Pokémon You Can Eat in Scarlet and Violet

[@xpastelxbloodx]

I feel like the team at Game Freak were really, REALLY hungry while making the pokemon for this region

[@Ditto.007]

Spain and Portugal have pretty nice dishes so after researching they had to have been hungry lol

[@GatorEX]

That would be me submitting my design while I’ve just had my lunch break on my mind.

[@lysfranc8782]

Maybe it’s a hiddenmessage for help?

[@jdkusch8749]

@@lysfranc8782 problebly cause a major plot line of the game involves making food

[@haveyounoticedtheshieldsar3467]

The munchies mann

[@shannongrummisch8881]

Smoliv having bitter oil is probably a reference to how olives straight off the tree are unpalatable and have to go through a lot of processing before being edible.

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

The chinise restaurant in the game has a dish that it literally says that it contains the toedscruel flaps, and the water gym leader restaurant sells a soup dish that says has a special ingridient and im pretty sure by the dish look its a full coocked wigglet

[@Ditto.007]

Honestly, I like what GameFreak is doing because if you think about it realistically then yeah people are going to eat pokemon. I mean how cool would having a meal plan in pokemon be: Breakfast: Combee honey on toast with miltank milk (I love honey so much) Dinner: Krabby soup (Proffessor Oak inspired me) Snack: Oran berries (just snacking on them sounds nice) Supper: Roasted slowpoke tails with spuds (If you can't afford the tail since they're expensive maybe I could try tauros steak) Afternoon tea: Poke puffs ( The XY anime made me wanna have them so much)

[@windego64]

Realism.

[@michaelsarmiento3057]

I believe that China will the next Pokemon game.

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

@@michaelsarmiento3057 good guess for the legendaries, however house painting and anphiteater with roman mosaic might hints at italy to be next

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@anthonyrebuffo9509what were his ideas for the legendaries?

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

The Water Gym Leader literally confirms everyone eats Pokémon in his battle dialogue. Finally, we can stop the debate.

[@GatorEX]

The lore we needed.

[@wolfofsummerbreeze]

Still cursed.

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

@@wolfofsummerbreeze Nah, man, it’s the circle of life. Only vegans should find it cursed. Pokémon are the equivalent of animals, monsters, and plants. They are sustenance in every category.

[@wolfofsummerbreeze]

@@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143 ... My dude, meowth can talk and it's implied that, unlike animals, all pokemon have similar levels of sapience. Sure, animals are sentient, but are they sapient? Pokemon are pretty much confirmed to be, with meowth and Mr. Fuji able to translate their words to human speech canonically. Also people used to marry pokemon, so like... Just all around the animal to pokemon comparison doesn't work. On multiple levels. That said, it seems that it's more likely that when humans do eat pokemon it's not that they are killed off for consumption, but that parts that can regrow are removed. More like eating a persons hair (not recommend) than their flesh.

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

@@wolfofsummerbreeze First of all, the anime isn’t canon to the games, so I don’t know how far we can go with that particularly. But regarding sapience, just eat the Pokémon that are just animals like the fish or the more bird-shaped, bird-witted birds. There are 3 types of Pokémon: human-like and animal-like and monster-like. Pidove so a perfect example, the Pokédex confirms that it has the intelligence of a real pigeon compared to most other birds compared to something like Corvisquire.

[@CaptainObliviousV]

“Hey dude, you missed a spot.” “Oh, just a little Nacli.” “Actually dude, it’s salt.” “That’s what I said, Nacli.”

[@GatorEX]

Skeet has had enough of Jimmy’s bs

[@poopa_stinka]

“Clearly you don’t understand the basic concept of obedience, as a McSpankys superior I’m required to settle this over a Pokémon battle.” Prepare your chaps brain dude.” “Big McThankys for that battle Neutron dude.”

[@cowmeatius7151]

When I first defeated a veluza it was haunting to read I had acquired "veluza filets". Thank god this video explains it's regenerable (like a lizards tail) so I don't feel *too* bad for shiny hunting it

[@TornaitSuperBird]

It's my favorite new Pokémon this generation, but only barely. I love the body horror aspect of it, as it fillets itself. It seems to be inspired by ikizukuri, a practice in which a living fish (or other animal, like octopus) is filleted while still alive. It dies during the process, but the vestigial twitching from the firing of the nerves makes it seem like it's still alive. Veluza takes that process to the extreme, using psychokinetic power to fillet itself so it can be faster to chase down its prey.

