I BINGED All of **POKEMON ORIGINS**

[@Slasher9485]

I love the detail that gym leaders actually have teams planned around how many badges you have. It’s such a great in universe explanation for them all not rocking full teams.

[@Mrryn]

Such a nice touch and ties in even more into later games where Gym Leaders have rematch teams or teams for the in-game Pokemon World Tournament. Or even in Gold/Silver where the Kanto Leaders have full teams in the 50s even Brock and Misty.

[@Crimson_Beninaru]

​@@MrrynOr the fact they have a stronger team just for more experienced trainers like in Heart Gold and Soul Silver

[@Mrryn]

@@Crimson_Beninaru Mentioned that already when I brought up Gold/Silver post-game but yeah

[@Crimson_Beninaru]

@@Mrryn I swear I didn't see that 😂

[@BaconNuke]

I still wish the games actually had this detail... many friends and I thought when SV were coming out and you could do gyms in any order.. it was implying the dynamic changing teams based on badges... Fuecoco was not ready for Grusha as my first badge... but I at least had a bunch of Pokecenters unlocked as fly points for when I needed them lol

[@jachariah4694]

Fun fact: This was basically the reveal trailer for Mega Charizard X, before the final episode premiered nobody knew Charizard had two megas

[@carronline1]

pretty sure both megas came out at the same time, what

[@jachariah4694]

@@carronline1 Well they came out at the same time (when the game came out) but they were not revealed at the same time. Mega Charizard X was unknown until the final episode premiered in Japan, before the release of X and Y. However we already knew about Mega Charizard Y (then it was just called Mega Charizard) which was revealed along with mega Venusaur and Blastoise and we assumed it was the only mega

[@goatzee69420]

@@carronline1 they weren't teased at the same time tho. They revealed Mega Venasaur Blastoise and Charizard Y at the same time, but he was just called Mega Charizard. We only knew there were 2 Mega Mewtwos

[@The_One_In_Black]

I don't think that's right. Didn't Origins come out as part of the 20th anniversary? Edit: Turns out my memory was completely wrong.

[@Syiepherze]

​@@The_One_In_Black Damn you were way off lol

[@stingerbrg]

14:04 They've made a few short series like these. Pokemon Generations, Pokemon: Twilight Wings, Pokemon Evolutions, Pokemon Hisuian Snow, and Pokemon Paldean Winds.

[@theradicalginger3060]

Oh yes! I flew here to say something but was hoping someone else already said so

[@rainbowprism6242]

Pokemon Generations is recommended as 1st in the list, since it directly references Origins.

[@orbboom6119]

I love all of those and the pkmn adventures They're more realistic depictions of the Pokémon world

[@angelinacamacho8575]

and poketoon

[@redivee7382]

I need ruff to watch all of these, especially Generations

[@smugsneasel]

42:11 Trying to enjoy the last episode of Pokemon Origins when suddenly you hear "Prepare for trouble! And make it double!"

[@rotion3]

I'm crying🤣 DYING of laughter

[@SomeGuyXYZ01]

That caught me off-guard too 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@That_Guy_Nee]

I'd always advocate for Pokemon Generations, which can basically be summed up as "Canonical events from the games that your character wasn't there to witness". One of the coolest of those events is Blue's run through the Elite 4.

[@smackjack78]

Can you imagine if every region got a short series in the Origins style? I know stuff like Evolutions and Generations and Twilight Wings exist (all of which you should definitely check out), but seeing the story of Black/White (and their sequels) told like this would’ve been godly

[@rampantkitsune450]

Paldean Winds and maybe the Pokétoons too. I believe they're all on The Official Pokémon KZbin channel.

[@rampantkitsune450]

And Evolutions... I forgot that one

[@LinksterGaming]

Lets make sure he sees this

[@JayceCH.]

Eh. I am okay with Evolutions topuching critical points in each Gen's story. They really skipped around in Origins.

[@Don_LUSH]

Better yet I would like an adaptation of the Pokemon Adventure (Special) manga since it already is a game by game retelling with different protagonists and all

[@keio3716]

I like this idea of reacting to something while in the walking machine~ That's healthy

[@pokeadam115]

As a lifelong Pokémon fan, I'll always appreciate anyone reacting to anything Pokémon related! Evolutions, Generations, and Twilight Wings might also be interesting to check out, they're also found on KZbin and are fairly short!

