Pokemon Crystal but you are what you beat

I'm essentially Team Rocket
Probably the most unique Pokemon challenge I've ever done.
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Tanner Ant
PO Box 283 Prince George A
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V2L4S2

[@Smallant]

I HAVE A PLUSH NOW. I'll be showing it off in the next video, but you can buy my son (Chunky Runky) if you wanna get him early :) makeship.com/collections/featured/products/chunky-runky

[@1e1001]

yes

[@nhelpix5387]

@Tyler Langley me definitely too!

[@meepy737]

I am buying. no questions.

[@1e1001]

also wait *what* im early

[@borz0inks]

i need

[@boze7180]

“I can pay you $0 for that master ball” Ant: “Sold!”

[@entruh4520]

Ah yes, the negotiator

[@Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman]

You'll take my entire stock!

[@inkorporeal204]

Stonks

[@superlombax1561]

Entruh Ah yes, the rocket launcher in Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction And A Crack in Time.

[@B-Man-69]

A great deal, I must say.

[@twyliiight8546]

It must be exhausting for One to have to keep raiding Elm's lab and stealing a new Totodile and evolving it over and over

[@mdmorlok]

Hi

[@mdmorlok]

😱

[@richardgibson8403]

twyliiight at this point they have a deal.

[@Atle-ez7ir]

By this point, Elm’s probably just giving away Croconaws and Feraligators and stuff to One just to have *anyone* who has a chance at beating this new member of Team Rocket who’s been sweeping the region and stealing everyone’s Pokemon.

[@miniaturerose2805]

I like to think that they're going back to him

[@TheCharlieDelta]

He's had a rock on his desk for years patiently waiting for that moment

[@aaeldenringexp9632]

Wait what

[@holdenhepworth9139]

It's the rock he puts his feet on when playing Odyssey

[@toodley]

Timestamp?

[@mariuszeqq6306]

@@toodley 9:25 ;)

[@Nelex5000]

@@holdenhepworth9139 why?

[@garrettoliva5154]

*At Team Rocket Hideout* "Hey, you hear about the new guy? Ant?" "Yeah I hear he's really good at nabbin' em." "Yeah, only thing is, he never keeps any Pokemon." "What's that supposta mean?" "He gets a Pokemon, he beats a random kid and then turns in the Pokemon he has to the boss and keeps the kids Pokemon! Rince n' repeat!" "Why doesn't he just build his own team?" "He says it's some kind of 'challenge' or something."

[@HK_Sage]

Add in, "Then why does he keep stealing our pokes too?"

[@garrettoliva5154]

Also: Ant looted a dead kid who got buried in the snow.

[@elementalpower8653]

“He beats them so much that they magically become full health” Explain that

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@elementalpower8653 The only explanation is that, through the course of every fight, he *wins over* the opponent's Pokemon with his clear mastery of fractactical thinking. When they end up in his inventory, they are spurred to full health by raw determination; he gets the very best out of the Pokemon he acquires.

[@stylishgaby]

He does that to test the pokemon, to verify that they're a good fit for the Team

[@nandersun_3561]

A spherical device that, theoretically, has the ability to capture and tame mythical beasts and literal gods: 200 poké dollars A doll: 1000 poké dollars

[@halo7737]

capitalism

[@OriginalPiMan]

@@halo7737 Capitalism in what I can only assume is a post scarcity society.

[@ninjacell2999]

@@OriginalPiMan you can literally make better pokeballs out of Apricorns, it's a false scarcity

[@naphackDT]

The power of government subsidies right there.

[@lpfan4491]

@@ninjacell2999 except that one cannot because the pokeballs are bugged. Dangit, kurt!

[@Atle-ez7ir]

Love how Lance talks about “your Pokemon responding to your strong and upstanding nature” right after you beat him with Pokemon you *just* stole from the previous fight, and then stole *his* Pokemon. The unintentional comedy of this mod is amazing.

