My Take on Pokemon's Eeveelution Trope

I describe what makes Eevee's line so special before sharing my own designs for my personal project
Thank you to @FCPlaythroughs for the gameplay footage
Learn more through the links below:
Eevee Interview: www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...
Horned Lizard video: • Thorny Devil! Austral...
Axolotls: • Axolotls: The salamand...
Stem Cells: • What are stem cells? -...
Neuron: • The Neuron
Neuron types: • How Does The Structure...
Muscle cells: • Muscle Tissues and Sli...
Skin: • The Integumentary Syst...
Bone Cells: • Bone Cells
Fat cells: www.osmosis.org/answers/adipo...
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[@joopvanhedel1372]

People always say that gen 1 gets too much love but let's be honest we all want New eeveelutions

[@butter.mp4]

Yeah like a ghost type would be awsome

[@joopvanhedel1372]

@@butter.mp4 I find it weird that we didn't get a dragon type eeveelution. gen 2 dark and Psychic. gen 4 grass and ice. You would think that Sylveon would have a counter part

[@JazniaDraw]

Yeah same, the day i stop expecting a new eeveelution to be drop in the next gen will be the day i perish

[@icantthinkofaname4723]

Paradox Eevees would've been awesome. Have them evolve from an item exclusive to Area Zero and make them a ground type(based off of early mammals) and either a steel or poison type.

[@insectlover4735]

​@@joopvanhedel1372yoooo, totally agree, that was a sucker punch right in the nuts

[@anglure3617]

Just for the record, the horned lizard and thorny devil are two different types of animals, and it's the former that can shoot blood from its eyes, not the latter

[@MagnustheDemon71]

The latter can drink water with its leg tho

[@anglure3617]

@@MagnustheDemon71 true

[@ToastBoastOfficial]

@@MagnustheDemon71”That’s how I drink” Rhett

[@beyondcomprehensions]

outnerding the nerd, noice o7

[@Frogboyaidan]

Both can ​@@MagnustheDemon71

[@clannishice5301]

I love how all their faces are different versions of “:)”

[@localwalloutlet]

:D :) :] :0 :3 :|

[@The7thLysineinyourDNA]

Stemotl :) Labsire :D Neurotl :O Myotl >:D Dermotl :\ Osteotl >:3 Adipotl :)

[@thepencil448]

Osteoblast sounds like an amazing signature move.

[@besquareorbethere8093]

"Up until now I've only been using a mere 5% of the skeletal system's power. Now let's see how you fare against my OSTEOBLAST"

[@Choco_paz]

I read that and immediately said "Bone blast" in my head, guess I was right

[@nidohime6233]

I think "Eeveemons" are a great way to make an starter for a monster catching game. You start with the same creature as anyone else, yet you are the one who decides in what it becomes to suit your playthrought. A shame in Let's Go they didn't allow you to evolve your starter Eevee. Spin-offs games did it, so why not in main games too?

[@hungryduckling1345]

thats so genius

[@SnoFitzroy]

you say that as if the Partner Forms don't literally have higher BSTs than the base versions lol did you even play LGPE?

[@tsawy6]

@@SnoFitzroy Yeah, but their complaint was not 'the starter mon is weak' it was 'the starter mon is not expressive'. The whole point of Eevee is it's potential. Or maybe not it's whole point, but a big part. Would have been nice to be able to evo. Maybe give the evos a smaller buff so that both evoing and not are real choices, but either way. The eeveelutions are cool, and it's strange that they weren't a part of the game with eevee in the name.

[@dse763]

The same reason why Pikachu can't be evolved in Raichu in Let's GO and Yellow : it's a fucking anime inspired gimmick.

[@owloftheinkwell9925]

​@@dse763yea, that does make sense. Still cool though to imagine them evolving at least

[@ajeeeyms]

They actually feel like a family with different personalities! Love the diversity.

