Top 6 Worst Repeated Ideas in Pokémon

Pokémon is not immune form "borrowing" ideas of its own past creations, and while that is not always a bad thing sometimes it unfortunately would have been better off left alone since they only go downhill. So, which Pokémon inspirations have been done great but keep losing the magic? Let's find out!

[@benschiemer]

9:03 funny that they’re all from odd numbered generations, 2-stage, and with different secondary types. I’m calling it now, we’re getting two grass/ground mushrooms in gen 9.

[@emperorcubone]

This man predicted Toedscool!!

[@Lolorti]

Crazy

[@Dawg347]

Tf this guy was on the money

[@Mynameishassan0]

Yo what?

[@Dougbro1]

In the Trubbish line’s defense, it is supposed to complete a trio of Pokémon lines that represent different types of pollution, Grimer line being water pollution, Koffing being air pollution, and Trubbish being land pollution

[@forgerofsouls9126]

And Swallot and Gulpin are stomachs...not at all related to pollution.

[@Dougbro1]

@@forgerofsouls9126 Yep. Seeing them as merely “poison type blobs” is no better than judging a book by its cover.

[@ZombieBarioth]

@Michael Hornschuch They might actually be based on food waste, which is why they are basically walking stomachs that eat practically anything.

[@forgerofsouls9126]

@@ZombieBarioth That is good reasoning. I could see it being that.

[@adrianwoodruff1885]

All we need now is sound pollution. Oh wait, gen 3 covered that as well.

[@GermanK13]

Emperor Cubone: **puts Pikaclones on the thumb** Also Emperor Cubone: **doesn't mention them on the video**

[@emperorcubone]

Well they're not ALL bad; it's really more of a mixed bag...

[@isidoro19david65]

Clickbait

[@alexmac8000]

Isidoro19 David I actually like that he doesn’t spoil entrees on the thumbnail, especially when there aren’t that many.

[@SuperPlacido1]

@@isidoro19david65 That not clickbait! He talk about what the title said!

[@isidoro19david65]

@@SuperPlacido1 not really it wasn't in his top

[@RoaringDragon5]

Never really understood the hate unova gets for having ”copied” old pokemons. In my mind having an environment where say zubat doesn’t exist another similar species whould take its place. I mean thats how real niches work in ecosystems.

[@emperorcubone]

I think it's just the sheer amount of them that throws most people off. Sure a Zubat might not live here, but NO Pokemon we've met before? That's fishy, and probably means some ecological disaster has occurred, or it's a man-made problem...

[@kieran8l248]

Exactly, I think it was cool to see how a region shares similarities and differences without relying on already known pokemon. Plus the woobat line's cute

[@BennyOkay]

Except that this isn’t a real world, it’s a fake one created by a business to sell to us. They can work harder for our money

[@luisadolfothewolf7042]

I say many people think that Unova "copies" were lazy and uninspired, aldo we all should know by now that they were made because Gen 5 tries to emulate Gen 1 somehow (that's why it looks and feels like some kind of soft reboot), so many Pokémon were intentionally made to remind of thouse from Gens 1 and 2 (like Audino being a Unovan Chansey, or Roggenrola's line being pretty much Geodude's line made cooler)

[@anthonystrangio]

@@luisadolfothewolf7042 and then some are just kinda cool designs like Haxorus, Chandelure, and Reuniclus

[@enigmatic2878]

It's so sad thatt the electric type mostly gets it's "unique" dual typings by pika clones, rotom forms, or legendaries

[@emperorcubone]

I agree, it took until Gen 5 to get anything special like Bug or Ground to be paired with Electric in common Pokemon...

[@frownyclowny6955]

Gulpin is a stomach, it talks about that in its pokedex entry Eldegoss is probably based of a dandelion. It looks nothing like a cotton plant. Same goes with Jumpluff.

[@Sexiraina1993]

Eldegoss is cotton. That’s where the “goss” part comes from. Cotton is gossypium. That’s why gossifleur looks like a cotton flower. Jumpluff is a dandelion. I know it’s called the “cottonweed Pokemon” but that’s because that’s another name for dandelions.

[@desrochessimon3044]

I think Gulpin is based on a blob fish.

[@nowheregiirl8115]

Jumpluff is definitely a Dandelion, but Eldegoss is Cotton

[@nowheregiirl8115]

@@desrochessimon3044 it’s a stomach. that’s it.

[@furby9284]

I always thought Jumpluff was supposed to be a dandelion. Especially because it’s whole gimmick is that it flies. Like how dandelions float through the wind. Then again, Cottonee and Eldegoss can also fly.

[@RavenousBear91]

Jumpluff, Whimsicott, and Eldegoss are all based on different plants. The reason they look similar is because they all share the same method of seed dispersal. Only Whimsicott is based on cotton while Jumpluff and Eldegoss are base on other flowers being the dandelion and the gossypium.

