If Gym Leaders Didn't Have Types

What if Pokémon gym leaders didn't have type specialties? What would their teams be?
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[@MandJTV]

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[@kirstystanton5702]

Hi

[@pyroacid5566]

First

[@pyroacid5566]

Darn it not first

[@spursyglory1493]

Hi Mikey

[@SKROGY]

*Beard*

[@useraccount333]

You should DEFINITELY do a National Dex one next! Toxitricity seems like it was literally MADE for Roxie! A Poison-type punk rock Pokemon? It's PERFECT for her!

[@sahilshaji5709]

I can see exploud being another great option for her as well

[@philspence3073]

It would have to be Pokémon available at the time. So Roxie could use something like Whirlipede, but not Toxtricity (if B and white remakes are more like BDSP)

[@Jay7707]

Someone already did that

[@pokegamer2293]

I fully support this.

[@jibgaming3247]

Agreed

[@mattevans6752]

Mikey: "I'm not sure what Pokemon I should use for this last spot on the team" Mikey: (flips coin) "Heads, looks like we are adding Alakazam" Mikey: "I'm not sure what Pokemon I should use for this last spot on the team" Mikey: (flips coin) "Tails, looks like we are adding Machamp"

[@Kyumifun]

There's too many Machamps in these teams but to be fair, Machokes and Machamps are in litterally all 7 regions as well so i guess it's fair enough

[@Solus_05]

Pretty much 😂

[@RTMP_]

@@Kyumifun they aren’t in Unova

[@陳宥宇-i9e]

also golbat because zubat is everywhere

[@calfgomuu]

And Conkeldurr

[@lazerchicken404]

Mikey: Is lacking a 6th member for a team Machamp: Allow me to introduce myself

[@bendover-pp7tm]

yea 8/10 has it

[@loz1991]

And Crobat. Crobat is on like every team

[@val-kyrie1202]

@@loz1991 and Alakazam

[@gameraptor3586]

He should have given Clemont Chesnaught since he has a Chespin in the anime

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

I feel like there were even more Lopunny.

[@logansisson5949]

The Whitney team had me crying laughing, "this Azumarill represents the tears she sheds when she loses" Perfection

[@jeffreygao3956]

Her actual team should be Miltank, Clefable, Nidoqueen, Sandslash, Azumarill, and Umbreon(The floor tentacles are DROWNING ME!)

[@kateoltmans7564]

When he said that, he sounded so casual when he said it. I don't think he likes Whitney..

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@kateoltmans7564 I bet MandJTV would stab Whitney if they met.

[@prinnyhayate5517]

@@kateoltmans7564 masochists do, and i am one of them. WHITNEEEEEEYYYYYYYY

[@Thelegendaryredlegend]

More like our Tears when her Miltank kills our Starter in a Nuzlocke

[@KingCanada]

For Tate & Liza, I personally think that, instead of Sharpedo and Wailord, they should use Huntail and Gorebyss, the 2 possible evolved forms of Clamperl, which can be found underwater just outside of Mossdeep. I just feel using the two of them would fit their "twin" motif better than Sharpedo and Wailord.

[@joshuakhawlhring543]

Either a straight copied comment or a big coincidence

[@ethantreadway9478]

Come to think of it Sharpedo and Wailord do look like twin motif Pokémon. Sharpedo is the small and mean looking shark, while Wailord is the huge and nice looking Whale.

[@cosmos8152]

Personally I’d just replace Wailord with Dusclops or Dusknoir as in the opening of the gen 3 games we see Torchic and Mudkip having a double battle against a Sharpedo and Duskull

[@KingCanada]

@@joshuakhawlhring543 I can assure you that was a coincidence. I did not read through the comments before posting that.

[@joshuakhawlhring543]

@@KingCanada ah ok

[@halogent8294]

Gym Leaders: Trying to make a balanced and diverse team. Machamp: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@joshfarmer8408]

Imagine if gym leaders actually cheated and had a home field advantage in there boss fights, like a water or electric gym leader with permanent rain, or a fire or grass gym leader with permanent sun, to really make it a challenge

[@killersawofficials7224]

I think there should be a hard or normal mode first

[@cillianstewart9441]

Kinda like how Klara (idk about Avery) has automatic toxic spikes?

[@jorgegonzalezavila9376]

I would _not_ like to fight Sabrina with permanent Psychic Terrain, thank you.

[@killersawofficials7224]

@@jorgegonzalezavila9376 on kanto dex too it would suck bc theres no good pokemon to use against it

[@MidoriNatsume]

Honestly, I think I'd like that for a Battle during the main story. They are Gym Leaders, they are supposed to test the Challengers, so it's kinda fitting for them to have the field advantage.

[@MegaJSK123]

I like to think that Kabu is Flannerys Grandfather who was asked to come help in Galar. I know it's not true, as we saw Flannerys Grandfather in the anime... But it's been years, I'm just gonna call it a retcon. 🔥

[@abyss6203]

Anime does not belong to canon, so it's possible. Propably not true, but possible.

[@Emily12471]

I mean, ain't it still possible that he is flannerys grandfather and just moved to galar

[@lordofninjas1]

the Anime and Games are not part of the same Canon. In other words, they are both still part of the Pokemon Multiverse, but they exist in separate Universes from each other.