[@smashmania6644]

I feel like basing the evo off the first move slot would make Stemotl a lot more usable early game without having to worry about accidentally evolving it into the wrong thing

[@jeremy.N]

I think you should keep the original evolution, where it's just more stem cells. I have always wanted an Eevee that is just Normal Type. More fluff and a big bigger. And I believe this could work very well for you, especially cuz the design is so cute!

[@peperoni_pepino]

I would also like a Normal Type, though I disagree with 'more fluff'. Instead, I would like a Eeveon that has a little bit of every element. The equivalent here would be a central stem cell with every kind of cell attached; e.g. a bone pair of legs, muscle pair of legs, fatty ears, etc.

[@jeremy.N]

@@peperoni_pepino sooo... In pokemon that would be Stellar Type hm? :P

[@peperoni_pepino]

@@jeremy.N Haha essentially yes!

[@Eggbot-pi9jc]

As much as I like how you came back to your regional wooper design and changed it into a Stema-mon as a take on the branching Eevee evolutions I really liked "Labsire" or whatever it would be called if it were a Stema-mon and I wish it wasn't left out. It would be neat to see Stemotl also be able evolve into "Labsire" unlike Eevee who doesn't have a Normal type evolution. I also just like "Labsire" the most out of the other ones. Even if "Labsire" were more of a basic topic than the other ones I would love to see it be a thing.

[@GurrenPrime]

Agreed. It’d be a shame if the design was entirely scrapped, and having 6 evolutions would only further highlight the idea of the branching evolutions.

[@draconicrain7609]

Maybe reinvent the design with similar elements

[@Lazu__li]

I agree But having it would give a sort of "good answer" If you hesitate, just evolve your Stemotl into it's "natural" evolution

[@SaiGuyPie]

Yeah I really want to see more of Labsire, maybe add them like a Chansey in the (hopefully) upcoming game.

[@temmssmdisnas]

I hoped the Labsire would also have branching cells, representing what multiplural cells could specialize into

[@imakuni2003]

So my husband taught me about epigenetics and since then have believed that Eevee explains how Pokemon do not evolve but change due to epigenetics and I think that would be a great concept for your game. You are incredibly creative and I would def play your game! If you have a Kickstarter please post and I'll keep an eye for when it goes live. This game is such a brilliant idea.

[@fallenproductions9388]

endolotl/ lotlcrine - (endocrine) glands - flying (effects of hormones?) Blastolotl/ morulotl - fertilized stem cells/ more stem cells (could be the inbetween stage of when egg cell fertilized and before it gets planted into endometrium) - normal morula erythrolotl - blood cells (red, flat, disc shape, probably lethargic design) - erythrocytes fire (maybe, or maybethat'd be better for digestive cells like serosa/ serolotl)

[@InactiveAccount325]

Great concept and designs! Having an evolution of just more stem cells isn’t a bad idea, since adult stem cells still exist in many parts of the body. Also, here’s an idea for a rotom clone as well: a generator hermit crab that attaches to different types of power sources.

[@tpfoxCastro]

I love that you brought back your regional wooper design and gave it a new soul, Stemotl is amazing! I'm also interested in the name change for the charm type. It makes sense! I've always seen people saying that Eevee and/or sylveon could have been fairy or normal respectevely, so seing the branch evolution stema being chroma makes a lot of sense to me

[@amesstarline5482]

11:07 I love how they arrived on-cue with the music. In general, I love what I'm seeing. Cell Lotls!

[@jollaffle]

Cellotl would be a great name!

[@turtleearthsociety1716]

I love how much thought goes into every one of you designs. I think the fat one and the spiky one look the coolest. But I will miss the cutest evolution that was originally planned.

[@crisvasquez9735]

You’re really onto something with this game. The depth that you’ve thought through for your creature designs really sets it apart from a lot of other monster catchers I’ve seen.

[@ekekelanapoleon2550]

six new stema in one video golly n0rt you’ve done it again

[@raventreye2326]

this line is so good! I love how different they all look while still retaining some of Stemotl's features, like the face and blorby frill things

[@vincentleonard3797]

Loving how that lost Wooper concept got recycled for the new concept. Though, given how many of Stemotl's evolutions had type renames I hadn't heard before, any chance you could make a video just explaining the renames? That might help a lot of us coming here from Pokémon to this similar but different thing you've got here.