[@An_Entire_Lime]

"but they're all have white parts therefore they're the same"

[@jkahl5596]

Gossypium is the scientific name of the cotton plant. They are literally the same

[@jackbrownio3]

Regarding the Muk clones, I actually think the gulpin and trubbish lines look fine. They are as gross as you’d expect them to be, whilst having some charm and having a different enough design to each other. If anything Grimer/muk are worse but it’s gen 1 so they get a pass

[@emperorcubone]

Again, I can totally understand Muk complaints but Grimer is not bad just because it's a simple design. Sludge come to life makes more sense to me than boulder with buff arms...

[@juliamavroidi8601]

I actually don't mind Trubbish/Garbodor that much. There's at least some thought put into the design (though I do find it puzzling that pink is the color the designers associate with garbage - same w Wormadam's trash coat). But Gulpin/ Swalot really seems just like a lazy rehash of the Muk line, but with a less thought out design. It simply doesn't make sense for an amorphous blob to have perfectly symmetrical black diamond shapes with clearly defined borders on its body. They're clearly just there to make look different from Muk. Muk is a simple design, but its simplicity makes sense. Swalot does not.

[@asafesseidonsapphire]

@@juliamavroidi8601 i agree with the trubbish line, i actually really like trubbish would be cool if it had a less gross evolution maybe a bigger sack of trash, i don't know but if it gone to the bunny-like route would be cool, or based on the valuable things that you can find in trash would be cool.

[@reptosivian5772]

Aren't gulpin and swalot based off of stomachs?

[@ellis5956]

I think all of them are fine tbh, Weezing represents air pollution, Muk represents water pollution so it makes sense to have Trubbish and Garbodor representing land pollution... But I do think the design of Gulpin and Swalot are a lazy copy of Grimer and Muk (which make sense representing water pollution).

[@jackbrownio3]

Ngl I’d love to see different Meowth regional forms just for the memes. They could be the regional form version of Eevee haha

[@willyp1347]

I just hope maybe some other regional cats get a regional form just cos I’m a big fan of the thicc boi of purugly and I find delcatty really cute

[@artimist0315]

Well, the best memes are the accidental onces. long cat meowth was just a message from gamefreak to say "hey internet, look, it's a meme ! can you promote our game by talking about our meme, please". I'm personnally not a fan of pokemon memes, I think it generally give undeaserved attention to useless creature but I don't mind theme when they were purposed as serious things and got hijak by the actual communauty, like the furret walk, which drives attention to a pokemon that do not rely on a "joke" to be popular. The meowth meme is just a commercial stategy reling on honestly pretty uninspired redesign (I say design, I know the inspirations behind the concept but meowths forms are just super bland in design) attach to a pokemon that, let's be honest, already get too much credit for what it is. This whole thing rely on nostalgia baiting anime fans.

[@blueblank8287]

Seriously? I’ve always liked Meowth, and I’ve known plenty of other people who have, not for the anime but because, hey, first cat Pokemon and loads of people like cats. I won’t deny it’s marketing, what else would promo-ing new legendaries or for that matter which Pokemon ever have gotten Mega or G-Max forms, among other things, but I wouldn’t call it “undeserved” attention - and as for the Furret meme, it’s not exactly the most practical-to-use Pokemon, either.

[@jackbrownio3]

@@blueblank8287 Furret should get a regional form like Zigzagoon got lol

[@Deadpool3E]

Maybe a kitten that evolved into the Meowth forms but through items or the environment.

[@NiraSader]

Aren’t Gulpin and Swalot based on stomachs and the acids contained instead of just poison blobs?

[@eddie-roo]

They're stomach trashbags

[@OshawottLuke]

Emolga though >>>>>> Better than the god Pikachu itself

[@megametexe5129]

Finally a person of culture

[@StickMaster500]

To be honest, I would quite like there to be a regional variant of Meowth in every region as it’s way to show how much Meowth has evolved throughout the generations through different regions basically making it the somewhat new Eeveelution.

[@boniour3883]

And also since Meowth is a literal cat so it can be the different breeds of Meowths in different regions

[@thisisaterribleargument_but]

It would also parallel the Pikaclones that also appear in every region, since Meowth is already a Pikachu parallel

[@daltonoakleyjr391]

@@thisisaterribleargument_but I mean with the exception of Gen 2 , there’s always been a cat like Pokémon in every generation (Skitty, Glameow, Purrloin, and Espur) before they decide to give Meowth alternate forms

[@useraccount333]

All the Meowths thus far are weak to Fighting (Normal Meowth, Dark Meowth, Steel Meowth). We just need Rock Meowth and Ice Meowth and we're golden!

[@aknight7642]

We can always count on you for commenting something rational and understandable. That and memes.

