The “Tragedy” of Wailord

[@EpicgamerwinXD6669]

I really wish Mega Wailord was a thing. It’s ability would be called “Massive”. Basically, Wailord would become so huge that the entire screen turns blue and nobody can see what’s happening until Wailord is defeated.

[@GatorEX]

Nintendogs Assist Trophy type beat

[@CoolMintMC]

Imagine Mega Wailord exists, & it has some kind of gag, e.g. it's actually smaller, it's the same size, or it doesn't change much.

[@MiniforceRailfan]

@@GatorEXThe Wailord Respawns after Months

[@frozenbonkchoy4986]

@@CoolMintMCMega Wailord just becomes Joltik-sized as an absolute meme, that’d be hilarious

[@Robin280497]

Nah, the Ability would only work in Double Battles, force your other Pokémon out and it can take 2 actions per turn. The same with Triple Battles but give it 3 actions per turn.

[@Slimeonian]

Fun fact if you compare Wailord’s size to an actual Blue Whale, it would be about HALF the size of a Blue Whale

[@terrencesmith6343]

Impossible…

[@jojosolonely64]

i love how dynamax wailord is the only time it's actual size is even close to being accurately depicted edit: I'm talking about in-battle, not the overworld.

[@GatorEX]

Even then, I think Dynamax Wailord actually a little bigger than its canon size 😂

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

Dondozo just feels like a reboot to Wailord honestly. It's massive but not big enough to look ridiculous. And it's actually very good in competitive with its ability.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

plus actually has defenses above 45, which makes sense cuz of its height and weight unlike Wailord whose defenses are 45

[@volvagia2131]

I hate Dondozo because of this

[@Anglow506]

And dondozo is so slow

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

This is the worst national tragedy

[@iamnoone21]

Wailord's design is based on a zeppelin, but it's barely a twin size air bed

[@jean-pierrebenzenique]

I can’t believe you missed out that one sequence where we could see Wailord dive underwater in Black 2 White 2

[@Axecon1]

The true tragedy of Wailord is its weight. At about 398kg and at the size it's at, it theoretically would be less dense than air. Also surprised that Skitty was not mentioned in this video.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

most pokemon weights don't make sense, Dialga weighs less than an elephant I think

[@Hex.A.Decimal]

It's a zeppelin whale, at one point I think it was going to be water flying but they already had Wingull/Pelipper, and Mantine.

[@CoolMintMC]

But the fact that it DOESN'T make sense & the whole Skitty situation makes it stand out. If it wasn't this large & had these weird discrepancies, then I don't think it would be as infamous. Like there are some REALLY COOL Pokemon that don't have anything that makes them particularly stand out from the sheer number of Pokemon, & I think that's sad.

[@CoolMintMC]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 Cosmoem being tied with Celesteela for the #1 HEAVIEST Pokemon, but being tied with a few Pokemon for the #1 SMALLEST (height/length) Pokemon always makes me laugh. Like HOW TF did Lillie carry Cosmoem in her bag?! But yes, I know it's a Black Hole & is a reference; I still think it's funny however.

[@GatorEX]

Well, most of the screenshots on Bulbapedia involve Skitty 💀

[@coi4537]

You could say Wailord had a "Massive " downgrade 🥶

[@GatorEX]

Or you could say it’s a “Little” problem 🐋

[@BlastingKyogre]

I thought this video said it came out 11 years ago instead of 11 hours ago and I got so scared and felt so old for a moment

[@BlastingKyogre]

Pokemon X and Y turns 10 soon so its not far off 🫠

[@chrisrose4703]

the wailord DOES respawn but it is *quite* rare

[@Xytark4P]

To answer the question about that Wailord from the Isle of Armor: Yes, it indeed does respawn. I ran into it back then the DLC just droped (somewhere in the first week I believe) and it respawned sometime the following year. I don´t remember how long exactly it took but it was definitively months. I was also playing the game on a daily basis, since I was grinding Apricorns, so I wonder if that had something to do with it.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

I'm surprised that many people don't know about this

[@GatorEX]

I ended up grinding on the Isle of Armor a lot too, but maybe I’m just unlucky with it showing up again 🤷‍♂️

[@nikkaz1950]

​@@GatorEXit is completely random when it respawns. And it doesn't matter if you are playing or not

[@garythemoth8049]

Have you ever heard of the tragedy of darth wailord the wise????

