Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Possessed Trainer Battle Music (HQ)

[@rocketexecutivedine]

I love how Arven is so embarrassed doing the mochi dance when Pecharunt took control if him. The poor guy was fighting for his reputation. 🤣

[@derpyquag7617]

OH MY GOD AND HIS DANCING BEING SO STRAINED WAS THE CHERRY ON TOP

[@homeishere2089]

Penny fuckin goin wild with it though.

[@ShadowCDoom]

Tbf, he has that giant camping bag on him. It’s hard to move your arms like that

[@childeofepickness]

“oh no oh god I’m a mochi zombie this is so embarassing…….”

[@dowmad482]

​@@ShadowCDoomNah, if you shout his name when they get possesed kieran will comment on how arven doesnt want us to see him dancing because arven looks embarrassed

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

I genuinely believe Nemona would join in on the mochi dance even if she wasn’t possessed.

[@excalibur493]

I went to her dorm afterwards, and she still says "mochi mochi".

[@GayMothWhoIsUgly]

@@excalibur493can confirm. She does say that.

[@leCuttlefish]

I definitely am

[@E10Cat]

​@excalibur493 do you know what she used to say before the epilogue

[@excalibur493]

@@E10Cat Something about a tablespoon meaning different things to different people. She was making her pokemon some food.

[@alexanderlyon1215]

A bit of a fun fact, if you hit Penny's Pokémon with a super effective hit, she won't just say mochi, she'll start making _Eevee noises_

[@AzaloonyToons]

She’s devoted as heck

[@MysticalRaccoon]

​@@AzaloonyToonsall the trainers kinda are throughout the game. Remember that whenever you hit a pokemon in a trainer battle, the trainer also reacts.

[@zearcjustice7837]

Professor : ev are important Penny : Eevee are important

[@yoojin983]

@@zearcjustice7837 They sure are important, not only surviving harsh conditions but also surviving from making a disappearance in most pokemon games

[@Cheezburger_Playz]

Fr she just goes: VEEVEE

[@gonefing1234]

My favorite part of the epilogue is how the whole town was practically having a zombie breakout, and nurse joy is just browsing memes on her phone.

[@Bladehound83]

Now, I understand that from a game design perspective they had to leave her unaffected so you could still heal up, but I'd like to imagine that she legitimately didn't even realize anything was going on the entire time since barely anyone ever seems to use her services.

[@gonefing1234]

@@Bladehound83 nah bro. I healed up before facing Nemona. There was dialogue saying she knew something was up. It's legit the funniest thing in the epilogue.

[@ShadowCatGaming26]

@@gonefing1234I know something was up but I ain’t payed enough to care

[@pundertalefan4391]

​Aw, Man! I missed it! I need to find that. XD

[@FubukiTheIcyKing]

​@@ShadowCatGaming26That's just retail in a nutshell

[@CaptainObliviousV]

Florian/Juliana: “Hey Nemona, what do you want?” Pecharunt: “The souls of the innocent.” Nemona: “A battle!” Pecharunt: “Noooo!” Nemona: “Two battles!”

[@ThunderMouse1999]

*SCREAMING*

[@toilet9994]

This is the exact thing going through my head lol

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

She ain't a goku for nothing 🤣

[@l-x-10]

@@idosarts_and_krafts She fight curses like Goku fight cancer.

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

@@l-x-10 you mean his heart virus from the android saga?

[@FuzHammer]

Arven's wimpy dance next to Penny's 110% full energy chicken dancing was absolutely hilarious

[@deshawntaylor9201]

I agree

[@mikaeruu0309]

Arven's dance being so mid was really funny like why is he like that 😭😭

[@Firedawn73]

even though he was being mind controlled he was trying to maintain some of his dignity.

[@Strawberrymilkdrink]

its not wimpy its says "arven looks embarrassed" arvens pride is desperately trying to stop him from doing this goofy ass dance. Arven suffered the most 😂

[@dededeletethis9940]

I like how, of all characters, the low-energy introvert was the one with the most energetic dance

[@tomdejong6028]

Nemona’s thirst for battling strong trainers is so strong that even while possesed she acts basically the same as during any other battle with her, only with more “mochi” inbetween turns.

[@flaregamer64]

And Penny says "CHEEVEE!!!" when battling her and "EECHEEE!!!" at the Loyalty Plaza. The Veevees are trying to fight back bless.

[@MyPamn]

Arven also says "Chi...ff", bc he's calling Mabosstiff

[@tomdejong6028]

@@MyPamn and Penny mumbles Eevee related words as well

[@F1areon]

Kieran's grandma actually says stuff while offering the poisoned mochi to her husband

[@markel7509]

In Spanish, Arven says "mochadillo" in reference to bocadillo (Sandwich in Spanish), it was so funny when I first saw it

[@snakemaster254]

This theme hits that perfect balance between absolutely ridiculous and off putting as they’re just dancing like zombies to this ridiculous theme

[@ClockwerkSamurai12]

Think they already did when the Origami King invaded the Mushroom Kingdom, though it’s weird how we never had a zombie Pokémon yet.. aside from Buried Alive, but he’s a creepy pasta more than anything.

[@snakemaster254]

@@ClockwerkSamurai12 does shedinja count

[@snakemaster254]

@@ClockwerkSamurai12 or perhaps Annihilape

[@sheriffpumpkin4104]

​@@ClockwerkSamurai12the Grievard line is quite close

[@ClockwerkSamurai12]

@@sheriffpumpkin4104 That’s more living skeleton rather than zombie tho..

[@KingChiggy]

I love how they make everyone do the chicken dance because Pecharunt's ability causes confusion and the confusion animation was almost always represented by birds

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Oh! Good catch.

[@zukamimotu..2071]

OH. MY GOD.