[@sharkweekeveryweek4915]

"You do realize you'll have to begin the elite four with a team that got sweeped by a drugged up Rapidash" was a funnier comment than it had any right to be

[@oj818]

Time stamp

[@Kevin-dt9xm]

@@oj818 28:30

[@oj818]

@@Kevin-dt9xm made my day 🤣

[@addisonmarriott6131]

What was this referencing? A past challenge with rapidash? Edit: nevermind, I hadn’t watched far enough yet

[@-axn-]

The story on the lake is just like the way to Snowpoint City in gen 4 with all the items in the snow lmao

[@GreyPunkWolf]

Although it comes as free in pokemon and here it still costs 2Hrs driving back and forth cause of little boi ant's messy brain lul

[@speakez5906]

Finds rock climb in the snow “ah yes let’s have lunch”

[@-axn-]

@@speakez5906 Will you be eating it on an icicle plate?

[@blank0s162]

@@-axn- No, dummy. The icicle plate _is_ the dinner.

[@elliottnahmias]

@@GreyPunkWolf no in gen 4, you gotta walk back and forth to the healing house so pretty much the same

[@OryxTheMadGod3]

"Slowbro can take that explosion!" *slowbro faints* "...on a good day"

[@fivestarguy100]

Smallant: Slowbro can take that explosion? Slowbro: *crosses arms* well now I'm not going to do it. Smallant: ...on a good day.

[@jeirust9768]

Somewhere at 12:40 someone in the chat said "If you are what you beat, Im 7 years old" lmao

[@Jacob-md3nh]

12:50

[@eternal1780]

So that wasnt just me seeing that lmao

[@elementalpower8653]

I thought it was me

[@greasegoblin3912]

Who knew actually funny people were in chat.

[@wavern64]

bruh

[@IBlameTheLag]

I think this is the only time in history that someone traded their dragonair for a dodrio

[@derekcracium2163]

*Mr Talent wants to know your location

[@JTRogue151]

I did it because I wanted all the in game trades

[@GoJays]

hey Dodrio is cool

[@superlombax1561]

Go Jays But is it cooler than Dragonite? And especially is it worth trading the Dratini that it was likely a pain in the butt to catch?

[@GoJays]

@@superlombax1561 Sadly no but for me ya

[@lushG678]

i feel like the granola bars and juice boxes could have been a school trip gone wrong

[@FriskyD.]

I was honestly expecting the story to end with finding a kid under the snow

[@entruh4520]

There was definitely a couple of kids buried under the snow/ice

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

I was definitely expecting a body to show up, and be like "ah, so that's what happened to him."

[@geoffreyokrongly916]

If only he had searched a couple feet to the left, that story goes from happy scavenger hunt to haunted detective.

[@sweenhoe1066]

I feel like it was someone's lost lunch probably someone doing something similar to what they were doing but got caught in a storm maybe and had to leave the snacks

[@ZuToRuffy14]

18:40 One: "Why did I lose" Ant: "Because I stole the better pokemon" Also Ant: "Thanks for your pokemon btw."

[@mdmorlok]

Hi hi hi hi

[@mdmorlok]

FGTEE

[@egg1899]

15:03 Ant's Pickup ability.

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

"It has Psychic. That's all we really need." This challenge alternates between godlike strats and spamming the strongest move like a 10-year-old, and I'm here for it.

[@ThePenisMan]

Ever realize that Agatha is actually a poison type trainer (as well as Lance being a flying type trainer) due to the lack of Pokémon their types were supposed to be

[@entruh4520]

At least lances pokemon look like dragons

[@sirprize8572]

@@entruh4520 I mean... Agatha's pokemon look like ghosts. There's just the problem of there literally being only one single evolutionary line of Ghost-type pokemon in all of Red/Blue/Yellow (That is, Gastly/Haunter/Gengar). That said, that doesn't really make any sense because all of her 'Mons have Ghost as their primary type and Poison as their secondary type. It would be like calling Erika a poison trainer because all of her Grass types also have Poison as their secondary type... Lance is another story though, but same underlying problem. Dratini/Dragonair/Dragonite is the only Dragon-type evolutionary line in all of R/B/Y, so the fact he has a Gyarados and Aerodactyl pretty much does make him a Flying trainer

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

@@sirprize8572 no Erika has a tangela

[@geoffreyokrongly916]

Essentially, yes.

