The Curse of the Pokémon Master

You don’t wanna be the very best if you hope to retain retirement funds
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[@FaultehBoi]

"You have to catch god, ash." "You have to put god in a ball."

[@bodabodapasta1500]

Legends Arceus players: Challenge accepted. Edit: Ironically since I got Pokémon Violet, I’ve been taking advantage of the weekly link-trade giveaways Blaines has been doing, and I just got a SHINY arceus. So although I technically didn’t catch him, considering how busy that giveaway was I’m still considering it an achievement that I at least managed to RECEIVE God in a ball, especially since he’s SHINY.

[@drawter3592]

bold of you to assume that i dont already have god in my balls

[@paulhuetteman1992]

the music change and the brock voice delivery is too good here

[@hallelujah1822]

And that's how your brother was born

[@FaultehBoi]

@@bodabodapasta1500 i wish pokemon didnt make arceus just another pokemon

[@BRNG2042]

"I'm 10, I got time" Trust me Ash, you have a lot more time than you think. That 10 will never end

[@mister_bomb7777]

Actually, it did.

[@AegbGo]

@@mister_bomb7777 when???

[@antyrak7905]

@@mister_bomb7777 he turned 11?

[@JustPineapple]

@@antyrak7905 I like how that would be surprising after nearly 25 years of Pokemon

[@clumsy4490]

bro beat ben 10 at his own game

[@mushroomfusion245]

Interesting how three weeks after this video came out, it was confirmed that Ash was retiring.

[@DarkonFullPower]

I know right! The prediction!

[@MrAlexo01]

Wait he is?

[@Zach-804]

@@MrAlexo01 yep, and he is somehow still !$?&ING 10

[@MrAlexo01]

@@Zach-804 I mean I know it's one of the most known jokes about the Pokémon series but I actually don't really care about his age The Simpsons don't age for example, and nobody cares about that much

[@Zach-804]

I mean that’s why X, Y, and Z are my favorite seasons of the anime, because ash acts older, like he’s grown and is more mature, at least compared the the simple-minded egocentric kid he was in the older seasons.

[@zikeibradley3472]

"I MEAN YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THE ADVENTURE TO REALLY EVER END DID YOU" guess who put in his 2 week notice

[@em5345-]

Prediction: Ash is gonna reappear as a side character.

[@MouseGoat]

@@em5345- As a grown ass man who hate kids :P naaa but that be fun.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

@@MouseGoat Actually, I think having him retire as a legend of sorts might not be a terrible route. YGO kind of did it once the original show ended and Yugi/The Pharaoh was known in future shows as the King of Games.

[@lancetheking7524]

@@em5345- it would be like beyblade

[@victorvirgili4447]

@@lancetheking7524beyblade beyblade let it rip and if there’s any other characters retiring ash will be considered the greatest of the greatest, kinda like red in the games

[@stanthesledman8849]

"You have to put God in a ball." Has to be one of the funniest lines from this channel.

[@MrDj232]

Jesus isn't canon.

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

Yep.

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

To be exact it’s an avatar of god as one of its 1000 hands but that’s still really impressive

[@MrDj232]

@@whatthewhatthe9117 So Ash has to catch The God Hand? Does Guts know about this?

[@drago939393]

Some Rick & Morty energy in that line.

[@Glisten456]

The evolution of Brock from an overexcited and extremely knowledgeable guide to a sort of cult-like prophecy writer to a maniacal capitalist was without a doubt the most incredible character arc ever.

[@coranbaker6401]

Until it finally ends as Brock being literally just the voice of the author

[@ReigoVassal]

I just love the part where he became too meta and broke the fourth wall more than once

[@BlazingKhioneus]

You just made me mad there was no armstrong monolgoue from brock

[@hazukichanx408]

That's what happens when you eat too many -onigiri- _donuts!_

[@ScarletGhost53]

And all it took was 4 minutes

[@verylostdoommarauder]

The funny part about the "catch God" part is that Arceus explains in Legends that the Arceus you get after the end of the final boss is only a relatively weak manifestation of him, or a tiny part of his power as he explains it. Also, given real world history, the Pokemon version of Christmas is probably dedicated to a different legendary, probably Xerneas.

[@plumebrise4801]

Yeah in the canon ,there are Avatar of Arceus in the world ,one for each type (But they can still change type at will) . Also : How can the Pokedex know that Arceus have a thousands arms ,if it never seen the real deal.

[@minhhoangnguyen8819]

@@plumebrise4801 legend cant be told if it weren't even heard or seen, someone might have acidentally walk in to arceus dementional crack and saw it real form, it might be human or pokemon. But of course it can also be false rumor that people made up through there imagination😅😅😅

[@donnellobrien4123]

With real world history, lots of cultures had a celebration during the winter solstice. Christianity just coopted it to make it easier for non-christians to adopt their religion. Many of us in the Northern hemisphere would be celebrating something akin to Christmas at the winter solstice if Christianity never existed.

[@connordarvall8482]

So you're telling me that Arceus is just the Saint Paul of Pokemon?

[@SapphireMeteor]

I think the true Arceus is the literal videogame itself. Afterall, a true god would be a bunch of 0s and 1s compressed into digital code that the average player doesn't understand. And on top of that, most fans know more lore than the creator themselves. So what even is Arceus? It is us. We are Arceus.

[@Kobekola]

1:00 (Discovers there's a minimum of 100 new unique pokemon per region) (Discovers there's roughly 9 regions) *Proceeds to ask if there's 400 pokemon to catch* This aspiring pokemon master is most certainly a drop out

[@bodaciouschad]

He meant pokemon *remaining* to catch, I presume. It isn't as if Ash can't just trade for the ones he doesn't have.

[@poggersman]

@@bodaciouschad well 1000-150 is still 850 so he's still a moron

[@DharshM0]

He is actually 10 here. He doesn’t know multiplication yet

[@Trukmuche1]

@@DharshM0 what are you talking about? I Learned multiplication at like… 7 years old

[@Alpha121198]

Give him a break, he’s supposed to go to school in Alola!

[@Glitch_Man42]

The fact that Brock just smacks Ash with the fact that he's gotta catch God. Stone faced. Amazing.

