Pokemon Theory: Shiny Pokemon Were Created By Team Rocket?

[@benkatody]

I actually think that the reason shiny pokemon are so rare is the idea of naturał selection, since they sparkle they are seen easier by predators and prey thus dying off

[@user-ol6xl7ru2l]

***** You just proved his point. Natural selection. Natural selection chose non-shiny pokemon due to their, well less attractive features.

[@NoobyRussian]

would just make sense if shinies were the same as albinos. It's a rare thing that any animal can have since you're concidered an albino due to lack of pigment, which causes white hair and red eyes. this could effect pokemon different due to them also having abilities like breathing fire. Would explain why each shiny looks different since they have different abilities and typing.

[@chad63]

or they're out of the norm they get cast out by their own kind thus get rejected by potential mate thus limiting their breedability

[@ProtoMario]

I own none of the images shown in the video, they were all found on Google.

[@joshuacockcroft7741]

i think that shiny pokemon are just ones favorited by arceus or pokemon that were changed when yvelta took there life force

[@Slow_Biden]

ProtoMario, if you read my comment, you should do a theory on the pink Butterfree that Ash's Butterfree set off to be with. That is the only pink Butterfree in existence, and it's not even Butterfree's shiny sprite. And this happened before Team Rocketset off those radio signals, so what could have possibly made this Butterfree become pink?

[@NeonFXx]

jokemaster4life Maybe it was a nicknamed gen 1 pokemon? There was one way to change the colour of gen 1 pokemon and that was to nickname them and use them in pokemon stadium for the N64. I'm not sure what colour varients there were for Butterfree, however, I read somewhere that you could get a pink Rattata this way, so that's a similar colour change :)

[@TheWizardMus]

jokemaster4life the butterfree is probrably from the pinkan islands where pokemon turn pink due to the fruit they eat so butterfree and it's new family are probrably now all pink with alot of pink caterpies and metapods

[@oharehatmancaleb7]

tepigaipomlover62900 This theory makes the most sense!

[@MrSoullessness]

Shiny's are from genetic mutations. DONE ^^

[@FlyingFish248]

Or maybe the shinies were born from genetic mutations. Like, maybe a clan of... Oddishs interbred so much their genes mutated and a shiny Oddish was born. Like an albino or something. Also, have you noticed how Magikarp is red and shiny Gyarados is red? Maybe Magikarp was force evolved by the radio waves, but something went wrong and it kept it's color scheme... or something... what am I even talking about anymore...

[@flothronk.2588]

yes, in gold/silver it happend on this way.... it was team Rocket who used radio waves, or something like.

[@Dewotto]

I have a little theory, what if in the Pokémon universe humans are actually Pokemon but changed over time to "evolve" in other words puberty more slowly than normal Pokemon. This could also explain how some people in the Pokéverse have special powers like psychics.

[@lilyashby6014]

William Snow And why trainers are always classified into categories.

[@rmfgotenks28]

There's a huge hole in your theory. The reason that the Gyrados is red is because of the radio waves from Team Rocket, but that's only part of the reason. Gyrados was forced to evolve from a magikarp. Because it was forced, it took the form, moves, and ferociousness of a Gyrados, but kept a Magikarp's red color. In other words, no pre-evolved form of Charizard was black, no pre-evolved form of Ninetails was a ghostly grey, and no pre-evolved Wailord was purple. Just a means for Game Freak to cash in on a cool easter egg for promotional value, (get your free shiny whatever at Game Stop today!) and for the fans to find and keep playing their product.

[@noahtackett6264]

But that doesn't explain why shiny Gyarados is red even when evolving from a golden magikarp(the shiny)?

[@tapgames3465]

@@noahtackett6264 magikarp isn't shiny the non shiny magikarp is forced to evolved thus keeping its red color

[@noahtackett6264]

@@tapgames3465 not that one, I mean a normal shiny (gold) magikarp evolves into a red gyarados regardless of that

[@SpectralHorror]

Timeline Earliest: Gen 1 Story: Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/FireRed/LeafGreen Gen 3 Story: Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/ Spinoff Story: Coluseum 3 Years After Original Generation: Gen 2 Story: Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver Gen 4 Story: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum 3 Years After Original Generation But After Gen 2 & 4: Gen 5 Story 1: Black/White 5 Years After Original Generation: Gen 5 Story 2: Black 2/White 2 Spinoff Story: XD Gale of Darkness After B2/W2 But, Not Specified How Long After: Gen 6 Story: X/Y This is the confirmed timeline meaning team rocket had nothing to do with the shinies outside of the Red Gyarados as FireRed,LeafGreen,Ruby,Sapphire, and Emerald are set before and have shinies present

[@orpheusly69]

I have a theorie! Shiny Pokémon are the original pokémon, but something happened, a bit like the dinosaurs and they became instinct, but sometimes when pokémon breed theres a shiny because well, their ancenstors were shiny so some inherited that trait!

[@orpheusly69]

Thats why their rare

[@BattyBitz]

That's a hypothesis.

[@orpheusly69]

???