[@mitazil]

I jumped on water to cross an island and got chased by a shiny Veluza

[@yosh9192]

@@mitazil it’s all fun and games until the shiny hunts YOU

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

@@TornaitSuperBird No no no, the point of ikizukuri is to serve you the fish while it's still alive.

[@Subreon]

@@TornaitSuperBird gore fetishist

[@shapeswitch_mood7221]

It feels as if in the world of Pokemon, none dies for meal, and their "conveniently" shed the food off themselves.

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

Some pokemon are killed for food like Farfetch'd and Basculin

[@micro_is_missing]

i think they wanted to avoid scarring any children lol

[@misterkaos.357]

**Laughs in Gen 1**

[@latias6745]

@@nebisafx5274 It regrows and slowpokes don't care if it gets removed.

[@cytoid7062]

That Klawf meal looks so good, man. Crab meat is already good on its own. Remember, in the movie Land of the Lost, where the group got attacked by a giant crab and it fell into a geyser and was instantly cooked, and afterwards they had giant crab legs with butter. I'd imagine it'd be something like that.

[@moe3826]

Oh my gosh yes! 😂instantly when I saw titan Klawf I thought I thought of that scene ! Then my stomach rumbled and a second thought interrupted; Now for some butter 🧈! 🤤

[@maxbenjamin7212]

Veluza tacos with scovillain salsa verde? We just need to confirm the existence of corn in pokemon for superior tortillas 🤤

[@Ditto.007]

I'm pretty sure most fruit and veg exist, tbh i wanna try the potato mochi from Legends:Arceus

[@runedoom]

You can buy tortilla in the game, so yes.

[@ranniemanangan5371]

Yeah why there still no potato or corn pokemon 🤣🤣🤣 Come Gamefreak, do more vegetable pokemon 🤣🤣🤣

[@chavaspada]

@@runedoom that's a spanish tortilla (basically an omelette) not a mexican tortilla.

[@CinnamintyKitty]

legends arceus iirc has literal corn like the real plant so hey! :)

[@phalamy9180]

Our boy the Salt lad also has the move "Salt Cure" (which literally cures enemy pokemon and not in the healing way) Which means it can cure meat for people!

[@frostbitex23]

The Toedscool/Toedscruel line brings the Wood Ear Mushroom to mind. As already mentioned in the comment section, it is more of a texture food due to its mild flavor. In my country, wood ear mushrooms are often used in Stir-Fry Noodle dishes where their texture goes well with the other vegetables (usually carrots and string beans) and the chewy noodles. Adds a bit of crunch to the dish.

[@idontchuckle6658]

I once ate that Klawf soup thing with a Klawf in my team. His moves have been missing more often. Ya'll think its intentional?

[@dyedcat2147]

Your Klawf is traumatised

[@DannyArguetaValencia]

Yes, EQ

[@GiganGroupie40k]

Toedscool and Toedscruel have the funniest walking animations I've ever seen.

[@luigi55125]

Love how it went from being a big deal that slowpoke tails were harvested by team rocket but also farfetch'd was eaten, to eating smoke poke tail and they just grow back, and finally to, yes eat all the Pokemon yum.

[@werh227]

Well... Most don't badger people for eating beef, pork, and poultry unless you're for animal rights. But we do badger people for eating animals dolphins and sharks. It's not entirely unprecedented for slowpoke tails to be a regulated good in an effort to prevent the suffering of pokemon. Also because gen 1 used to treat pokemon as a separate branch of animals instead of being the only animals (watch the DYKG original pokedex video, where they translated official material released back in gen 1's glory days, essentially it presented the idea that pokemon evolved as a branch of regular animals) Which explains why the gen 1 anime depicted regular animals... :o Just wanted to gush about this, I do agree it's cool that they've gone this far

[@Max1234qwert]

A wild Slowpoke needs its tail to fish, so Team Rocket harvesting tails from wild Slowpoke would cause them to starve.

[@noireisbest6786]

Not the biggest fan of fish, but if you had fish that just more or less gives you meat and it's not painful, then fried fish wouldn't be the worst thing. Sometimes fried catfish or walleye is pretty good.

