The TRUTH Behind Pokémon Sword and Shield's Weird Fossil Pokémon

Pokemon Sword and Shield introduced a brand new set of fossil Pokemon, and they are a bit weird to say the least. They left many people shocked, and some disgusted by their strange appearance, but there is a very specific reason for why these new fossils look the way they do that might just make you appreciate them a bit more, so in this video I am going to reveal the truth behind Sword and Shield's fossil Pokemon to you all. I hope you enjoy!
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[@seich-of-lacan-getter514]

They're based on how scientist assembled skeletons but used the wrong bones

[@thepantweaver]

Specifically the Piltdown Man.

[@azazellon]

Fraud is fun apparently.

[@Spongebrain97]

Nice concept but badly executed

[@Bezaliel13]

@@Spongebrain97 The dragons are kind of *cool* though.

[@v0idspamz636]

which explains the scientist's name in the game, Cara Liss. wordplay on careless.

[@red-man7017]

“Cara less” Makes sense considering she is clearly a heartless monster reviving pokemon in the most inhumane and painful way possible

[@jordanf9257]

She deserves to be locked up imo

[@BradfortBottlenose]

Red YoshiBro Either that, or she has absolutely no clue what she’s doing, which isn’t much better. Someone give Cara Liss the Careless a restraining order.

[@kyumazu1926]

She needs a beating

[@adrianortega1431]

She was so concerned with whether or not she could that she never stopped and asked whether or not she should.

[@theklefkiauthority6504]

The guy from sun and moon who has a revives fossils from a van is better than cara liss the guy actually seems pationate and actually cares about the fossils

[@bastianokamiro5421]

its funny the idea to puzzle fossils into a new dinosaur skeleton, but seeing them alive, its really awful for me, like, they are constantly in pain just for existing, id loved if gamefreak added either one of these idea: you can use a certain item/fossil to transform them into the full version of themselves or add them an evolution, where they adapt to their new anatomy and current galar times, and you actually see these living creatures enjoying life just my thoughs :c

[@jayfeather464]

I agree 😭 they deserve a happy and painless life 😭

[@AndrewayAbandoned]

i like your ideas ,i think they made update with things like this.

[@mistydayremainsofthejudgment]

I agree. It’s a cool idea but I feel really grossed out looking at them. It’s pure body horror for these poor things you forced into existence, and all of them seem to suffer in some way for their deformity. Maybe I’m taking it too seriously. I just feel bad for them.

[@CraftingMenace]

Honestly I think feeling bad for them is almost the point. Having an evolution where they adapt would be really cool though. It could even make the next game's pokedex change their entries to note how they were miscatogorized as real fossil pokemon, like how after a while we figured out that they were mismatched.

[@ymaets4673]

i mean, wouldnt the suffering have been when they used to be alive?

[@ionryful]

Cara Liss is a monster. Every other scientist, in every other region, has been able to revive ancient Pokemon using only a fragment of said Pokemon for decades. She purposely wanted to experiment on Pokemon, no matter how much that Pokemon suffered because of it. And the player is partially responsible for crimes against Pokemon. And I find it odd that the Pokedex entries for these creations, throw random hypotheses of why they died out and never questioned their source or how these Pokemon came into being in the first place. There seems to be corruption in the Galar scientific community that the government is overlooking.

[@GalaxiaKnightX]

After finding out about this awhile back. I never made a fossil pokemon. Makes me feel bad for them.

[@FiniteMan1933]

You wrote your comment twice on two separate videos lmao

[@ionryful]

@@FiniteMan1933 it's been 3 years man...and I wanted to make a point.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

There is a lot of stupidity and corruption in galar period.

[@azuredragon8388]

Okay so the fossil pokemon are cool... but... Are they okay? They look like they popped out of Fullmetal Alchemist..even the most normal looking one has its goddamn head on backwards

[@SomeoneTGL]

And that’s what puts me off with Arctovish. If the pattern on it’s head was actually the mouth, I would like it more. But now... **shudders**

[@acapitala4936]

I believe they are constantly in pain so.... no.

[@ShadowKnight5204]

I don't even want to refer to what we've seen in FMA/FMAB

[@MegaPixlz]

@@ShadowKnight5204 ED...WARD....

[@janehates]

Robert Wimms Arctozolt in particular just looks like it’s constantly suffering :(

[@LunamFlore]

Arctozolt is genuinely upsetting to look at. He's constantly shivering his very existence is clearly just pain and suffering

[@MetaGiga]

Cara doesn’t care as long as it looks good to her

[@Tellysayhi]

The others at least seemed okay with their forms, while arctozolt looks like it is constantly cold and can no longer feel warmth

[@danielola-abidoye1365]

Da Tellysayhi Dracovish can only breath water but has legs for land, Arctovish can’t breath or eat properly since it’s head is upside down

[@paintedelm]

SOMEBODY GET THIS BOI A BLANKET

[@danielc2530]

What about Cubchoo? It constantly has a runny nose. Kinda relatable, though.

[@r6_rogue_spear]

Ok I just have to say it. You keep showing the fossil pokemon from the start for over a minute, and then say "if you haven't seen them for yourself yet, spoiler, you've been warned" lol what? hahahah! :D

[@DaSheepKiller]

There's also one on the thumbnail lol

[@TheNart1234]

He wants them to click away after hearing there is spoilers...