[@keldeostudies149]

Ok i didn't realize that and that makes this clever and even more funny

[@maxstrike3022]

This comment is gonna blow up like crazy the closer we get to November 2024...

[@batofdestiny]

​@@maxstrike3022...Why is that?

[@LokiboIsCoolio]

I love how when Nemona was running up to Kitakami Hall but we get interrupted to go to the shrine instead we don't see her as we make our way there implying she circled the entire mountain to get to the shrine

[@-memoria-2136]

She had to hunt for a Feebas to evolve into her Milotic somehow. Honestly the image of Nemona casually scouring the entire region for new team members during her brainwashed frenzy is just as amusing as the fight itself lol

[@shadowldrago]

@@-memoria-2136It’s very on brand for her.

[@CHARCHAD9]

How else would she get a Kommo-o and Milotic XD

[@GlitterPatches]

She did teraraids while she was possessed 😂

[@flyingstonemon3564]

​@@GlitterPatches I can only imagine the confusion for the local pokemons witnessing a chicken dancing goku gal that can only say "MOCHI" and "BATTLE NOW" over and over xD

[@makeeeveeacupcake]

love how Kieran, the one who was theorized to be possessed (before the indigo disk came out), was the only one along with the player and the local nurse joy to not get possessed

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

If Nurse Joy in Kirakami got possessed too, then there's no way for us to heal our Pokemon for free😂. Unless we travel back to Paldea or Blueberry academy. Didnt shopkeeper didn't get possessed too?

[@excalibur493]

​@@dalaxdercrisper957I guess with our time at Blueberry, we could've been able to use the healing machine by ourselves. But I like to imagine the nurse didn't give enough of a damn to leave her spot.

[@tailsfan10]

How the tables have turned

[@zwillscoopchannel9689]

@@excalibur493well when you have to Stan in the same spot 24 7 you stop caring

[@jordanbrandon81]

@@dalaxdercrisper957 Getting possessed would mean she has to use her sick leave. And she gets too little of that to waste it on something this silly!

[@grimbobagman4133]

That first bit with Carmine where the guys' heads are all bopping along to follow her dancing absolutely killed me when I got to it.

[@l-x-10]

The music is canon in universe.

[@Aflay1]

Reminds me of Mabinogi head bobbing lol

[@DarthMolgy]

​@@l-x-10it's like Duke Devlin in YGOTAS with Sexy Back

[@l-x-10]

@@DarthMolgy RIP Duke's theme music

[@pundertalefan4391]

They're trying so hard to process what they're seeing. XD

[@Mr._Sherwood]

I won't lie, there's something REALLY funny about the fact that Kieran was pretty much the only person in Kitakami who wasn't possessed, in complete spite of all the theories suggesting his personality shift and increasingly aggressive demeanor throughout the dlc was because of Pecharunt's pechasession. That had to be deliberate. Also this would be terrifying but the obligatory chicken dance is the goofiest thing ever and it make it impossible to not laugh at the entire fiasco.

[@Missingno_Miner]

Yeah, they were absolutely f*cking with us. At this point, I'm convinced that Pecharunt's existence being leaked was fully intentional, they wanted people to come up with the possession theory.

[@miguelgcgamer9878]

It made all this way more hilarious

[@firetools]

I'm sure GF planned this all in advance, but it's funny how some theories about the DLC ended up being false, like the Paradoxes being created by the power of imagination, and Pecharunt possessing Kieran, leading to his more aggressive demeanor in Indigo Disk. Instead the Paradoxes are actually from alternate realities of the past/future and were just temporally displaced, and Kieran was the only person besides the mc who didn't get possessed.

[@tailsfan10]

2:25 And then you got the scene where the mochi smacks Kieran dead in the head. Meanwhile, we just dodge it like an average MC 😂

[@lolnaenae]

How fitting that there’s a Blaziken 7 star raid after the epilogue lol

[@crystaltaiko0274]

Best way to describe the protagonists friends dances Carmine- Defacto Standard of Mochi Dance. (I really wish I weren't here right now, face.) Arven- Stiff as a rail. Penny- The most overdramatic, EXTRA, anime girl chicken dance you've ever seen Nemona- Completely ignores the fact that she is under mind control and still asks to battle.

[@mettatonex7221]

I love how goofy the presentation of the cutscene of Pecharunt launching mochi was. A frame by frame of Arven and Penny welcoming it into their mouths for no discernable reason, Juliana looking like she'll do the same but realizing last second that she shouldn't, and Kieran just getting donked on the head because Pecharunt can only hit three human mouths from 50 feet away at a time.

[@pundertalefan4391]

Juliana is your name for the hero, or the automatic name?

[@mettatonex7221]

@@pundertalefan4391 Juliana is the canon name for the girl. The boy is Florian.

[@foxxygradius7858]

The way he was shotgunning those things, it's amazing he got as many as he did. Headshots are hard enough without having to hit an open mouth.

[@kidscavyclub80]

*D* *O* *N* *K*

[@siledempsey4510]

I had a image in my head in the frame by frame cut scene of it just playing the headshot black ops announcer sound when keiren gat hit

[@laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978]

No joke, the first few times that this song would play in cutscenes, I wouldn't press A to continue the dialogue until I felt that i had listened enough to this song. It goes so hard.

[@dededeletethis9940]

I particularly like that the chicken dance matches the beat of the song (also hi Lauren, fancy meeting you here)

[@laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978]

@@dededeletethis9940 Hello, dedede!

[@koishifumo2060]

Fancy meeting y'all here lmao

[@laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978]

@@koishifumo2060 Yoooo, it's fumo!

[@elaineofhouston]

100%!! I died laughing for a few minutes when I saw the dancing it got me everytime! Then the song just made laugh more so much fun! 😂

[@miimiiandco]

I thought the epilogue would just be a fun reunion with Nemona, Arven and Penny. But no, zombie movie time.