[@johnpikathemusician271]

It’s a Wailord legend, ironically….. he can save others from shrinking…… but not himself.

[@marykirkland82]

wailord is my favorite pokemon! it always made me sad that they made pokemon bigger than him, because he deserves to be the biggest!

[@nicholasrosamilia975]

damn right broski

[@somethingbanter]

The only cope that I have for this is that now we know Pokémon can willingly shrink whenever they want. In the same way that fire Pokémon can choose not to burn people with their flames, I assume a trained wailord has the sense not to grow to its full size everytime it is released lest it damage its trainer. The one that you catch in the isle of armor for instance is full sized but when you catch it now it keeps itself under control and stays smaller for your sake. At least, that seems to be the most lore friendly explanation I can think of

[@handson920]

Dunno if you learned, but technically that is actually canon now. In Legends Arceus, Professor Laventon states that Pokémon can shrink themselves at will and that's how they can be fit into Pokéballs.

[@laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978]

Somewhat unrelated but I watch a twitch streamer who calls wailord "big thanos." He had the best reaction to seeing accurately sized wailord in new snap. "OHHHHH!! THERE HE IS!! BIG THAAAANNNOOOSSS!!"

[@GatorEX]

B I G T H A N O S Lmao, the Shiny does look like that 😂

[@bigmemvb]

Love Wailord as Wailmer was one of my first random shinies, and I evolved it to a Wailord

[@mushroomdude123]

I always called the Isle of Armor Wailord: “To-Scale”-ord.

[@GatorEX]

I still like the simple BIG WAILORD

[@acetrainerleo483]

Ah one of my favorite water types. I love whales and named them whamon

[@GatorEX]

YEAH WHALES 🐋

[@chancecomic1595]

I know it'll probably never happen, but I'd love if Wailord got an evolution that was just stupidly large. Like 100m long or bigger. Makes Wailord look like a baby. Something barely anyone has seen, and that's disregarded as a sea monster story from traumatised sailors. Can't even fit in the normal battlefield, and always hovers behind you like a dynamax. In the overworld, you can only see it in far in the distance, like Monksnail from Monster Hunter Rise. Call it "Waileviatan" or "Waileviaton" or something (Intentional misspellings). Absolutely gargantuan boi

[@RabidNemo]

I grew up in Washington state near the water and I can tell you that this area is much like the hoenn region. I always had a dream of riding along the Puget Sound on a wailord or Kyogre

[@Zygarbodor]

3:59 I don't think it would be that much worse than with Walking Wake. SV already includes Eternatus, the largest Pokémon, and it's shrunken down in the overworld (though it's still quite large). I imagine they'd do something similar with Wailord if it were to be included in the DLC.

[@CoolMintMC]

Love your content dude. I like the chill vibe your videos give off. I don't like how many people who talk about Pokemon seem to always speak in high-energy tones; so I appreciate that you don't because it's easier to listen to.

[@abbreillia]

Wailord is like the snorlax of the sea :)

[@GatorEX]

Surprised they never used one as a roadblock in a game. There were the Wailmer in Hoenn at one point, but image a giant whale.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

In only one game and the isle of armor over world have it's proper size

[@MoonyRanalie]

The entire reason I bought colosseum as a kid was seeing wailord in an ad. That's what really sold the scale and scope of the game to me as someone who had already played stadium and stadium 2. I also used the trade plusle for the entire game, even having them as a part of my mt. battle team to get ho-oh

[@MysticMylesZ]

I remember it most because of the size but also the Skitty thing

[@DjPrimeVideos]

He's not small he's just cold 😏

[@astralbirthvoid02]

I love when he talked about wailord's in xy at the start there is a skitty using attract. "I think we all know where this is going".