[@strawmonk301]

First world problems...

[@gusmoneyxd2737]

I noticed that too, I was like what?! Why didnt he say that in the beginning

[@confettifoxes7129]

Idk if you didn't want to be spoiled then you shouldn't click a video that talks about the fossils in the title lol

[@SuperGamefreak18]

i just want to see how the fossils actually look because they look like they are suffering

[@reeseolsen4052]

Try search for images of them you may find art done by a fan showing what they believe the fossils looked like.

[@doliaclemente1366]

Ikr

[@salag8013]

I would love if they made the "right" version of this fossils one day Edit: Guys thank you for the support I never imagined this many likes

[@LeahLovesNature]

Sala _Gamet I second this. I’ve seen some nice artwork on Twitter of what those creatures could look like.

[@salag8013]

@@LeahLovesNature you got second place

[@salag8013]

@@LeahLovesNature I saw one too

[@cbchansey6866]

If only they find the other halves of the fossils

[@salag8013]

@@cbchansey6866 yeah

[@rafaynoman1180]

Every time i look at them all i can hear is "HELP I'M IN CONSTANT PAIN".

[@polaknasieci1331]

I hope that in later games we could get the REAL fossil pokemon Like fish-fish,drake-drake and so on

[@nechocat1234]

I hope the games get sequels, I wanna see hop as pokemon assistant

[@JGirDesu]

No, I want to see the other halves fused together in an ironically funny way!!

[@1313puredragon]

arctovish is fish-fish but they put the head on upside down

[@LordRyuketsu]

I think we will need a third set of fossils for that. Which would be awesome. The Dragon halves of two of them are clearly not from the Electric pokemon. So it would mean a ice/??? (new dragon top, water bottom), a ???/??? (new dragon top, new electric bottom), a ???/water (water top, new electric bottom), dragon/??? (new dragon top, dragon bottom), and a ???/electric (electric top, new electric bottom) The new Fishious Rend would be the type of the new top. The types, and to a lesser extent the abilities, seem to be connected to each half, so its a neat way to make your own monstrosity.

[@zoerronquillo1844]

@@1313puredragon the other half is more of a ichthyosaur, a aquatic reptile because of its hind legs and visible tail fluke. Other half is Dunkleostus, an extinct fish. So its not a fish fish but a reptile fish

[@U.R.coolkid]

Poor arctozolt is shivering like mad, poor creature is freezing to death and yet it still smiles..

[@furretshiny3129]

Poor cute boi :C

[@thomasgrimm3333]

Arcivolt needs protection start a putishion

[@meowmreowmeow]

I even have one. Looking at the poor thing made me feel bad. Imagine having a body of ice always freezing

[@joeschof_95]

I mean how does the Pokedex know anything about any of the fossil Pokémon? Even the “real” fossils, surely it’s all just speculation anyway

[@Daniel_Coffman]

I think it's because everyone's still just taking what they're given without question, which is what people can come up with from simply observing the Pokemon these days just assuming that these Pokemon are exactly those who walked the earth back in the past.

[@Father-of-Xerxes]

It’s because the Pokédex entries are written by the kids the professors are sending out on their adventures to fill the Pokédex. And kids are dumb

[@beybladegeekusa7340]

@@Father-of-Xerxes I thought that Cara wrote them

[@Nosretep]

@@beybladegeekusa7340 A very irresponsible scientist wrote them. It was a cover up.

[@joeschof_95]

It’s kinda similar to how some legendary Pokemon dex entries are just “legends says that.....” or “it’s rumoured that.....” it’s not straight up facts it’s just speculation

[@mimictear6788]

"Do you think Arceus stays in heaven because he, too, fears what he created, here on Earth?"

[@aboudshalash1892]

SUPER underrated comment, lol!

[@Soleilune1995]

Hail Giratina 666 😈

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

_Heaven?_ Don't you mean the Hall of Origin?

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

No, he's afraid of what his creation created

[@michaellara9576]

My personal headcanon is scientists made habitats for the fossil pokemon and observed how they behave when left to their own devices, then based the dex entries on that

[@JGirDesu]

You're the only logical and rational person in this comment section. Have my upvote.

[@TimG57867]

It explains how they formed the specific theories but it doesn't make them any less bogus since these Pokemon clearly never existed without human tinkering.

[@JGirDesu]

@@TimG57867 ummm, how does your comment even apply? You're trying too hard

[@jordanf9257]

My headcanon is that all Pokedex entries are written by the player character, thus accounting for the inconsistencies, exaggerations, and contradictions found within the pokedexes.

[@michaellara9576]

@@jordanf9257 valid

[@operandwriter]

I can't wait to see Ash and Go's horror in the anime when they meet these fossil chimeras.

[@bluemoonhub]

Ash: WHAT KIND OF CRUELTY HAVE YOU DONE TO THESE POKÉMON!? Cara Liss: Can't find the other halves of the fossils. Deal with it

[@abdrahmanhakim5252]

Boy, that would be interesting.

[@smileyman1721]

My theory is that they'll actually either befriend these poor creatures, or actually fix them and catch the actual versions of these fossil Pokemon and then a game dlc ties it in.

[@kinginblack2845]

Hahahaha

[@babyseal8822]

The latest episode show it all

[@TickedOffPriest]

Sometimes, scientists will even collect half of a fossil and then recreate the entire creature by imagination.

