Pokemon Theory: Gym Leader Qualifications?

[@OracleAesir1]

I always assumed that Gym Leaders have loads of Pokemon available to them and they just alter their team based on their challenger's team. Such as in Gen1/3 Brock used just his Geodude and Onix against his challengers who have no badges, but when you challenge him in Gen2/4 he has massive Pokemon, as you have 8+ badges (this is also evidenced by local Pokemon being low leveled too.

[@TIAMOTRPD]

they also explain that more in the Pokemon Origins Movie thing. Brock has a team of 6 but asked Red how many badges he has. Since he has none he just used Geodude and Onxy.

[@OneThousandHowards]

TIAMOTRPD This also, could suggest, that a trainer didn't HAVE to defeat the gym leaders in any perticular order, however, I do belive that would be the best corse of action because I don't see Kogan just using his Muk against your level 6 caterpie.

[@millgiass]

I like how Pokemon Origin showed it. He took it easy on Red his difficulty being based on Red's experience. He asked him right before the battle. "Do you have any badges?" "No" "I'll use these two then."

[@IsaacCahn]

they must use different Pokémon and strategy depending on the skill of the trainer. I wish they do that with games, where you can challenge the gyms in any order and that affect the difficulty in the other ones.

[@millgiass]

Lucifer Con That would add some depth to the games.

[@Coxsterify]

They reference it in the Black 2 and White 2 games that the gym leaders have stronger pokemon but are forced to use weaker pokemon for the challenger's sake. I am specifically talking about Cheren and his conversation with Professor Juniper shortly after you get the badge from his gym

[@alexkennedy4990]

This is also shown in Pokemon Origins.

[@kyetaaffe515]

my god I actually thought when you mentioned the no level restrictions thing that you actually weren't going to reference Pokemon Origins and how Brock (and possibly all gym leaders) challenge you with Pokemon that are leveled based on the number of gym badges you have (btw kudos to you for mentioning that, I was impressed by that)

[@Jasmine11112]

What I usually think is that all Gym Leaders have 6 Pokemon, but by seeing how many badges each trainer has, they know how many to use. Notice how in Origins, Brock says: "I'll use these two" and takes Geodude and Onix from a group of 6 Pokemon.

[@dancollinson994]

Depending on your amount of badges is the level of pokemon. After beating the game falkner has level 60 pokemons!

[@whatsupdoc4709]

In the original red, blue, and yellow games bill is accidentally turned into a rattata. What if the same thing happened to meouth and his back story is a cover up. What if that is why he can't learn new attacks (you reference that in your other videos) and what if the reason he works so hard for geovoni is because he will restore his body back to being a human if he catches a good Pokemon for him?

[@charlesglanville8183]

Hey Proto i got a question or a threory for ya. In Gen 1 how does the pokemart attendee know that your character is from Pallet Town?

[@ProtoMario]

There are a large number of references in X and Y like Team Plasma in Unova and Blue visiting Kalos saying "smell ya later".

[@Rhall7191]

sigh...this guy keeps forgetting important facts we have gotten to know like that not just anyone can face the elite 4, you have to present all the badges to proceed and (while he said not to mention the manga, i think the anime is still valid) in pokemon origins brock picked his team based on how many badges his opponent already had... I think a little bit more research could have been done here to clean up his hypothesis and make for a stronger concept

[@xXSCDTXx]

Exactly what I was gonna say

[@original_mr_pineapple4693]

Lol a little late to say, but this video was made before Pokemon origins. This was October 2013 and origins was released November of that year smh saying he should of used evidence that he couldn't have even known about

[@evyshay3586]

cCgj

[@kalli-woo-9488]

everytime someone questions the level of a leaders pokemon i talk about how in origins it shows how it works brock uses certain pokemon based on the enemies badges so obviously thats how it works

[@Sparrow9612]

Got a potential subject for a future video, if you haven't done it already: When Machop evolves, how does it gain a belt and trunks that were not there before? Same for such Pokemon as Jynx (dress), and Hitmonchan (gloves, if they are not its hands).

[@RainMuffinLPS]

wait.. if pokemon cant die, then why is charmanders pokedex entry say that if the fire on its tail burns out, it dies.?