[@Slays_Media]

Pokétoon would be another good one.

[@Kendorable]

You should check out Pokemon Generations! It's like this but an episode for all the gens (at the time)

[@Hunts-so1jb]

Seriously I love how generations fills in little gaps from across the games and love the fact that the Pokémon don’t say there names for once

[@AdrianCS128]

Then he should react to Evolutions which is like a sequel series

[@BrixTremeGeek]

Only issue is we don’t get to see the main characters of each generation unfortunately, well I mean yes we see Red but not his face or his voice and Brandon from Ruby and Sapphire

[@Sezenian]

Generations is my Favourite Pokémon series and even beats the movies for me!

[@mr.pastaman]

The thing that I love about this iteration is that it shows that Brock is NOT the first gym leader, he's just the closest to Pallet Town and so we all considered him first. But anyone who isn't the main character might come across him as a later gym. Hence Brock asking "Got any badges? No? Cool, we gym 1 this, only use 2 pokes." Just neat to think of someone getting Brock last and what his full team might be. 😊

[@YoelSchwarz]

14:22 this scene is infamous for the fact that the cubone is wearing its dead mothers skull, while its mother is still alive.

[@zd_zma]

Stepmom?

[@JayceCH.]

More proof that the Pokedex is fanfic/kids filling it in.

[@Mrryn]

​@@JayceCH.Or just divergent evolution. Like Cubone as a species could have started with something like an orphaned Kangaskhan cub growing and learning to thrive on its own and, eventually, becoming its own species. The games are even leaning into this more and more with regional variants (like Alolan Exeggutor or Galarian Vulpix) and divergent species (like Wiglett vs Diglett and Quagsire vs Clodsire)

[@hoaujudaiyubel]

It's possible that the mothers skull Cubone wears isn't the same skull from the mother's anatomy but a makeshift skull or a hunted skull they wear

[@franciscojaviermendezrinco1902]

13:27 You probably missed it for being walking, but when Red answered the question there's indeed a white hand over his shoulder. Is so suttle that you can easily miss it. Also that part of the hand is in the games, there's a girl that asks you if you believe in ghosts, answer yes she says that she too, answer no and says the thing of the white hand.

[@GG1315]

Yeah, if you freeze frame it at the right time, you can see it when you circle the general area, IIRC it's on his right shoulder, which would be our left

[@colinvandenberg3446]

Pokemon Generations is an 18-episode series on the official Pokemon KZbin page that follows the main and some mi or characters from the games up to Gen 6. It's short stories loosely following the games' plot lines.

[@ML1399TheyStoleMyName]

"I've always been one step ahead of you, Red!" "Yeah, I stopped to dismantle a criminal syndicate. What do you want, a medal?"

[@gustogoneria7656]

3:19 originally, his name was Green. The line was along the lines of “will you choose Bulbasaur to fit your name?”

[@kl1868]

And now we all have to pray, cry and even blackmail Gamefreak, to give a green light to animate the "adventures" manga.

[@mr.tiger3689]

A FELLOW POKEMON ADVENTURES FAN . YAYYYAY

[@Don_LUSH]

That is our lifelong dream an ambition brothers

[@Duckburst]

I would sacrifice half a decade of my lifespan for it

[@aidinexmachina4232]

Pokémon Festival of Champions > Adventures

[@Soulferno]

They're never going to do that. This short series came out during a time where they were more experimental with their multimedia. We haven't seen another proper animated series like Origins for a long long while which likely means they're not interested in investing any money in the idea beyond just keeping the main anime afloat

[@royalreptile923]

Giovanni’s Rhyhorn was so much more impressive than the Rhydon. It KO’d 5 of Red’s Pokémon and Rhydon lost a 1v1 against Charizard. I know Charizard is Red’s best Pokémon but Godamn.

[@rushalias8511]

To add insult to injury...it beat a grass type and a water type and knocked an electric type out with an electric move. Compare that to the evolved form who lost to a 4 times week to rock Charizard...I'd say he was the true mvp

[@Sheenifier]

​@@rushalias8511and it landed a horn drill! 30% accurate ohko move and like Mickey always says... Oh wait that doesn't work here

[@ic3man213]

If you want more like this check out Pokemon Generations. It has an episode for every gen up to gen 5 i think

[@AdrianCS128]

Gen 6 iirc

[@Lupinemancer87]

Shows such as this, Generations, and Evolutions made me wish a full-lenghts series existed in this format. It would have been amazing. You absolutely should check out Pokemon: Generations and Pokemon: Evolutions. They are absolutely stellar shorts.