[@TheHortoman]

Not a fair comparisson, modern paleontology is thorough and precise and i will not tolerate slander

[@TickedOffPriest]

@@TheHortoman First of all, this is written and so it would be libel. Second, I did not attack you. Third, (and this last one is the kicker) I said "sometimes".

because they compare it to other fossil specimens which are more complete once they note a similarity in one compared to the other....you can get off your fucking high horse.

[@GamerFromJump]

Potential “correct” fossils: Dracodon - Dragon Aerozolt - Electric/Flying Arctozaur - Ice Hydravish - Water I think that they would have higher BST, being the “real” Pokémon. This would make up for not having the dual-types.

[@Darkerooz]

who said they dont have dual types tho

[@GamerFromJump]

Darkawolf X - Maybe; I’m just not sure what they’d be, except maybe Rock.

[@Luigicat11]

Makes all sorts of interesting ideas for other combinations, what with the other halves of the fossils found. We've only accounted for half, after all. Who even knows what Aerodon, Aerozaur, Hydradon, Hydrazaur, Aerovish, Hydrazolt, Dracozaur, and Arctodon could be like?

[@ascent9374]

You spoiled them before giving the spoiler warning btw

[@AkaiFenneku]

Was about to say that xD

[@maxxmakes4302]

Ascent the games been out already

[@HansDester]

@@maxxmakes4302 but not everyone is that far or even has the game

[@LethaeusSol]

@@HansDester Then they shouldn't watch a very obvious spoiler video? Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out

[@Jxdkid]

@asaeampan no need to be a dick. The original comment was just saying that since Hoops gave the warning he shouldn't have put the spoiler in the video before the warning, which makes sense, It's like being told to beware the dog after you already got bit. Also KZbin has autoplay, so there is no guarantee that every person who is on this video clicked on it.

[@theman6422]

Older fossil pokemon: it feels great to be alive again Genesect and these guys: put me back in the ground please. Make sure I’m in different pieces and in the depth of the mesozoic era. Much appreciated

[@HogW1ld385]

Glad other people agree with my take that these Pokémon didn’t actually exist in the past and are instead the work of a mad scientist. For the Pokédex entries- I remember an episode of the anime where Ash met the “professor” who was responsible for writing the Pokédex entries but he admitted he just made them up. So the same can be said here-Cara Liss just made them up

[@fionaredfern7519]

Yeah, The Pokedex entries for these pokemon... I'm betting Ricky gervais wrote them, as they remind me of the Flanimals. :)

[@casualredguard2881]

Fun Fact: The parents of these fossil Pokemon would go on to create Alabama.

[@forrest7186]

lol

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

Wow man, holy freak! That pfp of yours is gonna end up being my sleep paralysis demon!😂

[@forrest7186]

@@SegaDisneyUniverse wh- holy shit his pfp tho

[@casualredguard2881]

If you guys are wondering, it's a picture of someone in a crappy PennyWise MorphSuit.

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

@@casualredguard2881 WHOA! That thing was supposed to be Pennywise?!🤣

[@fazbearking87]

Hopefully if we get sequels, we'll get the other halves of the fossils

[@supercat765]

get the other halves... so would we also get the 8 other combinations as well there are currently 2 heads and 2 bodies getting the other half of what we currently have would up that to 4 heads and 4 bodies totaling 16 possible combinations

[@nechocat1234]

@@supercat765 would be dope

[@Annishark]

@@supercat765 you would have 4 lower halfs and 4 uper halfs, so no you would not have 8 combinations but 16 (every lower half would have a combination with every uper half so 4*4 not 4+4)... I would like to have the 4 real one and maybe the dex would tell you that the 4 old one are records of the time were they mixed them up.

[@supercat765]

@@Annishark I said the 8 OTHER combinations We have the 4 people want the 4 whole fosils I was literally talking about the other 8 of the 16 total

[@Hypesutube]

@@supercat765 no its 12 in total

[@andrewmattar4178]

Question: If one half of the fossil pokemon I have was shiny, will I have a half shiny fossil pokemon or the pokemon will be fully shiny?

[@JGirDesu]

Fully shiny, my dude

[@SomeoneTGL]

There should be 2 half shiny forms for all the fossils, tho. Would make the most sense

[@jgiPS3]

@@SomeoneTGL in fact, 3 forms, mixing shiny (s) and non shiny (n) S-N, N-S and S-S

[@gavinbrown216]

Ignacio Grandes that’s the same as what they said, *AS WELL*

[@Ausar0]

Uh.. the fossil pieces themselves aren't and can't be shiny. The game only determines if it's shiny after both fossil parts have been put together and the pokemon revived. So no, there's no "half shinies".

[@lemonjumpa47]

The idea is cool, the execution is horrifying

[@elin111]

Therefore it pulled it off successfully because that's the whole idea.

