAHAAAAA, I Litary knocked myself unconscious by Laughing!!!!!!! True storie.

[@denzelmartinez7529]

2:34 but where Lockstin? There’s not a card to be clicked.

[@laprasrules12]

It's not out at the time the video came out

[@UndeadRats]

@@laprasrules12 still not out

[@gameb9oy]

4:02 ... Lockstin, do you seek out the furry art, or do people just keep sending them to you?

[@MrGamer1992]

It's probably not hard to go to deviantart/Google images and type in "beefy Arceus"

[@renookami4651]

Both?

[@dryjoints454]

Ren Ookami That’s what his design team is for

[@SelecaoOfMidas]

Yes

[@2vectors708]

There is only 1 mew though, so it can't really "get it on" with anyone else in those ancient times unless it was with arceus or the others he created. I think it's more likely that mew naturally clones itself whenever it lays an egg and that egg's dna would be affected by the environment it developed in, allowing for specific typing, so you'd end up with a bunch of water mews that would eventually evolve into manaphy and the other water pokemon as the "legendary genetics" start to dilute. The legendaries we see just happen to be where the genetic chain is more directly traceable back to mew.

[@kirbyfanprime]

Maybe there's only one Mew NOW. It could be that there were only a finite amount of Mew created by Arceus, with the purpose of evolving into other, more specialized races. The Mew that is left could be seen as a "missing link" situation, like Bigfoot or Homo Erectus. But the theory you bring up is also interesting. The earliest Pokemon still had a spark of divinity from Arceus that faded with further specialization into the more mundane species.

[@ZakanaHachihaCBC]

It’s never explicitly stated that there is only 1 Mew. Only that it’s rare.

[@nickdentoom1173]

My Timeline Arceus created Mew, Palkia, Dialga and Giratina Palkia and Dialga - create the Universe and Earth. Mew creates Regigigas to form said Earth. Regigigas creates the Regi's. Mew creates Kyogre (Ability to expand/create seas), Groudon (Expand/Create continents after Regigigas formed the Earth) and Rayquaza, to be the leader and keep Kyogre and Groudon in check. Mew creates Celebi to create the Earths timeline Celebi creates Uxie (Knowledge), Mesprit (Emotion), Azelf (Willpower). Those three create Jirachi (Wishmaker) and Victini (Destiny). Kyogre creates Lugia (Guardian of the seas), while Rayquaza creates Ho-oh (Guardian of the Skies) and Groudon creates Heatran while creating Continents. Lugia in turn creates Manaphy (Who creates Phione), while Ho-Oh creates the Legendary beasts. Lugia and Ho-Oh's combined powers, create the Legendary birds Mew creates Humans and other Pokemon Giratina creates Yveltal (Destruction) Arceus reacts and creates Xerneas (Life) to combat Yveltal. Mew creates Zygarde to create balance Others are kinda hard to make out.

[@peanutpaste1402]

It's my personal headcanon that Deoxys is the first ever Ultra beast, but wel..It was mutated in a since. I just think he isn't technically a Pokémon he is an alien.

[@RWAsur]

I feel like a much simpler and more specifically accurate explanation is that DNA is fluid and Mew represents every possible combination of DNA ever to exist. So, technically, Mew has the DNA of every Pokemon both past, present, and future, because of the building blocks will always consist of DNA combos that Mew already has. Problem solved fam.

[@alolanfurret8860]

Hold my max potion

[@franekrb]

arceus created the universe an mew evolved (darvinian evolution not metamorfosis) into most pokemon

[@dryjoints454]

Franek RB Arceus first created some of the legendaries before mew

[@lorekeeper685]

Non is cannon

[@dryjoints454]

mew the mew Huh?

[@franekrb]

yes, he's absolutely not a ditto. not at all.

[@hopedobbs9799]

That's really creepy I was just thinking about that

[@animorph17]

Worth noting that according to the japanese version of red/blue version, Mew doesn't lay eggs. They explicitly give birth to live young. In the English version mewtwo is a clone made from extracted mew DNA, while in the japanese version he was a mew fetus/infant that they experimented on to try and improve this baby mew's combat ability.

[@wfow1448]

My favorite Pokemon Theory is that Ditto was the first attempt to clone Mew. It's why Ditto can use Transform, and why it and Mew share the same color set.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Mew and Ditto aren't actually the same color, but Ditto IS the same color as Mewtwo's tail and belly.

[@guanglaikangyi6054]

The Pokedex doesn't explicitly say that Arceus actually created the universe or Mew actually was the ancestor of all Pokemon, it is actually all speculative. The entries use language as "legends say" or "scientists believe."

[@strikerzac]

Archen also has the three colors that represent the legendary birds: Red, Blue, and Yellow.

[@jesusdiazflores5328]

Damn you science and religion for making the question impossible to understand

[@cerouluxray6394]

Here's something fun to think about: science and religion are not mutually exclusive.

[@tank_dempsey]

I mean, science doesn’t try to answer religious questions.. so

[@emilyohana9318]

@@cerouluxray6394 and religion will never ask science questions.

[@cerouluxray6394]

@@emilyohana9318 Modern religion? Yeah, I agree that's largely the case with a handful of outliers. Religion in general? The majority of modern science and mathematics trace their roots to religious thinkers who were willing to experiment. In truth, the biggest issue that often comes up as a disparity between religion and science is on the topic of origins (every bit of it). On this subject, I ultimately don't care because we can't definitively prove anything until we can travel or view things back in time. Interestingly enough, this is reflected in Pokemon in that it uses a hybrid of both Intelligent Design and Macro Evolution (the drastic shifts of biology over millions of years; Micro Evolution is the alternate term for Natural Selection [this is more for others reading it, I'm certain you already know this]). This, honestly, is really neat. I love how this franchise has gone "why not both?" and kept with it. Now, if only more franchises were willing to make those design choices instead of going "never these two shall meet." It may be difficult (in modern day) to get religion and science to play nice with one another institutionally, but that isn't the case with fiction. The exploration of "what ifs" is infinite. Let's enjoy the ride together :D

[@emilyohana9318]

@@cerouluxray6394 but if u think about it science makes more sense cause unlike religion they sometimes have proof for stuff that happend .meanwhile religion will believe some "higher power does exists" and that we didnt evolve as a living organism tho (sorry for bad spelling)

[@doom7850]

Lockstin: “an ultra beast arceus would be really cool.” Also Lockstin: “Endram Odai go brrrrrr”

[@frankrock7811]

Lol the sponsor bit was so funny I might consider buying a shirt

[@seanbrice738]

*Renames his Mew Giggity*

[@michanowak7060]

Maxill cameo! I haven't seem him for a while

[@mineguille9294]

What if it wasn't like that? Arceus could very easily have created mew as a copy of himself and then modified it so it could be used as a blueprint. Just like it's easier to do something modifying something you already did (for instance, in a lot of games code is reused for the sequels), then Arceus could have begun by creating mew and from him other pokemon. That'd explain why mew can learn every move, since from he were all other pokemon built. This theory would also give the legendary pokemon a reason to be so powerful and important, because they were created to do an specific role in the world, while the other pokemon followed a more normal evolution path.

[@fivenightsofrandomness9224]

Dont forget the Arceus event in HGSS: when you get one of the 3 God pokemon as an egg

[@esthersmith8317]

0:25 Arceus just took Polcea to the distortion world,looks like Giratina is finally getting some company

[@Daile0303]

Kyogre was created from the extreme pressure of the deep ocean, Groudon from the earth's core, and Rayquaza from the ozone layer