Ranking Pokémon Creepypastas

I planned to make a fun, quick little video for Halloween and ended up talking for 40 minutes. Oops. I've long been interested in creepypastas and internet horror, and Pokémon creepypastas are no excpetion. Let's take a look at some of them and decide where they belong on the tier list.
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Songs used:
Lavender Town - Pokémon Red & Blue
Lost Woods - The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Tower Theme - New Super Mario Bros.
Old Chateau - Pokémon BDSP
Promise (Reprise) - Silent Hill 2
K. K. Dirge (Aircheck) - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Luigi's Mansion - Mario Kart DS
Last Day - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Pokémon Tower - Pokémon Red & Blue
Banshee Boardwalk - Mario Kart DS
Dodongo's Cavern - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Haunted House - Super Mario 64 DS
Ruins of Alph - Pokémon HGSS
Halloween - Animal Crossing: New Leaf

[@chezmix64]

I understand why you didnt do more than 14 creepypastas, but have you considered that **I** want it to be a three hour video!

[@jelly_4_brainz]

Yeah man I was disappointed that this wasnt a 4h 30m Pokemon creepypasta tier list iceberg video when I clicked it. This just came up in my recommended videos. It's still cool though I guess.

[@Topdoggie7]

There's not that many Pokemon specific creepypastas. Especially of length most of all managed to be 15 minutes or 20 minutes if that in a read. A lot of them are really short. Someone once made a compilation of all of them and it was about 300 including sequels and shitposts. So even if we milked this sub genre dry we'd be lucky to get another hour max.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@jelly_4_brainztbf not everyone can pump out 4 hour long content on that level, i like this for what it is

[@jelly_4_brainz]

@@L0rdOfThePies I was being facetious I like this video too sorry I wasn't very clear

[@spacealien3073]

Honestly that one Creepypasta with the ghost girl could have been made slightly better if instead of being a bunch of 6s it would have been 4s instead. Like 666 being bad is heavily tied with Christianity so its not... nearly as much a thing in Japan but 4 is culturally consider a very unlucky number associated with death over there so that would be the logical number to set off a creepy event if a Pokemon game.

[@projectmessiah]

Like its supposed to be a demonic thing not a bad luck thing

[@xstral_]

one time me and my older brother were watching a video about creepypastas when we were really young and actually believed creepypastas and stuff and it started playing the lavender town music and he covered my ears instead of his own i still think about that a lot

[@MintleafCakes]

your brother must really care about you, thats really sweet actually

[@DFX2KX]

Fun extension to the war theory: Some have guessed that Pokémon Go *was* that war. Things like rare candies are *rare* in Gen-1 because of how they're made, and in Go they're just candies, candies you get more of by transferring off Pokémon never to be seen again. The process gets banned after one of the three competing factions wins the war (think it's the Yellow team? I'm on the Red team....) And yeah, the use of Action Replay/Game Shark in creepypastas touches on the very real creepy side-effects of those tools on Gen1 games. Those games are held together with duct-tape and twine. Code-injection positively turbo-screws themd if you're not extremely careful. There is no sanity-checking at all, and writing into the wrong areas of RAM will do some pretty creepy stuff entirely on accident. the way the sprites in particular are compressed allows for some pretty serious (and hilarious once you know what's going on) unintended body-horror.

[@Reidlos1773]

Hypno's lullaby was always my favorite when I was young. I remember a version of it on KZbin being read aloud in a creepy voice gave me nightmares but I still loved it. Also, I fuck with the silent hill music playing in the background at the 10ish minute mark, massive respect.

[@HYPERYoshi5]

i know for a fact i've heard all of these except for like, i'm iffy on lumiose city ghost girl, the war theory is a bit too vague to be a story, and i know for a fact i've never heard that old chateau one before sooo... i'm gonna posit that the old chateau one is the impostor also love the idea of making a creepypasta ranking where one of them is fake, after krick's Alternate Universe Pokemon Iceberg, and hazel's A Normal Creepypasta Retrospective, it really feels like creepy video game misinformation is making a complete comeback, and i'm all here for it, give me that delicious unreality

