The Most GARBAGE Pokémon Designs

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[@Bydnelg]

If I remember in the Pokemon anime they do reveal that if someone is able to become friends with a Trubbish it will stop expelling foul odors and start breathing a more aerosol type breath.

[@dejinnthedjinn5311]

That diamond in the rough could also be nod to the Trubbish line. Where most people see it as a waste, others like Oleana see value in the pokemon. Especially considering Garbodor can G-Max.

[@djimonmcdonald9085]

Random fun fact the shiny gmax garb has the plane change to a red to reference latias

[@haueru_kun4039]

I just realized, what if the reason they put Trubbish on the cat day art is because of the relationship of Cats and Trash?

[@bvd_vlvd]

I love Garbodor's teeth animation in gen 5, looks like a kid drew it and that's hilarious

[@PumpkabooTrainerLiam]

I'm so thankful you made this video GatorEx, it kinda feels like a follow up to your 'Bad Pokemon Deaigns Don't Exist" video, which I really liked btw. I'm glad to see you give some love to one of the most misunderstood Pokemon of all time. Also, fun fact about why the Trubbish line exists. Since Unova is bad on New York City, it makes sense to have a Pokemon based on garbage be there since the Trash Issue there is legit a big issue. So it really fit the region really well. Here's hoping you'll do a video on my boy Vanilluxe next! 😊👍

[@Zygarbodor]

Could you share a link to that video? I tried searching for "Bad Pokémon Designs Don't Exist" on GatorEX's channel page, but I couldn't find it.

[@nicholaspetri2475]

I remember seeing the episode of the black and white anime that debut Trubish, I thought they were odd but it didn't bother me. Then one day at gamestop I looked at the manual for the game to see what all the Gen 5 Pokemon looked liked and when I got to Garboder they freaked me out because I always saw the trash as being like their innards so it looked like their bodies had burst open plus the dead stare in it's eyes while it's mouth was open was so creepy to me. I remember that it bothered me so much that every time I would look at that page I would cover the image of Garboder with my thumb so I couldn't see it. But over time I grew more use to the design and started to really love these two weirdos and it was honestly cool that they gave him a Gmax form and some story focus with being Oleana's ace.

[@StillMemes]

4:10 That's magikarp!

[@BalancedtheScales]

I always saw Trubish as a disfigured trash bunny monster. You know, with the little “ears” it has. ((🐰))

[@NovaSaber]

Yeah, it doesn't look anything like a cat to me. I see it as taking the "bunny" in "dust bunny" literally.

[@faniskouklas]

I will never stop being both a Garbodor nor a Vanilluxe fan, I absolutely adore both these Pokemon the fandom considers have a bad design

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Does muk, electrode or golem have any better tho? I don't dislike the object like pokémon, I like many of them actually, just that I do not see logic behind saying garbodor or vanilluxe is any worse than muk or electrode. Also golem (not named that in original language) is not that much of a golem, regis or golurk are much more like actual golem than golem is.

[@faniskouklas]

@@turkoositerapsidi That's Kanto favoritism for ya

[@turkoositerapsidi]

@@faniskouklas Yeah, I get why it is, its from nostalgia, koffing is my favourite pokémon but only a little bit more than durant and cosmoem. But I still can recognize that original pokémon are not designed better than the new ones, some of the original ones are not the best designs at all.

[@Red-jt6uu]

It’d be cool if defeating a Trubbish or Garbodor had a high chance of dropping random stuff, including some rare items. Hell, not only stuff you can use, but items you can pawn at an in-game pawn shop for extra Poke dollars or cans/bottles/metal can take somewhere to recycle for Poke dollars like you can IRL. Hell, maybe some crafting items.

[@Red-jt6uu]

Also, it would be cool if, you encounter a hoard of Trubbish in the while, there is a chance you can encounter a Bannette since it is literally discarded doll out for revenge.

[@GatorEX]

I know they can sometimes be holding Nuggets, which is pretty cool. But imagine more of a Garbodor Gacha 🤔

[@papyjr1337]

@@Red-jt6uu in a way, in Kalos, you can find Branette in trash can, the same spot where you can find Trubbish and Garbodor. So in a way, they are connected

[@abbybraun7019]

Garbodor is one of my favorite gen 5 pokemon. The variety is what makes the Pokemon franchise so special. If all of the Pokemon tried to look as badass as possible it would get try-hard really fast. There should be all kinds of different Pokemon, even silly ones.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Like magnezone?

