Official Pokemon Colors Are Not What You Think

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[@PM7]

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[@Atrex2749]

Commented before the KZbinr himself

[@TheDonParadox]

let's goooooo new vid

[@luxlex7845]

Why a body pillow😂

[@animalsaver2127]

I love your vids btw and u are amazing

[@athenacerda]

Hi

[@dieghautdeforme5049]

As a colorblind, this is really funny to watch Also, 22:25 at first I was wondering "Why none of them are catching Tinkatink? This is the pinkest thing I've ever seen in my entire life".... but after that Tatsugiri incident, I understand

[@RealCutieMutie]

Thinkatink is pink, but the hammer is purple. So is a clear gamble between red and grey.

[@CaptainvonDore]

​@@RealCutieMutieTinkatink's hammer is pretty small though we can't say anything about it. Anyway, I checked and the whole line is pink.

[@jammington24]

Just for funsies, I made two "monocolor" teams based on official colors. The pink one was bulky but didn't hit hard enough (Tinkaton, Scream Tail, Blissey, Slowbro, Flamigo, and Bewear before the HOME update). The purple team was made up of several competitive Pokémon and was kinda good (Corviknight, Great Tusk, Gengar, Mienshao, Indeedee, and Cloyster).

[@troyrichardsonii3435]

@@jammington24Oh yeah, that is a powerful purple team.

[@ChihuahuaPlayz401]

Yeah the whole line is pink. also why not JIGGLYPUFF its so easy to find@@CaptainvonDore

[@GLArts_64]

The huge restraint of John not picking Drowzee during the Yellow round is astounding.

[@Kostyurik]

It's officially yellow, but I wouldn't risk catching it for yellow round because its lower half is brown

[@keithgarner2759]

Why would he pick it? Mikey's the one in love with it.

[@regulusking4299]

John probably didn’t catch Drowzee bc he thought Mikey would turn the meme back on him and make it seem John was in love with Drowzee

[@JUMPYCOOL]

John could’ve brought the Drowzee meme back

[@holyelephantmg8838]

He wanted to exhaust all other options so Mikey had to pick it

[@wanderlustwarrior]

That Tatsugiri moment may be one of the best things in JMC history.

[@dwinters6291]

Bulbapedia has it wrong. Jon was right.

[@FerSkecth472]

​@@dwinters6291yeah i check in wikidex and can say was right with Tatsugiri

[@magicalhikari5859]

@@dwinters6291they almost always use Bulbapedia for these challenges. They mustn’t have realised the supposed error at the time; although John should just be glad that this didn’t happen in an actual JMC season

[@peterrealar2.067]

@@dwinters6291 I'm going to refute that choice.

[@MarthaVsHumanity]

@@dwinters6291Nope, both Bulbapedia and Pokémon Home have Droopy Tatsugiri under red.

[@S7evieL001]

I'd love to see them do this again, but with pokemon shapes, since Mikey also proved that those were fairly wild and not right either

[@sniderealism2410]

Didn't they already make a video doing that?

[@Iceycube1404]

Flamigo being dragon shaped would really throw John for a loop

[@BlocKoopa]

They really should have made orange a category. It would clear up a good amount of confusion.

[@hannahnohlgren989]

They got purple, a mix of red and blue - Why not red and yellow for orange? Makes sense to me, yeah!

[@GaiaTorterra]

Cause as far as I’m aware, Orange isn’t a Category in Pokémon Colors

[@DoKuShOsTaR]

@@GaiaTorterraI think OP meant that Game Freak should make an orange category, not John and Mikey haha.

[@nettieklok5952]

I think orange isnt classified as a color in Japan or so something along those lines, thus it isnt a pokedex color

[@Gacha_Otomen]

The reason why so many colors are so confusing is due to cultural dissonance.

[@Drag0n_11]

I’m so glad to see Mikey get some shines this time 😅

[@CGammer5680]

And a MALE pyroar! Good for mikey kickimg off the jmc season 3 (or the precursor to that) with a bang!