[@DrunkPanda239]

I love how they make it family friendly by saying replenish and grow back instead of like you know 😅

[@bratisaoty]

instead of eating an entire magikarp

[@zinzolin14]

Nice to see Paldea has a sizable roster of tasty Pokemon! I think I'd mostly enjoy some Klawf stew out of all these. Woodear mushroom is more of a texture food to me. It's used as an ingredient for lots of dishes, the flavor is quite mild and has a snappy bite to it when eaten.

[@Ditto.007]

What would you have for dessert tho? 🤣🤣

[@spiritedchung5926]

Always made with marinated chicken and other mushroom.

[@zinzolin14]

@@Ditto.007 cinnamon Dachsbun! 😋

[@zinzolin14]

@@spiritedchung5926 in my background, we make stir fry chicken with woodear mushrooms. It's also used in soup too, and makes a great topping on ramen 🍜

[@kennethsatria6607]

Im seriously loving these new designs especially the mushroom squids

[@rivetsquid8887]

I was low-key terrified when I first saw one scuttling about. It ended up being a zoroa though lol.

[@bromicorn]

I cannot stop laughing at toedscool running beacause it looks like a crewmate

[@TechnoArpan]

@@bromicorn Lmao

[@galaxymaster]

It is really the first Pokémon game that doubles down with lots of Pokémon being food

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

Still they have to make everything shed naturally, Like if kids have no idea where meat comes from. I miss the days when the pokedex talked about lapras and farfeched being hunted to near extinction

[@galaxymaster]

@@DanielPereira-ey9nt yeah ghost pokemon never stopped with that more serious dex entries, but stuff like eating karpador and flegmon tails kinda disappeared and everyone was suddenly vegan.

[@jordaneats7566]

Shoutout to Dondozo who has a move called “Order Up” where it just creates a sushi platter OUT OF THIN AIR! If I could have any water type, I’m picking Dondozo.

[@Subreon]

Vaporeon though uwu. The "fun" is worth the not having of sushi

[@TheRandomYTDude]

​@@Subreonname and pfp support this reply so well

[@Subreon]

@@TheRandomYTDude yeeeeeeee

[@mrlampy]

It’s interesting how gamefreak dealt with the whole eating pokemon stuff, many Pokémon have regenerative abilities or produce ingredients through other means

[@blueblank8287]

It’s genuinely pretty neat that this gen went out of its way to introduce so many edible Pokemon/Pokemon specifically involved in food production. It does feel a little like a response to how fans have been asking “do people eat X Pokemon? Does this food come from Y Pokemon?” etc. since the series has existed, and that kind of thing can come off as forced, but I don’t think it does here - Pokémon always introduces quirky new things to its lore and more Pokémon that can explicitly be safely eaten just feel like a natural part of that.

[@TechnoArpan]

It's also mentioned that Clauncher claws are tasty in the anime

[@lockadox]

lechonk. how else do we get ham for those sandwiches?

[@GatorEX]

I’m suspect about the Ham. 🤨

[@sup_my_bwana]

There needs to be a side quest where some psychopath opens a restaurant and sell fucked up stuff like Slowpoke tail and Poliwhirl legs

[@TheAugizzz]

Nacli, Naclistack and Garganacl all have NaCl in its name which is the chemical formula for salt. Cool detail :D

[@ianpaige1099]

To answer your question,I think I would have a Daschbun and Fidough. For obvious reasons: 1) I tend to make alot of sandwhiches at home,so having both around to save alot of money on bread helps. 2) Both are cute,fluffy doggos. I swear I cant help it,but I just want to grab one and cuddle it and play fetch with it! Such smol good bois! 💕

[@PatrickBrady-d5u]

YES FINALLY ANOTHER DACHSBUN AND FIDOUGH LOVER

[@thanib7796]

So many delicious Pokemon in Paldea. Fitting for a Mediterranean region!

[@thanib7796]

@kuro saigatsu We don't really eat any of them other than the Tentacool variants (THEY CAN ALL DIE!!!) and Klawf kinda.