[@vizardhoas]

I thought it said it can't battle

[@yellowpig1026]

vizardhoas no i think it did say that they die

[@yellowpig1026]

***** what he sayed is that they don't AGE if they couldn't die they're would be no resion for lavender town

[@om0206]

But proto! You saw pokemon origins. The gym leaders use a certain level of pokemons since they can see your levels. Brock knew that this would be red's first gym battle so he used his 2 weakest pokemon.

[@BangDeadPikachu]

This is also confirmed by Cheren in B2/W2 after you beat him and walk outside. He complains to Bianca that it would be far easier to use his regular team.

[@BenGTheGreatBGTG]

this was made after origins actually

[@DonovanLloyd]

Not to be rude, but, technically Onix was a fully evolved Pokémon(Steelix didn't exist until Gen 2, Brock was a Gen 1 Gym Leader

[@OuroborosChoked]

I wish the Pokemon games would allow you to become a gym leader... like instead of doing the same old ten year old on a quest to become a Pokemon master and, in so doing, save the world... What if you were a bit older... having already gone on your quest, but put Pokemon battling aside a few years back... now your local gym is holding a contest for a new leader and you decide to get back into the game. In order to do so, you have to recertify by getting all the badges again, raising a new team, picking a specialty, and so on... or at least have that as a post-game option, you know? And then you can work your way to being in the elite four.

[@katiebirdie7868]

It would be cool, but probably only a spinoff.

[@nahynoklauq771]

Holy sh*t, if we push it a little bit more, we can imagine a Pokemon game where the protagonist doesn't want to capture all the pokemon but only to become a Gym Leader ! A new story for this game 0^0

[@tarikbegovic]

Nahyn Oklauq you can kinda make gyms in OR/AS.

[@matthewassuncao6038]

Or a game where you cane choose your own path champion,professor,elite four,champion, or simply do whatever you want

[@TheTruth-ui5eq]

I think they should keep it the same BUT have that as a post game after beating the champion!

[@ProtoMario]

That is not true, because if you use gameshark codes, or in Gen 1 Kanto you can chose which gyms to challenge later on. You do not even really need to challenge Erika, Sabrina, or Koga first to defeat the 3. If you can make it to Blaine too you do not need any badges to challenge.

[@ProtoMario]

He was on a journey to become stronger, this can be seen in the time link with Celebi in Heart Gold and Soul Silver.

[@ProtoMario]

They are both ghost/dark types. They may have no weakness, but they are also underpowered in all area's.

[@33jedi]

Proto can you explain mega evolution? I mean unlike normal pokemon evolution it only lasts for a short time and, also along with it why Charizard becomes a dragon type only when he evolves to Mega X and not Mega Y?

[@supermatrum]

@robinwayne poke balls have a unique signature that attaches to the Pokemon. Once they're captured its more like their spirits are released from the poke ball, so the only way to capture is to take the poke ball

[@theMarrasChannel]

Well in Pokemon Origin it says that the number of badgesof the trainer define which pokemon the Gym leader use.

[@belmontzar]

theMarrasChannel Thats what always made sense to me anyway.

[@theMarrasChannel]

Yeah me too

[@Mngalahad]

theMarrasChannel thats why brock pulled out the gravelers and omastars when gold approached him with eight gym badges and the championship. then, after having 16 and beaten red, he had rampardos, golem, relicanth...

[@ShadowLinkIcarius]

theMarrasChannel Exactly

[@ProtoMario]

I like Poison and Normal Types, Status afflictions can make or break a match.

[@6969JG1]

Why did pokemon have no african american trainers until black and white

[@luketheforce373]

Yeah that is interesting ( future pokemon theory!)

[@Crick1952]

Gens I - IV all took place in Japan, there arn't many black people there. Whereas Gen V took place in New York, which has many more. All the maps are real places (Kanto, Jhoto, Hoen, and Sinoh are in Japan; Unova is New York; and Kalos is France)

[@6969JG1]

good point

[@6969JG1]

***** No, brock isi asian, did you ever see his eyes?

[@ssjup81]

***** In his case, I think it is. That's why for the anime they dropped him and replaced him with Kenji. They were afraid of him coming across as an Asian stereotype.

