Pokémon Type Matchups Explained

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[@Nocturnalanimalswatchout]

No

[@greenray2793]

😭😭😭

[@WhiffTheRubbishEngine1869]

Cool video idea!

[@horizonbumpy2828]

this again...

[@darkbrogaming976]

Never raid shadow legends

[@einszweidrei486]

A little bit more extra for the "Bug is Good in Japan(TM)" thing is the existence of Kamen Rider, masked heroes where most of their masks are based off various Bugs (beetles)

[@ryninja5788]

Yup, was just about to mention that too.

[@yaboipktendo]

Which is so much better with Lokix The literal Kamen Rider inspired mon, who's Bug and Dark

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@yaboipktendo so Lokix is both evil and a hero?

[@dimansionseven5863]

​@@theamazingspooderman2697Evil/Dark Riders are a thing, but of course not all Dark Riders are evil

[@blakepainter19.0]

​@@theamazingspooderman2697 this big overarching concept in Kamen Rider is using the powers of Evil for the forces of good, arguing it's not important where the powers came from, but what they're used for.

[@greninjamariokartpokemonfan]

Another possible explanation for why Dark is weak to Bug is because most insects are active at night, hence why they are more adept at fighting in the darkness. They also thrive in poorly lit areas due to the fact that they are nocturnal and have night vision.

[@uzephi]

I always saw bug vs dark in this way. Best way I tell friends and how I remember: roaches scatter when light hits them. They love the dark.

[@frougee]

I just imagine the gag of one bad guy trying to swat a fly on another bad guy and just hitting him instead.

[@BeMeebethMSM]

I saw bug>Dark as the dark is scared of bugs

[@ZainAK283]

Also Kamen Rider!

[@GAMEFAN27]

For me it was fireflies glowing that made me think dark was weak to bug

[@Ark-kg7og]

Only the OGs remember the original "have you ever tried to punch a bug? not to be confused with "have you ever tried to bug a punch?"

[@kleedje305]

"have you ever tried to poison a bug? or bug a poison"

[@MumboJ]

Have you ever tried to punch a bird? Have you ever tried to punch a slime?

[@MaxmaPikachu]

have you tried to punch a flying thing or a guy with psychic powers?

[@DanilegoPlays]

Doesn't really work, because have you tried to punch steel? Or a ROCK

[@MaxmaPikachu]

@@DanilegoPlays if you are a monk or something, then you could break steel, and im pretty sure breaking rocks has something to do with martial arts

[@rosesunflow9560]

4:14 damn, that Pelican took ×4 damage because it's Water and Flying type.

[@NonEi-hs1uk]

"Pikachu used thunder!" "It's super effective!" "Enemy Pelipper fainted!"

[@froggy8714]

It evolved into pelicant

[@HeyYouFromThatGame]

​@@froggy8714bruh

[@the.kensei_547]

Nice one xdd​@@froggy8714

[@stonedmountainunicorn9532]

@@NonEi-hs1uk Sorry to say brother, but your Pelipper isn't fainted XD

[@bookshop7337]

9:26 another reason for the poison/ground matchup could be that clay has historically been used as a detoxifying agent!

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

Poison waste can contaminate ground, Poison should be super effective on Ground and on Water too

[@Dead_Pegasus]

​@@theamazingspooderman2697honestly that would make poison way stronger which I would appreciate

[@ARabidPie]

Also, if you've swallowed something toxic or you've got a toxic spill on hand you can counter it or clean it up with an absorbent earth like activated carbon or kitty litter.

[@aaronwierenga4679]

Bentonite clay is used to neutralize poison oak and ivy. And Macaws and parrots are found to eat clay to neutralize toxins consumed from their daily diet

[@The90210Officer]

The gym leader?

[@JOSHtheChaosGamer]

My answer to Fairy beating Dragons has always been "Because Fairy Tales tell us how you kill a Dragon"

[@me0101001000]

Also, in Germanic folk tales, dragons are weak to fae magic.

[@hadzicrae5364]

which is funny cause there are so many tales of knights in armor slaying dragons but steel isnt supereffective against it

[@MachoGrubbaBB]

Both dragons and fairies use magic. Its how they use it that defines the resistance. Dragona command magic. Make it do what they want. Fairies understand magic and work alongside it. Magic flows through them as it does in nature. So any magic directed at them basically passes right through them doing no damage. Thus the immunity

[@derpidius6306]

​@hadzicrae5364 maybe gamefreak thought about it and felt they gave steel too many toys

[@blueridinghood5375]

So basically, Sleeping Beauty is the easiest way to explain it.

[@AwakenedRAGEJustin]

I feel like i have seen this before….