[@stalindiedforoursins7647]

+Jeanne-eve skawski It's not backed up well enough to be a theory, thus a hypothesis

[@orpheusly69]

Oh, ok

[@KudaKeileon]

Wrong. Official timeline states that the Kanto and Hoenn games take place at the same time. This means that not only do FrLg and RSE take place simultaneously, but so does RBGY. How can Team Rocket have affected Pokemon with radio waves they weren't using yet? What's *more* likely is that shiny Pokemon are subject to whatever the Pokemon world's equivalent of albinism/leucism/melanism is. Because those colorations are, for whatever reason, less conducive to the Pokemon's survival than their normal colors, they are rare- a recessive gene, more or less... but that gene still exists. There's another issue with your theory. Despite being the right color, and counted by the game as a shiny Pokemon, the Gyarados at the Lake of Rage is not shiny. It was stated that the radio waves forced the Magikarp to evolve, while it in the process kept its orange-red color. Shiny Magikarp are gold, not red, and a Pokemon can't just become shiny upon evolution. Most shiny Pokemon don't use the colors of whatever Pokemon they evolved from, either- Dragonair, shiny or not, are not green.

[@thisisastoryaboutagirlname5109]

i will say i dont always buy or completely buy some of these concepts but i do appreciate the research and time spent put into these videos and every time someone has a rebuttal protomario always comes back with an answer thats refreshing

[@Ghosty144]

I always thought shinies were like albino animals irl, rare genetic mutations.

[@Sovrakha]

I think what some people fail to realize is that ProtoMario creates these theory video for our enjoyment, and thus has to come up with his own ideas so that we have something to watch, as far fetched as some of these "theories" might be. You could simply explain that Shiny Pokemon are just a very rare genetic mutation, such as albinos in real life, but that wouldn't make for a very interesting, or long, video. Apart from that, I appreciate and enjoy the videos you create, ProtoMario :) They give me something to enjoy, and think about, even if I don't always agree with your theories.

[@TheZombieGuy98]

My theory is that the shiny pokemon have a discoloration disorder when they are born and that's why they are shiny because of a mistake in their genes in their DNA when they are born. ( don't know the actual name but its the disorder that causes people to have 2 different colored eyes)

[@LoopyLucy95]

Heterochromia iridium

[@victormurillo6956]

I agree, it is just a mutation...

[@JeekayTenn]

Plus, Gen 1 happened at the time of Gen 3. Gen 2 happened at the time of Gen 4. A Game Freak employee confirmed this.

[@CarlosRodriguez-dh7mm]

And also, to speak to the signal strength dissipating, it likely radiated its way into water sources (because really, why not) thus leaking the mutation all across other regions where Pokemon drink. And in another line of reasoning, the Pokemon closest to the tower and most affected can themselves move and migrate thus evening out the distribution of the shinies.

[@ShadeQuinnell]

Shiny pokemon are like the albinos we have in the real world

[@Vestaxowner1]

my first shiny was a trapinch, which evolved into flygon :3

[@Immacksgdoesntpostonthisone]

My theory is that shiny pokemon when they are born that the mother pokemon had a very rare disease causing shiny pokemon

[@RHODEY37]

I feel like it's more of a genetic mutation...

[@RHODEY37]

Fair enough. I see your point.

[@c0dexc0re71]

***** Not neccessarily, because not all genes are passed from parent to child. The mutated gene would just be extremely recessive.

[@Trikeboy2]

This video was probably made before the timeline was provided showing gen 1 and 3 happen at the same time. Both have shiny Pokemon. However, it could be said that Team Rocket saw the potential for cashing in on shiny Pokemon but due to the rarity of getting one, they set out to force the Pokemon to be shiny. That is why they developed the radio waves. It could also be how encounter rates changed too. Team Rocket or someone else could have also created the shiny charm which attracts the shiny Pokemon that are shiny, which explains why there is a higher chance of finding one.

[@SupremeKai24]

Again, I think you can go better in-depth if you was just to watch a pokemon episode where a 1st shiny appeared. I think they went over it on Ash's Noctowl but I'm not 100% certain. All I can say is it's all based on the genetics of the pokemon. The pokemon being born differently is most likely the main source and not from Team Rocket. Its possible the signal might have something to do with altering the genetics of the magikarp or maybe the Magikarp was already shiny but all I can say is unless there is proof that a normal pokemon can evolve shiny, there is no solid proof that the radio waves caused any significant change to a pokemon. Its possible the waves altered the genetics of the pokemon due to force evolution but there is no proof that a pokemon can evolve into a shiny, new form

[@SupremeKai24]

There is the possibility of using unnatural methods to make a pokemon evolve into a shiny by altering its genetics, so I still consider this theory plausable...if only not for the fact that the anime stated that it was only the Magikarp the waves had a significance on it. Pre-evolving before its scales could turn blue meaning the waves only has a high chance of working on a magikarp

[@itsjustbrian3712]

SupremeKai24 And I see what you mean, but what if the improper evolution and coloration was caused by the radio waves affecting deep down to a cellular level? Genetic mutation can be caused by prolonged and intense exposure to environmental factors such as radiation. The waves being transmitted from that rudimentary "radio tower" may not have all been radio waves. Imagine, a cheap set-up like that could have been built from parts of appliances that Team Rocket either legitimately bought or had stolen. If they used a microwave in part of the building of it, or for that extra "oomph" used a microwave transmitter, they could have been striking those poor Magikarp, and God-knows what or who else with enough radiation to impact their genetics, spawning off (at best) a whole new color palette for the species for when the genes in one matches up with another's for the recessive pattern to appear. Another result of this radiation would also be any Pokemon, plant, or animal life in the area could mutate creating new Pokemon sub-species as well as the possibility of causing another form of divergent evolution within the species which over time could result in some completely new species altogether. The people in Mohagany Town, however, may want to consult with their doctors on if they should be screened for cancer as well as have Nurse Joy screen their Pokemon.

