In-Progress Pokémon Evolutions Might Be the Best Thing Ever

[@emperorcubone]

OKAY! For the literal dozens of comments; I know what a Glacier is!! What I don't get is the name "Galceer" because I don't buy that it's a simple corruption of the word, so what does "seer" mean? It's good at seeing things...?

[@MegaMew204]

Well it could've been a combination of Glacier and sear since frostbite is technically classified as a type of burn. You don't typically think of it as a burn because it happens with extreme cold. But it's apparently classified as a burn?

[@TheGreatestBaryonyx]

I am reletively sure its just a play on words... like Muk being muck but with a k, so Glaceer is just glacier but with another e.

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

@@TheGreatestBaryonyx they shoulda named is Glicecier. glacier but ice instead of ac

[@SomehowYT]

He's A L L S E E I N G

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

@@SomehowYT hes omni-photo-receptive 😂

[@nintendolife25]

Personally, I think Braviary’s in-progress evolution should be a real thing. Rufflet not being able to evolve until level 54 is ridiculous. Thank you for another fun video, Emperor Cubone.

[@emperorcubone]

True, Unova is pretty terrible about that. Volcarona for sure too!

[@lorekeeper685]

@@emperorcubone volcarona at least had cool lore.

[@endk.3500]

@@lorekeeper685 hard to get as well and very VERY good

[@lorekeeper685]

@@endk.3500 Yes, it even feels like a legendary Pokemon.

[@syedannankamran6266]

@@lorekeeper685 I used to think it's legendary

[@ponyboy9765]

I’ve always really thought there are some Pokémon who really need a middle evolution. They go from some tiny cute little creature like cubchoo you and all the sudden there this huge freaking monster beartic. Or Growlithe to Arcanine. I do think the five stage Evolution line is a little much though. I think three should be the max.

[@emperorcubone]

Agreed, five stages would be too much, especially the ones that have Megas on top of that to make 7 stages!

[@bluekel615]

Like emperor cubone said, also agreed, sentret is 2 foot 7, furret is 5 foot 11, THATS TALLER THAN CHARIZARD

[@fallen_vague28]

@@bluekel615 I personally think some Pokémon are measured head to tail while others not

[@idosomethingiguess3680]

@@fallen_vague28 Yeah That is the case with some like furret and seviper

[@oodogla]

@@idosomethingiguess3680 and falinks

[@enigmatic2878]

I like how the moment I saw the fan arts, my first thought was "yeah, that looks like an official pokemon" It is just so good!

[@emperorcubone]

Right? As much passion as some of the other fan projects have I don't think they quite get the spirit of real Pokemon sometimes.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Honestly for mons like Noivern and breloom, they are necessary

[@nazeersadek6705]

@@Pon-PonG9 Vulpix should have had 3 tales then it evolved into a fox with six tales and then it becomes Ninetales

[@cassiebrenneman9673]

@@nazeersadek6705 Vulpix had a pre evo in the Gold/Silver demo which only had three tails.

[@nazeersadek6705]

@@cassiebrenneman9673 oh I know but Vulpix by itself looks great as a base stage so I can see why it was cut

[@grabe1556]

I think noivern and breloom are ones that pull off the only 2 evolutions the best but the middle ones would still be cool

[@Ghoulofidiocy2917]

Braviary needs them like crazy

[@macarthius]

This is a fun concept but I think part of the magic of Pokemon designs is that the evolutions can be so distinctive. I think this is partially why so many fakemon designs are kind of plain since they tend to have one idea then stick with it through the evolutions. Pokemon on the other hand considers concepts and mental/spiritual growth and not just physical. Magikarp turning into Gyarados is a prime example since it's based on a legend. All the gen 8 starters basically go from innocent child to "rebellious" teen to confident adults. It also just makes evolution more exciting especially if you've never seen what something evolves into before.

[@helmenhjelmen1955]

The mmo pokemon game. Tem tem really suffer from this.

[@awts..7954]

Not only that, they tend to make really bad silhouettes for fakemon which is also a core part of character design

[@sril6542]

Yeah, I don't like these fake evolutions where they make the evolutions overly gradual.

[@tastyfalcon1788]

Personally I love the more realistic growth approach, it really makes the pokemon feel natural and a part of the world

[@Quill5516]

Agreed

[@dillonklasse4980]

Mudstang might be a cool name but the artist missed some potential. It’s natural evolution goes from donkey to horse, so if you have a transition stage it has to be a mule which is literally half donkey and half horse.