[@nichlasbundgaard5583]

I don't really get why it's bad to "copy" past ideas it makes the world seem more like our own, there are not only one dog breed in the canine family as an example. I get that people would want to see certain animals get the pokemon treatment, but i don't get why it's bad that concepts are repeated when there are plenty repeated concepts in our own world, cars comes to mind. Let me state why i think it's good to "re-invent the wheel" so to speak: It makes the world believeable: Our own world has plenty examples of this. It tells out a lot of the region: You can learn a lot from colors, designs and behavior. It breaks the mold: With them not all pokemon of one species seems the same. Same concept different animal/plant: This probably goes under the second reasson but no matter. Not all species are the same, monkeys, apes and humans would be a classic example. Yes i know there are quite a dew monkey pokemon, but my point still stands. I can see why people wouldn't want this though, it takes up already limited space and design/expectations plays a huge role, but i still think that it's good to have them.

[@El_Chucho_Bravo]

I don’t think the problem is that they copy it, I think the problem is that the copies are bad.

[@nichlasbundgaard5583]

@@El_Chucho_Bravo That's in the eyes of the beholder, but you might be right design plays a big role in opinions.

[@willsmisk3208]

Simple, people cannot appreciate without complaining

[@nichlasbundgaard5583]

@@willsmisk3208 Simple indeed.

[@henrydawson8096]

I disagree with the whimsicott thing. Jumpluff draws from dandelion seeds and other seeds that are carried on the wind, and not cotton. Eldegoss is boring as anything though and does what whimsicott did worse.

[@miikapm2]

i will not accept eldegoss slander in this fandom 🔫😐

[@henrydawson8096]

@@miikapm2 tell me 1 thing eldegoss does that is unique

[@miikapm2]

@@henrydawson8096 it has a little scarf 😌 whimsicott doesn’t have that

[@henrydawson8096]

@@miikapm2 cinccino did it better though

[@miikapm2]

@@henrydawson8096 who’s that again💀

[@snowymass854]

IDK I personally like the idea of Meowth having a different form in every region. Not that there can't be other cats but the idea of Meowth being a sort of marker for other regions is interesting and gives the coin cat more personality with it's diverse cousins.

[@undynlicia7554]

Agreed

[@tdhhellian7509]

Gigantamax meowth looks like it's 1 head short of becoming Cat-Dog.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

"With their cute designs." Hmm, yes....cute...

[@robertlupa8273]

Hey, you can't deny they're cute.

[@gravity1537]

@@robertlupa8273 Yes, I can deny that a pure mass of sludge is cute.

[@TheGamerGoy]

Hangry Pikachu may have been the most egregious.

[@BoldandBrash12]

@@robertlupa8273 except it’s subjective so yes you can lmao

[@wispyfox7745]

Huh, i know everyone has their opinions and i respect that but to me Turtonator was much of an upgrade to the fire turtle department since torkoal isn't crazy above in terms of Mons i'd like to use (Also if that helps make swalot better which i doubt it will, but its based on a stomach and stuff since its called swalot and eats stuff)

[@emperorcubone]

I can't expect everyone to be obsessed with Torkoal like me, I think it just comes down to the execution of Turtonator for most people...

[@Mojavekight17]

@@emperorcubone turtonator looks dumb and chimchar line looks awesome

[@jaschabull2365]

I think the trouble with swalot is that it shares too many design elements with muk to really stand on its own. Gulpin's distinct enough, and characterizes its concept pretty well, but its evolution could have been better executed by extending its own unique traits rather than adding the heapish shape and purple colouration that muk's already known for.

[@artimist0315]

@@Mojavekight17 chimchar is not terrible but definitly my least favourite starter. His colour palet is really washed out, there isn't enough contrast, his head and eyes are too big, especially compared to it's thin body and what I consider the worst part of the design, the red patern around his eyes looks like he turned over his eyelids, and I really can't unsee this.

[@Mojavekight17]

@@artimist0315 keen eyes but he's adorable

[@MichaelBlaine]

I don't think Jumpluff should be included with Whimsicott & Eldegoss, since Jumpluff is a dandelion, not cotton. (I know it's called the Cottonweed Pokemon, but Quagsire is the Water Fish Pokemon and I for one would not lump it in with other Fish Pokemon.) The rest of your point still stands. Also, I think it's fine that Meowth got two regional variants, namely for the reason that it lets fans know that if a Pokemon has already received a regional variant, it does not discount them from getting another in future generations. It doesn't mean Meowth needs a new regional form for each region, but honestly, I've seen a lot of great fanart for various regional Meowth, to the point that I wouldn't mind seeing a new one in every gen if they wanted. Meowth getting a regional variant AND a Gigantamax form in gen 8 might've been a bit much I'll admit. Also, also, Grimer is a good concept in Gen 1 and fits in with the other designs that introduced the world of Pokemon, but it literally just becomes a bigger Grimer when it evolves. I don't want to be too harsh, but it's about as bland of an evolution as Diglett to Dugtrio, but less interesting. Alola did it much more justice.

[@Ziggaton]

Thank you for being sane in regards to Muk. I have no idea why people go to bat so hard for evolutions that are just "The same but bigger" or "The same but more"

[@Compucles]

Jumpluff still acts like a cotton Pokémon, such as how it learns Cotton Spore.

