WEIRD Useless Pokemon Facts!

[@benjithecorgi9319]

My favorite Useless Fact: if you get the tea in Firered/Leafgreen and walk around a while before giving it to the cop, he won’t burn himself with the drink.

[@itisfreak]

That's insane

[@alijohar4937]

That’s actually amazing. Fuck I wanna play now to test it out 😂

[@MasterArchfiend]

I think that I did it once because I did the Game Corner and Gym before going to give him the tea, but usually I just give it to him right away before doing Celadon so I can just go straight to Saffron after Pokemon Tower. I'll have to try again next time I replay it.

[@crazyweirdgirl4488]

Wait, he burns himself? I guess I've been helping the guards by wasting time running around aimlessly. 😂

[@hemapulchan9381]

I play the game this is true

[@shawnandlynndoartandstuff7079]

If you cut the grass on Faraway Island, Mew will disappear and text will say "the feeling of being watched faded."

[@cctz_1]

Holy shit that one’s kinda cool

[@gengarusedaids5637]

jupp, found that out myself and was like"gotta reset fuck me"

[@Usario321]

That’s not true

[@shawnandlynndoartandstuff7079]

@@Usario321 Yes, it is. It's on Bulbapedia, and I tried it myself.

[@gravy7861_]

How far away is that

[@Christoph8]

In Pokémon Black/White, if you tap on a Pokémon while in its Summary screen, it will turn its back to you. Tap on it again, and it will turn to face you. Rub the stylus vertically over the Pokémon, and it will start jumping up and down. Rub the stylus horizontally over the Pokémon, and it will start hopping from side to side. Keep rubbing the stylus in a circular motion over the Pokémon, and it will start to levitate.

[@chimaeraarts]

Woah Im trying it now on Black 2, this feels like an early attempt at pokemon amie/refresh

[@Christoph8]

@@chimaeraarts It’s great, isn’t it? I wasn’t sure if worked in Black 2/White 2, though.

[@chimaeraarts]

@@Christoph8 now you know👍

[@Cruptile]

also one revolving around the stats screen and nature the stat boosted by nature will appear red and the one flawed will be blue i had never really noticed as the text hue is ever so slightly different than normal

[@dreadkingrathalos9213]

I know about turning it but i never realized the rubbing part, interesting

[@ShiWeiMigi]

Ohhh, I remember cutting the grass when I was a kid and I would just spend a lot of time mowing a whole route out of boredom.

[@swampy725]

Same, I was confused why my curfish cutted more than other Pokemon

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

I loved cutting the grass I also liked that you had to cut the tall grass twice in gen 3.

[@ryudriczaelbautista6592]

I actually gound aboit this by misclicking cut lol

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

@@ryudriczaelbautista6592 same.

[@fluffyspaceshark]

Good to know I wasn't the only one who did this.

[@ildoda]

Pokémon Black and White have many instances of people speaking foreign language. There is a building in Castelia City hosting an international party, with people speaking German, Spanish and Italian; you can also find other NPCs that speak French. So I guess all of these countries exist in the Pokémon world!

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

Or their equivalent like how Galar is Britain and the first four regions are Japan.

[@Venemofthe888]

@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 and that Kalos is France

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

@@Venemofthe888 I know Unova is the USA hence the foreigners.

[@ironrose6]

Well, Lt. Surge (the "Lightning American") had to come from somewhere!

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

@@ironrose6 He gives an English Pikachu in all version except the English ones when his Pikachu is French for some reasons. Similarily, in DPPt, Fantina uses French words in English, but English words in all the other languages.

[@lillithplays6514]

Growlithe actually STILL can't learn growl.

[@squirrelwithabanana]

It’s because growl’s Japanese name is actually closer to “cry” iirc

[@FroddyWho_]

@@squirrelwithabanana its a dog

[@Airkong423]

@@FroddyWho_ TIGER+LION+DOG

[@tarbosh917]

@@FroddyWho_ The word 'Growl' is literally in the name of the pokemon. That's the point.

[@bobfranklin2572]

@@squirrelwithabanana growl's Japanese name is 鳴き声、the same word for like a pokemon's "cry", not like tearful crying etc. It's like the sound animals make anyway, so it would make sense if Growlithe learned it. But it isn't meant to be "growl" like a Dog's snarl or bark. Growlith CAN learn the move snarl though, so fair enough game freak. Gg.

[@Pehmokettu]

As a Finnish person the most fun sing was in Gold/Silver: "TOHJO falls the link between JOHTO and KANTO". All of those 3 names are words in Finnish so that would be in Finnish: "SMASHED falls the link between A WIRE and A TREE STUMP".

[@borby4584]

Now that’s an interesting, albeit useless fact! Thank you!

