Mathematically Proving which Pokémon Should Learn Flash

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[@adef]

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[@radosbarner1734]

Are we going to ignore the fact lanturn would quite literally create a black hole because of just HOW MUCH light it emits?

[@DJCheese77]

Chinchou??

[@15MinuteUpload]

Fun fact, one of lanturns pokedex entries lists it as being able to produce light visible from the surface of the ocean at some absurd depth like a 3 miles or something. The amount of energy this requires is 10^35 times that available in the observable universe and would possibly result in a black hole many times the size of the current universe the instant it began to emit light. This is definitive proof that lanturn is the strongest Pokémon in existence and multiversal in power. Or maybe that the pokedex is written by a delusional 10 year old with no grasp of science or quantifiable phenomena. Could go either way, really

[@ShaddyFromHatena]

Given that Gardevoir can also just "create black holes" I think it's safe to say the Pokedex is on a whole nother level (of bs)

[@mag1ckyle799]

@@ShaddyFromHatena wait you don't just create black holes? must not have unlocked that ability yet

[@andyz6306]

Not a single Pokemon game protag is 10, enough with calling them 10.

[@Articfoxgamez]

I really hate the "Pokedex was written by 10 year olds" thing because that hasn't been true in SO many generations and has absolutely been retconned. The modern pokedex simply gives you the information on pokemon you scan, and doesn't tell you about those you haven't scanned (other than their locations) for gameplay reasons. Even in PLA it was the professor writing them, not the protag.

[@andyz6306]

@@ArticfoxgamezMe too, just feels like a cop-out people say when they don't wanna think or suspend their disbelief of a fantasy world. (and also don't know that no main series protag is 10)

[@turndownforwalt]

I don’t think you understand how badly I want to do obscure math with you

[@trendrekt8363]

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[@lazy_bt]

this is the most fascinating comment ever. so much passion, so much fervor...! and the wording, it just sounds so.... _intimate._ forget marriage, one day ill find someone that i will want to "do obscure math" with.

[@DoctorSwellman]

I didn't know how much I needed this until reading this comment. Oh boy

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

ayoooo...?

[@blepleb]

realest comment ever

[@hwoarangthedoorbell]

“Let’s talk about fire, the opposite of milk.”

[@Richard_Nickerson]

That one got me too

[@Shugunou]

Best line

[@emmafivecents5303]

I had to pause the video to laugh and find someone commenting about this before I could continue the video 😂😂

[@rizu-kun9687]

Truly, you learn something new every day.

[@Frogchamp10]

hes onto something

[@doyourmath826]

Wait until people find out Austrias Capital is called Wien

[@Aal_4224]

Don't worry, I know some people that don't know our capital either and I am from Austria

[@denis2381]

Hoid die goschn ​@@Aal_4224

[@nicosteinbach618]

That’s where the sausages are coming from 🙃

[@Ndetonados]

Bullshit, Austria's capital is Sydney. (ffs, i'm joking)

[@denis2381]

@@nicosteinbach618 hoid de bappn

[@leewhitley3091]

You forgot to mention the luminosity of Lanturn where if it is actually visible from 3mi underwater like its Gold dex entry says it would have to be putting out more energy than the visible universe

[@marsgreekgod]

thats becuse it has ghost light

[@Grim712]

This! Adef please look into Lanturn! It's insane!

[@Serperior1212]

Mama mia

[@FrostyFrostySnow]

Lanturn is an underappreciated mon and needs more love

[@doughboywhine]

As a lanturn fan this is an epic win

[@polybiusrom]

i literally completely forgot about the move for a few seconds so when i saw the thumbnail i thought this was going to be a video on which pokemon can learn to use Adobe Flash .