[@1313puredragon]

Whimsicott should get credit for being a Vegetable Lamb of Tartary but Eldegoss has no excuse

[@Nazoto]

@@1313puredragon I read in some comments that eldegoss is derived from elderplant a flower found in UK

[@An_Entire_Lime]

@@Compucles So does ampharos and you dont see them being compared to jumpluff

[@tobiasgund8048]

I agree for the most part, but 1. I think the Swalot line is meant to be a stomach? Something like that 2. Jumpluff isn't based on the cotton plant, but the last stage of Dandelion (as indicated by its preevolutions)

[@emperorcubone]

Well the whole line is called the "Cottonweed" Pokemon and they learn moves like Cotton Spore and Cotton Guard, so it feels like they wanted Jumpluff to lean that way...

[@tobiasgund8048]

@@emperorcubone Very interesting; both Korean and Japanese name seem to mean Cottonkid; only the german name refers to Dandelions and Jumpluffs category in german is the Dandelion Pokemon. Skiplooms flower could also be a Cotton bloom, but Hoppips leaves are definitely not that of cotton.

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@emperorcubone tbh, Pokedex categoriers are weird. Bidoof - the Plump Mouse Pokemon (Clearly a beaver, not a mouse).

[@theinsanegamer1024]

@@nickdentoom1173 Agreed. Everything the pokedex says should be taken with a grain of salt, even height and weight have been shown just to be an average amount, not a definite number.

[@An_Entire_Lime]

@@emperorcubone I mean, maractus, slurpuff and ampharos also learn both of these moves and hoppip only learns cotton guard by breeding + these pokemon names should be taken with a grain of salt considering quagsire is called a fish, bidoof is called a mouse and ledian is called.. the five star pokemon.. for some reason Cotton was probably part of the dizign process for Jumpluff but its still mainly a dandelion

[@eastsidereviews727]

I have actually liked that Meowth is getting these remixes in new Gens. It makes sense because cats can be pretty different in different spots all over the world.

[@kingleonidas2182]

Ngl this whole list (except maybe the fighting types) means nothing to me when considering movesets and how dumb it would be to make cotton based moves and never make another cotton Pokémon.

[@emperorcubone]

Signature moves exist though... Does that mean we Need another steam Pokemon to use Volcanion's move?

[@kingleonidas2182]

@@emperorcubone Since when have legendary Pokémon’s moves been passed down? We’re talking about “signature moves” like water shuriken and spiky shield being passed around.

[@Compucles]

We also already had the Mareep family to learn those cotton moves without being Grass types.

[@hotte-de-fleur]

@@Compucles And dubwool

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

5:16 Trubbish and Garbodor not charming?! *My disappointment is inmeasurable and my day is runied*

[@robertlupa8273]

I know right? Trubbish is so cute. Garbodor, while understandably ugly, looks almost sad in it's 3D model to me. It's like it's hurt by all the hate it gets. I'd definitely call that charming.

[@kadachinova5302]

I kinda love them tbh. Gonna use one on my next playthrough that they're available in.

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

Here in brazil we quite like Whinsicott due to it being based on a Brazilian folk story.

[@konokoekarashitebestending36]

Ele é baseado no quê? Curupira?

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

@@konokoekarashitebestending36 saçi, dps pesquisa sobre q vale mt a pena. A Habilidade Prankster inclusive está nele por isso.

[@ekasm8000]

No we dont

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

@@ekasm8000 cara ele ser baseado em nosso folclore é algo q faz mt mais gente gostar dele aq no brazil. Se n fosse relacionado ao folclore do brasil seria um pokemon facilmente esquecivel p mim e certamente p varios outros

[@ekasm8000]

@@marceloasensiofilho3833 ai que ta, ele é esquecivel

[@Aesculathehyena]

Contests and other non-battle things. Gen 3 had Contests, and I loved them. Gen 4 had Contest Spectacular, which had the weird dressup mechanic and voltage or whatever, which overcomplicated it. Gen 5 had... Musicals. Which had no mechanics to them, and no reward. Just make the sprites dance.

[@emperorcubone]

Ooh, wasn't even thinking of game mechanics but you nailed it! Musicals were so much worse than Contests...

[@GT_Walker]

I enjoyed the contests in Gen III, and they improved on it in the right way in ORAS. But I never got into Gen IV, because as you pointed out, they overcomplicated it. And yeah, the musicals were not good.

[@hirosonoda4413]

Hey, we got great music from the musicals. Though, I suspect the addition of pokéstar studios in B2W2 was a result of there not being too much to musicals. Frankly, I’m glad that pokéstar studios exists. I had a ton of fun with it.

[@BabusGameRoom]

10:48 "People loved Glameow"? That's news to me! haha

[@mienshaoman5928]

I mean Cotten is one of the most important plants in human history

[@bvd_vlvd]

At this point, if we drop the meme and *DON'T* get a new Meowth every new game, I'm gonna riot as hard as I did back when they dropped the TM51 meme for Beheeyem

[@brettlarch8050]

“I won’t pile on the hate.” I see what you did there.