[@InquisitorThomas]

I mean there’s a reason he’s a Rock type trainer.

[@symonsan]

And the devil

[@Demki]

You mean Brock faced

[@francoscicolone9534]

@@symonsan what? (I dont know much about pokemon)

[@andrewfinch3457]

"God is nothing but an animal, Ash. Reality as we know it was conceived by thoughtless instinct. You must usurp heaven, Ash. There can be no higher power then you."

[@loicdecasteau4233]

The delivery of the "You have to put god in a ball" is perfection

[@personyeet]

if you do catch god in a ball, you can be ballin with god

[@SprinklesServant]

@@personyeet but if God's ballin'.... that's not God.. That's- Kobe Byant?!?

[@alexm7627]

God cannot be mocked

[@Fellcat101]

@@alexm7627 and yet i can still call him mr dingleberry

[@negativeiquser5295]

MULTIPLE gods, if you count legendarys, lord helix, snom, every single version of quagsire and wooper, furret, and whatever else is currently meme-relevant

[@reckydaguy2432]

According to Ash in the series finale, being a Pokemon Master means being friends with every Pokemon in the world, which is arguably an even more sisyphean effort than just catching em

[@KingOfSciliy]

Yeah, I doubt any of the evil team's Pokemon will ever consider Ash a friend.

[@zerosen1972]

That's just a cop out because Ash never really completed the actual goals of a Pokemon Master - catching all the Pokemon and winning each Pokemon League. (Alola counts about as much as The Orange Islands imo). Ash should have just won the Kalos league and been done with it. It's been said to death but that would have been a much better wrap up than what people got.

[@shifterlocker2361]

@@zerosen1972rent free.

[@paulk5670]

Minor detail my pedantic self can't let go: Mewtwo is actuallg 150. Mew is 151. That's right. They numbered the clone first...

[@ardin543210]

I think it was because mew was more mythological than anything, and mewtwo was created by the dna left in fossil remnants of mew, rather than a living mew. But Mew Appeared after mewtwo did, so it's labeled that way, because that's it's formal discovery time? I guess? lol

[@someonehuman748]

​@@ardin543210 nope. Not allowed.

[@insertjokehere212]

@@ardin543210 But, by that logic they discovered Bulbasaur first... Despite Bulbasaur being rare and rattatta's and pidgey's being everywhere... Yeah, it just makes no sense once you put some thought into it.

[@Maniacman2030]

@@insertjokehere212 To be fair, pidgeys and rattatas are still within the first 20. It might've just been the order the developers chose them.

[@ryanhernandez8324]

Maybe there was always meant to be 151 and they just worked backwards to 1... Ooh, chew on thaaaat oooonee,,,,

[@mrgalaxy396]

"you have to catch god ash" "what the fuuuck" That one really got me. Another banger SJJ.

[@juangabrielyunen3251]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know right

[@Xbalanque84]

Honestly, it sounds like some sort of metaphor for finding enlightenment. Maybe masterhood is something like being a cross between Buddha-hood, Aquaman, and a Disney princess, every Pokémon just immediately bows at your passing and obeys your every command.

[@Raph___A]

I love how Ash is basically a representation of the fandom constantly asking new questions and questioning every decision GameFreak makes with each new generation, like the fact that Paldea can just come into existence out of nowhere and no one in the Pokémon universe questions it is amazing.

[@beetleR6]

@bluespirit5112 they had too many to send 😂

[@lykos2738]

That's what I want from Game Freak. A canonically accurate globe showing how much of the planet has been allocated via regions. Because from the very beginning, it being confirmed in gen 1 which has real world references like "South America", "China", "Mt. Everest", Pokemon takes place on earth. It's difficult to picture it proportionally. For example I read somewhere that Unova is essentially the size of New York state buuut, I also read Galar is supposed to represent the entirety of the British Isles.

[@beetleR6]

Or alternatively they were a region on the other side of the great war hundreds of years ago and nobody talks about it because they are still in an almost "Cold War state"

[@HaloForgeUltra]

@@lykos2738 The entire British Isles would fit in several different states in the US.

[@zellaus2649]

I think every Pokémon region we’ve yet to see already exists in universe, they’re just not mentioned cause gamefreak hasn’t gotten there yet, so they don’t really suddenly pop into existence, so it’s just a meta “don’t worry about it”. Plus sometimes not yet to be named regions are mentioned, SV mentions quaxly is from another region, we don’t know what region but we know he’s from somewhere, same with Eiscue.

[@Smorble]

I'm always flabbergasted by the "new pokemon designs are lazy" tbh because gen 1 had "Pokeball with eyes" and "Pokeball but flipped with eyes and mouth" or "pile of purple goop" or "bigger pile of goop" or "actual goldfish with a horn" but also that's just an actual fucking flamingo

[@youtubeneedstochange4414]

The virgin "New Pokemon designs are lazy and unoriginal" vs the chad "Pokemon designs have always been lazy and unoriginal"

[@user-xw9td5le6b]

​@@youtubeneedstochange4414true but the amount of Pokemon with bad designs might accelerate due to the devs just... Running out of ideas, I Mean it was bound to happen when the devs needed to resort to making regional fakes. Which are like regional forms but... "Different"

[@Hollow_Tim]

Kinda tired of people saying this and using the Voltorb and Muk lines as punching bags (actual unoriginal ones are shit like Pidgey and Seel). Slimes are like an Rpg/fantasy staple and they’re cool, and Voltorb is like the Pokemon version of a mimic which is also cool.

[@Smorble]

@@Hollow_Tim i get that, and i do find them less egregious than 'bird' and 'goldfish' but i didn't want to give an actual response to the video cause like. it's a joke who really cares

[@Hollow_Tim]

@@Smorble I know it's fine, that's just been on my mind for a while and I had to say it somewhere.

[@krazyfangfang6630]

this hits different when its all coming to an end now , all my childhood is now gone

[@ZenithintheMaking]

Your childhood could never leave you. Well technically it did leave since you're older but your childhood is still in your memories 😄

[@urphakeandgey6308]

They gotta move on from Ash. First, Ash has had enough of a harem already. Second, I think it's just time. Even YGO would change protagonists every time the series got rebooted. I don't see why Pokemon can't do something similar and Ash is just "King of Monsters" in the future shows or some shit.

