Pokemon Theory: How Do Multi-Headed Pokemon Work?

[@fatcatco]

White or Black Kyurem breaks the laws of "only having six pokémon in the party" concidering that it's a fusion between either Zekrom or Reshiram, depending on which Kyurem it is, so technically you can have seven Pokémon in your team.

[@irabora2979]

Oreki Houtarou

[@pokemonresearcher4373]

Trainers can't have more than six Pokémon because of Pokéballs technology flaws.

[@Mu_ignis]

Me five years ago around soul silver - why is Pokemon pixel still Me now- why can't they go back to pixels

[@kemosonicfan123lbp]

Make yo freakin mind up

[@blues4509]

I've always loved the pixels it had a charm to it

[@orekihoutarou6107]

I liked the pixels, especially in the case of Chimchar. I liked the animations afterwards, except in bad animations like the case of Chimchar.

[@pierrdemon2707]

pyro forrest They Tried to make a combination of pixels and animation in gen 5, but that just disqusted me. Also, if you play pokemon gen 6 in a PC 3DS emulator, you can actually use a "texture pack", making everything pixely, but with the same story.

[@COMMANDERGIGGLE123]

+Pierr Demon what emulator I want it

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

Theory: Could 4 beldums become a metagross without becoming 2 metangs first? And if not, why?

[@ShinySC]

Hydreigon's "heads" might not even be actual heads. They could just be pincers with eye patterns that make them look like heads, used to intimidate opponents, just like how Scizor's pincers have eye patterns on them

[@phoenixfire0039]

I always thought of them as something like sock puppets xD or lures

[@chancemartin4663]

This is from my memory, so sorry if it is wrong, but they are living because they fight with the main head/do not obey it. Again my memory is bad so sorry😔.

[@Gametag-rv8od]

Did you know that scizorz pincers look like trapinch?

[@ShinySC]

Valyrian Steel Why didn't I notice that before... Makes sense since Trapinch is a pretty dangerous Pokemon with base 100 Attack, while still being the first stage of a 3-stage evolution line. (Even though Trapinch is Gen 3 and Scizor is 2 :P)

[@pastakittyqueen]

I'd say it's like Siamese twins. There are numerous cases in which two twins will be born but share a body, either with their own separate brains or there is one twin who survived with a brother or sister who wasn't born but is connected to them. The latter may be the case with Hydreigon, but the rest you mentioned are likely in some way like the first possibility.

[@devil-rj6lt]

my theory: kanghastan is in fact two Pokemon. they made pokeballs to allow multi head pokemon, and since it's young is inside a pouch, it's hard for the pokeballs to address if it has two heads or not, so it just excepts.

[@devil-rj6lt]

+Coldo Gaming thanks

[@cutecats532]

chansey has an egg, so kinda like that too. Are pouched Pokémon from Australia? o.o

[@gurg4130]

How about a theory about old chateau? I don't remember you adressing the subject and there would surely be enough mystery to make a great video about it.

[@technomorphtv5834]

But proto why do pokeballs become bigger in the anime when ash pulls them and they shrink puts them in his pocket? And how did bagon for the mutation in his evolution to become a dragon when all he did was wish and dream? 2 separate theories or one big one for you to talk about one episode thanks

[@VikingBoyBilly]

Odysseys never met the hydra. You're thinking of Heracles.

[@masterxrex2822]

VikingBoyBilly your fucking stupid Heracles killed hydra but Odysseus ran into when he was returning home from the Trojan war

[@VikingBoyBilly]

No he didn't. Heracles killed the hydra before the Trojan war even started. Odysseus and some other guys even monologued about how great Heracles' life was, because he was dead by that time. Isn't the greek timeline fascinating?