[@FalcnPWNCH]

I'd say thats the exact point of their existence, they aren't supposed to look graceful or elegant like an actual imposing dinosaur would, ffs Arctovish has it's *FUCKING HEAD BACKWARDS AND POINTING UPWARDS* - they're supposed to look like this - I absolutely love the concept behind them and how they turned out - they are basically real Life equivelants of what you'd get from using the Pokemon Fusion generator

[@keitaro3660]

@@FalcnPWNCH oh lol!! so that's why archtrovish head look sooo big!! i thought that deep blue color is his big mouth and he always open his mouth 😂 turn out, his mouth is upward.. omg that's getting weirder and ever... so like, his head just stuck in weird position. and he always need to look "up" to walk to the "front". damn that's messed up haha

[@keitaro3660]

how actrovish eat if his mouth is upward? trainer usually put pokemon food on the ground.. wow confusing. i never had this pokemon

[@Sean-fz8if]

@@keitaro3660 He can't, he just dies. Read the dex entries

[@therealchristian1]

The whole ‘cara liss’ thing is the biggest nail-in-the-coffin I’ve ever seen

[@GameFreakSucks]

Cara liss is the definition of a karma houdini

[@LeahLovesNature]

As a lifelong dinosaur enthusiast, I think you hit the nail on the head here. I can’t say I particularly like the look of any of these fossils, but Dracozolt is the easiest one on my eyes, and they all have interesting type combinations and signature moves.

[@JGirDesu]

Don't doubt my boi Arctozolt! He's a shivering mess, and I love him!!

[@keitaro3660]

@@JGirDesu agree, arctozolt is too funny! xD if only his speed is 70-75, i will use him in competitive 😐 but he is too slow and looks like it only for trick room team

[@JGirDesu]

@@keitaro3660 He just too THICC Lol

[@5starstunna428]

Dracovish Is my favorite

[@AmberAugustReal]

Dracozolt is the best because he’s adorable and I love him he’s in the least amount of pain. Dracovish can’t breathe on land or swim. Arctozolt is in constant pain. Arctovish is literally unable to eat because his head is upside down.

[@cintronproductions9430]

The scientist that revived these poor amalgamations is named Cara Liss. Cara. Liss. "Careless".

[@jello_sauce]

Wow! I'm glad you stole that from 7:39! So original.

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@jello_sauce Hey, I wrote the comment BEFORE watching the vid!

[@juejuejue]

@@jello_sauce lol it's obvious it's not like hoop come out with this

[@dwddddd5]

@@jello_sauce Jesus, don't have to be a sarcastic jerk about it

[@jello_sauce]

@@juejuejue Obviously, but the way the comment is portrayed bugs me. Like it's something he made up first and not something the video already said.

[@Chrispy]

“If you haven’t seen the fossils, then here’s a spoiler warning” *shows all 4 fossils before he even says this*

[@danphantom2583]

I like em Although I felt sorry for them, especially arctozolt poor thing is always shivering

[@MiMimUta]

Same 😟

[@sonic23233]

It has a cold

[@danphantom2583]

@@sonic23233 a permanent one

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@danphantom2583 I don't know if this makes it better, but the Dex says that Arctozolt shivers to generate electricity, so maybe it isn't cold. Sure, it has a runny nose, but so does Cubchoo, who's quite happy with life.

[@antonioaguirre5464]

I think Dracovish has it harder, since it can only breath underwater but walk on land, it has a clear cut opening right through its body (Thank the game rating that thing isn't bleeding all the time) and it has its head upside down and on the tail, which probably means its digestive system is separated into two halves that aren't connected.

[@CJCroen1393]

Headcanon: Cara Liss is the David Peters of Pokemon. (Look up "David Peters pterosaurs", you'll see what I mean.)

[@thejuic3b0i64]

When I get the games I’m naming my fossils My Big Toe because it’s in pain.

[@davidmartin9225]

No, name them: Big toe, pinky toe, middle toe, and 1 of the two other toe to show all four are in pain

[@ElasiaAvi]

Name them big toe, pinky toe, funny bone, and forehead, the 4 body parts hurt the most.

[@calvin_s]

“Amalgam” from Undertale starts playing

[@A.R.C.1997]

@Calebe Souza explain i get that pokemon is stereotypical and sometimes raw garbage but undertale? i get that its fandom is just frans soriel porn but the game is actually unique and not really about grinding or this is a joke my undeveloped brain is missing?

[@tentilol]

galar fossils: fusion between multiple species failed experiment horrifying alagamates: fusion between multiple species failed experiment horrifying

[@rhodrage]

Pretty sure the Pokédex has always just made up random crap

[@dapperparraper860]

Well I think all the random crap the Pokémon says is usually just rumors or mythology surrounding the Pokémon in question. The Pokédex is an encyclopedia not some all knowing entity and even if it was that still wouldn’t stop it from throwing in some mythology and folklore in. For example let’s look at duskulls entertaining in sword. “If it finds bad children who won’t listen to their parents, it will spirit them away-or so it’s said.” this Pokédex entry may seem like proof that it kidnaps children at first glance but the “so it’s said” points to the idea that such an idea is just an old wives tale used to get children to behave. Kind of like Krampus or Santa Klaus in the real world. If you want an example of real encyclopedias doing that what better place to check then the number one online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Let’s go with elephants which if you scroll down far enough has a section that states “Elephants have been the subject of religious beliefs. The Mbuti people of central Africa believe that the souls of their dead ancestors resided in elephants.” However, most people would agree that the souls of people don’t reside in elephants and that Wikipedia in this instance is just talking about how elephants impacted various human cultures, because at the end of the day how creatures like Pokémon and animals affect humans and society is an important thing to note. Also I imagine the urban legends in Pokémon would be way more crazy then the ones in our world since the Pokémon world has actual ghost, psychics and time traveling entities.

