PALWORLD Plagiarism Tier list

Ranking Every Pal in Palworld based on how much of A ripoff they are.
Palworld was released by pocket pair inc. to an overwhelmingly positive reception in January of 2024, however what is a supposed to be a simple open world survival game parody of Pokemon. However the Pal World quickly became involved in controversy as people began to accuse PocketPair of plagiarizing Pokemon. With some going to far as to even claim that they had stolen assets and models from Game freak and the pokemon company.
Today I will be looking at every individual Pal and Pal world, seeing how they compare to pokemon and seeing if there's any truth behind the accusations of model theft and plagiarism.
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[@gatzsuds]

snitch

[@weallstilldie]

lmao

[@Rihardololz]

and they get stitches.

[@jjphantom8392]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DevilchanYT]

Yakuza coming for you

[@BenFoster-cx4em]

only criminals cry about snitching

[@jjfishnana]

Dude would not pass the Pokémon knowledge test

[@debosche21]

Came to the to say the same. That bird is def pidgeotto with different colors

[@user-eu9hm6bs9f]

I even only play pokemon go once awhile and agree with you

[@cielbie8251]

Some of these get obscure though too, like that fire goat is a direct copy of a pokemon fangame pokemon. There's some based off of beta pokemon and some almost direct copies from other franchieses like yokai watch.

[@Mr_Wealth.]

i don't even know pokemon and even i saw related pokemon he didn't notice 💀

[@maestro9765]

Yep, foxparks is painfully clearly a flareon copy, it is not just a "fire fox".

[@wickerg041]

Bro wasn't kidding when he said he would make everyone on both sides angry at him, looking at the like to dislike ratio.

[@PacanatorTheFirst]

Wow thats 22k likes to 0 dislikes

[@angeldust3407]

oml r u dumb???@@PacanatorTheFirst

[@koutakasane795]

@@PacanatorTheFirst it's 11k dislike now (I have return dislike add-on btw)

[@kotaar8535]

@@koutakasane795how do you get that

[@koutakasane795]

@@kotaar8535 just search it on google "return youtube dislike add-on" or something like that

[@Nyxfros7]

The pun is every time you type "f*ck" on messages it autocorrects to "duck"

[@magiefanna9835]

Oh that’s amazing lol

[@calebayre]

@@magiefanna9835 fuck

[@calebayre]

guys its not working fuck fuck fuck

[@aroudedinsulance4307]

then when you combine them both it sounds like a word. to fuack something with a large object.

[@GLaDOSaperturescience8156]

Possible missed similarities: 1:48 leafeon 1:55 vulpix, fennekin, flareon 1:58 (shiny) psyduck 2:44 grookey 3:03 ponyta, rapidash 3:24 piplup 3:32 empoleon 3:38 togedemaru 4:07 ditto, seedot 5:16 litwick, cufant 5:34 marshadow 5:55 (alolan) vulpix 6:27 **galaxy hair matches cosmog's cloud patterns** 6:46 piloswine, mammoswine 7:15 espeon, (shiny) eevee 7:53 umbreon 9:21 (green) squawkabilly 9:41 **tail is slightly similar to smeargle** 11:37 **tree is similar to G-Max snorlax** 11:51 sylveon 12:37 braviary 13:35 entei 14:19 murkrow, honchcrow 15:48 **legs look like blaziken's legs** 16:43 vespiqueen 17:02 **purple fur and split tail matches espeon** 17:45 goomy, ditto 18:44 glaceon 19:31 glaceon, xerneas, glastrier, suicune 19:52 **tail looks like raichu** 20:50 (Mega-Y) mewtwo 21:14 **flower matches venasaur** 22:10 turtonator, heatran 23:33 magcargo 24:07 yveltal 25:29 mismagius 27:29 milotic, suicune 28:24 entei 29:43 great tusk 30:59 **absol's head** 31:16 reshiram 31:48 (hisuian) braviary 32:03 zekrom 33:17 (mega) gyarados 33:52 yveltal 34:13 electivire 34:54 corvighknight 35:09 zekrom, toxtricity 35:30 corvighknight, **ring around torso matches (origin) dialga** 36:10 glastrier

[@traviscowley4780]

The piplup comparison is lame. A penguin is going to look like a penguin. The fact that its blue is the same reason piplup is; they're both water types. Every water Pal is blue, so the water penguin guy is also blue. Guarantee you Nintendo wouldnt have a case with that one, you cant copyright blue penguins

[@ConstellationsArise]

entei is a dog, that is a goat

[@GLaDOSaperturescience8156]

​@ConstellationsArise is it quadrupedal? Is it fire? Does it have chains on its body? Then what is the problem?

[@ConstellationsArise]

@@GLaDOSaperturescience8156 You know what, that is a fair point haha.

[@capuchinosofia4771]

1:48 is literally pachirisu with leafeon coat

[@Hadeto_AngelRust]

dunno if being arbitrarily inconsistent is the best way to make both sides angry

[@RainbowKittyy]

Actually I think that's the best way to get both sides angry. 😂

[@greeniehead8094]

@@RainbowKittyy It even gets people in the middle angry. I don't give a damn about the whole situation but the wild inconsistency has pissed me off.

[@thelostcause1562]

@@greeniehead8094 yeah I only came into the comments to complain about the inconsistency 😅😂

[@andrewhansen-mcclellan7923]

Yeah, how tf did Mozzarina (just a cow) end up in the plagiarism column when his explanation for several others in the original category was stuff like “it’s just a sheep” or “it’s just a penguin”??

[@airraid1266]

@@andrewhansen-mcclellan7923 Because he decided to throw in other, completely different series in for a few of the choices. Otherwise it would be in Original, despite how bland Mozzarina, despite the fun name, is.

[@matthewhartwell415]

I think Fuack is a typo joke. Like how people type "fuck" but get "duck" its "Fuack" instead of "Quack"

[@edwardhealey591]

It's based on the word thwack because it shoots off at high speeds and often hits things.

[@RawrFizzy]

Exactly that!

[@user-ld9tf4td8s]

Fuack is thwack with Th-fronting. It's a common manner of speech in certain dialects. It's why you hear Michael Caine say things like "Firty Fousand dollars" And yes, there are Asian dialects with this quirk

[@Yumi-i]

it's like "duck you"

[@sabre4382]

Honestly I was just thinking pkmn logic myself, since water type and a duck it’s name could be a mixture of the words foam and quack.

[@captaindanger13]

I'm pretty sure the queen that died recently's name is elizabeth so we don't need history knowledge to understand the elizabee pun

[@townfuneral4564]

I think most people know who queen Elizabeth was lmao

[@maxitrillion4038]

Congrats, that’s the joke

[@demitrischoenwald1436]

Holy shit that Lunaris comparison blew my mind, I never even considered that an OVERWATCH character was going to be used as a design base what the hellllll

[@kathyhenry9512]

Its like a Sonic oc version of that overarching character its wild

[@the_seahawk22]

I thought that dude was mewtwo with long hair

[@Funaf_Productions]

@@the_seahawk22 to me its lopunny

[@aliwildman2803]

the fact that you combined 2 newer gen pokemon for bristla when it's literally bellossom's alt edgy older sister is what killed me.

[@diamondmemer9754]

Didn't remind me of bellossom that much honestly

[@benjamin3658]

Looks more like the hornier sister

[@clarkem4119]

Must have sprained something with THAT stretch, eh?

[@inferno3197]

I was thinking the same damn thing

[@owenkanaal3457]

This humor in this video really reminds me of froschjuliane haha

[@leov4404]

I think he was joking?

[@manserizawa2327]

Cows belong to Pokemon. Didn't you know?