[@MorningStar012]

the Lumiose Ghost Girl is the fake one, no contest i noticed it when you brought up the fact she might be looking for a specific Trainer ID. most creepypastas weren't clever enough to actually treat creepy happenings as Easter Eggs the game planned for, it's always something supernatural from OUTSIDE of the game also, not only did it seem very inspired by Buried Alive with the whole "secret unwinnable bossfight at the top of a building", but you seemed to tell the story almost play-by-play, which you didn't do for most of the list

[@glorimona]

That CreepyPasta shirt goes hard 🔥

[@leelubell9080]

I remember reading a good one about an Absol. It was written in universe like a fanfic and used the data from different Pokédex entries. It’s about how Absols are said to be bad omens because they tend to appear before disasters but this is actually because they can sense impending disasters and are trying to warn people. The pasta was essentially about the vicious cycle this causes where Absols try to save people, can’t because nobody wants to be around the doom bringer, and the disaster occurs anyway and reinforces the hatred of Absols

[@beeznuzz]

Hmmm... The fake one's probably the construction one with team rocket? I think I've heard of the Meloetta one before! Ty for bringing 'em to the table. I haven't been seeing as many creepypasta videos as I should in these spoopy month!

[@danemr6808]

Personally I think Pokemon Black is the best of them. I like that the theme of death was purely in the game itself, the ghost in the game didn't come out to kill the author, it was simply a metaphor. it sort of reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 3, the fight with The Sorrow, you must confront the consequences of taking the easy route by being forced to look into the eyes of everyone you killed before that very force that let you get through the game that easily takes your life as well.

[@Kamidio]

I don't particularly find the Pokémon War theory compelling because it relies too heavily on the flawed assumption that the lack of adults is suspicious, when there are in fact plenty of adult NPCs, and the father being absent is just an easy way to represent the overworked salary man. The dad is even mentioned in the present tense when interacting with TVs in the department store. Earthbound did something similar with a dad always busy with work. In fact, due to Game Freak initially intending for Gen 1's Kanto to be the same as IRL Kanto, Japan in the year 1996, it's much more likely that Lt. Surge is a veteran of one of the most recent American war at the time of the game's development - The Gulf War. There was even a plane used by the US during the war called the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

The Thunderbolt still sees use. It's kind of an old clunker of a plane in 2024, but its enormous 30mm Gatling cannon is still appreciated in a ground support role.

[@Astolotl]

sometimes i miss when i was dumb enough to be afraid of things

[@jarlbuttonthe3rd]

That is the most amazing thumbnail I ever ever seen

[@brendonbecker1735]

If this is the same “Randy moon” who supported StrawberrySprite on patreon then I love this channel even more

[@randymoon]

that was indeed me!

[@brendonbecker1735]

That’s awesome!! I love both of y’all’s content haha

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Strangled red had me in a chokehold as a child, for the same reasons you pointed out about it, how the writer makes it clear throughout that its a prequel rom hack and it only really dips into the pokemon creepypasta tropes near the conflict resolution to make the story greater in my opinion

[@arzeron_megido]

I love the soundtrack choices you made. I recommend considering the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue and Time/Darkness/Sky soundtracks for "spoopy" or at the very least atmospheric tunes.

[@eightmelodies8]

WHERE DID YOU GET THE CREEPYPASTA SHIRT I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

[@Amruiz716]

I need it too. Pls tell me if you find it

[@bellyboy3076]

damn what a throwback, hope more people find your channel

[@ConnerTurmon]

Great content. This deserves way more views

[@jakubsota2967]

Vaporeon one is the scariest creppypasta

[@tomsimpkins8494]

Thank you for the important broadcasting interruption towards the end 😆

[@tomsimpkins8494]

(Also, guessing it's the 'Snow on Mt. Silver' story that you wrote!)

[@chezmix64]

Sing meloetta's gotta be the fake, i swear ive read every single one of the others

[@siofraniceileachair1636]

I was gonna guess that one too, it's a bit too subtle for a Pokémon Creepypasta, no one even died!

[@chezmix64]

@@siofraniceileachair1636 my next guess is the lumios ghost girl one because it feels... TOO perfect. Like some creepypastas are genuinely creative but that one felt a little too well thought out with the trainer ID stuff but I'm pretty sure I remember reading that one too

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Ive heard of the others i swear

[@chezmix64]

@@L0rdOfThePies yeah I was surprised when I found out it was the ghost girl one. I guess I was misremembering all the theories I read online about it

[@anonymousdratini]

@@chezmix64it was confirmed the ghost girl one?