[@erieriderschillingcorner1595]

@@urphakeandgey6308 Nah my guy Ash needs to catch em all, and i'm not talking about the pokemon 😏

[@Game_Hero]

Ash touched your life with just his one...

[@pepsiisbetterthancoke6283]

This is when Ash realized that his journey to become the Pokémon master will never end.

[@JustPineapple]

My theory is that Ash is locked in an Eternal Stasis where everyone around him (including himself) can never age. I think it all started after Ash’s Vow since that was the last we heard of him having a birthday party, he can’t ever complete his mission and never die happily.

[@partylrd8699]

Um guys he did it

[@ListenToAddisen]

@@partylrd8699 winning a single league doesn't make him master

[@yp_biggie1116]

It's good that he's immortal

[@MaxH0ward]

@@ListenToAddisen hes literally the canonical strongest person in the anime

[@anonthe-third2367]

"You have to put God in a ball" made me laugh so hard, thank you liquidgg for making working the day before Thanksgiving easier.

[@valiang8867]

Then you got catch time, space, and in between also in balls. Not to mention every aspect of nature, human culture, element, and a djinn...

[@mahiralraisyi3344]

Why is that reminding of the necrons From warhammer 40k

[@HerculesBallsInc]

My favourite is putting a ball in a ball. BALLCEPTION!

[@palea1335]

@@HerculesBallsInc So, Electrode/Voltorb?

[@fatty1040]

@@valiang8867 God will enter my balls

[@GamingMasterAnthony]

The ending hits harder now that ash is leaving the anime.

[@thisismyelement]

He’s what? No! My childhood!!

[@thelostwanderergames4287]

He’s what

[@thelionheart1179]

@@thelostwanderergames4287 He became the very best

[@thelostwanderergames4287]

@@thelionheart1179 like no one other than goh will ever be (at this moment)

[@camillepradeaux9130]

Not gonna lie, Ash is probably the guy who met the most legendary pokemons in his lifetime

[@JPatrickRoldan]

I love how JJ can impersonate / have a voice actor for every character accurately. Then there's Ash's voice.

[@adissentingopinion848]

Girl voices are just too strong for JJ, could you imagine Wonder Woman?

[@chaffed_was_taken]

𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴

[@mrviking2mcall212]

Sounded more like SpongeBob.

[@wowalamoiz9489]

@@mrviking2mcall212 That sounds nothing like Spongebob

[@mattwo7]

@@adissentingopinion848 Woman, girl and boy voices apparently. All are typically voiced by women, men who can pull off the falsetto range (or get close enough in tenor) or actual boys. And then there's the DuckTales reboot...

[@Unfunny_Frog]

“Actually Ash, that’s a flamigo.” I feel like I’ve actually had this conversation when discussing new Pokémon with my friends

[@AllenAkiyama]

I know I did

[@SufferingSuccotash]

Every new gen is reminding people that snake backwards, seal and a walking acorn exists so it isn't a new phenomenon

[@mauricioalvarezpino1818]

@@SufferingSuccotash you'd think the designs would get better, but no, every gen has at least 3 different "that's just a (insert thing in the real world here)"

[@diegob798]

@@SufferingSuccotash you'd think designs would get better than the first region where they started to test the waters you know, where they didn't really know what was a pokemon and what wasn't, the experimental region that was obligated to fit 150 pokemon in a brick

[@elishafollet5347]

I guess once youve already came up with thousands of designs it helps to just simply take a normal animal or object and turn it into a pokemon so your over worked brain will hurt less

[@gungy_vt]

While new Pokemon ideas are dumb, we can't act like "pile of magnets", "snake backwards", "pile of sludge", "BIGGER pile of sludge", "not a Pokeball", "not an upside-down Pokeball", "not a pigeon", "not a sparrow", "not a bat", and "some dude's pet rock" are really the peak of creativity. Pokemon designs have always been bad, they haven't gotten worse over time, they just lack the nostalgia factor.

[@somedorkydude6483]

I'm saying this more as an a former artist Abe not as a pokemon fan my freind. I agree with your main point tho I'd argue that it's not that they were always bad but not every design is going to be iconic when you got to make hundreds of pokemon

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

​@@somedorkydude6483 I also would like to say that in general, they started being very weird in coloring since like Alola. But not just the colours itselves, but also the design, which makes it out of place to put very colorful pokemon alongside simpler designs of Kanto and Johto, which were made to just have 2-3 colors (+black and white). Dude just compare Lopunny and Diggserby to Cinderace, the entire Scoorbunny line looks like some knockoff (which looks good) that doesnt know if it wants to be like pokemon, digimon, or whatever Also, Sprigatito is the worst looking starter, sorry but that yucky green coloring is usually just for ugly shinies. At least Grookey has some brown.

[@Tential1]

We can appreciate just how low the bar really is to get our attention

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

Honestly I think only gen 1 has done some repeated pokemon evolutions (Magneton and Dugtrio. Dodrio at least has the heads with a different design and a tail), apart from Deino getting an extra head first Also nonsensical evolutions (Golem looks completely different from Graveler, same could be said for Dragonite, and maybe for Fearow and Hypno. Venomoth and Butterfree appear to be swapped)

[@blaacksugar7714]

Ceruledge though. And Garchomp.

[@covereye5731]

Even if the other regions didn't exist. Ash misses out on catching so many Pokémon throughout the series, he can't even be bothered to walk back into a cave and catch a Zubat.

[@kadentam2946]

I love how Ash learns that there are 9 regions with at least 100 unique pokemon in each region and yet his first answer to how many pokemon there are is 300-400

[@mauricioalvarezpino1818]

Ash asked if 1000 is more than 100, I think math isn't one of his strongest assets

[@nodot17]

It was 400 ish in gen 4...... it's never going to end. You'll be catching pokemon forever and ever.

[@MetaFanWing]

@@josephkozak9642 Don’t you start learning multiplication in second or third grade?

[@TheHiddenLettuce]

its gen 1 ash, he was definitely that dumb

[@leonardointiyumecoilamende5960]

I mean, he dropped out of school when he was 10, what did you expect?