[@JustDeichan]

And John put sponsorship on that AGAIN. God, i love those goofball.

[@goldlemur8]

Shinnies lol

[@Drag0n_11]

@@goldlemur8 autocorrect sry

[@zeus6541]

Lol

[@dangreen6901]

For Gligar being classified as purple, in the original gen 2 games (GSC) it was purple and then changed to a more pinkish color in later gens. The older Pokemon's color classification will always be the same as they originally were, regardless if their colors have changed over time.

[@linnoff]

Even now it looks very similar to Espeon which they knew was purple from earlier. I was very surprised Mikey went for Gligar, it's always looked purple to me.

[@Lokear]

Now I'm curious if Sneasel was labeled as brown in Gold and Silver, due to the pre-Crystal sprite.

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@smolbean6506if ur gonna be a genwunner please leave

[@madnessarcade7447]

Gligar is purple in the anime

[@uorimoon]

Colour categories were added in gen 3(technically, as you could search the dex using this method, but officially it wasnt added til DPPT/HGSS), so sneasel's crystal change saved it's category. @@Lokear

[@maxenglish5106]

Underrated moment is John's reaction to the Grimer transforming into ditto while searching for purple

[@mttic55]

I love how Mikey got several shinies throughout the course of this video. Especially the Shiny Male Pyroar.

[@curiouscreator8806]

that's awesome, especially since the gender ratio of this line is 12.5% male to 87.5% female

[@leroyjenkinz7]

@@curiouscreator8806 I did a hunt for them, ended up getting 4 on a sandwitch. 3 female, one male, and the male and one of the females both had marks. I was suuuuper surprised.

[@mysticfox9718]

Mikey had lots of shiny luck today!

[@thegamersclub9326]

The shiny gods have been appeased.

[@noorredha672]

Yeah but he missed a shiny toxtricity at 10:24

[@arnavomg9212]

The fact that both Sewaddle and Leavanny are yellow makes it more upsetting that John lost.

[@darkmask5933]

Thread the needle!

[@darkmask5933]

@@FireballN Dude, why'd you read the comments before watching the video? That's on you.

[@ashergad9278]

@@FireballN why are u in the comments instead of watching the video? thats your fault, not theirs

[@FireballN]

The comments scrolled through at the bottom of the screen below the video for me and I’m not normally in full screen so I saw it

[@thundrr1929]

KZbin app shows top comment, I got spoiled...

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Love that Mikey caught Gligar, my go-to Pokémon for the colour Purple, as Pink. Absolute genius move, right there.

[@SonicDash-rg1yq]

I immediately was like why are you catching a clearly purple Pokémon. - Then I remembered the black spoink and the gray Lechonk.

[@LittleMissZackyVee]

to be fair i thought it was pink @@SonicDash-rg1yq

[@Everlucky_Clover]

i had the pokemon crystal guide book so i already knew that gligar was purkle long ago >_< but not everyone was exposed to that and newer pictures show a much more ambiguous close to pink coloring in the artwork.

[@liviquail]

Tbf it does look pretty pink in this game lol

[@Uggnog]

10:40 I love how the purple blob turned into a slightly smaller purple blob

[@LukeTela]

The child has been summoned, What shall you do?

[@AxoTheGamer]

@@LukeTela?

[@AxoTheGamer]

Same

[@thecakegarden5324]

The turns have properly tabled this time with Mikey's shiny luck

[@craigplowgian5231]

So true

[@thegamersclub9326]

The shiny gods have forgiven his wrongdoings.

[@PhoenixBorn666]

At this point its become a running gag of John starting his Sponsor read when Mikey finds his first shiny of the video lol

[@xXJuJuBeanXx]

Mikey’s shiny news getting interrupted by John’s sponsor is always going to be funny to me😂

[@codename618]

One thing I'd like to point out about Espeon is that it actually used to be purple. If you look at earlier sprites of it, it actually is purple. Aside from a brief period in Crystal, it first started appearing as pink in HGSS. Even spin-offs during this era depicted it as purple. Source: Bulbapedia

[@onebear6504]

Yeah, after looking at official arts more, ig it's usually depicted purple? Fan arts likes them pink though... Not sure

[@youtube-kit9450]

Gligar also was super purple in gen 3 and DPPt, but imo nowadays, it definitely is depicted as pink.