[@mysticpumpkin8520]

Featuring funky music and Arven trying to stablish dominance as the canon boyfriend route

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

What I would given for this to have released on Halloween.

[@General_C]

​@@TheAwesomeDarkNinjaIf only...

[@veracsthedefiled]

​@@mysticpumpkin8520 wdym "boyfriend"? He said "best friend", and in the end he apologized to Kieran for trying to flex the friendship you have with him, he isn't a jerk.

[@GoldenDeer_]

@@veracsthedefiledand yet he wanted to be the only one at your house at the start :)

[@A-Dasher]

“MOCHI MATCH” - Nemona It seems even when possessed Nemona is still the same

[@richardshiflett5181]

I'm sure the big bad is frustrated that they're possessing one of the most powerful trainers and that trainer such a battle maniac that they cannot even use her as a paw n.

[@guidomista5]

​@@richardshiflett5181 at the end of Nemona's fight you see Pecharunt looking at her and it seems like he's saying "dude, wtf just happened?"

[@kyonbrace5487]

Probably a oh heck reaction a super powerful fighting trainer lost

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Also Nemona takes more time for the Mochi to affect her

[@tailsfan10]

I like to think she was fighting it. Nemona's a whole other Goku

[@smanly3274]

Out of everyone who got possessed, Penny was the one who took the chicken dancing to a new level.

[@fiercedeitymidna5781]

Arven was embarrased, Penny was enjoying it, and Nemona was (probably) faking it, since she says "Mochi Mochi!" one last time after we catch Pecharunt.

[@notjosiah5283]

@@fiercedeitymidna5781her eyes turned purple so she wasn’t faking it

[@TheSergitz]

I knew why Penny was my favorite character when that happened and yet I was more concerned about Arven lol

[@Kyumifun]

I still wonder how did she got possesed. She was supposed to search for the tv remote but ended up joining the dark side in a span of 10-20 seconds. Did she just found a mochi laying on the ground or what?

[@ZockerTrain]

Nah she told us before the search she found some "candy" on the counter of the shop. That was probably a mochi.

[@gamerteen3533]

I love the fact that Kieran’s eyes change into the same ones as angry Carmine in some situations like in battling

[@azzix45]

Isn't that just his deranged eyes from the Indigo Disk?

[@lexsombersunrise]

​@@azzix45 They both get that way when they look serious.

[@jams-dreamer]

​@@azzix45Kieran and Carmine's eyes lose their shine when they get in an intense mood.

[@Snowstorm...]

We found where the budget went, it was all put into making Penny's dance as bouncy as possible

[@General_C]

Worth...?

[@IEatSignificantAmountsOfAss]

​@@General_CWorth.

[@Creatures_of_the_Everquarry]

​@@General_C Absolutely

[@Phantom-dh2vq]

GO WHITE GIRL GO

[@SpectralLeafeon]

no fr though xD

[@arktrooperecho7241]

When i saw Carmine just standing menacingly behind Arven the last thing i expected was her to start dancing like a chicken and scream MOCHIIIII

[@tailsfan10]

That girl gave me a heart attack! 😂

[@SylviaGrome]

MOCHI MOCHI

[@TheCoolestUtensil]

I jumped off my couch

[@_KungFuBarbie_]

I literally sat there in shock for a couple minutes as the track played on repeat 😂

[@arktrooperecho7241]

I personally laughed my ass off along with my brother

[@Hank39]

Okay but this concept is actually really freaky and disturbing, and yet they executed it in such a way that all I could do was vibe to this song and laugh at the randomness of this, good job gamefreak, I can tell you all enjoyed making this

[@asterthehedgehog6861]

It gave Carmine the best look she had all DLC: the complete fool But, yeah, I thought this was super stupid for the Pokémon responsible for the “Loyal Three”. It doesn’t even get lore explaining why it was doing this

[@shamrocksardonic2582]

@@asterthehedgehog6861 Why not.

[@Cochu]

​@@asterthehedgehog6861 Driven purely by silliness

[@FedeTL]

​@@Cochujust a silly lil goober possesing an entire village, just a funky lil man :P

[@kyonbrace5487]

​@@asterthehedgehog6861 for the evlulz

[@cooldude8830]

This whole event felt like a love letter to the Poison type. I loved it so much considering it's my favorite type.

[@wolfzend5964]

Not only Poison but also Dark. aside from the Raidons Ogrepon, and Terapagos, your typical legendary dragon types or Type Change types, the legendaries have either been part Dark or Poison. It's nice to see 2 of the pokemon types with the fewest legendary or mythical pokemon get a few more.

[@I_M_Pooka]

Same, but with Ghost type

[@phoenixedraws]

ikr? poison seems way too underrated because they were always just used by the evil teams. and I feel like secondary poison types are always overlooked. I'm really thinking about just creating a pure poison type team for the story in the next gen and not just afterwards

[@bloobrush1679]

A rare instance of me enjoying poison-type related stuff. I specialize in Fairy and Grass types lol. Normally I hate Poison Edit: Fixed a typo

[@matoomza007]

A fellow poison enjoyer

[@mooseyluke]

So if the implication is to be believed, then Penny's family is just super prone to having their mind controlled by the very last Pokemon in the game

[@NovumDoesObservation]

I made a comment on MandJTV's video on the epilogue about how this is the second member of this family (that we know of) being possessed by a bulbous DLC Pokemon

[@Jordan-wv2xz]

At least Calyrex was somewhat benign. Pecharunt is just straight up a goblin.

[@pundertalefan4391]

​@@NovumDoesObservationWait... That's her dad!?

[@USSFFRU]

​@@pundertalefan4391yep, it got confirmed

[@pundertalefan4391]

@@USSFFRU looking back on it, I do remember that Adven-Tours were his thing. XD

[@MrChREAL]

I love how Nemona’s urge for battling literally broke through petcharunts curse 😂😂😂

[@henryhunter9643]

Same with Penny's desire for Eevees.