[@SupremeKai24]

ItsJust Brian If the radio tower did use radiation or some other methods to alter genetics, then this theory could make a lot of sense. Another that you could have added was that Team Rocket was using a signal to cause a pokemon to prematurely evolve and THAT could also cause genetic mutation to happen as well. Since the pokemon is not evolving naturally, that is bound to cause some genetic issues.

[@itsjustbrian3712]

SupremeKai24 I was trying to imply the secondary portion as having an impact.

[@SupremeKai24]

ItsJust Brian It did.

[@EmpyreanVampires]

Generations 1,3, and 6 all take place at the same time in their respective regions. Generations 2 and 4 also take place at the same time, after the events of 1, 3, and 6. Generation 5 takes place the furthest ahead in time, after the events of all previous generations. We know this because of 1 thing- The remakes. You fight the champion of the Protagonist of gen 1 in gen 2, after his adventure is over, meaning 2 definitely takes place after 1. Generation 3 had the recreations of generation 1's games, meaning, as you can freely trade pokemon between them, they logically must take place at the same time. The same logic can theoretically be applied to generation 6, as with the gen 3 remakes, and the ability to trade pokemon between X&Y, and Alpha and Omega, they must have to occur during the same time period. And the logic follows with the introduction of heartgold and soulsilver in gen 4, that generations & 4 take place concurrently, after the events of 1, 3 and 6. There's also the appearance of Sabrina in gen 4 that indicates a connection to gen 2. Generation 5's games take place furthest in the future due to the appearance of Cynthia. Cynthia, dethroned as champion of Sinnoh by Gen 4's protagonist, was free to travel the world to meet new people, untethered by the Champion's responsibilities. Using the appearance of another character, a certain speech impaired rocket grunt (Who had left that life behind, and went to unova and started a family, with a wife and son in the same house as him, we can estimate using his son's age that black and white take place approximately 6-10 years after the events of Gen 2, depending on how old his son is. )The final chronological games in the series are pokemon Black 2 & White 2, which take place 2 years after black and white, (Which take place approximately 5-9 years after gen 2, a stated above.)

[@angeliquemarx3132]

I have my own theory: some pokemon are based on animals, right? Animals have a albino from, so shinies are actually albino pokemon! Its my own theory

[@Shockwave122yt]

i like that nice theory

[@Asprant]

***** hey the real gary cool and pokemon are real life things like a red pig and such

[@girmabiruck6033]

I caught a shiny drowsee right before I entered goldenrod city for my very first time

[@sangajin100]

Theory debunked! How do you explain the basic pokemon? Also, pokemon from R/B/Y actually could be shiny, if you traded them to G/S/C they could show up shiny.

[@ProtoMario]

Red Blue and Yellow did not have shinies. If they went to Gold Silver and Crystal, they were traveling 2 years into the future.

[@sangajin100]

ProtoMario okay, fr/lg.

[@ProtoMario]

sangajin100 Remakes are not Cannon, also the remakes are still 2 years ago.

[@Asprant]

Same here in pokemon firered and leafgreen it was before gold and silver (timeline refers to manga) so yup debunked

[@russianbot2179]

well team rocket did exist in RBY so...

[@TheRachaelLefler]

Well in one of the first episodes, Jessie and James do say "We seek only rare and valuable Pokemon." Think about it, their whole MO is to try to steal or capture Pokemon that can be sold at a high price or used as destructive weapons. If they concocted the secret to making Pokemon shinies, it would be a way for them to sell Shiny Pokemon to wealthy Trainers or Pokemon pet-owners. I mean, people pay a lot of money for designer dog breeds in the real world, kind of the same principle.

[@TheRachaelLefler]

+Rachael Lefler The only problem with this theory is, they're never shown trying to make money by selling a shiny Pokemon. Maybe it backfired and all their lab-stored shinies escaped into the wild, making that impossible for them to actually profit off of, even if it was originally their intention.

[@thecasualnerd7380]

Couple of major flaws in the theory - Shiny pokemon actually did exist in gen 1, but the gameboy back then didn't have color, so you couldn't tell if they were shiny or not until you ported them - If the theory is that forcing pokemon to evolve via the radio waves is what makes them shiny, then there would be no shiny versions of basic pokemon, but there are - The chances of a pokemon being shiny are equal in all the games/regions. If we go by the radio waves decreasing in power over distance, then the shiny rates would be different in different regions unless Team Rocket set up their radio waves in every region, which they don't So this theory is quite easily proven false. Shiny pokemon are widely regarded to simply be the pokemon version of albinos, a theory which makes a lot more sense.