[@anthonyoliver418]

“You have to catch god!” The most menacing line Brock ever said!

[@Prsethsun]

You have to put god in a ball

[@emmanuelvargas296]

666 likes.

[@talgoren2246]

@@Prsethsun it sounded like something Rick Sanchez would say

[@demonking3673]

@@talgoren2246 True

[@randommf3549]

J

[@ronin7561]

We finally learn in Legends Arceus that you're not catching god, just an incarceration of him. You're essentially catching Pokemon Jesus

[@ThomasTheThermonuclearBomb]

Incarceration is a bit different from incarnation

[@DBS_Destroyer]

0:38 the reason for this, I assume, is because hisui is in the past, and therefore ash would need arceus, dialga, or celebi to help him get there, but still has its own unique Pokémon so that’s why he said ash needs to go to 9 other regions, but he only names 8.

[@Madmankey13]

Or Orre

[@mauriceisaac3646]

I remember how disappointed I was when I eventually realized how being a Pokemon Master gradually became an unattainable goal.

[@saltystick_99]

You can be a Pokemon master if you just catch 'em all in one generation and pretend like the succeeding regions don't exist [Taps forehead]

[@DrawciaGleam02]

I thought you just became one by beating the region's champion..... ...And seriously where do Frontier Brains fall on the skill scale. I remember reading Frontier Brains were more difficult than even the Elite Four...... Which would mean Frontier Brains are VERY close to Champion trainer level.

[@saltystick_99]

@@DrawciaGleam02 I personally Headcanon Frontier brain to be like, the best of the best. Like they probably could handle the evil teams if they wanted to.

[@Xbalanque84]

That's why God invented the GameShark. Pity they could only be used for the first couple generations, though.

[@frankhorrigan1508]

well... There's always the option to stop purchasing the new games, forcing bankruptcy in the games division of GameFreak and well... Now you can be a Pokemon master for real.

[@Poke_verse]

Solid JJ didn't know how to end it so he made the meta-commentary part of the story. Truly your genius surpases all

[@BushWookie141]

A genius to surpass metal gear

[@Poke_verse]

@@BushWookie141 Maybe

[@LolUGotBusted]

I didn't know how to end this comment. Be impressed.

[@Grimpy970]

It's almost joel-haver rambling improvisational shit. You gotta love it

[@Skittser]

Watching this again after learning that the adventure is kinda gonna end makes it twice as funny

[@TotallyTaRz]

“Oh my god it’s unattainable.”

[@Vok250]

The real Canon is that his mom just wanted him out of the house for a few hours so she could get railed. She thought he'd get bored and give up by dinner time.

[@chonflis3834]

This makes sense so I wont even bother to ask for your source

[@404_VipersBite]

@@chonflis3834 don't worry. His source is that he made it the fuck up. If you ask me that is perfectly reliable

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

Bruh what

[@theliveing]

You know the boy has a father, right? He actually exists, and she knows where he is. He's literally just working.

[@0SC2]

@@theliveing That’s a nice argument, Senator. Why don’t you back it up with a source?

[@Oxijinn_]

Well, to be a master, a Pokemon Master specifically, you must be writing a brand new chapter...in Pokemon history.

[@osmacar5331]

And those gardevoir's won't breed themselves. And am now leaving you with that image in your head.

[@akumakami64]

Ash does that on a monthly basis.

[@osmacar5331]

@@akumakami64 mary sue/garry stu doesn't count.

[@akumakami64]

@@osmacar5331 Considering how many championships Ash lost, you can't really call him a garry stu

[@feeshcake921]

@@osmacar5331 Forget the Gardevoir line. How about Jinx or Mr.Mime, Nobody's gonna touch that, but someone had to do it. XD

[@Tsupek]

2:51 wow now that hurts….especially after the fact that ash’s adventure IS ending soon

[@a.dennis4835]

What do you mean?

[@Tsupek]

@@a.dennis4835 they announced that ash journey is ending soon, hell have his final journey and then theyre changing the main character for the next series

[@a.dennis4835]

@@Tsupek Kinda doubt that's gonna stick

[@Tsupek]

@@a.dennis4835 look it up. They literally announced it

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

@@a.dennis4835 The first stage of grief is denial my friend

[@DarkonFullPower]

BRO YOU PREDICTED HIS REAL LIFE RETIREMENT!

[@ForWeAreMany]

I love meta humor like this, especially when it gets self-conscious and ends like this. absolutely hilarious

[@giggabiite4417]

I laughed very hard at that bit, which is weird cause I'm use to meta-style bits but this one was weirdly really funny to me

[@ReigoVassal]

It's too meta even Brock became the author himself

[@ReigoVassal]

I love this episode

[@F4c2a]

it's great in small doses

[@ozvoid1245]

I can tell this was made from the heart. I bet every single word spoken was a part of some massive pent up anger over the years. I applaud in almost disturbed respect.

[@joelnelson4228]

I mean to be fair......Ekans.

[@awesome346]

Jesus loves you!!

[@Brick_Nick]

@@awesome346 Who's this guy?

[@animationdude9]

Definitely came from the heart, mixed with frustration with the franchise for years

[@VexSaber]

Braindead Genwunner opnion lol

[@Lluvia1984]

Now Ash's retirement as protagonist is Announced, this vid hits different.

[@Zwijger]

Dude Litwick's evolution line absolutely slaps, give me that over nearly any of the other inamite designs of earlier gens

[@Nathan-oe8ut]

Inamite?

[@cj.59]

Inamite?

[@christiankroemer4267]

I think we have to appreciate how every Pokemon video on this channel starts lighthearted, then there are some minor allusions to the inconsistencies in the world, then in one line everything immediately spirals out of control into philosophical commentary and existential crises.

[@vodsanity4861]

I was about to ask "Isn't this the only Pokémon video on this channel?" but then I realized even if it was your statement would still be true.

[@1Pidds]

@@vodsanity4861 Theres also the one where James got sick of their shit and just pulled a gun on them

[@kazumas3369]

@@vodsanity4861 There's also the one with Charmnader

[@BBoy4040]

"What's his name, Ash?"

[@QsLSnipersx]

haven’t you wondered what it’s like to watch a pokémon die ash?