[@Brooke_Raider]

Well, you DO need two sets of biological grandparents (one for each biological parent) to make one kid, so in theory it could still happen without retconning out the already existing grandfather

[@othamneil8958]

@@Brooke_Raider Not only is Mr. Moore her grandfather, but if I remember correctly, Drake is also her grandfather. I am probably wrong because I cannot find evidence for it anywhere on the internet, so please take this with a grain of salt

[@southparkfirefly]

I love how you baiscally turned Machamp into an nursing assistant for the elderly. Very wholesome o3o

[@VarianAlastair]

Yeah, ya know that toxic masculinity thing we talk about a lot now? Well Mikeyverse Machamp is the opposite of that

[@Rixec2]

You know, perhaps rather than having gotten over her fear of ghosts, Gengar just haunts Gardenia and is stuck on her team as a result, leading to her being scared out of her wits while also battling with it quite well.

[@Martin724K]

Now do it again, but without the dex limitation, there are lots of mons out there that would make sense on a gym leader's team, like Primarina for Misty, Greninja for Koga, Mudsdale for Clay, Toxtricity for Roxie, etc.

[@jorgegonzalezavila9376]

We need these pairs in Pokémon Masters.

[@vizardnaruto3]

@Mija La esa 3 you’re gross

[@darknesswave100]

Oh this is a great idea

[@keanuakina9014]

I was just gonna make this comment

[@S33_.]

This is good idea but it would take a lot of work and I don’t know if that is good for mickey compared to his other videos

[@dragonshapedwaffles4734]

I liked a lot of the teams but one small gripe I had was the use of Machamp on a lot of the teams, I kinda get why but there are other fighting types as well. (Bea is an exception due to Machamp being her ace)

[@ethantreadway9478]

Because some gym leaders are old, or need building help.

[@Red-Pandora]

@@ethantreadway9478 yes, because only machamp can build thins, and not something like, conkeldur that has building supplies, or any other large fighting type

[@bubblesys]

Its also a matter of regional dexes. @@Red-Pandora

[@aaditmani1211]

Gengar can also be a good choice for Koga if you take the literal meaning of "despair and horror " because it is both ghost and poison type

[@CreativeUsernameHere48]

Darn, both of the bots are here, if you see these, please do not click on the links. (even though the squidward one is just a cake.)

[@ThisguySL]

AND likes to lurk in the shadows like you would expect a ninja to do, and is literally classified as the shadow pokemon. Huge missed opportunity.

[@ElMondiola]

@Mr. Squidward this is what i think about you kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJLdpnmimpKVaqs

[@fropsy6110]

I like that idea! What if you did “If every gym Leader had a different speciality?”

[@deeptitiwari5003]

Depending on the typing of thier pokemon aside from thier type speciality Eg brock can be ground type because onix and geodude are ground also

[@astridposey]

I want this

[@GabrielCarvalho-zn7wj]

Or what about "what if every gym leader had the opposite specialty"? like the fire leaders having water mon or the flying ones having ground or rock?

[@fropsy6110]

@@milea9028 Get that out of here.

[@Parrot2cool]

@@GabrielCarvalho-zn7wj but what would the elec gym leaders have?

[@SolisAstral]

Old People: *Exist* Mikey: You get a Machamp! You get a Machamp!

[@felipesilva3732]

I think gym leaders should have AT LEAST half of their team to fit their type and the rest doesn't need to be that specific type, just fit their theme. For example, a water gym leader wich half of the team is water type and the other half is cursola, eelektross and dragalge

[@exa_eille]

Whenever I do ROMhacks I try to make it 4 of a type, and two flavourful outsides. That means the team is still weighted enough where you can plan a coherent strategy around the type matchup chart, but there's just enough of a wrinkle that you can't just stack 6 advantageous matchups and click attack.

[@joustmaster_69]

I agree with you. I think its better to just go with the matching personality of the Pokémon as it would be the Pokémon the the specific trainer would pick.

[@CreativeUsernameHere48]

@@milea9028 It’s sad there are absolute idiots who have to use bots and ruin everything.

[@owenhernandez5700]

This would be cool in the league of galar I always thought it is stupid go to the league and only use one type

[@felipesilva3732]

@@owenhernandez5700 its a bad idea in general, ppl do monotype runs either for love for certain type or for challange

[@ryuuronin9852]

Coming back to this video actually made me realize something: most gym leaders probably should have mono type teams. Not for difficulty sake or anything, but for memorability. Between this and revisiting some fakemon region videos with type diverse gym leaders, the ones with mono types were far more memorable to me. Very often they lack an obvious through line to the teams, and often when the battle is the only role a gym leader plays, getting their personality across through their typing and team is great for that (like Whitney, Norman, and Larry are all Normal type leaders, but get across very distinct aspects of themselves through their team comp, like Whitney's love of cute mons, Normans sense of authority but hands off attitude, Larry being ordinary in that he uses the much more common Dudunsparse form). As a result, I usually only remember the ace on their team, if that. Meanwhile the fakemon stuff with monotype teams, I can usually recall a good chunk of them, and almost always I remember the ace. Diverse team gym leaders definitely have a place, but I feel they work much better as the exception than as the rule. Not to mention, I think it's more impressive that a trainer was skilled enough to reach a high position like that with only one typing, rather than have the inherent advantage of avoiding type overlap (and heck, that can be sidestepped by just smart team building through dual types and abilities). Heck, playing the gym leader fan game made me appreciate team building under those conditions a lot more so. I know this is something subjective, but that's just how I feel. (Note: teams that are mostly of a given type but have a member or two outside of it, but follow the same theming, like Kanto or some themed Champions like Lance, Steven, and Iris, I consider under the same umbrella. The theming the type gives is admittedly more important than absolute strict adherence.)

