Turning IKEA's Silly Product Names Into Pokémon

#notsponsored #pokemon
Today, our old buddy Professor Plywood and his pal Snibble are taking us on an educational jaunt to the IKEA Region - a place full of Pokémon that have names suspiciously similar to the IKEA product catalogue! What sort of quirky critters will we find there?
Based on an idea suggested by Michael Drasdo and Tara Peterson!
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The Twitter Region: / harrygoldartist
The Instagram Region: / harry.gold.artist

[@TheRealPhantomStalks]

Fun Fact: Most areas of the Ikea region are blocked off to the public, due to people constantly getting lost in the dense, maze-like forests. There have also been rumors of large, faceless humanoid pokemon baring Ikea uniforms.

[@themac6356]

Sounds like an SCP (Suspiciously Creepy Pokémon)

[@adetheaters1111]

Ya lets call up professor bright

[@lonelytac0]

That's the evil team

[@Meta-Wah]

@@monke7919 wooosh

[@guse7688]

​@@monke7919 chill.

[@otterbot5000]

I love how applaro's tail looks like a worm burrowing into the apple! These designs are absolute genius

[@bluewuppo]

and its pink and curly like a pig like omggg im in love

[@jujuoof174]

Yes agreed

[@personman2454]

The fact that all these names work perfectly as Pokémon names is just astounding.

[@logangarfield7044]

The "some pokemon are more equal than others" really got me! Out of all the jokes, I was never expecting an Animal Farm reference lol

[@roygribbleston619]

I love how Snibble became somewhat of a small mascot for the channel. That adorable little :O face occasionally popping up in the video never fails to make me smile. C:

[@Burning_Dwarf]

YES! Snibble is the new mascot. Also i like his pokemon eating jokes whilst the lil cheesenibble pokemon is right there next to him

[@gilbertotabares8196]

You can't just bust out an adorable Digimon and not show us it's evolutions.

[@princessmaly]

Depending on how well you train it, it could turn into either a Punk Togemon, Rapunzelmon, or Pompadramon. Of course if you treat it like garbage you'll probably just get a Shitty Slugmon. But that's alright, because Shitty Slugmon is the only way you can get the most powerful digimon in Ver. Gold: Death Botamon.

[@dswig4868]

Turns into sadako bit with guns in its eyes

[@MysteryMusic512]

If there isn’t a Djungleskog Pokémon, we riot

[@BobbingMyBurger]

a cog of jungle

[@ABitofEpicness]

That sounds like a steel/grass evolution of Klang

[@BobbingMyBurger]

@@ABitofEpicness i love me some regional variants

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

If you'll excuse me, I'll be hiding under my Lagkapten...

[@MysteryMusic512]

@@TheHarryGoldShow *riots*

[@mysticat]

I genuinely love every design in this video!! :D (Applaro would be in my top 10 fav pokemon)

[@hamfil3450]

MYSTICAT?!

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

Thank you kindly!

[@Cloudy_123_]

WHAT IS MYSTICAT DOING HERE?!?!?!?!??!

[@MaskedMon]

@@Cloudy_123_ I DONT KNOW

[@elenadanev1460]

wha- why are you here

[@gecko_6103]

As a swede the Ikea names are always hilariously random: Pipig - squeaky Spruttig - squirty (yes I’m serious) Äpplarö - applepickers island (what) Högsma - Idk sounds like a town name Drabbling - the one who gets affected (“affectee” would be more correct) Vallentuna - a region in Sweden Synnerby - a village (“particular village” could be a translation of the name??) Grimar - grimacing Stuk - basically piece, but more section Tuffing - literally means “buff guy” or “tough guy” lol Antilop - antelope (at least he got this one right) Plugget - (the) studying haha Strandmön - the beach lady (but in a really really old fashion way, ”mö” is an old word for a fair graceful young woman) Galant - one who does something extravagantly perfect Blåhaj - great white shark (yes very creative name) also “blow high” is the corre ct Swedish pronounciation lol

[@oscarward2000]

Sorry to "uhm actually" but Blåhaj is swedish for the blue shark (latin name prionace glauca), not the great white shark (latin name carcharodon carcharias).

