Every CRAZY Pokedex Entry in Sword & Shield's DLC

The Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra added a lot of new Pokedex entries, and a lot of them are disturbing, funny, interesting, or just plain weird.
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[@MandJTV]

Big thanks to Little Shellder for help with the Shield dex footage (since I only had Sword)! She does a lot of fun shiny hunting streams so you should sub to her: kzbin.info

[@zivi_art]

ok

[@Zwodd]

Cool

[@tarequemohammedsohel5468]

little fact Every odd numbered gen(1,3,5,7) have a mushroom pokemon Paras-gen 1 Breloom-gen 3 Amoongus-gen 5 Shinotic-gen7

[@mertythemertis]

@@tarequemohammedsohel5468 pretty cool

[@Omar-tv3dc]

hi

[@lukeh8891]

Trainer: Archeops, use fly! Archeops: sprints off the battlefield

[@darthpalpalzang7914]

This is a good comment. You deserve a pat on the back good sir.

[@Name_man]

“Archeops, use fly!” *Runs away* “Sh*t.”

[@clairekennedy7719]

Ik it makes no sense And I always thought it was cool having a Pokémon with both dig and fly

[@CrystalGreymon]

@@clairekennedy7719 Charizard has been able to do that since Yellow. It's not a special trait.

[@frankiemorga2873]

Thats why it takes a whole turn

[@rocketpenguin2207]

Nidoqueen: "Honey, you need a snickers" Nidoking: "ok" *defeated voice*

[@razzberryjam1701]

Nidoking: "No! I am not defeated! I will gladly take that Snickers, chomp down on it and I will continue finding the piece of Lego that I have lost since I was in my early stages of being a Nidorino!"

[@fortunescrimson6974]

@@razzberryjam1701 XD

[@shubhdashukla7692]

Showdowner don't advertise if thus has nothing to do with it

[@josh-rj4pd]

@Sobscorgo cool sweep! subscribe +1

[@Minilla-us7sq]

Snorlax: SNICKERS!! Nidoking/Queen: OH ACEUS PLEASE NO!

[@adampatterson2195]

Swablu’s got my favorite dex entry: “Sometimes, Swablu likes to land on people’s heads and pretend that it’s a hat.”

[@Average_Everyday_Guy]

Lovedisc can literally cause millions of children

[@TechnoArpan]

Adorable

[@Fvckallofyou1]

I would love a fluffy cloud birb on my head

[@Arandomguy993]

@@Fvckallofyou1 same

[@philspence3073]

There is a meme about this where the entry is attached to yavaltal

[@GexTheGeckoman]

26:20 I think the legendary bird pokedex entries make the most sense if you consider the Japanese names for Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are "Freezer (フリーザー)", "Thunder (サンダー)", and "Fire (ファイヤー)". Known as Freezer, this Pokémon fires beams that can immobilize opponents as if they had been frozen solid. When its feathers rub together, they produce a crackling sound like the zapping of electricity. That's why this Pokémon is called Thunder. The sinister aura that blazes like molten fire around this Pokémon is what inspired the name Fire. So instead of these Pokemon being named after Pokemon from Kanto, I think its saying they were given the same names for different reasons.

[@clichedeamon3277]

started coughing cause im just imaginig if they kept the names fire thunder and freezer like in my mind im imagining a skit where its this kind of intimidating voice and it goes: Fire, Thunder, Freezer

[@rowanheart8122]

We need a pokedex entry for Nidorina or Nidoqueen saying "this pokemon can produce offspring, but for some unknown reason, they refuse to mate in captivity."

[@MrMutou]

And in nature😂 it makes no sense seeing as how nidoking's dex entry basically says only a nidoqueen is able to calm down a rampaging nidoking...now i get why he's so angry😒

[@l4dy0c3]

@Unabashed Hedonist So Nidoqueen isn't into voyeur and isn't an exhibitionist. #Understood

[@javierherrera6408]

I mean nidoking is a simp I don't judge I would stop if my girl says stop

[@jamilisabest]

@Unabashed Hedonist isn’t this the same for rhinos too?

[@ClydeIsFake]

Whelp

[@VulcanW]

Michael: I'm trying to picture it trying to swallow a Scolipede. Me: I'm trying to picture it trying to eat a *Buzzwole*

[@DoubleAToF]

Omg that is hilariously horrifying.

[@hongzingpoon7961]

How do you sallow a Metal Bug?

[@shawnburke-hutchinson5901]

No. A Lickitung trying to eat a G-Max Sizzlepede.

[@Ionel714]

C'mon get in Buzzswole:dude stop Shut up dinner

[@TedNerd725]

O god

[@curtnezirbiulent4845]

27:40 Spectrier's entry is extremely close to the source material since a real blind horse can separate your soul from your body quite easily too :)

[@gengarzilla1685]

Well you're not wrong there.

[@stuhff8169]

💀

[@primalrage9785]

Oh because you'll die riding it, took me a while to get that joke

[@Gorgosauruslibra]

Yeah just a kick at that fact

[@AnAnnoyedAssZorua570]

One kick and you're a goner.