[@jaketaylor3901]

No it’s true, my local dairy farm received a cease and desist from game freak

[@Howabouthere]

Pokémon created cows, don't you know

[@jamaki4736]

yeah man everyone knows that that’s why every milk carton and cheese pack has the gamefreak written on it

[@Controllerhead]

Gumoss is Ditto with a freaking hat come on bro. My man did not get any of the Whose That Pokemon commercial breaks right 😂

[@MrDeerbomb]

The word you're looking for is seedot

[@fionazelmann7541]

you can't claim every globby looking thing is a rip off of some other globby looking thing. you might as well be saying ditto is the same thing as grimer. or that gumoss is a grimer rip off. you could just as easily say that gumoss is a pacman ghost. or that ditto is a pacman ghost ripoff.

[@Controllerhead]

@@fionazelmann7541 eyes match. goopiness matches. arm and foot proportion matches up. it's gumoss with a hat bro (or belch)

[@fionazelmann7541]

@@Controllerheadclaiming matching eyes is ridiculous when we're talking about dots. just dots for eyes. this also goes for complaints about any generic anime eye being the same as another generic anime eye. you're going to have to explain how the eye is unique to a specific character before claiming that it's being ripped off. so do explain how the eyes of gumoss are unique. you might as well be claiming slime rancher ripped off of pokemon too.

[@Controllerhead]

@@fionazelmann7541ok we disagree to me its clearly ditto

[@laughingfox8967]

Excuse me? Penking? King deedeedee? No one else sees the resemblance between him, and that Kirby villian?

[@acatcheckingitstemperature394]

What resemblance lol, both of them are kings and both are penguins? Other than that, they physically look different

[@BAoxymoron]

@@acatcheckingitstemperature394 I get where you're coming from on the model itself, but the animations with the pick axe vs hammer or his charge definitely have me huge King Deedeedee vibes.

[@RosefMudson1414]

People who relate them to nintendo characters only seem to be people who have not played many japanese and or korean games

[@winterveritas]

Mau is literally just an Egyptian Mau which is an exotic breed of cat famous for its unique personality and appearance. Mau is pretty generic because the gold jewellery just screams ancient Egyptian fashion which makes sense.

[@scrubcentral174]

With umbreon Inspiration?

[@thattempleguy6712]

​@@scrubcentral174 no? its just designed to look like the egyptian hieroglyph for a cat

[@cericat]

Especially when we have other distinctly Egyptian designs like Anubis (the only one I've personally seen so far but I've barely started) it's establishing a theme.

[@scrubcentral174]

Ok, it was just a guess. @@thattempleguy6712

[@skylarc6063]

Umberon inspiration? Pokemon doesn't own 'black cat with gold markings"@@scrubcentral174

[@DREADFUL555]

The Egyptian bird at 34:53 I would love to see side by side with Corviknight. I’m fairly certain the chest scruff and drumsticks down to talons are identical. There’s others that came to mind that most of the other comments have covered that you missed or didn’t notice, but I wanted to point out this one because it was completed glossed over as original, when it is not, yet very well hidden.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

Yup, it's identical.

[@corgano6068]

Is that identical as in _exactly copied,_ or identical in that _they are both birds of prey,_ big hawk things, which have that exact body shape. Reminder that if I base a design off a crow and you base your design off a crow, and we end up with similar designs, neither of us copied each other - we BOTH copied a crow, which is a thing you CANT own the design to.

[@Marnige]

@@corgano6068 it's just a reskin

[@elizabethhelizacoptersilko7767]

1:58 Oh man, remember AcornDuck (that fan-speculation for what Oshawott's silhouette could be)?That's what Fuack reminds me of! 4:07 Reminds me of Ditto and Seedot. 34:12 "My Neighbor Electabuzz" literally has Gengar's face 35:29 Not just Silvally's crest, but the ring around its abdomen looks very Arceus-inspired. 35:43 Ceruledge/Armarouge/Palkia Origin Forme fusions 36:10 That thing literally has Suicune's face shape and Articuno's head crest.

[@silverminty861]

the one you said ab suicunes face and articunos head crest was EXACTLY what I thought, legit 1 to 1 replica

[@exLightningg]

Pokemon didn’t create the idea of a Gold coin + Cat it’s based on the Japaneese beckoning cat also known as Money cat, lucky cat, welcoming cat, happy cat (dude has a lot of names).

[@LokiOfDragons]

Also that cat is clearly based on the cat from Egyptian mythology, iirc the name is Bast?

[@UnderADarkRock]

@@LokiOfDragons You are correct. My fave Egyptian goddess

[@rageindragon]

China uses the cat with coin as well I like the lucky cat that's why I like Meowths design and palworlds design lol

[@Wooloo_831]

Yea? That's why he put it in not a rip off?

[@kaylawoodbury2308]

​@@LokiOfDragonsit's based on a pokemon beta design...

[@bmrphilou7941]

You can tell he got tired of putting the effort of researching designs later down the line and really kills the tier list completely from his own demotivation

[@midas1489]

This... the last ones had a duo that just looked like a Ceruledge with different colors and he put it as an "original" but the cow was lawsuitable?

[@SanativeSparrow]

@@midas1489 THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY! Ceruledge 100% for those 2! And the Corvesquire 3 before? The Suicune after?! Bruh

[@smoky1126]

it’s just a silly little video nothing too serious

[@pimpdaddyffm]

@@SanativeSparrow dont forget the zapdos. its actually the birb from sv idk the english name rn

[@atcera8714]

What research? He called Grintale a copy of Galarion Meowth.........he hasn't even seen Alice in Wonderland before, if he did research then that means I have 5 Ph.Ds

[@luuurik]

Can you do the same kind of video, but with Pokemon and Dragon Quest?

[@itsLantik]

They don't really look similar to be completely honest. The design inspirations are clearly similar but the actual art style is way different. It's sort of opposite from Palworld, who uses different design inspirations for the most part (ignoring Anubis and a few others) but uses a very similar art style as Pokemon and straight up just copies little bits and bobs from different mons, like Azurrobe and Primarina.

[@jackbaggaley1228]

the mention of elizabee needing historical knowledge of elizabeth I to get the reference is crazy considering Queen Elizabeth II died less than 2 years ago...

[@star-fc3ir]

Idk he seems to be super inconsistent about his judging. Like the penguin is just a penguin but the manta ray is a ripoff?

[@apfelrocker5574]

i agree but its fun to watch

[@Frindazer]

I mean, the only penguin pokemon i can think of are the Piplup line, Eiscue (much closer to the irl inspiration), and Delibird- Eiscue I could argue, but it's not close enough due to it's signature Ice-head gimmick. Mantine though, as a specifically *flying* manta ray? Same antenna-like things on it's head? Mix some Togekiss in there with the more rounded "wings", lil round feet, and lighter colour pallet- you got that Pal.

[@skylarc6063]

And how fuack is just a duck/platapus so its okay, but the cow, a literal cow...is lawsuit tier? Same with cremis, vixy, and nox. He says vixy is okay because "its just a fox design", but claims cremis, which is just a smaller different colored vixy, is 100% lawsuit. Same with nox, which is one of his worst comparisoins "It looks like eevee if it had a ghost evolution", sorry, but you cant say "your honor, if we did make a ghost form of this character, it might look like nox, so its our design!"