[@LagrimaArdiente]

This is probably my favorite fact in the comments section so far.

[@ethnictendo]

I supposed if you smashed the wire or the tree stump, it truly would be impossible to connect one to the other. XD

[@n0lain]

I got another good one: in Ruby Sapphire Emerald, if you have a pokemon with the ability Swarm on your party, you'll hear the cries of pokemon on your current route more frequently.

[@TopHatFox]

Are you guys sure its not just the voices in your head?

[@ethnictendo]

I can actually see this being somewhat useful, since it would tell you which Pokémon are on the route you're on.

[@mickkelley3776]

The reason the Youngsters talk about shorts is because in the Japanese versions of the Kanto games Youngsters were called Shorts Kids. While it's really odd that they made the change, it at least explains why the Kanto youngsters have such an obsession with shorts.

[@patientnr.0409]

In the german version they are called Teenagers even though they're younger than you.

[@slashb7836]

Knickerbockers

[@Tatianna1143]

Shorts are indeed comfy and easy to wear. That is the most useful thing to learn/know from this video. That and that this video was very good and entertaining.

[@screenspelunkers1026]

I finally understand why Bird Keeper Toby keeps saying that, thank you!

[@laki7480]

Yet only half of the protagonists, both girl and Boy, have shorts, fun fact

[@ironmilutin]

Depending on the shorts, they also have a lot of room for you to carry your Pokeballs in to make them more accessible than needing to take them from your backpack every time

[@RewindOGTeeHee]

If you ever feel useless, just remember that Rotom-Fan has the Levitate ability.

[@Luigicat11]

Some people give it an Air Balloon just for the meme.

[@ladyhaha7548]

I got a rotom with air baloon from some in wonder trade once

[@floatyseagull9472]

Mold breaker excadrill: allow me to introduce myself

[@nyxmiloq4167]

@@floatyseagull9472 Rotom-Fan is Electric-Flying, so it won't work

[@TheReZisTLust]

Tmw someone skill swaps it

[@happiestaku6646]

As stated previously, in Pokémon Yellow, if your Pikachu knows either Thunderbolt or Thunder and you talk to him in Rock Tunnel without using flash, Pikachu will use one of these two moves to help light up the area only while talking to him. If he only knows Thundershock then he will not light up the area.

[@happiestaku6646]

@chubasco-dnube because it does not stay lit up unlike using Flash.

[@theinktician]

Incredible

[@OPGardevoir]

@@happiestaku6646 but it makes it cute

[@happiestaku6646]

@@OPGardevoir still makes it a useless feature since hardly anyone knew about it.

[@GalaticLobber]

Well, this could've saved 10-year-old me back in the day; I always taught Pikachu Flash. :/

[@kyleweldon4030]

Fact: A poison type will NEVER miss toxic, even when the enemy is flying or digging

[@davidlarkin1040]

That was fixed in a Sword and Shield patch.

[@virusmochi]

Thats just useful

[@HaBleh27]

There is no way this is real, r u serious?

[@ariaakee]

@@HaBleh27 will confirm this as at one point my cinderace was hit by toxic while mid-Bounce. Already mentioned that it's fixed but I haven't been playing for a while so idk now.

[@kylesmith9573]

This was a glitch that has been patched out.

[@LagrimaArdiente]

Fun video! Fun fact: the Ralts line were finally added to the Human-shaped egg group with Gen VIII. All Ralts-related Pokémon were classified exclusively in the Amorphous egg group alongside the likes of Wobbuffet, Grimer and Drifblim for whatever reason. Before you think Gen VIII decided to fix some egg group inconsistencies, though, it should be noted that Nidorina and Nidoqueen still cannot breed. For some reason only female Nidoran and the entire male line-up can breed, while Nidorina and Nidoqueen have never been able to... in the games. Curiously, the anime special "Mewtwo Returns" shows that not only can the Nidoqueen clone that Mewtwo created in the first movie breed, but all her babies are miniature Nidoqueen.

[@inakiaraquistain5731]

Those mini-nidoqueens bothered me so much when I was little. I thought it didn't make sense and that the people who made the movie didn't know the pokemon mechanics.

[@CaptainObliviousV]

Apparently Nidorina and Nidoqueen were always intended to never breed. In a recent video from DidYouKnow Gaming, they got Nob (the guy who translated the first 4 gens) to translate an old Pokédex book that was only ever released in Japan back when Red and Green came out. And according to the book, female Nidoran canonically lose the ability to breed once they evolve.

[@LagrimaArdiente]

@@CaptainObliviousV Yeah, I saw that right after I posted this comment! 😂 They don't really explain why they made them that way, but the decision was made super early on, which is very interesting.