[@nickolassussybaka437]

Warilord is such a great Pokemon I would love to see it get a regional form

[@RabidNemo]

I still remember when pokémon Colosseum came out My friend had it and being amazed at what some of the attacks look like and how big some of the pokémon were

[@tako0mari]

FYI, there exists a *not life sized wailord plush , around 57-inches. You're welcome

[@zenitsumimigma5080]

Wailord is so big that if it used splash it would actually inflict damage

[@GatorEX]

Wailord should get a another signature move called Big Splash.

[@Lances_45]

@@GatorEXI love this, I imagine it could be like a water type “discharge” with a decent status chance

[@enoyna1001]

Guys, you should know that Splash has nothing to do with water.

[@ChicagoMel23]

In before someone says it’s like your mom…

[@josephbulkin9222]

Basically Surf lol.

[@barrybend7189]

There has been a scale issue. In Sword and Shield I got Reshiram and he's not as tall as he should be. He's 7 feet tall as opposed to the 9 as it's said in the Pokedex.

[@Beegirl12345]

It was eather scale him down or not let him dynamax, they didn’t want you to destroy the world

[@heliusuniverse7460]

6:07 this wailord looks fine to me because it fits with the chibi artstyle, even if it's by accident

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

6:04 "trust me, a small whale is the least of their problems"

[@DustyGogoat]

Perfect video to watch while I’m at the beach 😌 thank you GatorEX for another classic

[@GatorEX]

Yes, it goes right into the “Summer Videos” Playlist 😎

[@GarryDKing]

Wailord on its own is supposed to be the size of most dynamax and a few gigantamaxxed pokemon (not kidding, gigantamax corviknight is about the same size as normal wailord) it woulda been nice if the mainline games reflected that more.

[@dreamoftheendless7159]

*sits in used Master Ball on Wailord in one of my first playthroughs of Emerald*

[@maganhassan2627]

In pokemon go in gym & raid battles wailord used to be larger than it is now 😂

[@Clemehl]

Wailord is dumb. For two reasons: - Height and weight of most Pokémon are dumb. They don't reflect their power. I wish Height reflects more the HP stats, and Defense the "BMI". Basically, high HP and low Defense would gigantic because they would be literal balloon, or low HP and high Defense being small sturdy Diamonds, Steel or heavy Rock. - Wailord stats are dumb. They are not suitable to the "biggest Pokémon". The biggest should have 250 base HP. I want: - An updated Height and Weight for Pokémon to be more in par with their Base Stats. Therefore scaling the Pokémon would make more sense. - Pokémon with absurd stats (Chansey line, Shuckle, Wailord) to have updated stats so that their expected Height / Weight be closer to what you would expect. Chansey could have lower HP and higher Defense/Sp. Def to be more "normal". Wailord would have 250 HP (and probably 25 Defense/Sp. Def) to be more closer of the zeppelin idea. And so on.

[@geckohunter123]

I really think they should have made a one and only shot where if you dynamax wailord then you see his face poking in through the ceiling of the stadium.

[@ryanlordjanie]

The wailord in sword being to scale and then shrinking when you encounter is was a blatant joke. I used to love putting wailords onto colosseum and filling the field I was great!

[@jasond.b-w]

he’s just a little guy

[@Flizz0]

5:45 My Giovanni figure is arriving today!

[@shinyrayquaza2729]

wailord needed to keep his big size poor bubby

[@H0n35t]

Even in the manga, Sapphire uses her father's (Prof. Birch) Wailord to surf. Someday in the future, we need Wailord to be able to surf with 🙏

[@ivanzoneBR24]

Is this a DistantKingdom reference?