[@Scorpionspear77]

Also, here’s a Pokémon recommendation for the whole crew- KZbinr Pedro Araujo animated an entire adaptation of Pokemon Red by himself and it is AMAZING. It’s three hours long, so you’ll probably want to split it up if you do watch it, but I can’t recommend it enough. He also animated adaptations of the classic Sonic games and is going through Pokemon Gold at the moment.

[@The_One_In_Black]

Seconded!

[@dark_miasma1766]

i can also say it is amazing

[@In-The-Zone]

The simple concept that a gym leader would have multiple sets of pokemon to use in proportion to the amount of badges a trainer currently has is just such a cool detail.

[@The_One_In_Black]

It's also caused people to want it in every game since.

[@loxirika]

Dude I love that you're on a treadmill throughout this xD very unique content!

[@bigchilling420]

Blue's theme with the single violin transitioning into a full orchestra for the battle in the final episode is still the best music Pokemon has ever produced imo.

[@Scorpionspear77]

This series was released to celebrate the series’ history prior to the release of X and Y on the 3DS. It’s also how Mega Charizard X was revealed (that’s what Charizard turns into while fighting Mewtwo)

[@cr0-okedglasses814]

6:00 In the original Japanese version, Charmander made a terrible scream of pain as Squirtle was painfully biting his neck.

[@TheKyrix82]

He SHRIEKED.

[@nightnine9128]

This was a really cool short series.

[@Kuriboh48]

One small detail about this little series I love is how Brock asking how many badges Red has and then picking only two pokemon gives the idea that every gym changes how it battles depending on how many badges a challenger has. Scarlet and Violet gave us the ability to challenge the gyms in any order but they have set levels, so imagine if we got that plus every gym had 8 different possible teams based on how many badges you currently have.

[@chazo1367]

This was just a massive love letter to fans, especially those who grew up on Red and Blue like I did. It was perfection and I loved every moment of it.

[@shelbybayer200]

Professor Oak didn't know about Mewtwo at first because Mewtwo is an Artificial Pokemon

[@georgezp7787]

24:50 there are more than 8 gyms. But you only need 8 badges to qualify. In the original show, I think Garry had about 32 badges or 10 badges or something. I don't remember the exact number.

[@gremmythoumeaux2393]

Why was Giovanni’s Rhyhorn actually so busted? It one-shotted Red’s Jolteon with a Thunderbolt. 😅 I imagine either Red just put all his training into Charizard since it handled Rhydon one on one or that Rhyhorn has more potential than the Rhydon.

[@DrAdreus]

Well since he was completing the dex while on his journey he might have switched around lot of his members besides Charizard to evolve them. Making bunch of his Pokemon around then weaker level wise. Who knows.

[@viniciuschimenes1550]

Bro, this launched in 2013 before gen 6 dropped and I fucking loved it at the time! It was so good to watch and I've never understood the reason for it to be such a unknown piece of media for Pokemon fans... It has barelly any reaction videos in KZbin, so I got really excited when I saw you posted it!

[@Pokemichael]

35:05 the games have actually answered this and yes that’s exactly how it works. Also if you enjoyed this, you’d love Pokémon generations. They’re all on KZbin, they’re short animations going over things from the first 6 generations (up to x and y)

[@shadowtheimpure]

That is the role I imagined gym leaders being in. Teaching and guiding new trainers on their way, rather than just sitting around and waiting for challengers.

[@JerryMcB3rry]

I love the title of this video cause it almost gives the implication that binging pokemon origins is something that takes some time when in reality, its about the length of a standard film.

[@exarquazowexa7247]

A standard film ? Bruh it's more like a standard anime episode or two max

[@shinra6913]

Red - that means mew's still out there several weeks later Oak and Blue are asked to talk to Red about trying to flip over people trucks.

[@SViralEgg]

0:10 only the beyblade fans understand

[@Matagu1]

I love Beyblade but 00:10 i didnt understand.