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

I learned the Gardevoir fact during a nuzlocke when my Banette got busy with her while I was training for the elite four. Needless to say, that Banette is dead now.

[@Jtheartnerd]

I think it’s because the nidoran line is partially based off of rhinos. Rhinos in captivity do not breed because females don’t make a certain horomone in captivity.

[@Trillyana]

Feint Attack was introduced in Gen 2 but was spelled wrong as Faint Attack until Gen 6

[@ZeldaboyOG]

I thought it was faint attack because they played dead and then sucker punched the other pokemon.

[@medogerty6013]

@@ZeldaboyOG I thought the exact same thing lol

[@OPGardevoir]

@@ZeldaboyOG is that not what it meant?

[@ZeldaboyOG]

@@OPGardevoir Apparently not. I'm just finding this out from this comment. Although oddly enough the Japanese name for the move is "Sneak Attack".

[@PrincessDella]

I always thought that was intentional because in Crystal, the animation for "Faint Attack" had the Pokemon fade away for a second before attacking. My thought was you weren't supposed to be able to see it, so it would be "Faint" while it attacked.

[@npcmcishark7379]

Anither one: Makuhita is harder to catch than Hariyama

[@swampy725]

1 catch rate point deference

[@TheNutshaq]

@@swampy725 still counts

[@swampy725]

@@TheNutshaq I know I was just pointing that out

[@pumpkin6192]

But that's useful tho

[@shafasanjaya6708]

same goes for murkrow, charizard is apparently easier to catch than murkrow a crow that isn't fully evolved yet

[@Ospyro3em]

I had no idea about the one with Clair and the Dragon Fang. Interesting that they even thought to program that in

[@27toten]

This blew my mind. Theres still secrets 20 years later in this game I thought I knew everything about.

[@trueredpanda1538]

Made me wanna try it out on the 3DS emulators

[@TheTrooperMB]

i got blown away , having played silver for that long as a teen..

[@samuelstannard730]

The Joy-cons on the Nintendo Switch in the player's room in Sword and Shield match the colour of the ones the player is using IRL.

[@astrouphel]

Okay, now that's really cool.

[@Curlyheart]

How??

[@Curlyheart]

@@samuelstannard730 thx

[@smashbrosguyt915]

If you buy your switch without joycons you can buy sw/sh to see the joycons

[@brucebonner3491]

False...mario edition Switch isn't in the game, animal crossing edition isn't in the game, lite versions aren't in game, pro controller isn't in game. Also there is over 12 controller colors. The game only recognize 3 pairs and not the others. Like purple and orange

[@hollylucianta6711]

Aggron can learn all those special moves because his name in Japanese means "boss dragon god" so he's sort of a dragon.

[@bobfranklin2572]

His Japanese name is ボスゴドラ(bosugodora) the Godora isn't "god-dragon". It's the Japanese name for Godora seijin, these huge mental alien creatures from Ultraman (old school Japanese power rangers). Seems like the name Godora itself IS derived from king Ghidorah. But aggron looks more like a huge mental power-ranger esque monster than a three headed magic dragon.

[@wailmerwithinternetaccess7934]

Talking about aggron, did anyone realize that aggron's cry is actually a train's choo-choo sound?

[@shirow0275]

@@wailmerwithinternetaccess7934 I can't unhear it now.

[@vsilewar58]

@@bobfranklin2572 I knew it was similar to Mugendramon

[@VillyIsThatYou]

"If you wanna mow down a route for some reason" Okay you didn't have to callout 8 year old me like that I just liked looking at the routes without any grass in my emerald

[@AirzelGekisho]

This might not be useless to someone out there, but Alolan Ninetales, Snom, Frosmoth, Amaura, and Aurorus can be knocked out from full health by a full field of entry hazards (Stealth Rocks, G-Max Copperajah's Steel spikes, and three layers of regular Spikes)

[@davidlarkin1040]

Also Toxic Spikes damage.

[@peepers4life]

@@davidlarkin1040 that doesnt do damage upon switch out

[@LuckyOwI777]

@@davidlarkin1040 That inflicts poison or badly poison status, which does damage over time. Toxic Spikes doesn't deal entry damage when switching into them

[@LuckyOwI777]

@Marco Cubides Domínguez Yeah.....but the original comment was talking specifically about hazards to Ko the opponent when it gets sent out......which means damage when switching......which toxic spikes does not do.....