[@WitherofEarth]

honestly I'd probably give whitney a team that's more suited for working at the farm, since in the anime that's where she lives, while also throwing some cute pokemon into the mix. she'd of course have the miltank since it's her ace, but other pokemon I'd give her include ampharos because sheep, rapidash due to farms having horses, blissey because not only could it be considered cute but it's also because of the eggs, clefable because it's another cute pokemon, and tauros since that's the only other pokemon from kanto and johto that i think would fit well at a farm

[@AllStarBirbOther]

@Mija La esa 3 f u

[@WitherofEarth]

@@Justic_ oh yea i forgot she met you at the pokéathlon. a sport themed team makes sense as well

[@andrewtdao5546]

No blissey that would make her team very bulky

[@chih_kit]

I would give her a team of a devil

[@WitherofEarth]

@@chih_kit that'd be ill fitting of her character though, plus that joke's a dead horse anyway

[@endergamerboi6140]

I PREPARED MYSELF TO LAUGH WHEN MIKEY CAME TO FLANNERY AND SAID "MOMMY, SORRY" AND YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT MAN!

[@merendalrendar2073]

I died when he said it lol

[@88megagirl]

I mean she's 18 so she's a pretty young mother 😂

[@PQRDG]

I feel like there is context to that joke that I’m missing. Is this just another thing Mikey has like Karen?

[@anonymousking688]

I also spit my drink out cuz I was expecting it

[@gearsoftime]

Already clipped it. IK where this clip is going.

[@maxjohnson9546]

I took a long break from watching MandJTV and I’m very glad to see he still says “ hail yeah”

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Just an idea here, but in Gen 5 all gym leaders had actual realistic jobs outside their gym (Cherem became a teacher, Lenora is a librarian, Clay is a businessman, Drayden is Mayor of Opelucid and so on) so what if all the other gym leaders had jobs outside their gyms, what would they be (obviously excluding gym leaders who appear to be underaged)

[@kamikazesenpai21]

Brock: doctor or breeder Misty: swimmer Lt.Surge: military Erika: flower shop Koga: ninja warrior Sabrina: actress Blaine: scientist Giovanni: crime boss Falkner: idk I guess a bird vet Bugsy: boy scout leader Whitney: farmer or serial killer Morty: sage at the temple tower thing Chuck: sumo wrestler Jasmie: lighthouse operator Pryce: pokemon professor (he used to be prof. Willow because willow is his mid name) Clair: runs the dragon temple

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

@@kamikazesenpai21 Jasmine is also underaged, so she would be in school/high school or even early college. Also Chuck is more likely a personal trainer or olympic weightlifter, he doesn't look like he is training for SUMO specificaly. - Hoenn Roxanne: Underaged Brawly: Surfer, Personal Trainer Wattson: Engineer (which he already is) Flannery: Work at the hot springs Norman: Dojo master Winona: Pilot or flight instructor Tate and Liza: underaged Wallace and Juan: Pokemon Contest performers. - Sinnoh Roark: Miner (already is anyway) Gardenia: Ranger at Eterna Forest Maylene: professional fighter Crasher Wake: Already a Wrestler Fantina: Already a performer Byron: Miner too Candice: Doing college? Volkner: Architect - Kalos Viola: Photographer (already is) Grant: Climbing instructor Korrina: Personal Trainer Ramos: Gardner Clemont: underaged Olympia: Fortune Teller Wulfric: Pokemon Breeder - Galar Milo: Field Gardner Nessa: Model (canon) Kabu: Industry Businessman Bea: Professional fighter Allister: Highschool Opal: Actress Gordie: Businessman Melony: Literaly a Soccer mom xD Piers: Already a musician Raihan: KZbinr xD

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@MrKlausbaudelaire I would've had Candice be a ballerina.

[@omarmansuri7099]

@@kamikazesenpai21 Falkner is shown to be a police officer in the Adventures manga. Bugsy is also shown to be a researcher of some kind. Chuck runs a dojo.

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

@@MrKlausbaudelaire Despite his age, Clemont already seems to be responsible for maintaining and lighting Lumiose Tower which is... weird.

[@ub-06austin40]

I think it would be cool to have Gym Leaders that specialize in gimmicks and mechanics, rather than types. Some ideas I have would be; - Type Diversity - Stat Changes - Double Battles - Weather Effects - Status Conditions - Terrains - Held Items - Abilities

[@jakethereaper2060]

ah yes I can imagine the "Leftovers" gym is going to be a nightmare

[@CoffeeFlavoredMilk]

Raihan from SwSh was a step in the right direction as his team specialized more so around weather than actual Dragon-types, specifically Sandstorm. Even though I would personally change his team to include something like an Excadrill to take advantage of Sand Rush.