[@alexdehatter2151]

With Legends Arceus adding new evolutions while being set in the past, I really hope Dunsparce gets an evolution that references its Sword/Shield dex entry.

[@Spider-Menace1048]

It’s pronounced Arkoos

[@21Stephen12]

I was literally thinking that when he said in ancient times. If they don’t they wasted a great chance.

[@jeffreyhoglund702]

Ya no

[@JHWaWa]

;)

[@zahisunohr]

Seeing this comment after Dudunsparce is a thing now is quite ironic

[@boredrandomartist9523]

Sword: Kabuto is a extinct species. Shield: A FOOLISH MISCALCULATION !!!

[@tomasalvarez6011]

Thats because kabuto is exclusive from shield

[@th3zythe]

You should make this a meme in the reddit

[@boredrandomartist9523]

@@th3zythe i'm not part of the subreddit, but if you want to make this a meme, them go ahead, feel free to do It :)

[@ashofedenofficial]

Every version is it's own distinct timeline. So they are correct.

[@zinzolin14]

@@ashofedenofficial every copy of a game every played is its own timeline 🤯

[@cullenhutchison6528]

What's interesting about the dex entry for Metagross that you mentioned is that even though permanent magnets do tend to denature more slowly as temperatures decrease, they don't actually get stronger in the cold. However, electromagnets do get stronger as temperatures decrease because the metal in wires (or whatever the equivalent in Metagross's body is) becomes more conductive as the vibrations of atoms decrease. This means Metagross uses electromagnetism rather than containing a permanent magnet. I don't know if that is consistent with previous dex entries for it, but I believe it is, so good job Gamefreak, way to do your homework.

[@urkerab]

Also think of those superconducting magnets used in hospital scanners...

[@animecoffin8660]

Mmm yes, i understand nothing but I will act like i u understand

[@justinrodriguez5144]

This is smart

[@donanasol]

hah funy words (Interesting..)

[@MmMm-cr9yn]

Maath.

[@The_Jho]

I know this old but him reading the foongus one just makes me want to talk about all the lore Pokémon Scarlet brings, it’s so much and it’s so amazing just seeing it, mega evolution is just waking up dormant genes, but because it’s been so long they still look different and the fact brute bonnet still looks like a pokeball means there’s more of a reason for that then just looking like a pokeball, something in the prehistoric times made it a useful adaptation, and it just makes me want a full on teen rated Pokémon game where you have to try and befriend them without pokeballs to catch them

[@mbcodes18]

Pokemon dating sim.

[@dropfish3109]

@@mbcodes18 there was this entire intelligent comment and this three word reply has killed at all.

[@Nerium_Oleander13]

So i believe that dex entries are canonically different from each regions as they are different environments and as for the amonite it said " *Almost* Entirely" and also it kept hardening it's shell so

[@AnotherDingo]

Ice type trainers: I haven’t worn a coat since I was 5 years old. Garchomp: boy do I envy you.

[@BMeiome13]

I got my t-shirt, my backpack, and I'm just fine

[@charf5065]

Dragon types: ice am I right

[@Kid_Cat64]

Rayquaza: **agrees with Garchomp**

[@1court206]

Dragonite, Flygon, Altaria, Noivern, Salamence and Appletun: boy do we understand Rayquaza and Zygarde: We are legendary, we don't fear any.... oh ice? Nevermind

[@t-archer0820]

@@Kid_Cat64 Dargonite: Same

[@alternate7754]

Pokedex : No matter who you are, if you bring strong emotions near Hattrem, it will silence you violently. Me: Loses a shiny Hattrem: Now This Is An Avengers Level Threat.

[@ameyakabra449]

Starter dies in nuzlocke at final battle before the league. Hattrem: So you have chosen death.

[@thecommentato4]

I lost 2 shinies because a phone update reset my emulator data, and it didn’t hurt for a lot because I got a shiny pidgey on my new save file of firered

[@Ionel714]

@@thecommentato4 im sorry for you

[@WXv214]

@@thecommentato4 aren't emulators illegal

[@kannan07]

@@WXv214 go and buy me a 3ds

[@creativename2567]

About Cryogonal becoming vapor on warm tempratures: In our world there is a jellyfish that kinda of dissolves it's interior and after a while a new jellyfish is born from that dissolved jelly. Cryogonal may work like that.

[@Sage23802]

I just like to think the creator of the pokeball in the Pokémon universe saw a foongus and thought “oh that is a cool design I think I’m going to use that somewhere in an invention of mine” (okay well maybe not those words exactly but kind of along those lines) I just think that would be cool and would make sense, foongus didn’t adopt the pokeball pattern it inspired the pokeball it’s probably not the reason for it having the pattern but I think it is a good idea

[@TheLifeOfPaul15]

That’s literally one of its Pokédex entry’s in SV, you were right

[@MrBlackrapier]

but there are also other pokemon with that design on them so why does so many pokemon have that i wonder?