[@multifandomgirl5958]

And Arven's love for his Mabosstif

[@PurplesttCoffee]

@@multifandomgirl5958 This man fought kaiju for his dog, ain't no curse gonna separate them

[@happysylveon]

I wouldn't be surprised if she was just pretending to be possesed just so she gets to battle you 😂

[@ausma9350]

to be fair, part of pecharunt's thing is to draw out and enact your desires (seen by the loyal 3 getting their wishes fulfilled) so that's not really too shocking

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

We wanted mythical Pokemon events again and Game Freak absolutely delivered. So glad Pecharunt wasn't just given out.

[@Lightpaladin720]

MOCHI MOCHI!

[@DrTicklefart1]

@@Lightpaladin720 mochi! mochi... mochi?

[@Lightpaladin720]

@@DrTicklefart1 Mochi Mochi Mochi, Mochi Mochi MOCHI!

[@GayMothWhoIsUgly]

@@Lightpaladin720Mo… chi?

[@T3nn10]

MOOOCHIIII

[@CameraGuyClyde]

I'm convinced that Nemona wasn't even cursed, she wanted to battle and played along 💀

[@ShadowCatGaming26]

Pecharunt: Wait… you’re not cursed Nemona: Never has been

[@pundertalefan4391]

The pink eyes show she was, but that thought is funny. XD

[@theamazingspiderwuss4236]

@@pundertalefan4391nemona meticulously choosing coloured contacts that match the possessed, then acting like them and banking on that fooling pecharunt just to get another battle out of the player character. That is… surprisingly fitting to nemona lmao

[@misterprince9549]

Yeah like vegeta in DBZ when he was controled by the majin thing

[@xmangle5382]

Its her majin vegeta arc

[@dragonfable66]

Gotta love how during this entire arc our partner for the entire thing is Kieran. Dude gets his time to shine with us for a while

[@mystery5906]

i love the laugh at 0:27, it really helps characterize pecharunt as an annoying little freak

[@Zac_Frost]

Lol I feel like the chicken dance was the most embarrassing thing Pecharunt could come up with for people to do under his control, and that's why he's laughing.

[@castform7]

A little monster turning the people you care about into mindless pawns should be somewhat scary, but that scariness is getting heavily balanced out by them busting a move and yelling mochi.

[@Sonario648]

XD yeah

[@Superfan109]

MOOCHI MOOCHI!! 🤭

[@pundertalefan4391]

CHICKEN DANCE MARCH ZOMBIES!

[@Shinyman5000]

My friend burst out laughing as when Carmine was doing the Mochi dance, my character was bobbing his head to the beat. Someone needs to make a 10 hour version of this theme playing with Carmine dancing 😂😂😂😂😂

[@necrozma4029]

What's even funnier, Kieran was bopping his head too

[@christinawolfys6482]

Everyone was boppin as they stared at Carmine 😂

[@chrisw9436]

I was legitimately dancing with her when my brother came in just as i was reading “MOCHI MOCHI!”

[@tailsfan10]

Ngl, it is a bop tho

[@Test-sd9mb]

It reminds me of the distraction dance from Henry Stickmin.

[@musicaltaurus3309]

Honestly, I was glad and surprised to see a great mixture of Michael Jackson's Thriller and the "Perfume : A Murderer's Tale" in a single game battle format. The laughter track was a clear sign that Pecharunt was toying around with our patience and our emotions. But the chicken dance ? THAT WAS SO ON SPOT !

[@PrinceAkaiVtuber]

I'm actually glad he was just toying around, if Pecharunt was serious it can cause major issues all over other regions too.

[@zebimicio5204]

​@@PrinceAkaiVtuberconsidering just how it managed to change a culture of an island for sumoly having 3 minion pokemon, imagine how much damage it can actually do if it felt someone wronged him XD

[@Ritsu362]

Yeah, there was some big thriller vibes with the goofy dancing “zombies” lol didn’t expect that nod in a pokemon game in 2024

[@trident042]

There were hints of like, 70's Scooby Doo in there too! But yeah the combination of the various motifs really worked!

[@petertilton7004]

@@trident042 Oh yeah! Arven was Freddy, Penny was Velma, Nemona was Daphne and me and Kieran were Shaggy and Scooby, and I was Scooby.

[@mypeeisred24]

This is literally the only friend group in pokemon I feel like have a genuine connection honestly. Like it feels like you actually have a real friendship with them and you’ve all gone through stuff together, unlike most friends in pokemon from the past that were either pretty boring or just wanted to battle with no personality. I’m actually gonna be so sad when gen 9 ends.

[@ThunderMouse1999]

“just wanted to battle with no personality.” I like how this implies that Nemona has a personality besides “ME WANT BATTLE”

[@squeaks5677]

@@ThunderMouse1999Nemona wants to battle because she it’s the only way she knows how to connect with people.

[@HazeEmry]

​@@squeaks5677 and she works so damn hard on battling. She just wants someone to enjoy the thing she loves with her. But everyone is put off by her constant want for battling and her parents are the kind of rich folk that gawk at poor people. She found what she likes and stuck with it, what's to get?

[@StafkiGTN]

"Gen 8 Friends TCG card" We literally crushed their dreams

[@NeoZiggy92]

Yukito, Kieran and Carmine's grandpa, sending out Arbok and Weezing is a VERY sneaky reference to a certain lovable yet dastardly team.

[@tanjiaxin4043]

I know, right? It rings a bell into your team when you mention it.

[@NeoZiggy92]

@@tanjiaxin4043 Had to do a double take. Hahahaha

[@PC2000]

I noticed that too. Wish they each would have had one instead of one trainer having them both. Fighting them side by side would have been a better reference.