[@adenperkins9719]

The fact they he just kept putting the memes together on a meta rant is true commitment to even the dumbest jokes. *And that is why I watch every single video this mastermind creates.*

[@yaqinmalul1364]

Better meta than mcu she hulk😂

[@mawillix2018]

The videos will keep being made, you'll never "Watch 'em all!", the journey will continue for as long as it makes money.

[@HearMeLearn]

truly the Aristotle of our time

[@HerculesBallsInc]

Just like UR MOM! Snap!

[@BladeTrain3r]

Are you a prophet or something? 3 weeks later Ash goddamn retires...

[@FormedPassions]

"You have to put god in a ball." That killed me lmfao

[@illinoismappingandsoccer1367]

"You have to explore all the nine regions to find Pokemon" 2 minutes later: *"You have to put god in a ball."*

[@arcturus2599]

I mean If Ash owned a master ball factory

[@DamianDan23]

Okay, so Flamigo is just a Flamingo, but you have to realize, this has been a thing since the beginning; there's a seal pokemon called Seel

[@Aredel]

At least visually it looks a little different. This thing is just a flamingo.

[@DamianDan23]

@@shinken6636 I really didn't mean to call him out or insult him. I just wanted to point out that there have always been at least some lazy pokemon designs like that.

[@cindygauthier8567]

@@Aredel Seel is a seal with a horn on its head. Also… Voltorb. It’s just an angry pokeball

[@Gentlemenpickleesq.]

Ekans is literally "snake" backwards...

[@matucaboro4077]

@Pied And "Muk" is backwards FOR-

[@you-re_mom]

Ash's confused "what the fuck?" After Brock told ash that he has to catch God got me dying 😂

[@Jakkob697]

We’re gonna come back to this like years later and it’s gonna hit that ash’s story is finished….

[@alexandrefigs]

Flamigo right there provoking existencial crisis on a whole community just by existing, what a mad lad!

[@r3dr4te963]

I myself not a fan, but Flamigo is really conflicting design. They don't look cartoonish enough but also too normal to be Pokemon

[@Foxfiend]

I don't really get it. First people say pokemon designs are too weird or overdesigned and we no longer have anything simple. Now they say pokemon sucks because it is too simple. It's the flamingo that broke the last straw. It's not like we didn't have stuff like literally just a brown bear or literally just a pigeon. People just have no idea what they actually want.

[@fatty1040]

@@Foxfiend Literally never heard anything about "Overdesigns". Definitely obvious creativity went back to Kindergarten tho, going to have a paperclip pokemon at some point lmao

[@Yabuturtle]

@@Foxfiend Some fans are just weird like that. You can't please everyone, but yeah, not lot of consistency with the fans. They'll dislike one thing and completely forget there is something similar to it that existed before and they are totally fine with it. I don't get it either. xD

[@nathanielbass771]

@@fatty1040 a paperclip pokemon would have some amazing animation potential though, able to bend and move its body like a snake and make shapes. Maybe it's a grass/steel type that likes to gather leaves for camoflage?

[@Shoenin]

It took him 25 years as a 10 year old but Ash has indeed become a Pokemon Master

[@clyax113]

I thought it was 21?

[@hetaresgaming7771]

Well, not quite. He won the Pokemon league, so he's the Pokemon Champion, but to be a Pokemon Master most agree that alongside with winning the league one has to capture all pokemon. At the very least he can stick to Kanto and 151 pokemon, but Mew's a bitch though.

[@neonoah3353]

Nope, ash himself said that becoming the champion is only part of becoming the pokemon master. And he himself has no eefing ideia on how to "end" his own objective of becoming a pokemon master because that is a made up title that he made up himself.

[@codetaku]

@@clyax113 You may be thinking of when he won the Alola league, but no, that made him a champion but not a Master. A couple weeks ago he just became a true Pokemon Master by becoming the champion of the world, which took 25 years from the start of the pokemon anime in Japan in 1997. And @Hetares Gaming almost no one agrees on that anymore, in fact, the tagline was dropped in gen 3 and Game Freak completely abandoned any pretense of that as of gen 8 when you literally can't catch every pokemon in 1 game anymore.

[@byronsenior6499]

@@codetaku Can't cause it's too many. Or literally impossible within the mechanics of the game? Asking cause I haven't played in years.

[@Renegade7654]

3:30 yes you do, yes you do indeed

[@DimiLionKing]

And today dec 17 2022 they announce they are retiring ash as the main character, he is going home for real

[@funnyhappystudios]

Brock is explaining this to Ash like a parent trying to crush their child’s dream careers. “But don’t you know the dangers of being a fire fighter?”

[@Sephiroth144]

Just show them the video; its right next to the "Don't Go To Space" one.

[@lazarus8018]

@@Sephiroth144 Studies show that 100% of deaths happen right here on earth.

[@siggimondo]

[Sad Emboar noises]

[@SkiggsMoDiggs]

​@@lazarus8018 there have been a few in-space deaths. mostly with animals but i'm pretty sure some humans too

[@Sephiroth144]

@@SkiggsMoDiggs I think if its in atmo, it can reasonably count as "Earth" based; and we haven't sent anything beyond the atmosphere that died... came close with Apollo 13, but that was it (so far)

[@thesurp72520]

Brock being the bringer of wisdom and Ash being totally dumbfounded is just like in the anime.

[@mirrorman95]

1:50 God

[@gregorjamesfergusarnott1024]

And now Ash is about to retire fr lol.

[@BioYuGi]

Even as a kid I knew that ash was never going to catch every Pokemon because he kept letting them go for sentimental reasons and would never take easy opportunities to catch pokemon. There was one time I recall in an early episode where Pikachu knocked out a dozen or so zubats and even Brock caught one but Ash just didn't even think about it.

[@lykos2738]

Not only that but how many legendaries has he passed up? (the movies are canon)

[@cameronjensen9397]

@@lykos2738 Maybe not all the movies? The pokemon black and white movies where Ash could be either the hero of ideas or the hero of truth(and the title that he didn't get goes to a different guy) are two different paths. So.......different timelines. Also, it does bring some issues when later in the Unova series, ash meets N, who is the hero of truth. Either way, we could say that the movies and the anime follow their own separate timelines.