[@ProtoMario]

How many copies of X and Y were sold again???

[@edgargarcia6552]

Hey ProtoMario, i have been wondering if pokemons names are actually their names or if thats what the humans call them since its the only thing the pokemon say, for example, pikachu, a pikachu only says "pika pika pikachu" onix only says "Ooooonix" geodude says "Geodude" i might be just me and that i have fallen of pokemon a while but i have always wodered about that. ProtoMario

[@ProtoMario]

Edgar Garcia Alot of people are curious about that.

[@kandykane594]

The vietnamese and egyptian names for cats, is mao. So it's more than likely that they were named for what they say rather than them speaking what humans call them. Think about it, dogs don't go around going "do do dog" But that's only in the anime. It wasn't until recently that the main games had any pokemon say their own name (Pikachu), they always had cries. So it probably depends on which you're basing it on, in the anime it was probably due to what the pokemon said, while in the games it was more than likely names given to the pokemon by humans since they don't say their own names and just make sounds.

[@andrewthegodunicorn2707]

Vietnamese is mèo

[@kanra_yepitme]

Pokemon don't "say their name" Humans named them after the onomonapeia of the sound they make. It would be like if we named cats "meows" instead of cats, not the only sound they make but one we can reference them by.

[@Lagacy]

I have something to add if ur parent was a gym leader there is a shot that they will make u one when they retire

[@ProtoMario]

Some Dragons are stronger SPC att and Att. While some exhibit characteristics of their region, like Flygon.

[@benatmos]

Love that picture with Volkner and Jasmine. It's a moment I almost forgot in Diamond / Pearl.

[@andreamsp86]

My teory is that the gym leader chooses his pokemons and the dificulty accordingly to how many bedges the contestand already have.

[@ProtoMario]

Because while Air is needed for fire, too much can put out fire, I appreciate the premise, but have you ever tried to put out a serious fire with a wind tunnel. Not the best Idea =)

[@ProtoMario]

The only problem is, an Official Licensed gym must be open to fill in the spot.

[@jonfalan]

In Pokemon Black and White 2, Cheren directly references that he would have won if he were allowed to use his real pokemon. Meaning that there are the trainer's pokemon and the gym's pokemon. And it also shows that a person has to do something great to be able to qualify to be a gym leader, if there is a space open.

[@jollyshitshow8111]

Maybe they pick their Pokemon depending on how many badges you have

[@ProtoMario]

Dope! #Gymleader4life

[@OrangeOctangular]

I always used to think that Brock was some adult black guy who acted as the legal guardian of Ash and his friends when they adventured throughout... uh...Pokeworld?

[@tarikbegovic]

hey proto, if you could be a gym leader which type would it be based on? ProtoMario

[@chezmix64]

If you watch the anime all you gotta do according to that is be like "I'm battling you for the gym!" and if you win you're a gym leader. Also I think all the gym leaders ave multiple pokemon and choose which ones to use based on his much experience you have.

[@Jimmymusic14]

ProtoMario Ash was offered to become a gym leader at one point. I can't say I remember what was said but I do remember him beating one t=of the last gym leaders of a region.

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

+Jimmymusic14 That was an offer to become a Frontier Brain. Battle Frontier could, for all we know, work very differently.

[@ProtoMario]

Because they did not have the item that required the evolution.

[@okb0ss336]

Onix doesnt evolve in gen 1

[@mr.sideline7163]

4:50 take that Gary

[@Brickzcity201]

how much do gym leaders get paid

[@luketheforce373]

I wonder if its the money that trainers pay them when they lose the battle.

[@mangetout7931]

I don't think they do...

[@CrossLucane]

I agree with Luke. In the anime, meeting someone with badges is a big deal, so beating a gym leader isn't easy. And you, the player, pay a fee if you lose, of course. Aside from that, they're probably financed to some degree by the pokemon league, but some also have side jobs (Blain runs a resort, Wake=pro wrestler, Viola=photographer, etc.).

[@Channel84Winnipeg]

Curious question: could you see yourself as a gym leader focusing on one specific type? If so, which would it be? Mine would be either Fighting or Psychic.