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

Also, the illuminate ability exists - so Staryu, Starmie, Chinchou, Lanturn, Volbeat, Watchog, Morelull and Shiinotic should be able to act as a torch But not Illumise, for some reason, despite being based on a firefly. Apparently, they attract Volbeat using sent rather than light

[@hi-i-am-atan]

it's not "despite being based on a firefly," it's _because_ it's based on a firefly. while most species are bioluminescent, there are some that aren't and rely on pheromones for the same purposes ala illumise. as far as i'm aware, there isn't a species that specifically has bioluminescent males and non-bioluminescent females, but it's also not an unbelievable setup and lets pokemon represent both strategies of a family that's more diverse than i imagine most people realize

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Scent*

[@Wailerman]

i think the shiny Fire types with a different color flame just produce extra chemicals that change the flame colors, cause i know that's a thing

[@GaybrohamStinkton]

Gnome fire lighters

[@oMuStiiA]

Those chemicals would affect more than just the colour of the fire though they would also affect the temperature of the fire among other things, so I can understand why he wouldn't include that.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

​@@oMuStiiAnot by anywhere near enough to be an issue in most cases. Like, copper salts aren't going to be burning that much hotter than NaCL for example.

[@oMuStiiA]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 I'm not saying it would be an issue for the pokemon it would just complicate things for an already complicated video. Why would shines produce these chemicals when non shines don't, for example? How/for what purpose would they produce the chemical in the first place? And so on and so forth.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@oMuStiiA Presumably they'd be producing them for the same reasons they produce different pigments. And I was just pointing out that they're probably not (significantly) different temperatures, so probably don't need to be accounted for or treated as a massive headache.

[@jacobmullin3428]

He didn’t even bother talking about the firefly Pokémon. Which is fair, I guess. But Happini’s smile sure lights up the room!

[@katzlover321]

Why do you think that is fair?

[@JubioHDX]

@@katzlover321 because he left out dozens of others that very obviously produce enough light to help in a cave as well. Not sure why heat was the only thing he considered anyway for his definitive list at the end when theres so many pokemon that have non-fire ways of being bright, but since he only cared about the fire types regardless its fair to also ignore illumise/volbeat since he's ignoring other very obvious ones like Xerneas and regieleki as well. Tbh the video shouldve been called something like "what pokemon are constantly using flash" anyways rather than just what pokemon have the ability to use it

[@kerty-]

7:22 - small correction: there is one type of object in the universe that does not reflect any radiation at all - these are black holes. Theoretically, they even emit Hawking radiation, so we can even talk about their temperature.

[@DrTako-wk7zj]

Would Cosmoem make a cave darker? 🤔

[@primedialga]

@@DrTako-wk7zj sad necrozma noises, no one remembers it and it was trying so hard to absorb all the light in the universe

[@METROIDKILLERX]

13:55 - Wouldn't the state of said magma be dependent on the pressure within Camerupt's vasculature? It could very well still be in a liquid state at high enough pressures.

[@gregbrown98]

now i need a video about how much pressure that is and how godlike Camerupt must be to contain it.

[@hannahshumel66]

Fascinated by the implication that all of Camerupt's cells would be extremophiles... and that said cells could form functioning tissues, organs, organ systems, etc. under these conditions. (I'm not being sarcastic, I'd genuinely like someone to explore this in greater depth and also think it's hilarious.)

[@Loot_Bugs]

Adef’s February calendar schedule (at start of vid): Feb 1: First day of Feb Feb 4: Get head shaved Feb 6: Attend first bald man meeting Feb 13: By second meeting, befriend leader of group, get his number. Feb 14: Test leader (Todd) on Valentine’s Day, the day he will be most vulnerable. Ask him out to dinner on Friday. Feb 16: Take Todd to booey dinner and uncover that he is not really bald and actually wears a bald cap to every meeting to make friends (loser) Feb 20: Reveal truth about Todd to other group members at 3rd meeting and easily win special election to become the new leader Feb 24: Flash video Feb 27: Announce new $$ cover charge to attend meetings. Profit. Feb 29: silly extra day (???) Feb only has 28 days (????) These calendar makers are losers, like Todd

[@GaybrohamStinkton]

BooZey

[@Richard_Nickerson]

​@@GaybrohamStinkton Boujie*

[@metautske]

Honestly, the random walking in emerald and the static image of the OG Pokemon Snap made this video. Your math and explanation were flawless as always, but the background details are chefs kiss

[@---on3pg]

The Wilhelm Wien fan base is dying. Show your support and like this comment if you’re a true Wiener

[@lancesmith8298]

Meanwhile, over in mathematics, I have to reckon with the fact that one of the most important figures between it and the concept of cybernetics is named Norbert Weiner. Wiener chaos explosion is a real Wikipedia article.