[@eliteexile6317]

sorry I didn't read your comment

[@TheGreyShaman]

You didn't each the video, he explained that it dissipated and spread After spreading it affected the birth and evolution of some pokemon

[@TheGreyShaman]

But yes I thought they were albino all my life

[@Deathchan12]

Don't forget about shiny legendary Pokemon

[@thecasualnerd7380]

Jason Hofmann I addressed that actually, based on that theory the shiny spawn rates would vary depending on how far away the pokemon was from the original broadcast. But the shiny rate is identical everywhere. Since the signal would be stronger closer to the radio tower there should be variance unless every region is somehow the exact same distance away from the broadcast. There's also the fact that the broadcast was shut down, and shininess isn't hereditary, so at this point in the pokemon universe all pokemon should be normal, the shiny trait having died out long ago. Radio waves don't have that long of a lifespan, so they couldn't be continuing to cause the mutations required.

[@tacolrd2299]

What Is The Picture At 4:14? Someone Tell Me.

[@jacobpreseau1063]

Here's a question: What if the Red Gyarados was already shiny? The radio waves only made it evolve. Shinies are probably genetic mutations or something like that, because I doubt that Team Rocket could have actually caused a Pokemon the evolve AND become shiny at the same time. Also, isn't it weird that the red Gyarados was the ONLY Magikarp/Gyarados to become shiny? If the radio wave made shinies, wouldn't the other Magikarp or Gyarados have become shiny too? Sorry, I'm just not buying it.

[@SamTheLesbianUnicorn]

I agree, I see shiny pokemon are like albino people, there is a slim chance that they can be born with a genetic mutation of skin pigment witch change them from there normal color to shiny.

[@Japed]

This theory, even though people have pointed out a few flaws, would also explain why shinies are becoming less rare as the games come out. Due to natural selection, more and more shinies are being born into the wild when there was very few to begin with. Since Pokemon enjoys itself some evolution, this would make even more sense. A genetic mutation and the process of elimination is what causes a species to evolve.

[@orangexpaw]

How come I got a shiny zubat before the radio waves happened In slowpoke well

[@LuckyJeroLP]

That's because that Theory is bull crap. Shiny Pokemon were also in Gen I (Red & Blue) but you couldnt see and recognize a shiny pokemon, unless you trade it to the gold silver crystal versions. There is also a glitch, getting a shiny ditto with pokemon red/blue and gold/silver.

[@orangexpaw]

well I like these vids so plz dont spoil the fun. :(

[@DanTheMan-zu3yc]

LuckyJeroLP that is wrong because shiny in gen2 was based on ivs and in gen 1 they didn't have that so when you transferred they were give ivs and thus it could be shiny because of this it was not shiny in gen 1

[@DanTheMan-zu3yc]

***** gen one didn't have shiny pokemon

[@SubConfusion1]

Because this theory is stupid.

[@HalMarie]

I caught a shiny ZIGZAGOON the other day! YAY!

[@erikdk321]

Maybe its just a genetic error? Thats what I think anyway

[@erikdk321]

***** Yup. Grass types being shiny red could result in being spotted by prey, so its very unlikely they would have an advantage.

[@erikdk321]

***** Nah

[@TieGuardian]

Well, there is another explanation, you know how sometimes animals can get these rare new features but sometimes that causes the death of them in the wild since it could be easier to spot with that feature and that also explains why shinies are so rare

[@Stevyyy1994]

Can u do a video on articuno zapdos and moltres, because im wondering how many of them are there if red and blue both caught 149 pokemon

[@narwhalNL]

Michael fight!!!!!!!

[@SKILLZPLUR]

Well somehow there is at least three mewtwos so far which i don't understand. The one that red caught, the one in the first movie, and the one in the latest movie which is actually totally different compared to the original. I think the pokemon creator needs to think about the story a little more if he continues the series

[@sangajin100]

SKILLZPLUR 2 mewtwos, two. the first movie mewtwo is the one red catches (each universes counterparts) and the genesect movie mewtwo is the one you catch in pokemon X&Y.

[@SKILLZPLUR]

sangajin100 LOL so are you saying that ash has some how went to a different dimension when he met mewtwo all three times?? Ash can't even win a pokemon league but can somehow cross dimensions... No that theory is way off.

[@sangajin100]

maybe i didn't explain this very well, here it goes again. The mewtwo from the first movie and mewtwo returns, is the first mewtwo, then, the mewtwo from the genesect movie is the second mewtwo. The mewtwo from r/b/y and pokemon origins is the first mewtwo. the mewtwo you capture in the game pokemon x&y, is the second mewtwo. two different universes, both of those mewtwo, if you think about it, are counterparts. so, overall, in each universe, there are 2 known mewtwo.

[@Eathechicken]

You should do a theory kind of similar to this one and the multiple legendaries theory,well here it is: If there truly is only one of every legendary pokemon, how can they be shiny? or is there another legendary of the same species that was born shiny? I think it would be an interesting subject to touch upon :D

[@livingchaosmatrix]

But Proto! There WERE shiny on Gen 1, you just need to transfer em to a Gen 2 game to reveal that they´re shiny.

[@UltraFox27]

That wasn't intentional, though.

[@livingchaosmatrix]

UltraDylan I pretty much just wanted an excuse to say " But Proto! "

[@w01ffr34k]

not sure if this has been stated, but another theory about shiny origins is similar to the albino mutant gene here in real life. the reason for the "lack" of shiny pokemon in the first gen can be explained simply as the rarity of the mutation. also remember that fossil pokemon can also be shiny as well as deoxys who is from outer space.