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@kuro saigatsu meanwhile, the Veluza that is still fine and dandy even after shedding basically it’s entire body in flesh:

[@KW-mm8cz]

3:30 Haven't heard this BANGER track in a very long time, I wish it was a full song, it's such a good encounter theme and there's no good reason why they kept it that short

[@GatorEX]

I was reminded of it trying to find music for this, but glad I remembered it!

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

You forgot lechonk, cause ham is a sandwich ingredient

[@GatorEX]

Mostly stuck to the Pokédex and Lechonk doesn’t have any details, but I’m very suspicious there’s ham when we have a pig Pokémon running around. Very likely. 🤔

[@TornaitSuperBird]

@@GatorEX Grumpig and Spoink are also in the game, too.

[@W.Gaster]

@@GatorEX but the ham of the sandwitch looks nothing like a pig's based ham

[@hunterhq295]

@@GatorEX Tatsugiri?

[@the-nina-beans88]

@@W.Gaster maybe it beyond ham?

[@realsalu634]

A Pokemon is your friend till the hunger comes...

[@creepynugget6641]

You could also eat pokemon in Sword and shield. In the last 2 games you can eat pokemon. Tho in Scarlet&Violet you can get small eggs which confuses me, as normal pokemon eggs usually pretty big. Egg curries eggs were huge and we have seen them in the anime.

[@Kuntpop]

Oh no we’ve reached the point where the shoutouts don’t end with “and quaggo” 😭

[@quaggotoak]

happy belated thanksgiving! i love these dex entries that describe people and pokemon working together beyond just battling, its really great world building. though something about toedscools food being called “flaps” isnt very appetizing…

[@BuckBlaziken]

It’s so interesting that they made Pokémon being raised as a food source, it was a huge debate for decades and they finally came out and said “you can eat Pokémon meat without killing the Pokémon”

[@PossibleBat]

The teeth from Capsakid it’s literally meant to be a clove of garlic

[@kobythetater]

How to solve starvation: 1. Get a Veluza 2. Get a Ditto 3. Put them in a daycare 4. Breed them 5. Hatch eggs 6. Have the Veluzas remove their unnecessary flesh 7. Donate the food

[@tulindotwav]

Farfetch'd Pokedex entry before was it was supposed to be a delicacy and the leek its holding adds taste to the meat.

[@starjkurage]

I wonder if the lil sushi mon is edible

[@GiganGroupie40k]

Probably

[@nuclear_bonsai]

I don't know why but Garganacl being a walking giant salt lick is kinda funny to me

[@DustyGogoat]

Capsikid teeth are probably just pepper seeds

[@GatorEX]

That is what it looks like, especially with Scovillain, but still 🤢

[@DustyGogoat]

@@GatorEX mmm crunchy 🥴

[@CTheng]

Even with all of these, Lechonk is still the most delicious looking.

[@semecchi]

Wood ear mushrooms are delicious! it's more of a texture experience, it's got a nice crunch and takes on the flavor of whatever you season it with while having a very mild mushroom flavor

[@susumuaoki422]

Sprinkling salt on injured Pokemon... Yeah, to make 'em edible.

[@1tiptip187]

This makes me think of the Slayers Movie where they made peace with the sentient Octopus by just cutting their tentacles off instead of killing them. And the Octopus were waiters serving themselves at the end.

[@lovepeople777]

You forgot lechonk. The dex says it's meat is juicy and marbled

[@Seth22x]

The fact that you can make ham sandwiches means that Le Chonk is likely on the chopping block as well

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I just picture Veluza shedding its skin similar to a lizard or snake. It’s probably just like a membrane the scales are attached to and so as it grows it sheds the old dirty outer membrane with new healthy skin underneath. It’s not too screwed up when you think about it.

[@namanverma1282]

It’s Pokédex entry literally says that the flesh it discards has a mild but delicious flavor

[@MrLantern2814]

Since anything and everything is now a Pokémon there has to be a restaurant that serves Pokémon featured meals. Tauros burgers, moomoo platters

[@frostbite3756]

Here is the text that some people were looking for 2:31 (put it in 0.25speed and pause then unpause)

[@golgothastrickster]

to elaborate on naclis name pun, the i at the end of nacli could stand for iodine, which is commomly added to table salt

[@NightoftheLivingcookies10]

Another tidbit you missed is that apparently people gather and eat Wattrel nests (clearly a reference to things like birds nest soup)

[@yaboywyvern4873]

You forgot lechonk ham

[@ember3032]

smoliv oil, veluza fillet, bit of naclstack salt, herba mystica as well and you have a perfect dish imo, maybe with a hit of the scovillian sauce

[@ranniemanangan5371]

Capsakid's teeth could be similar to how the seeds and the white part of peppers are the spiciest parts..

