The least popular Pokémon in the world

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thanks so much to everyone who tweeted their Pokémon hot takes at me, even if they didn’t make it into the final video! There was an error at 5:36 - the on screen text should say: "Gen 7" This video took a lot more work than normal - watching the final video, I kind of glossed over how long it took me to figure out A) how to rank the Pokémon, and B) how to get reliable Google search data. So thanks to my Patrons for making videos like this possible! Lastly, I do know about Google Trends, a website that allows you to compare Google search data. But that tool wouldn’t have worked for this video (I tried using it, believe me!). To compare so many different search terms, I needed absolute data - for instance, Pikachu gets 4 million searches per month. Google Trends doesn’t give out raw numbers like that, so I had to go down the Google Ads route instead.

[@andysavs1838]

I remember whirlipede and the second bw2 gym leader swept me with it. I used to hate it, but as it is on a gym leaders team I assumed it would be more well known

[@100comedy]

planning on getting twitter soon so hopefully i can help one time 👍

[@Spider-Menace445]

Joe

[@linuxization4205]

Ay, in two minutes? Thats quick to point out!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Ok

[@catriamflockentanz]

There is also something else that most of these have in common. They are middle stages. They aren't adorable anymore but not yet arrived at the coolness their "adult forms" will exude.

[@ThomasGameDocs]

That's a really good point!

[@techno_otaku]

Actually that's a good point

[@mrflipperfish4478]

That’s what I noticed too

[@poochythedog]

Agreed

[@SwellowOffical]

Yeah but not including grovyle since he’s still pretty cool

[@arclumx704]

depending on the language, most pokemon have different names. maybe it would've affected the popularity of some pokemon. pikachu is pikachu in all regions but most of the pokemon in the bottom 10 have localized names

[@DylanLisansky]

In the same way that lechonk is just a pig but it's memeish name makes people like it.

[@Commander-peepers]

Mistakes were made

[@TheScotsmanTechReview]

No

[@requiem165]

Yeah

[@AverageAirballer]

That sounds like a good reason.

[@CBuiscuit]

On Quora's "Name all Pokemon" quiz, the most commonly missed Pokemon is Clobbopus

[@gamesmasher1489]

Funny enough, Watchog is one of the best Pokemon for catching other pokemon with. Able to learn Hypnosis to put Pokemon to sleep, Super Fang to weaken without worrying about accidentally knocking them out, Foresight to hit ghost types, Mean Look to trap roaming pokemon, and has the Illuminate ability to speed up encounters. One of the most popular pokemon for shiny hunting in Gen 5

[@PancakebatterLuigi]

Yes, but I don’t care and hate it and want it to die and I want a cooler normal type like kangaskan to be the best

[@10pitate]

nintendo understand that everyone hate it so they make watchog good at getting another pokemon who is better

[@PancakebatterLuigi]

@@10pitate Yeah but that bell thingy got a prevo instead of a evo so seems like gamefreak doesn’t care too much about these Pokémon.

[@jaqthedragon6657]

Best no. No its not. Hyponosis is 6/10 to hit. Breloom spore 100% and not ugly

[@PancakebatterLuigi]

@@jaqthedragon6657 Breloom is actually one of my fav Pokémon, also we need more breloom I haven’t played gen 6 yet but we need breloom in gen 9. If he is in gen 9 then that cat will be the one stuck in the ball as my rival chooses the one weak to quaxly.

[@oxygen3143]

I feel like a lot of these Pokémon aren’t really hated, but just forgotten. Pokemon like Carkol, Tranquill, Trumbeak and Whirlipede aren’t badly designed (I for one actually really love Whirlipede), but are just not memorable enough to get a lot of searches

[@foxmccloudizsexy]

This is a list of pokemon that are least popular, not most hated.

[@franek9875]

I was a bit shocked to see all these Gen 5 mons, especially Tranquill and Whirlipede who are fairly popular picks for a B/W playthrough, when I think about Gen 5 pokemons they are among the first that come to mind alongside their evo and pre evo actually It’s sad they’re forgotten and underrated

[@Topdoggie7]

This isn't about hated Pokemon.

[@Purriah]

No one said they were hated …

[@jits-dn7bm]

Yeah i expected to see foretress on here cause i always forget it

[@coolsnake360]

As a teenager now that grew up with gen 5, this video was killing me the more I kept watching. I love all of those gen 5 Pokémon and it’s too bad they are the most unpopular

[@Irene_Pellegrini]

Same

[@ELSamuraiGamer]

Same

[@canwereach100millionsuscri9]

huge same

[@spagettynoddle1887]

I hate it so much when people look at the Vanilluxe line and go "it's just sentient food" YEAH AND MUK IS JUST SENTIENT SLIME, HONEDGE IS JUST A SENTIENT SWORD, VOLTORB IS JUST A SENTIENT POKEBALL, AND MANY MORE. Hate to break it to you but many pokemon designs are object-based AND THAT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MAKE THEM BAD. I'M TIRED OF HEARING THE SAME STUPID ARGUMENT SINCE 2010.

[@RonLarhz]

Ha. Gen 5 has the worst pkmn. Tho story is ok.

[@RG-Zeldaplayer]

I actually admire what they tried to do with gen 5... Completely ignore the previous gens until after you completed the game... It forces you to use the new pokemon and discover what each one is capable of, rather than stampede towards collecting your favourites from previous gens and ignoring all the new ones.

[@owlsclanrocketleague3801]

It is the first I played, and it slightly disappointed me when I played other games and they didn’t do this.

[@52Legend]

In Black and White only gen 5 pokemon exist, Black and White 2 added them, but only after you beat the game

[@darylpowell401]

@@52Legend you find mareep and riolu and azurill before even the first gym in B2/W2, but in B/W you need to finish the story before you find anything but new Pokemon. I also really like this system btw, I wound up using plenty of Pokemon i never would have, and it broke me of genwunning

[@slimewizard7350]

*Proceeds to stampede towards my favorites from the anime*

[@ulrichwarthen]

Same, gen 5 was really refreshing imo. I think a lot of the mons from it look really cool as well. I'm also surprised they didn't do the "clean slate" thing with other gens. I don't think it was a matter of "quantity over quality" for gen 5. Like Thomas said, they had a way larger team working on the game. A lot of the mons from the gen had cool typings and designs

[@Pamanos001]

I feel like the popularity of an entire evolution line would be a better standard of measurement because for obvious reasons the 2nd evolutions are the least popular since they arent who you start your journey with or who you end it with but rather a middle point.

[@carpeXnoctem12]

It be far more interesting to see top 10 least popular Pokemon lines including how many searches in the line divided by how many evos and forms.