[@WheelStart]

@@CoffeeFlavoredMilk Its stupid that he used sand team but gigalith is the only pokemon who got the advantage by it

[@Bokobling]

Raihons gym is double battles

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

This video had so much unintentional comedy with the constant Machamps, I kept watching just to see another one shoved in a team for arbitrary reasons

[@KingEvexx11]

I like how Caire gets 4 pokemon that look like they're screaming. Almost like they're throwing a temper-tantrum...

[@jeffreygao3956]

Aerodactyl, Charizard, Gyarados, and Tyranitar are more “ROAR!”

[@tjwallace3140]

Lmfao she's a baby .. but hands down the hottest chick in pokemon

[@securityguardtemmie]

My fav gym leader *Caire*

[@jeffreygao3956]

@Tj Wallace And yet Candice dances ballet more gracefully.

[@richardwilliams7263]

3:20 Michael, I just realized you could have given Koga an Arbok since it's Poison-type and keeps the ninja theme, while if the National Dex is concerned, you could give him Greninja and Goodra for the same reason.

[@redcraft2517]

Yeah Koga even used an Arbok in the Manga

[@Actually_Alice_Orchid]

Goodra is pure dragon

[@richardwilliams7263]

@@Actually_Alice_Orchid Arbok, Greninja, and Goodra are references to Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade.

[@Actually_Alice_Orchid]

@@richardwilliams7263 they were sages not ninja (naruto is not a reason)

[@mysticpokemonasim2361]

He said that he’s not using national Dex so he could not give koga Greninja and goodra could’ve gave him arbok it in his elite four team so

[@autismandgaming4532]

Since there’s been an entirely new generation of Pokemon since this video came out, here are some type diverse teams I feel the Paldea gym leaders would have First is katy: She keeps her ace Ursaring/Ursaluna and her Heracross, since heracross seems like it acts sweetly. Next she would have a Dachsbun, since she is a baker and it is a pastry. She would also have Arboliva, Klawf and Garganacl, all Pokemon with edible parts. Next is the artist Brassius. He would keeps his ace Sudowoodo which suits him perfectly. Next he would have Sunflora, seeing as it means a lot to him. I’d also give him Grafaiai, Kricketune and Tinkaton, since they all make art in one way or another. Finally will be Masquerain, due to it’s pattern on it’s wings. Next is Iono. And while i’m not a massive fan of her, her team was one of my favourites to come up with, as I imagine her using Pokemon that, much like herself, are very popular. She would keep her aces Mismagius and Bellibolt, and would also have Raichu, Sylveon, Charizard and Greninja. Raichu is the evolved form of the series mascot, and Sylveon is one of the most popular eeveelutions. As for Charizard and Greninja, while they aren’t in the Paldea pokedex, they are coded into the game, so I feel it’s at least justified. Next is Kofu. He would keep his ace Crabominable as well as vaultin Veluza. As for nee pokemon, he would have a Venomoth referencing his venonat wallet. And the others would be Rabsca, Farigiraf and Cyclizar. All pokemon that can be found between Cascaraffa and Porto madrida. Next is Larry. Since he doesnt have much going on. He would therefore use pokemon without much going on. He would keep his aces Staraptor and Flamigo, as well as Female Oinkolonge. Next he’d have Spidops since regional bugs aren’t often all too special, Vivillon (fancy style) since it’s a normal butterfly, and Lumineon since it’s a normal fish. Next is Ryme who I see using Sound based pokemon. She would keep Her Ace Toxtricity, as well as Houndstone since they appear at her concert. Next is Kricketune for hopefully obvious reasons, as well as Wigglytuff and Noivern. Finally she would have Electrode, representing the stage’s light up Pokeball. Next is Tulip. A beauty based character who would, logically, used beauty based pokemon. She keeps her ace Florges as well as Gardevoir, and she’d use Gothitelle, Arboliva, Alomomola and Froslass. All pokemon I feel she’s consider “Beautiful”. Finally is Grusha. He would keep his Altaria and Cetitan, and since he talks about the dangers of snowy mountains, I’ve chosen to give him “Dangerous” Pokemon. These being Gengar, Kingambit, Hydreigon and Hatterene. All Pokemon that could easily kill you, with more than one doing so on their own accord.

[@yoshifan4456]

These teams are really cool! I'm suddenly even more glad that Machamp and Alakazam aren't in s/v...

[@el_dank_sinatra]

⁠@@yoshifan4456those 2 are an iconic duo 💀 what an L take

[@yoshifan4456]

​@@el_dank_sinatra yeah but i just feel they get a bit overused. also don't like how they're so inconsistent with the forms. Like they give alakazam and gengar a mega, but then machamp and gengar a gigantamax? and golem gets a regional form??

[@aromanticfranziskavonkarma]

Since it's in the DLC and Michael included DLC Pokemon for SWSH I think I would replace Masquerain with Smeargle for Brassius

[@bookmasterharry4432]

I love how you and Grunty Boi are basically just friends now.

[@alibekzholaman2923]

These bots are everywhere. They must be purged. Also good comment.