[@veggiedragon1000]

They did explain it in a way earlier video!

[@sharksuperiority9736]

Choosing an axolotl for your split evolution, stem cell family is doubly clever. Not only cuz axolotls have crazy stem cells, but also because Ambystoma salamanders are among the only irl “split-evolution” animals. Axolotls themselves are always neotenous and remain fully aquatic from birth to death, but many of their close relatives are able to mature normally and become semi-terrestrial OR become neotenous and remain aquatic for their whole life (retaining their gills and looking like axolotls). Which path the individual takes will depend on the environmental conditions and available resources, kinda like the eeveelutions which occur based on the conditions the eevee is exposed to. This whole evolution line is so clever and I wish I’d thought of it first, wonderful interpretation of the eeveelution idea and one of the most creative I’ve seen in any monster tamer

[@mauroperez2848]

I've seen different examples of fakemon regions creating their own eeveelution lines and yours is amazing. Funny how what was originally a regional Wooper line became the Stema region's Eevee line. Stemotl is pretty cute and it's branching evos are cool as well. My favorites has to be Myotl, Dermotl, and Osteotl.

[@the_goodest_boy]

I think this is some of your best work yet. the designs are varied and unique yet unified. myotl is my favorite :)

[@SmudgedSketch]

This is probably my favourite design in the whole region! I can’t pick a fave. U did a really great job with these!

[@CLuigiplayer]

I was very attached to the just more stem cells design. I thought it was super cute

[@sillyswrdd]

I’m really glad that this line isn’t an Eevee rip off. Like, yeah, similar concept - but it’s very unique! I like that :]

[@elementage6475]

I, ABSOLUTELY, LOVE THIS STEMA-MON! I absolutely love the concept of a stem cell differentiating into different cells. You did an amazing job with this Mon! I NEED MORE STEMOTL DIFFERENTIATIONS!

[@marcuslaursen489]

Wouldn’t it make sense if a cancer cell was a ghost or dark type, I think that could be a cool idea

[@cherubin03]

I would like to thank you so much by making that "neuronal axolotl", I have a memory from childhood where I kept trynna design one (yeah pretty specific) and couldn't 'cause I lacked drawing ability at the time for the most basic things.

[@lemonbread378]

its made me really happy seeing your list of pateons at the end of each vid grow, even if i can't be one of them right now, its so cool to see other people excited about this project!

[@BonnyJohn]

great work N0rt! Love seeing you keep the axolotl in the base form from its inspiration and pushing it to be your own thing with all these new evos! as usual, love how clear and concise your inspirations are in the storytelling! just straight to the point -- i stg that i get smarter every time i watch these videos lmao

[@bweebo555]

i absolutely love your lineless art man it's so good

[@neveryknow]

“How do you study biology?” “I study my notes.” “How about you?” “n0Rtist”

[@Slammaa]

this is so creative!! love it! great art too. and its so cool how you made all of them in 2 different art styles even

[@badger273]

Neurotl is my favorite out of these but I feel like it was the perfect opportunity to draw some inspiration from olms, which are like long, eyeless axolotls that live in caves

[@dojoisdead]

You can't get rid of the big pink one! the big pink one is adorable

[@marsfeathers]

Absolutely incredible! Love these designs!!!

[@SobbleNo.1]

An interesting idea for another evolution would be a warped cancer evolution

[@thomaspich6335]

These designs are really awesome! This is amazing

[@caviersim3806]

Adipotl is cute af! Would love it on my team and have a plushie of it irl. After I saw an autopsy I was really grossed out by the fat layers and their vivid yellow, but Adipotl really takes that and makes it cute and I appreciate that

[@0rangeShake]

dude your like my favorite youtuber, love your videos, and keep it up!

[@sxuri]

I guessed you were gonna pick the stem cell, it seems like the best option. The designs look amazing!