[@valletas]

I feel like before when we couldnt see the trainers in the battle the true size of pokemon didnt really matter because we had nothing to really compare them But with the trainerw it made him look way smaller

[@TokuNorth]

Is Wailord illegal to use in the League because of his size? (Anime)

[@agentrgwx8529]

W. H. A. L. E.

[@Candyy248]

Honestly with dondozo existance, I will not never wailord ever again 😴😴

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

What?

[@strawdeath263]

I never even wailorded to begin with.

[@Candyy248]

@@strawdeath263 I sometimes even forgot about wailord existance 🤷

[@sveipr]

While I totally understand why gamefreak wouldn't want Wailord's in game model to match 1:1 to what it is in lore, it should at least be on the "bigger size" of pokemon considering that most legendary models tend to be on the bigger size. I think having the wailord be bigger than a person or the same size as a legendary is a good middle ground to show that it's a big pokemon, but keeping it easier to implement in game. Unfortunately the group that will bash gamefreak for anything and everything will always nitpick wailord's size

[@GatorEX]

Yep, like I said, in battle it should be the same size as the following model. But I mean at least having the big Wailord following you is really cool.

[@k9blazesensation]

0:30 hmmm not entirely true people were fascinated with walord since pokemon went 3D

[@jvts8916]

Eventually I started joking that trainers eating dynamax meals with pokemon had side effects, especially after some perspectives made the trainers look bigger than the supposedly giant Regis.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

2:43 this is why I never encountered the wailord in my swsh playthrough. He needs to just chill there as the only actually big wailord in the entire game that isn’t dynamax.

[@GatorEX]

In my copy of Shield, I left it right where it is and say hi every time I play.

[@rossnsuchthangs]

Isn't it cannon (maybe just the manga) that all Pokemon have the ability to shrink themselves?

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

it was said in PLA too

[@wakkaseta8351]

Well obviously they shrank it down to accomodate for Skitty.

[@marcobelli6856]

Wailord in Ranger is really good for being not main series and 2d

[@mpg272727]

Have you heard the tragedy of Wailord? I thought not. It's not a story Team Magma would tell you. It's a Team Aqua legend..

[@Raphanobi]

Eternatus is bigger than Wailord

[@GatorEX]

And then Eternamax Eternatus goes even further beyond.

[@ctv186]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Wailord the Wide? No. I didn't think so, it's not a tail. The pokémon academy would tell you. Wailord was a pokémon so big and so large, none of the mainline games could contain his size. Not game freak, ILCA... What happened to him? The most anyone could do was make him the size of a large plush. Ironic the largest pokémon ever, reduced to the size of child, and less dense than air itself. Is it possible to learn this size? Not from a regular pokémon gym.

[@pokeperson1000]

I’ve never owned swsh, but in regards to respawning a set encounter, have you tried beating the champion and reaching the credits screen? That’s how it worked for respawning in the older games, at least.

[@mattguy1773]

He was the biggest boi but sadly not the best boi

[@lawznwdsc]

I personally don't mind it being down scaled though i do agree it could have been a little bit bigger. Hwy GatorEX have you ever thought of making a video talking about how you feel about Game Freak?

[@GatorEX]

I think my feelings on Game Freak tend to come up in a good amount of videos, but that wouldn’t be a bad idea for the focus of a video 🤔

[@demoman858]

Crazy to think Wailord is slightly bigger than Kyogre

[@jonjayjay16]

When I first encountered wailord in the isle of armor it didn’t respawn for a long time, a year later it respawn back to the spot I first encounter it, so yes wailord does respawn but idk how or what method you need to do to get it respawn

[@pikapikachu2010lol]

poor silly noy

[@ekuLy_42]

I would love for wailord to have accurate size in battles but shit would get weird real quick.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

I wish it never returns in Gen 9, pokemons are finally accurately sized in battles since Lets Go games and I dont want Wailord to ruin that, who even uses this pokemon anyways, it has 45 stats in each defense despite being this large

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

@@theamazingspooderman2697eternatus is tiny in gen 9. Good thing wailord isn’t in paldea to still be small as well.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​​@@THGMR-ox7sd yeah the only instance I think, other legendaries are huge tho, Palkia's Origin form is so tall that it doesn't even fit the screen sometimes during battles also pokemon fans at it again, focusing on small 0.1% errors when 99.9% good things exist in the game

[@astaroth3362]

So size does matter now? Noted

[@notyourbaby4978]

Can someone explain to me how Celesteela is "technically" longer than Wailord?