[@Charlie5893]

Mantine and Remoraid have a symbiotic, not parasitic relationship. parasites only take from their host, but don't give anything. But, as you said, remoraid keeps mantine clean and healthy, while he eats from him. remoraid eats algae and other things from mantines body what keeps mantine healthy. so it is a symbiotic, but not parasitic relationship. (or however that is called)

[@DryBones271]

One pokemon you didn't mention that is fairly simple to explain is Magneton, Electromagnetism joined the 3 Magnemites to fuse a Magneton.

[@mestre12]

Is a fusion pokemon. Just like weezing

[@DryBones271]

Polymerization.

[@Ferroes]

except that weezing grown the extra head instead of fusing with another pokemon of the same species

[@ProtoMario]

DryBones271 I'll fuse my three blue eyes white dragons into one ultimate dragon!

[@DryBones271]

I fuse my Mammoth Graveyard with my Living Arrow card, and decay your ultimate Dragon!

[@bobbycat4765]

Mantine no longer has a Remoraid attached to itself since Diamond and Pearl, most likely because it would be illogical to have two remoraids (one by itself and one on Mantine's fin) as a result of having a Remoraid in the party and evolving a Mantyke.

[@AJUniverse]

The Hydra is from the trials of Heracles. Proto, you are thinking of Scilla, a cliff-dwelling many-headed sea snake which cannot be a hydra, as her sister is a whirlpool. She is her own unique creature.

[@ProtoMario]

AwesomeJohn22 Yeah I suppose so

[@jamiee3409]

Mantine has a symbiotic relationship. Not parasitic. They both benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed.

[@KRUDDYMUSICIAN]

What about 2 different pokemon that have no symbiotic relationship where one pokemon sorta piggybacks the other into the pokeball. Like Slowbro Nd Slowking. And how does Mega Slowbro happen? Does the shellder on it's tail mega evolve? Or does slowbro mega evolve? Or do both mega evolve?

[@ProtoMario]

KRUDDYMUSICIAN Well then, Shellder is no longer a Pokemon, huh?

[@DamonCassada345]

And what if the Shellder is shiny? Does that do something different to the Slowbro/Slowking?

[@jeremydennis7839]

***** ... this comment... TEN OUTTA TEN

[@ProtoMario]

***** More like a Gimp

[@Con-jq9ly]

KRUDDYMUSICIAN good point

[@ghostfifth]

what about slowbro? he has a shellder on his tail

[@thekweewee]

1:44 no its not a parasite. A parasite is one organism benefiting at the expense of another. In this case, both Remorade and Matine benefit so its a symbiosis

[@bohemianrug]

I'm happy you did this theory. I've been wanting something to do with Hydreigon for a while.

[@improvdude20]

here's a pokemon question, or questions: Why is Lugia a Psychic/Flying type rather than a Water/Flying type? And why is Gyrados a Water/Flying type if it can't learn any flying type moves except Bounce via Move Tutor?

[@purrpletiger2159]

I'm addicted to watching ur theories! #subbed

[@ProtoMario]

GoldenGamerGirl AJ Thank ya!

[@marinagaul3483]

+ProtoMario wrong the the remoraid is not a parasite. a parasite gains while the other is hurt. manteen isnt hurt.

[@TobbyTommy]

I don't know if you have ever done this theory or have thought about but here is a theory from the anime that I thought of. How and why do pokeballs shrink?

[@DryBones271]

pokemon trainers carry 6 Pokeballs, because... there isn't anymore room on their belt....

[@akasakasad6271]

Pockets

[@Ferroes]

wynaut put it in their backpack?

[@akasakasad6271]

Two belts

[@13KuriMaster]

DryBones271 I was thinking they did it because it was a rule of the Pokemon League.

[@DryBones271]

13KuriMaster A rule is also 1 pokemon can battle at a time but that didn't stop Team Rocket, or that one guy from the first movie sending out Multiples, lucky for them Doubles and Triples were added.

[@DamonCassada345]

Has anyone else ever thought that maybe Dugtrio is one Pokémon because their amorphous lower bodies as Digletts fused together?