[@HogW1ld385]

I remember in the anime there was a “professor” that Ash met who was responsible for creating the Pokédex entries and he admitted he just made them up

[@bulborb8756]

then again the Pokédex can't make up it's mind if Exeggcute are egg's or seed's

[@HogW1ld385]

Bulborb87 true But they’re seeds

[@antonioaguirre5464]

@@dapperparraper860 Not to mention that the pokédex sometimes contradicts itself, like with miltank's description.

[@walkerpierce5446]

The pokedex is doing something called speculative zooalogy.

[@dland6616]

Yeah, the first fossil were mismatched but, like with the Iguanodon, they should be corrected some time as well their pokédex entry

[@JGirDesu]

I want to see the other halves fused together. It would be ironically hilarious

[@dland6616]

@@JGirDesu an electric raptor, a frozen amphibian, a colossal fish and a traditional dinosaur (maybe an igoanodon inspired one, seeing the hip bone in the green legs)

[@steggoraptor]

@@dland6616 I think you mean an electric raptor, colossal fish, a dragon stegosaurus, and totally not lapras again, I swear.

[@HarunoSoul]

Arctozolt makes me feel bad cuz he looks so cold..lol Dracovish is my favorite though.

[@lunarcod7187]

Meanwhile Dracozolt's upper half looks like it's having the time of its life

[@HarunoSoul]

@@lunarcod7187 Right? He's so happy

[@Ham-Prince]

Dracozolt looks happy until you make it run, which its legs can't be supplied with oxygen due to Dracozolt having very tiny, tiny lungs. Imagine that tiny heart and lungs 24/7 pumping blood as much as it can just so it can at least walk

[@thedinosquad9289]

To be honest dracovish looks like a weird fusion right but what if i told you a question how does its organs fit in the tail part

[@scodeknight3178]

me: you sit on the saddles of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as possible, and before you even knew what you had, you packed it you packaged it you slapped it on a plastic lunchbox and now, (slap) you’re selling it, (slap) you’re selling it well. Cara less: but these fossil Pokémon give us amazing science rewards Me: yeah but you were too Busy thinking you could, you never bothered to think if you should

[@bromicorn]

Some wise guy once said just because you could,doesn't mean you should

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Nice Malcolm quote

[@Leo-ws3bp]

It might still work out, Because life, uh, finds a way

[@gavinbrown216]

Cue Spy Kids 2 quote

[@sharkanenoa5928]

Who ever made these was completely Careless, Dr. Cara Liss

[@thecasualknight2647]

we're probably getting a sequel to gen 8 with the actual fossil pokemon like ultra moon and ultra sun when they added four new ultra beast

[@leonardofarias8843]

Or a sister or enhanced game

[@JGirDesu]

I'm 100% DOWN! I love SwSh

[@JGirDesu]

@Geri Henderson No, make them suffer

[@stevenirrizarry4208]

Pokémon Offensive Sword Pokemon Defensive Shield xD

[@nachoferrari240]

Dracosaur Arctojaw Raptozolt Vishlasagna?

[@--Paws--]

Would've been nice to highlight Omanyte in Sword and Shield since for hundreds of years, the locals that found ammonite fossils were thought to be petrified snakes, snakestones.

[@leeannhustead1946]

Now we just need the second halves of those fossil Pokemon to show what they actually looked like before they become extinct and revived only to mismatched

[@AFXffs772]

I think they were trying to build the “perfect” dinos Example: Dracovish Can run 40mph and has incredible Jaw Strength But they didn’t consider the downsides: This Pokemon can not breathe unless underwater

[@reptilprinceoflizardpeople5797]

Solution: fish bowl head

[@AFXffs772]

Disability: can’t bite

[@theanticdragon7664]

Loon solution: tank over gills only

[@Daniel_Coffman]

I always knew that the Pokemon were just mashed together and not true fossil Pokemon; meaning that they aren't the same Pokemon that actually walked the earth. I just didn't know that it was actually based on what archaeologists used to do in England. I think that the reason why the Pokedex talks as if these Pokemon did exist in the past is because it's made by people who are just taking these Pokemon like they are those from the past without question because Cara Liss says so. May be something of a social commentary on those who do that in real life; just swallow what they're given without question.

[@jordanf9257]

*Paleontologist

[@Daniel_Coffman]

@@jordanf9257 Yeah, thanks. I never think of that word, and I don't know why, lol.

[@calicojo3536]

It was more like “I made a new dinosaur species” rather than “I discovered a new dinosaur species” back when paleontology was new.

[@cofagrigusfan24]

i already liked these 4 pokémon when i first saw them (i like weird) but when i found out about the origin, it made me love them even more

[@itsadog7613]

nathan prins oh my god, someone really have the exact same thought as me?! I like weird things too :D

[@CraftingMenace]

I thought they were a neat concept with predictable results when I saw them, but I appreciated them a lot more afterwards. Especially since they're the first non-rock type fossil pokemon

[@pikaperishock1478]

So glad I'm not the only person that lives them, my favorite is Dracozolt ( I think I spelled that right)

[@blob8390]

I honestly love the upside down head of Arctovish

[@April-xl1ht]

But I still want to see the non fused version. Especially the volt fossil half

[@antoniocalvanese4223]

How does arctovish eat he could’ve been normal if they flipped his head

[@fist-of-doom487]

Spoiler: he can’t. The Dex entries talk about how they are all suffering in some way because of how irresponsibly put together they were. This one in particular can’t eat properly because it’s head is upside down and can’t survive on land for very long because it can’t breath but also can’t swim thanks to its giant legs and no fins

[@boocrimson7720]

@@fist-of-doom487 I actually liked this one design wise TvT poor suffering little dude.