[@thewhisper4269]

@@carpeXnoctem12 Probably a lot of Pokémon that do not evolve at all like Drampa or Alomomola or Druddigon or Qwilfish BEFORE legends arceus lol , like they're not considered cute OR cool and they don't evolve

[@satyajitdas6133]

I actually like grovyle more than sceptile

[@guestb8389]

Watchog is actually one of my favorite Pokemon. All my friends called me "weird", "psychopathic", and "have worse taste than my tongueless grandpa"; but something about his weird and ugly design just resonates with me.

[@stoopidapples1596]

I don’t think he’s supposed to look pretty. He hurts my eyes every time I look at him. But he’s also extremely intimidating.

[@vivimannequin]

As long as it isn't related to scorbunny in any way it's ok

[@BloonPlays]

Does it match with your personality. Jk

[@SuperNintendoChalmers096]

I mean, I love Jynx and Mr Mime

[@KanaNyctous]

I don't hate Watchog & am not even sure if I'd call them ugly- but it's definitely unusual & to me they look kind of evil but not in a badass way 😂 But you go- I don't think your taste is super bad 👍

[@davidspraguedragonman6479]

I actually remember Simisear being voted the least popular during a Japanese poll to see which Pokémon would be decided to be distributed at the 19th Pokémon movie in Japan, with Greninja being voted the most popular, and I knew due to starting to check Serebii almost every day around that time!

[@AmethystLeslie]

And not only that, both Greninja and Simisear got event distributions.

[@jeniffer9248]

I remember people making memes, "Simisear will be distributed until morale improves".

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

Just as Chuggaaconroy referenced!

[@SpiteAnims]

Yeah he sucks

[@realsanmer]

Fun fact: Duosion is based on cell splitting. Each stage of the line separates itself more and more throughout evolution.

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

Some of my favorite Pokémon.

[@renatatostada3318]

I like that line a lot, but you gotta admit he's still squishy and weird lol

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

@@renatatostada3318 That’s the best part.

[@Kitsu_Worm]

@@renatatostada3318 And I gotta admit that Squishy and Weird is what made him my second favorite Pokemon in gen 5. followed by Ulgamoth.

[@asc11T0ast3r]

I thought it was a fetus LMAO

[@jasonsmith8802]

Dude got so used to listing Gen V Pokemon that he called Trumbeak one without a second thought.

[@LShropper]

If I had to guess, I think Gen 5’s prevalence on this list is likely the opposite of recency bias. Gen 5 is the current generation most removed in time from right now, except from Johto. I would not be surprised if this video is remade after the Gen 5 remakes, then more Johto Pokémon will sink to the least Googled spots.

[@M0D776]

This just makes too much sense, specially with so many Johto Pokémon being really unpopular.

[@YungGreenBean]

tbh, many johto mons got popular evolutions, so I doubt it.

[@genericjoe4082]

@@YungGreenBean and you mean to say gen 5 didn't?

[@Vic_Chaos_]

+LShropper really? It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that gen 5 has like 6 cool designs and the rest look like copies of previous, more popular Pokémon or just forgettable garbage?

[@M0D776]

@@Vic_Chaos_ damn that took long enough

[@jacobfoxfires964]

I think another thing is that a lot of these Pokemon are middle staged evolutions. So there is a bit of unfairness there since when people are going to look for certain Pokemon, it’s either the first evolution or the final evolution. They tend to be more remembered than their middle stage counterparts.

[@luketownsend6328]

True also gen 5 has the most 3 stage Pokémon followed by hoenn and kanto which are both far older

[@joltganda]

Bull, I prefer Wartortle over Blastoise by a huge margin.

[@jacobfoxfires964]

@@joltganda This is more referring to people searching. As they would likely search for Squirtle or Blastoise before they search Wartortle.

[@Stephillpotten]

@@joltganda Just because you personally hold a opinion, doesn't mean it's the opinion of the majority.

[@khoahthong4434]

@@joltganda ivysaur is my first love pokemon, and still one of my all time favs. but what stephillpotten said is true. it's only our opinion. majority people out there do not love middle stagers. they either love the starter's cuteness, or the power of the final stage.

[@ellie8272]

Every Pokemon on this list was the second stage in its evolution line, that's really interesting! Obviously middle evolutions get overlooked a lot, but some of these second stages were the final form, yet they were still forgotten

[@UltraAryan10]

So many of these were mid-stage which makes sense considering they are usually overshadowed whereas the elemental monkeys overshadowed each other. Watchog was both surprising and unsurprising, I never liked it but expected it to have atleast a little bit of popularity. Perhaps Watchog lost to its variants like Bibarel and Linoone due to those being good HM slaves.

[@CrayBray13]

It’s funny how Pikachu is a mid-stage Pokémon

[@UltraAryan10]

@@CrayBray13 Its opposite for Pikachu who overshadows Pichu and Raichu lol

[@IndicaEuphora]

​@@UltraAryan10 Poor Raichu even has a dex entry acknowledging how overlooked it is

[@hanmoamo]

Also, bibarel is goofy and quirky and has a unique typing, while linoone is a legit powerhouse with his belly drum-extreme speed set. They both have interesting qualities to them, while watchog is just...a tall rat.

[@DaikoruArtwin]

Bibarel is actually known because everyone is meme'ing its pre-evo, Bidoof, as the actual God of Pokemon. Linoone is actually a legit Pokemon in certain tiers. Its Belly Drum + Extremespeed set is really brutal, so at least competitive players learned to respect it. Furret was most likely the most forgotten of the route 1 critters... Until the Furret Walk became a meme. Raticate, a bit the same as Bibarel with the pre-evolution being memed (Youngster Joey's top percentage Ratatta), but it also did get more attention with its Alolan form. ... Anyway, which Pokemon was Kalos' route 1 critter? :c

[@moodle6500]

Tbf I'm not shocked that gen 5 is less searched, *especially* middle evolutions Although with how hated simisear is I thought he'd be more searched

[@pokepress]

You could definitely see a backfire effect with some of these.

[@PKmeloa]

Two of the top top 3 most popular Pokémon are Gen 5 Pokes, you don’t know anything

[@moodle6500]

@@PKmeloa what are you trying to say dude ? Gen 5 is my favorite gen but I know it likely has the most controversial new pokemon of the franchise, some are very loved but a lot are very hated, sometimes unfairly but that doesn't change the facts if you're just here to barge in and tell people they "don't know anything" when you can't be bothered to understand what they're saying then kindly leave

[@superdiego.g]

@@moodle6500 stop

[@moodle6500]

@@superdiego.g stop what ?