[@capuchinosofia4771]

Yeah i agree. I also think he found it tyring after a while, because i liked the first part of the vid

[@mactassio21]

The fire horse is just a Kirin. A lot of the monsters you placed on suspicious are from japanese mythology and folclore which Pokemon draws inspiration too as well which is also public domain

[@hmkoh]

yeah he cannot see the similarity of Kirin and the other is flareon, and the ice penguin - piplup

[@lokemis]

Also, the comparison with meowth is an enormous stretch. He is a cheshire cat

[@Gfp1995]

@@lokemisi don't think the inspiration is the problem

[@lokemis]

@@Gfp1995 Then it's what? The enormous stretches the guy made throughout the video? Only the one compared to Eevee is correct. The guy literally put the cow that we see in any ranch game as a copy of Pokemon

[@marioauditore2859]

He literally said a Manta Ray is a Pokémon copy, i guess he wasn't that good on Biology classes so he don't know it's a real animal 😂

[@zidaryn]

I feel like more of your "originals" should be in "same idea." Fun list and good breakdown. Thanks for doing it.

[@iceberg0404]

Quivern defiently gave me reshiram influence. Frostallion and it's counter part has some glastrier and spectrier influenece. The silvally one also had arceus golden arch thing on its back just colored black, the cinnamon moth has some mothim influence, alpaca has pink virizon legs lol, green chipmunk has parichrisu vibes but wouldnt hold that against palword, gorirat gave me gorillaboom vibes, bushi has some mawile looks to it, cat witch has mismagius looks to it, paldadis and its counter part remind me of ceruledge and escavalier, surfent gave me quilava vibes, faleris has some corviknight influence to me. Reptyro has a terrakion look to it. Just some things things I thought I'd point out that this video missed to me. Forgive any errors on the palworld names I was just guessing how theyre spelled as I was going.

[@lawden210]

Now that i think of it, Meowth and Mau are 2 distinct ideas. Meowth is based on japanese Maneki neko, while Mau is meant to be a sort of "Egyptian cat"

[@nicz7694]

Exactly, "Egyptian Mau" is actually a cat race which is the race "Mau" is based on. There is nothing in common between Meowth and Mau except both beeing just cats

[@MachuThePichu]

@@nicz7694 there is also the "money/coin and gold" aspect but that pal seems to be based on how ancient egyptians worshipped cats show in this case by the cat being covered in egyptian looking gold jewelry vs the chinese/japanese(idk the exact origins) lucky cat statues(that hold a coin) meowth is based on so they are both "cats that have to do with money" but both with wildly different historical/cultural origins

[@Gencinnamon245]

@@MachuThePichuPlus, there is a Pal that is *literally* called Anubis

[@maddieee1142]

Mau looks like umbreon more than anything

[@bobthegoat760]

To me it just seems all these people are forcing comparisons between pokemon and pals, 99.9% of them look nothing alike, bro saw a tail that resembles evee and said "yeah its just eevee". Most of the "potential lawsuit" pals have almost nothing to do with the pokemon they're compared to. An example is at the timestamp 14:00 , I can see the fin, but how does that prove anything? the results are not even remotely close to the actual final product, so why bother?

[@chrisatlas4503]

Interesting how this dude has low pokemon knowledge but was also unfairly critical in some places

[@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC]

Did we even watch the same vid my guy?

[@clydedragon2027]

Agreed. The one he compared to Darkai was REACHING

[@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC]

@@clydedragon2027no man, you’re reaching, I think his opinion was fair and valid, at least he’s not baby raging about the topic like many of these comments

[@clydedragon2027]

@@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC I mean, I can kind of see how you see Darkrai in that Pal, but there plenty of other edgy cartoon-ish characters/creatures that have that same color palette and aesthetic. The white wisp on the top, yeah that’s a little suspicious, but I’d say that’s more akin to Mega Absol than Darkrai. However, I’d say the only thing they’re really “copying” in that pal is the head. The rest of it does not look like Darkrai in the slightest

[@eijitoh6252]

@@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC bruh this channel really be using alt accounts just to defend his shitty video

[@AshJ0nes]

The goodra you put in OC looks like it has bayleefs face

[@ItsKale]

31:30 Hearing Brachydios in the video while fighting one really threw me for a loop that I didn't know possible, thanks for that 🤣

[@TimeBucks]

Palworld has done the impossible

[@lunashenck]

Nah, plagiarism has been done before And if youre talking about the gameplay its just ark and conan exiles

[@MdsweetSweet-ox6jp]

Good

[@demetriss_d2726]

dont forget that pokemon plagiarized dragon quest. @@lunashenck

[@lunashenck]

@@demetriss_d2726 They literally didnt but alright. Nintendo does a lot of shitty stuff but plagiarism is not one of them

[@bellojamiu8814]

👍

[@mrsqueazyabsolutelysucks]

this guy would NOT pass a pokemon test, and i haven't even done or seen anything related to it in 4 years up until now 💀

[@MotherCelevrus]

Wtf is a Pokémon test

[@Ralathar44]

@@MotherCelevrus WHO'S THAT POKEMON!?

[@jimberry5318]

Pokemon isn't even the first game where you capture monsters so i really don't get this whole argument

[@Dragowolf_Rising]

I'm not even a Pokémon fan. A brief stint of Pokémon Go when I got my first smartphone is basically my frame of reference and I still recognized rip-offs that he didn't.

[@emboimichel1634]

Fs, I mean i clearly see the inspiration in some (many) of them but I wouldn’t Call it a ripoff. That bird that everyone is complaining about has 1 aspect similar to pidgeotto

[@elontusk8980]

this was incredible, really i have no idea how did you manage to miss so many obvious reference from pokemon, and also putting original design in similar like Depresso and Bushi wich should go in original and same idea respectfully.

[@xxjasqerxx365]

there have been quite a few pals that look like pokemon simply because they are the same animal as a pokemon, i get how a few of these seem like they were based off pokemon, but there have also been so many that are just "Manta ray? POKEMON ALREADY USED THAT ANIMAL! Hang on now.. a cow..? A COW..? YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH MAKING A COW AS A CREATURE? POKEMON ALREADY DID THAT!"

[@airraid1266]

He put Mozzarina in Lawsuit tier because of Mario Kart, which....Honestly, makes this video a lot worse to take in because you can't just look at the list without context.

[@sethobester9331]

With the sheer amount of Pokémon that exist it would be interesting to see a challenge where artists try to design their own creatures and then see how many of them look like a ripoff of a Pokémon.

[@silverwinter1597]

I think there are many "challenges" similar to that, where KZbinrs based around Pokémon invite other people (who don't know much about Pokémon) and show them either a real Pokémon or a Fan Made one and they have to guess if it's a real Pokémon or not.

[@craiz6668]

Exactly what i was thinking. If you use a „similar“ artstyle for your creatures it will be inevitable to have some looking similar to the 1025 Pokémon there are. Though a few really looked TOO similar

[@xlOLinchenOlx]

i thought the same. Especially if you put on the elemental theme in addition. With over 1000 Pokémon and a similar art style its bound to have some overlaps. Some are really too similar, but I don‘t agree fully with the tier list in that regard. Some are imo just common associations. like the grinning cat face. the yellow eyes are also similar from the pokemon to the grinning cat in the disney alice in wonderland movie and using triangles for teeth… well that‘s not uncommon as well. btw: i never played palworld only pokemon up until sword/shield. but lost interest in the games even before that generation.

[@Krycifer]

There are tons of fan games that have done that for decades now! You can find tons of fake Mon on KZbin, art sites, etc

[@lucasyoung8590]

Fuack is quaxly

[@TheOriginalFlowerdough]

"it's been around for 5000 years so I'm pretty sure it's in public domain at this point" hit the nail on the head

[@RandyGrizzard-killer1932]

I love that when you talked about jolthog, lights camara action! Came on

[@poopypoopfartface]

Bruh saying Kirin, the Japanese mythological beast, is the same as a horse on fire

[@thur9368]

the qilin

[@ianprescott7924]

@@thur9368Nope

[@thur9368]

@@ianprescott7924 just use google, its qilin

[@SophiaXiaoyuAralaCran]

On the note I thought of Monster Hunter lol (I both like and hate her when getting in fights with Kirin) anyway though what baffles me is how there's such Palworld bashing when *not everyone can get Pokemon* , and that's kind of tbh unfair and it didn't even come out that long ago yet, but I'll just keep it to myself.