[@raintorock]

He’s made a similar video I believe

[@Idrop123]

Nah, that was a dream, I had the same

[@kaibadlover]

There's already a video of this but this is just a remake since there's better explanation now

[@noahfee7532]

He's made the same video twice

[@3twibles4sweetrevenge]

DEJAVU ihavebeen in this place before

[@TheBiggestBlue]

I learned what resists fighting from a meme: 1: Everyone knows a wrestlers biggest weakness is the local pigeons /s 2: Go outside and try to suplex a bird. 3: Tell me how a bug resists fighting 2: Go outside and try to suplex a bug

[@jessesmith915]

I like to think about how Mike Tyson loves pigeons to remember.

[@PTCLegacy777]

That pelican struck by lightning is the best meme ever

[@galning2768]

Is this from the Tumblr post?

[@95mcqueen5]

This is good, because they suplex rocks and steel all the time

[@CriticalLolipop]

Tell me have you ever tried to punch a bug?

[@pga0412]

0:07 “people are used to being toxic online without getting punched in the face for it” -Mike Tyson

[@beeniecat9411]

Where did this come from? Edit: thanks to the people who answered my question. I forgot Mike Tyson had a cartoon recently.

[@dayvonlouis5187]

Good point😂

[@Basically_Anybody]

​@@beeniecat9411 Mike Tyson

[@FwRico]

@@beeniecat9411your never gonna believe this..

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

so how does that explain Poison resisting Fighting? that literally goes against what Tyson said, it would be valid if Fighting was super effective on Poison

[@Dork_000]

8:41 I find it funny that normal is only weak to fighting, which implies that normal people AREN'T weak to dragons

[@aspookyghost7319]

Or Poison 💀

[@Niko__01]

I mean, not any weaker to dragons than anything else* *other than other dragons.

[@Dragon_Muenster]

As a dragon, I can confirm that humans are psychopaths and we choose to interact with them as little as possible

[@woolsnik4333]

Normal seem to represent the humankind, it's not that normal people aren't weak to dragon, it's just that they have ways to defend against it (building forts, artillery, whatever) but it doesnt mean dragon isn't effective either, one dragon could still wipe the floor in a fortified village. for Poison, welp. medecine is a thing however it doesn't always succeed For ground, well first of all, people live on the ground, but they also learned how to build anti seismic buildings, won't stop an earthquake from causing plenty of injuries/death You get the point, it can be hurt by most types, but it doesn't mean there aren't options to fight back.

[@Dork_000]

@woolsnik4333 there are options to fight against martial artists such as.....a gun

[@warrenhubschman9291]

There is actually a good quote by Chesterton about fairy and dragon type interactions. Paraphrasing a little- "fairy tales don't tell children that dragons exist. They know that already. Fairy tales tell children dragons CAN BE KILLED."

[@solitare4602]

This is a great pull.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

those fairy tales also explain how some scary, horrific pokemon are in that type: the mythological fairies and similar cryptics were scary

[@PokemonNerd265]

I love and hate that the quote makes perfect sense.

[@robertwolfgan]

That explains why Heracross was such a great Pokémon that looked like a superhero with his personality and how he fights. When I was little I remember he was one of my favorites because of that, and seeing how Japan sees bugs and ESPECIALLY the creator of Pokémon, it definitely answered my inner child.

[@Founder_of_Morgans_Fanclub]

The name is also based on Heracles, as well as hercules beetles in general, so it tracks

[@Angelderbat]

9:23 I think that “Ground Beats Poison” has more to do with Japan’s experience with nuclear weapons and the old belief that being in an underground bunker would protect you from nuclear fallout. Therefore, ground beats pollution and poison.

[@johnmelnick8658]

Also they use clay and cat litter for chemical spills. That's why pet supply's is always next to the chemical aisles in stores

[@stefanpretorius5544]

This, and radioactive waste is typically buried deep underground.

[@anonym0usu5er33]

Also bentonite clay, which acts as a detoxifying agent

[@kirbofan304]

I always thought it was because 1. you can't poison the ground (duh) 2. Dangerous materials (such as spent nuclear fuel or toxins) can sealed away in the earth

[@AlldaylongRock]

@@anonym0usu5er33 Bentonite clay is also used to encase radioactive waste in underground repositories.

[@alv1506]

Lockstin has made a couple of good videos dedicated to the fairy and dragon type. The idea is that dragons bend the arcane magic (infinity energy) and nature through their own means, in a sort of unnatural way, but fairies ARE arcane magic and nature in and of itself, and therefore have absolute control over it

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Yeah, it's a good way to remember it

[@henkeliezen4983]

Poison being weak to ground actually makes sense; polluted water that flows through layers of soil will be cleaned, since different particles in the soil bind to all kinds of toxins and other compounds. You can even make a waterpurifier by using several connected bottles, each with multiple layers of earth of different grain sizes in it. If you let polluted water flow through it, itll filter out many to most harmfull substances. This is even part of how we clean ground water into drinking water and purify waste water before releasing it back into rivers or ground water reservoirs (at least in Europe, don't know how you do that in the US ;) ). So ground does neutralize poison.