[@Compucles]

It would be even better if that middle stage is the only one incapable of breeding.

[@neckpunch73]

If you called it Mudule, it'd also sound like 'middle' which it is

[@ElectricPopTart18]

@@neckpunch73 That’s perfect!

[@joltx9909]

This kind of fan arts just show me how much creativity pokemon has as a franchise. from designs to clever names, not to mention other aspects like things based on lore and town designs - its more than a regular game or even an RPG, it really is its own kind of endless world

[@emperorcubone]

It is a great well of creativity, that's for sure!

[@woomyboy98]

I love the Glaceer one, it does a great job at showing what could have possibly been inbetween the 2 stages and the name being a play on the word glacier is nice too

[@shriedfrimp]

Yeah I can't tell if he was being sarcastic when he said he didn't understand the name

[@dragon_ninja_2186]

@@shriedfrimp apparently hasn’t heard of sheer which I immediately thought. Made sense.

[@twofortiel]

“teenage T-Rex” Me (‘80s movie voice): Teen-Rex

[@WaterKirinGamer]

Feel like an honorable mention can be given to Venonymph, the in-progress stage for the underrated and overlooked Gen 1 Lepidopteran Bugs, Venonat and Venomoth, it feels so believable as a middle stage and works as that bow to a gift to complete the line altogether Also happy birthday Emperor Cubone! Hope your birthday goes well!

[@PunktStrichPunkt]

I watched the entire video but didn’t find the part with venonat and venomoth… timestamp?

[@WaterKirinGamer]

@@PunktStrichPunkt Wasn't shown in the video

[@zeedstun891]

look at the the eyes. The evolutions are actually mixed. butterfree is supposed to be venomoth and vice versa. The evolution line wouldve been venonat to butterfrees form and metapod to venomoths form

[@poppletronva]

When you accidentally hit B

[@theojames2581]

Hrssr, yess

[@PapaTaurean]

Back in the days of Red and Blue, I created a 3 stage Water/Ice Peguin line and a 2 stage cactus line... I feel you on the Cofagrigus thing.

[@charligillingham495]

I know it was very easy to think of, but I made a mawile evolution that just looks like mega mawile. I'm still salty about it even though it's not that impressive of a design change 😅

[@nazeersadek6705]

@@charligillingham495 I still stand by the idea that mega Mawaile should have been a normal evo

[@charligillingham495]

@@nazeersadek6705 yeah, definetly agree there. It would be really cool using it in other games. I could see this happening with pokemon like loppuny, and scizor too

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I made a grass-type evolution named Leafeon when gen 2 had just come out, and an ice-type named Stareon that looks like a ripoff of Glaceon but years before gen 4 was out.

[@oshikuru09]

@@FrenkTheJoy I always imagined Drageon lol

[@Treeman1999]

The guy behind In Progress Pokemon is an awesome guy and I love his art. I’ve even commissioned him to redraw my designs in the Pokémon sugomori art style. I hope this video gives him the recognize he deserves.

[@CosmicNebula444]

Firstly, happy birthday! Secondly, these are super cool! I'd seen them around before but I didn't realize there was an entire site for em. I'm definitely going to look up my favorite mons and see what people thought up

[@liannabunny7775]

Happy Birthday Emperor Cubone! Hope your Brilliant Diamond adventure goes good!

[@TheBasileman]

I love the name Glaceer and the bones in the legs are a nice touch that I definitely wouldn’t have noticed

[@phoneguy8369]

I've been a longtime fan of this person's blog, super cool to see you cover them! Edit: Also, happy birthday EC!

[@emperorcubone]

They deserve some love for all their hard work!

[@hondaaccord1399]

A lot of these feel like concept arts for these Pokemon. I think it's delightful that most Pokemon are their own little characters, apart from each other but loosely related.

[@AN-in4vt]

7:54 Glaceer Glacier but also seer (I think)

[@shadowmarauder6033]

The spinarak line us one of my favorite pokémon, so seeing an awesome middle form makes me very happy. Also happy birthday!!