[@D0VEGUM]

as an addendum to the blåhaj pronunciation part: it would only really be pronounced blow-high if you were from the area around skåne , the å is more pronounced like the o in orca

[@springles7775]

@@oscarward2000 Are you questioning the literal Swede???

[@BoulderGod]

Great white shark is Vithaj lol

[@haveagoodmourning]

@@springles7775they might also be a swede!

[@DavisDeKarper]

Your editing and humour are both amazing! And your art is excellent as well of course

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

Thank you very kindly!

[@owololcat]

As someone who likes both Pokemon and Digimon, the Strandmon jumpscare got me giggling like an idiot all while being absolutely adorable.

[@gdmann9927]

I also imagine Grimar could to be a convergent Pokémon like Toedscool and Wiglett, and resemble a Grimer composed of water (“mar” is Spanish for sea)

[@BBWahoo]

It also works because of saliva that brings out the flavor of gum

[@asg180]

For sea* ocean is océano

[@BBWahoo]

@@asg180 Muk backwards = seamen

[@asg180]

@@BBWahoo funny

[@unsee_music]

Or… just - “mar” in English means to block, stop, or slow down. Perfect for Harry’s bubblegum design. :)

[@nikolimoon6165]

3:14 The reason Remoraid evolve into Octillary is cuz is a reference to weaponry advancement A gun(fish) into a tank(octopus) This is more noticeable in their beta designs

[@vendel8007]

This is the most unique channel I have found on this platform so far and it's absolutely great

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

Well thank you very much!

[@stickbar_]

I think Harry Gold could make a pretty convincing new Pokémon gen leak. Also, the caricature is that one guy that plays a store employee in the mist, that’s all I know him from off the top of my head.

[@tristianr8553]

Some of the best fakemon art and concept execution I’ve ever seen

[@BugByte72]

Valenntuna is such a good and well-fitting name.

[@aqeDs]

You're honestly so creative! Why does this make me wanna go to my local IKEA as well

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

Man, I should've gotten a sponsorship deal!

[@TheEldritchHyena]

Sadly the nearest IKEA to me is a 3-hour drive to another state (I'm from Nebraska).

[@oyabin774]

So funny to see real Swedish words/cities as names for genuinely really creative and awesome fakemon designs! Keep it up.

[@Capstone2266]

Amazing! I hope I can draw as authentic as you one day. Your designs should totally be official! I mean, Applaro's tail being a worm? Genius!

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

That's very kind of you to say! If you just keep practicing and keep paying attention to detail, you'll get there in no time!

[@graceholbert2126]

Drabbling was a 10/10 design.

[@polipedeworks]

Animal Farm reference, nice! Also Toby Jones? The bubblegum Grimer and the evolution being stepped in gum are peak! Very nice!

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

my 2% Swedish blood gives me the magical power to pronounce the IKEA names

[@prageruwu69]

okej amerikan

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

@@prageruwu69 erm ackusually im canadian

[@imstilllandon2922]

@@averagefearoftheocean3005 lol

[@Louis-ok3ry]

@@averagefearoftheocean3005 America is a continent (or 2) of which Canada is a part of

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

@@Louis-ok3ry well if you say "ok American" I would assume you aren't talking about canada

[@zeppie_]

It's not even a fakemon channel but these designs are still really damn good. Stuk and Plugget are especially great

[@Vulppix]

“Otherwise Pokéfans would be getting out their pitchforks” *shows my 3 favorite poketubers* Your Pokémon deisgn are so cool!! You really nail the style of the official art.