[@LuckyOwI777]

@Marco Cubides Domínguez Toxic Spikes don't inflict direct damage when a Pokemon gets switched in........all it does is poison (or badly poison) you. You don't take any damage from switching in..... you take poison damage at the end of the turn, which (depending not he situation) could allow for the opponent who switched in to use an attack. The whole point of this is for the opponent Pokemon to faint immediately after switching in. Toxic Spikes does not do damage when you switch in. Seems pretty strait forward to me. Don't know why it's so confusing, lol

[@Exorian]

This one is mostly an unconfirmed rumor, but it's something that makes for a good story anyways. All the pokedéx's entries about Eevee's "unstable DNA composition" aren't just background fluff to justify all its evolutions, but an actual callback to how Eevee was conceptually supposed to be used as, a pokémon that couldn't hold a permanent evolution because of said unstability, transforming temporarily into Jolteon, Flareon or Vaporeon by using the elemental stones as in-battle consumable itens. This, however, proved to be too complicated to make work at the time, what with the Game Boy's limitations and the ever-changing moveset between forms, so the devs settled for multiple permanent evolutions and called it a day. This kind of adaptative mechanics however didn't died on the cutting room floor, and is rumored to be the basis of Arceus', Genesect's, and Silvally's gimmicks, being able to change their types to better fit the situation, just like Eevee was meant to be on the alpha days of the first Pokémon game.

[@tylermartens2717]

Castform is the ultimate in battle switcher

[@maxonator3913]

Interesting...

[@TheKyubiisaan]

That explains why it continues to get evolutions

[@TheReZisTLust]

Kecleon: You see what it has to suffer through to get a fraction of my power.

[@the_grass_trainer]

@Heather Moon iirc specifically it wore a collar that forced it into its other forms, but yeah you're right. Now I want a fan-made game of the original RBY versions with this implemented.

[@arjunnair385]

Useless Fact: You can catch a lvl 100 Magikarp in the Resort Area with a Super Rod in Pokemon Platinum.

[@PostTraumaticSwagDisorder]

Correct if I'm wrong but i think these magikarp cant evolve

[@justsomeshinigamiwithanapp5955]

@@PostTraumaticSwagDisorder they can in later games by just applying a rare candy

[@TheFlashyLucario]

There is also a similar thing in gen 5 iirc

[@Cruptile]

@@justsomeshinigamiwithanapp5955 speaking of rare candy, if you are short on revives you can use a rare candy instead and get a small fraction of hp back (i found that in gen 7 but it may appear in other games)

[@justsomeshinigamiwithanapp5955]

@@Cruptile good tip but since I'm a nuzlocker by trade that wouldn't be of much use, I never knew that though, must be a gen 6 upwards thing

[@nightshade6693]

In Heartgold and Soulsilver, if you softlock yourself in Olivine city with only 1 Pokemon that can't learn Surf or Fly, and have Olivine registered as your teleport destination, an NPC in the Pokemon Center will give you a Tentacool that can be shiny hunted.

[@banfio64]

*Cianwood

[@nightshade6693]

@@banfio64 thx

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Also, about cutting grass : In Route 118, since it's taller grass, it becomes regular grass after cutting it once, and you have to cut it again to get rid of the grass

[@GaigeP]

that’s not true, I remember it didn’t do that and I just checked to be sure. Also it’s Route 119 not 118 when I checked lol but nobody ever remembers route numbers

[@user-ov2kx8ql5i]

It exist back in gen 2. Just play crystal ver on emulator and use cut when you're standing in a grass

[@cullenlatham2366]

if talking gen 3 hoen, i can also confirm that to be false. The one and only time i used cut for grass was me deciding cutting the tall grass was more worth my time than hopping off my bike. Since it was also the first time i learned the trick, i went a bit overboard in trying to reveal all the hiding trainers before completely mowing the route. XD

[@Thundermikeee]

@@cullenlatham2366 damn I would have sworn it worked like that in gen 3... my favorite gen and I have played it quite a bit, but not in somewhere around a decade though... but i have this clear memory of cutting tall-tall grass to get regular tall grass... wierd

[@slevinchannel7589]

We legit need more Professors who dont give out Pokemon. No kidding: Wheres the Professor studying Relationships and how they affect Pokemon? I ask seriously: Am i the only one who ever wondered how Pokemon react if you divorce, re-marry, or something-something??

[@kaixarxigbar3460]

Lol no wonder N is like "uh yeah you can just call me N"

[@astarleah4367]

Natural Harmonia sounds really pretty and it suits him but then.. Gropius... Why does it remind me of Tropius? 🤔Gropius just sounds so... uhhhh... lol

[@nibwhipdragon]

Definitions of Gropius. United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969) synonyms: Walter Gropius. example of: architect, designer. someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) Copy-pasted this from the first result that comes up when you search up the meaning of gropius N had a plan to create a new world where humans and pokemon were separated, so maybe that's why they added gropius?