[@itsadog7613]

Fist-of-doom are you talking about Arctovish or Dracovish?

[@ZackSNetwork]

@@itsadog7613 Arctovish

[@CraftingMenace]

@Snoi Med Through the sheer power of spite against the world.

[@marckid93]

Type: Null is somewhere in Alola laughing it up right now as we speak

[@c.d.mont.3281]

Mew2 tho.

[@ramaroy2408]

You can get type null in SwSh, it seem that aether foundation sell it's blue print to galar. So type: null and silvally is the first mass produced Legendary pokemon.

[@furretshiny3129]

*laughts in alola and kanto*

[@bellaeon5646]

As much as I love the concept and appreciate the ideas behind the fossils, it's not enough to make me like them. If I've learned something from paleontology art it's that you can create an incorrect design which is still pleasant to the eyes and doesn't look like its life is constant suffering(which is probably the main reason people don't like these new fossils).

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Bellaeon They're caricatures. Of course they'd go to the logical extreme.

[@Hobbyguy03]

Me too I cant use them it gives me the creeps. Plus they look terrible.

[@juanaldana2315]

“And see if I could find a reason for why they’re so weird.” Well, it might be because the scientist putting them together only lets you use fossils from different species. It ain’t rocket science, bro. It’s mad science.

[@facanamanteiga1999]

Another theory , that I also agree , for this pokemon's desing is that back in the early days of paleotology there was in the UK called the Cristal Palace and inside that palace there was a park with statues of dinosaurs made of concret . This statues were made by a famous scupltor and with the help of a paleotologist at the time , but due to the lack of bones the statues were inaccurate and had various mistakes that were proven by further investigation in the following years . Even thought the park was open to public , but after some years due to the already refered inaccuracy of the statues and more invesgation , it was shut down and abandone after . In 2012 the park was rebuild and reopen to public .

[@MunkyDrag0n]

Some more fun facts: 1. The fishy head resembles Dunkleosteus (Dunkle's bone), an armored fish. It is tied to, no surprise, the fish fossil found commonly in Shield. 2. The dinosaur head resembles a raptor, member of Dromaeosauridae (running lizard) family of dinosaurs. It is tied to the dino fossil found commonly in Sword. 3. The dinosaur body resembles not Stegosaurus but Kentrosaurus (sharp point lizard), a distant relative. It is tied to the drake fossil found commonly in Shield. This means Dracovish is the easiest fossil pokemon to make in Shield. 4. The fish body is tied to the *bird* fossil of all things found commonly in Sword. Arctozolt is the easiest fossil pokemon to make in Sword. No bird that has ever existed had fins and a tail like that. It is likely based on a Mosasaur (Meuse river lizard) but those were not closely related to dinosaurs, which can be considered the ancestors of all birds. There is speculation of a whale-like bird called a Gannetwhale which scientists believe could exist if humans no longer existed and life was left to evolve. Amazingly, entry for the bird fossil states whatever it belonged to soared through the sky. How it could do that with fins, a rudder tail, and a huge belly is anyone's guess.

[@javelinrivera5280]

Theory on Allister Ghost Type Gym Leader: My theory is that Allister is a shy guy, but gains confidence when he puts on the mask BECAUSE he is actually getting possessed by some ghost that is haunted by the mask. It could be that he is acting as a conduit for a friend that wanted to become a strong Pokemon trainer, but something unfortunate happened. However , the friend was able to haunt the mask and stay in the world and able to live its dream through Allister. (Basically think of Yu-Gi-Oh and the Millennium Puzzle type of situation)

[@CSY_]

Maybe he is just gay

[@garfieldslippers]

So...what does this have to do with the fossil Pokémon?

[@DJTileTurnip]

@@garfieldslippers Good question

[@ZidaneOfTantalus]

Since your theory is that allister is a shy guy, then my theory is that the galar town of ballonlea was settled by people from the mushroom kingdom.

[@iwantthekidsbackkaren5525]

@@CSY_ yo I didn't think of that, I was boutta say the OPs theory sounds good but yours is actually even better

[@NotSoGenesiz]

I love how the paleontologist's name that creates the fossil Pokemon for you is "Cara Liss," which is pretty funny considering the irl backstories.

[@coffiecats]

This is why we shouldn’t be playing God.

[@timothytaylor495]

Im pretty sure this is the result of not adding God in Galar

[@Rhinogradentian]

Do not take Arceus' name in vain, heathen.

[@d3-penguin954]

But the residents of the galar region dont believe in arceus.

[@jollyjelly304]

@@d3-penguin954 Pretty sure the UK goes with Christianity and Arceus is a personified version.

[@d3-penguin954]

果冻仔 I was joking with the fact arceus isn’t in the game due to the national dex cut.

[@eryhv]

You know, this reminds me of that Monty Python skit where the toe of the giant foot was mistaken to be the trunk of an unsightly elephant

[@koneko-chan3580]

That arctozolt makes me so sad

[@armaniv6455]

I’m sure the “correct” versions will be released in the third SWSH game

[@kwayke9]

Game Freak: say sike right now

[@AmberAugustReal]

Pokémon gun

[@HoshitheLycanroc]

Hopefully in the next game we put the poor Pokemon back to how they where meant to be.