[@pikminfan6778]

I have a couple of ideas for future IKEA-product-named Pokémon! The "Jolpen" loveseat might be named after an electric penguin Pokémon (Possibly based on the rockhopper). The "Majgull" line of products might be named after a Psychic-type shorebird that's related to Wingull. The "Paddfisk" rug might be named after an evolution of Stunfisk. The "Vindum" rug might be named after a jungle-vine-clump-based convergent Pokémon that resembles Beldum. The "Langsted" rug might be named after a lobster Pokémon. The "Klippkaktus" line of products might be named after a steel-type cactus Pokémon. The "Sandmott" cushions might be named after a ground-dwelling motmot-based bird. The "Tomat" spray bottle might be named after a tomato vine Pokémon. The "Landkrabba" wall hooks might be named after a Ground-type hermit crab that's more closely related to Crabrawler and Klawf than Dwebble, or maybe a pre-evolution of Klawf. The "Barkass" pendant lamp might be named after a wooden donkey Pokémon. The "Passerad" double wall glass might be named after the early route bird, probably based on a sparrow. The "Platta" decking might be named after a platypus-based Pokémon. "Oxno" and "Oxberg" might be a two-stage evolution line that's an Ice-type ox. And I've heard that at one point, IKEA had a product called "Dito" which gave me an idea for what a regional form of Ditto would be like.

[@gameyfirebro9645]

Klawf: Am I a joke to you?

[@capitalwenisberry2052]

It's legitimately bizarre how good these are as Pokémon names. Also, Peter Lorre?

[@AphidKirby]

OUUUUUGH PLUGGET is so so sooo clever!!! The eyestalks being the plug thingies is way too perfect!!! wonderful little guy!

[@jettythesunfish]

Holy carp, these Pokemon designs are fantastic! I especially love Drabbling, Gallant, Synerbee and Tuffing.

[@someweirdo428]

Wait until somebody tells him that eating pokemon is a normal thing and that he doesn’t have to hide it.

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

But it might upset Peta! (the Pokemon Ethical Treatment Association)

[@keller-pe8rd]

@@TheHarryGoldShow don't worry they are dumb (side note team plasma is peta but Pokemon)

[@PixelIsaiah]

​@@keller-pe8rd except team plasma is a lot more ethical and a lot less hypocritical. (Yes, I know the full story of black and white. I said what I said.)

[@EinsamPibroch278]

Poké-Digi Crossover? Ikea must be near an Ultraspace Wormhole! Really, StrandMon is pretty Cute. She can be an honorary Ultra Beast with the others banished into Ultra Space.

[@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42]

"The perfect fakemon doesn't exist!" Ikea clothhanger pig: *exists* Basically my dream outfit and favorite animal combined as a pokemon also yay lop is now added to my vocabulary IKEAA

[@N0VaDa]

God dayum I swear your pokemon designs are so creative and fun, I swear these could actually be real pokemon you absolutely nailed the pokemon 'vibe'. Can they just hire you already???

[@fbertiflipper2726]

9:15 I love your jokes in a regular basis, but this one stood out. Love your channel!

[@jonatanmonsalve11]

This satire is so amazingly written; top tier comedy along with the real world variants of Pokemon. My favorite is Tuffing, both because of the concept and design, and because of the joke of being smacked by a pillow tied to a jet's wing; a perfect analogy and the best punchline of the video in my opinion XD PS: the Digimon part was amazing XD

[@notquitehuman5097]

I love that Snibble became the quasi-mascot of the channel.

[@goncaloferrao412]

I've only seen 26 seconds of this video and I already want a whole series of this

[@HiddenOde]

it really is crazy just how much Ikea sounds like a Pokemon location

[@Chubby_Bub]

The names, designs and descriptions here all are great and seem like real Pokémon in a generation. By a strange coincidence, I'm going to Ikea today so I'll keep a look out for these guys.

[@yoshisreal]

My man, you are so underrated. You deserve so much attention. Keep up the good work. I hope other fakemon artists notice you.