[@Sleepingfishie]

Honestly amazed that the pikachu clones didn’t make the list

[@gus_0065]

i think you should make more constructive criticisms, you're just saying that there have been too many fighting types with legs and arms. what would you do? any ideas? i like your videos man, but...

[@that_one_shark6887]

once you realise emperor edits their videos in powerpoint you will never unsee it

[@dillonsomerville4729]

most overused Pokémon idea: Poison/Grass types in Gen I. In Gen I, there is not one, not two, but three, 3 stage Grass/Poison evolutionary lines. Bulbasaur, Bellsprout, and Oddish, were all part of a three stage evolution line. Sure Oddish's line got a split evolution, and Bulbasaur isn't just a plant, but look at the flower on Vileplume, then look at the flower on Venusaur, basically the same flower, and come on, 9 Grass/Poison types in one generation, do you know how many Grass types in Gen I weren't part Poison? 5, the Exeggcute line, the Paras line, and Tangela. Everyone talks about how there are so many Normal/Flying types, but did you know that in Gen I, Grass/Poison was the most common dual type combo, as Normal/Flying only had 8 members, while Grass/Poison had 9. And how is it that at one point pure Grass was a unique typing? Honestly Game Freak, couldn't you have given the pure Grass type to Bellsprout or something, to distinguish them?

[@emperorcubone]

Tangela being the only pure Grass type when Pokemon began is a travesty; not everything needs to be poisonous...

[@Rarest26]

Gen one just had a soft spot for poison apparently. Heck, weren't there more poison types back then than WATER types?

[@intelhell1712]

Is it just me or is this guy’s voice really cool, like idk I can’t explain it well.

[@emperorcubone]

You know, you could be onto something...

[@shoshi5533]

💯 Agreed 👍👍!!!!!

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

I actually appreciate Trubbish and Garbodor because of what they represent: Koffing & Weezing are air pollution, Grimer & Muk are water pollution, Trubbish & Garbodor are land pollution. They are parallels of each other, but they cover all three types of pollution.

[@tris-chan6419]

Now we just need a space pollution Pokemon and we'll have every where covered

[@bunnycat24]

@@tris-chan6419 that would actually be a cool idea for a steel/poison type since space trash is mostly metallic parts from rockets

[@tris-chan6419]

@@bunnycat24 That'd be awesome!

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

@@bunnycat24 Steel poison with levitate? I could have electric psychic moves. I'm imagining something like Dottler or Magnemite, based on a satellite. Maybe like Deoxys Starmie or Lunatone an alien possessed space junk. But Space pollution isn't really gross and poisony, it's mostly metal and plastic. Still, I think it is a good concept

[@bunnycat24]

@@HotDogTimeMachine385 yeah a steel/poison type with levitate to counter ground weakness, it could learn thunderbolt, psychic and shadow ball. and i know space trash isn't like earth trash but i think the poison could just simbolize trash :P

[@swampy725]

I would love to see a Meowth of every type I love all the Persians and Meowths

[@neoncobalt1779]

Maybe we'll get a different form of Perserker some day

[@tefnutstemple7433]

Regarding Meowth, I actually think Meowth works well as a kind of "Universal Regional Variant", of sorts. Ya see, ya take a well known gen 1 pokemon, but one without much to its name, and change it to suit the region. Also, Trubbish > Grimer.

[@aayanmukadam2538]

Gulpin and swalot are not piles of sludge, they are actually based on stomachs and that is the reason they are so keen on eating. their poison type comes for gastric acid.

[@crazychatot5788]

Love the videos man. Keep up the great work

[@smb-c3po]

Unova is supposed to be like a soft reboot and I'm actually okay with these reused ideas.

[@stefanocarlo7564]

To me, nothing is more baffling than the fact that gamefreak had to explore the concept of a dream eating tapir not only once but TWICE already.

[@neouma5382]

Honestly I didn't really agree with anything on this list, but it was interesting to hear about your opinions about this nonetheless

[@felipedematos8753]

Even though most fighting types in Unova are man-like, they also gave us the Swords of Justice. The most animal looking fighters and the only quadrupeds for this typing

[@emperorcubone]

True! And if I could use them for most of the game I would probably let it slide...

[@swampy725]

"Fighting type dudes" That's litterly the base of fighting type so I don't get it

[@darronwilliams4641]

My point exactly. Its fine

[@r4nd0mguy99]

Yeah, I don‘t know why they had to make a few Galar-Meowth. The Alolan version was good enough. The shiny actually looks different AND has a good colour, and once you get used to Persian in big head-mode, that one is fine too.