[@Sage23802]

@@MrBlackrapier if we’re going outside of the fourth wall then advertising purposes if not then they were probably born with it

[@matthaisstupidus]

"when a Kingdra and a Dragonite meet, a fierce battle ensues". Man, family reunions between the dragon trainers of Johto would certainly be an interesting spectacle. Also this gives me a hilarious image of Clair and Lance having a super intense battle, and the other Dragon specialists are watching it from the sidelines like it's a movie; popcorn and all.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Why Dragonite Mentioned in the IoA dex when Dragonite haven't confirmed before the release of DLC 2, like without the trailer that confirms it

[@bigeevee7045]

Lance vs Clair. Coming to a theater near you! Rated PG

[@cjdziesiuta1995]

Soooooo a normal family reunion?

[@darkflame9410]

I could actually see that being why Clair chose Kingdra as her ace rather then Dragonite: Its the natural enemy to her cousin (and main rival) Lance's Ace. Kinda like how Blue always picks the stronger starter to Red specifically to have an edge.

[@violettadietz6359]

raihan is that one guy who's really loud on phone calls and is all around annoying

[@hashirama2000]

fun fact about regidrago: Regigigas wanted to create a dragon from dragon energy but only had enough to make a head. Kind of terrifying if you think about that

[@starthegame1701]

Yeah. And Regieleki power is sealed by that rubber band thing by ancients people

[@TonyThigh]

Sword entry said that scientists believe that the dragon arms of regidrago is believe to be the head of the ancient dragon, but that they sont have proof

[@dazemaze2476]

Bro image if regigigas finished the dragon

[@TH3MIN3R3000]

@@dazemaze2476 It would literally just be a massive dragon. I love this, as dragons are awesome.

[@travisprescott9708]

Couldn't he had finished him later

[@DamiesEvilTwin]

"At the beginning of 2020... so, 15 years ago" I have never seen the passage of time as I experience it summed up so perfectly, thank you.

[@StraboSE]

Ice Rider Calyrex seems inspired by a legend about St. Joan of Arc doing the same with dying Englishmen and Burgundians she had just defeated in battle. I think that her being an inspiration fits in the knight theme a lot of Galar has going.

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

Everyone: Lickitung meet Buzzwole. Me: Lickitung, meet Pheromosa.

[@gonerofsavers3813]

GREAT,JUST FREAKING GREAT, MORE 34 IDEAS!!! #Sar

[@gonerofsavers3813]

GREAT,JUST FREAKING GREAT, MORE 34 IDEAS!!! #Sar

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

Lickitung, meet the two fire/bug pokemon (centiscorch and volcarona) Licking, meet the 8-foot unovian speed demon(scolipede... seriously though, considering that like numbers below 100 are normal in that gen scolipede is FAST)

[@JacobPDeIiNoNi]

Also, Pinsir/Mega Pinsir. Seems very spiky.

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

Upon further research, Lickitung: Height 6'6" Speed: 30 Lickitung is shorter than buzzwole(7'1"), but buzzwole is only a bit more than twice it's speed(only about 70, so buzzwole needs to be careful to not stay still for too long or it'll get eaten. Scolipede is bigger than buzzwole(8'2") and extremely fast, outspeeding buzzwole(a whopping 112) so lickitung is a no on scolipede Meanwhile Pheremosa, like scolipede, boasts an astounding 151 speed, but, funnily enough, is SHORTER than Lickitung, at only 5'11"

[@the_bookworm8281]

To explain why Kabuto's dex entries contradict eachother, we should remember: Omanyte and Kabuto are version exclusives. Kabuto's dex entry in Sword says that it is in the brink of extinction, which makes sense since Kabuto cannot be found in the Crown Tundra in Sword. This coincides with Omanyte's Sword entry since it says that it has populated to the point of being an invasive species. Kabuto's dex entry in Shield says that sightings of it is fairly common in some places, which makes sense since Kabuto takes the place of Omanyte in Shield. This implies that Kabuto is inherently a less invasive Pokemon than Omanyte is.

[@Goat_Girl_Gwen]

Lord helix will take over the world just you wait!

[@mlpfanboy1701]

There is an easier exsplination: the galorians are the dumbest people to ever walk the face of the earth. These are the same people who have DNA testing technology that can work on fossils yet they still make clearly impossible abominations that have permanent “KILL ME!!” Faces on them. Heck the Pokédex entries say THEY SHOULDN’T SURVIVE!! There inteligence is on par with the people in the movie “idiocracy”

[@poliorice3600]

@@mlpfanboy1701 a bit dumb to use one disgraced and unprofessional scientist's work to say all their scientist's work is dumb, don't you think?

[@yaboiolly9342]

@@poliorice3600 exactly

[@gabriellockwood2780]

Shadow Rider Calyrex is the reason that: A). The Slumbering Weald in located next to your HOUSE. B). You can find the Pokémon "Lost World" with living Fossil Pokémon. C). The Max Lair was created after the forest was moved. D). Eternatus was allowed to rampage over Galar.

[@mickgorro]

18:00 M&J: I wish, I wish, I wish... Ha-ha! Me: It is I, Grunty Boi!

[@justanotherhunter6634]

Speaking to archen: "You can fly!?!?!" :No, jump good!