[@SViralEgg]

@@Matagu1 it was part of the intro like you know the part of the episode where the narrator says "beyblade a game where the top player go head to head to see who's the best" or smth😊😊😊

[@-jay-2993]

@@Matagu1it’s the intro to beyblade when they explain what it is

[@PerryMcCall18]

HE REACTED TO BEYBLADE!?!🤯

[@maxwellsings1089]

An absolute legendary show! I remember showing this to my girls at the time and they were playing Pokémon yellow and wondering why there Charizard didn’t change lol. Also I love how you’re working out while you react to this! Props my man!

[@ero-senninsama1734]

31:22 bro is trying to hatch a pokemon egg

[@ribottostudio]

"Stop, dude, stop." *Pokémon:* no i don't think i will

[@leorojas6390]

1:55 I totally forgot that Bryce Papenbrook voices Red in Pokemon Origins. He's also Eren from Attack on Titan, Kirito from Sword Art Online, Rin from Blue Exorcist and Meliodas from Seven Deadly Sins. He's also Adrian/Cat Nior in Miraculous Ladybug.

[@S9staryu]

33:04 the way Blue quotes the game word for word into the champion theme, it makes me tear up every time

[@derrickrose4233]

I loved this so much and 42:05 had me dying man what a timing😂😂😂 I also hoped they would have done different gens it would be one of the best things in Pokemon for me!❤🙌🔥

[@Apronika]

LMAO

[@senzanome9824]

it is not an official product but here on KZbin a fan made his version of Pokemon Red, Pedro Araujo

[@purrplecolored]

"We never got battles like this in the Pokemon Anime" I dont know how much of the full series y'all have watched but there were plenty of battles equally intense, they just were less leniant towards how the games worked and did their own thing more often. I honestly highly suggest the later seasons of pokemon because of this, since theyre usually a lot better then the first few seasons

[@LuckyG9728]

Man's getting the steps in

[@Chazzitup2024]

Truly motivating

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Oh absolutely heck yeah He's going to absolutely love this

[@eyez274]

there is a youtuber making his own animated serie based on the games and experiences we all had playing the games. He completed Kanto and now is almost done whit Jotho. He also started Hoen. It is great and really hits the feels at times. The KZbinr is Pedro Araujo

[@Kool-AidDealer]

This was always my favorite piece of pokemon animation ever and have watched it many times now its quite unfortunate how unknown it is and how we never got more.

[@kieranfisher882]

I remember this series from ages ago I forgot how good it was

[@robertfaulkkner5508]

We love to watch Pokemon on a treadmill. Pretty based.

[@Tryforce8000]

Completely agree with you Ruff, this is the Pokémon anime I wanted as a kid. It's so good.

[@junazuranoob6192]

“I love this version of Brock.” Brock: Because I voice by Johnny Yong Bosch!!!

[@akumayoxiruma]

8:10 What is so ironic about this scene is that Red probably has been watching Pokémon battles on television for a long time so it would make no sense for him to be so uneducated about typings and strategy - unless he is totally dense. The games originally were for people who had no idea what the world of Pokémon is all about so they are destined to make mistakes like throwing balls at already captured Pokémon. But that is not the case for Red.

[@spikejr3113jr]

The elite four was first, but they were being challenged way too often, so they created the Pokémon gyms to get rid of the weak trainers.

[@superluigiac]

A great detail is that Brock chose a team taking into account that Red was a begginer, implying he has a way better team.

[@hydremoule50701]

14:03 there’s the Pokemon Mega Evolution Specials ! They are a series of 4 episode taking place along the XYZ anime and they follow a trainer named Alain and they’re the best episodes when it comes to mega evolution, the episodes revolve along the Pokémon games X / Y and Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire, these episodes are also canons since Alain is present in the XYZ anime

[@kimrand1088]

22:02 Yeah, but we don't mess with officer Jenny.

[@dragonsvideos6737]

What I love most about this is how much it feels like actually playing the games with the same dialogue and everything you know?

[@AlwaysEquals50]

This was released and teased during the X and Y era, I remember checking every update for that year, it was an exciting time. I remember watching online as it came out, I freaking love it. I watched it in sub, so I was able to hear the guttural scream of Charmander getting bit. Both english and japanese are awesome, love the Kirito VA in this too.