[@Sonario648]

I guess they were prepared for trouble

[@hydrosphagus9672]

And they really made it double

[@ThePokeMusicLover]

I also really like Nemona's new team. Plus her starter terastalizes to be good against your starter, instead of weak to it.

[@ricketynotch2-wd3ir]

I had actually forgotten about terastilization and sent out my iron valiant against her meowscarada. Used drain punch, got annoyed when she started terastilizing, and then was very amused when she kept it a dark type

[@excalibur493]

Dude, she almost bodied me after the epilogue. She taught that damn cat Throat Chop, and the rest of her team was strong, too. I mean, ANYONE using Infernape is scary, but DAMN.

[@tailsfan10]

No wonder why I was getting wacked by her. I had to use Terapagos as my last Pokemon and spam Tera Starstorm 😭

[@pilot_aki]

@@excalibur493Infernape? She had Milotic in my game because I picked Fuecoco.

[@excalibur493]

@@pilot_aki lmao, I like your username. Anyways, yeah, I saw her Milotic. I fuckin hate fighting against Milotic, dude. ANY trainer that's a challenge will have one, and I'm so damn tired of it. I remember having to teach my Latios Thunder in Emerald just so I could have a chance against Lucy's bullshit.

[@teapottanuki5841]

The “jumpscares” actually got me a bit lol. This was an entertaining little bit of DLC. I love there’s a cackle integrates into the song - like Pecharunt is laughing about the mayhem.

[@SpectroliteDS2400]

Nemona really do be *that* obsessed with battles that even straight up MIND CONTROL can't get rid of it.

[@fawkes6352]

Out of all the things that I thought SV's epilogue would be about, a zombie apocalypse was not one of them. Not that I'm complaining, this was the perfect blend of scary and goofy.

[@Rubyphoenix1843]

you can tell how much fun the composers had with this battle theme. This whole epilogue was great, i really liked that everyone basically acted like a zombie, and to be honest there were some times when I was a little creeped out, especially when Arven and Penny turned their head at you and Keiran and started to walk towards you in the cutscene. Kind of felt like no one was safe from Peacharunt.

[@SlyAceZeta]

I can tell how much fun the whole team had here. The writers, the animators, the composers... This was a hilarious time in between the heartwarming friendship moments, and after all the gravitas of Area Zero and the DLCs it was a welcome change. I was laughing so much throughout this. I hope they keep this level of character writing; I'm gonna miss our Paldea and Kitakami friends.

[@esteban8471]

Kieran: Shouldn't we be trying to bring my sister and everyone else back to normal? Protagonist: In a minute. This is hilarious. Kieran: *silently starts filming brainwashed Carmine for future blackmail*

[@HappyScaryMoxley]

Filming with what? He doesn't have a Rotom-phone... here, take a Mochi btw

[@snakemaster254]

@@HappyScaryMoxleyhe’s filming with his hydrapple, it’s so mindless that it can store recordings in its brain for later use. And to play them you just make it swallow a flashlight and then you get the video in black and white. Like shadow puppets

[@jordynstief3225]

​@@snakemaster254Whoa. Really?

[@snakemaster254]

@@jordynstief3225 I have no clue, I’m just making random garbage up, but that seems like it could happen.

[@snakemaster254]

@@jordynstief3225 at the very least hydrapple does look like he would very much enjoy eating a flashlight, whether or not it’s healthy, there is not single thought in any of his five amazingly derpy heads

[@piplupenjoyer3173]

this was hilarious, not only cause of the dance but also because the mc's head starts bopping to the beat

[@rylade475]

I like to headcanon that Nemona actually resists Pecharunt's curse since she's the only one who still talks with full sentences while mixed with Mochi.

[@Gloomdrake]

It just so happens that Pecharunt is telling her to do things she'd have done anyway

[@cyrussouth]

Kieran's grandma also does

[@onepieceking1770]

​@@cyrussouththe grandpa did too after u beat him and talk to him he faintly says carmine and kieran's names

[@MC-sd6dp]

@@onepieceking1770 penny mentions eevee and arven says "mochiff" referring to his doggo

[@witherkilleryeh]

Nemona is a Steel type confirmed

[@hollyday1658]

I just realized where I've heard the string at 0:10 that repeats throughout. It's also in the Silver Surfer (NES) title screen theme by Tim Follin!

[@TheDendran]

Literally everyone Pecha came in contact with: _"This edible ain't shi--"_

[@goddessdeedeebubblesofimag7789]

"--MOCHI MOCHI!!!!!!"

[@LeighTheYumeLion]

“Gumball WATCH OU- Mochi MOCHII!”

[@bookid1581]

Before the Epiloque: Man its so neat how we get to see Nemona, Penny, and Arven for another half hour, this should be sweet After the Epiloque: What type of funky zombie apocalypse was that???

[@hydrosphagus9672]

Well, uh, the mochi IS sweet, so you get what you ask for 😅

[@smashmaster521]

@@hydrosphagus9672 I'm never eating Mochi again.

[@tultiden2040]

Seeing everyone just break down in their mochi dance was the most comical thing to see in the game. This was a great way to end Pokemon Scarlet and Violet!

[@thatnoctutnallizard4600]

Especially arven good Lord that man has that club dance lmao

[@musicaltaurus3309]

If Michael Jackson were alive, he might have laughed with this bizarre Pokemon rendition of Thriller !

[@SylviaGrome]

Yeah when I saw Arven and Penny dancing I literally out loud said “Oh no they’re aggressively dancing at us.”

[@wushucat4601]

legends arceus 2

[@hydrosphagus9672]

I guess after all the implied, historical and near-miss bloodbaths throughout the game, this is probably their way of reasserting that "Don't worry, we're still a family-friendly franchise"

[@PixelShiftss]

I loved this event so much, the interactions between the characters were an absolute treat!