[@modelomegatyler]

i recognize that quote but i can't remember what it's from... amazing reference either way

[@wingedbluj1674]

@@modelomegatyler Samurai Jack reference

[@modelomegatyler]

@@wingedbluj1674 ah, right. thank you

[@gmegaboy4873]

I just looked at the name, it’s literally a pup academy reference

[@pokehunterhd]

Trainer: you can fly?! Archen: no, jump good. 23:35

[@franklinthan3011]

Ah yes, a Samurai Jack reference.

[@elijahpadilla5083]

Now to name an Archen Jack.

[@wildefice1]

@@elijahpadilla5083 There is about to be an army of wonder traded Archen Jacks ... isnt there ??

[@elijahpadilla5083]

@@wildefice1All with +Speed Natures, or moves like Fly or Bounce in their moveset.

[@gumgumgumgumgumgum]

rock birds together strong

[@midgetydeath]

"When a Kingdra and a Dragonite meet, a fierce battle ensues." Dragonite: "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!" Kingdra: "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Fierce indeed.

[@theimpossibros39]

2 things, 1) It would be interesting if you caught a Regieleki and Shadow Rider Calyrex in Pokémon Shield and Regidraco and Shadow Rider Calyrex in Pokémon Sword And 2) WHY IS NIDOKING’S DEX ENTRY SO WHOLESOME!!!!

[@codyw454]

On the topic of Foongus: They are a fungus therefore they could potentially have mimicked the poke ball design to draw in trainers to stun them, poison them, and wait until they begin decomposition. Then they eat.

[@LeDave257]

Can foongus learn bide?

[@SentaiYamaneko]

@@LeDave257 It used to, but Bide was one of the moves removed from the games in Gen 8.

[@anonymousbunny8186]

Man that's dark-

[@jonathansmith1281]

Most pseudo-legendary Pokemon: "Oh no! Ice! My weakness!" Metagross:

[@holaq8533]

Tyranitar: Going to the fridge to get some ice cooled sodas

[@holaq8533]

Just realised the meme goes better with fairy type

[@starthegame1701]

AMATEUR!

[@Hmmm777]

???: Amateur Ice: What was that punk? Fairy: AMATUER!!

[@monasonimehta]

And Fairy

[@gabrielpritchard]

2:03 I like how it says Mikey has battled 2 lickitung but then reading its next dex entry it says he’s battled 3. I like to think that he went out and ko’d another one out of hatred and disgust for lickitung

[@PaperClipping7412]

No it’s shield, the other game, so it changed

[@gabrielpritchard]

@@PaperClipping7412 yh ik I’m just saying it feels like that

[@gabriellockwood2780]

3:30~ Foongus//Amoongus & Voltorb//Electrode are related as of Legends: Arceus. The Grass-Type and Poké Ball appearance solidifies this relationship. Now the question is, which Evolved first? Foongus or Voltorb?...

[@conradcooper2710]

I actually have a theory for why some dex entries contradict: *the Pokedex for each region is written by that region's professor.* Professors have different theories about certain Pokemon. This could explain the Kabutops contradiction: Kukui thought he found out why Kabutops went extinct, but Magnolia disagreed.

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

I Always thought the trainers wrote them, considering how so much information is ridiculous, contradictory to other dex entries, and is sometimes litterally just a fairy tale or scary story meant to be told by campfires

[@HOMELESS_GREEDENT]

Njj’

[@Meowie171]

That makes sense

[@susmongus3246]

not really the Pokedex itself is the one who scans the pokémon and does its entry so It is the famous plot convinience stupitity no professor has input on It so the only ones who can be kinda wrong or lying to us is the sun/moon/ultra sun/ultra moon entry's or the legends Arceus ones

[@guttertongue5036]

@@susmongus3246 Pokedex entries are made by the trainer.. which is why they never show up for new species until you've battled and caught one.

[@XvZGhost]

If the birds aren’t “The Birds” that makes sense why you can find “The Birds” in dynamax adventures

[@jonathanhunter8076]

The birds is a great film

[@XvZGhost]

@@jonathanhunter8076 I cried when they got stuck in a box

[@tcaxolotl7184]

True

[@tcaxolotl7184]

@@XvZGhost bruh

[@JP-zb3yb]

The dmax adventure pokemon are implied to be ones that came through ultra wormholes from other dimensions by the cosmog you find in the village

[@frtruck]

I love how Mikey just casually flexed his shiny Skarmory.

[@prismknight353]

20:50 so the alolans know more then the galarians

[@ktvx.94]

Michael: "I want to see official pokemon cave paintings" ORAS cave paintings: "am I a joke to you?"

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Sinnoh coughs for attention.

[@DeepakJava]

Oof

[@gengarzilla1685]

It'd be good to see more than _just_ legendary Pokémon. That plot element's getting a bit worn out.

[@daronmeisler]

Galarian Articuno looks more like a Malamar that grew wings through its determination to be a bird.