[@mattm7220]

I remember learning about the cutting grass technique back when I first played Pokémon Yellow (my first Pokémon game) when I was a kid - I was half-way to a town I couldn't fly to yet, and only had one Pokémon still alive in my party (the weakest one who I'd been avoiding training up til then), and in desperation to avoid to random encounters, my kid logic was like "I'll try cutting the grass". I was so happy when it worked, and I kept doing that the rest of the way to the next town to avoid any battles 😂. Later on, I (finally) discovered repels were a thing 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@laki7480]

In the same flavour, I randomly talked to pikachu in yellow in rock tunnel and it flashed the cave for a second (as I as young, did not know where to find flash)

[@froisk]

You can technically use a move you’ve forgotten in the middle of battle (at least in black/white but I’m unsure about the other gens). But if it’s a double battle and your faster Pokémon kills an enemy causing your slower Pokémon to level up and learn a new move, if the move you deleted was the one you planned on using then your Pokémon will still use it, even though it’s no longer there. Learned this as a kid with my Pokémon Black game. Battled a double battle near victory road and my Emboar leveled up in the middle of the turn and I made him forget flame charge for flamethrower. I realized I had selected flame charge to attack just before, and he still used it despite no longer knowing the move. I’m sure this works in other games gen 3 onward after double battles were introduced. I’m glad this dumb fact finally had a use since I’ve been wanting to share this for years.

[@MasterJayanX]

In Gen 3 at least, the Pokémon will use the new move

[@bobfranklin2572]

Thanks for sharing

[@Kizakoe]

It works in ORAS too

[@winnipeginstinct]

If you use rock smash on a rock in pokemon emerald, you have a 7% chance of encountering a pokemon, unless you are in the safari zone, where the encounter rate is 9%

[@speedroidterrortop5391]

Is it really just 7%? I feel like I see a Geodude every other rock broken in Emerald.

[@EerieGourd]

@@speedroidterrortop5391 My exact thoughts.

[@ac.j5800]

FACT: In B&W 1 you don’t have to use surf or strength even once in order to beat the main story

[@yashvakil160]

Same goes for cut in R/S/E

[@finalone223]

@@yashvakil160 mossdeep, sootopolis, ever grande, Fortree

[@yashvakil160]

@@finalone223 I am talking about HM cut

[@johnpolinski7392]

Not true dragon spiral tower in b&w 1 require strength to progress

[@ac.j5800]

@@johnpolinski7392 strength is optional bro

[@zealiouszone8861]

When you start your game and get your starter Pokemon you can add up it's total stats to recognize what potential it has. For example, if it's stats adds up to 73 or below it's decent all around, 74 very good, 75 and 76 relatively Superior, and 77 and above outstanding.

[@skotiaH2O]

Or... you could just use an IV calculator and have much more accurate values to work with

[@zealiouszone8861]

@@skotiaH2OTrue. My method doesn't necessarily tell the exact stats of the starters. As you may be looking for a particular value in a stat that unfortunately may not be there even if the Pokemon is outstanding in potential. Which is why this can be considered a useless fact or useful depending on what the person in particular actually wants. This was just something I noticed.

[@ThyFloorestFloor]

I think it could work when you play older games or if you can't have access to an IV calculator. However I can recall that I used a similar method on my first playthrough.

[@zealiouszone8861]

@@ThyFloorestFloor Oh yeah, by the way this is a method that works for me from generation 3 and up. I suppose in two and one the closer it is to 73 the better.

[@LivingNihilism]

I assume the "extrasensory damage against minimized targets" is a copy and paste error from stomp- Stomp is also a flinch move. The probably made stomp first and didnt want to do everything again, so they forgot to take the minimize damage out when copying the code.

[@swampy725]

Random fact no one asked for, Most boss battles have EVs and Max IVs in X, Y, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Cynthia's team has max IVs but no EVs

[@swampy725]

Oh and piers' obstagoon has 255 EVs in Defence and Special Defence

[@thumbsuppyro9630]

Jesus pier's obstagoon is too defensive

[@patientnr.0409]

explains why gen 7 has the only genuinely challenging elite 4

[@swampy725]

@@patientnr.0409 bad move sets tho :)

[@patientnr.0409]

@@swampy725 that lycaroc ohkoed my entire team once bc i wasnt prepared for a fast rock type so they did something right

[@georgiegeorge511]

I literally thought I was seeing things when I saw the hiker on the cable car when I was playing Emerald my first time

[@bobfranklin2572]

So glad I wasn't the only one

[@CausticGrasp]

I've played the gen 3 games no exaggeration, maybe 50 times and do not recall seeing a hiker ever. Guess I have a new goal

[@shinkakitsune]

Umbreon learns the move synchronize a psychic type move that only works on Pokémon of the same type as the user since umbreon is a dark type that would mean this move could never be used

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

Miracle Eye

[@the_grass_trainer]

@@adrenalineunlimited it's now an ability some pokemon have that passes on its status ailment to the enemy.