[@Mac_Spector]

I love the humor in this video, from Jasmine's fondness of round electric types to Mommy

[@colreau]

I felt like way more people would talk about the mommy

[@wallemo1835]

I love how mikey and grunty boi have gone from being enemies to being friends

[@ChristopherCapersJones]

Grunty boy is a fucking riot!! Lol

[@carlosrodriguezsolis5757]

For the twins 11:55 I think Gorebyss and Huntail would work best instead of Sharpedo and Wailord because of the pair concept. Idk what you guys think 🧐

[@owenaspinall2046]

I was thinking Volbeat and illumise, but gorebyss and huntail would be better

[@afmf8700]

I was thinking Sharpedo and Carvanha because it's a stark contrast to the twins (they're nice nad cute and the pokemon are pretty much savage)

@@afmf8700 Carvanha is the evolution of Sharpedo

[@lalhriatzualakhawlhring1089]

@No Sharpedo is the evolution of Carvanha

[@heatherkraft6882]

Thats smart

[@Vampyria1836]

Personally, I think the Whitney team was too biased by Mikey's dislike of her and her Miltank and mostly doesn't fit her. Whitney says in game that she only likes cute pokemon, so here's what I'd give her, instead: Miltank (obviously) Clefable (it's on her main team already, and the change to Fairy in later generations makes it not just another normal type) Azumarill (Mikey's reason for adding it makes sense and it's cute) Sandslash (the cutest of the fully evolved Goldenrod Game Corner pokemon) One of the eeveelutions (she could have gotten an Eevee from Bill, like the player does, and they're all cute) Nidoqueen (Whitney used a Nidorina in the anime, and it's available nearby on Route 35 in GS HGSS) Edit: Removed Arcanine, added Nidoqueen; Thanks to Tato for reminding me about Nidorina

[@jeffreygao3956]

I’d go with Umbreon. Ahhhh! I swear I’m not crazy! The floor tentacles are drowning me!

[@palpatinerocks3260]

I really like the team here. Personally i think dragonite is cuter than sandslash but i like team

[@Vampyria1836]

@@palpatinerocks3260 I chose Sandslash over Dragonite based on the definition of cute shown in the gym (Jigglypuff, clefairy, snubbull) but dragonite could easily be swapped for sandslash based on Whitney's preferences.

[@spitzeer]

Didn't she use Nidorina in the anime? Nidoqueen would be cool

[@Vampyria1836]

@@spitzeer She did, and nidoran female's catchable on Route 35 in GS HGSS, so that might fit better than Arcanine for the final spot. Thank you for reminding me of that.

[@bimchickembcr7493]

You should do a video about what type a gym leader would specialise if their original type specialty didnt exist

[@jarrodnisly3333]

Has anyone mentioned the fact that the annoying diversity of both Volkner and Flint are supposed to reflect the fact that they were rivals? Their teams are almost perfectly matched for each other!

[@connortg5]

Idk if that was the intended idea, I know they’re good friends but I’m pretty sure they just have teams that try to fill in for their lacking primary type. Candice has a medicham in DP which counters a lot of volkner and flint’s Pokémon, but it’s just a fitting Pokémon that fills a slot

[@cesarflamenco9484]

I feel like that's more coincidence than intentional. But who knows, depends on what was decided on during production, the story or deciding what Pokemon would be available in the region. Clearly, they put more thought in the story though judging by both Volkner and Flint's teams.

[@BJGvideos]

I can't shake the feeling that Volkner is why Cyrus's Gyarados knows Earthquake.Remember, he's also from Sunyshore and around the same age.

[@choklat4606]

10:48 lmao that really caught me of guard😂

[@hakdog1113]

Same

[@DelphoxFan]

Me too!

[@pachasnft9954]

The best part

[@BL0XYST1NG3R]

An ad played when he said that-

[@MrBuddither]

He ain't lyin tho 😂

[@robertpresley1503]

Brock gonna make that Ditto turn into officer Jenny a LOT.

[@evanboesen2078]

Gym Leaders: I have 2 things you can OKO if you have the right move BDSP Elite 4: *laughs in competitive*

[@marlowecaberto3502]

You can swap Brock's Ditto/Clefairy with Blissey since he has a Happini in the anime, and give Cheren one of the starters instead of the elemental monkeys since it makes more sense, he was a rival therefore he has one of the starters and you gave other gym leaders starter Pokemon.

[@ernest292]

Agree that Clefable replace with Blissey which is canon. Ditto should be replaced with Simisage

[@iampachirisu8770]

@@ernest292 We could swap it for simisage if it was a national dex version

[@yr9526]

16:03 Mikey: says he’ll put sound related Pokémon to Roxie Exploud loudred and wismur: :(

[@Localcourtjester4hire]

Noivern: :(

[@Lordofcats44]

Not 100% sure but I don’t think Exploud can be found in Unova

[@lazyhippie6139]

My main criticism of this video is that there are a LOT of repeated Pokémon, namely Crobat and Machamp. I think it would actually be cool if they gave more gym leaders a Pokémon that doesn't fit their type specialty, just for the element of surprise. Or if they just had type combos that didn't all share the same weaknesses so you can't just click one super effective move to win.