[@Lucky-Nick123]

Brooooo im hungry again man. I would love some Klawf soup

[@twoeyedbill1337]

I love toedscools derpy run animation

[@Zepimo123]

I do wonder where the shrimp and mussels come from cause I don't remember those being pokemon

[@foxbuns]

isnt clauncher like a pistol shrimp? and mussels would be clampearl, shellder or cloister

[@rma2110]

Now you’re making me want a Pokémon farming sim. I mean, why not? Think harvest moon or song of seasons with a Pokémon twist.

[@ArianesDrawingPH]

Don't forget about Lechonk and Oinkolonge! These meats can turn into a ham.

[@Fireluigi1225]

There's also a sandwich ingredient called Klawf Sticks so they really like crab meat, I guess. Wonder if the rock typing gives it an earthy taste.

[@Enixon869]

it gets weirder, because the description of the sticks say they're made from processed klawf shells instead of their meat

[@yomatasaki]

It probably wouldnt be too bad if the pokemon werent so self aware and concious in the anime

[@shapeswitch_mood7221]

3:21 Ever heard of goats climbing Dam to lick off salt? Some species need minerals in their diet.

[@StoryGamer11]

Funny monsters

[@williampinkney744]

3:36-3:37 This got me ROFLing, why is no one talking about this?!

[@amanawolf9166]

2:52 I had to pause right on this one. That has to be the most metal, Pokemon friendly way of saying it consume the flesh of thy enemies.

[@memeextreme1356]

I really hope there will be another region based off of America and for it to have pokemon parodies of chain restaurants just like your Smoliv Garden pun. Just Imagine seeing something like a Kentucky Fried Combusken Bouffalant Wild Wings Applinbees Sawsbucks Coffee Torchic-Fil-A Hoothooters Krispy Alkremie Hard Rock-Type Cafe The list goes on.

[@desmond9740]

2:26 I honestly think "Gargasalt" is a way better name than "Garganacl". The chemistry joke has been done enough times in the line already, so a change in word usage would've been perfect. It's even better if it's spelled like "Gargassault", way more fun wordplay.

[@zinzolin14]

Pretty sure that Nacli's name also comes from the weird "salty", so it makes sense

[@KawaiiHippityHop-cl5bb]

I love smoliv garden, they make the best food, especially their strawberry crème cake 🤤 😋

[@cilantroking2922]

The pork base meat definitely comes from Oinkologne and specifically Females because in agriculture females are the good choice for meat. Even the color of the flesh has a resemblance to the female version of the Pokémon.

[@veryfunnyhaha]

I thought toadscool was a retextured shiny tentacool when I first saw it. Surprised it was a separate pokemon

[@suicune3776]

Dude I'd love to make chocolate chip cookies with dolliv oil and moomoo milk :3

[@Spumoon]

That dog is very biteable. Not a sentence I ever thought I'd utter.

[@michaelhauser8897]

The pincers of Crabominable and Crabrawler are also a popular dish. They conveniently grow back as well.

[@samheasmanwhite]

You simply could not dissuade me from taking a bite out of that bread dog.

[@komomn]

surprised you didnt mention lechonk or oinkologne knowing bacon and ham are in the game, also most of these pokemon's food are things they can offer themselves without murder

[@ashrunzeda4099]

Oh god, I remember watching an animation where Chikorita was prepared as a delicacy. Utterly morbid and fascinating that thing was

[@Subreon]

What the actual shit. Whoever made that and whoever enjoys watching that is probably some psychopath rotting in jail now for committing various horrid acts

[@Joshua-pt1ck]

I think the real snack is Katy….’s wonderful pastries and baked goods 🌚

[@BLazeWigglytuff]

Naw Larry provides much more

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

FYI: Pretty sure the smoked filet is Slowpoke Tail. We used that as an ingredient in curry in SwSh.

[@Code_Lune]

I knew that crab looked tasty the first time I lay eyes on it.