[@GoldKitsuneBrony]

I've encountered and captured one shiny ever. It was a Zubat :3

[@InvisibleInque]

I encountered a shiny Zubat during one of those double battle events with an NPC and they wouldn't let me catch it. I was sad.

[@PikaSamus]

Mine was a Gyarados in Gold (jk) My only legit shiny (meaning all but the shiny dratini and gyarados) was Swablu in Ruby.

[@steveomac385]

Mine was Machoke, and I loved him.

[@CansteamHeadcannon]

First shiny: Kyurem Second/Third shinies: Audino and Audino Fourth Shiny: Caterpie Latest Shiny: Shellos

[@leslienguyen6858]

Daniel S Daniel, you wouldn't be able to get a shiny kyurem in pokemon black/white black/white 2. It's impossible to get shiny legendaries unless it's an event and there were no shiny kyurem events, so you must be hacking.

[@javiervalenzuela8284]

what if shiny is a gene that is turned off in pokemon. The radiowave somehow turned on the gene in some so when they evolved they became shiny while others had shiny babies, the backing for this could be that the crystal onyx is in fact a very old shiny pokemon who had the gene turned on, but that refutes my theory i posted in the crystal onyx vid.

[@TheIndieGamesNL]

thats not a shiny ho-oh, ho oh just glows..

[@TheIndieGamesNL]

***** ho-oh is multicoloured? source

[@TheIndieGamesNL]

***** also you can literally see the glow around him also on bulbapedia: ''Ho-Oh's first appearance, in Pokémon - I Choose You! completely colored and outlined in gold''

[@Japed]

Just Google what Ho-Oh looks like and you can clearly see the difference, please stop arguing when you're clearly the wrong one.

[@TheIndieGamesNL]

''Ho-Oh's first appearance, in Pokémon - I Choose You! completely colored and outlined in gold'' facts always win. and still you can see the glow around him which you conveniently dismissed because you had no constructive argument against it.

[@Japed]

TheIndieGamesNL I don't see your point

[@LegoBros01]

I always had my own theory: I called it number stones. When a pokemon touches this stone it changes to a randomized color. This would explain the pink butterfree, along with many other oddly colored pokemon. The stone changes the genetics of the said pokemon and changes hair, eye and possibly skin colors in the pokemon. Evolution stones similarly supercharge genetics and speed up the process of aging. While your theory is very likely, mine is too. Thanks for reading.:-)

[@drakodra]

what are you saying that math isn't fun? MATH IS COOL

[@justinnunez7767]

Tifa Lockheart it is fun sometimes my fov subject

[@joeybrand679]

i love math it my best subject

[@joeybrand679]

right on

[@o.o8743]

you love it until you start derivatives, antiderivatives(integrals), and vectors, then it is no longer fun or cool

[@drakodra]

Rokudo Mukuro uhm i have been past that it was fun...

[@kristupas8667]

5:50 this photo is freaking great. I like how it shows Gold in goldenrod

[@Kahadi]

this is by far the worst of your Pokémon Theories, at least that I've seen. Team Rocket only made 1 shiny, and that was by forcing a Magikarp to evolve prematurely. other shinies are like that because of DNA. there's actual similar things in real life where, because of DNA, humans and animals end up with different skin/fur/hair colours than normal. albinos are probably the most well known case of this. for similar reasons, some Pokémon end up being shiny. on top of that, it is proven IN THE GAMES that generation 2 takes place AFTER generation 1. if you played the games, you would know that. where other games appear on the timeline can only be speculated since it is never directly stated (B/W being before B2/W2 is the only other part guaranteed about the timeline) you should really try checking your facts first

[@pavanpatel3024]

those are not his theories, he just makes videos of pokemon theories which are circulating the internet, some are good, some are bad while some are baseless

[@Kahadi]

Pavan Patel most of the ones I have seen are his own theories. he seems to typically come up with theories to answer various questions people ask. those questions tend to go with various existing theories. odds are, while he looks up facts to help come up with a theory or prove one, he finds others. sometimes he agrees with them and talks about them, sometimes he doesn't and makes his own theory, sometimes he adds on to existing theories. majority I've seen are either his own or ones he's expanded on. I have only seen 1 that was good, and that was only based on the title, as in his theory itself he completely screwed up evidence and missed important evidence, ruining the entire theory. as for this one specifically, I'm pretty sure he said something around the lines of "I believe" or "I think", proving that this theory is one of the ones he came up with on his own, with more facts against it than for it (and the only one for it is actually taken incorrectly)

[@SethHydra]

Well, if the signal was embedded on a carrier wave, it could travel a larger distance before eventually weakening to the point of no effect. Good Point! :)

[@heroruls]

I disagree shiny Pokémon are way more likely just natural mutations just like we see in real live fore example 2 black people can get a white kid du to lack of pigment this is a genetic defect and really rare but it happens this means some were in the genetics material of the kid there is a defectwe also see this wit all adder kinds of live on the planet fore ensample take albino rats snakes cats dogs and so on in the wild how ever these mutations often make a animal stand out more wits is way if there a predator hunting becomes more difficult and if there a prey animal day often are spot essayer this is way day often die very fast and don't give on there genetic mutations to the next generationthis is way evolution in real live takes so long fore ensample the dna of a grisly bear and a ijs bear are 99.99% the same in short its very likely a part of them midgrade to the polar aria and mutated white looking hair sins in the snow white hair are working day did prosper but wen a grisly bear gets born wit this mutation it severally limits it sins theirs no white background so it only a dis advance and there fore it wont reproduce and therefore the biggest part of grisly bear s population will stay brownps don't get me wrong I sure some shiny Pokémon were made to be shiny but most no most are just a spin at the weal of evolutiondid you by the way know if you let 2 shiny Pokémon of the same kind bread aka the same Pokémon your chains of getting a shiny Pokémon from their egg is way way hire