[@xx_lunchmeat_xx752]

_salamance flashbacks_

[@edsweet2858]

You are correct but I still hate you for saying this

[@daronmeisler]

@@edsweet2858 lol sorry

[@havenly8683]

no it doesn't-

[@adityabirla59]

Malamar is evil and so is galarian articuno

[@PirvateerKurei]

The entries for the legendary birds do make sense since we've never seen variants of Legendary Pokemon, only shiny individuals (the beasts, Rayquaza, and celebi being the only ones for now.) I wonder if we will learn more of these birds in the future

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Metagross being powered up by the cold is really cool (pun intended) because it relates to something interesting in physics: by supercooling certain nonmagnetised magnetic metals (like copper) you can produce a superconductor, a substance which not only has negligible resistance to electric current, but is also capable of warping magnetic fields so that the superconductor is simultaneously attracted and repelled by a magnet. Also, I think Beldum blood is some kind of ferrofluid.

[@samuelwasner8915]

Pokemon sword: Cryagonal Kidnaps children and takes them somewhere unknown Pokemon shield: pOkEmOn On FiRe MaKe FiRe

[@MmMm-cr9yn]

So true.

[@duckieboit_t5972]

Lmao

[@sallysabretooth9969]

Lol

[@cream2406]

They must love shield more

[@wintersoldier64]

@@cream2406 *I thought they loved sword more* Also I understand the joke you don’t need to r/woooosh me

[@demoslowe6964]

"Oh really? People of the Galar Region. This pokemon that's constantly on fire is feared as a cause of fire?" Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes

[@VioletStreak02]

No impossible

[@Joltrix]

@@VioletStreak02 I spent 2 weeks fighting you when I was younger

[@VioletStreak02]

@@Joltrix yeah I get that alot

[@dreamscandle112]

Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes. Ah yes, the floor here is made of floor

[@Neptune_1337]

Yes H20 is water

[@bornslippy7232]

Michael: This pokemon mimics man-made objects, it’s ridiculous! Next Pokemon: **Magnemite.**

[@papabigtoe5758]

8:10 casually flexes shiny

[@legallypumpkin]

Imagine if dinosaurs came back and everyone was just annoyed by them because they’re an invasive species

[@Xander-mn1bi]

Knowing today's society, anything's possible

[@sam6395]

Anything's possible in today's society lol

[@patmurph7769]

No they would be a delicacy

[@dasgurung1386]

I would love if dinosaurs came back to life I wouldn’t really care

[@lockonstratos7787]

All I can think of bc of a certain anime is if dinos were real there would be a whole culinary world of food to try

[@drewlambson759]

If Aerodactyl's Mega form is its true, ancient form, doesn't that just make it a Primal form?

[@ev_rebound5774]

Huh seeing that it’s a fossil type that actually makes a lot of sense

[@Aaron-hv4hr]

Because it’s probably not the original form but rather a new form that resembles the ancient one more thanks to the spikes

[@AuraDivinity]

@@Aaron-hv4hr this seems credible as Mega Stones derive from the same Energies that made Kyogre and Groudon godly strong but are a fraction of it only meant for certain mons worthy

[@Umbraminf]

Yeah, the "sharp stones that once covered aerodactyl's *entire* body". I don't think we reached the final form yet.

[@poliorice3600]

@@Umbraminf the original aerodactyl was just a stone all along

[@albajohnson8221]

The other dex entries of volcarona probably were talking about the year 536

[@kevinjeremiahleescss2781]

17:25 me who has a Tyrunt in Pokémon go: chuckles I’m in danger

[@kinkjw6033]

Jerks 17:30

[@TuxidoAxe1604]

"Cryogonal turns into Water Vapor" could you imagine if there was a water type or a water-flying type regional Cryogonal in a region that's just constantly hot?

[@icestonevulpix3469]

If Alolan forms wasn't just gen 1 variations....

[@dreamcoresequoia7830]

@j N gastly exists as many other gaseous mons so i dont think it would be a problem

[@8bitty192]

Ghost type

[@zinzolin14]

Literally the air is Cryogonal when it's not winter

[@gengarzilla1685]

See, this is why Alolan forms shouldn't have just ended up as a Gen 1 wankfest. Alolan Cryogonal has to be one of the bigger missed opportunities since the scrapped Mega Flygon.

[@AlexG-jk8tc]

22:08 That's based in reality! I'm a biology major at Bridgewater State University, and I learned from my Ecology professor that vampire bats will share blood meals with other members of their groups because vampire bats will die if they don't consume blood every, like, sixteen hours. So that entry about Golbat is based on real-life bats!

[@BleachDrinker202]

That’s super cool!

[@AlexG-jk8tc]

@@Kyle-vq9bx Understandable LOL. I'm not actually studying them, I just used them as an example for the animal behavior I studied. Although there is a chance a pangolin could have started this as well 😅

[@firefox5049]

@@AlexG-jk8tc thanks for this cool information

[@AlexG-jk8tc]

@@Kyle-vq9bx Don't worry, it's cool! I'm not offended at all and understood you were making a joke.

[@unic_will]

16:56 Hahah i loved that! Like "Honey, seriously? Stop acting a fool"

[@somebodyrandomly]

"So a lot of Psuedo Legendaries hate the cold, like Garchomp and Salamence and Dragonite. But Metagross, he digs it." Me who remembered an old vid: "Yall are babies. It's not that cold."