[@ericdailey5607]

I didn’t think I would say both “what that’s totally unique” and “what that literally one for one a pokemon” in the same tier list

[@RipMeGaming]

Too bad they ripped a lot of characters from Digimon so they should legally not be able to

[@mvb02]

@@RipMeGaming pokemon was before digimon 💀

[@kahmoriittsoro9262]

@@mvb02 Pokemon ripped ALOT of enemies from Dragon Quest to make into Pokemon. Some of them.....insanely blatant.

[@Delimon007]

@@kahmoriittsoro9262 This is not true and I'm tired of this lie being spread around. Same idea? Sure. Same designs? Hell no.

[@RipMeGaming]

@@mvb02 I think some places it did Idk it's all mixed with who thinks came out where and when you search it, it isn't specific what year in the first origin it originated. Have you heard of Dragon Quest? That was definitely before those 2

[@samuraizerro]

I actually really like the design of Pyrin as, from what I can tell, is based on 2 things: 1. The mythological beast Kirin. Its commonly depicted in East Asian culture and has a resemblance towards deer/horses. I would assume this is the "-in" in Pyrin. 2. Lu Bu/Red Hare. Pyrin's two long strands on the head seem to be an homage to the Chinese warrior Lu Bu from the Warring Kingdoms era, as he is commonly depicted with those same feathers/hairs protruding from his helmet. His iconic mount was a horse named Red Hare. Even Pyrin's paldeck entry lists the reference.

[@Openreality]

Yeah none of them look anything like Pokemon and Nintendo and Co would lose any lawsuit here. Pokemon is dead and Scarlet and Violet is roasting its mutilated corpse. There is absolutely nothing in here that would make me think they were directly assets stolen from Pokemon all the people mad at palworld are probably jelly nostolgia blind people who won't grow up and mine in from Pokemon and are in there mid 30s or early 40s. Even my kids weren't really into Pokemon games as the toxic fanbase is.

[@Nittsu13]

Wumpo- feeling like you’re missing something is that grass type from cassette beasts. The color scheme is different but the base design is the exact same. There are a couple others where saying you felt like you’ve seen it before were ones I saw and thought “that’s literally in cassette beasts” lol

[@Jupiter-Jazz]

you put a fire fox in “just an animal” tier but proceeded to imply a tree dwelling primate that is covered in leaves from said trees is copied from pansage when pansage isn’t even the first one to do that

[@HarkanK]

what about the flying manta ray which was done many years before pokemon even existed, by the game series which literally invented the genre of having a large amount of collectable monsters

[@christunstel6954]

It's literally mega delphox a fan designed piece of art straight up lawsuit

[@thirteenfury]

I saw Grookey plus Pansage personally. Although I wouldn't put it any higher than the "suspiciously familiar" tier.

[@jimberry5318]

Pokemon isn't even the first capture game so I don't get saying anyone "copied Pokemon " Pokemon copied digital devil stories then.

[@SmashPhoenixX]

bro its really not subtle but u can keep glazing if u want

[@carterinosencio4563]

The amount of pokémon connections that are glaringly obvious and completely missed is paining me 😭😭😭

[@mossthebryophyter]

The biggest one I've seen so far is where he missed the luxray and zarude hybrid

[@kirby8964]

​@@mossthebryophyterbiggest one for me was right out of the gate, with the starly recolor 💀

[@eme120ep]

penguins are clearly piplup

[@andrewhansen-mcclellan7923]

@@eme120ep I mean, Pengullet is just a penquin. The fact that it’s blue doesn’t really make it a Piplup ripoff. It has a very distinct design from Piplup, and they pretty much color all the Pals to match their element, so that can explain the blue.

[@NogginDew]

Why has NO ONE mentioned that Azzurro is just Milotic??? Straight-up, a blue Milotic. Like dang, y'all.

[@zane433]

"I haven't seen any pokemon that looks like Gobfin" Gible: Am I a joke to you?

[@deanmark3636]

Him Saying Jolthog Is Original Togedemaru:Ahem LOOK AT ME THAT THING'S JUST A CHEAP KNOCK-OFF

[@andrewodinson3726]

"What kind of bird is Staraptor?" Hmm, idk. Maybe a raptor?

[@KatArmyLeedur-w-]

I'm legit dying from this one💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠

[@wackamasta]

ok which raptor smartypants?

[@frostyfantrash]

not *exactly*. staraptor and it's pre-evolution starly are based on white-cheeked starlings, as the first half of their names suggest. staraptor is a mix of a starling and an unspecified bird of prey, most resembling a hawk or falcon. "raptor" is a blanket term for many distinct bird of prey species.

[@ToraVieh]

@@frostyfantrash TIL Staraptor evolves from Staryu

[@frostyfantrash]

@@ToraVieh ACKK why are their names so similar 😭

[@necridos]

That Celeray and Mantine comparison is not really fair. They're literally both just Manta's. Those are what manta rays look like. They aren't exactly ripping anything off.

[@nbassasin8092]

yeah, Ive been saying, any pal that is just - an already existing animal, that just so happens to also have a Pokemon designed in similair way is not really a ripoff, albeit lazy from both pokemon and palworlds side

[@capvux]

Also mau its not even based on same thing japanese lucky cat and egyptian cat arent same

[@srahbby]

also flying manta ray are a fairly common fantasy trope in general.

[@lePoMo]

Agreed, the best way to look at it os how many ways there are to color and theme pals. Making a sea dragon blue is an obvious choice. Some of the electric ones are also too high. Showing electricity as a flash is obvious, a flash is yellow, and warning signs usually are black and yellow. On the other hand i would have put way more from the original idea tier to the inspired by tier. Because many don't pass the above test.

[@PlaguedByEarth]

Animals are suing Pokemon for copyright infringement

[@saber5694]

Something to remember that pokemon only holds copyright on the exact designs of their pokemon

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

So they could just take a pokemon, put a single new spot on its body, and it would be legally okay?

[@saber5694]

@jonathangoodwin5609 no but they could say take a pikachu and idk stretch its neck out and mildly change its skin

[@vixxcelacea2778]

@@jonathangoodwin5609 Copyright law or trademark, depending on which Pikachu for instance lies under, is all about specificity. Copyright isn't meant to protect just ideas or broad design ideas. No one can own a yellow cartoon mouse in anime style with lightening powers, but exactly how Pikachu looks and the name, that is protected. If Pikachu is trademarked, then it needs to be distinct enough to not have someone assume that if it's on a product, that it's official merch. Much like how putting mouse ears to hint at being Disney official would be a big problem. Trademark is harder line than copyright and also doesn't expire and get turned over to the public overtime. To put it another way, anyone can design and sell a cellphone. The exact way the phone is made however is unique to the company who sells it, such as design, name etc. All phones look pretty similar, because they are all smart phones. Making cartoon anime style monsters based off of animals or mixes of them can't be protected. It's too broad.

[@ellebora8536]

They definitively own their 3D meshes, buddy. Why are people trying to play it off as a design issue when it's obvious the problem here is they've ripped off the Pokémon 3D models to make their own ? No one is saying Game Freak owns the idea of a leaf monkey, Pokémon has several aside from Pansage and the "monkey = jungle = leaf" is a common association. And considering there are 1000 Pokémon, any design inspired by a real world animal will look similar to a Pokémon at some point, just like the Simpsons has so many episodes it's literally impossible to find a concept that hasn't been already explored by them. The problem is that you can literally point out which parts of Dinossum were taken from which Pokémon 3D model just by a glance. We're not into getting inspiration there, or common associations, we enter assets stealing territory. And it's obvious they didn't make them from scratch when the 3D models quality in the game is so inconsistent. Sure weird how their 3D modelists can replicate the Pokémon style perfectly on their own, but their humans look straight out of Fortnite. Definitively doesn't scream shovelware.