[@carlamartinezmangas4112]

I wish!!

[@phantochu3456]

Like an evolution

[@applenewmoon4402]

Hoshiden Lycanroc - blood vomit that’s most likely

[@carloss3499]

8:13 look at him, he's cool shivering in this new life of a living hell. ;_;

[@emeralddevilangel4626]

I've actually always liked the fossil pokemon ^^

[@HARpgT]

Me three.

[@-jirachithewishmaker-3570]

I only like the Zolts. Don’t care much for the Vish but hey, I’m glad to see another person who likes em.

[@boocrimson7720]

I like the idea of them haha and I like Arctovish's design a bit minus it's upside down head it feels like a normal derpy fossil fish... glad to see there's some folks to give the other 3 some love though

[@cosmicspacething3474]

They should have the other halves, so they can make the “correct” ones, while also having some more bad forms

[@mrautismo420]

Say whatever you want i love dracovish

[@AmberAugustReal]

Mr AutismO he can’t breathe ;-;

[@TrapGawdd]

I played sword and shield through without any research beforehand. When I revived arctozolt I said in my mind “You’re weird, like me, you’re on the team kid”. Nicknamed him Frozone and never looked back

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

Very good and insightful video! I had wondered if the mismatched fossils were perhaps a nod to the Piltdown Man hoax (in which someone put an orang-utan jaw on a human skull and tried to pass it off as a new species). Somewhere around here I have four issues of a five-part limited series on dinosaurs. One issue talked about one paleontologist who hated another. Why? The first guy had put a dinosaur's skull on its tail instead of its neck, the second guy called him out on it, and the first guy decided to bear ill will against the second guy and try to one-up him even though it was his own dang fault for not bothering to check to see which end was which. Unfortunately the story was a two-parter and my Dad never found the issue with the second part, so I never learned how that story of rival dinosaur experts turned out.

[@StanleySophana]

I’m hoping to see in a Sword and Shield sequel where we can see the true forms of those Pokémon

[@konianthony8145]

Or the upcoming dlcs

[@TheIrvman08]

I’m a big dinosaur enthusiast and love the idea behind this but hate the execution of it. They all look miserable and their Pokédex entries don’t help me feel better about them at all. I do like that they’re not rock type Pokémon

[@troykv96]

I imagine their missing halves are the ones that give them the Rock Type.

[@drewbydoo8945]

@@troykv96 I hope that's not the case tbh. The rock typing on every fossil pokemon is very lazy and boring.

[@murasakibebeby3127]

Finally. Someone who's actually paying attention and not only questioning. BUT ALSO seeking out the answers.

[@tyennille]

U guys remember the short British parody seireis Dorkly was doing in the run up to sword and shield body builders? I think game freak watches to much memes 😒

[@giannicolamatteo8155]

I look online for some of the extended pokedex entries, dracovish can apparently run really fast on land but can't breath well out of water, articzolt is costantly freezing/shivering and he has trouble walking while arctovish can't even eat properly.

[@kasinokaiser1319]

Do you think Arceus stays in the Hall of Origin because he stays in fear of what he's created?

[@elin111]

Cara Liss didn't just frankenstein those fossils together, she also put the pieces incorrectly. Dracovish's head is coming out of the dinosaur leg's tail and Arctovish's head is upside down.

[@justchyll2009]

Someone called them writhing homonculi 💀💀💀💀

[@bobalinx8762]

You’re talking about the dinos, right? Not the Pokémon?

[@gavinbrown216]

They are, in a way

[@Rhinogradentian]

Fun fact. Elasmosaurus was originally restored by Professor Cope with the head on the end of the tail, just like Dracovish. No fossil animal has had a head on upside down, but other parts have occasionally been put on upside down like leg bones, scapula, pectoral girdles.

[@madhatt3r93]

I wonder if they fact that theyre genderless is related to them being, in essence, hybrids, which famously cant breed (i know theres ditto, but close enough 😅)

[@thehermit8618]

They could be genderless because they, by all accounts, are bizarre amalgamations of entirely different prehistoric creatures that for all we know didn't even exist in the same time period and as such, must've had very different breeding methods. Hell, their different parts could've had different genders before being haphazardly mixed together for all we know

[@SapphireLeaf10]

Have you seen the Shield dex entry for Dracovish though? It literally says that it can run at speeds over 40mph but it can't breathe unless it's underwater.

[@furretshiny3129]

-\_(; _ ;)_/-

[@Mimikyu_Lov3r]

Ok so anyone else wanna know the other half of the yellow fossil mon and the other half of the red/green fossil mon?

[@NyxSunspot]

Yeah the Pokedex thing is probably completely related to things like, us thinking Dinosaurs were completely scaly when in fact a lot of them were feathered, or assuming a bodily function etc. of one animal when really it was nothing like that etc.

[@ShayTheValiant]

This is why the fossil Pokémon are among my top favourite gen 8 Pokémon.