[@lucayaki]

Well, "Pipig" is the name of White's Tepig in the manga, so it is technically an official pokémon kind of sort of maybe if you look at it sideways with some dirt in your eyes

[@Pigness7]

9:53 I know it says hair whip but I totally heard heroin

[@cringee21]

i think i heard somewhere that blahaj are used a lot by team pride, and has a unovan form that’s water/fairy type that looks similar to sylveon

[@0xCAFEF00D]

10:50 Yeah it's almost like those dots on top of the Latin alphabet have a meaning. Excellent video.

[@tarapeterson5899]

I'm famous! I'm credited in the best Harry Gold video! I will be touring the world and signing autographs in your local IKEA.

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

Please sign my Hemnes!!!

[@aslaugsara1662]

I’m not joking, I thought he decided to draw fusions between pokemon and IKEA furniture imagine my confusion in the middle of the video questioning “where the hell is the IKEA pokemon fusion” believing all the pokemon in the video were REAL!!!!

[@thescribbleguy8813]

I always love it when Harry Gold posts, especially about Pokémon. I'm curious to see what Drabbling would evolve into. 🤔

[@nekomata33]

Let's gooooo strandmon! You nailed that Toei digimon style, dude!! May I suggest turning digimon into pokemon and pokemon into digimon for a video?

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

You certainly may! I'm considering doing something like that, so we'll see...

[@thegreenninja216]

I love the surprise digimon that showed up

[@molten2010]

I never thought someone could make entire pokemons out of a name, I'm really happy to know that you can

[@m00nrac00n]

The shield being the knight ant's gaster/abdomen is genius design.

[@DophsArt]

My man made one Digimon as a joke and still knocked it out of the park with it's design.

[@maverickREAL]

I LOVE Drabbling in particular. I can totally see it evolving into a really elegant, swooping swan type of character- or maybe a subversion where it just becomes a bigger drab duck that wears a mask or something to pretend to be a swan.

[@ABitofEpicness]

Would the boxart legendary for Ikea be the manager 💀 I believe that is also Toby Jones!

[@ABitofEpicness]

These videos are so creative how do you even come up with these ideas

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

In this case, it was a friend's idea! But usually they just kind of jump into my head like an intrusive thought, and then I cannot rest until it has freed itself onto the world wide web

[@Customfurball28]

i LOVE LOVE LOVE grimer and stuk. there really ought to be a gum pokemon.

[@kinglyzebra6417]

Strandmon at 9:35 is without a doubt gonna be the R34 mascot of the IKEA Region if this video becomes a popular project

[@painty-hl1eg]

it makes me so surprised how this channel hasn't reach 100k subs yet!! honestly everything about it is perfect, the jokes, the aethestic, the arts , this guy is REALLY making some high quality videos that dont get the attention it deserves

[@GaybrohamStinkton]

Thought it was Rick Pawnstars initially, then Germy Clarkson, but its a depressed looking Toby Jones

[@thefinalduane]

i work at an ikea, so seeing the items i see every day turned into pokémon is pretty funny also, there’s a lamp called a flugbo that i think would make a perfect ikea pokemon

[@Topdoggie7]

This is just me two shots of whiskey and unable to sleep talking about goofy ass ideas for Pokemon and having the munchies. Great humor my dude.

[@Adamski-]

Wow, these designs were so creative and well made. I love that they legit name stuff after locations/cities, literally just picked a word/words from the swedish dictionary or slam together two toatslly irrelevant words.. Blå Haj, which just means Blue Shark. Vallentuna is an area in Stockholm. Tuffing describes someone who's tough.

[@spicybeantofu]

The not eating pokemon thing did a get a bit used to death but I'm new so it's probably an inside joke I don't know about. I loved how creative these were.