[@the_grass_trainer]

@@adrenalineunlimited your joke is bad, and you should feel bad.

[@hhjan594]

Yeah it's a meme that Wailord and Skitty can breed, but do you know Zangoose and Seviper also can breed? Literally Romeo and Juliet in Pokemon. Also, Nidoking and Nidoqueen cannot breed. I think Egg groups are really weird.

[@jdb2002]

According to a Pokedex book released only in Japan, they planed for Nidorina and Nidoqueen to be unable to breed before breeding was a thing.

[@hhjan594]

@@jdb2002 I know that, it just still sounds hilarious to me that Nidoking can only breed with female Nidoran.

[@BackwardsHat]

That Clair fact was incredible! Who knew that dialogue from a 20+ gear old game could be tucked away like that?

[@potatoqueen5248]

You forgot to mention that due to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a combee should be able to fly.

[@hhjan594]

Useless fact of the Chinese language in Pokemon: The reason it got to Generation 7 for the first official Chinese Pokemon game to release is that China is too big so different places have different translations of pokemon. And none of them want to change them. So in 2016 TPC made a video for Chinese users saying that "Screw it, we are going to organize the official Chinese translation and put them in the same game" (The video is now taken down for some reason) Also, there exist two versions of Chinese in Pokemon games, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Simplified Chinese is the official language of the Chinese government, while Traditional Chinese is mostly used outside of mainland China. There were a few Chinese Pokemon names changed for some cencorship issue, that was only changed in Simplified Chinese (For obvious reasons), but the Traditional Chinese never changed any names. Also, the official Pokemon Trading card game only sells in Traditional Chinese, which is mostly not sold in Mainland China, for obvious reasons.

[@ThatBucket]

One more useless facts, a trainer in the battle tower of Pokémon fire red with the class thief has a shiny meowth.

[@sbddoessomething275]

I KNEW I WASNT CRAZY AS A KID THAT THIEF HAD A SHINY MEOWTH

[@bri1085]

Wasn't there one trainer in doubles with a shiny Espeon, first time I ever saw a shiny

[@bigledian4008]

Flying types when sent out of a pokèball in sword and shield have a gust of wind sound.

[@chemicalfuzzy]

Ghost types will have it as well!

[@Venemofthe888]

Azurills gender change chance was fixed in X and Y i believe so each Azurill will always stay the same gender. Stomp also does more when the opponent uses Minimize. Twister does more to damage to a pokemon using Sky Drop, Bounce or Fly and can knock down berries in the battle background in X and Y. Compoundeyes can also make it more likely for a wild pokemon to have a held item. Also X and Y its actually Route 2 that has a 100% catch rate as well as the Santalune Forrest.

[@renownerd.276]

Synchronize makes enemy encounters have a 50% chance to be the same type as the synchronize user if its in the lead, and lightningrod also makes electric type encounters more likely.

[@squirrelwithabanana]

SwSh route 1 also has a 100% catch rate, as does SM/USUM iirc

[@CrystalGreymon]

@@renownerd.276 I thought Synchronize was natures...

[@renownerd.276]

@@CrystalGreymon woops it was

[@Wiimeiser]

Maybe Extrasensory was made by copying Stomp. It would make sense for developers to copy one move to make another.

[@gamesmasher1489]

Pinsir and Heracross in Black 2 / White 2 are the only Pokemon in the series to have a 0.25% encounter rate

[@gamesmasher1489]

@@Garchomp808 Yes I mean the hidden grotto. Which is the only way to encounter Pinsir in Black 2 and Heracross in White 2

[@Andrew42520]

@@gamesmasher1489 Other way around

[@gamesmasher1489]

@@Andrew42520 Thank you

[@Andrew42520]

@@gamesmasher1489 no problem

[@brageok]

I remember seeing the hiker going up Mt Chimney once, and then trying to take the cable car over and over to try and see him again, but never did...

[@xlro8f853]

In frlg Red really only speaks to the mimic girl in Saffron city when he demands she stops copying him. Also, emerald has a fan club in Broly’s island you can turn into your cult.

[@laki7480]

Rich boy Winstons Zigzagoon seems to hold a nugget in gen3. Just trying to add more stuff

[@littlehorn0063]

Lots of trainers' pokemons in Emerald tend to hold something. I remember there's a couple of items that you can only obtain this way. One of them is Silver dust

[@ZedaZ80]

Not just Winston, I think all the Rich Boys and Ladies

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

The only way to get a Dragon Fang in Emerald is by going to Meteor Falls, battling a trainer three times, and stealing the Dragon Fang from his Shelgon during the 3rd battle.