[@enoraltheoutcast]

Sooo. filtering, essentially?

[@bostonrailfan2427]

nope, similar purification: sifted through finer and finer sediments until it’s clarified enough to add fluoride. and the clarifying only removes heavy material, it doesn’t remove everything toxic…hence why it still has to be tested it’s also not immune to organic materials gathering, which is why emergency open reservoirs require boiling(know this from 2011 boil order that hit millions in my area)

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@enoraltheoutcastliterally that, only more complex yet simple

[@onyx3158]

For me, I always thought Psychic was weak to bug because if you tried to meditate with a bug in the room it would just throw you off or something

[@MarcMagma]

"If you throw a rock at a bird, it'll die. Afraid of the dark? Punch it!" - JelloApocolypse in "So this is basically Pokémon".

[@Nolongerquiet]

Feel like that rock rule could be applied to basically every living thing

[@afterburn7225]

Wrong flavor of ice cream? Punch it! Computer won't work? Punch it! Can't get your boss to give you a raise? Punch it!

[@delrodriguez9422]

Ah yes the nostalgia I love Jello apocalypse

[@brunoemf90]

*it’ll stop moving. This is Pokémon after all, they just faint 😬

[@derpidius6306]

​@@Nolongerquietsame with fire

[@-Demarques-]

The reason why Fighting is effective against Steel is more about how a person (or a fighter) can use metal weapons for their own purposes, being able to break them, modify them or even just handle them.

[@maevemilless4561]

I always imagine it as a strongman bending a piece of metal with their bare hands, like those bodybuilders that bend horseshoes but that’s better than what I have 😂

[@kickin_wing_135]

My own justification, I always thought that it took an extreme amount of discipline (a mind of steel) to become fit and hard hitting like fighters. Hence the ability to overcome.

[@Lukraye-channel]

another youtuber proposed that the fighting type represent a blacksmith hammering a piece of metal to his will

[@BT-7274-y4e]

maybe instead of breaking steel the fighter can send powerful vibrations though steel.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

I always found it wierd that flying was strong against fighting. Then one dude said "Have u ever tried to punch a bird". Fair enough

[@Strike-hopper]

Have you ever tried punching a fly and failing at it so miserably that the flys still make fun of you for doing that and are now moving away because they were just mean because I have they still find me pls help lol

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

​@@Strike-hopperSame

[@Strike-hopper]

@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd so you too share the pain

[@king_of_rats_Monfernep]

Go team Machamp!

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@Strike-hopper Fly is Bug not air

[@lasercraft32]

Fire resisting Fairy makes sense because fey are often closely associated with life and nature, and Fire directly opposes it.

[@beyondawesomegaming3517]

By that logic fire should also be super effective against fairy, no?

[@Rafael-w4j]

​@@beyondawesomegaming3517 Magic tends to affect Fire.

[@Not_satorougojo]

​@@beyondawesomegaming3517minecraft fire resistant...

[@Strike-hopper]

The reason dark is weak to bug is because the creator used to watch alot of tokusatsu show basically a people in cool suits fighting other people in cool suits anyway one of them was kamen rider and he was a bug and he alot of times won against the evil monsters in his show and dark type is the evil type sooo like tokusatsu and pokemon heck alot of media in japan always has some kind of reference to a tokusatsu show or movie here or there

[@ShenaniganBros1]

Lokix is based on kamen rider as well

[@Strike-hopper]

@@ShenaniganBros1 yeee

[@supergoodle5520]

I was going to try to explain that but you did better

[@Strike-hopper]

@@supergoodle5520 thx you know do it spread the knowledge of kamen rider being a cool bug and is better at punching evil people then batman and that's why bug is superior to dark so we may have more kamen rider fans and toku fans because I want to talk to people about my interests too

[@Strike-hopper]

@@supergoodle5520 or not it's your choose

[@PROyoyl2763-vw5pu]

I was watching this on the bus, and heard Mikey’s voice behind me. Turns out, the guy behind me is watching the same video Edit: First time I ever got over 10 likes HEH!??????

[@troysaxon8740]

Hail yeah

[@Lunalahaunter]

You better have asked for his number

[@PROyoyl2763-vw5pu]

@@Lunalahaunter naw

[@Lunalahaunter]

@@PROyoyl2763-vw5pu Not alpha sigma 🐺🐺🐺🥀🥀🥀⛓️⛓️⛓️

[@pokeperson1000]

Are you friends now

[@demetriusmorgenroth2835]

I've always interpreted the "Bug is strong against Psychic" match-up under a different rationale: the buzzing of a bug is incredibly distracting, and you can't really think straight / concentrate in those conditions.