[@solid3727]

That maybe so but you can't completely disagree tho? It could happen either way

[@bloodycinpehile]

Actually being a shiny does add to survival. People always want to capture a shiny when they find it so if a trainer catches it then it would have a better chance at leveling up and becoming stronger. On top of that it also has a trainer to take care of it by taking it to the Pokemon Center instead of it having to fend for itself in the wild.

[@DWatchRazgriz]

Disliked simply because you ASKED for a like. I will only like what I like.

[@ProtoMario]

That is some dumb logic.

[@DWatchRazgriz]

As is actually ASKING for likes...You can't ASK people to like something when there is a high probability someone disagrees. I respected your opinion, though I disagree, and would have left it alone...Until you asked for the like.

[@ProtoMario]

DWatchRazgriz It's actually just a reminder, Please like and Share my work, because on KZbin Liking also shares the video. If you didn't like it, then dont share it.

[@DWatchRazgriz]

ProtoMario -.-' Now I feel slightly stupid. But I can't take it back, so I'll just say sorry for the comment, and move on.

[@pelinalwhitestrake9777]

Lol he asked you not demanded I'm sorry that your so selfish to think that he's actually insulting you by asking for a like so that he can subs that gives money to buy food which is what humans live off ofhe didn't beg he asked just saying man.

[@RHODEY37]

In the anime, the Red Gyarados is supposedly a Magikarp that kept its coloring because it is forced to evolve. the only problem with this is that shiny and non-shiny Pokémon always keep that respective status when they evolve. This means that the Red Gyarados would have evolved from a shiny Magikarp, which has a golden coloring, invalidating that entire theory since the Magikarp it evolved from couldn't have been red in the first place. This does raise the interesting point, though, that because if this principle of shiny evolution, the first shiny Pokémon would have to have been an unevolved Pokémon.

[@jacob99503]

I think that shiny Pokémon are just genetic anomalies, like albinism in our world, and can occur naturally. The shiny coloring is the most common alternate coloring, but there are others like the Pink Butterfree and Golden Ho-oh. Team Rocket's radio signal just created more genetic mutations by forcing Pokémon to evolve when they are not ready to.

[@demonzero677]

the issue with this theory is that Generation 2 did not happen alongside generation 3, gen 3 and gen 1 have ingame evidence, mostly the transfer system, that suggests they occur at roughly the same time, while gen 2 is stated in game to have occured about 3 years after gen 1, thus happening about 3 years after gen 3, and yet there are shinies in gen 3. as Akoran Brighteye stated, it is more likely that shiny pokemon are the result of highly recessive genes which are very easily overshadowed by other genes, making it highly unlikely for the shiny genes to appear in a pokemon.

[@xaldynnemo47]

There were a lot more Gyarados in the Lake of Rage than just the red one, and it's mentioned more than once that lots of Magikarp were forced to evolve, not just the one. The red Gyarados was just a shiny Magikarp that was forced to evolve.

[@jesajones2305]

I've also caught shiny Geodude (now Graveler) on FireRed, Pelipper on Pearl, Raticate on Emerald, two Tentacool on a previous Emerald save file, and Ledian on SoulSilver.

[@thelightclaw]

Do you just have godly luck or something dude.

[@jesajones2305]

thelightclaw Seems like that sometimes.

[@Riitje]

Counter arguments: 1. Hoenn and Kanto games take place at the same time in the timeline. 2. Team Rocket isn't even in Hoenn. 3. You can get shinies from breeding.

[@LordZack1]

The simplest answer I think is that it is a random mutation. I don't think it is a recessive trait, because that would cause it to be far more common than it is. A mutation would not necessarily be passed on to offspring.

[@darkmoonwolf985]

Every pokemon is born differently then the other. Some show it by a change in stats others slight physical changes in size and sometimes color. Using this basic knowledge we can conduct the simple explanation that shiny pokemon are just unique in their own way. This also means that if pokemon where real, it would be possible but quite rare to see a green zubat with bright pink under it's wings therefore you can never truly color a pokemon wrongly.

[@maidenreligion12]

One big flaw in this theory. The radio waves would only affect the generation of pokemon that had heard it. Even if the radio waves would force and alter their evolution, it wouldn't be possible to affect their DNA to contain such a change, so it would be impossible to pass it down generation to generation, even with how rare it is already. Plus, radio waves would only be able to go so far, before the effects would be extremely nominal and virtually non-existant.

[@joshsudduth9703]

i have a much simplier theory... shiny pokemon is the equevilant of a black lion. the chance of a black lion is about one in around a billion.so that is basically what shiny pokemon are except more likely to occur.which also explains the fact that shinies can be bred. while as protos theory does not explain how shinies can possibly be bred.