[@gingerdwarfKO]

i think that the level of the pokemon is based on how many gym badges the trainer has, lots of examples can be brought up like for instance when Cheren became a gym Leader in B&W 2, he used weaker pokemon like Lillipup but later on when you can fight in the PWT he has his Stoutland again.

[@LackaJudgment]

I always wondered what the hell is the Earth badge supposed to be? Some kind of plant?

[@maddoctorwhoguy]

In both X,Y, Black and White there is a mention of a war and in the Kalos Region there were statues of Resharim and Zekrom. The owner of the castle with the statues has ancestors who fought in the war. Coincidence?

[@bfmv5000]

what if kanto was at war with kalos

[@decyst6294]

In pokemon origin, brock appears to have a higher level pokemon but as the 1st gym leader, he chooses a low level pokemon to battle with red

[@Dyblio]

What happened to your rival's fletchling in pokemon X and Y? I'm guessing it was the one in the pokemon village.

[@allengarcia5851]

Proto. I have a theory,Why does it seem that everyone is older in pokemon origins and everyone is younger in the indigo league?????

[@thehikoreport]

though this is not a pokemon theory I'd like to hear what you have to say about these questions. What would be you team as a gym leader/elite 4? (If leader what badge?) What region would you like to be in or would you make one up? How would you run your gym? If playing a game what kind of puzzle would your gym be?

[@adamkorman2922]

4:06 mario reference in anime

[@elijahmcclinton219]

What would happen if brake a pokeball with a Pokemon in it.

[@ProtoMario]

They have to maintain a presents, Giovanni is a fine example of doing whatever the F he wants. But he did return eventually.

[@LawfullSpook]

If you watch origins you will clearly see brock choose 2 of hisbpokemon when red says he has no badges yet. This would mean tjat brock and by exstention all leaders do indeed have stronger pokemon , but choose which to use depending on the challenger. depending where you live brock could be the 1st gym you visit or the 8th :).

[@BLACKGEAR026]

I have a theory, it is a counter to the digital one. my thory that the pokeballs shrink the pokemon not nessisarily convert them into data and that the light is a transportation beam. this comes form the early concept art and the manga which is the world more like what the creators intended rather than the kid pleasing money hungry anime. as u can see in the manga the pokemon can see through the actual pokeball top. ths goes to the pc system aswell where in the anime the pokemon went to professor oak not on an actual pc. ass bill made the pc storqage transport system u see in the manga more about it. its more of a transport rather than data storage, same with the pokemon ep where nurse joy has to send the pokemon to another centre, rather thn having all the pokeballs in a data storage device. so simply the pc system is just a user interface and the pokeballs and mokemon are sent to respective professors or stored in health and food providing storage containers.

[@ProtoMario]

Not in Kanto's Red Blue and Yellow.

[@Mellow_NY]

Were do pokemon come from

[@felixtelsey1142]

I have two questions. If Red died on top of the snowy mountain then how did he end up in sun and moon? Is Lance the elite four member related to Giovanni (leader of team rockets)?

[@multivewer]

1:34 is that a pic from the Manga?

[@kommo1]

I think that one requirement is to have a broad range off different level pokemon. They look at the number off badges the challenger has and choose accordingly. You also have to consider that they may even battle several trainers a day, which would be impossible if they only had the few pokemon we see during the matches. Going by that the gym battle against Giovanni would have been a lot different, if he had been in his gym when Red there for the first time.

[@envisioner007]

the Earth badge is a field type badge. so mostly its a all around type one

[@Ghost7065]

Are there any hospitals for people? in the show (i cant remember witch episodr) we see a docter go to the pokecenter. Something happened, nurse joy states somethin along the lines of "this isnt a hospital for humans"

[@69daniel69]

in a chansys operation you can see a dokter that help humans

[@TheEphemeralEternity]

This brought up another pair of important questions for me....Why, when we just had a fairy type gym, have we never had a dark type gym (even though we've had a dark type elite four member)? Also, why is it no gyms have ever been double typed even though double typed gyms are not that odd of a thought since they've already had double and triple battle gyms?