[@greysintabb7785]

The third evolution really said “I’m Batman”😂

[@Lugo8300]

im not kidding, i had a bio test about the cell cycle and i remember stem cells, pluripotent and multipoint, totipotent from this video, thank you n0Rtist

[@malakai_adam]

One of my favorite videos from you

[@bonniesbitchin]

The key to things like STEMMA Kaskade or Mazah that actually excell is the way the designs inform one another ans provide flavor and cohesion. I pray that i get to play this game someday

[@Just_a_rathalos151]

Can't believe bro mixed Eevee and Wooper. I love it so much

[@samiirsaunders]

I really like how these different evolutions have vastly different body plans compared to the eeveelutions, that really helps them stand out! My two faves are Osteotl and Adipotl, they are both so cool 😍

[@chrysfds09]

These look Awsome!, would love to use Myotl or Dermotl in a playthrough someday, Keep the great work up!

[@Pluhma00]

I ADOOOORE how the evolution designs are so intricate but their faces are so derpy BAUHALBALABHA

[@scarlettefoxx5585]

I think that the only one that didn't come off incredible was the ghost one. It looks like a ghostly bat, like a phantom from minecraft. Which has nothing to do with skin... Id love to see what you can do to show off it more like the twists you did for the muscle one and the spikes for the bone one, bc you can tell really well what the others are supposed to represent Maybe if the ghost shed a lot more so it looks like its constantly falling off or maybe some other aspect of skin, maybe some hair spikes going through it like how the diagrams always look This series is incredible! Keep up the good work

[@acasualquagsire8192]

I love this channel and your designs. hope you'll be able to make this game one day, and on that day i will buy it.

[@simonroy7590]

WOW these are amazing!

[@Tempo_cat]

I like how in cassette beasts there are a bunch of branched evolutions, I don’t think there are any with more than 2 possible evolutions but it’s still cool

[@Speed001]

I really like your take on this idea

[@BillehBawb]

"oesteoblast" sounds like the name of a signature move lol

[@An_Entire_Lime]

It does and it should be one

[@Spearmint_fresh]

What are you doing here??

[@eddie-roo]

I can’t wait to make fakestema evolutions for this little guy

[@CamerTheDragon]

Cool to see another take on STEM Eeveelutions, this one fits very well I feel!

[@Witzwo1]

Small correction: Osteoblast and Osteozyt are the same cell. The Osteoblast sekretes Osteoid. When it is fully encased by Osteoid, it becomes and Osteozyt. I really like the conzept of this. There are 4 (5) Types a Stemcell can defirentiate into. Epithelium, connective tissue (& Supporting Tissue), Neurons and Mucselcells, depending on where they originate in the embryologie. Epithelium comes from the Ectodermis and the Endodermis and differentiates into sensory Epithelium, gland Epithelium, colored Epithelium (not the one in the Skinn, that a different kind and is more related to Neurons than to Epithelium, more like Eye Color and Haircolor) and Surface Epithel Connective Tissue comes from the Mesoderm and differentiates into "connective tissue" (Fibrozyt, Fibroblast), Fat and Bloodcells Supporting Tissue comes from the Medoderm and differentiates into Bone Tissue (mainly Osteons, but also Osteoclasts) and Cartilage (mainly Chondrons, but also Chondroclasts). Osteoclasts and Chondroclasts are Macrophages for a specific type of Tissue. They even have the same ancestor they come from as the ones in the blood. Neurons come from the Ektodermis (Neuroektodermis) and differentiate into Neurons (most important are pseudounipolar (sensory) and multipolar (nearly everything else)) and Glia (like the Schwann cell you mentioned) Muscle tissue comes from the Mesodermis and differentiates into striated muscle, Cardiac Muscle and smooth muscle. All in All, this is a really interesting and potent idea

[@disodosid]

i LOVED the cute lil animaton and your "OH GOSH" response to it 🤣

[@HealthGage0336]

Oh my gawd look at how chonky Adipotl is I LOVE THEM! I have always been a fan of rather big characters and this absolute unit of a lad fits that bill, I mean just look at them! They look like if you hug them they would act like a water balloon. These are all fantastic Nortist, cant wait to see these creatures in a game

[@aziz2537]

I really hope this game is actually gonna be good

[@thedraftingax5963]

Same. I also plan on making my fangames and regions for them as well.