[@kingofturtles6343]

This epilogue gave me massive Yo-Kai Watch vibes. From the aura that takes over people to this song

[@BUDDYBLOODDROP]

OMG YESSSS Pecharunt is major yo kai vibes

[@Azzatron5000]

EXACTLY MAN! Also Based Skylanders Bowser pfp

[@sidg868]

I love how Nemona's lust for battle is just too powerful for her to be completely corrupted by Peacharunt. She's just too crazy.

[@l-x-10]

Peacharunt rooting for you to win so it didn't have to deal with Nemona's fight cravings

[@joshuarobinson8529]

Pecharunt: Peh... cha-cha-cha... Pecha! (She's... a complete battle maniac! Help!)

[@AustinSPTD1996]

I think that can be a barometer for insanity. If you sound like yourself when possessed, you're insane.

[@aethix1986]

According to the lore, Pecharunt's poison draws out and amplifies the desires of whoever ingests it, with the effects becoming more powerful over time. And if the loyal three are any indicator, it also grants power to achieve those desires. Nemona wasn't breaking through Pecharunt's control, but rather her battle mania was being exacerbated by it. Just imagine how much crazier and stronger she would have gotten if she had continued to dope on the mochi.

[@GSavel]

​@@aethix1986- 🤓

[@deshawntaylor9201]

I love it when Arven and Penny were doing the mochi dance

[@AllanGuiHaya70]

They were just🧍🏼‍♂️and💃 and I LOVE IT!!!!!

[@darioschottlender]

I took many selfies lol

[@crystaltaiko0274]

Arven was as stiff as a rail! Meanwhile Penny over here being so EXTRA. Put her heart and SOUL into it. Lol!

[@Sandstorm-TheTraveller]

Yeah uh- the rivals do get a bit quirky at night *Mochi chanting in the distance* Dear lord they’re awake

[@pnney.]

Pecharunt: "We do a little trolling."

[@shermanpaul4654]

(I’ma continue.) But do I blame them? No. If I was beaten so many times by some person I met, in so many encounters, even with a team that is a viaable VGC team (Kieran go brrr)? I’d be a bit irritable at night too.

[@wolfzend5964]

@shermanpaul4654 Except Nemona, she gets high off battles and takes a loss in stride... ...it really is kind of concerning.

[@Sandstorm-TheTraveller]

Nemona probably wakes up in the middle of the night, and proceeds to beat up a random punching bag, and then go right back so sleep. She craves violence

[@HB-qd1lh]

I kept having to take breaks whilst playing because I was laughing too hard 🤣

[@MilesBlake-t8f]

Yeah the last thing I expected was the hole town fortnight dancing on me

[@Moonshine568]

Cha Cha real smooth

[@alfsew]

I really wasn’t expecting to be laughing so much during this 😂

[@meowchaela287]

Same

[@tailsfan10]

How did we go from "Evil Professors" to "a folktale lie" to "side-character hates being a side-character" to THIS? 🤣 Gen 9 was a gem for me

[@cookedbread3166]

I love that while Arven was embarrassed doing the dance, Penny and Nemona were having the time of their lives being possessed.

[@tidalss8506]

The laughs throughout the song feel like Pecharunt is so proud of making the entire town do the chicken dance.

[@slurp-savior]

I love the fact that this is the first time in almost 5 generations to get a story for a mythical Pokémon and it’s *this* goofy

[@pavaocaleta-car2556]

arven was really resisting to dance, while penny gave 100% energy into it

[@the-boy-with-glasses]

Unexpected and fun at the same time, nice.

[@MrDoubleJ2012]

Everyone is talking about Nemona’s battle lust weakening her possession, mean while Nurse Joy missed the apocalypse because she was too busy scrolling through her phone.

[@nerdstop5025]

Tiktok did a good thing for once...

[@5ashll303]

the power of doom scrolling

[@denoetta]

Nemona is my absolute favorite rival. She is so gorgeous the entire time and never was a dick. Always fair,funny, just the perfect friend. Coming from an OG Pokémon gamer. I hope we will get more rivals like her

[@Unovakid24]

So, we can all agree that Pecharunt was basically forcing everyone to do the chicken dance, right?

[@katonnor]

Its pokedex entries says it feeds people and pokemon poisoned motchi. Anyone who eats it is under its control and bound to its will

[@lucasgreer1736]

​@@katonnorAnd its will is for everyone to do the chicken dance

[@katonnor]

@@lucasgreer1736 relatable. If anyone had the power for mind control they would definitely have fun with it

[@randompeanut1156]

That's the first thing I thought!!

[@phoenixchampion7]

Really begs the question why Pecharunt chose to make everyone do the chicken dance and say 'Mochi' on repeat.

[@pablovelasco4270]

Literally the funniest thing to ever come out of a Pokémon Game.

[@VIHUSARO858]

Wario Ware

[@concertpapyrus8361]

wah

[@noone12748]

Scarlet and Violet felt like actual videogames, something I never got out of pokemon games

[@drillbitz2816]

@@VIHUSARO858close! That’s a Mario game

[@cursedfl4mes645]

@@drillbitz2816closer! It’s a wario game (I cant tell if you were making a joke)

[@ctrI_w]

This was an absolute fever dream of an epilogue and I wouldn’t have it any other way

[@BUDDYBLOODDROP]

Ill miss all these characters so much they were such fun personalities my favorite rivals so far

[@lordtrinen2249]

I love that this ended up being the final DLC, despite how sad I am that it is, in fact, the end of the story for all these fantastic characters. You will all be missed.

[@shawnjavery]

I might actually watch the anime for them this time.

[@Pingimaster]

@@shawnjavery honestly, same here. i havent seen anything of it but i might

[@staydetermined6717]

Fun fact: in the battle to catch this damn peach, if you throw out Oregepon you get a little neat detail! It’s orgepon yelling or whatever “they don’t like this peach and they want them gone NOW”

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

The Loyal Three also get special dialogue with Pecharunt. You should see how pissed Pecharunt is for their betrayal.