[@abbybraun7019]

@@turkoositerapsidi Exactly! There is room for plants, animals, robots, and even simple concepts.

[@Zygarbodor]

Garbodor is also one of my favorite Pokémon (if my username didn't make that obvious), and I completely agree with you about variety being what makes Pokémon special. While there's no shortage of badass Pokémon that I love, some of my absolute favorites tend to be the ones which look the goofiest. Sadly, those kinds of Pokémon are usually some of the least popular among fans, which is just a shame. Weird Pokémon deserve love too!

[@turkoositerapsidi]

@@abbybraun7019 Yeah. Even the first Pokémon games had those.

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Wow. The comments about Trubbish and Garbodor are very positive. Who knew that a Pokémon based on literal garbage could be so popular?

[@GatorEX]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@FudgemintGuardian]

Me when I see garbage: "It's just like me fr"

[@Accidental.Creation]

People pointing at this poor thing to show how lazy Gamefreak has become with the creature design, meanwhile 50% of Gen 1 are just animals with funny names. Justice For Trubbush! Also, Twilight Wings did wonders for the characters of Sword and Shield, such a great mini series!

[@legonerd0666]

Yeah bc those same people think gen 1 is a flawless masterpiece just bc it came first

[@topaz3452]

@@legonerd0666I hate people like that.

[@gamewriteeye769]

Examples: - Ekans is Snake backwards - Arbok is Kobra backwards - Rotom is Motor backwards Any others? Updated Edits: - Muk is Kum backwards - Eevee is Eevee backwards - Rellor is Roller backwards - Rabsca is Scarab but as an anagram - Girafarig is spelt Girafarig backwards - Farigiraf is Girafarig but as an anagram - Seel is LITERALLY Seal (but no A) (Gen 1 really does have a lot of uncreative pokemon names?)

[@Socioromanticism]

I don't think that's a great argument. I'm an older player, but my favorite designs come from later generations and not Gen 1. I don't love a lot of Gen 1 designs, because they're just animals for the most part. However, in the first generation of a new game, I wouldn't expect a lot of off-the-wall designs. And Pokémon was built to mimic the real world zoology we see. I don't _love_ Voltorb and the Grimer lines for that reason, but at least they're simple designs that are easy on the eyes. I don't even _like_ the Trubbish line, because: 1. It looks unappealing. It's just a trash bag with scattered, intentionally unappealing colors with little coordination. Klefki and even Vanillish match within their own color schemes. And at least Muk is one solid color that meshes. 2. It's not an animal. At least, all of basic designs look like animals which makes sense, because Pokémon is pretty much just animal/monster taming. 3. It doesn't make sense. Why would trash get up and walk around? Electricity has a power source and can be considered computerized. Toxic sludge can be considered some mutation or fusion with bacteria. Trubbish is just trash bag that got uppity, and I don't know why (and don't say "it's just a video game," because PokéDex entries often give reasons for how Pokémon came to be. Ghostly manifestations, mutations, fusions, etc. Trubbish has nothing like that in its entries. One says "chemical reaction," but a chemical reaction that creates an autonomous _life?_ The other just says it was born from a bag stuffed with trash. If you're gonna go the fantasy route, it kinda needs a ghost or spirit or lab-created backstory. 4. It's meant to be a substitute _for_ Muk, so it's not originally uninspired. Sawk and Throh have the same issue as being replacements for the original Hitmons. Pure Poison type. One evolution. It just looks worse. And sure, beauty is in the eye of the cliché. But if you ask the designer if it was supposed to look "good," they'd probably say no. In fact, it's canon. In SwSh, Oleana has a team of Pokémon considered traditionally beautiful or alluring. Froslass. Milotic. Salazzle. Tsareena. Garbador is her ace to show her poor upbringing but also to _contrast against the _*_beauty_*_ of the rest of the team._ Anyone can like any Pokémon they want. But let's stop pretending that the Trubbish line wasn't made to be trash: literally and figuratively. And if it was made to be unappealing and it was an uninspired design, we shouldn't be surprised it gets put down.

[@dandan4092]

@@gamewriteeye769Rellor is Roller backwards. Rabsca’s an anagram of scarab. Or are we doing early generations?

[@quaggotoak]

garbodor is cute! her pigtails are CUTE!

[@SirStarCat.]