[@okay3435]

As someone who played pokepark, Unova has a special place in my heart

[@ezkillionaire3276]

Fun fact: with the Watchog pokemon, they tried to make its eyes look like traffic cones and wanted him to wear a safety vest ... I see what they were trying, but they failed in the design hard. Lmao.

[@eoncats7815]

Source?

[@AlicornHana]

Oof

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

they went a bit too hard on the idea... XD

[@thingdraw]

Traverse the street safely.... Or else

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Traffic cone eyes is one of those ideas that just doesn't work.

[@Zackattackplayspokemon]

One thing of note here: Gen 5 hasnt been the focus since, well, gen 5. Meanwhile, Kalos, Hoenn, Alola, Galar, Kanto, and ESPECIALLY Sinnoh have had their region pokemon featured in mainline games since then. The only gen that hasn't is Johto, and even then, many of those pokemon are used often in other regions or have less members in their evolution lines. I mean, I havent seen a situation where people really could have used stuff like the patrat line or elemental monkeys since the original games

[@anthonystrangio]

Elemental Monkeys were actually REALLY early game in X and Y and you can get the elemental stones really early as well. But honestly it's X and Y, the game where you get 2 starters and a free Lucario, so no one was doing that.

[@Sanjidub]

I'm not sure what you meant to say about Johto, but don't forget ampharos :P (and maybe togepi line?? idk that one's debatable)

[@juanca2567]

@@anthonystrangio I agree. A Kalos team was Greninja/Chesnaught, Venusaur/Blastoise, Blaziken, Lucario, Pikachu (with anime voice), and Sylveon (until the box art legendary).

[@josephalt7175]

So since sinnoh got the remakes and legends arceus NOW it's prominently featured LMAO I remember in 2020 when everyone was complaining about the lack of a sinnoh remake.

[@arigamer1923]

Kalos ? When ?

[@GreatBeanicus]

Generation 5 has many of my favorite pokemon. Many designs are brilliant like volcarona, golurk, cofagrigus, mandibuzz, hydreigon, and so on. Even some of the "lazy" designs like garbodor and klinklang are admittedly cool monster designs. But also these pokemon just oozed personality especially with their active moving sprites. Yeah there are many that just tried too hard to be a direct analog to generation 1 pokemon, and a few that just don't stand out. But that's the same with every generation, it's just most noticeable in the generation with the most new pokemon.

[@painpapadopoulos8120]

There is nothing cool about Klingklang, it is a horrible magneton rip off. It doesn't look like a pokemon at all, it is just some gears, this thing doesn't have a body.

[@GreatBeanicus]

@@painpapadopoulos8120 That's your opinion, i think magneton is a far lazier design and i still like it as a monster. I'll never enjoy magnezone's design as it doesn't seem to follow the theme though. I like pokemon like muk, which is just a sludge monster. But what I can't stand from pokemon are animal + horn like seel or way overdesigned pokemon like rhyperior. I do think that a few different sized animate gears is a neat idea for a monster. Could it have been done better? Absolutely

[@nickoli_dudyo]

I actually really liked the Gen 5 gimmick of every pokemon you come across in the main game be brand new. It made for a refreshing experience, and the new pokemon really fit the setting, since this was the first game in a region not based on Japan.

[@surgrus4367]

So in the other gens there were alot of pokemons from earlier gens? Is it unique in gen 5?

[@amphobia]

@@surgrus4367 yeah, the regional dexes always included pokemon that were introduced in previous gens. there are even some gym leaders in johto that never actually used any pokemon introduced in gen 2. falkner for example uses a pidgey and a pidgeotto.

[@Zillionman2010]

It's a good idea, but I think they dropped the ball with it because so many of the new pokemon were so obviously made to fill the same space as previous pokemon, particularly gen 1, so they're easier to forget as their theming is already used. Even forgiving the normal patterns; early bird, normal type rodent, Pikachu clone, etc; there's Machop line to Timburr, Geodude line to Rogenrolla, Throh and Sawk for Hitmonchan/lee, and Ralts line to Gothita, and others as well but you get the point. And those are just the ones that are undeniably similar, most of gen 5 are more similar to pokemon from other generations than is normally the case even if not as overt as those.

[@jonathanrobinson8926]

One significant piece of data that you did not touch on is that in addition to the gen 5 connection, nearly all of these are the middle stage of a 3-stage evolutionary cycle. I think this makes a lot of sense, since middle evolutions can be at an awkward place, design-wise, and also are more forgettable from a gameplay perspective.

[@garcardosotan6172]

No, this list is just terrible. I get what he was trying to do, but the first thing I noticed was the second stage thing. This means, most people probably looked up the first, or last stage, went to bulbapedia or serebii, and then found what they were looking for. Or, like me, they didn't give a s*** about the middle stage, cause it's the one you will remember the least. If you were to do a real test, I bet 5 would still be near the top of the bottom, but it would probably, actually be more later game trade evolutions like Rhyperior, or Magmortar that would truly take the prize. Basically, I have found that anything that is simply annoying to get, isn't going to get talked about, or cared about in the long run. Trade evolutions, Minus the OG 4, are just annoying, and the ones that require items, and during POST GAME, just not worth it.

[@konichiwalol]

I feel like i remember the Pokemon site making a voting contest on everyone's most favorite pokemon. I don't think it had all of them in the final list rankings, but it would've been nice to see. I remember my favorite (Aerodactyl) being nowhere on there :')

[@KanaNyctous]

Naw, I recently figured out my top 6 through Favourite Pokémon Picker & they were in my top 57 💕

[@Dorkyzzz]

It makes sense that a lot of the middle evo's would be low, considering you either remember the baby evo or the final big boy. As for the gen 5 thing, gen 5 is on par as being one of the largest gens new pokemon wise, so if some middle evo's are forgotten here and there it'd make sense

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

I used Watchog on my team in Pokémon Y. Just couldn't believe he came back for a second region in a row, and I'd gone through far too much of the game with only 3 team members. Ended up loving the fella. Though I admit, I haven't Googled him in years. As someone who's been working with Google Ads as part of my job for years, the effort in setting up OVER NINE HUNDRED paid ads / keywords for this video and paying it out of pocket is astounding. Well done sir

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Ah no, don't worry, I didn't have to do all that! In terms of paying for ads, I only had to run a single campaign for this video, and it was actually unrelated to Pokemon. Google just won't give specific numbers for keywords if you don't have an active ad campaign on your account with a bit of money spent on it (they don't tell you exactly how much you need to spend, but it's not very much, only a few days worth of having a campaign up and running is enough!) From there I used the keyword tool which thankfully lets you paste in a list of keywords, so I just pasted in a list I put together of all 900+ Pokemon. Then I just sorted the results from lowest to highest and voila! Omg tho if I'd had to manually set up a campaign for each individual Pokemon, that would have been 10x more awful, haha!