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

I've followed this artist for awhile, their work is pretty great. Obviously some designs are better than others, but thats just how it is when bridging together certain lines. They also have drawn up imaginings of what it would be like for Eevee to evolve into middle grounds between it's different evolutions, and those are also really good.

[@tor-keeby4401]

That Digimon meme at the start ( 0:15 ) makes me laugh uncontrollably as how true it was

[@eveningsky851]

That Dragonair to Milotic is soooo smooth! It's so perfect that it kind of sad that it was not cannon.

[@ZerinOrange]

Honestly this seems like natural animal progression in their lives, from toddler, child, teenager, adolescent, and then adult. And im not saying that as a criticism. I mean that it's awesome.

[@betterthanyou.9530]

Adolécenos is from 10-19. Teenager and adolescent are mostly interchangeable.

[@kvngjaygamez2570]

To be fair that’s how I see most Pokémon, especially since evolution they undergo is more like metamorphosis or just growing up

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

This is what its supposed to be. The site says its showing if they grew over time instead of evolved instantly. Thats why some of these guys don't look like super distinct middle stages that would exist in game--- they aren't trying to be.

[@thetakeover11]

As a logophile and writer that loves making up slant rhymes and combining words this video is a fever dream. 😵 so good

[@reptilious2708]

the names are absolutely amazing

[@chaoswisp88]

I think keeping the middle Tyrunt stage and switching the last 2 names would be cool. So it goes: Tyrunt, Tyrantrum and finally Tyrampant. The first stage being a "runt", second being a moody teenager and the final being fierce and rampant is a good progression to me.

[@scruffmaster0185]

Agreed

[@26prospector]

When I was a kid, I created my own starter lines. I don't remember all their names, but I remember them being a Grass-type squirrel, ending in a grass/flying type flying squirrel, a bear line ending in a fire/dark type, and a deer line ending in a water/rock type. I only remember the names of my fire types; Flarecub, Hiburnate (used to be Pyroar until gen 6 used it), and Grizflame

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

Hiburnate is great lol

[@timbomb374]

I love seeing Pokemon evolve, it's one of the best parts. Having more stages would be pretty cool to see them progress in more detail

[@andymallory8499]

I want to see the in-progress stage between Remoraid and Octillery.

[@airhorn4444]

7:57 The name is supposed to represent the word, 'Glacier'.

[@AznYunHou]

Happy Birthday Emperor Femurek!!!

[@emperorcubone]

Hah! Maybe that is the next step!

[@jackbrownio3]

Could be done in the form of Regional Variants? Scratches that itch without upsetting anyone for changing OG evolutions

[@ChristinaMagma]

The pokemon vs digimon meme in the beginning is sending me

[@BepisQueen]

“Titanic avalug” That made me chuckle

[@nazeersadek6705]

Just realized it’s your birthday so I hope all your dreams and wishes will come true 🎉🥳

[@Compucles]

I'm pretty sure Glaceer is meant to be Glacier + Sheer. It works, because most people pronounce "glacier" with an "sh" sound.

[@RedDragonForce2]

Happy Birthday, Emperor!

[@probleaterx6470]

Interesting idea for the Moltage in-between evolution. Since it molts from its previous evolution, it could produce another Pokémon like shedinja

[@Guntherson220]

2:29 Ok I love the two eyes on the ends looking inward like they're thinking "What have we become?"

[@austinmccormick8952]

I've been playing a rom of Fire Red were we play as a rocket grunt. Difficult but very engaging. You can also catch the marowak. It's the same typing but can. Unfortunately you still have to take it down

[@secredeath]

Try pokemon dark cry its pretty good

[@austinmccormick8952]

@@secredeath ok, I started it as some point and will check it out again. Thanks for the recommendation

[@Ghoulofidiocy2917]

Fire Red Rocket?

[@austinmccormick8952]

@@Ghoulofidiocy2917 It's basedon Fire Red but I believe the title is rocket Edition

[@suicune2001]

I'm honestly really impressed with how much they nailed the style of the Pokemon art. It's uncanny!

[@hisshoes1107]

Hear me out- what if we saw Pokémon like this in-game, but only when the Pokémon is evolving? (Like, instead of seeing glimpses of just the first or second stage, we saw the outline of something like these in-between)

[@anthonycorral329]

that's what I was thinking this was at first, would be so cool.