[@Young_Travels]

This radio wave would not cause the DNA of Pokemon to forever change... It makes more sense to say that it is a strand/section of DNA that mutates every % birth per generation by family.. and that the DNA mutation either lies dormant or active. Just like how hair, skin, and eye color is determined... sometimes a glitch happens through random mutation.

[@TribalBunniesAJJamaa]

What did you search on google to find the pic at 2:42

[@serenak8175]

ProtoMario, I think you should remake this theory. Did you know there are Blue Lobsters? A genetic mutation causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein. The protein and a red carotenoid molecule known as astaxanthin combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color. This basically means, the reason for shinys are a created is by genetic mutation. There is also a Zebra that has a white body and brown stripes. A lot of animals has this, this also matches with Pokemon since they are animals.

[@LMK-Gaming]

Proto, you do realise that Gen 1&3 happened around the same time, and that Fire Red/Leaf Green also had shiny pokemon. This just means that shiny pokémon are in fact, just an extremely rare colour mutation and one of them just so happened to be a golden Magikarp in the Lake of Rage.

[@NishaBird]

Other than the Gyarados, I believe that shiny pokemon are of a more of a natural color mutation especially since you can hatch shiny pokemon as well as find them in differant regions unrelated to Johto. Similar to Albinism however still different from Albinism. With this I turn those reading to Bengal Tiger's as they have 4 color variations, some rarer than others. It would also explain the non-shiny colored pink butterfree.

[@phoenixroue7083]

Gen II was the first generation of Pokemon to be made for a color capable console; Gen I was limited to black and white sprites, so shiny Pokemon were technically impossible. Though, I do really like the Team Rocket theory though.

[@omgwtfbbqxD]

You can encounter shiny pokemon in gold and silver right from the beginning of the game, so if you can encounter them before the events with team Rocket at the radio tower, they must have already existed!

[@c0dexc0re71]

Actually, Shiny pokemon make lots of sense biology wise, it's kinda similar to albinos, they're just a mutation, it's very easily explainable. They're actually a lot more common then they should be. But that also can make sense since pokemon don't really seem to hunt and kill eachother. and just because gen 1 doesn't have them, doesn't mean anything, because it was Greyscale.

[@JoshAndDollyz]

I caught a shiny Weedle in the beginning of Silver, and a shiny Paras right after Azalea Town in Gold.. These were about 10 years apart though. Shiny Paras was on my Japanese Gold back in 03-04 and Shiny Weedle was on a Silver emulator on gba4ios, summer of 2014.

[@callmeclutch24]

that shiny gyarados is the shiny magikarp mention by the guy at the referee school who trade it for a charmeleon. there location is in the same area of the lake of rage episode. therefor when team rocket force it to evolve it actually worked and keep its shiny.

[@zombiedude347]

I have a theory. I hypothesize that there is a "shiny protein" that only is created when a specific combination of "shiny genes" occur in a pokémon's chromosomes. This is why it occur so rarely. Some pokémon species have no combination of genes that allows them to create this "shiny protein" that causes the alternate coloration. These pokémon must be given expensive "vitamins" that allow the pokémon to create the "shiny protein" without the required gene. There may be environmental factors that caused pokémon in certain areas to be more likely to have these "shiny genes". For example, the environment around the friend safari may have caused more pokémon to have these "shiny genes" than other areas in the pokémon world.

[@hannahjanis8616]

I think this is sorta right. More like, shiny Pokemon already existed(although still REALLY rare) and the signals just made more of them appear. Like, it made them really mad, so they showed themselves. You know?

[@dabeats10122]

that pink Butterfree that Ash's Butterfree fell in love with was the first example that came to my mind

[@iposteverythung3720]

ProtoMario is the DJ Akademiks of Pokemon.

[@Crystalitar]

gold and silver were actually a bigger version of blu and red, so they expanded all the possibilities, thus introducing shinies, also, there may have been a shiny magikarp that was never noticed and thus became that angry shiny gyarados

[@KamalpreetKable]

My theory is in Gen2 after TR realeased the radiowave it caused some sort of new cell to appear in every pokemons blood stream. After that since the cell was so little it didn't cause much harm. But some pokemon offsprings could appear in differnt colors resulting of the genetic mutation from birth because of the cell. Again: Sinec the cell was small it was really rare to breed a shiny and that's why evry pokemon has a shiny and if your wondering why there are like Gen4,5,6 ETC have shinys even if there are new pokemom well maybe since dittos also got the cell and then when the dittos breeded with the newer pokemon that made the cell spread through breeding and that is the ORIGINS OF SHINYS.

[@AdventNoOmega1]

Don't forgot In D/P/Pr You meet Jasmine who came to Sinnoh to compete in the Pokemon Contest and she uses a Steelix named Rusty who she then trades to Ethan/Lyra in HG/SS, as for the Red Gyarados report all evidence points to the report being about the very same Red Gyarados you battle in the lake of rage, so In D/P/Pr your character start their journey a few days or weeks after your character faces the Red Gyarados in HG/SS.

[@cailemkostiuk377]

It explains why bred pokemon have a higher chance of being shiny, it wasn't enough to make them shiny but enough to give them a shiny gene that had a change of being passed on.

[@MrSexyRac00n]

I always considered shiny Pokemon to be the Pokemon world equivalent to melanistic or albino animals. It makes more sense to consider it a genetic disorder considering shinnies can be bred.