[@jasonmacias2239]

do all trainers start off with the regions starters or do they just pick any pokemon ive wondered about this for a while

[@Pyrotro]

Pokemon Theory: how are starters chosen to be starters? (Sorry for repost I didn't see if it posted or not last time.)

[@Colin995]

what if the gym leader chooses his pokemon based on the amount of badges the trainer has

[@josephschubert6561]

1:16 Pokemon Origins covers this. "then I will use these two Pokemon in our battle." the Gym Leaders have different level pokemon for different skill levels.

[@Griffingterra]

random theory. in the original games there was only one eevee correct? what if bills eevee was the one eevee that brought the eevee population to be brought back up to a point where eevee can be now found in the wild. after all a long time has passed since then and it would make a lot of sense if red or blue (if blue got one as well) were responsible in helping the eevee population not become extinct.

[@ProtoMario]

Same thing inside Shedninja.

[@ProtoMario]

Some are and some are not. Brock and Misty definitely weren't, and Surge obviously took over since he is not originally from that region.

[@i.m.solomon2280]

I still think (cus I meantioned this in the Elite Four Theory) that if you become a champion in the earlier years of your journey, you meet a requirement to become a gym leader later on when a spot opens up and you meet other requirements and qualifications, explaining Blue (also Blue is Prof. Oak's grandson so his inherent genius is a pass to his ability to be a gym leader so young and not have to have a type specific gym). The anime "Origins" helps support the idea that gym leader have different level Pokémon for different trainers. Also, the actual anime supports this too with Falkner being able to battle Ash's high level Charizard and Pikachu with a high level Pidgeot but Chikorita faced a low level Hoothoot, all while being the first gym. If a rookie trainer had to go up against a Pidgeot as a first gym then their dreams of being champion are crushed right off the back. Champions can be anyone who was champion in the past and if this theory that I've already explained is correct it would explain why Wallace from the Sootopolis City Gym in Hoehn was able to become Champion out of the blue. And once a Gym Leader as reached a certain level in their career then they can be requested to take over as an Elite Four member like Koga and who's to say there weren't other Elite Four members in the past because Lorelei and Agatha got replaced and Flannery of Lavaridge Town's gym says her grandfather used to be a member of the Elite Four.

[@renkuzamakito1289]

Id like to hear a theory on what other type of gyms are in the kanto region? Like what extra gyms did gary visit for his other 2 badges

[@robertking559]

I'd like to believe that the Pokemon Animation's focused on the games were more likely how they occurred in the game. I.e.: Brock asking "You don't have any badges? Okay, I'll use these Pokemon".

[@soupedkid13]

Watch Pokemon Origins and try again, it is explained.

[@shannonrichnak5769]

Well if you watch the pokemon origins anime it shows that when red challenges Brock, brock asks red how many badges he has then Brock says " then I'll just use these two" or something like that. So it appears that it depends on how many badges the trainer has and that would determine of the leader would use their strongest pokemon.

[@BmanTheChamp]

Uh, I'm pretty sure that you have to get by an officer (or several of them) and show that you have a certain badge in order to make it past them and get to the pokemon league (unless you glitch in which case no matter how strong ur pokemon are they wont obey you)

[@Pokemaster528]

Protomario I have always wondered if sharpedo is related to the garchomp line in any way because of same color scheme same yellow pattern on the tip of their heads and garchomp is a land shark it has always made me think that they could be related

[@cody2819]

A better question, after so many battles how come Ash still loses easily? You would think after so many his team new or not (at least Pikachu) would be strong, OK a new team needs to be trained but when they are he still loses a lot what happen to becoming the very best?

[@coolkid44447]

Hey Proto don't mean to be picky but if trainers are supposed to learn from the gym leaders how did Whitney become one? In game once u beat her she cries and u have to I back afterwards so u can get the Badge? So how does it fit with the theory now?

[@predclown2012]

This is a question that may seem dumb but it is a good one, I think. My question is how are pokemon chosen to be a starter pokemon? For example, why is charmander a starter and not something like vulpix.