[@pola5392]

That must be the most recycled comment I have ever seen "hey look lance is actually a flying type trainer!" like I must have seen that comment at least 100 times, how unoriginal can you get? I'll give you something original, did you know Lance's team has the highest average base stat total of any champion? None of the retards would say that, because they never think for themselves but just spurt out whatever crap everyone else says like it's original

[@adicsbtw]

Ant used Forage: Ant found 5 granola bars and 3 juice boxes in the middle of a frozen lake.

[@mdmorlok]

12345678910 hi

[@sanep4275]

7year old tanner with the dowsing machine

[@lisahenry20]

And made it so Hansel and Gretel couldn't find their way home following the trail they'd left.

[@TechnoL33T]

That Rapidash fight is the most intense Pokemon battle I've ever witnessed, and I'm steeped in Pokemon challenge videos and speedruns.

[@GoCommitOofie]

Actual title: *Pokemon Crystal but instead I attempt Identity Theft*

[@entruh4520]

What identity theft hes just stealing their pokemon not their credit cards

[@swordsmancs]

Identity theft may not be a joke but it makes for a good challenge run

[@cyanthestickman9933]

swordsmancs millions of families suffer every year

[@superlombax1561]

ThatOneStickman Guy We can sue the heck out of him.

[@shou_ga_nai]

"So now we have a bunch of hot garbage... Dratinis..." Me, sitting with my Dratini plush: *_how dare you_*

[@geoffreyokrongly916]

Not all Dratinis are created equally. He didn’t mean yours. Yours is Champion material.

[@FecalMatador]

I’m buying a Dratini plush now

[@SimpleAmadeus]

@@geoffreyokrongly916 Top percentage, if you will.

[@HK_Sage]

Mans in chat said "Why do you have a rock in your room" Other mans "I mean honestly, who doesn't always have a rock readily available in their house?"

[@FriskyD.]

I hope he has roll somewhere, can't live without both.

[@DeanCalhoun]

he’s not wrong

[@absolutephoenix5312]

robbers better be ready to have a rock shoved up their ass

[@HolyDragoon98]

The duality of man

[@KaeraNeko]

It's because he's fully immersed in his role as a Team Rock-et member.

[@masterfakeio4736]

*Trainer Joey lost his rattata but got all of lances team* Trainer Joey: *Stonks*

[@KRONOS1909]

I guess. All of Lance's team is probably equal to a top percent Ratatta

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

guess joey the true elite four now lol

[@dominique2911]

SmallAnt: *encounters red Gyarados* Also SmallAnt: "Hopefully it's shiny" Now that's comedy

[@jacobeads7173]

i started dying laughing when someone in twitch chat said “get this man some airpods” when ant was like “is he ever gonna hear me”

[@Reptonious]

read the title as "Pokemon Crystal but you are Smallant" and I was like "yeah...?" god it's 3am

[@inaayachen7592]

Wow you must be cool to have stayed up that late!!! Wow you are really cool actually thanks for sharing!!!!!

[@Ash3D]

@@inaayachen7592 wtf

[@MishKoz]

@@inaayachen7592 Ant uploaded this at 3am last night, but you had to be a snarky bitch

[@absolutephoenix5312]

yeah it's 3 am while I'm reading this comment.

[@absolutephoenix5312]

@@inaayachen7592 ok your opinion doesn't matter

[@nefariousnektarios]

I love how he never used the team that's in the Hall of Fame lol

[@briancordero3391]

Finding part 2 and part 3 of this series makes me feel like a detective.

[@dominique2911]

SmallAnt: "We just need to get some of our useless items..." *sells Masterball* Me: *squirms uncomfortably in my seat*

[@afj810]

24:13 if you slow it down you see that he selected "both" instead of "tough"

[@BewegteBilderrahmen]

Hah? I didn't quite catch that...