Fr, great hairstyle. 10/10

[@GatorEX]

Great way of building on Trubbish’s little ears

[@crylec6534]

Ain’t it weird that a gen’s gimmick where the Pokémon undergoes a transformation relegates Gen 5 with only one member from that game.

[@christiancinnabars1402]

If I had a nickel for every time a generational gimmick only included special treatment for one Gen 5 mon... ...then I could have had 3, but Z-Moves straight up said "f*ck Gens 2 through 6."

[@grantdaily9662]

I love Trubbish and Garbodor, they have such a "Pug" like cuteness

[@GatorEX]

lol, perfect way to put it!

[@a.x.x8184]

Garboder is sick it has a gen 1-2 feel to it, and I always thought it was from that era didn’t expect it to be from Gen 5, but I love Garboder.

[@aaleven4728]

pugs are disgusting tho

[@grantdaily9662]

@@a.x.x8184 You know you're right, it does have that Gen 2 charm of Ariados or Sunflora

[@a.x.x8184]

@@grantdaily9662 yep and Snubble Vibes

[@HallowIsSmol]

i love trubbish and garbodor. theyre charming little fellas.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Is garbodor that little tho? 🙂

[@neodica5967]

I actually really like Trubbish :) Pokemon with that sort of blank stare are always cute to me, and the way the garbage tie at the top looks like bunny ears is so creative! I even drew fanart of it for Pokemon Club in high school as if it were a game mascot which was super fun. Garbodor is definitely uglier. Its rope arms and the garbage pouring from its ears is pretty gross. But on the other hand, it's very distinct, and the way everything pours out from the bottom too is pretty clever (the G-Max form is cool too).

[@GrilledCheese2theMAX]

When im mad at someone lecturing me i pretend they are a angry garbodor

[@zinzolin14]

When people use Garbodor as their "proof" that newer Pokémon designs are garbage, I just laugh. If you're gonna make a literal garbage Pokémon, these are pretty much how you'd do it. I always loved how they pulled off Trubbish's ugly-but-endearing vibe, and I'll always defend him.

[@Taijirai]

Okay, in the defense of this design, the G-Max of Garbodor is great. I like the addition of abandoned toy vehicles scaled up to create a sense of kaiju-like menace. I also like that they did develop Oleana a bit in the series, though I wish that SwSh had done that already. If this thing had been introduced in Gen 8, it might have been well received. Hard to tell

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Gigantimax or Mega Hydregion with all 9 Hydra Heads would be epic

[@GatorEX]

I can dream

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Mega garbodor for the glory of the trashy trash. The Garbodors channel on this platform would love it.

[@maksiuko]

I always adored that you mention tcg in those pokemon discussion videos! ❤ Edit : Shiny Gmax Garbador has a red plane in their model

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

Trubbish makes sense in the New York inspired region

[@DustyGogoat]

Under rated, under appreciated, and I would love to see a Recycle or Compost split form 😆

[@LegoCat88]

Garbodor has been one of my favourite Pokémon since I was a kid, love that guy.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Nice. I had that with koffing. But garbodor is nice pokémon, I do not get the hate it gets. Muk is in my opinion a bit lazy design, but it is still fine pokémon. Garbodor is not lazy, it is an interesting idea for a pokémon and how it is finished as a creature.

[@RadioMike]

I loved how so many of the Gen 5 Pokémon were counterparts to Kanto Pokémon like you mentioned. Always picked up on that as a kid.

[@Jetfox967]

Trubbish and Garbodor are pretty cool since they are hunted by the Grimer line in Alola and in Galar, Galarian Weezing enjoys the fumes created by Trubbish.

[@maneruloquendero]

Whoever hates Trubbish and Garbodor is my enemy

[@Zygarbodor]

3:27 Garbodor is one of my favorite Pokémon, so I was absolutely ecstatic when I found out it received a Gigantamax form. Even after nearly 5 years, I still can't believe this actually happened. If you count Melmetal as a Kanto Pokémon (since its debut was in LGPE), then Garbodor is the only G-Max Pokémon that's not from Kanto or Galar. Out of the 700+ Pokémon from Gens II to VII, they chose literal trash to be the only one capable of Gigantamaxing. That's hilarious.