[@shifra7643]

Question; So I like to name my pokemon backwards as a fun little nod to pokemon stadium but when I caught a wailord (in BDSP) I tried to name it Droliaw but it said it was an inappropriate nickname. I looked around forums but I can't seem to find out why it's censord, if anybody knows please do tell- I'm dying to know

[@3_LollipopOfTheMoldiKind]

I have Sword version, and my Wailored hasn't respawned yet either for some reason.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

It's a comedy.

[@takenname8053]

Big whale is big

[@kurigaru]

Scaling will continue to be an issue as long as the fanbase keeps tolerating it. The games didn’t even need to be open world to begin with, unless we’re talking final core game to the franchise being an MMO with countless DLCs and events

[@DjPrimeVideos]

Clearly people don't tolerate it and yet here we are

[@justinr.507]

I like the idea of a small waillord

[@GatorEX]

THE COMPACT WHALE 🐋

[@wesleyvalk9129]

Slaking in skarlet and violet is also wayyyyy too small

[@Taijirai]

Aww, thats a shame about losing the Wailord in Sword. Its not often you see big overworld Pokemon anymore and it added a lot of character to the DLC area that made it feel organic. I hope the Scarlet/Violet DLC does a similar thing, but I don't imagine they would. So, are you gonna get the plush?

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

it respawns tho

[@GatorEX]

I feel like if I got the Wailord plush, it would need to be the centerpiece of my home. I would make sure EVERYBODY knows I have it.

[@Taijirai]

Livestream with the Wailord on the live feed and I guarantee the best viewership you ever had

[@MidnightLugia24]

Wow, genuinely first for the first time ever!!! 😂

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Nerp

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

Nope

[@laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978]

Blue shell

[@MidnightLugia24]

Dang it 🤣

[@Xmasparol]

No wonder people prefer 2d

[@reluctantuser01]

amogus

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

We need a Mega Wailord ong 😢 but overall this video showed the sad history of Wailord, and yet again was just a great video Overall hope we get some Wailord love some day. In conclusion hopw y'all habe a great day.

[@themangomanjuice]

Interesting.

[@duyanhpham9227]

Im not really sure the size is the problem and more like how it only weighs 398 kilograms I’m pretty sure real world weightlifters could bench him

[@ChicagoMel23]

Says blue whale but shows humpback…

[@Jayson_Tatum]

Make it enormous. I don't care

[@XLR8wuzhere]

Why do they keep changing his size 😭

[@GatorEX]

He used Minimize

[@iamjustkiwi]

I really hope this video discusses their main canonical romantic partner, skitty.

[@GatorEX]

😳

[@hephsforge9236]

A wailord video with no mention of skitty smh

[@Leonardovideogoes]

the wailord size objection is pretty stupid

[@dragonmaster613]

Have you ever heard of the Tragedy of Darth Wailord the Wide?

[@therealdrogane]

I'm wailing about Wailord.

[@tf2scoutgaming-gun]

*golurk has left the chat*

[@liltoad9050]

Damn they made your mom a pokemon

[@p4rm3s34n]

Or, the most logical option- IF YOU CAN'T SHOW IT'S SIZE REASONABLY IN GAME, RETCON THE SIZE.

[@RealZerenaFan]

Second

[@suppengroove]

the whole details around wailord are a mess sure, as expected from gamefreak. his size since the 3d games are laughable atrocious but just think about it. it's based on a whale, but rl-wales with the same size weight around ~35t. not 400kg thing's a damn blimp 😂

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

wdym since 3D games, he wasn't accurately sized in 2D games as well

[@xFreSh999_]

Wym sword and shield is still garbage lol