[@aromaladyellie]

My question has always been "Do you have to challenge the gyms in order"? I mean say you're an NPC from the Unova Region (the one I know best since it's the only one I've played), and you live in Icirrus City, where you would get your SEVENTH Gym Badge, the Freeze Badge. We know from the preschooler trainers that a Pokemon trainer doesn't have to start with one of the three starters. This is also true in the anime, since Ash himself starts with Pikachu. So this means a person wishing to become a trainer doesn't HAVE to go see their regional professor to get started. So my question is, even though you're from Icirrus City, do you have to go all the way back to Striaton City to get the Trio Badge, or can you just challenge Brycen first? Do all of the Gym Leaders have Pokemon that suit the different levels? You can re-challenge the gyms in certain games (though not the Unova ones), and they're levelled up, even the first gym. So do the Gym Leaders all have ~50 different Pokemon at different levels for challenging trainers of different levels? Or would you have to somehow get your way to Striaton City, which is clear on the opposite side of the region from Iccirus, to challenge the gyms in the order the badges appear in a badge case/wallet? Or would you have to walk all the way back to the first town, Nuvema Town, to talk to Professor Juniper? I mean Iccirus City might not be the furthest town away from Striaton City in terms of actual, direct distance, but you'd have to pass through the most towns to get there (five if you take Route 7 first, seven if you take Route 8). You can't fly there unless your Pokemon knows Fly, because the planes in Mistralton City are for cargo use, not people, and Skyla doesn't have the time to fly you there with one of her Pokemon. So as an NPC or an anime character I guess, do you have to challenge the gyms in order? And speaking of anime gym leaders, who takes over while gym leaders are out and wandering the region with Ash? And another question, or rather, theory: the Starter Town is always so small because only people who are Chosen can live there. I mean there's usually no more than what, three houses?

[@nickdentoom1173]

Max promised to Ralts to start his journey with it and i think Bonnie is gonna start hers with Dedenne.

[@aromaladyellie]

Well, thank you for that information, but I never asked about starters, since I know already from the anime and from Pokemon Yellow AND from all the random NPCs you don't have to start with the three Starters. I asked about the Gyms and the order they're challenged in and if you had to go all the way back to the first town to talk to the Professor so you can get a Pokedex and a trainer's licence and stuff.

[@nickdentoom1173]

Ellie F. I don't think it matters which gym you battle first. At least, not in the anime. In the games, it is just how they set it up.

[@MBTepe]

I think you can simply challenge the gyms any order you want. There's a specific order for each region in the games because that's just how they set the games. But even in the games you can sometimes skip the gyms until the league so there's no order at all, because no gym leaders want you to have any other badges in order to challenge them. I believe gym leaders have many pokemon with different levels so they can have a balanced battle with trainers with different levels. Brock specifically stated this in the origins and I am almost positive that Claire said that the battle the battle supposed be tough because it's Ash's eighth Johto gym battle. What I believe is there are a gym for each types in every region but you challenge random eight in every game because there are many towns and cities that you don't visit (just look at the Hoenn map) Kanto and Johto share their league, that's why Johto has the missing gyms. That means there is a Fairy and Dark type gym somewhere in Kanto/Johto but we just did not visit that city so far. So, yes, you can challenge the gyms in any order you want. A gym leader is supposed to give you a proper challenge, so if you were a trainer from Icirrus city and challenge the Icirrus city as your first, Brycen would use lower leveled Pokémon. Because it would make no sense if you think that almost every NPC in the games has more powerful Pokémon than Brock or Faulkner etc. They choose weaker Pokémon because you are weak. Their job is not to crush your team but to teach you. That's why they have better teams in rematches, because you are a better trainer and they can use their best Pokémon. They all have powerful Pokémon. Just look at their teams in Pokémon World Tournament.

[@aromaladyellie]

M.B. Tepe Oh, I suppose that makes sense XD I'm only just now re-working my way through the anime (I actually *just* saw Clair's battle against Ash- she remarks that the battle is supposed to be tough, yes) and I don't think I saw much past Master Quest when I was little, since I don't really remember much about May and I don't remember Dawn at all. I've also only played White where they railroad you into challenging the gyms in the specific order presented and where the only people you can have a rematch with are the Elite Four. I'm still fairly new at actually playing Pokemon (never had a Gameboy or any gaming console until I was in high school, and I didn't actually play any Pokemon games until I think last year or so), so my actual knowledge is very limited to just White and what I've seen in the anime. Thank you very much for your help :)

[@matsmax9272]

Do you have space to rom every pokémon shiny, , male and female in pokémon X and Y? If not chat wassmo the last generation?