[@yannismorris4772]

That would be rad

[@rawksolid5029]

That would be sweet, a heck of a lot of work, but really cool. Rather than being blocked out by light and suddenly new pokemon! Watching a pokemon like magicarp morph into gyarados as it evolves would be amazing.

[@yannismorris4772]

​@@rawksolid5029 I don't think that's what's being suggested but okay.

[@ewokbreeder]

was already enjoying the vid...but the Shawn Spencer pic earned my like and sub!

[@midnight1978]

Some of this In-Between-Forms you showed are already outdated and gotten a revamp to make them fit more into the Pokemon-Style :3

[@PaletteBegonia]

I’ve thought of this topic many times before , it’s something I think would be cool & seems cool on paper too !

[@Gashnaw]

Banette has become one of my favored ghost mons thanks to RR's alter making his Mega Ghost/Normal (3 immunities and only 1 weakness...) I love the in-between.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

A fairly good defensive typing that has access to some excellent STAB moves and is basically built for scaring ghosts? Yeah, that's pretty good.

[@aquinna]

Happy birthday!!

[@dynojackal1911]

I actually liked the idea shown in the Murkrow line best. The name of the 'in-progress' stage is just perfect and should have been used as a middle stage between Murkrow and Honchkrow.

[@thewostr]

They did excellent, with names and designs.

[@Sungura_Kaiser]

Bronzor going from mirror (not a coin/gear) to bell as a Bronzong is a reference to a story where a woman offered up her mirror to be melted into a bell, but her regret over doing so prevented the mirror from melting. That's why the Bronzor line have Heatproof.

[@Kcolon23]

Happy birthday Emperor!!!

[@aruwaurachi9649]

Fun fact number two : Gorythmic is the french name of Rillaboom, so gorythm isn't that original but still good

[@roycefernandes9884]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@macwelch8599]

Happy Birthday Emperor Cubone

[@jhsrt985]

Hbd sir hope u have many more

[@fedetrex]

Pinekapple (between Lombre and Ludicolo) looks like a Family Guy character, or at least has a face in that style.

[@aerosma5021]

Someone on that project has a talent for naming, which is kind of rare honestly

[@Myalnyblth0]

Basically puberty

[@Ninja_grasshoar]

Fr

[@ijustlikebees]

I love this idea. Watching your pokemon grow up instead of evolving them would be so cool...

[@Freedom-yv8gv]

3:34. Got love a psych reference

[@Pailers]

This tumblr truly is great. I remember years ago when I first saw the between eeveelutions and I went wild

[@victorvvc1925]

3:25 Just tell me that Pinekapple doesn't look like a Sesame Street character!

[@airhorn4444]

1:12 I love Lycanroc's middle evolution idea!

[@killerquinn64]

Happy birthday! I have no idea what else to say so… shuckle is great

[@seriousquil7161]

I just love to see how Remoraid’s in between would be. From fish to octi.

[@pipecleanermaster]

I think this is awesome and so is your profile

[@kushgodreturns5873]

Just imagine if Avalugg with that Evo progress. It could have been psudeo legendary.

[@emperorcubone]

As it deserves to be!

[@AdminAbuse]

Happy bday, dude!

[@VegardMyklebust]

You should have shown the middlestage of Remoraid and Octillery, just to give us something incredible weird as well

[@emperorcubone]

I mean... on that one I know they did their best, but it's still really awkward.

[@zrainyday5266]

@@emperorcubone I guess it must be pretty hard to reasonably get from remoraid to octillary lol. They look nothing like each other

[@SuperKamehameha2]

I follow the person who makes these on tumblr. They’re great!

[@hiddenflare6169]

“Even better is the name!” Y’all I think he favors the name of these more then the image for most of these.

[@theashishguy9184]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[@DiamondPanda207]

i still think it would be awesome if the evolution process looked more like the anime, there the pokemon morphs into its new form( though i understand the technical limitations that prevent this) also mid battle evolution would be epic

[@successfulfailure1298]

“Favorite Pokémon fan projects” I’m not quite there yet but gimme 2 years, I see something unique coming

[@blockeontheleafeon]

The "Foongus" Middle Stage could be called "Boongus" as in "Boo" and "Boon". (Since they're disguised as Items you'll find on your journey.)

[@Tungdil_01]

8:35 the middle stage should not look like a mini-Tyrantrum. Instead, the juvenile individuals of T. rex were slender, agile, with different proportions than the adult.