[@maxwelllingafelter2373]

I actually really like Eldegoss, and Gulpin never reminded me of Grimer

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

Same

[@jpcsdutra]

6- Pansear really was brought up in the wrong generation, but I'll probably be the one with the unpopular opinion and say that Darmanitan should have been the one pushed back to Gen 6 or rushed to Gen 4. Gen 5 had a bigger fire type pool, and the elemental monkey trio is a great early game memory. It's a little bit of a tangent but I think Darmanitan would have been the ideal ace Pokémon for Flint. 5 - Diggersby is a whole can of worms. For japanese people it's just a stereotype of a blue collar worker. The waist band, the messy beard. It's something you see in multiple other sources, like Boss in Hamtaro, or kinda like Gutsman in Megaman, just for an example. For western audiences, specially the portion that already had problematized Lopunny, it is a whole 'nother deal; it is specially hated because it at the same time validates a point about gender design and invalidates it at the same time just by existing. Both Pokémon can be of either gender and they went and stereotyped both genders contrary to the previous narrative. It could have been remembered as a mediocre design that is lost in translation or for being the only ground type that isn't a legendary in the region, but it's probably the most veiled piece of politics and specially identitary politics in Pokémon since Jynx. 4 - They more or less have the same core idea, but the reference is quite different. A lot of Pokémon are based on kaiju and yokai, right? I believe Muk is supposed to be based on Hedorah (from Godzilla, not unlike Raremon), while Swalot is supposed to be both the slime from Dragon Quest and 'The Blob'. Which is why Muk is more 'destructive' while Swalot is this kind of unsatiable thing. And speaking of rabbits, for Trubbish and Garbodor, I do believe the pointy teeth hanging out the mouth and the bag ears are kind of supposed to imply a "dust bunny" design, I think they should have leaned more into it. 3 - My gripe with fighting types is repetition. It is ok to have some kind of 'people' pokémon, as long as you're doing different fight styles. And for the most part we didn't get repeats. Crabominable not only looks terrible but it also repeats sumo from Hariyama. We have an absurd amount of grapplers and wrestlers (Grapploct, Hawlucha, Poliwrath, Toxicroak, Emboar, Bewear, and why we can even count Incineroar). I have a couple more issues with them, like Hawlucha or Grapploct not debuting the same region as Incineroar so we could have face and heel in the same region, or like secondary types, like again Grapploct or Crabrawler, but honestly, I think the ones I dislike the most are Falinx and Kubfu. Falinx is just Galarian Exeggute and you can't change my mind on how dumb it is. Kubfu design is so soulless, it's so generic and uninspired. The evolutions do a bit better but I don't get why they aren't just form changes, why do they need to be two different evolutions withing the same dex slot? Usually my response to the criticism of the type is just 'yeah, they just need to do it with more animals' but Kubfu really shoots it down. 2 - Hmmm... I'm pretty sure Jumpluff is supposed to be on a dandelion not cotton. Hence why it flies so easily. I 100% agree with Eldegoss though. My solution for it would actually to delete Eldegoss' line from the game and give Wooloo a split evolution. One can still be Dubwool, but I'd have the other one be a Normal/Grass type, and have it be a mix of both cotton and wool, and be based on a more domesticated kind of animal. I honestly think it would be a better fit for Milo's character as a farmer, specially when his gym's puzzle are all about handling Wooloo in the first place. 1 - I'm kind of ok with Meowth, but I'll say, with Raichu being my favorite pokémon, I'm upset that they chose Meowth to be the mascot for regional change instead. I'd take a fairy or fighting Raichu variant gladly. But then again they did want to push regional exclusive evolution, so I guess I see why they would pick another gen 1 thing to do that...

[@ErimosAster]

I cannot believe the utter disrespect on my mans diggersby.

[@maget300]

Honestly im surprised ‘pika-clones’ werent on the list….

[@logansmith2703]

Disagree heavily with the Grimer, Gulpin and Trubbish lines. Trubbish completes the thematic trilogy of types of pollution and Gulpin is completely unrelated given its a stomach

[@gromczar1589]

Chief calling an orangutan a monkey is like calling a cat a dog. And Jumpluff isn't cotton.

[@swampy725]

Garbodor > muk

[@An_Entire_Lime]

Yes I do like my poison types to have an actual dizign

[@_juicejames]

I will not stand for any Trubbish/Garbodour hate! (I’m also biased cause that was my first shiny)

[@useraccount333]

I won't stand for any Gulpin hate because it was my second Shiny (my first was a Pelipper in Sapphire)

[@fixielle]

All that hate actually made Trubbish my favourite mon because I can see how adorable it actually is and want to make it feel a bit loved. If it wasn't so bashed I would've just ignored it. Also using it in Moon came out being pretty goos.

[@RoninCatholic]

I'd argue that the Skitty, Purugly, and _especially_ Liepard lines are retreads of Meowth every bit as much as the Regional Meowth Variants are.

[@colinvandenberg3446]

How do you even design a platypus Pokemon? It's basically already a Pokemon since it's a strange mix of a beaver and a duck.

[@Compucles]

Either that, or it migrated from the "Avatar: The Last Airbender" universe into ours.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

Alolan Persian is perfect, you take that slander back!