[@darthmaul5413]

Mathematically Proving which Pokémon Should Learn strength

[@fritzbattcher5905]

I started watching with the Fly math equation video and have loved all of your work since, keep it up!

[@SheepStar8]

14:00 Not if it is highly highly pressurized.

[@clawtooth35]

we've gotta get out the triple point charts for Magma of different compositions

[@lemurwolf]

Environmental science major here! I got super excited when you brought in Wien's Law and blackbody radiation, but I feel like you may have gotten ahead of yourself in conflating radiation peaks with luminosity. A tiny flame may emit light in the blue through infrared part of the EM spectrum, but that doesn't necessarily mean it casts off enough light to be useful in navigation, for example. You may have considered touching on the Stefan-Boltzmann law, which ties radiant emittance (if in the visible spectrum per Wien's Law, this radiated energy would be visible light) to temperature - once you've checked whether the light output would be visible, then you gotta also check whether it would be a useful amount of light. A super cool video nonetheless :)

[@AnArmyOfFish]

?? We're just trying to light a cave not level a city So, probably lean more towards that 100 or more answer, not the 5 who happen to literally be walking nukes.

[@davialmeida4442]

When you remember this whole physics class of a video was made to explain a glorified lantern

[@SheepStar8]

Most fire is based on the burning of hydrogen, I'm not sure how it interacts with black-body radiation. However, in short, you can have blue-colored fire or fire emitting light-colored blue that is only as hot as around 2000 K. You don't need ridiculously high temperatures to generate light. Causing a chemical reaction (burning something) also generates light.

[@LilacMonarch]

Another contender for learning Flash are Psychic types. Common moves like Reflect and Light Screen explicitly mention using light (and some moves like Photon Geyser but those are more niche), and the type in general has a very heavy "magic" theme. It's up for interpretation but it seems like lighting up a space would be easy for them. As far as the actual learnsets go, quite a lot actually are on there. Alakazam line, Hypno, Mewtwo, Espeon, etc

[@gj8622]

Adef, it is genuinely so amusing how relevant this is to a class I'm taking right now. I am in an astronomy class, and I knew you were gonna talk about Wien's law before the words left your mouth. I do love your explanation of photon emission by the way.

[@halfhero]

doesnt flash have a security issue?

[@katzlover321]

That's why it was discontinued and stopped being supported by everything. R.I.P. Flash games.

[@thomassynths]

Wait, does that mean some tycoon can capture a bunch of Magcargo to power power plant steam? Would like to know which pokemon violate conservation of energy.

[@rhiannonsapp7099]

theres an episode in xy where pikachu, luxray, and dedenne sustain electric charge for a very long time in order to power the pokecenter when the fuse blew. They have the power to do so but it does take a toll on their bodies.

[@NegativeChaos93]

You've got a knack for humorous educational videos... can't wait for more!

[@CMZneu]

10:35 A lit match is about 2000 F and you are telling me that Panzer produces a flame that is 4 times colder than a freaking match! I guess it's possible but you have to be burning some weird ass fuel to make a flame that cold

[@Ndetonados]

man, i'm loving these videos, hope you keep up with the quality and frequency

[@Ace_McBonin]

You’d never get this kind of KZbin content 10 years ago

[@Desmochii]

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[@tyronewilson6463]

Electric types that can make 480W of sustained power could literally just hold 2 pieces of carbon and make a Carbon arc lamp. I imagine that that might account for some small amount more pokemon than already calculated.

[@Hidden_Fern]

This was so funny adef, I love all the bits u do in these videos. Also loved the gameplay footage in the background, was very thematic

[@hnrysml]

I think Clawlitzer can also produce sonoluminescence as using compressed water it can "punch a hole right through a thick sheet of iron" so it's fair to assume that it works kinda like a snapping shrimp, hence it could use flash as long as it's underwater

[@sundaeswirls]

Can’t wait for more math lessons my guy

[@renaxakai3]

So glad this channel came up in my recommended a month ago.

[@NullnotVoid]

Enjoying this series. Keep it up!