[@EtronX348]

Geez Mikey getting a shiny before John, never woould have guessed 😅😅

[@shadowdragun]

Gwtting 3 shinies at that

[@EtronX348]

@@user-ug6xc4hu2r Wait...

[@earthbloodelf5289]

​@@user-ug6xc4hu2rThat's not shiny, that's Low Amp Form

[@CGammer5680]

Thats just its low key form, which has a differrnt color

[@EtronX348]

@@CGammer5680 the shiny barely changes as well

[@hibye-die]

We learned nothing - pm7 2023

[@XFusion418]

U know nothing John Gold

[@rikoaries]

Pretty much everyone after graduating from school

[@AnxiousChazz]

Should’ve learned they’re some what colorblind

[@hibye-die]

@@rikoaries oh how I wish I could deny that

[@LeviCPC25]

3:48 Probably the most chill reaction of a shiny.

[@donovan802]

The second Mikey was going for Gligar, I was immediately scared since it was purple in the earlier gens, and I didn't think they changed that.

[@Juju2927]

Mikey's outbursts are always a delight to spectate.

[@PM7]

I'm having sushi tonight after having to relive this!

[@VictoriousAura]

good luck

[@JumperBean]

Good 😅

[@JumperBean]

It was an embarrassing fail.

[@gammayoshi14]

Just make sure it isn’t droopy

[@PlushWorldfrommiami]

Lol 😅

[@silenthesia4522]

On a hunch, looked up Gligar's early sprites, and it's... confusing. In gen 2, it was pink. In gens 3 and 4, it looks purple. Only from gen 5 onwards does it become pink again and stay that way. I checked when the sorting by colour mechanic was introduced and lo and behold, it was in gen 3, when it still looked purple. Gliscor is also classified as purple btw (despite clearly being gray) so at least Mikey's theory of giving the same colour to evolutionary lines is holding up. By that logic, I guessed that Lotad would be green because Lombre and Ludicolo are primarily green, and I was right! It is classified as green. So you guys really did learn something from this challenge and helped us make more sense of this nonsensical classification.

[@aerronsmith5388]

I love it when Mikey says “ the color of blood” 😂😂😂

[@hariyantdm7295]

Every one talking about mikey getting shiny But that CLEARLY ORANGE Tatsugiri classified as pink is OUTRAGEOUS

[@frostbitedragon9]

I'm just as upset about spoink and lechonk they made THE PALE GRAY PIG *BLACK* AND THE MOSTLY BLACK PIG *GRAY* .

[@onebear6504]

There's no orange option and pink is very close to orange (they sit next to each other in the color spectrum), so there's that......

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Pink is red and orange is pink. It's like they got 'em backwards.

[@theoddnightowlout9226]

I can't help but feel like if they just swapped those two Tatsugiri's colour classification around it would make so much more sense.

[@gunsandroses896]

​@@theoddnightowlout9226Bulbapedia actually has it wrong. I double checked and Home classifies orange as red and pink as pink

[@jedi_cat_l4976]

Four minutes in and Michael has 3 shinies, two before the video, and John has none. Is it opposite day or something?

[@saitohajime9939]

Shiney dratini?

[@kanevivi]

​@@saitohajime9939they were not meaning full video. But john tends to have a shiny before or super early in the video. So for micheal to have three that early is very opposite to the norm.

[@jedi_cat_l4976]

@@saitohajime9939 i made the comment when i was four minutes into the video, so john hasn’t caught the dratiti yet

[@KnightRaymund]

@@saitohajime9939 he specifically said 4 minutes in....