[@hermesl9884]

pokemon tries to get around the fact that people eat pokemon by saying it is just some painless thing that doesn't kill them but that just brings up the idea of mass farming in poor conditions where when they are harvested they don't even get to die like in a slaughterhouse.

[@Subreon]

Yeah they're trying to be nice about the age old debate, but pokemon are sapient. I don't care if it just painlessly falls off. That's still fucked. Imagine if human limbs fell off and grew back. Would we be eating them? Fuck no. Some sick fucks would definitely be advocating for it, but they already do in our current world anyway, so no change there. Keep them silenced as one off psychopaths where they belong. Imagine if aliens came down and said they regularly eat their fallen limbs, and would kindly like to share them with us, in hopes that we may share our own. Ahaha. Nah mate. Fuck that. You can use your super advanced tech to wipe us out instead, but that'd just be more proof how fucked you are. Best thing would be, how about you drop off some of that amazing tech for us to study, then you take your unacceptable sapient meat eating habit and go back to dark depth of space and maybe never return until you stop that lol. :v k thanks But yeah. How about just retcon the entire pokemon eating thing and reintroduce normal animals from the early anime days. Or fully embrace the large variety of berries. Every pokemon has a favorite berry after all. It's a fantasy world. There doesn't even need to be other plant based foods. Literally just a huge variety of berries that cover a wide range of flavor profiles and have magical effects like they already do. Screw this weird moral dance and just be done with it. Let the edgelord gore, death and rape fetishists go cry in the corner. Forget their stupid asses

[@ArianesDrawingPH]

Yes, Veluza can eat because the fish called Hake can eaten.

[@ranniemanangan5371]

Klawf and Veluza are the ideal Pokemon if you don't want to be hungry due to lack of food... Imagine the endless possibilities 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Mmmmmhhhh Klawf claw soup and Veluza ceviche 😋😋

[@fishii8237]

I literally got an existential crisis from seeing the pickled toadscool

[@fishii8237]

3:23 I put the new forgis on the jeep

[@bigtacotime4382]

pokedex entry said that scovillain uses the spicy chemicals for its fire. assuming those same unfired spicy chemicals are used for the sauce then its worse than the capsakid teeth because that's straight up spit. at least you can wash capsakid teeth.

[@kermitsudoku6446]

thank you for being one of the few that actually pronounces dachsbun right. 😌

[@renzoe.v9484]

Dude WHERE IS MY lechonk? Lol, that ham on my sandwich is definitely from him lol

[@fashioni.star.]

Me, furiously taking notes so I can finally finish my food Pokémon sticker sheet to go with my dessert Pokémon sticker sheet So far I’ve got: gorgeist stew (pumpkin stew), magikarp fillet (I might replace this one, but it’s too funny not to draw), deviled eggxecute, klawf boil, and a tatsugiri platter

[@pepercat17]

The salt transition video was perfect 👌🏼

[@shadowqueenskye5415]

Finally the debate is over! This game straight out says that yes, people do eat Pokemon!

[@mumtrz]

2:31 thanks, Kira!

[@BJGvideos]

You probably have had wood ear fungus and not known it. That's the black strips in hot and sour soup!

[@ReawakenedCH.]

veluza moment

[@GatorEX]

jumpscare

[@siniorgolazo]

@@GatorEX Vaultin' veluza!

[@aeoifjapefijl]

I'd love to try klawf claw ngl

[@evagarcia865]

Wait we can just give every poor person a veluza and end world hunger

[@MrShadowThief]

No one: Gator: "Daksbun"

[@profeta4177]

Just you wait until there will a Pokémon video game set in Italy.

[@Doors067]

Me telling my friend for years you can eat a Vanille, him: people don't eat pokemon your weird! Me: now who's weird

[@rainbowdude9725]

Ok so some of you guys might have seen a quick black screen flash in you and you could see some words. Now to spare the time to find it out I'll just tell you what it says. " Hey, everyone! Kira here to explain the joke. See, Rex is replacing the letters "nacl" with the word "salt" because salt is composed of Sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), so it would be abbreviated as NaCl. This is why the Nacli evolution line is named that way. I hope I was helpful! " So basically the text in the black screen or whatever is just explaining the joke.

[@Daraix4]

It looks like Pokemon is evolving into the anima Toriko everything in that anima is food