[@iuffcgpuu]

@@lykos2738 Eh, Ash not catching legendaries is super understandable. They are all depicted as being significant to either the entire world, or just a specific part of it. Like, in that one movie with Latios and Latias? He could have easily caught one of them, but they were the guardians of an entire city or something so he didn't. If trainers in the pokemon anime went around catching every legendary they saw, their world would collapse in like a week. That's why Tobias was so sus. Which city's guardian did he steal when he captured Latios? We don't know because he was just a hilariously shitty plot device to make sure Ash doesn't even get to Cynthia for some reason.

[@Flyce_9998]

His quest was never to catch them all, he just wants to be the very best (like no one ever was) in battles

[@cowabungaitis9319]

@@iuffcgpuu Plot device? He's a good trainer there to win a tournament, we're just following the wrong guy.

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

Even as a kid I found it funny how at the Kanto show they treat the new pokemon as brand new discovered ones (Togepi) which have just been lurking in known regions for centuries that no traveler or tourist ever thought of bringing

[@Klonoahedgehog]

It's even funnier with the context of them being Gen 2 Pokemon which generally were just native to the fields off to the west of where Ash lives.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@Klonoahedgehog Lmao

[@detleffleischer9418]

@@Klonoahedgehog literally like, across the lake from where he and Oak lived their entire lives lmao

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@detleffleischer9418 yep, and every time you see Prof Elm call Prof Oak for any reason, no matter how important, just remember that they're a swim and a jog apart.

[@nathanielbass771]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 not exactly, the regions are based on actual maps with the journey supposed to represent a large area. While it's a short trek in game, there are tons of dangerous things even in game, let alone in what would be the actual world

[@cuddlebug9699]

"You have to catch God Ash" That's the most threatening thing i have ever heard

[@flyingbuffalo4445]

This is the best video you've put out I think. I still come back to it time and time again. So damn funny.

[@SyniStar616]

"WHO THE FUCK IS JESUS!?!" These videos are amazing for out of context meme grabs. I love it. You guys are doing the lord's work.

[@yaqinmalul1364]

"Is JESUS IS NEW TYPE Of POKÉMON" -ash

[@SCTheth]

Jirachi

[@DanielMemeSmith]

take back the last sentence you said.

[@Nitro2275]

how come you quote a joke about jesus then say that the guy who did it is doing god's work? im confused.

[@kimorayn1733]

What is 'lord'?

[@csar1523]

I like how Brock says there are 9 more regions, each with about 100 unique pokémons and then Ash proceeds to ask if there are only 300 or 400 pokémon left for him to catch.

[@ethanmacdonald8568]

9 more regions, proceeds to name 8

[@Oropher420]

Funny thing about Ash being surprised there are other regions is that Johto is literally right next to Kanto 😂

[@firstconsul7286]

10 year old math, Ash has shown he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer

[@karicrouse2931]

@@ethanmacdonald8568 because Kanto is part of the nine and he didn’t name kanto because they are in kanto

[@ethanmacdonald8568]

@@karicrouse2931 no, he says 9 MORE regions, implies 9 ON TOP of kanto for a total of 10

[@bowsindurrows8512]

tbh, I think it'd have been better if brock was like "what's a flamingo?" when ash was just like "that's just a flamingo".

[@Gemstin]

Ash: T-that’s okay, I’m 10…I got time! Brock: You’ve been 10 for 25 years… Ash: and?

[@realhollowapathy]

I've never actually thought about how weird it is that Mewtwo is 151, when canonically there existed other Pokémon from the regions other than Kanto before he was made in the lab. Like, yeah, those Pokémon were actually made after the fact from our perspective, but in the fictional world, there are over a thousand that are just... there. edit: Yes, someone before you has mentioned that Mewtwo is 150 and that Mew is 151. You can stop mentioning it now.

[@genericname2747]

Kanto people are just self centered

[@Cendrail0001]

In their defense, the Pokedex seems to have been popularized by Oak, so the global system ends up following the order of Pokedex introductions (like how Oak gives the Pokedex to Gold/Ethan three years later in Johto). Even in Paldea the director mentions how he used to do pokemon research by paper before developing the Pokedex app much later. Also, Ash should not be surprised at all about Pokemon being created when Porygon exists.

[@Nerdnumberone]

It's worse: Mewtwo is 150. *Mew* is 151. It makes even less sense.

[@Idran]

​@@Nerdnumberone it makes sense (in the perspective of R/B/Y at least) if numbering is order of discovery; mew gets 151 because it was the most recent to be discovered; mewtwo got 150 for being created very shortly before the start of the game; the dratini line gets 147-149 because (according to the pokedex entry for dratini) they were also just discovered recently; then before that is the legendary birds, snorlax, the fossil pokemon, and porygon, which all either were canonically or can very easily be assumed to have been found/created in the last decade or so it really seems like the original intent was that pokemon were numbered as they were discovered or created, and that was just kinda abandoned with G/S and onwards

[@Vertraic]

@@Idran Wait, I thought Mewtwo was created in an attempt to clone a Mew? Just the fact that they NAMED IT MEWTWO suggests they were already aware of a Mew...

[@demonderpz7937]

I love how unhinged this video slowly becomes. It goes from a bit to the actual creator becoming self aware regarding his product and getting slowly more confused as to what the message of his own video is supposed to be

[@yaqinmalul1364]

Well it confirmed archeus is kapitalism Pokémon because he created every NEW POKÉMON EVERY GODDAMN YEARS 😂

[@JaharNarishma]

@@yaqinmalul1364 using Palkia to make the new place and Dialga to make it so they have always been there.

[@yaqinmalul1364]

@@JaharNarishma true lol

[@TheAdvertisement]

Ash not knowing how much a thousand is is an underappreciated line lol.

[@bassman9261995]

Misty: *nods in lack of voice actress*

[@gabeskai]

I am 90% confident he was playing scarlet/Violet, ran into Flamigo, and needed an excuse to bring it up😆

[@MarvinPowell1]

Wait... Flamigo is real?!

[@Vandelorian]

@@MarvinPowell1 Yeah. Its real. Its a Fighting Flying type designed after a Flamingo.