[@JohnSmith-qy2fh]

BUT WHAT DO THEIR LOWER BODIES LOOK LIKE

[@DamonCassada345]

John Smith There's an episode of Pokémon where Brock takes a Diglett out of the ground, and its lower body was rock-like because it is amorphous. Protomario did a theory on this.

[@greenflames11]

John Smith Maybe it's just a guy with 3 dicks living underground.

[@cedricfowler3465]

Next time could you do a video on why grass, fire, and water types are starter pokemon. I mean their total number of weaknesses don't really match up. Water is weak to 2 types, fire is weak to 3 types, and grass is weak to 5 types. Also could you do a video on why Dragon type pokemon were overpowered before fairy types were introduced ?

[@MovieMaker1040]

cedric fowler Maybe the reason the three starters are always fire, water, and grass because they form a great rock paper scissors combo. However, there are many other types that could fit this model, so that's probably not the only reason. Another reason why it's always fire, water, and grass because it's easier to remember which beats the other (i.e. fire will always burn grass and water will always put out fire, compared to, say, ghost to physic). Or, simply, it could be that fire, water, and grass (or earth) are a famous trio (like the band Earth, Wind, and Fire). Just my opinions.

[@FoXMaSteR001]

New theory: In the episode 137 we clearly hear the music of Mew when Togepi find the pink rubban, this is too much luck, maybe mew helped, so maybe there are more sings of mew in this season ( number 3 )

[@UnitTheGreat]

But Proto, a parasite is only considered a parasite if it damages its host. Though I forgot the term, if an organism cleans another by feeding on organisms on its skin, then that's something else.

[@KRUDDYMUSICIAN]

No. A parasite is anything that requires a host to survive.

[@ProtoMario]

Brandon Avant Symbiotic is the give and take, parasite is the take.

[@ThePokeRaf]

+ProtoMario can I have the name of the intro song please? I've been looking everywhere for it! XD

[@Nyroque]

+ProtoMario 3:19 I think it may be referring to its 3 tail feathers

[@Nyroque]

3:00 actually sorry.

[@samuraiforever9120]

As for two Pokemon theory I have noticed four kangaskhan, mantine before the redesign, slowbro and slowking. All of them involve two Pokemon surviving off of eachother it might be that a pokeball recognizes them as one Pokemon because they lifeforces are connected.

[@theecourtofmadness]

Remoraid is not a parasite. There are three types of symbiosis: 1. Parasitism, One creature benefits, the other is HARMED. 2.Commensalism: only one species benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed. 3. Mutualism, where BOTH creatures benefit. Being cleaned is a a benefit. ~Lunara

[@KvaGram]

But Proto, I belive it is mentioned somewhere in the pokemon adventures manga that six is the limit to how many pokemon a single average trainer alone can properly care for, thus it has become an I don't remember what chapter it was.

[@dadragonmaster]

KvaGram mangafox.me/manga/pocket_monster_special/v10/c119/3.html

[@KvaGram]

daDragonMaster Ah, so it was the Crystal chapter. Had a feeling it was. Thank you.

[@elliotskunk]

I just imagined you saying this in the whiny BUT PROTO voice.

[@KvaGram]

ExplodingPorridge It was partly what I was going for. After all, some of those "But Proto" comments do have some merit.

[@KvaGram]

On that subject, ProtoMario you are free to use this comment in a "But Proto" segment.

[@cjhs2006]

How Does Remoraid,&,Mantine's Relationship Change if Mantine's Still a Mantyke,or,Remoraid Evolves Into Octillary?

[@girishkumarpeddi6266]

In pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of time/darkness/sky what happened to the 6th time gear which is supposed to be in a volcano? Please do a video on this proto

[@legallypumpkin]

But Proto! Why can't my cat turn into Whitney's miltank and destroy the world as we know it?!