[@user-ik7uv4xc9z]

I love this “eevee” stema-mon! Great work, my favorite is probably the muscle cell one, I hope in the future we get more cells like blood cells!

[@walex8346]

Doing this for Brassica oleracea could be cool. (the plant that we turned into cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens etc)

[@RoninCatholic]

That could even be one with the types that end in the other vowel 🤔

[@barrington5438]

Love how much the designs vary, but still look related

[@jingof35]

When i was in science class and we were learning about cells, my teacher gave a brief explanation on what stem cells were and i though to myself "yeah that sounds like an eevee" and im glad you had the same idea lol

[@johanadormeo4170]

If you were to add another evo to Stemotl, maybe a water type that has a drastic gender difference based off Sperm and egg cells (im not being sus, we learn about how the sperm goes to the egg to fertilise it in biology.), ofc male is the sperm cell and female is egg cell. male is the glass cannon, female is slow and bulky. Reason for this is I always saw the sperm cell as a lizard and the water type is the swimming to the egg cell. or to not add an age rating boost, have elements of bacteria

[@yoshicrafter7608]

good idea

[@johanadormeo4170]

or maybe to avoid a potential age rating boost, maybe incorporate things like a microbot fish that vomits drugs on cancer cells or bacteria or maybe even microalgae which can all swim

[@Nightan10]

One of the best eevee clones I've seen! Great job, nortist!

[@voch123]

Ooh I would totally choose either Dermotl or Osteotl, though I love all of them

[@MousaThe14]

A Stem cell Pokémon to cover the Eeveelution concept. Thats brilliant. Stematl and Adipotl are so cute. And Myotl is so cool, I love it.

[@dustinn4586]

I think they all look amazing

[@Spearmint_fresh]

10:38 adipotl my beloved. Also I would love to see the height of adipotl for fanart. :)

[@burgila7878]

I'm currently planning my own creature catching game, which btw, binged this whole series and it is SO good as a woman in STEM programs. Loving it so far, and all the designs are very creative and unique! Keep it up!! :)) But, I had a question for those who read this. Is the type system something I should ditch, or is it too important to leave out? It feels like it isn't necesseary, yet I can't come up with another system that accomplishes the same idea of giving certain creatures an inherant advantage aginst other ones even if their playstyle doesn't lead with the offensive idea. The combat is significantly chnaged, but im not sure if that change is good enough to allow all damage to be equal. (minus physical and special damage, there will be seperate damage types at least) If you have suggestions on alernate systems, feel free to suggest, but I've hit a wall with this portion of the creative process lol

[@tspgajos7144]

Please don't scrap Labsire just rename him ::(. He is literally perfect. He can be a secret evolution, but please for the love of god, and for the sake of all humanity, don't scrap him.

[@wolfwind7654]

Eevee should have been the mascot, it's the EVOLUTION pokemon, justice for Eevee

[@Viscellaneous_Rim]

Ive noticed that eeveelutions have stems into the more special/elemental types. Theres really no type that they have that are more physically oriented. in which case it does make sense why we got a new one in Sylveon and none since. The only one that i could argue to be added rn is Ghost but even ghost isnt fully fitting so i am fine with the ones we have now.

[@craighadden1643]

I love these videos so mu h such a creative 5ake on my favourite franchise. You mentioned the Myelin sheath in the first evolution and I have a cool idea for a predator that specifically targets the Myelin sheath like aspect of that mon. There is a very rare condition that deserves a lot more discussion called Anti-MOG disease, it is an auto-immune disease that targets the eyes brain and spine of an individual. In my case it targeted the Myelin sheath surrounding my optic nerve causing me to go completely blind for over a week until I was given a high dose of very strong meds. This was a process called Optic Neuritis where the optic nerve was losing its protective Myelin sheath and eventually the signal between my eyes and my brain was so attacked by my own body it was coming through as like looking into old analogue TV static. Any way I think it is a topic that deserves a lot more discussion and could make for a brilliant character design concept.