[@wevegottrouble5891]

"I don't understand... why don't I win?! My Pokemon are so strong..." "You made one mistake, One. ...One. Mistake. ...You didn't teach your Pokemon self-destruct."

[@simpletonapollo9723]

"He will hear me one of these times" *Speeds up game* "WILL HE EVER HEAR ME!?" I honestly thought that wasn't going to go through.

[@gripghoulshorts2503]

Smallant Parent: You are what you eat! Smallant: No, *You are what you Beat*

[@cadenkat]

Pissed Piplup •• Road to 300 Subs in b4 people say they are meat

[@alph-lj3uy]

Then I’m the kid in my basement

[@imaginaryboy2000]

Either way I'm meat

[@entruh4520]

I guess im my sister then

[@cadenkat]

〔TFGG〕 tf you talking about

[@PixelTrainer.]

4:19 "This Zubat is actually pretty good" Those are words I never expected someone to say...

[@flamebro13]

7:58 SmallAnt watches SmallAnt watches SmallAnt play pokemon

[@yuumiyuki]

Surfs to the Red Gyarados "Hopefully it's shiny" This is the kind of sarcasm I live for

[@reaperdeathgod1]

"Slowbro is slow" suprisingly this aged poorly with isle of armor

[@ryanmarcus3970]

I mean it’s still only 30 speed

[@primarina9812]

Ryan Marcus *in avery final battle*. I can FINALLY take his slowbro down. Now all i need to do is ice beam since i outspeed *clicks*. *celeb- “slowbro’s quick draw”

[@Varunic219]

Isle of what? Pokemon died in 2018.

[@primarina9812]

Vincent L you must be pokemon in 2018 then.

[@inkorporeal204]

Vincent L I think you meant 2019

[@lemonodds]

it's neat that this gen's elite 4 happens to be good against itself (psychic->poison->fighting->dark)

[@tenackfgc]

“I’m going to buy an ice punch and a thunder punch” Skips the part where he has to sell something to get enough

[@7FrIeDBaNaNaS7]

Smant's story explained : School bus frozen under lake and all their snacks found by an ant in the snow.

[@garythomson9908]

I like to think that One just follows you for awhile after stealing his Pokémon until you fight someone else and just toss his away. Then he somehow catches them again. He must be really committed to his Pokémon

[@yppahdalg2397]

2:20 I mean, what did he expect? It's 11 levels over him after a leer no less with Gyarados's monstrous attack. Though the face is great.

[@jcg7609]

This is the coolest idea for a Pokemon run most people will just do a nuzlocke or a nuzlocke variant (randomizer, wonderlocke egg Locke shinylocke etc) or they will do a can you beat any Pokemon game with any Pokemon they have in mind , this run is actually refreshing unique and more challenging

[@elementalpower8653]

But a little too much grinding

[@jcg7609]

@@elementalpower8653 true but considering that this run is only possible by hacking an emulated version of the game you can just fas forward

[@2shy2guy52]

I love how ant just makes fun of the people who ask what he's doing

[@bigyeet85]

It seems that smallant just might have had his hidden ability: Pickup

[@flob.1276]

More like pickpocket

[@XBoilermakerX]

I love how he proves each elite four member could go up a level including the last one becoming champion

[@samgd5260]

Me: Oh this looks fun! me in December mumbles: *i dont this game*

[@TheGameChallenger]

Smallant: "You are what you beat" me suddenly: *turns into meat*

[@zombieslayer9304]

7:55 the ant-ception with them all thumbs up is hilarious!

[@firelifeblizzard8782]

Chat: Tell us a story Ant: ...So I was born in a log cabin and-

[@Phaen]

"Why do you have a rock in your room?" The real question we all need answered.

[@otto.x5328]

i lost it when oak said at 42:23 "you seem to like collecting things" xD

[@robertm5110]

So according to Smallant1’s story, he has the Pickup ability. That must be how Zigzagoons find rare candies.