[@Ridlay_]

The Pokémon vs Digimon meme at the start ☠️ Ok but this is so sick. Some of these look and are named like actual Pokémon this is sick.

[@xero1048]

I like to imagine that if you stopped a Pokémon’s evolution midway, you’d get one of these Pokémon. Of course this would be useless, but a fun inclusion nonetheless

[@SuperUmizoomi]

I follow the artist on tumblr and their idea is if pokemon gradually grew into their evolutions, but your thought is fun too, have you seen the 'do not press b' videos?

[@xero1048]

@@SuperUmizoomi I have not, I might check them out today tho

[@Sloth_Guy_Alex]

Pokémon like wimpod and golisopod REALLY need a middle evolution

[@8site]

im obsessed with these pictures theyre like the first pictures that show up when i look up a pokemon on google

[@kane0]

7:36 is glacier

[@chrismckibben7207]

Oh i love these in progress pokemon evolutions!!

[@tulpa5599]

Honestly, I really like when pokemons change drastically when they evolve but I think it's cool that someone made these look like they could be actual pokemon evolutions

[@seronymus]

I disagree

[@tulpa5599]

@@seronymus fair enough

[@BaawBee]

Your Poke content is always so interesting

[@dubbingsync]

Abra Hocus Kadabra Pokus Alakazam. If it was a separate line that had some connection it would be fine. But it really ruins the flow of the original names.

[@gewoonjohan8116]

Personally I don't think the bug in-between stages don't make sense, since when a bug gets out of a cacoon it's only for a very ahort amount of time. Not a form they keep. Makes me also wonder how these in-between evolutions would move in the wild and how they execute moves. Great video and great art works!!

[@carlyh283]

I’d love a baby form for tauros/miltank being the same with the gender difference I’d call it Calfos/Calfas

[@timothythexiii7548]

Congrats on 100K man

[@briciolaa]

3:07 okay so bronzor and bronzong are based on two real types of artifacts from ancient japan. bronzor is supposed to be a bronze mirror or dōkyō, which were found in high numbers (it also holds significance as an object as one of the three imperial treasures gifted from the sun goddess to the emperor itself as legitimacy of his divine descent and right to reign over the other clans, but that's more reflected as a concept in azelf, mesprit and uxie) while bronzong is a type of ritual bronze bell called dōtaku. baltoy and claydol are also examples, and are based on artifacts called dōgu. anyway all this to say that for these particular reason the in-progress evolution seems a bit pointless to me lmao ignore this rant

[@Fosbits]

Huh. Interesting info

[@LitaElera]

Yes! Not all of them are absolutely necessary, but all of them are absolutely brilliant!!!

[@RoninCatholic]

I often prefer the middle stages in real lines. Particularly, Dewott is vastly better than either Oshawott or Samurott and Wartortle already has the best possible mix of cool and cute from Blastoise and Squirtle. A lot of Pokemon with three stages, I wish would only have had two. A lot with two stages, I wish only ever had one. Most commonly, the starters and pseudo-legends, or gen 1 Pokemon to randomly get evolutions in one generation and pre-evolutions in another; Elekid and Electivire, I believe, are the _only cases ever_ of the designs of later additions to its line generations later actually being any good, much less two added evolution stages being good. A lot of these fan designs here I also prefer to the two things they're inbetween.

[@johnlynch1353]

Ok I am curious what the in between of voltorb and electrode Pokémon looks like.

[@coomesk1d]

Just want to let you know, the image you used for pokemon uranium when talking about the fan games at 0:49 is not an actual image for that game, nor are the bottom pokemon in said image related to uranium in any way, may want to change that or at least keep it in mind moving forward as it seems to use the original fakemon designer for uranium's designs against her wishes as she has stated she does not want her fakemon used for others games unless given explicit permission.

[@時間的旋律]

Hearing the Storyteller is a blast from the past. I used to listen to Shoddycast long ago.

[@leobardosantano8813]

Part 2 please.

[@neurophilosophers994]

These are amazing 🤩

[@nazeersadek6705]

Some of these designs are really good and should have existed in the official games

[@ManDudeMcHumanGuy]

As someone who has been less and less familiar with pokemon with each generation since Gen 1, a lot of these are done very well. Some of the pokemon lines I don't even recognize and would fully believe existed as shown.