Science Pokemon: Pt. 1 Unowns

This is Part 1 of my Pokemon Science Variant Series where I talk about different amino acids through some new Unown designs.
Thank you to @lewthree8520 for the gameplay footage
Learn more through the links below:
Central Dogma of Biology: • Central Dogma of Biology
FoldIt, a protein-folding game: @UWfoldit
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[@NickWrightDataYT]

If you're looking for redesign ideas for these guys, you could design them as fish that evolve into differently-shaped schools of fish!

[@moch126]

They could maybe even evolve into siphonophores made up of a bunch of the smaller creatures :D

[@pizzzaeater1425]

@@moch126 seconded! the school of fish idea is really cool, but siphonophores makes more sense for a region based on STEM concepts

[@GucciStinkbug]

@@pizzzaeater1425 a stema mon based on modular organisms would make me very very happy

[@shshyie]

​@@moch126 genuinely, siphonophores would lend themselves REALLY well to this concept

[@dahuntre]

Loved the commitment to the Walter White impression, keeping the voice for the whole explanation

[@pathos_swoosh]

Agreed, that part cracked me up.

[@DrakonHype-1-]

i smiled too hard at that segment

[@Cryptidlookin]

Wasn’t expecting a Jerma cameo but I’m very happy

[@pdninja3338]

Timestamp?

[@Cryptidlookin]

@@pdninja3338 5:03

[@luccafilms2859]

👀

[@lauchlanbagley1934]

It's the Walter White cameo that caught me off gaurd

[@egguu69]

This is one of my favorites so far! Turning the Unown into amino acids is cool and the execution is impeccable! I can imagine chains of these guys zooming around in the background, sometimes getting too dizzy and accidentally evolving.

[@flamingtorrent2109]

"that's right! these wretched things EVOLVE" im cackling

[@Arseniy_Arsenicum]

I've never cared for Pokémon, didn't grew up with it, haven't played it, the whole craze just didn't affect me in any way... But in a past day I've binged all of your videos... Your idea of making cute science-based little critters brings joy to my biology-nerd brain... If I were a teacher, a would've used your designs to illustrate relevant concepts in class... So, great job, keep up the good work, and don't overwork yourself... I'm subscribing, to see more weird little guys from you...

[@INFINITE021]

As someone who just had to memorize the amino acids, I can’t tell you how much I love these

[@sleepykoi4617]

I could easily see uniown having an alternate form or something that's a mythical with a second form like diancie for the tertiary and quaternary structures

[@sleepykoi4617]

maybe even something related to wobbuffet

[@danielf.7151]

I worry that these may be too busy visually. while the secondary structures only describe sections of proteins, the tertiary structure is the whole protein. and quarternary structures are when multiple proteins(either different ones or multiple copies of the same one) come together.

[@s_cabbage]

n0Rtist's videos are always so creative.

[@Bralore125]

Agreed

[@gaminggranny1541]

I think just because they look so different from Unown, you can easily call them something else and it can work without a C&D at your doorstep

[@guse7688]

You did what my teacher couldn't do and made learning about proteins fun

[@CoralReaper707]

1:34 B A Z I N G A

[@stephanovaldivieso4517]

Very creative concept! This reminds me of the times I used Chemsketch for my chemistry homeworks and essays in High School. Very nostalgic!

[@september-xyzx]

Probably my favourite video of yours so far. This will probably help out a lot of biochem students I know

[@decarabiaumbra560]

I was not expecting amino acid unown to become my new favorite pokemon.

[@beatofromuminekorealnotcli4574]

my mind was at such a vulnerable and unassuming state truly nothing could have prepared me for the walter white yoda i feel like i'm living in a different universe now a different plane of existence truly thank you so much

[@rainetopia7130]

The commitment to the Walter White bit was great

[@squirrel_plus]

as a stem major i cannot express how much i love this

[@AphidKirby]

THESE ARE AWSOOOOME I really hope u get to make ur own original creature version of these soooooo fun! UNIOWN YESSS

[@Uranium-jj7le]

5:30 Meth Monster!

[@sandradermark8463]

The idea of the Evolution into Uniown is refreshing and original.

[@alexdoestuff1565]

I love watching these vids cause I know literally zero things about chemistry. So watching this is like hearing magic spells

[@sandradermark8463]

These Unowns look as original as their inspiration.

[@LucyRoseLuna]

I cheered and said "omg yes!" out loud when you said amino acids

[@syndere6755]

I find Unown forms to be really interesting, and I love Unown, despite its uselessness.

[@vanirie434]

"These wretched things EVOLVE!!!!" truly a twist of a lifetime :D

[@oneiromoon4953]

Hearing the Walter White voice slipping when you say Jesse is so jarring and funny

[@hayuljin2942]

Another upload. Let’s goooo!