[@WORMPONY]

Or the Zigzagoons become their idol, Raccoons, and grab a bunch of stuff from the nearby dumpsters (No offense meant! If it was, i am truly sorry)

[@MrThorchas]

After ever battle his team gets weaker than the previous. Therefore the level 5 starter was his strongest team

[@entruh4520]

Not true

[@juan-dq9iw]

????

[@IndigoGollum]

Are you describing the challenge he wants to do after this whith leveling down or what?

[@wickederebus]

The joke was he starts usingth team that lost. so Cyndaquil beats Totodile, making Cyn stronger. then toto kill rattata, he uses rattata. its a transitive property joke

[@rayeurope8424]

For some reason I LOVE to hear that super effective sound effect and also all the beam attack "hyper beam, aurora beam" sound effect. Makes me feel good.

[@geraldthepuppy9693]

After doing this challenge my bed now has a suspiciously shaped imprint.

[@WORMPONY]

When I looked at this comment, my mind said: “CATCH THE GHOST POKÉMON!” but my mental vision went: “YOU DISCOVERED A NEW POKÉMON SPECIES! CONGRATULATIONS!” and I said mentally: “What should the new Pokémon be called?” But all that could come out of my mouth was: _”PONYTA!”_

[@geraldthepuppy9693]

Wot?

[@exiledphoenix]

I kinda love how he stealing from rocket grunts there's something poetic about that

[@melmac15]

Robin Hood almost

[@zackaryjulian730]

This video is like that dude who traded a red paper clip until he got a house

[@wickederebus]

What?

[@tejasdixit4417]

@@wickederebus man buys something, sells it for a bit more. Buys another thing. Repeat for infinity and you become a billionair.

[@wickederebus]

@@tejasdixit4417 no I get that part

[@tejasdixit4417]

@@wickederebus so.....whats the what for?

[@wickederebus]

@@tejasdixit4417 just me being confused about that story, mostly because there isn't a link to the video in question

[@ophew]

"you are what you beat" Hello. My name is Meat.

[@kookie7463]

Mine is dead 3 y.o.

[@glowstonelovepad9294]

In Rock-Paper-Scissors, Paper is Grass and Scissors is Flying.

[@dontmindmejustlisteningtom8225]

I just came back from doing something and this is what surprises me,not that I’m complaining.

[@trfinnila6074]

I like how chat goes crazy for the shiny Garydos when it’s literally part of the programming of the game to find it

[@thealteredsoul]

Sarcasm

[@lisahenry20]

Whaaaaat? The gyarados is programmed to be shiny? I thought everyone just got extremely lucky

[@brianwright5844]

I've never been so thankful for insomnia keeping me up so I can watch this when it was posted at 3 AM

[@accadueoaccadueo945]

That's your ability, you can't change it unless you use that item you can get at the battle tree, but it will cost you a bunch of bp.

[@I_like_pi_]

Blaine is on an island. If he can't fish a water Pokemon, then he's stuck there.

[@travv88]

boats

[@FecalMatador]

trav v he accidentally brings out rapidash and burns down the whole boat

[@NekuHarp]

The thing is, in the rom hack he's playing, escape ropes have the same effect as "Fly" to prevent that kind of softlocks

[@nhelpix5387]

Such a cool video as ever, i can say before watching. Keep doing so entertaining vids. Also see ya in the streams :)

[@vengrivengri508]

10:53 Ant evolves into Sega Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

[@abyssalxenama]

13:37 best story i have ever heard

[@moonflame77]

The Elite 4: “We can’t beat Lance”. Ant: “Hold my Pokeball”

[@charmeleonevolves5553]

"Pokemon but you are what you beat" Yes now I can become a kid again

[@michaelcarlton1484]

This is Colosseum and XD without 3D graphics.

[@juanrocollazo]

Every time Ant discards the Master Ball, I feel physical pain.

[@aliesterus1.023]

"You are what you beat" That's some serious identity theft there.

[@RinnTheFinn]

Wow. This is the first time I'm not watching one of his videos a couple months to a year later .