[@Cloud_Dancer]

3:50 Maybe the Clefairy toy is torn up because it was a Poké Doll just used for escape and a wild Pokemon attacked it as a trainer was fleeing

[@kalarse]

Also, Oleana has one of the best Battle Themes ever

[@FTChomp9980]

Trubbish and Garbordar despite not being favorites are based on NYs Garbage. As for Gen 5 Pokemon I do like are Seismatoad,Gigalith,Haxerous,and Hydriegon.

[@pokehunterhd]

7:12 meanwhile it's Wednesday when I'm watching this and Wednesday is garbage day for me.

[@I_Echo_0717]

6:33 SAME

[@Sir_PH]

I never really loved Trubbish until I played New Pokemon Snap. The Trubbish they have there is so PERFECTLY ADORABLE. You gotta love it!

[@takenname8053]

This Garbage is still better than the seal named Seel.

[@DefileOdds]

It's funny trubbish and grimer have rivalry because they're both the same Pokémon. When team rocket made mewtwo there were a bunch of leftover dittos from the process, after they left the power plant in gringey city they fell into toxic waste and dumpsters thus becoming grimer and trubbish.

[@spimax12]

I know the anime pronounces it Garb-ODOR like Garbage and Odor but I've been pronouncing it like you for too long to change it now, it's been locked in along with ARSE-eus

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

While the Trubbish line isn’t my absolute favorite Pokémon, I can appreciate its existence. I usually don’t like Pokémon that have designs that try too hard to be either cute or cool only for them to look horrible like Aromatisse or Emboar but Pokémon who embrace their ugly designs and actually make it work honestly has my respect. Doesn’t mean I actually like them but I don’t absolutely hate them.

[@robertomartinsvalero6097]

GARBOTOXIN INSPIRED NEUTRALIZING GAS

[@madnessarcade7447]

2:02 how can u not love rellor he looks like a muppet

[@ado-]

Trash take? I'll take the trash.

[@ado-]

Oleana speech bubble

[@BJGvideos]

Wait how is Rellor a joke? Oleana being a closed off nerd on a giant computer makes me imagine how Rose would interact with his younger niece since she's very much the same way

[@turkoositerapsidi]

The Garbodors channel has called for garbodor mega evolution since long time ago. If this happens really that would be very great.

[@Un_Italiano_Qualunque]

Hot take: Garbidor >>>>>>>> Muk and Weezing Change my mind >:)

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Weezing is million times more interesting design than muk! Koffings and Weezing are awesome. Balloon creature filled with toxic substances, muk is just a pile of sludge with eyes. That has been seen in million games already.

[@MABfan11]

thanks to TheDexLogs, i have become well aware of how much of a menace Garbodor was in the TCG

[@doubl2480]

I really like Gigantamax Garbodor. I wanted to put one in my team when I played Sword & Shield for the first time, but I had no idea how to obtain one before I finished the game.

[@iluvyurbles]

Trubbish line is so derpy and I love it

[@SD-VThe_LovablePsycho0100]

Dang, I didn't know that about Oleana. Respect to her.

[@ArchvileEnthusiast]

Both are A tier for me, I always saw Garboder as shrek and you CANT change my mind

[@blackgalaxite6448]

I love the trubbish line

[@mightyarbokking7197]

I am one of the probably rare few who actually adores much of Gen V’s newcomers, and as a poison type fan (if my username wasn’t already obvious) Garbodor and also Scolipede are among my favorites of Gen V, so much so that my trainer OC who prioritizes both alongside Seviper, Tentacruel, Salazzle, and Swalot.

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

I am a fan of Garbador, its based off an abomination. I am thinking to make it kid friendly, its made out of trash instead of body parts, I dig it.

[@gladigatorrawr1480]

Does someone know where the first clip is from? The old white guy dancing

[@GatorEX]

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[@drooprtroopr6969]

Somehow, Garbodor is my favorite poison type. He is just a goofy guy with some goofy arms and a goofy face.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Have you seen the channel called The Garbodors?

[@UmbraStarWolf]

Thrubbish is cute I almost want to shiny hunt it and not evolve it

[@kaicompton6539]

The fish skeleton in G-max Garbodor is Magikarp :) the tail fin is the same

[@edenanimates1465]

“Well you could’ve asked for my consent before forcing me to see something so completely and utterly disgusting”

[@mikethechaoshost]

Justice for Garbodor and Trubbish, great designs. Wanna talk shit, look at gen 1.

[@alrome9182]

They were two of my most disliked Pokémon but you really changed my mind on them!