[@Qyubij]

the answer to that question will always be no

[@wowjennawow]

the despair in john’s voice saying “it’s purple” is killing me

[@ShinoLia]

As someone who has done a couple of different colorlocke playthroughs, I was SO STRESSED for John and Mikey during this video lol the Pokedex determined colors really make no sense for a lot of these Pokemon

[@swissgoat4981]

Gligar's color is so inconsistent that depending on the game it can even look blue to the point i wonder if i ran from a shiny at some point

[@youtube-kit9450]

Yeah, look at its Platinum vs. HGSS sprite, I deadass wouldn't fault anyone who played one game first, then the other, and assumed the other one was shiny.

[@duskbringer4583]

Not only did Michael catch a Shiny. He caught a shiny Male Pyroar.

[@LittleMissZackyVee]

how rare is male pyroar to get?

[@duskbringer4583]

@@LittleMissZackyVee About 12,5%.

[@LittleMissZackyVee]

jesus mikey!@@duskbringer4583

[@SiO2yballs]

Okay, we need another one of these like ASAP. This was hilarious

[@kevincryer5935]

Jon can't keep getting away with interrupting Mikey's shinies with ads lmao

[@andrewharrison7559]

Definitely need another one of these videos as part of the JMC Season 3.

[@kanevivi]

While evil, I do agree.

[@thatweebmarcus3386]

I like how in each of these challenges, John always finds a way to be clueless while Mickey just smiles

[@Aozame]

Also they fixed Roaring Moon at some point, since Home classifies it as blue now. The real weird outliers in gen 9 are Rabsca (green) and Orthworm (pink), imo. Also Okidogi counts as black (all the Loyal Three do), making 15:54 extra amusing.

[@darkfiredragon3410]

Rabsca's body is teal, so it counting for green isn't that outrageous. What is outrageous is the freaking *red and orange* worm counting as pink; that has absolutely no excuses.

[@fuukifuyuki]

If John and Michael did battles in Unite competing for who gets the higher contribution score with a roulette deciding their pokemon, that could be fun.

[@rishiheda8186]

Oh wow, an almost 2 hour Grunty Boi playthrough AND a JMC exhibition match? We eating good today!

[@darkor7107]

Yessir 😊

[@TheBlaziking666]

The way John goes into the sponsor when Mikey gets a shiny is the best thing of these videos honestly.

[@pokefire_93]

another person with a blaziken pfp?

[@TheBlaziking666]

There a problem with a creator using their favorite Pokemon as their channel base?@@pokefire_93

[@Max-wp8mx]

Can we just laugh at the fact that it had to end the John Michael cup for Mikey to finally use the power he stole from the shiny gods?

[@gerriejordaan8385]

Ai, so many pokemon, but so limited colours that keep on getting repeated colours, Laughed so much at John's encountering a Grimer, but instead it was a Ditto!!! Congrats on the shinies. Mikey screaming at 22:28 scared me too and then seeing the Tatsugiri situation is a bit unfair that lead to the draw for the round. However, hilarious ending as always.

[@randomcrapidk735]

Michael WILL catch a shiny this episode, I’m calling it. I wish you luck Michael. Edit: MICKEY CAUGHT NUMEROUS SHINIES!

[@the_grill_masters_yt]

Hah🎉

[@JTripp999]

sooo

[@TylerTinted]

Alternate title: 25 minutes of emotional damage

[@bhuggins6059]

Hay it's tyler!

[@Cmkmh]

Poop

[@opalescent4694]

Wooo, good job Mikey getting a bunch of shinies! Love that every success is a flat 'yay' and every failure is an incredulous 'HOW?'

[@Benicthehedgehog]

One thing I love these videos is the reactions they give when the game surprises them. It just shows that if they find it funny while looking back on it, they know they are doing a good job.

[@randomcrapidk735]

5:16 This is Mikey being “silent but deadly”.

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

I like how Mikey is the Donatello and John is the Michelangelo in these videos.

[@greiddgamer4729]

7:16 Me, whenever I have to pay my taxes.

[@thegamersclub9326]

It seems that the shiny gods have finally forgiven Mickey.

[@cassandraspoelhof3752]

Well that was a crazy video. If these practice run videos are any indication of what’s to come, season 3 of the JMC is going to be INSANITY!