[@okami-shaman9548]

Ahh yes... the rich boy made me lots of pokemoney (covet and trainers eyes spam)

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

In Emerald you can farm Nuggets off of the Rich Trainers every rematch.

[@Jay_555_Maroon]

as a kid, i genuinely had a lot of fun cutting / mowing the grass in gen 3 with cut. in fire red and leaf green you could gather some seriously rare berries, and before i realized that battling triggered the pick-up ability, I figured i would just mow the grass in certain areas that i had found berries in so i could walk around and pick em up without having to battle... 😂😂😂 needless to say, that did NOT work... but it did kill several afternoons.

[@ElTwOJaY]

The lady says "My pokemon in the pokeball and I on the bench"

[@TomAmit42]

03:33 I strongly disagree, Gloom is straight-up blue, always has been.

[@Frog_Dogger]

Agreed.

[@OPGardevoir]

Fr not even close

[@PaPaSea]

subscribe so I can get 100k subscribers okay thanks and check out my awesome hardcore nuzlocke videos like this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ3GeGefodZ_prc

[@bobbanter5744]

Don’t worry I subscribed

[@FrozenTacoBell]

Maybe

[@janstar8064]

Okee

[@inakiaraquistain5731]

no

[@PaPaSea]

@@inakiaraquistain5731 bye then

[@brainiac0141]

The Rotom-Fan is only perfect, if you give it an air baloon

[@peekatyou7315]

The Gen 4 bike racks are actually really cool, I imagine the best use for them is being able to hop on/off your bike easily and have something else Registered. I'm definitely doing this on my next play-through just for the novelty

[@peppermint_8]

...Is it weird that I know a lot of these

[@Tatianna1143]

No because I know a lot of these too.

[@swampy725]

Same

[@laki7480]

Must be because we see you rollin'

[@TheFlashyLucario]

Same here

[@TomAmit42]

05:41 That fact is NOT USELESS at all. Not knowing that can cause you to loose Pokemon in a Nuzlocke.

[@rokumh7830]

It only applies to II-IV gens though.

[@Andrew42520]

@@rokumh7830 all the more reason to know

[@dnd1016]

note in any random battle on pokemon showdown, The Fan Rotom will hold a Air balloon.

[@blackcorona07]

7:23 Growlithe cant learn Growl as its named Cry in japanese 9:13 in the same tower there also a shiny Meowth 9:35 its not only a camper, hikers and iirc youngsters can also appear There are more things I noticed which I may adress later

[@TheTakato122]

In Generation III, there is a 1/64 chance a Hiker, Camper, or Picnicker can be seen climbing the mountain when going up or down Mt. Chimney using the Cable Car. When using the Cable Car, Poochyena (RS)/Zigzagoon (E) was supposed to be one of the sprites that could appear with a 1/64 chance. However, due to a bug, it can never appear.

[@vivimannequin]

There's another trainer with a shiny seaking

[@XalLord]

Fun fact: The reason gen 4 rotom (electric fan) still had levitate was because the game didn't actually change Rotom's type in its different forms. It was always considered and Electric/Ghost pokemon. Now though Rotom does change types i believe so it is a useless ability today.

[@chocolixo]

a fact that popped into my head: the super game boy color palette in pokemon red and blue has the darkest gray sacrificed to light blue, this happens because of the water

[@hhjan594]

Oh yeah, Route 1 in X/Y actually has no encounters. You walk through Route 1 before you get your starter. Route 2 is the route that has 100% catch rate.

[@TheHomieLew]

To add onto this, beginning routes in a lot of the recent Pokemon games have a fixed 100% catch rate no matter what

[@chimaeraarts]

Now Ive realized that in X and Y, there are no way a Pokemon can have the "caught in Route 1" in Kalos in its summary.

[@Abcdefg-fh3fb]

The hypercutter cutting more grass one is so incredible. They actually took the time to put that in. such a little lovely thing.

[@elliott227]

I've been playing Pokémon for a long time and knew pretty much all of these facts, but the one about putting your bike away on a bike rack in Diamond and Pearl just blew my mind.

[@emidemi7211]

5:11 On a similar note, in Black and White, there are a couple trainers on Route 15 that speak French, if I'm remembering correctly.

[@jimothy2361]

I know there’s some random French thrown all through X/Y, but that’s just because Kalos is France

[@mattross7743]

A lot of Umbreon’s Pokédex entries mention it having poisonous sweat. Umbreon in most games could only learn the poison move toxic and no other poison moves (and even that has been removed from its learnset in sword/shield).