[@PugMaster999]

“Whenever I Feel PooPoo Down, Everyone Subscribe Good.” I want this on my gravestone.

[@Buttercupdrawz]

Same 😂

[@Oranges2124]

Real

[@OceanBreezq191]

Same bro

[@gundhamyaboitanaka8106]

"Oh put that down, the hammer isn't for you, it's on THEME" Grunty Boy is why i never skip an ManJtv sponsor segment

[@OmegaQuinn]

I also just love that Mikey apparently had a hose by his desk just incase the slim chance Grunty Boi finally decides he’s had enough of just being the sponsor guy

[@Halberds6]

Reminds me of the knife sponsor

[@QueenOfTheSea101]

Same

[@astralizer99]

9:05 did i just get told to go to therapy by MandJTV trying to explain match type ups

[@skyrider7751]

Are you okay?

[@chriscunningham6401]

No, you got told to go to therapy because Mikey is bad at remembering type matchups.

[@polds777]

Match type ups lol

[@bostonrailfan2427]

he’s projecting…he got forced to go to it after his breakup with the woman who nearly ruined his life

[@markuss-n5i]

12:30 Fairy does not only represent literal fairies, but magic. And Dragon doesn't only apply to dragons, but mythical creatures in general. Many myths establish that the only way to kill certain beasts is through magical means or using magical items/weapons.

[@NathanFernandez-n7g]

4:14 RIP to the pelican 😞😞

[@joelwriter9583]

I was like why would you show me that Michael 💀😭

[@lindamolina5440]

DA PELICAN 😂!

[@Lyricx93]

I’m wondering what that Pelipper did to piss off Zapdos 😂

[@ii_haru]

THA PELICAN! THA PELICAN!!!! 😭😭

[@Mrgreenmrgeenster]

What's the vid ​

[@MayBeSomething]

I remember Fire resists Fairy because of a comic I saw. It was Jigglypuff (in Gen 6) trying to scare Reshiram with its new fairy type. Reshiram basically said, "O...K...? You're still neutral."

[@dennysoto1236]

11:52 "Now let's do immunities" It took me embarrassingly long to figure out why it said "Ox" on screen. Like what do bulls have to do with immunity?? 😂

[@braedenmclean5304]

Tauros pouting in the corner

[@Litərally]

4:15 poor pelican cutely getting struck by zues💀

[@Freedom_iwant]

That damn Zeus 😂

[@tomstabluke_gaming124]

"God used thunderbolt" "Super effective on Pelipper" Poor pelipper fainted

[@mexxhan5981]

If I have a nickel for everytime Michael made a Pokemon Type Matchups video, I'd have four nickels. Which isn't a lot, but amusing it has happened four times.

[@RhapsodyStudios-1625]

I read this with Dr Doofenshmirtz voice

[@Havoc-kun]

4:19 "THE PELICAN THE PELICAN!!!" Had me dying!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bostonrailfan2427]

same for the pelican!

[@neosanity]

​@@bostonrailfan2427underrated joke james

[@projectshadow2397]

That really caught me off guard as well. xD

[@krzysztofwaszczuk1585]

R.I.P pelican

[@PeterGriffin11]

Where can I find that clip online?

[@RenxTheHedgehog]

23:40 funny enough, theres an Ice move called "Freeze-Dry" that is Super Effective against water types

[@SinisterSpectral]

'Whenever I Feel PooPoo Down, Everyone Subscribe Good' -MandJTV 28/08/24 Such inspireing words

[@ExellerTFH]

Agreed, such inspiring words indeed.

[@ruubenpuddle]

I Feel PooPoo Down

[@masonbendickson]

So true

[@Lizard_Ri]

Sounds incredibly AI lol

[@SinisterSpectral]

@@Lizard_Ri :[

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

I love how Mikey's first instinct is to assume that Grunty Boi has finally snapped because him snapping is inevitable

[@SweaterPuppys]

0:04 Well no actually, they’re quite simple I’m just here to see what you have to say

[@lucmacenriquez8615]

This is an awesome comment

[@Blost]

real asf

[@alanbloorgaming6136]

same lmao

[@Decaycrazz]

"They want to steal the rock on your finger and the ice on your wrist" 🗣️ 🔥 🔥🔥

[@WERD069]

11:13 Young Midoriya... You can too be a fighting type once you evolve

[@jesline8205]

Lol

[@MilesSmiles565]

yeah i didn't know that Mikey was an MHA fan

[@Short_like_Shoyo]

This needs WAAAAAAY more likes

[@Short_like_Shoyo]

@@MilesSmiles565me neither

[@ChicagoMel23]

So happy to see that So now is Deku a steel type with his armor?