[@kylegoeller8595]

This is definitely one of the funnier episodes of the JMC

[@thatperson2537]

This video was so fun! It did give me an idea for a future video that I think could be good. You each do rounds catching a Pokemon, and then tell the other what colour group that Pokemon is in, with the opponent having to work out if it’s true or false. Possibly even catch several do it in a 2 truths and a lie format. Would be fun getting into each other’s heads and learning even more about how ridiculous the colour system is.

[@iceeyz5501]

I love how they commuincate with eachother but at the same time such good friends its so funny and just so fun to watch. Countinue to make these videos PM7!

[@supremeoverlordfallen5]

If John caught a Drowzee he could have edged

[@luisGarcia-hq8mp]

Mikey gets his first shiny before John in one of these and he just says "In other news, that's a shiny Pyroar" with the most monotone voice I've heard him use

[@The_anomaly_eater]

this was an absolutely hilarious and amazing episode. gotta love the chaos

[@Rockalanche]

The battle between finding shiny pokemon for these two is fantastic.

[@shadowsniper3518]

Best poketuber pair nobody can change my mind ❤

[@bct2308]

And I don’t think anyone intends to.

[@RuinQueenofOblivion]

I looked it up out of curiosity, Lotad is green, so good thing he didn't take that advice.

[@EnterSamMan]

It’s funny that Mikey beat John with shiny Pokémon. I shall also send a temple of bacon to Mikey ASAP😂

[@mrmonkey3153]

I love when John starts the sponsor when Mikey gets a shiny

[@logosofgame4273]

I love seeing these guys fret over grey, and me just sitting yelling out Geodude!

[@theownerofthisaccount2521]

Geodude Pokédex color is brown

[@logosofgame4273]

@@theownerofthisaccount2521 Hahahaha, I have no words.

[@theownerofthisaccount2521]

@@logosofgame4273 I mean Geodude is actually a light brown if you look closely at him. It’s more obvious with its evolutions

[@connorjacobs3003]

Can't wait for PM7 to yet again find a shiny in a video.

[@RichardTheLemonBunny]

Well, he did, but Mikey caught it 1st for once.

[@iffatsukabumiKingOfHell]

If i had a nickel for every time Mikey gets a shiny and john completely ignoring that and goes right into his sponsorship, i would have 2 nickels

[@katelundberg2029]

Fun fact: The Tatsugiri color fiasco was actually fixed possibly because of this video. It was officially listed as Pink for Curly and Red for Droopy on the Mobile version of Pokemon HOME but the accidentally mixed labelling was corrected so now they're actually their correct color. Also 3 pokemon I noticed while looking at the colors that were really silly were Qwilfish, a tossup between blue and green so not one people would probably use as a first choice, is actually neither and is gray, and Volcanion and Wo Chien, two legendary pokemon that are pretty heavily red and black respectively(though I could see green for a weird Wo Chien color) are both brown. For some reason.

[@SirStazian]

Cliffe, PMZ and Mikey (twice) uploading in 2 hours is A-Mazing

[@SyAccursed]

I do love how insane Pokemon are with assigning the colour categories with lack of consistency. Like there are ones where its the main colour of the whole line, there are ones where its the main colour of the base form for the whole line regardless of how it changes, there are ones where the colour switches aroundmid-line even though the proportion of colours is consistent. Not to mention ones that are clearly contradictory to the actuall design (trash cloak burmy being red always comes to mind when it is clearly pink the based on the typically pink fibre glass insulation) And it's not even like they followed logic X in gen 4 but then in gen 5 they used logic Y the logic is a complete hodge podge.

[@redrosegrave]

You guys are my favourite poketubers! I'm always so excited to see an upload. You're both hilarious, and your friendship is so pure. Thank you!

[@Carmine_Official]

10:18 John booing Mikey because they both know it's purple Also John: catching the varoom line for grey

[@fire52light72]

Congrats to Mikey on the early shiny!✨

[@rishiheda8186]

Hehe this might be the second time that John launched into his sponsorship segment just as soon as Mikey spots a shiny, just stealing his thunder

[@culturedcarrott2638]

need more of these videos they are just so chaotic!