[@DogOnExtendingLead]

I forgot that gulpin and swallot were even a thing. Like literally got really confused as to where they even came from

[@TimdeF]

Yeah, they kind of look like low level slime enemies you'd find in another rpg

[@tikateeqa4825]

I think it'll be better for the three Unova monkeys to have different elements than the starter ones. They're all based on the three wise monkeys, I was thinking that maybe the fighting, psychic, and dark types might be fitting. See no evil monkey will be a dark type for an obvious reason. I was thinking that hear no evil money might be a psychic type, it can't talk so it communicates telepathically. while as the speak no evil will be a fighting type, since in some martial arts (like karate for example) have those short shouts when performing attacking moves.

[@emperorcubone]

I completely agree; a different type triangle would have made these Pokemon much less divisive...

[@nickdentoom1173]

Even if they wanted to have the starter types, give them those secondary types.

[@tris-chan6419]

I don't understand the monkeys at all, like, the point of the first gym in Unova was that there were three guys and you'd fight to type specialist of whatever your starter is weak to but then they put the monkeys there? I feel like it kinda diminishes that whole thing and tbh seems like a ploy just to force you to use the monkeys, as if GF thought the monkeys would be fan favorites

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@tris-chan6419 True, they could have easily given them the starters. However, at the end of the day i think they just wanted the Starter types to be the first types. This was also the case in Galar, but luckily, they exeggcuted that better by making them the first three gyms, so that every starter had an advantage, disadvantage and type neutrality.

[@DeathLeprecon]

Honestly, I love Perrserker and I'm down for seeing a regional Meowth in each new gen going forward.

[@TheBestEver1998]

Galarian Meowth is a little weird but I def like Perrserker

[@prestonromp7519]

I know we all have different opinions but there is only so many things you can do with the fighting type without just taking an animal and putting some boxing gloves on them we gotta give the devs some credit for the conklidurr evolution line its pretty cool in my opinion how as the Pokemon evolves he holds a stronger material its just a cool Pokemon line in general (also I think a platypus Pokemon would be a really bad Pokemon it would be like youngoose or sumthin super lame and forgettable)

[@Compucles]

I agree with this (aside from the platypus comment, as Perry the Platypus has already proven how cool they can be), but Throh and Sawk were indeed very poor knock-offs of Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.

[@myerklamb8529]

I actually love the cotton grass types, I think they're all super cute and different enough to all exist in the universe. Whimsicott is my homegirl

[@TheActualAldo]

I don't agree on your take on Fighting-types "being human". Yes, they're humanoid, but not human. Besides they do a good job with most others, like with Lucario just to mention one. Also you failed to see the connection with gen V fighting evolutionary line that was supposed to be sort of like a copy to Machop's, which is why they /had/ to be humanoid in the same sense. So it made, well, sense. The same with the others you mentioned from gen V, like Swoobat and Garbordor. Humanoid Pokémon are not the best, but they're fsr from being bad mons.

[@cronical246]

There's really only 2 cotton mons. Jumpluff is more of a Dandelion. But Eldegoss is definitely a "Why are you even here" pokemon, Cottonee and Whimsicott are in the same game and are like 1000 times more viable.

[@kennethcunningham2572]

Purrzerker is pure and doesn't deserve this negativity

[@incineroar9933]

I want more meowth. >[

[@CradilyBestPokemon]

I know rock/grass won't be in this video

[@aubreyh1930]

I really like all the “worst” repeated Pokémon lol. Except the new fire turtle

[@BlazeTheMovieFan]

Great video.

[@COMMANDR.0ID]

very good video quite nice editing

[@Doomblud]

Gulpin is based on a stomach or some sort of acid bladder. Fr dude, this took me 2 minutes to find by typing it into google. You gotta start doing your research...

[@emperorcubone]

Okay, but that doesn't change anything I said... They're still blobs of poisonous material whose only real comparison was the Gen 1 piles of sludge.

[@Doomblud]

@@emperorcubone A sack that produces toxins is far from a sludge of poisonous material.

[@Ocarinist_Drew]

It's interesting how different some of your opinions are from mine. I love Diggersby. He's clearly supposed to be a cross between a rabbit and a construction worker / ditch digger, which I find to be a really cool motif. He's got like a muddy 5 o'clock shadow and a dirt vest. I feel like he should be wearing a hard hat or something. Normal/Ground is also pretty unique typing with great offensive coverage, which goes well with his Huge Power ability. He's also immune to Electric and Ghost, which is pretty nifty. I've always wanted to work him into a serious competitive team.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

I'm surprised you didn't put the evil teams on the list

[@emperorcubone]

Too true!

[@jarrickhillery8664]

We’re gonna scrap…you did NOT just come after the Chimchar line…their designs and design concept are SO COOL. 😤😤😤

[@alexgrissom3513]

I think you’re overrating Muk. There’s a fine line between simplistic and lazy, and I think it leans pretty far into lazy. Garbodor is way better designed

[@Ziggaton]

Thank you for being sane. Hard disagree on many of these but that opinion just isn't it chief. Alolan Muk on the other hand with its shifting chemical colors is way better

[@robertlupa8273]

I actually like Muk, it's literally the first thing I think of when I hear "Poison type". However, I can't deny it's the absolute laziest evolution ever and the design isn't the best either.