[@DaevOTR]

Biggest hole in this theory is the fact that there are shiny Pokemon in Gen III, which takes place at the same time as Gen I. If they were created by the Rocket's radio signal, no shiny Pokemon would be found in Hoenn during R/S/E.

[@JMVideoProduction21]

The only flaw in this is that if it was Team Rockets signal, it would affect the Pokémon that evolve, so we would rarely to never have a Shiny Legendary or shiny single stage Pokémon (such as Smeargle).

[@MugiwaranoWolfie]

Really good theory. XD But I think the only flaw is here Legendaries like Mewtwo who are supposed to be the one and only and have a shiny version (who was created before this Team Rocket Radio broadcast). Or Pokemon like Arceus, if he's a shiny, that means he's been shiny WAY before Team Rocket ever existed.

[@xXFreiheit89Xx]

5:31 I caught a shiny one in crystal version of pokemon on game boy color once :) the environment looks like the pic at this time.

[@UltimateMustacheX]

Shinies are just the equivalent of albino animals in real life. Just a random color change. As for why the gyarados was red: since shinies were introduced in that generation, they wanted to make sure people would know about them (they probably wouldn't find one otherwise and wouldn't know they exist).

[@LachiePlayaplaya]

Gen 3 Hoenn is chronologically in line with Kanto, Johto is chronologically in line with Sinnoh taking place 3 years after, BW is another 2 years ahead and B2W2 is yet another 2 years of that

[@-Miasimon]

If you think about it... being shiny DOES add to survival... being with a trainer also adds to the pokemon's survival... and who's the trainer going to try to catch first? the random Geodude, or a SHINY Geodude (provided they were side by side.)

[@johnschloemer2000]

I don't know if you've done this one but my theory is that ditto is a failed clone of mew. Evidence is that they both have the same shiny color scheme, they are the only pokemon that learn the move transform, they both weigh 8.8 lbs and that ditto is found in the pokemon mansion which is where mew was cloned. C

[@hunterleonards7099]

This makes sense because in a Pokemon episode team rocket made a machine that made Pokemon automatically evolve and they made a red gyaradaos

[@giordanobaratta4857]

...what about shiny legendary such as Arceus, who's been sleeping for ages since the creation of the Pokemon world. How did Team Rocket affect it? (Even Giratina, which inhabits a totally different dimension)

[@AriaSerif]

I believe that all shiny pokemon, except for that one event gyarados, were made by the same DNA abnormality that gives us White & Black Siberian Tigers. That's why they're rare.

[@samjw1999]

my first shiny was a zangoose in pokemon white :)

[@daytonWs]

Or, you know, it could just be a DNA defect changing it's colors and that every species of Pokémon has it's own.

[@Docmain3]

In game, magicarp were forced to evolve thus resulted in the red gyrados. Keeping the darker shade from the magicarp into the evolution.

[@bintangtngg]

The red Gyarados has the same colour scheme as a magikarp. It was stated that magikarp was forcefully evolved by team rocket with that radio signal. My theory is that Team rocket DID NOT create shiny pokemon but it was just a wild condition that happens randomly. Im not sure if any of you realize it but I am just stating this as a fact.

[@skylinux24]

My second oldest brother encountered a shiny pikachu in pokemon yellow EVEN when he wasn't in the grass patches, when it was encountered the game played the sparkle animation so we knew it was shiny. He had no poke balls so he couldn't catch it, I'll never forget that day and I don't expect anyone to believe me either.

[@skylinux24]

***** This is why it's funny, no one's going to believe it except the people who were lucky enough to encounter said pikachu.

[@Zillafan4life]

Ive had 3 shinies my whole pkmn career. I got a blue Ditto in FireRed, a pink-eared Meowth in LeafGreen, and I accidentally killed a dark-yellow Pikachu in FireRed's Viridian Forest. Though my color settings were just being dumb :P

[@Youngair17]

The logical answer to this theory is that the pigmant in the breeding process was lost causing a colour change the reason there is a better chance of getting a shiny from an egg is because the pigment is more likly to be missing in an enclose space with malnutrition

[@macironiplaysmc6528]

Do this: When Darmanitan is in "Zen Mode", he calls a Psychic type pokemon to posses him, and let him use its powers

[@sethevens146]

I think it was more like a mutation or a rare genetic disease. Mutations are rare and if its a recessive gene that would make it hard to get or if its like albinism and that's not too common either.

[@samoconnor2522]

You know the theory for shinies could be as simple as real evolution. They started out as there shiny states but as the environment changed around them, random mutations changed to fit the surroundings much better. Much like real life animals, these mutations helped hide from predators? Reason for shinies being so rare, they were wiped out, but they still do exist. Like how each bird pokemon is different from region to region, they adapted.

[@tehmusichunter73]

Possibly this is correct however, relating this context to the first anime movie, mewtwo cloned hundreds of pokemon which all turned out to have different "color schemes" therefore it could actually originate from the first game

[@TulioKip]

It could actually make sense that Gen 2 and Gen 4 could have taken place almost the same as in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, there was a report of the Red Gyarados in the lake nearest your character's starting town. What if that Gyarados was the same Red Gyarados that escaped into the Lake of Rage in Gen 2?

[@Zthordamaie]

The one big hole in that theory is that legendaries also have a shiny form sooo i'd love to hear your thoughts on that.