[@Sephifhy]

I love that youre making this video. Your original video on type matchups from like 8 years ago was the first video from you was the video that put me onto you

[@miyakosuzushima]

“I do not recommend punching ice. It WILL hurt.” I’m assuming you’re speaking from experience, Mikey?

[@4546Bean]

9:51 The way I remember is that bugs are dumb, so psychic powers don’t work

[@dennisc3438]

I always thought Ground was effective against Poison because you use ground (rocks, sand, coal, etc) as a filtration medium to clean water, i.e. take out the poison. EDIT: And I suppose Fighting vs Steel because strong men can bend metal bars and pans. And Fairy vs Dragon as good magic vs evil magic.

[@Lizard_Ri]

I think the fairy versus dragon one is because of how in fairy tales magical creatures help to defeat the dragon? Maybe?

[@hbogye]

mikey: "the fact that the only type to resist every type it's super effective against and no others, is flying and it has the ground immunity" me: so thats why he made team sky because it's very VERY strong

[@bfeldz1023]

Pretty sure it's just cuz he wanted to give Rayquaza an associated evil team like Kyogre and Groudon have. Also, Flying is not "very Very" strong. It is okay at best, unfortunately.

[@jackclement503]

4:15 was so unexpected. That poor Pelican, I feel bad for laughing.

[@alexnacinovic3812]

Same lol

[@colonelstander]

It’s 4x effective it’s definitely not getting up from that.

[@happymask8042]

I was like "so we're just going to ignore the pelican??"

[@Laggyduck218]

poor pelipper didn’t expect a 75% accuracy move to hit

[@gmdFrame]

Grill bird meat 😋

[@7DQuillion]

Mikey this is the eighth time you've presented pokemon type matchups to the class this week

[@hunter_hiebert]

Good thing, too. There’s a test on it on Friday and it looks like only Austin is prepared 😰😖

[@deltaxalphaMMA]

@@hunter_hiebert wait theres a test? gawd thanks mikey for the quick review on the subject.

[@LordOfTheFatCats]

i wanna let you know michael, you have been such a big influence on me and my mental health, watching your videos is so comforting

[@maxtravers1314]

Steel should be weak to Ice, a big part of why the Titanic sunk was actually because many steels become catastrophically brittle in extreme cold. Not to mention that the ice type needs all the help it can get…

[@Exile29]

Ice is already such a strong offensive type tho I think a better buff would be that it should resist water, make water/ice another bug/fighting type matchup

[@sectorforall1760]

​@@Exile29yeah you are right

[@sectorforall1760]

​@@Exile29bug should do normal damage to fairys in my opinion

[@dharrison6504]

Rock should really be weak to ice… erosion by ice is a major source of rocks breaking down in colder climates. Only problem is that rock already has the same amount of weaknesses as grass! But ice could sure use the buff.

[@aceclover758]

Ice should be super effective against water and also resist it

[@OmegaDragonGaming]

25:20 Actually, you can remember that Fire resists Fairy due to wildfires burning forests, where fairies tend to live. Their magic can't do much against fire.

[@Baconator9k]

And plus fire bad and mean and fairies not bad and not mean so they go bye bye

[@OmegaDragonGaming]

@@Baconator9k actually, depending on the mythology, fairies can be quite cruel!

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

I personally think it makes more sense to rationalize fire being resistant to fairy because the fairy type has an association with nature and purity -- their powers are not only drawn from nature, but generally tend to be controlled -- fire can't easily be controlled. Similarly, I hear a LOT of people complaining that fairy being resistant to bug is another bad match-up the bug type doesn't need, but I think the reason why this is the case has to do with the magical nature of the fairy type: not only are bugs simple-minded (generally speaking, this also explains their capability to hit dark super-effectively), and therefore not good against magical creatures, but the connection to nature could also help to justify this match-up to a degree

[@galixypawerpack]

Or just think of Firey losing Dream Island to some magic mystery crap

[@aqua2186]

11:24 I am SO tired of people saying water is weak to electric because it conducts electricity. If that were the case steel would be weak to electric but not water. Water is weak to electricity because of electrolysis, the process that literally breaks down water.

[@rileycaouette8501]

Omg ur right!