[@brayanramirez1048]

That was legit what i was thinking💯

[@TheAnimeEncyclopedia]

*me a couple months later* Sorry im late XD

[@mrtoxicrain8772]

Wow that was an amazing video and I watched it it’s entirety. Yep watched all of the whole video as it was not released a minute ago. Awesome

[@RinnTheFinn]

hmm

[@Skylerrelyks93]

It was a great video that we both definitely have fully watched

[@kitsubi11]

Yep I definetively love the part at 32 minutes, which I definetively saw

[@creed6455]

Um yes me too

[@creed6455]

You liar! The 32 minute part- which I definitely haven’t seen- is borderline average on the entertainment decibel scale. I thought I trusted you, @K1tsubi

[@mr.357mag4]

I just noticed that Hitmonlee literally has 2 left feet in Gen 2. And I’ve fought the Elite 4 soooo many times.

[@notsergiu9984]

Ant was straight up strip mining in the snowy lake and found diamonds

[@Octoshark19]

this is such a cool series, i’d love to see it in emerald

[@MajorLeeGaming]

You always have such crazy ideas man. Def would love to play this one day!

[@JayStarMoney21]

That rapidash sweep was insane dude! Better than most sweep clips I’ve seen.

[@evacarmella5902]

I feel like the story of your first memory has set the tone for your videos and who you are! You make mistakes and forget things, but you don't give up, you go back try again, you put in the time and effort! And your insane luck with the juice box and the granola bar is hilarious because you have insane luck in your videos too 😂

[@larryvilla6869]

Imagine killing someone's level two Rattata and being like this one's mine now take my team of level 100

[@curseds0ldier]

*meets fisher with team full of magicarp* "Oh shit"

[@saturnhaswings3617]

Uploaded at 1 am? Perfect for me to watch when I randomly wake up at 2 am.

[@EshBBX]

I love how this made him start the Pokemon League with his Rival's team, would be interesting to see a full run of that and/or with a Gymleader's team :)

[@zls_paladin6472]

15:09 God made Ant's character with Luck 10 and Charisma 10

[@mechayoshi9250]

“Pokemon Crystal but you are what you beat” *Insert meat joke here*

[@redmetalpanda9051]

So you are your p-p?

[@fnln3011]

Why Mario, why *no meat*?

[@weebssuck7149]

Damn you have 69 likes

[@mechayoshi9250]

Weebs Suck now its 100

[@geoffreyokrongly916]

I would insert meat joke. But it seems yours is already there. I’ll just wait for my turn.

[@limkenny1]

I've been waiting for this to come out!

[@samuelreeb3662]

Smallant, thanks for doing all of these challenges. Definitely worth the hour long videos lol.

[@RomanEmpire1997]

Next challenge, beat any Pokémon game with your legs up and head down (upside down) before you lose consciousness

[@Naphtha-zw6dh]

You should steal my heart instead

[@jilldarragh1424]

Nice catch 👌

[@superlombax1561]

And then immediately throw it out for the next heart he has.

[@CaptainFidget]

"We're blasting off again" This man got jokes

[@OptimalDiffusion]

Holy fuck I love that snowmobiling story. That is a grand core memory.

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Why aren't more people talking about the snowmobile story?

[@rubberduck8096]

9:47 Damn Ant, I thought you couldn't show your huge rock on stream.

[@gremmy7379]

33:26 to the person who said "I WAS HERE NOTICE ME KZbin" I noticed u lol

[@hudsongarwood7218]

His story about that lake sounds like something you find before you stumble across a dead hiker

[@catherinelastname]

“I found like three juice boxes, just brand new” “And then we ate the granola bars and drank the juice boxes” So it was cold enough for the ice to be frozen through, and safe to put a vehicle on, and everything was buried in two feet of snow, so clearly it had been there for a while. And yet the juice boxes weren’t frozen. Seems legit.

[@official_YouTubeVanced]

Can we all appreciate the Rapidash V Silvers team battle at 26:00 ❤️❤️

[@rajvirratia6703]

I like how there's a counter in the corner that says "blastoffs: haha

[@sirnutaku7716]

This takes you are what you eat on a whole other level