[@Ditto_guy23]

I don't know what I was expecting for the fat cell... but it definitely wasnt BALL... I love it

[@takenname8053]

Love Eevee with all their evolutions! Your use of stem cells for the idea just made sense.

[@user-xo5wd6sg5z]

Eveelutions: i tip my hat to you, one legend to another. Otlutions: no, i tip MY hat to YOU!

[@midnafag99mid32]

This Is probably One of my favorite stemas. I was thinking in making an Eevee clone myself and we ended up with the same idea, the axolotl part came to me After your older video on fakemons, even if i explored other types of cells like plant cells and cancer cells

[@jelloburger]

You should do a chlorine stemma and a sodium stemma and make them have a special form when brought together because of how sodium has 1 extra electron and chlorine is missing 1 to make and interesting dynamic between the species

[@dracoza_6452]

I'd love to see somthing like a cancer cell evolution for this guy.. maybe have it be like dark type or somthing

[@thefutureisnow6882]

Yay! Someone else uses the axolotl for their eevee-like! I have my own definitely-not-eevee fakemon called Thatsalotl (normal/water) that can evolve into stuff like Steamalotl (fire/water), Quetzalotl (dragon/water), Zapsalotl (electric/water), etc, wish I'd thought of the stem cell idea though!

[@echo5172]

Opposite of eevee: a bunch of varied creatures that all evolve into crabs

[@ambinaGirly]

Oooo stem cells was a great idea I was thinking of Darwin’s finches to really capitalize on the evolutionary branch ideas of evelution

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

I really wish you kept Stemotl's normal,unspecialised evolution,because I remember seeing a fakemon guy make the same thing for Eevee (I think it was on Reddit).

[@jesusgerardoGM]

I absolutely love this series, this is a great Mon to be a branch Evo base, I feel like it could’ve become a salamander to tie it back to the axolotl and get a body type that resembles a neuron

[@CoralReaper707]

Ahhh... Eeveelutions... Such an iconic concept with so much potential

[@admiralfluffy42]

I’m sure it will be a nice video when it comes out!

[@deepeshvasnani1100]

The juxtaposition of osteolotl and adipolotl is awesome. I want them to be buds in some team.

[@EpicCreepuh]

this is a brilliant idea

[@lasagna3289]

That's such a clever idea! Adipotl reminds me of an incredibly round axolotl plush I have. His name is fatsolotl.

[@Jaded_Dragon_]

As a huge fan of cellular biology AND eevee and all of their eeveelutions, I see no flaw in any of this

[@angeloguiruela3177]

Being a science major that enjoys pokemon, this made me so happy an giggly

[@sprinklesmckincles726]

Awesome designs! I’m in the crowd that there shouldn’t be a new eveelution, but a new line that’s evee but the other types. I’ve thought of 2 ideas: A tadpole that can evolve into different frogs (cause we need more frog Pokémon) Or, an idea I like, a little goblin-like Pokémon that evolves into different humanoid mythological creatures. Like trolls, ogres and such

[@royallyscrewed7]

Very good evolution line!!

[@isaiahwaingrow808]

i love the fact that this pokemon is definitely related to the box legendaries but you don't really know how

[@enoraltheoutcast]

And about the patterns.. Like Stemotl evolving into types ending with 'a'.. that kinda makes sense as Eevee also had some pattern when evolving. it evolves only into special types. (up until gen 4, it was the type that defined if the move dealt physical or special damage, sooo yeh)..

[@stoneman7220]

Awesome pokemon you made

[@vivian-alexandrarivers897]

OH! MY! GOD! ADIPOTL IS SO SQUISHY! I LOVE IT!