[@Shamazya]

Fun concept! I dunno if it's possible but it'd be cool if these had some kind of synergy in battle. Like having more than one in your party grants them a stat bonus or increases the attack of a specific move. Also, I think they might benefit from each bring a different color to make them easier to identify. Maybe the non-polar group are all neutral colors, the slightly more positive are warm colors and the negative are cool colors?

[@dudono1744]

it's possible to code a synergy. The requirements to do that is simply having access to the list of mons in the party, and that's kinda required.

[@CSK_T.]

When I was a kid, I loved to tinker with the chemical formulas of minerals, taking them from a geologi book I had and trying to figure out how they work/how the atoms connect to each other, with no real scientific understanding, just some base knowledge. Thank for reminding me of this game I played with this game you're making ; those new "unown" are really cool!

[@laneallen7118]

Unown is my favorite pokemon. I just absolutely loved this video!!!

[@diamonddrawsthegoat]

AAAAAHH I remember seeing these guys on DA! Loved them then, but now seeing the stuff explained really helped clear up confusion (and also the later Unown’s eyes being plus and minus is genius, I didn’t even realize that the first time)

[@klabelia9454]

I feel like part of the quest to evolve the unknown into uniown could be something similar to the Keo Ruug Shrine in BOTW. There could be some puzzle related to all of the different shapes.

[@AzuRemilia]

When you mentioned this unown evolving further, I imagined the 3rd stage would just look like a biblically accurate angel lol

[@bananaz7084]

This was so cool. The moment you said "aminoacids" I was like oh, I know where this is going. What a nice bridge of concepts. Great designs too. Your commentary was also very entertaining. You have a very specific kind of charm with the jokes you make and the tone of how you say them. Keep up the great work!

[@caiodavi7279]

Never imagined that someone would make me like unowns and bio-chemistry.

[@Vivigreeny25]

I LOVE Uniown. He’s so funky and silly. Worm guy. Obsessed.

[@serenolopez-darwin1975]

Oh cool, FoldIt! I actually worked at the lab that made it (David Baker's group up at UW-Seattle) when I was in undergrad.

[@monarchflies4937]

Literally learned about this last week and now there's a pokemon about it

[@deazee2288]

Bro went for a Walter White ended up with a nerd Schwarzenegger I love your humor man

[@pastoobagelman4107]

NORTIST uploads are the BEST

[@doodleplayer4014]

Your videos always make me want to learn more about the topics you talk about. I wish I had infinite time to dive into all the things you base your mons on.

[@Pokefan8263]

I feel like if you just gave them small arms and a differently shaped tail and feet then you could totally use the axolotl monster’s you’ve created

[@Scio_]

This is really cool. I love they're all fighting types as well!

[@LucyRoseLuna]

this video could actually help me (roughly) remember the structures of amino acids

[@imalltheragex2000]

12:31 I now imagine Uniown bouncing about like a spring with its tail being the main limb it uses to launch itself 12:51 that one just would slither on the ground and when it rests it returns to a variation of this shape

[@smeefan8724]

Dude i'ma be mad honest I did not get the explainations for structures at college but you just put it in such a simple way and I get it now so thanks!

[@shadowjirachi]

Your Cookie Monster- I mean Walter White impression is adorable :3

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

oh my god science pokemon what a fucking concept i am here for it i love this series already

[@vanirie434]

For what it's worth, these are incredibly adorable to me. I want to have a whole herd of them Movie 3 style

[@lorenzocazzoli7701]

I really love how for the beta-sheet form you arranged to get a 3×3 matrix and the eyes light up the diagonal. It's beautiful

[@imalltheragex2000]

11:31 I Like to imagine that the ones with rings scoot around like bikes while the ones with the big old blobs bounce around

[@nufuu2746]

I absolutely love your content, it is so new and refreshing

[@xyznihall]

just caught up to my chem lectures and they were covering these. thanks for this video haha was very helpful to remember these peptides.

[@artusking9747]

1:33 cool reference really love that show

[@solaronion2984]

Probably wouldn't work with so many base variants, but a cool idea would be to have the ability to build the evolution chain of say three base variants and have stats vary based on which base forms you used or the order they are in.

[@dudono1744]

4 base variants (A T C G), and fuse those for the amino acids

[@itaiko5498]

I like these little guys. They make bio chem more fun imo

[@rainbowsylvie16]

this video was surprisingly goofy, very entertaining

[@terramarc]

Me when the bads are broken

[@SL-wt8fm]

Thanks for explaining methionine, walter.

[@orsonzedd]

legit this is the best explanation of Amino Acids I ever have seen. I've always wondered stuff about them but it was just too heady.

[@geurworx8164]

Asparagine got that dump 8:33 IGNORE DAT CYSTEINE, MY MAN 10:24 my gawd, my lawd Selenocysteine my man. 10:53

[@itryen7632]

Idea: A Pokemon based on Nanoputian- a molecule that's designed to look like a stick figure

[@Gremlin909-i4o]

This artist is so freaking smart!!!!

