How Lavender Town "Syndrome" Tricked Thousands Of Pokemon Fans

[@zacharyrussell9618]

Lavender Town's theme and overall vibe were creepy enough on their own. Not to mention the revelation. I remember how I felt discovering and exploring the first time. The realization that pokemon died and the sorrow their trainers felt was gutting to a ten-year-old.

[@Albino_Basilisk]

I remember back in 3rd grade my friend would listen to the lavender town theme, trying to do his own investigation

[@someguythatplaysgd5482]

emo kid

[@arrb23b]

@@someguythatplaysgd5482 where u see emo kid

[@reni_edits8220]

@@someguythatplaysgd5482 y’all mf’s don’t even know the definition of emo

[@SourCrayonz]

One look at your account screams that you’re talking about yourself 😂​@@someguythatplaysgd5482

[@EdwardHiller]

I did too lol

[@nilsisberg5445]

Some music theory info from a musician: The Lavender town theme is definitely not atonal, it has a tonal center of E minor which becomes quite clear when the bassline enters. But it has some interesting unresolved dissonances, and plays a bit with different minor modalities, creating some tonal ambiguity. One has to keep in mind that while atonality and unresolved dissonances often coexist, they are two different things and should not be confused for one another. Here are the chords that are kinda being implied: Em(b6) Em7/D Cmaj7(#11) C#dim Em Bm(b6)/D Cmaj7(#11) C The tones of the soundchip synthesizers are quite eerie and contribute to the spook. But the harmony is also quite spooky. The melody and high ostinato motif "C, G, B, F#" constantly emphasize some spicy scale degrees that help create the spooky vibe. Both the b6 (natural minor) and #6 (dorian) occur very frequently and even simultaneously (a creepy sound), so it kinda sounds like it's in dorian and natural minor at the same time with the melody and the ostinato figure clashing with one another. Another important thing is that throughout the theme, the 4th degree, namely the note A, is avoided. But the thing that sounds really unusual and kinda creepy and "Stravinsky-esque" is the ostinato motif "C, G, B, F#" consisting of scale degrees b6, b3, 5, 9 (kinda spells out a Cmaj7#11) that clashes quite dissonantly with the bassline and melody. When this motif is played on its own at the start of the tune, we don't really know the harmonic context of the notes of the motif yet, and so they sound strange and surprising until the bassline enters. But it does not lack a tonal center and is therefore not atonal!

[@mason768qy]

I have no ldea what this means but cool

[@Lilydarvishvand]

Uhm so does it actually kill children

[@nilsisberg5445]

@@Lilydarvishvand Probably not! But it's a good story if taken with a grain of salt of course! If it was true then there would have been have been news coverage of course. But one should never underestimate the power of art! Of course there has been things like "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and "The Rite of Spring" so who knows?...

[@Lilydarvishvand]

@@nilsisberg5445 oh okay I listened for a few seconds and I got a headache and then told my friends to listen too he enjoyed it :D

[@euleletsplay]

mkay. who asked? like its just a thing he said bro. he didnt study music.

[@novakrabby]

Im from Bolivia Over 20 years ago a kid jumped from a second floor claiming he was a pidgeotto, he died A lot of parents in many schools were telling their kids to not watch the show, my mom thankfully didnt listen to them

[@no-el7ht]

thats crazy

[@KatsukiBakugouFan13]

no PIDDEGTO

[@samoak123]

rookie aint learn Fly yet

[@lucasnelson2649]

Does the lavender town theme actually able to destroy a persons sanity.

[@g4bbe26]

@@lucasnelson2649 no, in some cases, you can have headache

[@ImSamD18]

Lavender town in the manga is a very different thing than the one we see in the fire red and leaf green games or the anime , the manga literally has a cult trying to bring dead Pokemon back to life and there is a game that follows the manga very closely that has the same scene in it that being Pokemon adventures red chapter.

[@HillarySJohknaym]

You're not a poketuber until you do the Lavender town video. Spoopy

[@JosephRuiz-d4d]

Somehow no comments in 2 years

[@TheAnxiousOwl]

Know what sucks..? Many people who have autism can hear this high pitched noise. So technically the jewelry stores are losing more and more customers by the year if this is still the case

[@abbexx4283]

I srsly used to believe that this song could kill you when I was like 9

[@papajons_s]

>be me at 3rd grade >meet my friend at school's extended time >tells me about lavander town >be curious >come back home and listen to it >be even more curious >listen to the backstory >be so curious that i start diving in to closer creepypastas >see that one video >the title is Lavander Town (Backwards) >look at the thumbnail >spooks >after 4 hours >sleeping >gets his entire body paralyzed >sees the mf himself >tries to say something but it all fails >it ends suddenly >remember this as my only sleep paralysis

[@AlienSnowflake]

That sudden loud music made my ears bleed wtf.