[@MrBern91]

But proto! You never covered Exeggcute and exeggutor. But proto! You didn't cover Magnemite and Magneton!

[@Pamanos001]

+Bernler75 Right? Exeggutor is like the multi-headed pokemon.

[@RedemptionWarrior]

Not sure if it's been brought up, but you forgot Magneton

[@StrictSharkie69]

Do a theory on Team Rocket always failing to get pikachu

[@ProtoMario]

StrictSharkie69 Already have

[@suresh62916]

proto i beg you!Can u make a theory on gs ball.well i jst lve all ur theories. u r awsm

[@vojinkovacevic9121]

But, Proto! You left the three fethers on Dotrio's body!

[@Venemofthe888]

Cherubi is another example but due to plants replicating a flower spore which can allow 2 or more of them can grow on a plant. For others they r simply evolution as it were maybe vaniluxe happened on accident making the gene mutation carry on threw the Pokémons dna. This relates to catches due to still having the electromagnetic signs for a pokeball which happened after all these evos in dna happened so having a dugtrio would b classed as one poke due to all being connected

[@muzmalek]

Since we're on Multi-Headed, maybe can try talking about Pokemon with a tail that are alive - Girafarig & Wobbuffet for example.

[@galenrichter41]

remorade isn't a parasite in that relationship, a parasite harms its host (or whatever you want to call the other creature), but the remorade help the mantine by cleaning it. i also don't think that there has ever been a picture of a remorade being caught with the mantine

[@skynyrdjesus]

That's funny, I don't recall Odysseus having a bunch of problems with a hydra. Unless you're inferring that Scylla is a hydra.

[@dhaziwaz]

Proto do a video on how does spoink faint and when at the Pokemon center is alive(pokedex entry spoink dies if it stops jumping)

[@pepijnb8131]

But proto, Scylla is THE One giving Odysseus trouble. Hydra is Hercules.

[@sackboy5055]

eh, I think dugtrio is a few digletts joined in a team

[@blitzburn2871]

Deino is one of the strangest cases, it starts with one head, then gains a second one, the pokedex heavily implies that Zweilous has two seperate brains. But then it evolves into Hydreigon, the heads on the arms are confirmed to be brainless which means that Deino gained one extra brain and than lost the extra one. Either the two heads fused to create a central mind, or one head deevolved!

[@ShadowMage-]

Like the new background

[@ProtoMario]

ShadowNinja Girl Darkdemon did it for me!

[@Monchan-l6h]

Hey Proto, any idea, when and if, you're going to do that theory I suggested a while back ago in another video? The one about where does Machamp get his belt from? :3 Actually, those who replied to my comment also added that they were curious as to where pokemon who have clothing in general get them from. Like, where do Sawk and Throh get their robes from? It sounds like a pretty cool theory.

[@ProtoMario]

deadspacelover09 I have done a theory about this, but I will look into it again.

[@ferhanshah6830]

proto: sorry, i couldent make this pokemon THEORY a theory

[@SportsTalkLive13]

I feel like the head part comes from hades from Greek mythology having a 3 headed dog

[@hidereowo2576]

And I'll go ahead and predict that magneton fuse together electromagneticly and synchronise their brain waves to each other upon fusion/evolution from magnamite. Sounds good to me!

[@theelephantintheroom69]

DO A THEORY! "What happens when you capture a Dugtrio?"

[@ladyelmo5448]

Proto you have me addicted!

[@daniellegammon967]

I have a topic: How do aquatic pokemon survive while used in battle?

[@CNFunnyJon]

I was going to say Dodrio has 3 tailfeathers. Fox ADHD will say they have 3 ...

[@Kunimitsu877]

Great vid hun the only Pokemon I'm surprised wasn't mentioned however is exeggcute

[@SirKarpAlot]

But Proto! if we WERE to take the anime into account, we could only say that a trainer has 6 pokemon as ethics, unless we were to talk about having more than 6 pokes in pokeballs. in which case, as of Best Wishes, the ball gets miniatured and locks itself. So maybe each pokeball is linked to the owner? with a database counting how many pokemon are out of the pc? I seriously wouldn't know.