[@Ibcanator]

Great video dude. It's nostalgic seeing these videos for earlier gen pokemeon games

[@hannahshumel66]

No joke, despite being a former biochemistry major, this video's explanation of a blackbody is hands down the best one I've ever heard and what made it actually click for me. EDIT: And the quantum mechanics comment did convince me to subscribe, so I guess that worked on at least one person lol

[@gregoriahthanielsonward]

you look like one of those cool TAs that grade things really generously

[@velvetbutterfly]

I'm surprised the opening gag didn't reference Adobe Flash

[@kumikostan69]

Really enjoying this type of nerdy content ^^

[@genesectzx7695]

i love these videos so much! super fascinating stuff, also your jokes are great

[@SoFishtry]

Fantastic work yet again, adef. These are great

[@VinnnyG]

Bro everytime he releases a video i always end up watching it as soon as possible. Omw to work right now and popped an earbud in just to watch 😅

[@sophennec4120]

Banger video as always, keep up the great work!

[@PCRepairsforNudes]

These videos are always so good. Keep it up man you'll blow up

[@veroleshtheinsane6556]

Me watching the silly Pokémon meme video to actually get educated on science and learning a whole bunch of things. Thanks for the hard work, I love these

[@miggtorr]

Dude you are so funny and the videos are so interesting. Very glad I found your channel, hahaha. Thanks for the great video!

[@kingvector1198]

Of all this video I've watched, I gotta say .. I love how I've unironically played Emerald and realized you couldn't teach Flash to, oddly of all my pokemon in my party, one of them being magcargo.. and then in the same day get this video recommended to me. How does KZbin read my mind like that..

[@Magikarpador]

can't wait for the just as scientifically intense follow-up: What Pokémon can snap a twig?

[@2rogues]

great work again adef! rewound at least 5 different jokes just to take them in again. humor is on point alongside the ever-present knowledge. the work is appreciated!

[@LRXC1]

Great video man!!! What’s next, Cut???

[@My1xT]

a flash video? youtube has been running on HTML for half an eternity by now

[@ottomay6834]

Your this is the third video of yours I’ve seen now, and it seems you are really finding your comedic footing!

[@joshuadavies4340]

Amazing vids keep up the great work, although i am a little upset you didnt mention my boy Umbreon

[@flookaraz]

Your jokes are so well-delivered, immediate sub

[@eternalinfernos]

I was laughing so much watching this video! Incredible video! Not going to lie, you got me to click instantly implying my fav pokemon, which is a literal light for a lighthouse in Johto, could not learn flash with the thumbnail

[@Skeldoor]

You are very entertaining dude, you make good vid often, keep it up m8

[@buttqueef9900]

Your content is so good because you have such an amazing attention to detail and a brilliant mind. This was a gem to watch. Thanks for being a hot nerd Adef.

[@solgaleo3533]

15:30 most people don’t talk about it, but shiny Pokémon can be weird with what changes. Like, you have Pokémon like Dragapult and Mantine (in its home sprite only) being accompanied by another shiny Pokémon, you have Pokémon like Koffing where the gas it produces is a different colour as if it’s a different gas, Pokémon like Applin where the apple is a different colour when it’s not a part of its body, while Pokémon like Polteagiest have you give an item to them that somehow changes colour from its bag sprite, and Pokémon like Genesect and Iron Thorns where it seemingly was made to be a different colour while creating it since it’s artificial

[@rocker223rock]

At about 14:30 you mention you can just use Wien's law to tell the temperature of fire but that's usually not true as there are plenty of examples where a chemical burns a strong color due to its oxidation states. Like burning Borax to get green fire. Fire is about as far away from a blackbody as possible since the light itself is produced in a chemical reaction. (Fire becomes more like a black body when there are a lot of impurities such as soot that glow red hot)

[@knownas2017]

Oh, a video on my birthday! Thank you!

[@Spifyninja]

This has quickly become my favorite series on KZbin.

[@viniciusferrari2653]

I would argue that any pokemon that can learn flamethrower should be able to learn flash. reasons being: instead of them throwing the flames, they could just flare up their mouths, like the dragons do when hiccup meets his mother in how to train your dragon 2, and become a living torch. I think it makes sense.