[@CynamminStyx]

I appreciate someone actually criticizing a video rather than "TOO MANY CROBATS, BAD VIDEO!!!". I feel like post gen 4 gyms could use conkelldurr in place of Machamp where it makes sense, and Price could use any other rideable Pokémon. gen 5 leaders with crobat could use Noivern, give that thats its home region (Or gen 6, I've never played either games)

[@eclipsesexy]

I mean most cities where gyms are are in caves and zubats appear alot.

[@lazyhippie6139]

@@eclipsesexy I guess, it just makes it less creative imo. I like Crobat a lot, but it doesn't necessarily suit everyone's style.

[@joshhallam6342]

Also no Grunty boi

[@Emily12471]

Yea that bit at the end of having a pokemon type combo which doesn't share a weakness with the rest is a great idea. And in my opinion much better than just giving them a diverse team

[@dudeguy1894]

I'm shocked you didn't give Crasher Wake a Toxicroak, since Croagunk is literally the mascot of Pastoria City.

[@Miko_Hanamori]

"Next is mommy-sorry" Dude I'm pretty sure she's a teenager

[@mimikmyself9858]

Mikey: "I'm gonna try and avoid giving the same pokemon to each gym leader except maybe one or two." Rest of the video: Machamp, Crobat, Ninetails, Azumarill, and Alakazam on almost every team.

[@alfredbyrd249]

Don't forget ampharos

[@ZenoDLC]

For Koga, I'd change it a bit myself, and the ones I kept might have different reasons Crobat - Stays as it's his ace Foretress - For setup and then Selfdestruct Kabutops - Instead of kunai, it's because of kusarigama, we're lacking the kusari but we got gama, speaking of which Poliwrath - Replacing Mikey's Hitmonlee as frogs are often adjacent to ninjas thanks to the Gallant Jiraiya Miltank - It has paralysis-inducing move and always carries a recovery item, its own milk Ditto - The ability to disguise itself as another pokemon being what puts this here, plus he already has two, technically three Johto pokemon, if possible more Kanto is preferrable Edit : Would add Octilerry if possible, but not sure where to slot in the ninja guns

[@thejevilhimself]

everyone's forgetting ninjask, the literal ninja pokemon from this gen

[@ethantreadway9478]

@@thejevilhimself uhm it’s Gen 3.

[@thejevilhimself]

@@ethantreadway9478 sorry, im so used to firered that i forgot kanto was originally gen 1 lol

[@BJGvideos]

Frogs were a ninja theme before Naruto. That's where that series got it from.

[@ZenoDLC]

​@@BJGvideos Yes? I mentioned the Gallant Jiraiya, not the Pervy Sage Jiraiya

[@magnadongalo5067]

7:16 Falkner gambles. Not a headcanon I was expecting but I'm all for it.

[@Lilpancake901]

Alternative tittle: Making gym leaders stupidly competitive

[@RFDN0]

Honestly these teams aren't that good competitively.

[@iamshadow5340]

"Next is MOMMY, sorry Flamery" - John Micheal Wingull

[@Shockwave377]

We all know there are more then one mommy gym leaders

[@cptd.1]

@@Shockwave377 meanwhile Melony, a literal mother

[@futuretells8760]

I haven’t watched him for a long time and I remembered his Pokémon Talk Videos. I found him and WHAT? HE HAS A BEARD. ok Keep up the great videos Michael!

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

That’s what I would do to the elite 4 teams if I make a Pokémon game, mainly they will have at least 2 Pokémon that isn’t their type speciality.

[@DARKSAGE251]

Cough cough flint from sinnoh

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

@@DARKSAGE251 Yup, but he’s a bit too much.

[@Tungdil_01]

Speaking of Houndour and Houndoom, did you know that they do not live in Johto? Despite being introduced in gen2, they are found in Kanto and other regions in other games. It would be nice to have a regional dex with only Pokemon that occur in that region. What do you guys think about it?

[@Emolgabrine]

Black and White say hi.

[@teeweezeven]

This only applies to the Johto games though, right? (Until they make us revisit another region in the post-game of a future game)

[@RengokustaNn]

You: time for Candice! Me: remembers the meme* EEEE CAN I SU- *dies of laughter*

[@chrisshorten4406]

I felt like the team you gave Valerie perfectly matched her using pokemon native to Kalos. If you used pokemon from other regions also, I would have given her a Lilligant, because it's adorable and beautiful, and seems like it would match her personality to a tee.

[@JCM_Danny]

I feel like Valerie should have had some Pokemon that were apart of the johto Dex because she is originally from Johto

[@codytoeung5089]

Volkner and Flint at least have a type specialty in their Pokemon's moves even if their teams are diverse. It would be interesting to have them do more of that with type diverse Pokemon

[@BrickBarn2016]

"Dressed Like A Boy Scout" has probably offended every archeologist out there

[@ahmedrizwan7235]

Dr Alan Grant has entered the chat lmao

[@jeffreygao3956]

Better than looking like Indiana Jones.

[@nightspawnson-of-luna4936]

wait that's why bugsy wears that?

[@lavenderwalrus9875]

thatthe amount of well thought out reasoning put into this video is asstounding it must have taken so much work well done mikey! I also love that the flannery mommy joke made a return XD jack is having a bad influence on you and its fantastic.