[@joshuabeyer6222]

Do you know that multiple is supposed to be a slime enemy lie from a jrpg

[@peterhedkvist8418]

I have a suggestion for a video you could make. What Pokémon would live around you based on the animals and plants in your surroundings. For example, in the early summer there would be tons of buzzwole where I live as well as shaymin land form in the evenings and in the winter the forests would be full of snover and abomasnow… etc

[@Z-Vee]

I like that meowth has all regional forms so far. I hope we keep getting more regional meowths such as a hisuian meowth.

[@kriblar98]

I feel like comparing Infernape to Darmanitan and Simesear is kind of a false equivalence since they draw from different inspirations. One is Sun Wukong, one’s a daruma doll and the others based on Hear,see and do no evil.

[@coolwaghmare]

I guess the regional Meowth trend is here to stay. If they're trying to make Meowth as relevant as Pikachu (and I most definitely think that's the case) these regional Meowths of varying types will be a staple in coming generations, unless they remove the regional variant gimmick completely.

[@AznYunHou]

They are all weak to fighting. Let's see an Ice Meowth and a Rock Meowth for the coming generations

[@coolwaghmare]

@@AznYunHou imagine a psychic type Meowth, kinda suits the pokemon as well. Can't imagine how elegant Psychic Persian would be😍

[@AznYunHou]

@@coolwaghmare where it learns to fight off against it's predators. It becomes psychic to show dominance

[@coolwaghmare]

@@AznYunHou and unlike alolan and galarian meowths, kantonian persians actually respects psychic type conterparts, they live together in harmony, protecting their youngs and looking after each other.

[@criixt]

Gen 2 through 8 are repeats right?

[@gemmalow6515]

Unrelated comment but could you imagine Graveler without the extra pair of arms it would look very weird and kind of boring

[@jestersprite6428]

Gulpin and Swalot aren't just blobs, they specifically are based on the digestive system. Heck, Gulpin is in the exact shape of a stomach! The reason for the poison typing being the acids and possibly waste related to the digestive system.

[@neouma5382]

I love the meowth variants, it represents the different breeds of cats. I hope they stick around

[@darknessbobulus]

I never once saw Trubbish and Garboder as repeats of Grimer and Muk, and I never heard that connection drawn either. And even if they were, they are strict improvements in my eyes.

[@randomistough0]

everyone knows that the 3 original starters should be treated equally and giving charizard 2 mega forms and a gigantamax before the other 2 starters got any totally sound fair. no it really doesn't

[@starbeam7679]

I think it would be funny if each region got a new meowth variant. I can see why you find it annoying But I personally think a little trend would be pretty fun to see for meowth. Also yes. They should have made a lets go meowth because that would be hilarious but also pretty cool.

[@ColtMagyar]

Jumpluff is not based off Cotton it's based off a Dandelion

[@leonardo70235]

I really hope we have a new Meowth every single new region, I love them so keep them coming. I want one of every type

[@jhecabamo4599]

I have two others but based on the starters - The fire-fighting type combo (Blaziken, Infernape, Emboar) - Quadrupes becoming bipedal, vice versa (Tepig-Emboar, Oshawott-Samurott, Fennekin-Delphox, Litten-Incineroar)

[@katieb9428]

I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I read somewhere that Gulpin is supposed to be based on the gallbladder, though I have no idea what Swalot is supposed to be

[@rikajougasaki3296]

Charizard's forms deserve a higher spot than Meowth's forms...

[@Andreravone]

He doesn't take into account that most of these Pokémon don't exist in yhe same regions. That's why there are repeats, buddy.

[@matthewmatthew8941]

Dude I’d LOVE to see a meowth of each type!

[@NarutoBunshin18]

All we need is an Ice-type Meowth and then we would have covered all the types weak to the Fighting-type. And possibly even make a Fighting-type Meowth to be seen as the dominant of the species

[@Hamantha]

Ice Meowth would’ve been great for Sinnoh :/

[@Rarest26]

We would still need rock tho

[@TsuriaDragon]

I agree that their are way too many humanoid Pokémon we need more bipedal Pokés ;~;

[@MrSupersmash93]

The pika clones need their own evolved forms

[@brotjack]

Psyduck looks more platypus than a duck.

[@roachbagjr9358]

I think the reson we have two regional forms for meowth is he'll be our sorta Pikachu clone. Since they probably aren't gonna give Pikachu that many new regional forms they picked the second Mascott to be a sorta "Hey remember me? I got my own gimmick now every new region is gonna have a brand new me Baby"

[@RileytheLGND]

I would have loved a regional form for my boy/girl Litleo

[@logans.7932]

Gulpin is a sentient stomach, and Swalot is a kidney. Their sentience comes from the same thing that makes single-celled organisms “sentient”, they’re practically fungi. At least, that’s what I tell myself lol

[@LordShonji]

Gulping and Swollot are based on stomachs or the process of digestion starting with the mouth and stomach dissolving food. Since you could imagine stomach acid being poison