[@ialynofy7633]

My head felt dizzy too

[@Lolnightstar-idiot]

8:56 DUDE THIS WAS THAT SONG THAT I HATED AS A YOUNG KID IT SCARED ME AND HONESTLY ITS STILL CREEPY ASF

[@maisiie2778]

why did my head low-key start tingling when I heard the music-

[@hyeeeena]

Yea, well high pitched music can get stuck in your head as well as you can get little headaches- But it doesn’t quite harm you.

[@perhapsmoose]

oh it's absolutely real i definitely felt a certain sensation in my head when i first listened to it when i was little and so did like two other people i convinced to listen to it, i was surprised when elijah says in the video he felt nothing because i know damn well there was weird binaural beats in that song that freaked me out when i was little

[@amarimorris677]

​@@hyeeeenaI like lavender town!!!

[@Ranpo_ADA]

I always turn off the audio when I’m playing Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee because I always thought the kids who died due to the Lavender town Syndrome were watching me play Pokémon I did this 1 year ago and I still do it

[@Barutogaming12]

Bro the original is dangerous but the new is good like gold one

[@Therealmoment74]

@@Barutogaming12 no its fake.... i think?

[@Suguru_Getoooooo]

The lavender town music from the original Pokémon green is CRAZY CREEPY THOUGH

[@JohnnyHikesSW]

“KiDs ArE sMaRt” Kids- unironically believe that hundreds of people self-oofed because of slightly annoying notes

[@dansplam8217]

Dude, halo and pokemon is my childhood. You are quickly becoming one of my favourite youtubers!!

[@hildenburg5]

Love that you guys brought your research skills from Halo into Pokémon

[@Kris__Dreemurr]

The lavender town, also the true, not edited theme isn't so disturbing for me, it's kind of fun, also, the theme, idk why you would end your life cuz of it, yep, i also listened to it as a kid once

[@Lilydarvishvand]

So it didn’t cause harm?

[@LyraMoonEclypze]

@@Lilydarvishvandnope. I’ve listened to the original theme like 24 times and I feel completely fine

[@JackGilb]

Today's the day I found out that one of my favorite Halo youtubers is also a pokemon youtuber, which is another franchise I love

[@Lilydarvishvand]

I’m scared..my ear kind of hurts

[@ally2008yt]

Nicely done explaining the origins and roots of pokemon music with classical music

[@SegaMario]

I never believed it myself as it just sounds pretty dang messed up. The kind of messed up that sounds unrealistic.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Can you imagine Satoshi Tajiri suggesting _"I really think that our new game should brick kids' Game Boys, but more importantly it should also_ *_kill them,_* _but only the kids who bought the Red Version, because screw em'."_ and Shigeru Miyamoto just nodding along and approving? There's also a lot of technical reasons why a lot of the things described in the story aren't actually physically possible.

[@saravelasco5807]

Me as a kid: using the Gameboy to listen to Lavender Town to go to sleep. 😌💤 Me now: Nope. Still do it. It calms me down. ☺️💤

[@prof_grass]

Been loving your Pokemon videos

[@amandahunter9186]

As a child I know that I heard something creepy at 10 with a pokemon red game that I found weird noise like a pokemon ghastly a ghost pokemon that is creepy

[@pablovega1859]

4:41 i really needed this thank you so mucho love you videos this is my first pokemon video but im a die hard rocketsloth fan. (Halo)

[@kylethelucario8963]

Him: Don’t get me wrong lavender town is still one of the coolest places Me: I HATED THAT PLACE

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

I dont know why but Igor gives me some 80s fantasy vibes like the stuff you see old school fantasy movies

[@nickih1267]

The fact I listened to it and my ear hurt

[@sionplays1773]

i feel like dancing while listening it

[@ialynofy7633]

Guys I tried to listen to the original lavender town theme and my head felt dizzy after I hear it in full version

[@tiramisuellie]

while lavander town might not cause crazy effects or stuff, i can definitively see how it could cause headaches with all the high pitched sounds

[@Albino_Basilisk]

Isn’t there a Pokémon creepypasta about a zombie Eevee

[@no-el7ht]

nah

[@Albino_Basilisk]

@@no-el7ht I already found it bro

[@AstroBoi2010]

Plot twist I actually got a headache.

[@RedMeninBlueShirts]

Did y’all give up on completing the LASO’s before infinite lol?

[@DieDeutschKatze]

Me and my friend to this day don’t believe that Lavender Town Theme caused deaths but I believe that multiple were sick and I also think had immense mental trauma as it happened to me before. I could not get the theme out of my head… my ears rang the theme for about 6 to 7 months in a row and suddenly stopped. I do not suggest any kids under the age of 10 to listen to the theme.. It can cause ear damage. At least the old frequency and faulty theme..

[@montersaaa1784]

What do you mean 'rang' the theme? Was it like an earworm?

[@Super_Top_Secret_Area]

@@southparticle No, it's not.

[@southparticle]

@@Super_Top_Secret_Area ok good

[@lucasnelson2649]

That theme is powerful enough to destroy a kids sanity

[@AstroBoi2010]

How long will the effect last?