[@GalekC]

5:58 * pretends we're watching the sub'd version for that charmander's shriek of death *

[@Fanimei]

To this day I still wait for a Gold/Silver Origins anime. Gold vs Red animated would be beautiful.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

If you want serieses like Origins, I don't have shows, but I can recommend the Pokemon Adventures Manga and the Pokemon Festival Of Champions fan-manga. Those two are the absolute peak of the franchise imo and utilize the world and its implications to the fullest Pedro Araujo's Pokemon Red animated series is also an awesome retelling and portrayal of the original series The Mega Evolutions Specials are also an official Pokemon short spinoff that ties into the main show and ends on a pretty nice cliffhanger

[@Don_LUSH]

Fun fact: Back in 2020 the japanese pokemon channel released the animated video "GOTCHA!!" with the song "Acacia" from the band Bump of Chicken, the thing is without context many people thought it was the opening for an adaptation of the "Pokemon Adventures" manga that loosely adapts the games with a different protagonist each arc. On another note it's a shame you are so busy with many series because if you liked this anime I would suggest reading that manga and discussing each arc podcast style

[@SvviftDeath]

I love that the Games and the Manga follow the same story line. When I found out about Origins I was floored. I loved this series far more than any of the Anime with Ash. Now the early pokemon shows will always be a special part of my childhood but this is what true pokemon is all about. So glad you found this and reacted to it.

[@toanuva6178]

2:50 For some reason stuff like this reminds me of Talladega Nights where the Dad shatters the main character’s whole life mentality with “Man I was drunk when I said that”

[@ultimatevoid0]

Nice idea mixing in cardio

[@Blue_Lightning33]

I'm just excited for the rest of the pokemon movies to get reacted too.

[@mrgameandsnacks1379]

Props to you for treadmilling your way through this reaction. Get them health gains!

[@WolfmanManny20]

I’m loving the walking and watch my guy! Keep it up and as a fairly new watcher of your channels content, I’ve been enjoying it so much.

[@AgntFL]

If you enjoyed this series, I highly recommend you look up the Fan animation for Pokemon Red, it tells the entire story without any dialogue while using music and sound bites from the OG game

[@Senkokura_Reiken]

You can check out Pedro Arajuo's Pokémon Red Animation. It's like a 3 hour video og him animating his whole journey through Pokémon Red. It is a good time and had many references and Easter eggs. It's also really well made.

[@doomadreadon]

I love that Bryce Papenbrook voiced Red in this miniseries

[@shelbiewilliams4027]

Pokémon Generations, Pokémon Twilight Wings, and maybe even the PokéToon shorts could be a few things you could react to as well! Keep up the amazing work! 😄

[@Ratchetfan321]

You should do Evolutions and generations. They also are dubbed on youtube iirc and free

[@4amv]

I love the exercise you've implemented where you react to something while on the walking machine. It's a great idea, and it's healthy too.

[@aguyfrommanitoba4981]

Watched this years ago online but it didn't have an English dub yet no matter where I looked, so I watched in Japanese with subtitles 😂

[@alainataul3367]

Aww I’d love to see a reaction to Pokémon generations next! It’s a same kinda mini series but each episode focuses on different NPCs in the games, and each episode corresponds to a different generation. Those are very fun

[@TheHunter]

This was a fun unexpected solo reaction! Much of your thoughts were mine, I loved how much it resembled the game and hinted at some lore stuff like the Pokemon Gym leaders having different teams for varying levels of challengers and the like! I do wish it was a lot longer but the fact that managed to pack so much into 4 episode is quite impressive! Not sure if you take suggestions from youtube but I'd love for you guys to reaction to Beast Wars (Transformers), super nostalgic show for me and I've not seen anyone react to it before and I think it'll be a hoot! First season is a bit long and meh but the 2nd season is amazing whilst the 3rd is up and down but sadly it got rushed due to getting cancelled which is felt but they still go out on a high note!

[@Sezenian]

I love how it's shown in lore that Gym leaders DO have more and stronger Pokémon, but by asking how many Gym Badges the challenger has, they water down their team (depending on the Gym Leader's League Ranking, of course) based on your experience!