[@thecrispymaster]

It's not the water that's weak to electric, as almost no water Pokémon is actually MADE of water. It's that the water dwellers are vulnerable to the electricity conducted through the water. With Steel it's different because the creature is either made of metal or has it function as body armour. Incidentally, if you were struck by lightning while wearing a suit of armour, you will likely suffer burns but most of the current will actually flow around you and into the ground rather than through you. You're kind of creating a false equivalence here. And it's also the same faulty logic that has people say steel is weak to fire because heat can melt metal. Of course electrolysis can break water and heat can melt metal, but the energy involved in that could take out most living creatures anyway, yet they aren't weak to these types in the same way. Really, steel is weak to fire because most steel Pokémon have the metal as an outer shell or a kind of armour, and if you've ever worn armour in hot conditions you'd know that it wouldn't take much extra heat before you're feeling properly uncomfortable in there 😅

[@aqua2186]

@@thecrispymaster yeah, water dwellers are vulnerable to electricity, so are land dwellers, and normal types aren't weak to electric

[@muzgi]

15:22 WEDG "driven like a steal wedge, I don't know"(makes a disgusted face 😂😂😂😂 to funny

[@d4-v1d22]

Tumblr came up with a great way to remember Fighting’s weakness to Flying: “Have you ever tried to punch a bird?”

[@AznOmega]

I remember seeing that from Awkward Zombie.

[@fixyphoenix5394]

“AHHHHHH” “AEEAAEAEEHEHUHH, OW THAT HURT” Got me dying😂

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

For fairy's immunity to dragon, Lockstin had a good analogy to use. Fae manipulate magic in a flow, Dragons force pure arcane energy out, so faries can move the magic around them

[@enoraltheoutcast]

That's my go to when it comes to explaining type interactions. Yes.

[@sammydean136]

Mikey? Be a teacher some day. You have that level of dorky and good vibes that would make for an excellent educator. I would’ve personally loved someone like you as a teacher.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

I’m surprised Grunty Boy wasn’t more offended especially after the Knife incident.

[@apocrypha5363]

I think that the "alien-ness" of bugs, how truly different their minds and lives are from ours, is a factor in the bug/dark matchup. As dark types are massive users of fear tactics, intimidation, trickery and cheating... And they just can't fathom bugs out enough to fight them.

[@SR64.]

It's Kamen Rider.

[@zoromaster1696]

0:41 gave me a little PTSD thanks bossman😂

[@fossilmasterleviathan6977]

Wormy, nooooo!!!!

[@zoromaster1696]

@@fossilmasterleviathan6977 WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME

[@jamaalhooks8256]

I swear 😂

[@FatMarioHeads]

Finally someone mentioned this explanation for why Bug type is strong against Dark type, I never liked the “because many irl arthropods are nocturnal” theory. You mentioned Spider-Man, but I also think it’s worth noting there’s surprisingly a lot of arthropod themed superheroes, like aside from Spider-Man there’s Blue Beetle, Ant-Man, Bumblebee, Wasp, Black Widow, the Tick and of course Japan’s own Kamen Rider, it’s not coincidental that Pokémon’s first Bug/Dark type would be based on Kamen Rider

[@harveycapulong-zk7qm]

20:03 (the cricket sound)

[@Jj_c1706]

Just got to that part and I saw this comment at the top besides the pinned comment-

[@MrEthang2011]

Came to make my first time stamp comment to see I was not alone.

[@YesImJoeKing]

That was a huge missed opportunity for him to put that there! Since he was talking about bugs😂

[@squiddorito]

4:07 you could have just killed one bird to get your point across. Killing 2 birds with one stone just seems unnecessarily cruel :(

[@getsu0]

12:20 Consider that Shrek was the only knight who successfully rescued Fionna from the dragon, and Ogres are a type of fairy (just ones with more strength than magic). Fionna was not fairy/normal, she had a form changing ability that meant she was not always immune to the dragon.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Makes sense

[@boiledpizza6502]

The original video is what helped me the most when first learning type matchups. To this day I still think of the examples used in that video when remembering my type weaknesses

[@ryninja5788]

12:35 another reason for fairy being immune to dragon is because fairy magic is seen more like light magic while dragon is kinda a darker magic, so the pure hearts of the fairies can’t be harmed by the “evil” of the dragon magic. Kinda like the anime hero just negating the big bad guy’s final attack through the power of friendship and love, then using that to blast them away.

[@bluelegend7189]

11:09 ALL MIGHT MENTIONED RAAAHHHH 👊💥💥💥🗣️🗣️

[@HahaIChangedMyHandle]

👊👊👊👊👊👊🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@flybacker10]

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[@MemeDude-rl9wk]

Cheers

[@neoswagtwigofthetwignation9778]

This takes me back. I've been watching since I was a preteen. I'm almost 22 now and I'm glad to see a video like this again.