[@kiejoe3712]

"SELF OOOFING"

[@-jobrocodwawz-6226]

YO! I love your guys halo videos and only just realised you have a nintendo channel! I love that you guys literally cater to my 2 most played franchises too, easy sub for me :)

[@Suguru_Saturo128]

It is just me. or I'm getting a headache after listening to the theme

[@KnightGeneral]

One thing that's real not just in Japan though: Child Human Trafficking

[@Piggamer-oq7fu]

rn i have a headache thank you

[@Jamestheman1243]

Just found out this channel. Pretty good

[@piclesmcflubber]

Love all your content definitely my kinda vide keep it up guys 👍

[@raynersclips4223]

I just realized this is my laso guy

[@Chips89100]

Its like i have the sonic syndrome

[@artisticvampire]

Death no headaches maybe

[@Chips89100]

Im watching some vids of it but im not getting the syndrome

[@hailsithis1401]

Epic new upload

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen8674]

Poggers chungus moment

[@renansantos6100]

Trilha sonora não é a mesma por essa música não poder ter sido criado naquela época

[@Chips89100]

I think ive playd the game and ibe arived to that town and nothing appened im not nose bleeding

[@bindujoseph7392]

So yeah back in 3rd grade my friend used to tell me about lavender town and it can cause headaches, nosebleeds even SUICIDE so I pretty scared that day then I came back home my neighbour friend came to play with me then she said "do you know about lavender town?" I said yes I know then she said don't you dare listen to the music it can cause more problems like if you listen to it that song will be playing on your head forever and you can't sleep for 5 days after 5 days you die...... Tell me if something happened to you guys

[@lucasnelson2649]

I listened to it nonstop repeatedly, and when I went to sleep, I was able to hear a different version of that song. Instead of scary transmission, it was calming and peaceful but morphed back to scary. I don't know what this means, but maybe it changes the tune of how "happy" or "angry" call me crazy but I think the song has some kind of sentient mind in itself. Just my theory.

[@LyraMoonEclypze]

Oh yes something terrible happened to me.. so I read the creepypasta and wanted to test it out because I thought it was stupid and not real, so I repeated the song 24 times and…. My ears exploded! And… I die- no seriously why are you reading this it’s completely fake except I listened to the song 24 times, felt like my head was being impaled by a fork, and I went on with my day normally I’m not trying to mock anyone who does believe it, I just don’t and I love scaring people it’s basically my hobby, so uh sorry I guess

[@bshhhhhhh]

what tf stravinsky doing on the thumbnail ?

[@euleletsplay]

4:48 not to peak fun of this, its serious.. but look at the languages: english, or spanish? ok srry

[@thechickensthesquad5565]

Idk why people are like this song is creepy to me its catchy

[@amarimorris677]

My ear and head literally started hurting while listening to lavender town on KZbin I think it might be the video or it could be a ear infection or something before a couple days ago my ear and head hurted so probably it’s just a ear infection and!CORONAVIRUS THAT IS BAD VERY BAD!!!

[@renansantos6100]

Música que ela foi tocada no Japão não se tem como enviar outra vez se tem viajar mais pão é é impossível isso de outra vez que não é japonês sua teoria não tem sentido nenhum

[@Bahramiish]

what about that infamous beta version flying around :D is it just a fake? the story as I heard it: only the few beta testers had headaches and bad reactions, then they fixed it. then again, i read that this beta version that is flying around is not even gameboy compatible :D anyways... the fact that they changes laveder town SO much in gen 2 was just weird.

[@hanaribooru]

The beta ver was made for April fools,wich means it was never real.

[@micku_kol]

Not me getting a Pokemon ad on this video...

[@Chips89100]

I dont no why im talkin fast has sonic like

[@MichaeltheGolem]

bro spent 13 minutes yappping

[@ClassicPrime]

Lavender Town by juice wrld fire

[@Chips89100]

Cuz somtimes im playing sonic generation

[@ShieldDevillwasHere517]

Hmmmmmmm.........ok show.. me... More if it is

[@jurassicalp7660]

Lavender town music don’t killed 200 people its headace

[@minerva_prime]

Spooptopervid nice

[@Chips89100]

But ive controled me

[@renansantos6100]

Não não é a mesma coisa para teoria sua foi pura bobagem eu perdi você falando um m************* aí

[@darknesstheemowolf]

i used to think this pokemon creepypasta was real- but now i just think the music is actually nice to listen to- i like the creepypasta still

[@LocaICommenter]

well i have anxiety so that was bad

[@dylanm1238]

@@LocaICommenter same having anxiety is bad especially cus everything on the Internet tends to care me ☠️☠️

[@euleletsplay]

cion= vergiss mai nicht ok gut zu wissen. ich schwöre wenn nimand anderes deutsch is hier brd. and if u dont understand that.. go learn german it aint that hard.

[@benthecartoonist3518]

6:06 There are however differences between the Beta version of the game and the final version released to the public. The beta sounds far worse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqOwfXuLepmSjNk

[@xarucy]

😱

[@jepeto_osu]

fire red and leaf green is way better than rb and green