[@mrmaelstrom5264]

The end isn't even brock anymore its just Solid JJ talking to us about the never-ending amount of Pokémon. I mean even God is a Pokémon. That's deep.

[@kaledevastator7397]

This is how ash retires in the anime

[@FrostyBooyyy]

The most acceptable and reasonable 4 minutes and 17 seconds of truth and the commentary was necessary. I loved this.

[@midnightexpress3604]

Watching both Ash and Brock slowly go insane over the canonicity of Jesus is the perfect way to start a Thursday.

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

It's Wednesday

[@midnightexpress3604]

@@alchemistofsteel8099 Little something called the Southern Hemisphere mate.

[@mauricioalvarezpino1818]

@@midnightexpress3604 it's wednesday here too idk what you're talking about

[@midnightexpress3604]

@@mauricioalvarezpino1818 I'm running on New Zealand Standard.

[@gregorymansour1763]

@@midnightexpress3604 Timezones aren't based off of North and South

[@sprousprou]

Damn, Flamigo really is just a flamingo. I remember the good old days of Gen 1 when we had such wild, out there pokemon as Spearow and Caterpie.

[@Friedegger]

Not to mention the seal literally called Seel.

[@dragontamer9323]

@@Friedegger or the similar, but different, Spheal. Cause ya know, we needed another seal pokemon Water/Ice type.

[@byronsenior6499]

I remember how mind blown I was finding out Ekans was snake backwards lol. Such a simple fix to lazy naming. I mean, it actually sounds like a cool name backwards. Sort of a Alucard/Dracula kind of thing. And Arbok = Cobra (but with a “K”).

[@dragontamer9323]

@@byronsenior6499 I remember how mind blown I was finding out that Kum was... no wait. Eevee was Eevee spelled backwards. It makes so much sense.

[@Vyloka]

Man remember that pokemon that MIGHT be a magnet? Might be a pokemon too! Magnetmite!

[@alfynubzx745]

0:26 johto, sinnoh, hoen, unova, kaloes, alola, and seven episodes in galar is where your journey ends. Ash will retire after 25- i mean less than one year, travelling to many places around the world but was stopped by border control near spain and portugal

[@transfoogel3725]

Solid jj predicted ash would quit

[@royross6411]

Honestly i kinda love flamigo just for the fact that it really is just a flamingo, like they looked a lt a flamingo and decided that that creature was weird enough it already fits our standards for a pokemon.

[@jariu9612]

To be fair the standard has also been shit like "A sparrow" since day one.

[@Flyce_9998]

Why can't they be more original like in gen 1 when they had pokemon like Seel (totally not a seal)

[@protocetid]

IDK Flamigo seems specially lazy, the two examples above at least had more stylization

[@auberginemanproductions1608]

@@protocetid How? Seel is literally just a seal with a little spike on its head, that's the same level as flamigo

[@Flyce_9998]

Well, Seel is just an example, Gen 1 has a ton more pokemon with lazy designs (Ekans and Arbok are just snakes, Krabby and Kingler are just crabs, Horsea is just a seahorse) and there is a bunch of evolutions that are "the pokemon but more" (Pidgeot barely changes from Pidgeotto, Dugtrio is just 3 Digletts, Magneton just 3 Magnemite, Dewdong is a prettier Seel, Electrode is just Voltorb upside down, etc) I do think Flamigo is on the lazier side of designs but that has always been a thing with pokemon

[@irisius7551]

"God forbid we slow down" scarlet and violet were announced less than a month after Legends Arceus was released. I feel so bad for the developers

[@yaqinmalul1364]

Well it otherwise the Dev will MILKING THE FRENCHISE TILL IT DONE 🤣 All hail capitalism

[@valk9519]

Don't. The break the sales record every time, with half-baked games full of bugs, that looks like from the PS2 era graphically.

[@---oq5kb]

@@valk9519 they are talking about people who had to deliver the game in such a short time because of the people in charge. Do the pokemon fans thing the developer team have full freedom over their schedule?

[@irisius7551]

@@valk9519 a lot of the issues you just mentioned are mostly due to massive crunch and not the developers being lazy or whatever. I say the employees should unionize if anything

[@blueh4t880]

I feel bad for the animators who never had time to improve the 3d models fully and have to reuse the almost exact same ones since gen 6

[@goosnavslakovic4908]

"You keep moving. Even if you die. Even after death"

[@samuraiblack3496]

Solid JJ. Have you become god? They're retiring Ash now, not even a month after you've posted this.

[@Imstillhangintherethankgod]

Alternate title: Ash comes to grips with the reality of the world he wants to conquer for over 4 minutes straight

[@tomohawk52]

"It's the journey, not the destination." - especially when the journey never ends and there is no destination.

[@TheSecondBestOwen]

(in an intense whisper) "You have to put God in a ball"

[@DiscardedLeaf]

Is this why the new Pokemon series is gonna have a new protagonist?

[@will2276]

So do you think that they will replace Ash in the next 25 years or do you think that he will constantly be a kid catching Pokémon in an infinite amount of regions for an eternity? His life just sounds like either a personalized version of heaven or hell, I honestly can't tell which.

[@Hei_Darkfire]

I'm guessing at some point they're going to give up on Ash and replace him with a new generation. That seems to be what they're doing to a lot of long running characters.

[@EyeOfArgus]

They might replace him next season actually. He just kinda… won, in the current one. He’s the very best now. I can’t imagine theres many more places to take him

[@MrDj232]

@@EyeOfArgus Time skip and have the new main character fight Ash to become champion.

[@akakay0131]

@@EyeOfArgus Well there’s Paldea, for one. And what being Pokémon master means is still extremely vague, so they’ll probably just go “oh, being a Pokémon master isn’t just about being the strongest” and keep using Ash. I think that’s what they did when he became Alola champion. I really wish they just dropped Ash when they got to Johto, and made a new protagonist based on Gold/Ethan, like how they do it in Adventures. Though it’s probably way too late for that now.

[@inkchariot6147]

It needs to end, I can't begin to tell you just how fucking tired I am of seeing Ash and his same damn Pikachu.