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

@@ThomasGameDocs perhaps this is why I sought to minimise my use of Google Ads in my job, keep forgetting about the essential tools! That at least puts this video back in the Doable category indeed, now it just falls to us to start Googling the Gen 5 mons more…

[@MustacheDLuffy]

@@ThomasGameDocs Funny enough watchog was my first shiny Pokémon which changes the yellow on its design for like a pastel green. Odd color choice but definitely more pleasing on the eyes.

[@memphismd]

Yeah I know this my be shocking but I actually find watching a bit cute with his big tooth basically the same reasons I love Monty Mole accept that Monty Mole keeps his eyes shut

[@drdca8263]

An alternate method of estimating popularity could be to, for each person, randomly select 2 different pokemon, and ask them which they like more. Then, over enough people, this info can be combined into an overall ranking.

[@travelaccount9042]

That’s what I was thinking

[@stoopidapples1596]

Isn’t there a website which does this?

[@zerotwoisreal]

most people wouldn't know either.

[@drdca8263]

@@zerotwoisreal that doesn’t seem like it would prevent them from liking one more than the other when presented with picture and name (and Pokédex entry?) of both

[@zerotwoisreal]

@@drdca8263 fair enough, one can quickly form opinions based on very little information

[@Purple_Sloth]

I think with most middle evolutions, you don’t really look them up. With first stages, you look up “where to find Vanillite” for example. For the final forms, you look up things like “Vanilluxe stats” “Vanilluxe moves” more competitive mindset searches. As for the elemental monkeys and watchdog, you find their pre evolved forms all fairly easily in their most recent games (X and Y if I recall correctly) and they never end up that strong or viable competitively.

[@Wince_Media]

The fact that 8/10 of the top 10 (if you consider the apes to be the same) are all middle evolutions makes a lot of sense. The first stages are the cute ones, the third stages are the powerful ones, so the middle ones have this awkward inbetween that isn't fully on either side. The term "awkward middle stage" is used a lot in the pokemon community, especially with the starters!

[@Zakkarypillow]

The teenagers of Pokemon.

[@anghainguyen9951]

Well the most well know one also middle one...

[@Logicalleaping]

Also because this is a terrible way to find the "least popular" Pokemon as it just shows what people search the least. And When I search for a Pokemon its always a final form or the first stage and then view the evolution in Serebii not on google.

[@cameronlapp9306]

Also least likely to google for playthroughs or competitive.

[@mohamudalexanderamericanjr7848]

Pikachu is a middle one

[@machoke666]

Fun fact, Pokémon Black and White sold over 2.5 million copies in Japan in its first week, making it the best selling video game of all time in its first week. 2% of Japan's population bought a copy of the games that week, which is just insane to think about

[@AlfredoPuente8]

I remember participating on the reddit survey for "What it's your favourite pokémon" only 5 pokémon weren't picked at least one.

[@MarcusXD100]

I am curious Who were the unlucky 5???

[@notwidow6056]

I have a friend whose favorite pokemon is Watchog. The reason being: It was the first pokemon card he ever got when he moved to the US.

[@carolinetownley9546]

Guess it really is true that every pokemon is someone's favorite

[@fluffyrock2345]

That's so cool!

[@glitchvomit]

this is so wholesome! ;u;

[@mqfii8992]

Alternative tittle: "Gen 5's Pokemon design being bullied and forgotten for 10 minutes"

[@thedx266]

Almost every middle-stage Pokemon: * Aren't that popular for obvious reasons * Grovyle: I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move.

[@ziqi92]

Braixen has entered the chat

[@kellytamia9152]

Blame the PMD games for grovyles popularity which is well deserved

[@WaddleGoober]

Ivysaur, wartortle, dartrix, torracat,raboot and dewott have started a raid: care to join?

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

Honestly surprised duosion is so low, I've always loved duosion and it's been in my top 5 since it first existed. it's weird body and floaty-ness has always fascinated me. I especially started liking it in Pokepark but that's just one of those weird memories that I have. I can't believe Pokepark is so old now lmao.

[@misterbadguy7325]

I suspect it's just Middle Stage Syndrome. People who like the line will probably think about Solosis or Reuniclus first.

[@sleepyshocker]

i have no idea what a duosion is so i guess this proves a point lol

[@didimentioniplaythetrombon3454]

Duosion is great!! I was kinda sad to see it up there as well. :(

[@Daile0303]

lumineon: "look at those guys. imagine being that forgotten"

[@battle_on]

Notes from a scientist after watching: 1) You evaluated search popularity, not popularity (for English speakers). For popularity you'd need a ranking scheme like you mentioned. 2) Middle evos tend to be less searched for than basic and stage 2 pokemon because of evolution levels and Pokemon team making middle evos are pretty rare there. 3) Trading card game probably impacts point 2. I'd be curious where the ultra beasts ranked...

[@nyahnyahson523]

Also, depending on the recency of certain games, you'll get less searches. Since Pokemon Gen 5 was so long ago, it's the least likely game people are playing, and as such, googling.

[@thomaspetrucka]

You might be able to get a poll going that randomly pairs two Pokémon and asks users to pick their favorite of the two. Some serious biases here.

[@oKnuTo]

@@nyahnyahson523 gen 5 is currently at the point where its old enough that not many people play it atm but to young for lost of nostaliga im pretty sure 2-3 more years and we will see a massive spike gen gen5 intrest.

[@alvarochaves1999]

Pikachu is a middle evo that don't fall into the less searched Pokémon list.

[@IrvineTheHunter]

@@alvarochaves1999 Pikachu wasn't originally a middle evolution, they were a base form that got a pre-evolution added.

[@ZipplyZane]

There's a free way to do this: you just have to define things a bit differently. Instead of having it be based on how many searches, you could base it on how many times the word is mentioned online in Google's database. If you do it that way, then Google always tells you how many hits your term receives, for free.

[@NostalgiaBoiLofi]

What tool do you use for this?

[@LorenzJahn]

@@NostalgiaBoiLofi Google

[@mastermewtwo5503]

@@NostalgiaBoiLofi You can literally type "Pikachu" and Google says "About 172,000,000 results". I think that's what Zane's going for.

[@jatarokemuri5443]

Well the thing is there’s also a pokemon named Golem.