[@sebastianlevenson9364]

OMG the surprise digmon had me rolling, fantastic work Harry

[@rainbo777]

Such a clever idea; works so well and I appreciate your attention to actual design aesthetic of the franchise

[@potatoguy5428]

Grimar and Stuk are so good

[@WhoooooNerd]

STUK AND GRIMAR WERE JUST CHEFS KISS

[@Radicaljuice]

I would literally love more of this like this was amazing

[@andreisaraiva3786]

You should make a video like the sonic one teaching us how to draw in the pokemon art style

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

I very well might!

[@AidenYTP]

Tuffing is my favorite of the Ikea region Pokémon. He just looks so cool!

[@forthememe2516]

Hop into RPGMaker and make a whole pokemon game in the Ikea region

[@Burning_Dwarf]

Yes please

[@Ng648Agma]

hey babe wake up new harry gold just dropped

[@sinisternorimaki]

The Tenth Doctor Mario edit, 😂😂😂

[@mewisconfused]

As someone who likes Pokémon and Digimon, I appreciate this greatly

[@AntiVenom9808]

This channel is exceptionally great, and deserves far more attention. Keep at it and it'll only be a matter of time before the recognition you deserve comes your way.

[@Yozo_official]

I just dont understand how this guy is so underated. Like his drawing skills Are so good and he´s so creative!

[@LandonEmma]

Im so happy that the AI pokemon is the professor's buddy XD!

[@badending2196]

Original content✅ Production quality✅ Charisma✅ Million subscribers... wher?

[@XDMeowmeowX3]

I love these, they're so fun and creative! But forest Antilop's horns were EXTREMELY uneven. Just making sure you feel my pain!

[@reallygoodname]

Once again, great concept, editing, presentation, drawings, etc. etc. etc. Favorite Ikean pokemon? Stuk got stuck on my heart as I love the surreal monstrosities type of creatures and a concept based on a piece of gum under a shoe is genius.

[@madnessarcade7447]

Don’t sleep on flamigo there’s more to it that meets the eye beyond the surface

[@aleksoctop]

I had to look up Flamingo because I honestly didn’t believe it was a pokemon. I’m still in disbelief.

[@_thitin_2153]

I still wonder how this channel does not have 100k yet

[@Morgil27]

I only just discovered your channel, and I'm already loving going through your backlog. You're hilarious, man 🤣

[@miimasta5371]

Vallentuna could honestly be a real Pokémon

[@joaoleite7353]

Those are genuinely the best fakemons I've ever seen

[@GeoNosiS26]

Very underrated channel. Genuinely shocked every time I watch a video of yours and I don’t see you have 100’s of thousands of subscribers at least. One day soon for sure though! Really like the art for the Pokémon btw still find them more visually appealing then most modern Pokémon.

[@TheHarryGoldShow]

Well, thank you very much! We try our best!

[@SpectralCupcake]

NINTEDNO!!! IKEA!!! THIS MAN HAS IDEAS!!! NOW COLABORATE!!!

[@mildlymarvelous]

I love Fakemon, I love Ikea memes, I love Harry Gold! Criminally underrated. Edit: my favorite is Pluggit, it’s so freaking cute

[@user-rs6ox4xx5z]

2:12 I love MandJTV randomly appearing 🤣🤣🤣

[@sageafrochill3621]

I think blahaj just needs a hug right now

[@maddocmonkey]

great work! would love a part 2, please. also maybe a Snibble evolution!

[@Chrissaarts]

Your Pokedex impression gave me a most wonderful bout of nostalgia. Thank you very much. :,)

[@Bendyrulz]

Love your arts skills and the amount of effort you put into every video

[@marcossanjuancordovilla6879]

We NEED a part 2!!

[@nikolimoon6165]

9:20 “Aggressive neutral grey” Never thought I’d hear somethin described at “aggressive neutral” XXD

[@kahvipaputyyppi]

These look like genuine pokemon! :o

[@LuxrayLloyd]

These are all really excellent designs and ideas!

[@wjgthatsit2357]

Gotta assemble ‘em all

[@warsawpacked418]

I'm going to guess Winston Churchill when he ran out of cigars.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

some of these designs are just genius.