[@profesoroca2591]

you should make a video if every gym leader has a full type team of pokemon that are from all generations and suits them better

[@Sheenifier]

24:44 don't you just love it when MandJTV makes a surprise appearance in one of Mikey's videos

[@myheartismadeofstars]

When I was creating a (hypothetical) fangame, I gave my gyms THEMES and not type specialties. The themes are: Childhood (think pokemon with baby forms, pokemon that bring to mind childhood games, and pokemon based off of toys, including Banette), Space (obviously a lot of psychic types, but also Minior, Clefable, etc), Royalty (pokemon with King or Queen in their name as well as pokemon linked to royalty like Aegislash), Seasons (since my region brings seasons back, this gym leader uses a rotating team depending on season, and a Deerling), "Forgettable" (basically pokemon that typically get overlooked), Science (pokemon linked to science, Porygon, Rotom, etc), Ninjas (she uses the Nincada line, but also dark types and fire types. Her ace might well be a Zoroark), and Rainbow (each of his pokemon are a different colour) They don't have specific teams yet since I have a lot of Fakemon so they'll probably have a bunch of those. Also the only one who has a set placement is the Rainbow leader, who is the last

[@tomlay3593]

That sounds great 😄

[@PuppetsByPalmieri]

What about if every gym leader had to make a team that couldn’t contain Pokémon from their home region?

[@LittleBlindMouse]

For some reason i love Ramos's team the most. Something about the little old man just keeping pokemon to help him keep his garden is precious

[@Dougbro1]

I'd have given Bea an Alcremie considering she has a sweet tooth. Or a Vanilluxe. I think you could have taken seasonal units in Masters into account, if the Pokemon they are paired up with are in their region's dexes and don't overlap their type speciality too much in some cases.

[@flurraz7083]

3:18 “To represent hand-to-hand combat” *Chooses the Pokemon who fights with its legs*

[@vddeddddd]

3:14 "Hand to hand combat"? Don't you mean, *leg to leg* ? I'll let myself out.

[@StateBlaze1989]

That ninetales bit makes me wonder if he will ever do a compilation of all the pokedex entries that are purely superstition and local folktales, because good lord do those not belong in an encyclopedic scientific catalogue of these creatures. That would be like looking up birds in the real world and the main or first encyclopedia entry is how they spell ill omens if one flies into your house.

[@artist0154]

Yeah, there's a theory that maybe Red is the one writting his dex that's why everything is so weird

[@rabid_monster24.27]

10:47 I just choked on my damn popcorn. That was funny af. Side note I feel like I'm the only one that pronounces it as hairy mama. It's funny leave me alone

[@BaconEater666]

I do like the idea made here, but it kind of makes the trainer lose their identity. Everyone's teams kind of mush together, with machamp and crobat being the somewhat universal constant here.

[@TheTrueBoySavior]

I think it would be cool if you could do a second video like this with the national dex

[@r-l1214]

MandJTV: I know it’s another electric type. Chestnaught: Am I a joke to you?

[@pualii]

5:30 Grunty boi then overdosed on rare candies later that day, to the sounds of mikey's cries of mixed emotions and a sigh of relief from his accountant

[@soulhoney1227]

The fact that almost every gym leader has a machamp is wow

[@kyleravensbergen385]

When in doubt just add a machamp or blissey to your team, thats what I learned today

[@madhavkapoor3941]

Can we just appreciate how every 2nd trainer has machamp in their team

[@DigitalAqua.]

@Mija La esa 3 stop existing

[@N11196]

10:48 Mikey:Next is mommy Purplecliffe:Wait a damn minute

[@KawaiiHippityHop-cl5bb]

I think ghost and dark Pokémon create horror and despair.

[@annfrogetful]

I'd love to see region with gym leaders having teams built around a theme, like forest theme or maybe type of animal - cat like pokemons or dog like pokemons. I still hope for it in any future game

[@GigachadHGDYDBHDB]

i dont want that to be the case. it would be confusing for players and overall its kind of the same because most of the pokemon in forests are gonna be grass types etc. gym leaders are already using some pokemon not of their types to not be so weak so yeah, in my opinion types are best for me.

[@jordaninktv6538]

@@GigachadHGDYDBHDB In theory, yes if you go with something like a forest theme (a lot of bug and grass types), but what about a city based around a power plant or factory? You could have electric (obviously), fire, steel, and even water types to represent pulling energy from water. As an added bonus, the water type could counter the ground type with which the other three share a weakness. I also think it would be more of a challenge than enter a gym, spam a super effective move, and win a badge.

[@laurennicole9169]

I think Nessa should’ve used Milotic do to the episode of twilight wings where she rides one after meeting it as a feebas, I know it is her type specialty but it’s perfect for her.

[@lazarradicevic2621]

I imagine pokemon center being full of old people trading machokes with each other

[@iangilmore2527]

Anyone else try to think of the Pokémon that matches up with the types that showed up on the screen? Normal/ Fire= Pyroar Water/Fighting= Poliwrath Flying/Grass= Jumpluff Poison/ Electric= Toxtricity Rock/Ice= Aurorus Bug/Dragon= Dark/Ghost= Spirtomb Steel/Fairy= Mawile.

[@dragon-du6ew]

Bug dragon is a dragonfly because flygon

[@tko-bx4bd]

I don’t think I know what you mean with types that showed up on screen

[@iangilmore2527]

@@tko-bx4bd when the list of types showed up on the video, I tried to see what Pokémon would match up with them as though they are dual typings. For example the fist type in the first column was normal and the second column was fire therefore normal/fire type.