[@nyahnyahson523]

@@mastermewtwo5503 But that doesn't really work. The older a Pokemon is the more it'll get mentioned. The more common a Pokemon is, the more likely it'll get mentioned. A search result can't really refer to popularity like that.

[@beaksters]

What’s odd is when Gen 5 came out it was considered the worst, while nowadays it’s considered the best as it’s considered the end of the good Pokémon games due to being the last 2D game.

[@StigmataTickles]

I'm a Gen 5 fan, but it makes perfect sense. Especially since so many had to fill niches that previous classic pokemon filled just fine already. I would however be curious if we looked at data from before Gen 4 remakes were announced if some of those made the list and were then brought into the spotlight. Since effectively Gen 5 is now the oldest gen without a remake.

[@thefunnipresidentofuniteds1598]

What about Pokémon Black and White 2?

[@SusForgotHisPassword]

@@thefunnipresidentofuniteds1598 that's a sequel not a remake

[@M0D776]

@@thefunnipresidentofuniteds1598 that's a different game, not a remake

[@ObsidianOsama]

@@thefunnipresidentofuniteds1598 LMAO this is also the reason why gen 5 is not liked by alot of people is because they haven't played it or simply heard those cry babies complain about it because of no older gen Pokemons and made assumptions that it's a bad game. Honestly those games are not about Pokemon individually but mainly about it's story and easily the best story ever. They have reached their peak and the only thing which will be equivalent to that peak is their remakes only if they don't f--k it up like Diamond and Pearl but i mean platinum was still better

[@acesquid6944]

My guy seriously bought several google ads just to get some Pokémon data. You have my full respect

[@EmperorZ19]

Being a middle evolution is a big detriment to the level of interest people have in a Pokemon. They're not the form you're usually going to catch or hatch, and not the form that you're going to use competitively nor in the majority of a casual playthrough. They're usually just a stepping stone, and while they may be good for game balance and creating a cohesive evolutionary line, there's not much reason to search them up.

[@jj6148]

There’s a couple of them like porygon 2 and magneton that are pretty strong (I used an eviolite magneton in my white 2 and Ultra Moon play through that carried me lol.) but a lot of the more popular middle evolutions are former final evolutions or beginning evolutions.

[@jajasking9652]

@@jj6148 agree, for example, porygon 2 with the eviolite is really really strong in competitive, as well as some second forms that used to be the final one ( golbat is the final form in first gen, but in second gen, crobat was introduced as the final form )

[@orryip]

Awww poor Watchog. He's far from being my favourite, but there's definitely HEAPS of other pokemon that I would rank WAYYY lower than him. I'm surprised Whirlipede was on this list, I thought he was fairly popular.

[@LARKXHIN]

I immediately knew it evolves in Scoliopede and went "oh yeah it's evolution is cool, this guy looks like a wheel."

[@m1dn1ghtqt]

Ya Scolipede line is one of my favorites I love the design also surprised why it's on this list

[@CatmanMEOOOOW]

Yeah I love whirlipede frfr.

[@orryip]

Whirlipede is my favourite Bug pokemon (not even scolipede). I love my whirly boi

[@picnicloveadalaceOFFICIAL]

i saw this line and found it cool so yay whirlpede

[@Megara.x]

I love how savage the commentary you've gathered is. I appreciate the criteria you had for the featured responses.

[@SimpleToonz]

As a gen 6 Stan, I’m glad that none of the Pokémon from gen 6 were in the top ten least popular. However, it still feels wrong that the Pokémon game with the richest story and most in-depth focus on that story was the generation with 8 of the top 10 least popular Pokémon.

[@squirtlesqauds]

How is skrelp less popular than whirlipede

[@INFERN0FIRE]

They will get searched for more when gen 5 gets remade. It's the oldest gen that doesn't have a remake, and it's also on ds, while later gens are on 3ds and switch.

[@DessertArbiter]

@@INFERN0FIRE gen 2 also doesn't have a remake on 3DS or Switch, it did get a remake all the way back during gen 4 tho

[@INFERN0FIRE]

Yup, but gen 2 is part of the game boy (color/advance) era which still get lots of pokemon hacks and people that play them. Note that gen 3 hacks always have gen 2 pokemon too. DS is a little bit harder to emulate, but, most importantly, has way less hacks.

[@mafeuk]

Gen 7 only had one Pokemon on this least tho not 8

[@Soonshain]

While Watchog doesn’t have the best design I do think it’s a decent pokemon. I remember it carrying me through my first nuzlocke of White 2 up until the late midgame. The STAB Return you get incredibly early is very deadly.

[@whitedragonzerureusu4480]

It also gets super fang and hypnosis which is a really handy combo to catch Pokémon. But no one has realised this or has used it to catch Pokémon

[@MarcusBlackfyre1]

its literally terrible lol

[@Gentleman534]

Are you sure? Watchog looks like the type of guy that likes Micah Bell

[@skyeturnip]

I'm sorry I messed up your results for the monkeys. I was constantly searching for references in the past month

[@MrZer093]

Gen 5 is also kind of awkward. It was the first gen on a console a previous gen was on and in said console’s last year at that. The 3DS literally came out a month after BW and more than a year before BW2. And most people are nostalgic for the story as it’s iconic, not the mons. No major shakeup in battles helps either. Closest was the addition of hidden abilities but that’s just new abilities for older pokemon. That doesn’t help the ones in gen 5 stand out. And gen 5 competitive was meh because they actually put drought and drizzle on non legendaries and caused utter bedlam with it

[@Hatsjekideee]

I get the idea behind this video, but you overlooked something massive in relation to these search numbers: Current actively obtainable pokemon. The latest games were the gen IV remakes, which had ONLY mons up to gen IV and Legends Arceus, set in essentially the same region. Every pokemon on this list appears in neither of these games, skewing these numbers. I feel like this should have been adressed

[@staringatthesun861]

He should do this project again in a year or two. And see what the results are then.

[@skawesomeone]

I've always found "number of google searches" to be a questionable metric of popularity, anyway.

[@madnessarcade7447]

Every design is charming and unique and they all deserve love

[@riyanirfan]

I noticed a trend where most of the least popular were second evolutions. This makes sense, because the first stage is usually memorable for being cute and the last stage is the strongest

[@erir8643]

Middle evos got a huge potential for being memorable in competitive through being able to use Eviolite.. but "middle evo" term only applies to those of two-stage evo, not single-stage evo. So half of "being memorable cuz of eviolite" thingy applies to middle evos and the other to pre-evo single-stages. Even with Eviolite, middle evos can only get popular that much.. they're too forgettable

[@riyanirfan]

@@erir8643 yeah

[@thawhiteazn]

I feel like part of the Gen 5 thing is that it is a victim of essentially being the middle child of Pokémon. It wasn’t part of the originals that everyone remembers from being kids in the 90s-00s, and it’s not recent enough for many people to still be on many peoples’ minds.