[@bigboibebop]

“Your telling me there are other regions with their own Pokémon? And their not just being discovered now, they’ve already existed and we’ve known about it? And your just telling me NOW?” Me conveniently finding the decent, healthy answers to my life problems RIGHT AFTER I’ve already haphazardly constructed self destructive coping mechanisms just to get by

[@Akodakun]

Damn man, are you good

[@minecraftvieweraccount]

Yay depression.🫠

[@msthecommentator2863]

4:06 my exact reaction when I ran into my first Flamigo

[@joelbernal-garcia6085]

Fullish Ash. You must know the story of Arceus who sent, one of his many sons Lucario Christ to be sacrificed a top the highest peak of Mt Coronet. From there is aura to this day flows creating more and more Pokémon. Before he died he says these scared words: Hey guys, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is the most compatible Pokémon for humans?

[@richiewitcher4456]

I haven't watched pokemon or played the games in forever. Is that actually in the anime/games or did you just make that up?

[@TheUnovanZorua]

Using a phone so I can't reply to a specific person, but that was made up in case you didn't notice. It wasn't even inspired by an actual part of any game or anime, or even manga. Also, the last part is a reference to an old copypasta.

[@CertifiedAsher]

Hello, uuuh, this questione kinda sus but i'm gonna answer it to let you know i seen your comment, vaporeon is not compatibile with human

[@plantinapot9169]

@@CertifiedAsher it’s a meme from a horrible 4chan shitpost

[@midgetydeath]

“That’s a candle” yeah, a candle that _eats children’s souls._

[@FeligamiAdrizoeSworaBunnydoll]

And Pokemons. Like how the heck did they all recover from almost dying and not thinking hey. Why don't we call a slightly longer truth since we all basically were at the brink of death?!

[@paladinwiggles7896]

I will die on the hill that Klefki is actually a good design. Its a *fairy* inhabiting keys and is the reason you *can't find your keys*. Thats fucking brilliant.

[@TheAzulmagia]

I feel like the Litwick line gets a lot of unfair flak, too.

[@Monty2289]

I talked made shit about Gen 5 but honestly. Gen 1 had a literally ball as pokemon. There's a pokemon named Muk which is just amorphous sludge. Krabby, Kingler, Dewgong, and Goldeen are literal crabs, seels, and goldfish respectively. The fact is inspite of some stinkers Pokemon designs have gotten better

[@tposeanteater]

@@Monty2289 what's muk backward?

[@mshamblam]

@@Monty2289 Whenever anyone says they don't like new pokemon designs I just remind them of Seel and fucking Eggsecute. Just a bunch of eggs invokes enough nostalgia for people

[@mutedknght]

@@Monty2289 WAIT HOLD ON the literal ball is actually a good design imo because it's the pokemon equivalent of a mimic and that was the intention. Otherwise yes you are 100% correct

[@mr.abadger3884]

Uh, I don’t think this aged well… because the adventure did end, for Ash anyway 😢

[@greeneyeballs]

if ash is quitting we’ll find a different 10 year old that vaguely looks like the female avatar in the games instead dw

[@Randomcrap-bq3vc]

The way Brock was like “God, you have to catch God. You have to put God in a ball”.

[@kleptrep94]

I like how it took Pokemon like 9 generations before realising that sandwiches were a thing.

[@JayceCH.]

They always were a thing. Just not craftable.

[@RayramAureanBlue]

I mean there was that one ridiculous localisation of that riceball being replaced by a sub as it rolls down a hill... and the sub was rolling down the hill not on its side, but long ways.

[@MarvinPowell1]

Actually, if you do the math (as I have already), using the first four Pokemon regions as a basis for real world Japan scaled down, you'll discover there's at least 56 more regions and about 150,000 species of Pokemon on the Pokemon version of Earth. So completing the Kanto Pokedex is about 0.001% of completing the Global Pokedex. So once Ash is done with Kanto, he only has 56 more regions, 149,850 more Pokemon, and 448 more gym badges to go!

[@afro025]

Dude if they're basing regions from the US off of theirs states then every state of America is a region on its own so there's obviously gonna be more than 56 regions

[@childdeleter2224]

@@afro025 no because some states are just the same except less racist or more racist or they make more corn or they make no corn or they don't exist and they do exist sadly

[@nathanielbass771]

@@childdeleter2224 the US has just about every biome except for tropical jungle...it even has Tropical, just not the jungle part due to lack of land in that direction

[@afro025]

@@childdeleter2224 what the fuck are you talking about 💀 the hell does that have to do with individual states being the equivalent of Pokémon regions

[@lilpesto96]

@@afro025 It’s even more if you count the U.S Territories.

[@aqapaq9892]

Now ash journey is going to end soon wow enough to make a man cry

[@cherrylk4188]

Pokemon Co. saw this video and decided to just call the whole Pokemon Master thing off

[@mr.elephant6894]

When Scarlet and Violet first came out a couple days ago, I misread the name of the pokemon and for a couple days I thought it was genuinely called "flamingo" rather than "flamigo"

[@bodabodapasta1500]

I’m going to make it my mission to catch a Flamigo now just because this video made me like them ironically for how bad their design is! Might even shiny hunt them lol! 😂 Edit: Ok the shiny’s pretty bad too lol!

[@weeb_dweeb]

@@bodabodapasta1500 eh, i still kinda like it, at least it's not as bad as some of the older pokemon.

[@blipboigilgamesh7865]

@@weeb_dweeb I love how the only rational response to the fact these recent pokémon games are garbage is to say "well they've always been garbage there's not how to get that much worse"

[@weeb_dweeb]

@@blipboigilgamesh7865 yeah, i have a bit of a stockholm sydrome with pokemon, i dislike most of the games, but pokemon is the only series to actually nail that feeling of traveling around with your pets, most other games that try this are well... Trash?

[@Sasoriemo]

@@shinken6636 Cringe, yall try to pint it on nostalgia all the time, but that thing is just a flamingo. A lot of new designs look trash, yall just cope by deflecting.

[@d5kenn]

I love how this just seamlessly transitioned into existential horror.

[@borederlands5387]

this aged interestingly

[@DaellusKnights]

Months later and STILL the greatest! The way it falls apart by the end and he actually makes it part of the video 😂😭🤣