[@saber5694]

@ellebora8536 I think the pokemon company and pocket pair ink know the copyright laws of Japan, the nation they are in far better than you. If there was a problem do you really think considering everything the pokemon company has made claims against, they would have done so the pocket pair?

[@melissasavage1553]

Cool video! I think Palworld will be legally safe and considered a parody. Just by giving it a different name and changing one single aspect about the design of a character makes it legally distinct OC based on a Pokemon. But it was cool seeing someone actually lay out the comparisons!

[@Watching2909]

Bro was on about the tree sap one and said goomy when imo it looks more like ditto.

[@Carols989]

ditto with a hat

[@Kabslantivity2000]

Same bruh

[@elenazanna5475]

I thought "smol quagsire/clodsire" but yes

[@llywellyngamingandchess]

Btw, the little weavile tooth is just a thing that happens in Japanese media a lot, not necessarily just that Pokémon

[@caseydewitt6236]

Same with the glowing eyes and sawtooth cat face motif.

[@-VoDkAsVengeance-]

Yes, but it literally has the SAME face with the SMALLEST changes ever. Little eyelashes and everything.

[@TheLongDon]

@@-VoDkAsVengeance- That is how fair use works lmao

[@ChronoBaw]

@@caseydewitt6236 chessire cat inspired... Kind of a retarded thing to miss, the big cat Pal is outright just a chessire cat...

[@VisonsofFalseTruths]

@@TheLongDon crazy thing is Japan has no fair use laws. Which means that even WITHOUT fair use, Nintendo knows they don’t have a case. All this shit of “Nintendo should sue!” is pointless. We’re talking about a company so aggressively litigious they sued THEMSELVES. If they could have sued, they would have sued when the first ad dropped. They didn’t. Because they can’t. At least not without losing.

[@ryzacraft]

The issue with the Palworld argument is that people will see a pal based on an animal and say it’s copying pokemon just because pokemon already made one based on that animal. You can’t copyright animals. It’s in the features that create issues.

[@xGolBLiiN]

If you *genuinely* think Palworld hasn’t blatantly plagiarized Pokemon and Zelda then your head is in the sand. There’s an argument to be made whether it’s wrong to steal from a bad company like Nintendo, but trying to masquerade like this dev hasn’t based two of its games from obviously stolen content is honestly ridiculous. I don’t even like Nintendo, I haven’t played Pokemon since I was a kid and only have done a little bit of TOTK on my Steam Deck, but that doesn’t make it any less obvious that the designs were lazily copied and to me that’s a huge red flag

[@ryzacraft]

@@xGolBLiiN if you *genuinely* think what I said implies that I don’t think there was any plagiarism, then I think you need to reread my comment. There are obvious similarities and even some direct features taken from pokemon but that isn’t my point. My point is around the pals that are simply based on an animal. There are people claiming that Lamball is a copy of Wooloo because they’re both sheep when they’re clearly very different. Same goes for certain other pals like Foxparks being a copy of vulpix (it’s a red fox they’ve given the fire typing to). Just because inspiration is taken from the same animal doesn’t automatically make it a copy of the one that was made first.

[@user-vv1ip5nm9o]

Great video! The thing that you might be missing on wumpo is maybe the pokemon Tangrowth.🙂

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

The super fluffy Eevee is basically what a Normal Type Eeveelusion should look like.

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

“Whatever kind of bird Staraptor is” Um….a, Raptor

[@EYoshiGamr]

When I first saw Cremis I literally screamed, "CLOUD EEVEE!" XD

[@kacpermalina308]

peoples are like cremis going to eevee and say:"hey bro. Let's be pals." and i like it.

[@luminesicore246]

or flying

[@Yonnireed0101]

It’s gigatamax eevee

[@DeathEatsCurry]

Honestly, a lot of pals even in the middle tiers just kinda look like.. Two pokemon blended together.

[@baileyface54]

Even a fair amount in the original tiers are like that

[@pumkin610]

They take the color palette from one pokemon and the body from two pokemon

[@Dragowolf_Rising]

A lot of this is more blatant than the AI ripoffs people are rightfully upset about but a lot of people seem to be ok with this one because it's people doing it and they enjoy the game. Looks like a bit of a double standard.

[@shirouemiya737]

@Dragowolf_Rising I think its more of for people like me we are tired of game freak being lazy with pokemon. Like s and v were ok but so buggy and the remakes of gen 4 were awful. Galar was mid. Legends was fun tho but they didn't continue it. So if it takes palworld to kick game freak back into gear I'm all for it.

[@K31vakkums]

It doesn’t help that they tried hard to keep the Pokémon art style only for the creatures so even ones that would be perfectly fine otherwise, just look like fan Pokémon or Pokémon fusions.

[@edeon]

I got Palworld ad during your video... twice hehehe Even the music sounds pokemony

[@xxmetallica808xx]

All I could think of for half the video was the damn Isle of Delphino people doing their "ohblublublublu" talk 😂

[@saged1513]

Pyrin is a kirin and the money based cats are just both maneki-neko, common Japanese folklore creatures

[@VisonsofFalseTruths]

That’s basically all pokemon. It’s either Japanese yokai or it’s just animal+magic

[@boxofmadness2511]

any pals whose description is " X animal + Y element" shouldnt even be questioned, like, dude, its the most basic form of creature design, not to mention the straight up normal animals who have a colour palette that matches their type

[@irmiwolf]

what about all those pals that are clearly X Pokemon mixed with Y Pokemon? Like almost all Pals could be the result of a pokemon fusion.

[@m0nkEz]

@@irmiwolf I mean when there's literally a thousand pokemon you can only stray so far from designs that have already been done while still making them look like animals.

[@takiyeet6946]

@@irmiwolf Call me crazy but I think blending designs together produces something more original than "Eevee with a fox head."

[@lanceambourn2304]

You cannot copyright or patent "physical domain" there is no case here. @@irmiwolf

[@TTVMaldrix]

@@takiyeet6946 call me crazy but eevee is a generic fox with fluff

[@chrisdesilvio44]

Hey love the list. Hilarious. However how can you pass mau and not see the umbreon?

[@WigWoo1]

Surprised you didn't say Mau was just an Umbreon ripoff

[@StrikerTheHedgefox]

I think "Fuack" is an onomatopoeia for an impact. Like "Thwack". The pal deck entry for them seems to indicate they like to body surf at high velocities, and the impacts from such can be lethal.

[@NicholasThorntonOfficial]

you're wrong - they wanted to call it "Fuck" but added an "a" in it

[@DengekiVR]

@NicholasThorntonOfficial Thats what I call it 😂

[@Hxxdxn]

I'm pretty sure it's suppose to be a play on Fox and Quack because of the ears...

[@cal5365]

he's the one and only fuck duck

[@bendover9620]

I think this opinion is Fuack-ing wrong.

[@sophomorekid]

Who, uh, did you think the queen was during the majority of our lifetimes?

[@elliotcurren1565]

LMAO

[@titusdaniel]

Yeah I had to scratch my head at that one too. "Requires knowledge of old monarchs" as if remembering two years ago is a deep dive historically.

[@mikegreenwalt7777]

How many queen names have there been? Not many.

[@non-existentasukamain766]

I feel like that joke was supposed to be sarcasm I hope

[@dinoprimi3914]

I also thought that was stupid, but you can’t expected to much from the American education system, he might not actually know who the Queen was.