[@SpaceShark-ck2tg]

These look great, man! Kind of a shame these may not make the cut; Unown is perfect for your region for the reasons you showed in this video! But you, of course, also explained why you won't have them in your region, so that's fine too! In the event that you do, it'll be great to see Unown get some love after all these years of neglect.

[@adphoenix600]

i love this this is a class that i enjoy i just have no words to explain this its so good

[@nyuh]

OOOHH HELL YEAH AMINO ACUDS THIS IS SUCH A COOL TWIST

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

From the building blocks of programming to the building blocks of life. Well done.

[@Matt_364]

5:30 WE HAVE TO BAKE COOKIES JESSIE

[@zagreus8631]

I really love your videos!!! It's so inspiring and fun listening to your pure joy and passion and also, your designs and style, both for the video and your creatures, are so appealing and... satisfying! I'm sorry for fanboying, I'm afraid it's very cringeworthy, but I really felt I needed to get it off my chest, because I enjoy your content so much. I wholeheartedly hope you never lose that passion and drive you have and I would love to someday walk through your world with all my stemmies by my side! ❤

[@somerandomguynumber111]

When I made my amino acid avatars, I used different crystals with different colors to avoid confusion between elements. Although my characters were humans so they could have more details than unown

[@digitalmythril8594]

These are great! My favorite of the initial forms is Serine. It reminds me of a musical note! Out of the 2 evolved forms, I like sheet form best. It's a wall of eyes, and that's cool!

[@evonevo3289]

Wow this is quite early and he finally saw his games protagonist

[@MothcatAsh]

9:50 I love this

[@monokun_6072]

"They are... PROTEIN!" Oj cookie i dunno when

[@Gazaster]

this is cool as heck i love learning from a pokemon video

[@gladisseabrook3309]

The Cookie monster as a breaking bad character should be an animation meme

[@takeyourpills3979]

i was high on edibles when watching this and your walter white voice and it kept going and i thought i was having a stroke

[@carrielinn3791]

There is a big bang reference here.

[@dirtdoes6272]

Science, Pokémon, Breaking Bad, AND COOKIE MONSTER I chose the right Pokémon like rpg maker

[@Zancibar]

I NEED to see these guys making some molecule in your lineless style

[@Anto98molongui]

Genuinely great video and explanation, but I just cant avoid seeing Kage from Ranking of kings in this pokemon and I love it

[@fapdosDev]

I always forget you're the creator of these Unown variants! I actually first met you because of those aminoacid Unown variants, I've been a fan of you ever since you posted them, this feels like a very refreshing call back

[@Nathanael_Forlorn]

That's actually a really cool idea!

[@gabriellockwood2780]

I could see Unown Variants based on the Periodic Table 😂

[@artiefartie3967]

i love this idea its so so SO clever and cocol

[@Jawbonez_22]

I LOVE this series, it’s amazing and by far my favorite game concept I’ve ever seen. I love the concept of the amino acid creatures too, so it kinda bums me out that it’s getting scrapped from ur game. Maybe a similar concept would be good tho? Just an idea based on the base shape of them all, but maybe u could redesign these as something like fish? Maybe they like to bite the tails of their friends forming a chain or something? I also feel like a good way to distinguish the important differences between polar and non polar could be that one has the r-group on top of its head and the other has it on its belly? Idk, just ideas because I really love the ways you could represent certain cell functions like this. I’m excited to see what you do to represent other parts of the central dogma of life!

[@Sporketto]

i love these designs

[@andrewlucas246]

Love this concept! loved the voices, very funny

[@bubbybuckets8524]

This is my favorite video ever

[@justsometroglodyte4056]

i'm learning more about proteins here than in school.. hot dang

[@dwalsh6779]

I thought you woulvde gone for greek letters for the unknows, but this is really cool!

[@AlibiHonest]

i genuinely look forward to fridays so that i can watch these videos. :D

[@GeorgeTheIdiotINC]

honesty would be so cool if they kept evolving in to bigger and bigger biological structures and eventually could become a giritenia

[@itryen7632]

Stemian Joltik should just be a 1:1 scale mitochondria

[@xyznihall]

such a great concept

[@Creepslime]

These are fun They kinda remind me of the creatures from Cubivore with the different body types being constructed from the same pieces

Was NOT expecting the jerma reference

[@jok5516]

I really like this concept and definitely think you come back to them for your own project. The secondary evolutions are the weakness in my opinion, they remind me more of bubble seaweed/bladder wrack more than anything protein related. My favourite thing about the first line is that the look like little abstract birds, taking that into consideration, my mind goes to 'long bird' for an evolution- I guess you could do something like an ostrich but it doesn't seem appropriate, so I then hopped on to the idea of bird adjacent things, like worms, bird cages and bird feeders

[@Rose-yx6jq]

1:34 Bazinga