[@neonskylite2242]

Meh. I like to think when a Zwelious evolves, their minds fuse into one. And the head hand thingies are their empty heads now.

[@bnp-neeson5257]

Do a theory on "Is your in game character psychic"

[@oskaripuusaari3911]

Dugtrio propably can be caught because it acts like a single creature.

[@aliabaxter7397]

3:24 THANK YOU!

[@mattleonard0708]

I'd buy a t-shirt if you would do just the regular Protomario with the M instead of the question mark.

[@samuraiforever9120]

Hyrdagion is probably similar to scizor scizors two claws have a similar design thave marks making it look like it has two extra heads. Also it was Heracles/Hercules who fought the hyrda.

[@bluestreak-yt5ov]

but proto! what about exeggcute?

[@Gametag-rv8od]

Also when shelter is on slowpoke

[@music4soul715]

I have a Question. When you cant catch a fainted pkmn, ore more then one in one Pokeball... how can Pokemon Evolve and stay inside the same Ball? And the 2. thing is: whats with Ninjatom? it just appears in one of your pokeballs, so first: How? 2. Can it appear just in a pokeball? or what is, when you just got the Masterball left? will it use this?

[@Windiken]

But proto!!! how long does it take for you to make these type of Videos??

[@jacobcasias366]

Do not forget about slowbro and slowking slowpoke needs a shelder to evolve but does it not become one pokemon or is it considered 2?

[@3Kelley_Cats]

the problem with this theory is that in your previous episode you stated that the pokeballs scan there genetic or digital code so it doesn't matter if they have multiple brains those brains would still have the same digital code

[@saulsmythe7756]

what dose dugtrio's full body look like,(when it comes out of the ground)

[@beypei7]

I think digglet meets another digglet then whne they make a child they evolve and become a dugtrio

[@sumohamsters200]

What is a darkball from the movie pokemon 4ever and does it really make a pokemon evil?

[@edmondh.1432]

what happens when a pokemon loses their heads? Like a magneton, (3 magnemite) evolve, they evolve into magnezone, with only 1 head

[@Otakulifeforme]

The hydra causes Hercules issues not Odysseus. Odysseus only faced Scilla which like the hydra except it leaves in the middle of the sea next to the whirlpool monster karibdis in the straights of mycenia and Scilla does not have any venom and if you cut off it’s heads they don’t grow back

[@GrixisCactus]

Pokemon Theory: Why does Magneton's weight go up so much if it's just 3 Magnemites?

[@Gametag-rv8od]

U forgot magneton, magnazone, metang and binacle and barbaracle

[@sageturmelle]

Even though he never covered Exeggcute and Exeggutor, that's a still complicated evolution, because the 3 out of the 6 Exeggcute go on to become Exeggutor. Where do the other 6 Exeggcute go after the evolution is complete???

[@aruakise9803]

A nitpick it was Heracles/Hercules who killed he hydra. Hydreigon also has 'drei' which is German for 3. Also Zweilous has two brains yet when it evolves it only has one....where did the other one go? Or did they fuse into the central head?

[@entityw3974]

"Everyone thinks dodrio has three ____s." Lolololol that killed me

[@jjsouls6986]

Just say dicks!!!!

[@WindowshadeCure]

There's nothing suggesting that the 3 dugtrio heads don't all share the same body

[@26magicman26]

* original proto voice * BUT PROTO !!!! What About Magneton ?!?!?

[@obotprime339]

26magicman26 He couldn't cover all those pokemon in one theory, you bugger.

[@Foxdye5]

So what about Slow bro or Slow King. What would you say they fall under?