[@boboftibia]

If gogoat/ plant goat/plant sheep is too similar, Mabinogi owns the idea. Had plant goats you sheered for berries, mushrooms etc since like 2006?

[@blobfishgang8774]

Wait, I just realise something if Pokémon was going to do like bass building game or something like that don’t really know. Get people to think that they are copying PaLWOLD

[@amdobrantal1774]

Hm... I feel many of these choices were made on the fly and he stuck to them. A lot feel like they're not in the right tier to me.

[@derptime9000]

Agreed, some of these were quite a reach to even compare. Like the 2 squids don't look alike. It's just two cute lil guys. Or even Grintale. It's GrinTALE. This was literally based off the the Cheshire Cat, with the color, the eyes, and the smile. To say they took that from pokemon is ridiculous, if anything pokemon took it from wonderland lol. There's sooooo many pals that were taken from mythology too, the names and characteristics describe that. yet he's here still trying to compare it and put it into sus tiers. I think there's a lot of confusion from people who don't really know the true origins of a lot of designs and ideas they're crying about and claim it's a pokemon ripoff, when pokemon themselves also ripped it off from something else half the time XD Don't get me wrong, there ARE some very clear ones that looks super inspired and "copied" from pokemon, but really a lot of these on the list were a bit of a reach.

[@princewhiff]

Absolutely. I felt like I was going insane watching this. One minute he notices visual motifs and the next he passes them off as generic. Then at 14:00 odd he puts the purple lizard in the suspicious category because it reminds him of the 'inner city' vibes of two pokemon that aren't reptiles. Man's free associating.

[@benjaminwahl8059]

The guy is forgetting that animal+element will make a similar design. Like grass+ monkey= grass monkey.

[@DemePoole]

Then make your own tier list. Problem solved.

[@derptime9000]

​@@princewhiff Dude I thought the exact same thing when he got to that purple lizard. You can't put it in the sus tier when they just share a "vibe". They look nothing alike, not the same species or anything. How do you plagiarize a vibe? Don't get me wrong theres a lot of pals/pokemon that DO share a LOT of similarities. And I do agree with a fair amount of these. But lots of these are just reach, grasping at straws that aren't even there. Like Pyrin is Rapidash? Why? Cause they're both fire horses? Pyrin is literally a Kirin(qilin for chinese) from Japanese mythology which is known as a dragon/unicorn/deer hybrid thing that's covered in flames. Plus the name I mean c'mon, Pyr (fire), Pyrin, Kirin. Like you can't get much closer. And if you look up a Kirin it's almost exact. This is 1000% a copy of mythology, not a rapidash lol. So unless pokemon owns rights to asian mythologies, they're also ripping it off with their rapidash. Oh and that candy one too, like what? Wooliepop is a cotton candy dog. Alcreamie is not a dog... and it's whipped cream. You can't compare these two lol. Also, if you're going to say that Ribunny is Sylveon because of the ribbons regardless of their species, then using this videos logic I would argue that Lifmunk is basically Leafeon regardless of species. I agree that it's frustrating to see him notice certain similarities then like completely ignore others, or try to claim/create others that just aren't there. Also I've learned that you apparently can't have any cute fox looking thing without claiming it to be eevee lol.

[@Prime_Rabbit]

See, everyone says kilimari copies inkay and tbh, i dont see it. They are both a small squid. Look up vampire squid and you'll see its honestly more closely designed after that then the pokemon

[@rabbyd542]

To me it looks like Bloober from Super Mario

[@Homiloko2]

This. So many 'copies' from this list are actually just based off of the same or similar animals or mythological creatures and legends. These pokemon fans would have more people on their side if they were actually unbiased in their analysis.

[@rabbyd542]

@@Homiloko2 Exactly. Let's just throw away all the creatures from Shin Megami Tensei while we're at it too.

[@dirtypawse]

I mean, if I'm being honest - I don't even see the Evee comparison. The Palworld one looks like a bunny - not a fox.

[@sorrowfulrose3082]

its not even a squid it more resembles a dumbo octopus with espurrs eyes at most

[@Fire_cyclops]

OnADock: Plague doctor bird is unique. Me, who's played doodle world past von sweetsville: Are you sure about that?

[@OmiGAMING-NI]

I think the biggest issue is that there are so many pokemon that you can probably look at a lot of modern designs and go, "Yeah it looks like they took combined pokemons A and B and came up with this".

[@florianp.4565]

You would still usually end up with compartiments that have slight differences, tho. There are so many body parts on these pals which have the exact same form like these of pokémon called out that it seems very unlikely that this is just a coincidence.

[@ChairyCrasher]

The cow is not lawsuit tier

[@mightypancake2211]

Truthfully. Lots of the pals feel familiar, yet are not. Also unless it is added. The pals do not evolve at least not yet... and unknown if this will be added or not. That said... I will say that there are a lot of pals that are familiar, Yet are removed from the pokemon franchise enough that Game freak/nintendo can't hit them for it. At least not easily. Also lots of the ones saying that some mon are the same or same enough nintendo could sue happen to be salty game devs that are parts of failing game corporations. though Not all of them are. Some could be nintendo pokemon stands.

[@wumpusrat]

​@@mightypancake2211 There's an "evolution" mechanic in Palworld, but it doesn't change how the pal looks. It just increases their stats/skills by condensing a bunch of other pals of the same type. And honestly, putting the cow in "lawsuit tier?" Nobody owns the copyright for "cow". That one was ridiculous.

[@Boykee1]

I think the cow one was a joke

[@jazzyjswift]

@@wumpusrat Calling what is effectively a gacha star rank system "evolution" is really stretching it dude. "Oh, your 0 star Cattiva can become a 1 star Cattiva if you get 4 more cattiva and sacrifice them to rank it up. Now you gotta get 16 for a 2 star. Now you gotta get 32 for a 3 star! 64 cattiva for a 4 star!" That's not evolution, that's a gacha game's attempt to make pulling dupes worthwhile, but placed into a game that doesn't use predatory marketing to try to get you to spend wild amounts of money to get max characters.

[@ShadowNinjaMaster93]

The cow was very clearly a joke.

[@KanuckStreams]

"And if we're gonna start calling having a circle for a body plagiarism...I am in *trouble* " Oh my god I I laughed HARD.

[@pinheadlarry2506]

same lmaooo

[@coolkettle]

36:09 that pal definitely features some of Suicune's parts, the head and eye shape is identical, they both have a headcrest and long flowing hair. The "Ice Horse" motif is also the same as Glastrier but that's just the same theme.

[@zombiebanana0573]

Did anyone else notice he said he’d put Anubis in same idea category then he put it in original 😂😂 good video btw :)

[@aquatrez]

The silliest part of all this is that many of the "too close for comfort" designs could've been further differentiated by just not copying the color scheme on top of similar design elements/inspiration.

[@beardyface7977]

A lot of these are also more of a reskinned different pokemon using animations. Like the calamari isnt a squid pokemon clone but a drifloon clone

[@kara-mari9909]

legit a good handful of these would be original enough if they just changed the color schemes, i think they designed it like that with purpose to farm the inevitable controversy the same way andy and leyley put in incest so the outrage would spread the word

[@vast9467]

too close for comfort still isn’t “the same” so they really had no obligation to change anything further

[@Mephitinae]

The question is, why did the devs not bother doing just that? The AI theory seems more convincing to me after watching this. It's like they trained ai by inserting all the official pokemon designs. Easy for the artists to pick the best mashups it then created, and use them as "inspiration".

[@toukoenriaze9870]

To be fair this isn't a fully released game ... So if Nintendo came and called it copywrite material all they would have to do is make those changes to be more distinct

[@whatlikeitshardd]

Elizabee, such an obscure reference. Not like the entire english-speaking world and beyond knows a queen named Elizabeth in recent times.