[@iangilmore2527]

@@dragon-du6ew flygon is a ground dragon. If any Pokémon should have been a Bug/Dragon it would have been Yanmega.

[@stigblomqvist5211]

Is it just me, or does Machamp fit for almost every gymleader, who knew

[@TheAlex12368]

Bro called Flannery “mommy” had me dying💀 You never fail to make my day a good one😀

[@ImPersonNation]

I love how everyone got a genuine-ish team, yet Whitney gets a troll team

[@alphawolf7417]

Yet you know Mikey would still lose to her.

[@c.j.cummings6894]

24:22 That’s a lie Opal loves purple not pink Also Piers should have a team composed of Pokémon that CANT make noise sense in the games piers literally doesn’t sing and only his mouth moves

[@snookerdooker471]

But Pokémon journeys he can actually speak it’s just that Pokemon games still don’t have voice acting for some dumb reason they even removed pikachu and evee say their names like in the anime instead of beeping noises.

[@tntkaboomsky7427]

One thing I will say Roxie not having an Exploud when she’s a rocker “sounds” a bit off to me personally

[@PradipKumar-qg9eu]

I think you used machamp a bit more than it should have. you gave it to almost every gym leader

[@Lunisian]

I would add lapras to pryce's team. I know it's from the manga, but his whole character design was built around his lapras

[@DigitalAqua.]

@Mija La esa 3 stop existing

[@Dougbro1]

Michael used anime-exclusive Pokemon when making these teams, I don't see why manga should be out of the question.

[@ethanbrown2176]

Yeah and it also sucks that when he was doing the made up protagonist teams he completely ignored the manga

[@kayla_eevee]

Every single time I hear somebody talk about Bugsy, it catches me off guard that he's actually a guy. Gen 2 was my generation growing up (and really the last generation I actually followed somewhat closely) and I've spent literally my whole life up until a few months ago assuming Bugsy was a girl.

[@smoldoritochild4136]

I would have personally given Nessa milotic It's one of the most prettiest pokemon and her Twilight wings epsiode shows her befriending one

[@natethebad]

Awesome, well-researched video! My biggest takeaway is that the Machop line is just about everywhere lol

[@anthonystaton3740]

I really like how you picked pokemon based on canon personalities and backstory. Well done my dude, I think you did quite a bit of research for this.

[@TheWildScizor9731]

8:02 THAT WAS BRUTAL MAN!💀

[@JokeCubed]

I think it would be cool to have a Pokemon game with like, 16-20 Gyms, each of which has different things going on. So, there would be 20 Gyms, but you only need 8 badges, so you get to pick which ones you go for. This would make it more interesting for people like me, who replay the games a lot. Some of the gyms would be type specialists, others would be weather specialists, others might have other effects. Some of my ideas are: A gym that is constantly under the effects of Trick Room, where slower Pokemon move first. A gym that is constantly under the effects of Embargo, so you can't use items. A gym that is a bit like the Battle Factory, where you use a rental team. A gym where you have to put together a team from Pokemon it offers you. eg. You get offered three Pokemon, you have to pick one, then you get offered another three and you have to pick one, and so on, until you have a full team. A gym that is just rotation battles/triple battles. A gym where you have to catch Pokemon as you progress through the gym. Maybe the Gym Leader could be at the end of a Safari Zone or something. And I'm sure other people could come up with more options. I'd also like to see the gyms scale to the trainer's level, so that you can do them in any order.

[@oktogon5137]

Good idea,but there’s not 20 types,I think like 12 or 10 would make sense

[@securityguardtemmie]

@@oktogon5137 20 is fine saying they said they have many different specialtys

[@garysnyder4537]

I like the idea of giving Bugsy a Spinirak and a Smeargle along with Scyther in his gym battle to give the impression that he loves studying bugs, which is why he has Scyther, but Spinirak uses it’s webs to help catch them and when he studies them he writes about them but maybe he’s bad at illustrations so he catches a smeargle

[@whimsicalstray]

I always thought they should try using gym leaders that are based off themes, abilities, stats, or other mechanics. Like route trainer types and stat trainers for example. Obviously, a lot of gym leaders make use of new moves or items and sometimes weather, but they never really base a whole team off of a certain mechanic synergy.

[@craftbudy4511]

"the only space related pokemon that isn't psychic type is clefable!" Minior: "am i a joke to you"

[@jeffreygao3956]

Minior is a golf ball.

[@rosiepinkblue_yt3305]

I think he means in Kalos

[@darrenthorpe4733]

Mikey is handing out Machamps like he's Oprah. "You get a Machamp! And you get a Machamp!"

[@PotatoCat21]

There's so much missed potential on Clemont's team, with not using Diggersby, Chesnaught, and Luxray from his anime team

[@TheWildScizor9731]

"It's time we face on Mommy, sorry, Mommy, sorry..."

[@TheRichmaster24]

a game with gyms of more general themes than types could be interesting

[@relicking9207]

For the Striaton Gym, I'd just have all of them use each of the monkeys, since that makes sense to me, with the one being challenged depending on who's off work in the restaurant at the time