[@tornadey018]

Michael: "Greetings Pokefans!" Subtitles: "Greetings! (Mumbles)"

[@akbarkhan6772]

Thought i was the only one who noticed it

[@pranavbhargava212]

@@akbarkhan6772 I thought too

[@gengarzilla1685]

Those subtitles aren't even trying now, lmao.

[@wythehecknaut]

@@pranavbhargava212 me too

[@legobobafeet3650]

The auto generated ones say greetings boogie fans

[@jeonghunoh208]

I feel like when Magmar overburns its prey, it’s kinda like burning a steak. Magmar: Ah man, I burnt it.

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Wah-wah-waaaaaaaaah.

[@DeepakJava]

?

[@DeepakJava]

Oof no food for them

[@minigrubbsi7186]

Palossand is pretty much a dementor from Harry Potter 6:42

[@vigilantshuriken7728]

in tyrunt's entry: "It can also inflict grievous wounds on its trainer just by playing around." so... is that 40% or 60%? Very important, I need to heal my allies.

[@kyledavid9244]

"Give Magnemite batteries and it will float again" Me: "Gets AAA batteries" Magnemite: "Ight Imma still stay down"

[@jherremyivanroldan8322]

Foongus pokeball design is still a mystery, considering Scarlet's Brute Bonnete has that also and is from a millennia past

[@Galaxyboy6474_real]

Maybe in olden times, foongus and it’s eveloution where based off of something else, to camouflage better, maybe we’ll see that is Pokémon legends Arceus, also the herdier thing too (the cave painting thing), also, the swablu’s wings being a different colour in the olden days maybe will also be seen in Pokémon legends Arceus

[@UmbraStarWolf]

“Official pokemon cave paintings” ORAS: am I a joke to you?

[@elijahpadilla5083]

"With Herdier"

[@exoticknight9900]

@@elijahpadilla5083 he never said with herdier. You can assume that but its oddly specific since yes in oras cave paintings existed so why would they have cave painting just dedicated for herdier a very mundane pokemon

[@I_Stole_Your_Toast]

69 likes. Hur Hur

[@olivercardenas4400]

"OMG so slowking is a zombie?!?!?!?" Well, Parasect is Gen1, I guess we're used to it by now

[@SpoonEnjoyer]

7:12 Oh dear god, it turns them into office workers

[@alecfinlayson6583]

1:24 Well they did evolve dunsparce; Its if the dissapointment of BDSP was converted into pokemon evolution

[@Amelia4111]

DISAPPOINTMENT IS SPELLED WITH 2 P'S, NOT 2 S'S!

[@alecfinlayson6583]

@@Amelia4111 no offense, but you would know that LMAO

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

Imagine this Pokédex entry: “A primal salamence once wished before Jirachi for itself and its kind to grow wings. This wish is the only known wish granted by Jirachi that still has an effect til this day”.

[@waffles7z]

But for who?

[@aydenator2770]

@@waffles7z salamence

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Aww

[@kshitizplays5305]

If that Happens MAD Respekt for that Primal Salamance

[@liqid4171]

@@kshitizplays5305 mad respect for the jirachi too

[@crimsonweeb]

*Archen almost flying around ancient pokemon* Other Fossil Pokemon: "Ooooh, you jump good."

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Archeops can fly though. ...but it has to take a six-mile running start...

[@drippylad3973]

@@TornaitSuperBird makes sense

[@KingChiggy]

Sword and Shield and the DLC gave us a LOT of dex entries referencing pokemon that looked different in the past and I hope that leads to more games along the Legends: Arceus line that will show us the pokemon in the past that they reference

[@AztechHydra]

I love the Archen and Archeops ones because it's referencing to how the Archaeopteryx wasn't able to fly but could glide from trees and jumped up them it's so cool

[@sushybar2333]

Gen 4 researches: find Herdier drawings on old wall paintings* -who is that pokemon? Gen 5 reaserches: find the same drawings* Oh its Herdier

[@aldenabuana9744]

True

[@Eric-py8yy]

Who is this pokemon?! Its Herdier!

[@BisharpnearOhio]

Actually... It’s a Jigglypuff seen from above.

[@sushybar2333]

@@BisharpnearOhio Hahahaha perfect

[@lockonstratos7787]

@@BisharpnearOhio actually Seen from a right angle its really a shape shifting diddo

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

I feel like the Galarian birds' entries are meant to imply that the bird trio is like Zigzagoon- the Galarian Forms came first, and then the forms we're more familiar with, so that for whatever reason, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres evolved over time to become more literal embodiments of ice, electricity, and fire.

[@Pika250]

And for that matter, Meowth.

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

@@Pika250 I dunno about Meowth- both of its regional forms don't seem to have been the first variety of Meowth. Alolan Meowth was the result of trying to breed an ideal Meowth for Alolan royalty, and Galarian Meowth developed as it did due to living with a savage seafaring people.

[@autismandgaming4532]

Scizor: crushes a Boulder Nidorino: “It’s free real estate”

[@markemonday]

I think Foongus' Pokedex entry actually slightly makes sense because of the Pokemon stungisk in sword and shield where it makes it so that Pokemon don't try and eat it because of the pattern on its head and they might think it's a skunfisk

[@DragonClaw95.]