[@FushigiNoRoxas]

This used to be free on YT, to my knowledge, when it dropped it was only available via the official Pokemon channel. But it's great to see people geek out to this, I wish we got more. If you've never read the manga for Pokemon, I highly recommend it. The manga stories have much darker themes, and each of the MCs have a specialty as the story evolves (also the REAL Blue is a fun trainer to see develop). For context, "Gary" was supposed to be Green Oak, not Blue Oak, but Pokemon didn't think Green would sell as well as a Blue version, so localization and marketing changed things.

[@JayJayVs]

This genuinely makes me so happy no one talks about this show when it comes to reactions

[@GMaster279]

i watched this tons as a child in the pokemon tv app

[@exarquazowexa7247]

Speak up 🗣🗣🗣

[@wr5488]

So in the og anime there’s more than 10 badges. Also Johto/Kanto shares a League. So game wise that’s 16 badges to pick from. Pretty sure Blue keeps the tradition of having Veridian City be nigh unbeatable lol, dudes a champion level guy as a gym leader

[@slate8409]

"Squirtle used Bite! Children everywhere flinched!" Seriously, the scream from Charmander was something else in the original Japanese version.

[@thespindashpro2277]

What a throwback! This series makes me so nostalgic and always makes me wanna either start a new game file, or re-read the manga, again.

[@LordBobaginga]

I know it’s hard with copyright, but I totally hope you guys continue watching the Pokémon movies! You don’t really get to see the characters grow much, since they’re movies, but they’re still so great. I love your guys’ reactions to the earlier ones, and I hope you get around to the gens 4-7 movies eventually.

[@dantekoryu6475]

Shout-out to Bryce Papenbrook AKA the voice of Red. He's a national treasure!

[@hectoradams1469]

Bro is like: Damn Pokemon is sick 🚶‍♂️‍➡️🚶‍♂️‍➡️🚶‍♂️‍➡️

[@Jaybeast5x]

assume every pokemon fan seen this by now .. Thought you were rewatching at first

[@DanielCornwall519]

I watched the Japanese with Subtitles the day it was available on KZbin when it came out and I felt exactly how you do. The Cubone seen made me legit cry too lol I love this mini series and I’m glad more people are watching it 😁

[@bobthebuilder5235]

My niece saw me watching the mewtwo fight and asked to watch the whole video

[@MetaLatias5]

I think the most comparable thing I can think of to Pokemon Origins is the Pokemon Movie 21 "The Power of Us" It still follows Ash's adventure and it's not based around the games or animated the same way as Origins, but what it does have in common with the short series is that it features a lot more personal and interesting Pokemon stories of other, new characters besides Ash and I absolutely love it for that It'd be amazing if you guys could eventually continue your reactions to the Pokemon movies tbh, you were so close to getting to the amazing trilogy that is movies 10-13.. but I understand if there were too many issues with those

[@SomeGuyXYZ01]

42:05 tfw when you didn't save your game before switching to another one 😅😂

[@EpicRandomness555]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the full thing, just the first episode

[@terminasgray2879]

This extreme feeling of nostalgia also hit me while watching Pokemon Origins. Another great thing is Pokemon Generations, wich is less like a series of a whole region and more shortstories about key-scenes of different generations. But also realy great with some scenes that I would have loved as a kid.

[@slewdry8233]

the reason why the dialgoue makes little sense when choosing their starters is because in the japanese blues name is actually green so oak asks him if hes gonna choose bulbasaur to correspond with his name

[@tylerfields0211]

I loved Pokémon Origins! Just the little bit of Nostalgia that I needed. Also if you’re looking for more Pokémon series similar to this, there’s always Pokémon Generations (Free on Pokémon’s KZbin channel) and Pokémon Chronicles, which is a 22 episode series that focuses on the side characters from Pokémon (Ritchie, Misty, Ethan, Brock, Oak, etc) and each episode is totally different from the previous one. Chronicles doesn’t get talked about a lot but I love it personally. Also there is an animated version on KZbin that someone does themselves and it’s based on the lore & focuses on Reds story and Gold’s as well. His name is Pedro Araujo (he really does amazing work)

[@NetNinja5932]

yes Rhyhorn can learn Thunderbolt as well as Fire blast and some other moves that is like huh

[@Flirtz420]

There’s another series besides the main one called chronicles which IMO is pretty good.