[@MarkCrilley13]

Lmao thank you. This video is honestly full of so many bizarre takes and a clear lack of real world knowledge. The bad takes actually just weaken the actual evidence of stolen assets/ideas.

[@leonarcherjunior2090]

@@MarkCrilley13 ikr 😂😂

[@TheNewOption]

@@MarkCrilley13 Yea he's just a small youtuber trying to imitate other youtubers, including their voice, while doing a video about plagiarism, i dunno its pretty meta.

[@marioauditore2859]

​​@@MarkCrilley13 Yeah, i was watching thinking it would be a serious comparison, but the guy just said a Manta Ray is a Pokémon copy 😂 Maybe another frustrated Nintendo stan

[@sev9139]

@@MarkCrilley13 he seems to d ride pokemon loool

[@Herralevant]

29:54 This just looks like that one pokemon from the gen 2 beta, I think it was called Urufuman or somethings similiar. There were other monsters that looked taken out of the gold and silver beta but I'm not really sure if those count

[@strawberrymilk9767]

I did my homework when I was waiting for Palworld to install when I got it. Funny enough the homework was an ELA assignment about plagiarism

[@ccheart8574]

Rayhound is based on Greyhounds. Which are the fastest dogs there are. They literally live to race and can get depression if they aren't allowed to. Fast things are often associated with electricity. That one belongs in the Same Idea tier at best.

[@grayquannichols9636]

It does clearly have Lucarios face though

[@loopyboop4760]

they are bred to race they dont need to

[@Jurjen_Hettinga]

Except for the fact that the face is literally shiny lucario but with the eyes above the black

[@mekrobotic9046]

Ba it’s bolt

[@rohanwilson5686]

@@grayquannichols9636 Soo... A dog💀

[@deuteronomy2749]

bro made the "suspiciously familiar" tier and described many of them as being suspiciously familiar and then put them in the oc tier for several entries and my autism is flaring up so bad Edit: it's giving "it goes in the square hole"

[@michaelwoller6450]

Bro put a grass goat in “oc” because Pokémon did grass goat first, but then put the lava goat in original because “Pokémon don’t own elemental goats” lol

[@zettovii1367]

He also put a literal cow with an emoji cat face on lawsuit tier, because it looks too much like a cow, to another cartoon creature where the only thing they got in common is that they are both clearly inspired from cows. And then only minutes later proceeded to put a noose creature that has exact same type of eyes and body as a pokemon bell creature, - as "original", because the body and face are apparently generic enough to not count as a ripoff.... I cant even.... xD

[@urahi830]

@@zettovii1367 that's what people who weren't dropped on the head as a toddler would call "a joke"

[@SamiAnimates]

@@zettovii1367 are you dumb? its obviously a joke 😒

[@obamascooch]

The pegasus thing at the end had a super similar face to Suicune that he didn’t seem to notice at all

[@AAronyourfriendlyfriend]

That money cat based off of meowth needs to also be based of of an umbreon

[@Aisha_Gii]

1:52 "uncontroversial design" Pachirisu: "Am I a joke to you?????"

[@opstellar]

a ton of Pokémon were based on Yōkai (Japanese demon folklore) and are thus free to copy in concept as long as their appearance is different enough.

[@Archflip]

I agree with the majority of these tier rankings, but honestly, I feel like there ought to be a split for a tier of "you can't copyright something so generic". And also, a small category of "Wait no, this is a digimon instead." Doing detailed analysis of each pal like this individually makes me realize how many subconscious color schemes I've absorbed over the years and small design elements.

[@tinne26]

I had the exact same thoughts of "too generic to be copyrightable" and "digimon class". I'd have also liked a category for "actually good designs", there are like 5 of those that would be nice to highlight as something positive.

[@tristanyou]

you mean a "literally just an animal" tier rank?

[@marinelchavhez7269]

Ome of them is like sonic character as well

[@WwZa7]

I don't think a single thing in this video is real stuff, it's more like a parody of all those twitter people who compare two different designs of a cartoon cat and say it's carbon copy.

[@StopLookListenG]

​@@marinelchavhez7269 i already know youre talking about verdash 😂

[@-Gd2013-]

22:26 It's a weird Gliscor with a Regieleki animation I'm shocked no one's noticing the animation here 31:48 Bird form Mega Salamence 13:40 Terrakion OC. It's very reminiscent (imo) 34:52 That one sorta looks like a Corviknight, very distinct design though. 35:42 Reminds me of Ceruledge. Again, not a clone and there are plenty of knight-based 'mons, but that's just what I saw that I believe you missed. The two of those knight things are very close to the idea of Armarouge and Ceruledge to me, however.

[@SeroGrave]

So I got some points on things you mentioned in your video. Mau is just an Egyptian cat bro. Nothing in similar detail to Meowth. However, Anubis is Lucario cosplaying as an Egyptian God card for the wrong series. Celeray is just water type Togekiss cross with a Mantine. But on its own, I'd say it is different enough. Tocotoco has similar colors to Xatu. But in terms of shape besides the yellow squares and 2 eyes on the front? I'd say it's a wacky pigeon with Xatu's color scheme and a mohawk. For Mozzarina, the horns and face look different. I also hate I had to look up cow udders as if I'm playing spot the difference with extra steps. Looks more like the cow from Barnyard. Lol. Hangyu looks more like an alternate evolution of Chingling if Nintendo told it to "Squad Up" and grew arms instead of a tail. Still original enough to avoid suspicion. Arsox is just Terrakion's cousin who came out the womb burning. Don't ask why. Dazzi is STRAIGHT RIPPING OFF Lakitu. Mad kappa! You could have said Lunaris looks more like Eve from Wall-E and I would of believed you. I still believe you on point with that Overwatch look-a-like. Warsect is if Heracross left Pokemon for Digimon. Menasting looks like a cross between Drapion and Ceruledge. But even then that’s a stretch. Paladius and Necromus is Ceruledge in Therian form. A knight with Sword and Shield or two lances makes sense logically speaking. And Frostallion/Noct is Glastrier and Spectrier, but in spirit with wings. Coincidence? I think not!! But that's just me, I wana hear from everybody about this game. I've never played it, but I've seen a lot through the drama and controversial videos people make. I wana play this game T~T. It one of them monster hunting sandbox adventure games that scratches that itch you've always wanted from a Pokemon Game.

[@Mcs22398]

Pyrin is actually based off of a Chinese mythological creature, called a Kirin it’s pretty much a lightning horse, but they use the prefix py as In pyro cause it’s pretty much a fire version if you look up a picture of how they’re described and how they’re drawn, it’s practically one-to-one no copyright

[@Chippaization]

HEY Kirin is from MH....time for capcom to SUE as well.(this is a joke btw)

[@cheesecrew]

I'd argue that Univolt is also a play on this creature + unicorns rather than being a Zebra

[@Mcs22398]

@@Chippaization wouldn’t put it past them with rise being such a cash grab

[@Mcs22398]

@@cheesecrew well it’s not the whole point was the name being a pun on that so you’re wrong it’s just an electric zebra. Don’t try to step up to me bro just take your L.

[@nidusxvii3224]

​@@Mcs22398No, they're right. Univolt really is just an electric unicorn.

[@Melinon]

Grintale is an obvious take on the Chesire Cat, which is public domain. Unless it's like a specific Disney version of it, there's no case to be made.