[@danielharrington5690]

Absolutely beautiful tbh

[@TheStrikingZebra]

If you ever decide to do another tierlist with more pastas, I highly recommend you check out Fallen Leaf. That's a personal favorite of mine!

[@ToniToniToniToni]

I didnt know you made this video, im gonna watch it now, im liking it before I watch it

[@agediho6009]

I'm sure the hypno lullaby one was inspired by the fire red leaf green sevii islands little side quest where you literally save a girl from a hypno

[@battty_nattty]

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[@battty_nattty]

I'll delete this particular comment if it's on here (haven't watched it through yet(i doubt its on here) but have you ever seen that KZbin video in firered where you can fight baphomet as a trainer in lavender town? Shit had a grasp on me as a kid, I looked it up the other day to see if I made it up or something

[@MorningStar012]

​@@battty_nattty I REMEMBER THAT ONE i just remembered stumbling into it one day while watching other creepy fire red rom hack, like Abandon Lonliness

[@gorillamasterofgaming5525]

what if you played Pokémon creepy black and you released ghost at the start of the game? Intrigued what would happen

[@mpg272727]

No clue why this has shown up on my timeline but hey it is almost Halloween so much be a sign. I am well and truly scared, spooked and spooped

[@metawolf987]

I haven't read too many Pokemon creepypastas, but my personal favorite is "Easter Egg Snow On Mt. Silver".

[@arzeron_megido]

C R E P P Y S P O O P Y

[@eduardovicente8095]

Lavender town masterclass

[@cbgheel]

The whiplash I had with these insanely edgy creepypastas with my 12 year old self.

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

I have a personal scary story that did actually happen, and I'll explain how after. I was playing Pokemon on a Chrom via the "My Old Boy Emulator", specifically Pokemon Crystal . I tried opening up CC and found a weird glitchy I think Pokemon Center (off memory, this was over 2 years ago) I found an NPC, and it said my name before the game got weirder and crashed. I'm a bit vague on the details but it was really creepy, felt like I was in an actual creepypasta. Now how did that happen? Apparently I had moved files around and forgot that I had Crystal Clear (which is a really good rom hack) save data, so since Crystal had the same file name as Crystal Clear at the time, it tried to boot up the CC save data which didn't exist, and when my name was spoken, it was just my trainer name. Honestly tho that has such good use for a creepypasta, or better yet an ARG. If someone actually uses that for an ARG where you get given a save file and have to match it with a base ROM of Crystal or something that'd be really cool, lemme know. So yeah closest thing to an actual real creepypasta actually can be easily explained

[@Quatrixjs1]

Algorithm suggested you and I'm glad it did. Subbed.

[@catcans]

*starts with Lavender Town music* Already biased 😭😭😭😭

[@xenostra]

Have you ever seen someone that you could tell their political beliefs by how they look? Yeah me too.

[@alanpendragon1316]

true lol

[@BsideArchive]

never clicked on a video notification so fast

[@lilypadqueen]

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[@eggmug562]

it was the ghost girl one wasnt it

[@Toxibbit]

if its 1200 words is it really a fake creepypasta

[@johnwest6690]

Lost Silver wasn't edgy at all. It's a story about the inevitability of death and it has a genuine message along side it. It also inspired tons of fanart, and has a cult following. Putting it in anything but iconic is so stupid, especially when you put Creepy Black higher than it like wtf how is Creepy Black not just edgy for the sake of Edgy but Lost Silver, which literally has a whole game, message, and FNF thing surrounding it too, is?

[@Turboautismo]

She looks like that dude from that dazed woozy video "Hey bestie 💅"

[@hatlesscoati3610]

you just earned a sub :)

[@mrdeatheli]

Let's gooooo!

[@songmaster74]

i feel like u made up the 666666 one i feel like you were getting into that one

[@fart7361]

More like Poopymon Crappypastas amirite

[@BlloodySunday]

Very creepy

[@songmaster74]

omg randy moon : D

[@casscoolerthanu]

i don't think strangled red is real

[@Theserperiortrainer497]

No it's real these people are insane.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Strangled red is real!

[@maria-go7qb]

Can we get much higher

[@SammyMV12]

ninth