[@allanvelasquez6101]

This whole experience feels like Yokai Watch and I really love it

[@Dracassult]

IT DOES!!! OH MY GOD!!!

[@MarbleSodaPop]

Exactly what I thought the whole time!

[@angelsartandgaming]

I was thinking the same thing!! And I love it!

[@michaelnelson1127]

Yep. Even the music for the Mochi Mayhem title card sounded straight out of those games.

[@kaistephens2694]

.... Yeah, that IS what this reminds me of! This epilogue feels almost exactly like an episode of Yokai Watch.

[@kuks0453]

I loved every second of this. I already really enjoyed the Yokai-Watch vibes of the Teal Mask, but here they went all in! Really cool

[@IJC039]

For real. Like even the designs of the loyal three look more like they belong in yokai-watch than pokemon

[@juliansiles5410]

@@IJC039 when I first saw them I said they look like from yo-kai watch😂

[@mmlkshake]

i love the vibes of the teal mask and this because it reminds me sm of yokai watch 😭 and as someone else commented the loyal/lousy three definitely look like they belong in yokai watch 2 as wicked yokai

[@ouy5996]

Yeah I think this whole epilogue was just an average yokai watch anime episode

[@funnycat9962]

The fact that this dance isn’t available as an emote is a crime

[@Trexcombo]

Yes

[@witherkilleryeh]

if you bring pecha to like levincia or something there should be an NPC that teaches you the dance

[@jordanbrandon81]

Perfect level of unsettling but mostly silly. It's like one of those out of pocket anime episodes where real ghosts and things happen. It feels so odd but goofy and out of place. It's a great way to show off everyones personality and let Kieran, now not being an edgelord, shine without his Sister. Arven got defencive about the new BF Kieran, Kieran got a chance to shine and be happy, Penny proved to be best girl still & Nemona proved she has a single track mind that not even mind control can throw off. Love the writing and music. Brilliant work!

[@TheRedStinger82]

I love how goofy this theme is

[@tailsfan10]

This entire epilogue caught me off guard. First, Carmine pulled up and started chicken dancing. Next thing you know, everyone is doing it 😂

[@pikafan100]

After finishing the dlc I was very disappointed to not get a chicken dance emote out of this.

[@freddykrueger1699]

Omg I would've loved that-

[@Tailzy26]

That would of been so awesome!

[@Superfan109]

That would have been hilarious lol! 😂 But I’m happy enough for that one line reaction his sister gave after we choose the bottom answer when she asks you in the League Room about her Moochi dancing, when she reacts “WHAT?! Delete it! Delete it NOW!!” 🤭🤣

[@endergeo116]

I'm convinced Penny being both a theatrical Team Star Kid, and Anime watcher, All combined to her putting her all into the dance like some Pop Idol, SHE'S EVEN SWINGING HER HIPS AROUND XD Also poor Arven didn't want to look silly, and even under mind control still caring about his pokemon saying "lil bud"

[@richardshiflett5181]

He calls the player Lil bud

[@kevinaguirre3666]

Everyone after the first DLC: Kieran is possesed. Actual DLC: The only one who doesn't eat the mochi.

[@SD-VThe_LovablePsycho0100]

The Player doesn't eat it either

[@bloobrush1679]

​@@SD-VThe_LovablePsycho0100 Neither did the local Nurse Joy. She was too busy scrolling on her phone

[@Zac_Frost]

@@bloobrush1679 Lol she's like, "Zombies? Meh. Let's check memes."

[@tchuquim]

This epilogue was so unexpected, but it was also so funny, I couldn't stop laughing first time I saw Carmine dancing, also, Penny's super energetic dancing was really funny too, this song is also really good.

[@wushucat4601]

is it permanent or only for a limited time?

[@bigbosssnakecorn8834]

Once Peach s comes to Pokémon Go we will dance on the streets...

[@vestaviri]

​@@wushucat4601based on what I saw on the news tab, there's no end date. So I'm sure it's permanent

[@tchuquim]

​@@wushucat4601not sure, but I heard that Pecharunt isn't obligatory to complete the blueberry dex, so maybe.

[@AustinSPTD1996]

Don't forget Arven's halfhearted dance right next to Penny's. XD

[@coldseraphim]

YESSSSSS I WANTED THIS FOR SO LONG Now someone needs to edit Carmine and the others dancing for 10 hours to this

[@UmatsuObossa]

Could see this being a meme. Making animations of characters from other things dancing like this to this song

[@LivvyTube24]

I'm working on an animation right now!

[@CwapPlatinum]

This entire epilogue can be summed up like this. Pecharunt makes everyone do the Chicken.

[@mysticpumpkin8520]

And we thank him for that😂 I am maybe considering pardoning all his warcrimes (maybe)

[@guidomista5]

​@@mysticpumpkin8520he killed a dude and basically bullied Ogerpon into committing murderer, I don't think we should excuse him

[@Selfdestructingwii]

​@@guidomista5 I can, it's just being a silly goober committing silly activities.

[@GayMothWhoIsUgly]

@@SelfdestructingwiiEXACTLY

[@Unknown_Nexus535]

@@guidomista5He did a comical amount of trolling

[@DaGamingCore]

They managed to make this theme goofy, off-putting, and a banger all at the same time. Props to whoever made this track!

[@Aurora-the-Voidwyrm]

I like how oddly hypnotic the song is, like combined with the dance you want to jam along,and im not surprised if you did just that when you first heard it :D

[@lcyurchuk]

You know, this part of the game is similar to the Dancing Epidemic of 1518. This was an actual historical event that happened in a region of what is now modern France. It all started when one woman started dancing out of nowhere and it soon spread throughout the entire village, this wasn't a dance craze, however, the people of the village had lost control of their bodies, dancing uncontrollably! To this day there are historians and doctors still trying to determine its cause.