[@Goomhomebrew]

For some reason I thought komala would be on this list. Didn’t even know it existed scince last week

[@Mega_Missingno]

One issue that is likely to skew the results is that most of these are middle evolutions, which people are unlikely to search for. If I want to use the Venipede line in my in-game team, I'd search for Venipede to find its location. If I want to use the Venipede line in battles against other players, I'd search for Scolipede and what are good strategies for it. There's not really a scenario where searching for the middle evolution is the way to go. As for the Simis and Watchog, I guess this just means that very few people want to use them at all. And another reason for Gen 5's unpopularity likely stems from the lower sales of these games. A lot more people own XY, SM, SwSh and so on than BW so people are more likely to search for those games' Pokémon.

[@relo999]

You're right, there is quite a lot of bias in what people search that isn't directly related to a pokemons popularity.

[@anthonystrangio]

All 3 monkeys are avaliable pretty early in X and Y, so that's something to think about

[@agata-1337]

also, bw and bw2 are the hardest to emulate and to buy second hand due to their lower prints at the end of the nds lifespam, so waaaaaay less people would play and search those pokemon. also², its the least liked anime seasons, and the least liked anime movie triology, so way less people will watch and search them. also-also-also³, they are the least common pokemon to find in sequels, spin offs and pokemon go, and for the mids, they are bad in standard tcg, vgc, smogon singles and nfe... so they have no saving graces. i think the few results on duosion and whrilboi are from nfe players actually since they are mildly useful there, but thats the exception not the rule to the rest of them

[@anthonystrangio]

@@agata-1337 Sword and Shield actually does have a very large amount of Gen 5 pokemon, however, including a couple lines for the middle stages early in the list. However, things like the elemental monkeys and watchog aren't.

[@zjzr08]

I agree for the most part but middle evolutions could be useful in strategy with Eviolite strategies like with Dusclops.

[@liamfitzgerald1400]

I actually unironically love Watchog, though I admit I never really noticed how weird the eyes looked. Still a funny little guy.

[@MayitosPictureBox]

I always loved Gen 5 and to this day it is my favorite. I remember looking at the leaks at the time when Japan would get Pokemon game releases before us and absolutely loved Gen 5 designs off the bat. 🔥👌

[@justachad8646]

Thomas's friends reaction to Watchdog is comedic gold

[@gugler512]

Whilst I'm not too surprised by watchog's appearance at least favourite, I really like watchog personally, I love how the eyes and body pattern really show it's theming of being a 'lookout' pokemon

[@PancakebatterLuigi]

Yeah but that dumb anger inducing stupid super fang hypnosis combo is dumb since the gym leader is early game so his bad stats are decent in this part of the game. You are forced to outspeed and one shot him or else you get put to sleep and in an instant he takes out half of your hp.

[@FictionJunction.M.]

@@PancakebatterLuigi Lenora's Watchog doesn't know Super Fang, but it does know Retaliate... which is arguably worse as most of the time it is a guaranteed ohko at that point of the game.

[@PancakebatterLuigi]

@@FictionJunction.M. Yes and also there are many in the wild and the grunts use them a lot so in a play through you fight like over 15 of them that put you to sleep

[@chanceenglish7769]

“If I asked someone to rank them it would take hours” Alpharad: sooooo

[@Doofindork]

Interesting that most of the least seached pokemon are middle-volutions. Because people often can remember the first pokemon in an evolution cycle, or the last one; But the middle one is often just forgotten.

[@superdejan64]

And often the most lame, middle evolutions also just look like the teenage emo phase, which is pretty accurate to humans actually

[@Doofindork]

@@superdejan64 Only middle evolution that I actually like more than the last evolution would be Haunter. Gengar is kinda cutesy, but Haunter really has that spooky vibe.

[@marblesgaming5273]

@@superdejan64 raboot is living proof of that

[@Breezeezee]

The most interesting thing to me about this is that most of them on this list is middle evolutions of a 3 Pokemon line. They make the babies look cute and the adults look cool, but the teenagers always look weird to transition between the two. No wonder they're not popular!

[@anghainguyen9951]

Well i depend i think since we have Braixen who just look 109% better then the evol

[@YuBeace]

I'm noticing something... if adding too many new Pokémon at once and making them too "cool" ended up giving said Pokémon a struggle to be loved and noticed... then that explains why they are now adding fewer new Pokémon, re-vamping and re-decorating older Pokémon, and just adding a lot of round, spherical, and circular Pokémon in general. It's like they just hit the reverse-break with full force on that one.

[@IofSheikah]

It’s hilarious how google is “secretive” and won’t show how many people are searching things but they have no problem selling our private information. Lol

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Least favourite is Sudowoodoo, the first Pokemon I lost against. When I read my Pokemon's memories and saw how saddened they were by that lost, the spot for my least favourite was settled. Man, I can just imagine that when I defeated Leon and became champion, somewhere in the audience was Artist Duncan with his pride sky-high knowing he was the first to defeat me. Edit: It's Electrike now, shiny hunting Eevee is pain.

[@neneenenejrkerre1828]

first time i got beat was by a gengar. ironically it is my favorite pokemon

[@klawiehr]

I was fooled by sudowoodo as a 10-year-old. I was so confused why it wasn’t weak to fire

[@zacharymaher2855]

If it weren’t for its treatment in Legends Arceus, my guess is that Basculin would’ve 100% been on this list.

[@salvador6182]

5:37 Trumbeak is gen 7, not gen 5. middle evolution gen 5 mons really get no love...

[@cheesebreeze2]

I just played through Pokemon Black for the first time this past week, (Pokemon Black 2 was my first ever main series Pokemon game) and I think it is cool how all the pokemon in the game before the end are all new. Generation V has always been my favorite gen and I like most of the pokemon in the Region. But Watchog with his stupid Hypnosis, Confuse Ray, Super Fang should not exist.

[@Brass319]

I honestly thought I had just dreamed it up the following day after I first saw watchog that's how forgettable it was, even with gen 5 being my second favorite

[@slimywyvern]

Watchog was my first ever shiny Pokemon and I'm still salty about that

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

Watchog is honestly my favourite early route normal mon. He stands out so much. His moveset makes him stand out too. I can use him to catch any mon I want using hypnosis.