[@raymiemiller1455]

This is by far my favorite JMC style video ever!

[@mallory2125]

Its a great day when you guys post! This video was so chaotic! Made my day! ❤

[@doczarkhov]

10:45 @PM7 Ditto is purple.

[@AllenMS828]

You two are so hilarious together! 🤣

[@redrawnation6072]

Wow PM7, Ad bombing on Mikey's shinnies almost all the time when you get most shinnies from each episode of the JMC tournaments, I see your cheeky tactics. 🤣🤣

[@thatwillguy7132]

Being colorblind made this an experience

[@Panagos0000]

I loved this video, hope to see a round 2 of the color hunting

[@nightfire8753]

Love how we just see Okidoki in the background of john catching gastly at 15:55

[@minawallin]

Ditto is pink

[@Poland69696]

Nah it’s purple

[@Celtics512]

This is before I watch the video, John has a 9/10 chance to fond a shiny while Mikey has a 1/10 chance *Edit: I was proven wrong in the first 3 minutes of the video

[@Haydn1up.]

Love how John is talking and Mikey is going insane😂

[@xitrinean]

Honestly that tastsugiri and the swadloon were 2 of the best moments of the JM cup

[@YurrickLamhfhada]

@4:32 - John that's not a P-51. That looks like some kind of hybrid of a Messerschmitt Bf-109 and a Supermariner Spitfire.

[@TheREALSimagination]

This is the video where John and Mike learn that color nuance is a thing. I love these 'dex creature shapes.

[@evanhernandez5378]

Pm7 is a certified baddoe.

[@Vortex_Archer]

Mikey's strenght in logic fails him when pokemon itself out logics itself

[@bestpokemonplayerofolltime]

yes, my favorite green Pokemon, Roaring Moon

[@guestguest9051]

I wonder if this Red/Pink and Blue/Green thing is because of the japanese coloring system. There isn't technically a "pink" or "green" color. "Pink" is in Japanese directly translates to "color of peach" and green is "color of greenery". Green and blue used to be the same thing like how Aojiru(a vegetable drink that literally has blue in its name) is green or how the green traffic light is considered Ao(blue). Edit: Black/Gray may be the same thing. Gray is "color of ash"

[@darkmask5933]

Had John not been such a nice guy and given a pass to the Pink round in celebration of a shiny, the entire game could have gone differently! RIP Pink Slugma that does not exist! XD

[@jezraelernas8602]

Was that a Shiny Toxtricity?

[@VictoriousAura]

i think i saw it too

[@MarcusLam-ks7kb]

Mikey laughing hysterically about Swadloon made my day :)

[@Deoxys1585]

I can’t believe Mikey got better shiny luck than John for once

[@Narwhal52]

I wonder what shiny John will find today

[@Lugia_Fan]

I bet lol

[@jacquelinegonzalez3123]

Shiny dratini

[@iowa89357]

That Shiny dratini round should have taken away one of John's strikes. If you can find a random Shiny that is the color you are looking for in the round, that's worth some kinda of bonus

[@Tribdinosaur]

You guys just do such funny videos :D Better than game shows on TV!

[@magicalhikari5859]

Never before did I expect to see a debatable detail in how different forms can have *different colour classifications* determine the outcome of a whole video

[@RandomGuy_Ash]

Pokemon is cool Edi: I SENT THIS 42 MINS AGO AND GOT THIS MUCH LIKES BRO I LOVE U ALL

[@yvosyfofj1759]

This a man or woman of facts

[@olin1034]

True

[@robblin]

ok? 😭

[@the_grill_masters_yt]

Sure?😅

[@user-Veluceus]

Idk how roaring moon is green haha

[@CaIImeC0NTRAA]

GAMEFREAK FIX YOUR GAME COLOURS GLIGAR BEING PURPLE MAKES NO SENSE!