[@tailsfan10]

If Mochi was involved, I'd love to know where this "Mystical Peacha Berry" is

[@hydrosphagus9672]

One theory of the cause of the Dancing Plague was bread infected with some fungal toxin that made the victims stoned.

[@oldgrounds619]

@@hydrosphagus9672 so it's breadarunt?

[@oldgrounds619]

pecharunt regional form confirmed for kalos remake

[@hydrosphagus9672]

Specifically Pokemon Legends Kalos considering the plague's time frame. Wonders what AZ would think if he saw that 😅

[@obidrew]

arven getting jumpscared by carmine just for her to do the chicken dance was hilarious to me

[@pokemontrainerkywan8327]

If I could describe the Epilogue in a few words, more or less it would be like this. Weird looking Peach causes chaos by controlling people into dancing like a chicken 😂

[@drillbitz2816]

I can describe it in 1 word: MOCHIIIIII

[@jcrossx]

i like how everyone thought kiernan would get possessed in the indigo disk and in this epilogue he was like the only one who didnt fall under pecharunt's control lmfao

[@phoenixedraws]

I love that mischievous laugh at 0:26 it really shows how yes, this whole situation is very very odd to the point of goofiness but there's something sinister behind it (if it wasn't already obvious from the purple glow and the seeming absence of consciousness)

[@theosophical5197]

Event Pokemon need to be done this way for the rest of time

[@GayMothWhoIsUgly]

Chicken dance and all

[@5ashll303]

they actually fixed them as they're available for more than 2 weeks

[@LucarioShirona]

Makes you wonder the reason this story wasn’t released sooner is probably because Game Freak couldn’t control their laughter on how hilarious this is? XD

[@jordynstief3225]

I have a feeling that maybe the reason why.

[@Okeana_Aster]

Finally released. This music is both goofy and a banger and I love it with all my heart.

[@WishGender]

I literally started bopping every time it came on. Some of the best battle music they've put out in years

[@metalxmecha567]

Arven: Mochi Mochi! Penny: MOCHE MOCHEEE!!! Nemona: Mooo- Let us do battle until the end of time where we shall see if the victor can snuff out the other’s last breath- Chi!!

[@crystalartz5090]

"Mochi battle!" -Possessed Nemona 2023

[@2tontyler]

This is the stepping stone for official horror in mainline Pokémon games. Calling it now. The pokedex entries were just mere descriptions, while we’re gonna experience horror in real time one day. Very, very soon.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

May Arceus have mercy on the people in the Manga Verse of Pokemon Bet Pecharunt would be much more twisted there.

[@darklightning2730]

Ghost types am I right.

[@surgeco.channel8972]

People tend to forget about the Haunted School sidequest in USUM. That was some messed-up stuff.

[@darklightning2730]

@@surgeco.channel8972 Yeah, but that’s out of the way and can only be accessed at night after clearing the first island.

[@Bebeincaca]

​@@surgeco.channel8972 and Lusamine's combination with Nihilego and freezing pokemon..

[@castform7]

0:27 Kinda sounds like laughing. It feels like Pecharunt is taking a lot of joy in causing all this chaos.

[@blazeproductions4095]

The fact that pecharunt makes them dance is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen Every other Pokémon: so what do you make the trainers do Pecharunt: I make them do the torchick dance have purple farts around them oh and I make them say one word Every other Pokémon: why!? Pecharunt: I find it hilarious

[@Umbrox-57]

I laughed so hard when Carmine started doing the Mochi dance! This whole epilogue was a fun little event.

[@ShadowTraitYT]

It's like this: *Nemona* : half-ass possessed *Penny and Arven* : force-fed possession *Player* : dodges it with 100x better reflexes than I do irl *Kieran* : * boing * *Nurse Joy* : * looking at Instagram * "Y'all done yet?"

[@jaredcook4414]

Nobody: Literally nobody: Pecharunt: *I COMMANDETH THOU MORTALS TO PERFORM THE FUNKY CHICKEN*

[@KororaPenguin]

Atticus: Thy early Modern Galarian grammar needs work.

[@herosdiaz8757]

Arceus: THOU SHALT SLOBBER ON DEEZ NUTZ, UNCULTURED MORTALS!!!

[@Averyredguy]

Rouxls: What are thou doingst with thine languageth?

[@kuniokun9117]

just think -- you're one of the MC's friends going to kitakami for the first time, and your first introduction to your friend's friend's sister is just her suddenly doing the damn chicken dance and screaming about mochi. you'd probably have to wonder if your first thought would be branches touching in the family tree

[@fromixty]

They definetly had fun while making this...

[@actualatom]

6 likes, remind me when it's got 2 thousand

[@timerock3493]

These Developers ain't feeling anything since years…

[@sekaych]

32 likes, remind me when it's hit 2,5k likes

[@Sonario648]

@@timerock3493 Never been truer.

[@bricbloc]

@@timerock3493 If you played through these games and thought that no heart was put into them, then idk what to tell you. Just because you lost the ability to feel joy doesn't mean the rest of us did. Keep in mind that we're talking about the design team here, not the programmers or managers. We can blame the upper management for rushing the release schedule, but the people who made the character designs, music, and story for these games put in solid work and clearly cared a lot about the product.

[@lloydearlofpudding9536]

I can understand why people might be disappointed with the epilogue, but this was so funny. Arven trying to resist the control and maintaing some of his dignity, penny unleashing her dance skills and nemona not giving a damn about being possesed because she was going to fight us either way. These goofy goobers are imho the best friend group pokemon has made until this point. There are lots of reasons to criticise these games, but characters and and story are not one of them.

[@Darius2010-r1g]

This is the song that plays when you finally meet up with your online friend who lives on the opposite Side of the planet and you just hang out and vibe