[@daymoarts]

I love them they just look like they're in a constant state of Agony and pain

[@AugustQ-p1w]

Good video, Hoops! I knew a good bit about the early history of paleontology, but for some reason I didn't make that connection. In-universe, though, I bet the Pokedex entries are just based on what Cara Liss said (she probably "discovered" all these Pokemon). A lot of people probably take her word at face value because, well, she's a scientist, right? Surely she knows what she's talking about. It does make the people of Galar seem a bit dim, though, especially considering that other regions seem to be wayyy better at paleontology.

[@andresmarrero8666]

They were also fine with being used as batteries, Rose was concerned about an energy crisis a thousand years in the future dispite that it is literally impossible to have an energy crisis in the pokemon world, and never thought to dig behind the gaint rock with doodles on it. I would say that they are moronic.

[@eri_noemi1462]

Yup, just goes to show that you should never blindly believe a scientist about anything.

[@rayjza9033]

Maybe in the next games they'll make the missing halves all four fossils. Think of the bizarre combinations with all 8 pieces Like a mermaid stegosaurus dragging itself on the ground (Dragon - Water) or a chicken-legged plesiosaur troubling to balance itself (Ice - Electric) or vice versa or just make all of them whole again

[@mrireland2812]

I just hope we get to see what they actually look like later on

[@maldambao6126]

Don't forget that it wasn't long ago when people used to think non-avian dinosaurs were an "evolutionary dead end" and they were fated to go extinct. And the Pokedex entries regarding these fossil pokemon mentions something similar.

[@lordnix8247]

He show fossil Pokemon He says spoiler warning afterwards

[@sekaihunter9378]

Okay, there are 4 different fossils being Fish, Bird (Head parts) Drake and Dino (Body parts) being 4 different Types, I will talk about all of them with more details and theories here: *Fish Fossil was a very big Water-Type ancient fish that has a very big head and very strong jaw, because the Fossil pokemons revived from it can learn Iron Head and have Strong Jaw ability. This pokemon was probably in the top of the food chain in ancient oceans, compare to Sharpedo and Wailord in modern pokemon world oceans. *Bird Fossil was a small Electric/Flying-Type ancient bird that had some kind of hyperactive nature, as Dracozolt, the Fossil pokemon revived from it has Hustle as ability. The only reason why Arctozolt doesn't have Hustle as well probably is because it used to be a Flying-Type pokemon, and Flying-Type pokemon hates Ice-Type a lot, which make the "Bird" part of Arctozolt suffered from very uncomfortable cold that the body bring to it. Insert the "Why am I still here? Just to suffer?" meme here *Drake Fossil was a Dragon-Type ancient creature that had very strong feet, as all Fossil pokemon revived from it can learn Earthquake, a strong move that only pokemon with strong feet can learn. It seem that this ancient pokemon had very different sizes when they were born and when they are full grown up. Because the different in size of the "Drake" part of Dracovish and Dracozolt is very noticeable. While the "Drake" part in Dracozolt is very large, that part of Dracovish is very small instead, which make me believe that the "Drake" part of Dracovish was probably from the baby "Drake" ancient creature *Dino Fossil was an Ice-Type ancient amphibian creature that probably lived more underwater, because all Fossil pokemon revived from it have both legs and a shark tail that seem to help it swim underwater. Not only that, all the Fossil pokemon revived from it, Arctozolt and Arctovish both are very slow on land with only 55 speed. Which make me believe that the "Dino" pokemon was a creature that inspired from Plesiosaurus, the dinosaur that could live underwater but was very slow on land Okay, that's just my theories and opinions, I probably will forget about this topic so fast that I won't realize I wrote this comment anyways. Bye!

[@kaseyrollins7831]

"I guess i should include a spoiler warning..." *has already been showing the pokemon for a full minute*

[@sosgrosil1085]

I just wish we could do more mix-matching. Bird fossil legs on fish head, so on and so forth

[@multiplayerswifi]

Shows off the fossil Pokémon for the entire intro 1 minute later "if you haven't seen the fossil Pokémon yet here's your warning" OK then

[@DeathbyProxy]

As a Brit who loves palaeontology I really appreciate these Pokémon. I personally think that the reason that the Pokédex talks about them in the way that it does is a reference to how we can never really actually know how extinct animals behaved.

[@Toast-com]

tHESE FOSSILS ARE SAD,

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

The dex entries were just Cara Liss covering her crimes against nature

[@Chopperdragon39]

2013 Klue Liss 2019 Cara Liss

[@elpequenocultista]

I hope there will be some expansion with the fossil that werent here so you can complete the bodies

[@tomniemeijer6967]

I freaking love themselves. I’ve always liked fossil Pokémon

[@ZackSNetwork]

I like how they are no longer rock types because they are fossil pokemon. I just wish they looked cool though instead of disgusting me. Like giving them their full bodies and making them proportionate. Imagine Dracovish with a full T-Rex body with a fish head in the front instead of on the tail.

[@GamingStar1995]

What's funny, Cara Liss is literally creating a decent size population of these monsters to the point of having their own Pokedex entry. It makes sense though. Some actual dinosaur fossils had features that seemed ass backwards. For example. A raptor with feathers that can't fly. A 10 foot bear sized ant eater. A shark with a spiral lower jaw.

[@poptacopop]

dracozolt and arcto vish are four different pokemon the body of draco zolt is different

[@poptacopop]

same for arcto vish

[@kennethbryant5819]

We don't even see the heads for two of the pokemon. That's messed up.

[@AR-io8fv]

It would be cool if in future games you can get more fossils that also combine with the fossils from SwSh