[@CorviKid999]

"Even the world's best karate master is a Muggle." - Mickey of MANDJTV, 2024

[@masonbendickson]

Ha so true

[@king_of_rats_Monfernep]

Focus Blast Lucario

[@Dekuwarrior-b4o]

Gallade

[@maestro9765]

@@king_of_rats_Monfernep Why would you ever use focus blast on lucario?

[@king_of_rats_Monfernep]

@@maestro9765 because my RNGsus are merciful :3 (and if you don't like Focus Blast, we have Aura Sphere with 90BP in Gen 4)

[@brilliantsableye2591]

3:51 On the top left you can see how the creature created by nerds defeated an actual physical arm. Good explanation for psychic vs fighting type.

[@TheMarshmallowGloomdweller]

I’m gonna use that as a reminder whenever I play Pokémon, thank you.

[@dawnofanewday5637]

Nothing better than an mandjtv video on the way to school

[@AdventureSnivy_]

Fr lol

[@HollowwPie1]

Have a great school day

[@dawnofanewday5637]

@@HollowwPie1thanks!

[@Olim1les]

You’re back to school already

[@3twibles4sweetrevenge]

Its almost september dude​@@Olim1les

[@gomensnana9169]

After watching this.. I think I might actually understand type match ups even less, but it was very entertaining to watch 🤣

[@yvngsemanic]

The "Fighting vs. Steel" matchup makes sense to me as if you're thinking of physical strength to bend a spoon, like the fighting power bends the metal.

[@JustAnotherMidEditor]

try bending a giant iron dinosaur that's 6'11

[@The-defective-asian]

Ngl i had some weird head canon that if a type resisted a certain type, it’d typically wouldn’t be effective but doing it excessively then it can eventually out do the type that’s resisting it Netural being types that do the base amount of damage to said opposing type but wouldn’t be affective

[@Kaydenizkewl]

17:25 this made me laugh so hard

[@blueb3rry-pup]

Same

[@ARWINGx1]

I remember talking to a friend about this long ago. One thing to add, is that he reason Flying's weak against Electric, is 'cause when birds fly closer to the clouds, ('specially during a thunderstorm) they have an increased risk of getting struck by a lightning.

[@KimchiFarts]

I will ALWAYS maintain that electric should be super effective against steel. The same logic used for water being weak to electric should be applied to steel

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

same with Poison being SE on Water and Ground as water and soil pollution, type charts are in a dire need of an upgrade/update

[@digitalyoutuber154]

​@@theamazingspooderman2697Perfect proof as to why the fans shouldn't be allowed to design the type chart. If Poison were super effective on Water and Ground, in addition to Grass and Fairy, it'd be overpowered.

[@ViolaTheAugluricious313]

I only understand water​@@digitalyoutuber154

[@ViolaTheAugluricious313]

I only understand water​@@digitalyoutuber154

[@opossumboyo]

I saw the dark-type advantages as “Why wouldn’t this type be afraid of the dark?” Fighting types are brave warriors, Fairy types are magical and often “light based”, bug types are very simple creatures that aren’t really afraid of anything.

[@SR64.]

It's Kamen Rider.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

I think Kamen Rider is pretty cool guy. Eh bug types and doesn't afraid of anything.

[@jackgoodkin2267]

As someone who has a horrible phobia of insects having that clip of whatever thing that was as the first clip is a horrible way to start my morning

[@negligible_reality]

R.I.P. 💀

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

that's nice to hear

[@synthwav_]

it was a butterfly!

[@SinisterSpectral]

6:08 Grunty Boi : 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@PurpleHollowOfficial]

Thats the actual Eagle sound if they scream

[@RamshacklePrefect896]

Calling Larry a normal man, how dare you. He's the most powerful creature in existence: An overworked, exhausted, business man. Who has a pet flying snake and a koala. Truly terrifying.

[@PyroAxolotlDragon]

For 11:40, I think that water is weak to electricity because electrifying water can cause electrolysis of water, which breaks apart the water pretty much

[@theBigThermoG]

6:09 grunty boi is worthy canon now

[@timaeustanis359]

17:23 I've been laughing my ass off for 5 minutes now

[@chirayu_jain]

Same😂😂😂

[@taragoesboom3040]

"Whenever I Feel PooPoo Down, Everyone Subscribe Good" - MandJTV, 2024

[@rongxinwan4572]

*vine boom*

[@MaxWeb2599]

4:53 He's pulling out a watering sprayer (anon connected by the way) like he wanted to discipline him like a pet with an spray bottle.

[@Y0G0FU]

Another reason why Bug works vs Dark is that many Fairy's in folklore, Fairy Tales and media are described and depicted with Insect Wings. So before the Fairy type existed those could have been lumped into the Bug Type for good measure :P

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

by that logic some Fairy had bird wings too so why is Flying not super effective on Dark then?