[@BirdiePlaysYT]

but proto how do you become a member of the rocket/plasma/magna/aqua etc.

[@ProtoMario]

Blackthorn city 8th gym leader in Johto.

[@NamikazeH]

What's stopping you from using a lower level team once you've mastered a type? The gym leaders of the earlier towns probably had level 50+ before they could apply for the certificate but they had to use lower level Pokemon. If you graduated college then went to become, say, an elementary Science teacher, would you give college-level tests to the first graders?

[@ProtoMario]

Scientists on Cinnabar Island resurrected them.

[@hamsbyyams]

I have a question. In the first generation of pokemon isn't it said that they were created through science? Im pretty sure that mew, who all pokemon were origined from, is from space like deoxys, dialga, palkia etc. That being said were the original 150 pokemon created with extraterrestrial matter to be used solely as weapons in te kanto war?

[@SMFluffyPrime]

Second stage starters (Wartortle, Quilladinc.), etc are catchable in the friend safari in X and Y depending on your friend's friend code. but u still have and excellent point

[@meganpayette5181]

Dark types have been around since Gen 2, so why isn't there a Dark type Gym Leader yet?

[@DeathTheKid4]

Because the dark type in Japanese means "evil" and they thought it wouldn't be good for a kids game to have evil type gym leaders. That obviously changed so many years later in gen 8 when we finally got our Dark Gym leader (and he's such an amazing gym leader as well)

[@sebastianarora1969]

Even in the pokemon origins brock asks how many badges red has so he uses his weaker pokemon to battle red

[@A11L1V3ESL0ST]

yeah, this reinforces the idea that the gyms are actually doable in any order, and tends to be done with whichever one is closest or most accessible, which is backed by the fact that the first gym is gen 1 is actually empty forcing you to ignore it for the time and the fact that in the anime gary had ten badges even though only eight are needed. (though this is argued by your father in gen 3, though it could be that he really wanted to try and make you work for it, being his kid and all). and the idea that each gym has certain pokemon of certain levels per the number of gym badges you have was touched on in the video above, though not really fleashed out all that much in my opinion.

[@ProtoMario]

Hook up? As in, Hide the rainbow roll?

[@jianxiongRaven]

what happens if a pokemon champion loses ? does the weakest of the elite four get kicked out and you become the elite four ?

[@ProtoMario]

Because they are registered as non wild.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

you know what to add to what Alex said how much do u know about the great war of the Kalos region...which could act as a ingame explaination why theres only about 60+ kalos only pokemon

[@acejordangaming4773]

ProtoMario can u do a video on the backstory of professers and elite 4 members please respond

[@1RamTough]

I think there's more than 8 gyms per region. It's probably just required to have 8 badges to face the e4 and champion . Also, I think there are more to the gym leaders. They probably have to beat the elite 4 and have to have at least 2-3 teams to use based on the challengers number of badges. That makes the most sense to me.

[@Jochira_VTuber]

I've Always agreed about the adjusting part... and maybe, originally, so must they focus on a certain type (Blue being an expection, possibly since they wanted to him to take Giovanni's Place while they was looking for a replacement since Giovanni decided to resign)

[@Xmario77]

How does Perish song work?

[@vectorle]

is there a higher authority that decides who becomes a gym leader or elite four?

[@rexdavis14]

Do some gym leaders "hook up" I have always wondered this

[@Vvasssrieal]

As BW 2 said, and pokemon origins confirmed, a Gym Leaders asks you how many badges you have. From that they decide which Pokemon would be an accurate test of skill for someone of your skills

[@foxarcherknowles6188]

do any gym leaders love each other

[@ProtoMario]

Generation 1 he does not, Brock is the gym leader in Gen 1 Kanto region, he never has a Steelix.