[@cheesebreeze2]

@@slimywyvern despite Watchog being bad at least his shiny is good.

[@MasterLink221]

Pokemon White was my first and black 2 was my second. Damn.. so much Nostalgia. Heh

[@liliflower1376]

My take is they're all middle stages because well, people are googling the first stages to find where to catch them, and the final stages for their stats No reason to search for the middle stage at all

[@snuffysam]

One issue with Gen 5’s designs isn’t even a “quantity over quality” thing but like… look, in every Pokémon game you gotta encounter a few regular ones in the early game. Some birds, a rodent, some bugs. If all the early game rodents available are really weird and unique, then the game is missing a regular Pokémon for the player to encounter. But if you make Patrat too similar to Rattata, it’s going to feel really lame when the player actually unlocks Rattata in the postgame. So you end up with a lot of early game Pokémon that are kind of in this limbo between being simple and unique. Sawk and Throh are the worst offenders of this IMO, they clearly just wanted something to fill in for the Hitmon line but couldn’t do the same thing again so they did… blue guy red guy. Gen 5 has great designs like Hydreigon but they’re almost all late game only.

[@jasonreed7522]

I think another example is that roggenrola's line is clearly just the Geodude line minus ground type. But then Timbur definitely felt unique when i first found it. (Although i was really expecting it to be grass type, but considering it's line upgrades to heavier objects it makes sense, although going grass/fighting -> steel/fighting -> rock/fighting would have certainly been unique, not necessarily good, but unique) I think others have already pointed out the real reason gen 5 is so low, sales weren't favorable for it even if we love some of the designs. (Besides this being a least googled list introduces other factors then fame/popularity like searching for stats or encounter locations. For instance Feebass has weird encounter rules and you will want to look up if Milotic is worth it, but patrat/watchog are easily encountered and to determine aren't worth it late game so why google them)

[@adv78]

@@jasonreed7522 Tbh i love roggenrola and i don't know why He is such a funny guy...

[@jasonreed7522]

@@adv78 i love him too, but it doesn't change the fact that he wouldn't exist if geodude wasn't locked into the postgame. I love when regions are soft resets like Hoenn and Unova because we get all new designs and i can choose pokemon that look cool and not based on my preconceived biases. But this also means that certain niches will need to be filled resulting in "clones/knockoffs" like the regional bird, bug, and rodent. I also like the idea of making a brand new region and just recycling the nearly 1,000 existing pokemon based in when environment they logically would occupy. (For instance in a hypothetical Australia region you would have corsola along the route over the great barrier reef, and sandile in the main desert. Another example is how XD and Colloseum used pokemon from all 3 regions at the time but added no nee ones.)

[@stoopidapples1596]

@@jasonreed7522 Considering that they set out to create a generation that a. is meant to fit with an American theme, b. is meant to take inspiration from Gen 1, and c. is meant to also be unique enough to stand out on their own, I really don’t get why Pokémon like roggenrola aren’t unique enough? I think it perfectly tows the line between having an allusion to the previous games while also being a completely different Pokémon, which in actual fact is probably bétter looking than Geodude.

[@Sonchikas1]

Throh and Sawk are onis.

[@ray-rayrambles3263]

As a gen 5 fanatic, this was an incredibly painful video to sit through

[@jadedfire4351]

yeah 😔

[@crappybucket]

damn this was so shocking i knew all of these gen 5 pokemons and i liked most of them and i’m pretty sure most have appeared in the show and had a sort of significant partwhich is also another reason why that shocked me

[@idio5]

hi thomas, your videos always make my day : )

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thank you so much! That just made MY day :))))

[@Mr.Plushie270]

Same, noodle?!

[@mrshmuga9]

I think it’s much simpler. It’s easier to forget something in the middle, because it’s not old enough to be nostalgic, and it’s not new enough to still be fresh in people’s memory. I would’ve said Gen 4 until I remembered BDSP came out so their searches would be boost. Leaving me to guess my backup Gen 5, and my hypothesis seemed to be correct (in the result anyway, maybe not the reason why).

[@adv78]

Gen 3 and 4 had remakes in the 3D era. 6, 7 and 8 are relatively recent. Gen 1 and 2 are just "too iconic" and are in every promotional material around the sun Gen 5 is the lowest priority for marketing pokémon, and being the gen with the biggest ammount of new pokemon doesn't help

[@mrshmuga9]

@@adv78 I’d also say it’s the generation with the most ugly Pokémon too, but I don’t know the average fan’s feelings on that. It’s personally why I hated that gen. Plenty of ugly colours too. Haxorus is a neat design, but then they ruin it with a mucus yellow colour.

[@pokemonspinofffan767]

@@mrshmuga9 "its personally why I hated that gen" You said you hate Gen 5 but your profile pic is literally Snivy and Tepig merged together.

[@mrshmuga9]

@@pokemonspinofffan767 Haha ya I can see why you might be confused. I made it for a (for-fun) contest a decade ago. I didn't feel like using my face anymore for my profile, and I didn't have many other custom icons around to use (or know what else to make), so I reused it because I like it. Even if it's from a generation I don't really like.

[@MilkJugA_]

You know, I actually like Watchdog/Patrat. It evolves kinda early, and had detect, which comes really in handy against the 2nd gym which has a really powerful retaliate that you can dodge.

[@raj_171a]

i actually quite like the monkeys! i don’t mind their designs, and i think their inspirations are really cool! adding an evolution that amplifies their concepts (simisear could get fire headphones, simisage could get a face covering mask, and simipour could get a makeup mask) would be cool!

[@jadedfire4351]

Yeah idk why people hate them so much I think they're pretty neat

[@comics4556]

@@jadedfire4351 ehh it’s not surprising why everyone hates them but tbh Pansage and Panpour and their evolved forms are cool but Pansear and especially Simisear kinda suck

[@stradusss]

You know you're a pokemon nerd when you can identify a niche pokemon that is blurred By the way, the elemental monkeys are considered unpopular but I'm surprised they're some of the least searched for. Theyre given to you near the beginning of black and white and they can be found in the first forest in x and y. I would've expected more people searching them to see if they should use it or not Also watchog is pretty surprising to me. It's a big part of the early game in super mystery dungeon along with being the evolution of the Gen 5 regional rodent Also since you asked at the end my favorite pokemon I pumpkaboo, I don't have a least favorite :)

[@TheWrathAbove]

I'm willing to bet 99% of players just search the name of first forms of the monkeys.