[@olivia-ey7nb]

its shells

[@MetaSonic543]

The relationship between remoraid and mantine is actually MUTUAL not parasitic, since mantine is not harmed by remoraid. In fact remoraid and mantine are kept in seperate pokeballs since all mantine sent into battle have no remoraid. I think only wild mantine and remoraid can form this relationship, since that is the only place it is seen. The relationship can be formed by force however if mantine (or mantyke if you want to evolve it) and remoraid are in the same party.

[@MovieMaker1040]

MetaSonic543 And when a trainer catches a mantine, the remoraid just swims away.

[@MetaSonic543]

MovieMaker1040 ...........or that :/

[@thetrumptrain9112]

Does anyone know what happens to the other head Zwelious has when it evolves to Hydrigon?

[@benadrylcrumpetsnatch9864]

Pokemon theory: "Rock is the strongest type?". I only say this because if you had a pokemon of every type in the game it would only be weak to Rock.

[@MrPlasmaCosmos]

I think the Hydra was Hercules' problem, not Odysseus'

[@ElBrandoTV]

Did you already do a theory on why pokemon can only know four moves?

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Doublade goes from one to two then back to one again. Why's that? I don't think it's the Cherubi case. The one sword must be like "see ya" and bails or something.

[@NPUTsReviewsandStopmotion]

maybe the pokeballs see all pokemon as 1 body and not mulitple pokemon, if it is attatched to the pokmon the pokeball thinks of it as part of the pokemon, kinda like how cubone comes out with a skull and a bone.

[@theplaytheroist6433]

Hey something similar from Minecraft and Pokemon, The Wither and Hydreigon get it?

[@maxinapril]

Proto.. Symbiose and Parasite are 2 different things! You stated that remoraid feeds on the bottom of mantine while he keeps mantine clean. In this case its a Symbiotic relation becase both pokemon are profiting off the relation. Parasites are not like that. One faction gets disadvantages caused by the Parasite which isnt the case at Mantine and Remoraid. The Mantine-Remoraid Symbiose is taken from the real world where there are " cleaning fish " which are fish who dwell in the sea until finding a big creature like a shark or whale and stick to them, getting food while the big creature is being cleaned from dirt

[@ProtoMario]

Aomine Daiki Yes I know

[@primusvsunicron1]

The mother Kangaskhan isn't the mom but a puppet used by the real Kangaskhan (the baby)

[@leoniidusgaming1258]

the answer is easy. Dugtrio is actually a large humanoid Pokemon and it pushes it Genitalia through the dirt forming Dugtrio. the eyes are googly eyes and the nose is a growth

[@clarity2199]

But Proto, you didn't mention much on Kangaskhan. :P

[@antitheist3206]

Firstly, Remoraid in this case is symbiotic not parasitic. Parasites take and gradually destroy their host, while symbiotes work with their host in a manner that benefits them both. Secondly, Hydreigon creeps me out because it goes from 1 brain as Deino to 2 as a Zweilos. But then Hydreigon only has 1 again... One brain either killed or assimilated the other, both of which are creepy.

[@theexplodingmegacharizard2101]

thx very much I always wonder it

[@MrAskmannen]

If 2 of Hydreigons heads are fake, then what about Zweilous?

[@ProtoMario]

Shlomo Shekelberg Good question

[@MsMoonDragoon]

The two brains are combined into the new head.

[@drskull.]

ProtoMario a pokèball could have a small area of effect, so it can catch two pokemon if there really close, this explains mantine and kangaskhan

[@MrStarman926]

Remoraid isn't a parasite, they're in a mutualistic relationship

[@aaaaaaaaabaaaaaaaaa]

There is already a reason why you cant have more than 6 pokemon shown in the manga when the topic comes up "Of course trainers could have 7 or 8 or even 20 or 30 pokemon at a time but with that many pokemon, how could they show love to each and every pokemon they have,we pokemon professors are the only people who have a reason to do such a thing" professor oak in the mange i probably quoted it wrong but this is practically what he said