[@sugero9322]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 because he can only reach so far

[@SR64.]

It's Kamen Rider.

[@LevisGay]

This is an awesome remake of this video. Its very helpful to have reminders.

[@max-lee1203]

It's funny you mentioned Spider-Man for bug vs dark because I always thought that matchup was a Kamen Rider reference which inspired some like Lokix and Ledian

[@Jlaps941]

That’s probably the logic GameFreak used

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

he explicitly said Spider-Man was used as an example so Western audience can relate or understand, Kamen Rider is not Western

[@negligible_reality]

It most likely is a Kamen Rider reference, but he used Spider-Man as a reference point since Spider-Man is definitely more well known and culturally relevant to a Western audience

[@max-lee1203]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 I am aware he said Spider Man to relate to Westerners. I mentioned Kamen Rider because he didn't mention it at all.

[@Lelkeck]

For the Fairy weakness thing i have another theory: Maybe in this case steel and poisen are representing the Industrialization, destroying the untouched Nature Fairys live in. This is strongly shown in films anf fairytales too

[@aigarskarlstrems7674]

I guess electricity doesnt include here, cause lightning is a Natural accurance

[@glitchking2801]

9:18 the ground weakness is most likely be nuclear waste which could be considered under the poison type is stored under the ground

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

except that contaminates the ground though

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

Poison type's weakness to Ground types can be a bit more abstract, but it can be understood through the concept of contamination. Ground types often represent the earth and soil, which can be affected by pollution or toxins. In the Pokémon world, Ground types might represent a clean or purifying force that neutralizes poison, symbolizing how natural earth can absorb or mitigate toxins and pollutants.

[@JJ-ml7pq]

Regarding your point about beetle fighting and bugs being seen more positively in Japan than in America and some other nations: It’s also worth noting that they have an entire superhero franchise, Kamen Rider (literally “Masked Rider”), where many of the heroes have various insectoid motifs. - Grosshoppers are pretty frequent (also, considering you’re a Pokémon content creator, it’s worth pointing out that Lokix, a GRASSHOPPER pokémon, is likely a Kamen Rider reference) - Beetles are also pretty frequent- in fact, the protagonist of the series Kamen Rider Kabuto has a Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (Kabutomushi) motif- and his rival, Kamen Rider Gatack (pronounced like “attack” with a g stapled on the front) has a stag beetle motif. - There have also been spider, firefly, Hercules beetle, bee/wasp, etc motifs. Lots of creepy crawlies.

[@knhtfkjl4471]

04:48 I would like it if one time Grunty boy showed up and Mikey expected an ad, but Grunty boy was just there to catch up with his friend. Maybe Mikey then does the ad read instead or maybe there isn't a sponsor at all. Either way there both really confused. Mikey is confused because Grunty boy isn't doing what he usually does. And Grunty boy is confused because he thinks their entire friendship was nothing more than him getting Mikey payed with sponsorship stuff and that they were never really friends. And then they make up somehow, otherwise it might be a little too sad.

[@PintheDog]

They're enemies, not friends.

[@ulrikruby]

25:40 I just remember it because Reshiram isn’t weak to Fairy while Zekrom is.

[@abrarkadabrar7829]

20:30 amazing mnemonic trick. "F bugs, I guess" 💀🤷

[@Planetmango48]

Wow.

[@ArmanmiNaoChallam]

I thought bugs were not afraid of the dark, thats why. When lights get turned on, most insects run away in search of shade

[@lium24]

Oh dear why havent i ever thought of that

[@giggukardaguy9077]

2:05 Kamen Rider is also a an example like Spider-Man in being bug based crime fighting heroes Plus Samurai helmets were made to resemble many beetles so that another part of it

[@negligible_reality]

Yeah, he just used Spider-Man as a reference since Kamen Rider isn't as well known in the West tbh

[@giggukardaguy9077]

@@negligible_reality I'm aware, it just would've helped show the connection more

[@taariqmalik1822]

3:51 definitely remembering that better than the resistances 😂

[@SinisterSpectral]

4:15 RIP Pelipper, you shall be missed

[@7thtimerecreatingaaccount]

Pokemon type concept: Sound type Superefectives: Psychic, Normal Resistances: Sound, Ghost Immunitys: Fighting Explanations: Psychic - sound can interupt meditating and consentrating. Normal - blast a full volume radio at a person's ear and see what happens Immuntity explanation: Fighting - you cannot use techniques at sound as it isn't a material Ressistances: Sound - do i have to explain? Ghost - Ghosts are also known for making loud screams, And sound can make louder noises so ghost cannot competete Supereffectives against sound: Eletric - Shockwaves can literally negate soundwaves Ice - BUFF ICE🗣🗣🗣🗣