[@raymiemiller1455]

Despite not liking many of the Gen 5 designs, I actually do really like Trubbish and Garbador.

[@patar00]

i like oleana's backstory with trubbish/garboder but i'm very indifferent to the pokemon itself. i usually don't pokemon designs that are just living objects with no other features or ones that are just normal animals, and garboder is one of few examples of that after the awful gen 1 dex which is filled to the brim with that issue. i'm not exaggerating here, 51 of the original 151 fit into that category of "just objects or normal animals". i get it was their first try but that's kinda sad

[@madnessarcade7447]

4:12 magikarp check the tail

[@nickjohnson398]

If these people like the design of Muk but can’t get behind the design of garbador they’re just hypocrites

[@jakk2631]

Trubish is adorable and garbodor is so underrated tank

[@soopakoopa6461]

I wish more folks had respect for Pansage like this. My poor favorite got blasted by the fanbase and forgotten by Game Freak. I guess it could be worse though, at least he's not his fire type cousin.

[@BJGvideos]

Pokémon Concierge gave them all some love

[@ShinyRowletGuy]

Love my little garbage bag boi

[@Sunaki1000]

Looks a lot like a Magicarp Fin.

[@SirStarCat.]

Black and white being my first games, all of the Pokémon introduced from them are always going to have a special place in my heart. I never really got the hate for garbodour anyway, it’s not that bad of a design and In fact, I think it’s pretty clever. I think it just gets a bad rap because it’s based off of literal garbage, similar to purrugly being called ugly just because it has the word in the name.

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Pokémon Black was my second Pokémon game (June 2012), just a year and a half after Pokémon SoulSilver (December 2010).

[@castform7]

I just cannot bring myself to hate these Pokemon. I will stand by my belief of "that's the point" isn't a catch all for why a Pokemon can be off-putting for some. I don't disagree with anyone who hates Garbodor because it's ugly, I just personally like the trash heap (or more specifically Trubbish, Trubbish is neat)

[@MattDustyParker]

I love this line of pokemon. Oleana ftw

[@sammyhorace7523]

Honestly I thought Garbodor line was the better design in this franchise.

[@porg-fv8vi]

I like trubish i always found him as a cute pokemon. When inget the chance to play Shield il see if i can get one. Btw coukd you do a video in the elite 4 and cynthia in BDSP? I feel like their have been some youtubers who over estimate how strong she is.

[@joopvanhedel1372]

It's a Magikarp it's the tail of a Magikarp

[@mr.magnificent7374]

Oleana was way more beautiful as a messy nerd in my opinion

[@RaptorofRex07]

Trubbish is a cat?!

[@GatorEX]

Apparently! 🤷‍♂️

[@strangermanly9966]

He silly sooo goofy

[@Ghost.girI.]

Its probably my most disliked pokemon. Not sure if i dislike it more than evos that ruin a line more, like Magmortar and Kingambit

[@awkwardquestion]

a…. cat?????

[@Eligon_1965]

I think Trubbish is cute in an ugly way. Though Gabodor is just ugly.

[@blueliving9836]

Worst pokemon ever. Even if I love so much 5th generation, these things has worst pokemon designs.

[@jackkemp7256]

I like it

[@phil2160]

Nah the Trubbish line is overrated and genuinely ugly and unappealing.

[@JustABakedSnackCracker]

An honorable mention for the garbodor that the team skull grunt had in the sun and moon anime. 10 on 10 the funniest way to say garbodor (Gar-Bo-Door)

[@GatorEX]

I still have to watch the rest of the Sun and Moon anime lol 😅

[@barretoleandroariel]

The Fuecoco line is the worst design in the last decade and being a starter just makes it worse =(

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

That episode in BW about the kids playing with trubish cute but you can't tell me a pokemon line based on trash bags makes for good designs.

[@EvieTheTransEevee]

I tend to dislike most Gen 5 Pokemon. The designs just aren't *really* for me. Garbador is possibly one of the best Gen 5 designs. It is great.

[@oucyan]

nah. Trubish and Garboder ain't the worst gen 5 has to offer. Vanillite, Vanillish and Vanilluxe take that crown easily.

[@Axecon1]

Still a better design than most Gen 5 Pokemon. Especially Klink, Klink is easily the worst Pokemon design

[@ToadSparkster]

if you want some irony klink's whole idea was by ken sugomori, who ALSO made a bunch of gen 1 pokemon designs let that sink in