[@Thyfrogcatcher]

been looking forward to this video, I was a worried you might forget

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Nice band tee. I appreciate that one fully 🎉

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Rocking that men I trust shirt. Legend

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Your content rocks dude😊

[@johnlitt5826]

I love your videos! You're one of my favorite new video game KZbinrs! I really love your mathematically proof videos! I was watching a soullink nuzlock on dad'sbeindudes. And the lost a pokemon from a "SPEEDTIE." And I was wondering. This is a big math..... but if you're up for a challenge... is there a way to prove, how unlikely is a speed tie in pokemon?!?!??

[@lucassb738]

Light spectrum isn't the only one I see you on buddy ! Great work

[@DBExplorer]

me: *sees video about flash* oh boy i hope he talks about black body radiation!

[@lektornese]

Excited for the strength video

[@runespellbender791]

this channel is so fucking good man

[@TheCitrusCollective]

this man is doing gods work

[@TheLegendaryCazoo]

6:39 HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS WEARING BLUE

[@Sarah04527]

This video is the perfect combination of comedy, learning, and Pokémon

[@Richard_Nickerson]

The flame's color doesn't just indicate temperature. The chemicals being burned affect the flame color as well.

[@skyblade57]

As far as shimy emboar is concerned, something I would like to note is that flames can also be coloured by impurities in the reaction, such as lithium chloride producing pink fires or copper sulfate making turquoise. Given shinyness doesnt change the stats of a pokemon, it is likely chemical changes in the flame rather than heat.

[@droider225]

Thought this video was about which Pokémon could learn Adobe Flash, while not the content I hoped for still entertaining and highly informative!

[@sihingvonfelix4251]

We use disks to teach pokemon how to blind their opponents. I would argue that the pokeball technology contains some software that allows the pokeball to be used like a torch if the pokemon it contains knows the disc move flash. Unlike surf and fly we dont see the living torch moving around when it uses the move. Therefore I believe that using the same methodology as for those two fieldmoves is not reccomended.

[@A.Achorn]

Aww I was waiting for the Adobe Flash "Not that one" reference.

[@cosmicyoke]

3:09 you dont need arcs, one could also use single electrode discharges, i.e. corona discharge, which does provide a nice amount of light as long as power is sustained ( doesnt have to be huge wattage)

[@pearlwoodsinc]

I love the content! Great unique concepts for the Pokemon nerds out here

[@gr8vegetables]

Just wanted to say I love the Bomberman music in the background of these videos!

[@victorycry8849]

The team who writes the Pokédex entries every gen must have had some wild dreams while they were in physics class.

[@ChuckFinnley944]

Lantern and Chinchou literally have light on their heads. Checkmate.

[@iiTzDelta]

Can’t wait for the video “Calculating Spinda variations and how long to catch them”

[@DavidSikesII]

Come for the weird pokemon facts, stay for the physics lessons. I love this weird-ass video so much. Was not expecting this, and it's great.

[@basilaplant]

oh hell yes the spinda video is gonna go hard

[@hibak_]

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[@noisepollution4473]

Yesssss another adef video

[@bricc9964]

Did you know that *humans* can technically learn the move flash? They’ll just be hit with a debuff called “indecent exposure”

[@godminnette2]

The only problem with pure color temperature analysis is that flame additives can also impact the color, so it's not all from thermal radiation. Shiny Emboar could just be providing a consistent amount of copper(I) chloride to its flames.

[@Shad0wWarr10r]

forget seeing light in a cave with a marcargo, the cave itself would be radiating light with that thing nearby, and like maybe not even exsist as it reaches temperatures of the sun

[@tesha4444]

Love the combo of research and humor in your videos. Even if you didn’t mention my bioluminescent boi umbreon. 😔 Thanks for a great video!!!

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I hope there isn't a revolt at this Tuesday's Bald Man Meeting.

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[@DeuxisWasTaken]

Flash is a skill that needs to be taught and not just a passive ability resulting from the heat of the body, and there are a lot of pokemon species that can sustain the required energy output to serve as a torch for reasonable time if taught that skill. Most electric types can use Thunder multiple times and Thunderbolt many times between resting, they can easily serve as an arc flashlight for an hour.