[@ImMrRacoon]

That one looks like a combination of skitty and galarian meowth to me lol. Definitely see the Cheshire cat reference too

[@patja89]

The face is quite literally copy paste 😭

[@illjabludov1534]

​@@patja89 the face can be litterally drawn with 3 brush strokes. You cannot sue a musician because they happen to use the same chord as your song did either

[@fozthepoet8274]

Galarian meowth also looks like the cat bus from My Neighbour Totoro

[@zombiegoatt4282]

Yeah Nintendo can't sue over something they don't own Chesire Cat is public domain. Just look at the awful Winnie the pooh horror movie they had no rights but public domain saved them from a lawsuit. We will probably be getting a Steamboat Willie film soon which Disney can't do anything about.

[@creeko1510]

Lamball seems like a fusion of Wooloo and the sheeps in Rune Factory

[@kungfuridinghood]

bro the sap with a hat is ditto with a hat, like a ditto and seedot put together. Also king penguin is a concept taken from empoleon. Like to be fair the design is pretty original, but the stench of someone elses homework should not have been dismissed quite so easy haha Fun vid! Just started getting into palworld, seems really fun

[@TekTheNinja]

Eh, kind of weird how a samurai creature having a straw hat was at all compared to Hisuian Decidueye. Like that one on particular stood out to me as weird to call out because Nintendo just... doesn't own that.

[@joecreek6038]

Or the Robin Hood guy My friends had been talking about this video and kinda parroting some of this, but this dude is brain dead

[@diamondmemer9754]

​@@joecreek6038bro that pal is just a dude cosplaying as decidueye

[@darriel7035]

yeah it looks more like a ripoff version of sheen or snee from yokai watch

[@Kyuketski]

I'm sad that you're saying that Rayhound is suspicious when it's literally just a pun on a grayhound as an electric dog

[@Keffka_]

I can't unsee it since i first saw Grintale. He is just the Kitten-bus from "My neighbour totoro"

[@FrozenKnight21]

I'm glad this is an opinion and not a lawyer, because any school teacher who has an any knowledge of zoology, entomology, and mythology or any related field would shut you down with most or all of your higher ranked examples. I think it's also worth noting that Nintendo also doesn't have the copyright on most of its characters, as they were not legally distinct enough for that. Pokemon isn't an original idea itself. Nintendo did trademark a number of its designs though, but trademark had a different set of rules. You might also want to look into a type of common curve used in art a lot called a french curve, which has no copyright, its just too old. It's commonly used in anime hair. Additionally, if you take 2-5 things and mix and match parts from them its often enough to make the claim it's distinct. Lastly you defeated all of your evee arguments, I mean how many pals which are all definitely visually distinct, did you claim looked similar to evee? That alone defeats your arguments. The fact is that evee's model is based off a real life creature, and that creature has many similar creatures to it. As such it's not uncommon for anything which uses a similar base to have similarities. And you night want to look up a bird called a Tucan you obviously have never seen one, because you were not aware of anything similar to it, and instead found the closest Pokemon to it and said it was similar. Don't forget that Pokemon has been going on for years, and they have created thousands of Pokemon, it's unlikely that anything imitating that art style with more than a few designs would be able to do so without some similarities. Keep in mind this was demoed years ago, and Nintendo had a chance to object to these designs back then, and they didn't, even if Nintendo did have an objection, this is still early access, as such it's likely that if Nintendo has a problem with a design, they can just make a few more changes to it in the next patch, and then any suit Nintendo has would be moot. The only way Nintendo might win a case is if people were confusing palworld with Pokemon, and I don't think any reasonable person has done that. If Nintendo thought they had a real case they would already have issued an emergency injunction to prevent sales and distribution, while they hashed this out in court. As palworld kinda makes them look bad, since it's budget was only 10k, and Pokemon has had no significant changes since it's inception.

[@Merlin_YouTube]

Turns out when Pokemon are closely based on real animals , other monsters in other games look similar

[@watchingyoutube_]

☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽

[@TearsOfThem]

They're based on real animals but completely separated by the features of how cartoonish they look, the art style as well, this is like saying nothing can plagiarized cuz everything is based on something

[@PragmaticBLT]

@TearsOfThem you can't coin an art style though, plagerism is defined as the genuine theft or copying of a preexisting work. Don't get me wrong, I grew up on pokemon and started playing palworld with my husband with the mindset that the monsters in pals where just rips of pocket monsters. I do often find myself being able to ramble about how some pals look like fusions of 2-3 mons. But the more I see them the more I just think majority are inspired not directly ripped. If an art style could be copy righted, all of anime would be in deep trouble.

[@slimebunny5700]

Some pokemon yes but there are so many pokemon that aren't closely based on animals and are just fantasy creatures. You can't defend the models where the colors are the same and the models are very similar. It's not easy to copy a standing owl furry archer with autumn colors. Even with pokemon that are similar to animals it's still gonna be difficult to get as close as they do with their designs.

[@Ssjvaca]

Nah, I've seen other Pokémon inspired games before, and none of them have designs this bland and similar to Pokémon.

[@amanloki6449]

He literally forgot lot of non famous pokemon, and some famous ones at that (he forgot piplup and vulpix of the bat, what to say now). Bro even missed Yveltal, wow.

[@RainbowKittyy]

I tried googling those pokemon but i can't really tell the resemblances to anything. Which ones are you comparing to?

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

Piplup I'm guessing is reference to that penguin... The non king one. Again, theme coloured penguin. Not a rip. Vulpix covers about 1/3rd of all if you don't include the tails. Perhaps the ice fox, since vulpix has several tails and a generic fox shape. Yveltal doesn't really look like it, but i think it's animated much like the fire bird that was claimed original? I don't know

[@emboimichel1634]

These people man, they are reaching

[@JT-yl9yt]

Think the worst is the bellossum like pal...and then people throw in two more Pokémon and say they blend them together like wtf Pokémon doesn't even come up with OG designs from their own older pokemon....same with the garbage about copying the idea of a dot eye which is flipping ridiculous.

[@ConnorSemp]

The one he called “just a flying dinosaur” lowkey has the exact face and body as a pokemon

[@idleghawkeye1414]

From what I recall from when a friend was dancing the line with disney if it 30% or more different from the original design then it safe

[@-VoDkAsVengeance-]

I think Eikthyrdeer (and a few others) should be raised to "Suspiciously Familiar." It's basically like if you described Xerneas to someone who's never seen Xerneas and then they tried to draw Xerneas. I also want to point out that it's super easy to make tweaks to a premade 3D model to make them look as "distinct" as the Pals are from the Pokémon they're clearly copying, so just because the models aren't identical doesn't mean they weren't stolen.

[@yveltalsea]

I feel like a good half of the *original tier are just copies of pokemon that you aren't personally familiar with lol..

[@nickwijkstra3774]

Fr same with the samurai bird at the end of the video its recoulered corviknight same model

[@youngbuck49]

true that crow at 14:20 is just Murkrow with plague mask

[@zozocecp]

@@youngbuck49 Honestly though, if that was in anything other than a pokemon-like game, you probably wouldn’t make that correlation whatsoever

[@madmikeJan91]

Yeah I noticed Cattiva's model looks very similar to Pancham's model, the eyes gave it away for me.

[@NapoleonicGeese]

Yeah, and the teacup elephant thing is quite similar looking to Munna

[@MikeGarden]

Suzaku is in both Japanese and Chinese mythology and can be seen drawn similarly if you just google Suzaku bird. Bro didn't do a lot of research if he "couldn't find anyone online talking about it."

[@TheMoreriss]

Suzaku reminds me of the red hunter thingie from "Metroid Prime Hunters" for the Nintendo DS. ifrc it also has three legs Blazehowl is just a Teostra from Monster hunter

[@pringle96]

Cotton candy sheep seems like a fairly generic idea to me tbh. Fun video!

[@jakethesnakejohnston]

Dude's like: "This pal looks like this pokemon! Completely original!"