Aku: You can fly!? Archen: No! Jump good!

[@AlexWithington]

@Oliver Hart I know of the reference I just can't remember where it's from

[@hihojrock]

@@AlexWithington Samurai Jack the episode with the monkeys

[@AlexWithington]

@@hihojrock ah thanks

[@muazadam3631]

Gotta watch out

[@Vixen-debo]

falling with style

[@ryanchoong4714]

I like to think that the Crown Tundra is being used as a testing ground for fossil Pokemon by scientist, so rather than just releasing a wild Tyrantrum in the middle of Kalos, the scientist are using the Crown Tundra's large lands with few humans as a place to slowly rehabilitate Fossil Pokemon that they have brought so they can see if these Pokemon are ready to be introduced elsewhere as well.

[@megacosmicpokemonthing2340]

So Its like an opened gated Jurrasic park but in the crown tundra

[@ryanchoong4714]

@@megacosmicpokemonthing2340 yup basically, except it's a lot safer and more humane while it isn't being used for a cash grab

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

but that ain't smart most of them are wather pokemon they can just swim away...

[@ryanchoong4714]

@@Mendoza-yi6qk Well their not really trying to contain them... it's just for research to see how the fossil Pokemon react. Plus why would the Pokemon want to swim away? They have no actual reason to do that. Anyways it was just kinda how my brain imagined it to be, there are probably much better explanations out there.

[@curtdog647]

Or maybe the birds were the first legendary birds, and they were the originals and Galar came up with the names. It also makes sense if the Kanto birds were really legends, yet they're found in every region.

[@saviorlemons]

19:40 I feel like this is very important because I believe that there are actually 2 Different Pokedex's (Pokedexes?) Given to the Player character depending on what version they get (Sw/Sh) and that they are written by scientist and researchers who did their own studies on the species in different sections of the region. This explains why one would say that Kabuto is fairy common in some areas since they researched those areas but also explains why another researcher would be lead to believe that Kabuto is actually an endangered species since they studied in areas where the amount of Kabuto's are scarce. Just a little theory I wanted to pop up, hope you maybe think about it and wonder, love your content as always!

[@emetmann9454]

Theory: foongus evolved to have a pokeball pattern on its head so predator Pokémon wouldn’t touch it in fear of being caught.

[@PsycicStriker]

Nice

[@jaywardhanraghu4822]

:O

[@gengarzilla1685]

Nah, I think it's because humans are their main food source and they evolved the pattern to lure in travelling trainers. They know people can use extra Poké Balls to store items, they saw that people tend to drop those items, and they aware that other people like picking up these free items.

[@wobblewokgaming655]

That, and Pokéballs don't seem very appetizing...

[@paengphattharaphorn1126]

acttually dat is proven in japeal

[@menotyou4289]

15 years ago. Accurate. The year only got slower when I started a master's this fall 😂

[@bakusatsugo2057]

I don't even feel different from any other year

[@saurabhkumartiwary1718]

I was just watching the last one just now and commented there that we need new part and then just got notification.

[@menotyou4289]

Thank you for the heart Mikey! It's an applied stats degree so you can emphasize with my mathematical suffering (:

[@Gray_On_Pawz]

"Honey, u need a snickers" Makes me laugh so hard

[@rezaulkarim9198]

I saw on one of Pokemon Master's events that The Galarian Legendary Birds are being rebellious towards each other, further implying that they are separate pokemon

[@extrasyllable3865]

The meteorite strike mentioned in Calyrex’s entry must be the same meteorite mentioned in Eternatus’s entry. Ice rider Calyrex’s Shield entry says that it moved a forest overnight to save all the Pokémon there, which is likely also the meteorite event. This means that the location of Eternatus’s meteorite is somewhere without any plants, and that Calyrex is over 20,000 years old.

[@Pika250]

According to a video by Bird Keeper Toby, the forest Calyrex moved was the Slumbering Weald, whose original location was what is now Stow-on-Side as an extension of Glimwood Tangle, and its current location of Postwick is much closer to the Crown Shrine, in fact it's the border between the Crown Tundra and the main part of Galar. No one from Postwick to Wedgehurst (Hop notwithstanding, of course) dare even mention the events of the darkest day or the wolves. But the folks of Stow-on-Side and Hammerlocke and even Circhester mention the legend of the darkest day and Stow-on-Side even has a shrine dedicated to the heroes. True, it was covered up by graffiti, but a certain Copperajah happened to tear it down to expose the truth.

[@AizQTT]

Big brain pokemon nerds

[@TheRibbedDamascus]

*Thoughts of deoxys intensify*

[@Hi-mo6rq]

I saw eternamax eternatus in the az tapestery

[@Hi-mo6rq]

I think

[@jojoiteon]

My partner in Double Battles: uses Sunny Day My Cryogonal: *My time has come*

[@autogamer1229]

Or when someone uses flamethrower

[@jaewol359]

Cryogonal: mr stark...

[@kabelguy70]

Hex: Mr. Rosales-Birou... I don't feel so good...