[@ShadowSora8491]

My favourite Pokémon is Pikachu, and my least favourite Pokémon is Phione

[@OriginalGameteer]

I do kinda hope they come back at some point Would actually like to try and use Simipour someday

[@The_MEMEphis]

I'd be curious to see the least popular evolution line searched since singular evolutions of Pokemon are as likely to be searched

[@thestickopia4619]

2:09 Well saw that coming. At this point I’m used to it

[@JayAitchCarbon]

My day always gets better as soon as i see that there's a new video from you!

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Aw, thank you so much for saying that!!

[@aftonstan5494]

HOW THE FUCK IS DUOSION SO UNPOPULAR IT'S ADORABLE

[@JulianR2JG]

Oshawott was my favorite Pokémon since 2014. I never realized how much people hated/disliked his design. In fact I think that's why he's one of those lesser talked starters. I felt very sad for my favorite non-realistic otter.

[@darkspongebob11]

I love OSHA too he's so cool

[@naranciaghirga9260]

Oshawott was the Pokémon that got me into all the games and everything. Now I’m absolutely obsessed with Pokémon and I have been for years. He is hands down my favorite Pokémon just for that reason. I was so psyched that he was in Legends Arceus. I’m sad that he seems to have gotten the same treatment that Popplio did when Sun/Moon was released

[@donkcy5176]

@narancia ghirga Yes I love oshiwat and poplio they deserve more respect

[@mafeuk]

Oshawott is a poor man´s Piplup.

[@funkness]

oshawott is so cute :(

[@HexFudge]

I love that the placing is mostly either middle evo of a 3 evolution line or final evo of a 2 evolution line. Also Trumbeak is gen 7.

[@AragoPipu]

So glad somebody else caught the trumbeak mistake

[@TarosTheVoid]

Yeah I noticed that, as a Gen 7 enjoyer even I forgot that was a Pokemon as well lol. They did correct themselves later in the video on it

[@epicgmaer26]

I like how all of them are middle stages, very simple- so most people don't even bother searching for them cuz they understand the concept of it, and generally forgettable pokemon(especially that last one). Ones like Vanillish and Whirlipede are ones that appear a lot in newer games, either because their pre-evolution generally appear a lot, or the pokemon themselves appear a lot

[@ZuskV1]

How do you not have a million subscribers when your quality is sooo good

[@seanspindleshanks2529]

The first friend sounded like she was just deeply affected by Watchog. Like it really ruined her day

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Hahaha I think she absolutely was

[@Markosstuff]

After this video, all these Pokémon searches have gone up

[@dionysuswinecult1495]

i feel like an issue with using google search data for this is that it could also show favorability towards pokémon that show up more, or are in the most recent game, as people may look up a pokemon’s typing or move set while they’re playing the game

[@gregadonp5404]

I’m surprised Dhelmise isn’t on the list. That’s a mon I hear no one talking about and it’s pretty hard to come by in gen 7.

[@mikemath9508]

Unfezant is my favorite of the "starter birds" (I only played up 'til gen 5 but I started back when blue came out) Always use Starter & Flyer in each gen as my main two the first time through. Pidgeot, Crobat, Flygon/Altaria, Staraptor. The rest of the 4 can be whatever

[@Pokemon-Master]

Hey Thomas, just wanted to say that Trumbeak is a gen 7 Pokemon NOT a gen 5 Pokemon. It says gen 5 at 5:37

[@allthelonely4287]

I was wondering why it wasn’t in the gen 5 pile at the end.

[@hundred1956]

the most interesting thing about whachog is that its base stat total is 420

[@Zippomon]

I'd love to see the full list with numbers.

[@JoeyVilleneuve]

Interesting idea for videos. I'd be curious to see this as a series split into episodes by generation.

[@ttuesdayy1]

So, there are a couple things I think interfere with a true popularity contest on this: 1. Gen 5 had the worst sales out of the franchise. The pokemon may not be less "popular" outright, but the players just aren't there the way the other gens were. 2. As others have pointed out, a lot of these are middle evos. Both generally less popular, and less common in the wild. 3. A lot of these are early game pokemon, which means they are found easily. Usually when I google a pokemon, I'm trying to figure out how to catch it in a given game. I'd say that's *at least* 95% of my pokemon-based googles, actually! I think I stand by this being a contest of how well known a pokemon is, or how memorable they are. That does also mean Watchog is probably still in the right place, because I think most people actively wanted to forget Watchog.

[@adv78]

There is also the fact that Gen5 is in the lowest priority of marketing/focus in the Pokemon franchise right now Gen 1 and 2 are "too iconic" and Gamefreak constantly markets they to this day Gen 3 and 4 had remakes recently (after Gen5) Gen 6, 7 and 8 not only came before Gen5 but are also a lot closer with the new "structure" of pokemon games (3D, weird new mechanic every game, regional forms in 7 & 8, etc...) so Gamefreak shines a bigger light in them.

[@wario1226]

i remember appreciating Watchog for learning Super Fang and Hypnosis, that utility was pretty nice to have. but i wont lie, he didnt stay on the team very long, and there is little you can compliment about the design. Maybe we'll get a regional variant in the future with a more likable face

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

I think the reason why there are so many gen 5 mons is because during black and white, many people left or a large amount of non-core pokemon followers were introduced to the franchise during this time. Google searches would naturally be less for them and for the middle stages which are naturally more forgettable, so Google searches are not reliable or accurate. I personally like Watchog. I like it's moveset and it's original for an early route normal type being able to know hypnosis. It's supposed to look bad. It reminds me of groundhog day.

[@AgentOracle]

4chan's /vp/ did this thing years ago. The challenge was to name a pokemon in the thread that had not been named before in the thread. it wound up being Luminion, or finneon... can't remember... that fish was forgotten.

[@LilyTheLoser.]

For the TL;DW, it's Watchog from gen 5

[@Jomander]

I think I would be more interested in least popular Pokemon evolutionary families. Most of the ones that were on this list were middle evolutions. People in general probably look up the first and final stage more often. For instance, just for competitive team building I could see someone looking up the first stage for breeding information and the final evolution for the actual competitive part. This leaves a lot of middle evolutions out. There are a bunch of other possibilities including merchandise, where to catch, etc. where the middle evolution is less represented. That isn't to say this video is invalid at all. These middle evolutions obviously dominated this list for a reason. Heck Watchhog and the monkeys still would probably be on this list if it was evolution lines (also they don't have a middle stage either). I just wonder how different the results would be if we accounted for the evolutionary lines for some of these middle stage Pokemon.

[@CordyBrush]

Watchog deserves a regional variant that redesign it.. especially the eyes! Maybe make it normal/psychic with hypnotic deep purple eyes?

[@SMCwasTaken]

Maybe grow its pupils a little bit