[@shadowbonbon3]

Or a sizor that got forest cursed

[@thefisher196]

The real question is why do you have a cryogonal

[@grey7923]

I think it's nice that you can also find metagross in the crown tundra near the top of a snowy mountain, proving it's dex entry.

[@yawninglion1677]

Mikey's comment about Swablu makes me really want a variant of the line where they're flying/electric and have thunderstorm wings.

[@-SunIsCat-]

Ah, the Pokédex. The device that tells you how all the cute Pokémon are really evil

[@mlpfanboy1701]

The pokedex, a device full of more bull sh*t then a cow farm.

[@thefisher196]

And demons are actually good lads

[@iResonate]

"How is this possible? No idea. Is it extremely cool-sounding? Yes." Literally the people who write these pokedex entries 😭

[@slevinchannel7589]

Yeah, this whole 'They are actually not Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno'-Issue is really something more people need to know and realize.

[@andyhagedorn1177]

I really like in my eyes it looks like a giant Charizard head which is my favorite gen 1 Pokemon

[@andyhagedorn1177]

:)

[@23skiddsy6]

Real vampire bats share blood, too - it's called reciprocal altruism. Also, Archen and Archeops are referencing the evolutionary history of flight. There's a hypothesis called "WAIR", wing assisted incline running. Running up hills is easier by flapping wings while you do it. Archen is the pouncing Proavis model, Archeops is the cursorial model.

[@cousinmajin]

The dunsparce dex entry is really cool because it's a parallel to real snake evolution! Dunsparce's wings are vestigial, which means that they used to have a purpose but over time, they evolved to not use them and they shrunk down. Snakes used to have legs and many snake species have vesitigial legs in the form of teeny tiny spurs (claw-like things), or even vestigial hips and pelvises! They may have lost their limbs by becoming more adapted for burrowing, which seems to be the case for dunsparce as well since it burrows with it's tail!

[@crispycream645]

Just imagine your just sitting on a bench outside and a skarmory feather just impales you

[@brandylocklin8846]

Ow.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Yeah, I think I'd just stick to being shat on by a Pidove.

[@Angalotro]

I just pictured that as aerith's dead by sephiroth stabing her blade in her chest

[@cherrystar8645]

This reminds me of a show I know of...

[@princeapoopoo5787]

Imagine how wack the Final Destination movies would be in the Pokemon universe

[@doliaclemente1366]

Frosmoth: *HOW DARE YOU DESTROY THIS HABITAT YOU SHALL PERISH* Volcarona: hi man want some fire scales???

[@datbomb5]

22:43 this is a reference to superconductors that work best in freezing temperatures, generally liquid nitrogen is used though

[@mike_havens]

Watching this after John's "Catch your Pokemon only knowing its dex entry" vid is hilarious to me because it mentions some of these entries😂

[@Rxma0909]

Petition for Michael to re-post this in 15 years so the start is literal

[@Saltedchipps]

That's if 2020 lets us survive ;-;

[@LegendaryEletoid]

garchomp: i fear no man, but that thing. *sees ice cube* me: garchomp where'd you go?

[@Kid_Cat64]

Rayquaza agrees

[@triomagicalgacha69420]

Salamance: i agree that thing is horrifying

[@t-archer0820]

Don’t forget Dragonite

[@TFD_Animations]

Flygon: _Screams internally with and at Garchomp_

[@SilverShinyCharizard]

i love the dex entries that contradict each other and suggest a clash in opinions among scientists on these pokemon like the kabutops entry in sun being like 'we know how it went extint' and the shield one being like 'NO WE DON'T'

[@gengarzilla1685]

Better than encouraging that alternate dimension trash.

[@Heroduothecomedian]

I think in game wise the reason foongus has that PokeBall marking on its head for is to throw people off in wanting to see what item is inside or in the case of some Pokemon that like to collect things have them come near it and foongus attacks the pokemon or human

[@nezu5263]

"Beginning of 2020, so 15 years ago" Wait..something's wrong i can feel it.

[@eawestway6079]

Yea

[@FSKyurem]

Mike’s a time traveler

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

To be fair, it does seem like the beginning of 2020 was ages ago.

[@ravenlet]

TIME TRAVELER MIKE

[@matthaisstupidus]

QUICK MAFS

[@npcmcishark7379]

"And at the start of 2020, so 15 years ago" Michael went straight for the facts

[@ericshun3164]

Yeah I have no idea what he meant

[@npcmcishark7379]

@@ericshun3164 he meant 2020 feels very long

[@alexnightwing1268]

He means that 2020 has felt so long since of quarantine because of COVID 19

[@beanieman8570]

I feel like the kabuto being rare and omanyte being everywhere is an acknowledgment of lord helix and everyone going for omanyte over kabuto.

[@ARandomMinecraftVillager]

24:19 I did some math with Cradily's model Cradily is 1.5m (4'11), its body is about a fourth of its total height (37.5m) and its tentacles are about the same length This would mean its neck could extend to 3.75m (12'3) and its tentacles another 1.12m (3'8) This means Cradily can extend from 1.5m to about 5.28m (4'11 to 17'3) For reference, the human average height is 1.76m (5'9). This thing can extend to almost 3 times an average human