[@Ballslover18]

That was because it was a poison type early in development but it was changed to dark

[@trueredpanda1538]

You can't have umbreon with toxic, unless you trade it from gen 7, wich I did, I made it's build around toxic xD

[@DustyGogoat]

I loved finding sleepy eggsecute in Ilex forest... but the HootHoot were AWAKE

[@sSynclare]

dang always knew about the cut thing but not hypercutter lmao

[@mudskie4394]

Fact: in Emerald, if you use Cut on the tall grass while chasing Mew, Mew will disappear, probably showing you just turned into a hunter instead of a trainer

[@Empy003]

Another useless fact for many people here : Drinking adequate water will actually help you .

[@SpunkMcKullins]

Was in the hospital with a kidney stone a few days ago. Can confirm. Drink water.

[@Empy003]

@@SpunkMcKullins aww sorry dude. take care

[@ItsMrBozToYou]

Shoutouts to Steven's Specially oriented Aggron from RSE.

[@maclovesmanga]

I love all of these fact videos because as much as I know about Pokémon, I always end up learning something new and that’s super cool.

[@jklmnopq666]

Really can't unsee the flexing trees

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

They have Bidoof’s head

[@vivimannequin]

Pelipper's eyes look like Jenny wakeman's

[@jandiethervalero9906]

Germany exists in Pokémon World: That one old veteran in Lt. Surge Gym: *PTSD intensifies*

[@islipped8669]

Usless fact : papasea has a wife called mamalake

[@staydetermined6717]

In sword and shield In hops room There’s a certain stature of a corgunk- And in sinnoh In pastoria city: In the Pokémon mart There’s the same stature-

[@TheMagic1412]

Maybe Hop once visited Sinnoh with his brother or family as a toddler and he had his brother or mother buy him the statue /jk

[@RyanSaysJif]

This one actually may have some credence, as Game Freak seems to hide small easter eggs that hint on future projects when they release a game.

[@bobfranklin2572]

@@TheMagic1412 u OK bro

[@boopbop6717]

i knew a lot of these but the sleeping pokemon headbutt thing was so cool I wish newer games did stuff like that

[@wailmerwithinternetaccess7934]

Talking about aggron, did anyone realize that aggron's cry is actually a train's choo-choo sound?

[@rpgfan007]

vaporean can't learn bubble or bubblebeam even tho its the bubble jet pokemon

[@TomAmit42]

02:11 Not just Aggron, also Rhydon, Tyranitar, Kangaskhan, Nidoking & Nidoqueen. That's all the Pokemon with a seemingly Godzilla inspired design.

[@TomAmit42]

@@ZimVerse Well, yeah, Kangaskhan belongs in this group. she has the same general Kaiju design as the rest of them (she's as similar to Beta Rhydon as the actual Rhydon is), she is also used by Giovanni in the games (along with Rhydon and the Nidos) and she is in the Monster Egg Group (as are the other 5 mons).

[@robinaraven3943]

But… are you holding the baby while Kangkaskhan surfs? Cause my first mental image would result in the baby drowning….

[@TomAmit42]

@@robinaraven3943 if you look-up pictures or footage of the surfing Rhydons in the animé, you'll see that they can keep the water is under their feet, so if Kangkaskhan is surfing the same way, the baby would be fine.

[@swampy725]

Future site and doom desire USED TO hit everything nutraly, they hit with damage following the type matchup in newer games, I don't know when that was changed tho

[@dispentryporter8621]

Pretty sure it was changed in Gen 5

[@TheTakato122]

@@dispentryporter8621 You are correct.

[@SiberianHuskyF1]

I thought I’d imagined that Hiker for years!

[@hilbilly1000]

Me too

[@finnanima2413]

I knew about the use of Cut on grass and the outside-of-battle abilities for years. And I used them to my advantage, especially for hatching eggs.

[@finnumbreon2561]

I remember encountering that shiny Espeon. I thought the rng trolled me this whole time. Glad it's a fixed shiny.

[@griffgileatsbread9500]

In BW or B2W2 when you walk, a drum will be added to the music

[@castform7]

Here's a useless fact: Psychic has the most status moves out of any other type. I'm guessing it's because youcsn do a lot more with psychic powers than water or electricity.

[@ethnictendo]

Extra fun fact: Every Dark-type move has a least one special effect, whereas no other move type does (not for every move anyway).

[@Slenderquil]

@@ethnictendo Woah I never noticed that, that's really cool. It's pretty fitting considering dark is all about playing dirty

[@ethnictendo]

@@Slenderquil Exactly. I like that too.

[@SuperEljafru]

@@ethnictendo i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that's the case for multiple types. in fact, very rarely does a move not do more than 1 thing. you could say that some dark type moves have effects that are unique and befitting of the type, though. like, pursuit or sucker punch

[@Yossus]

Several of these things actually get exploited in speedruns, specifically the diamond dust in HG/SS and I believe there are GSC routes that utilise grass cutting

[@LuckyOwI777]

I've grown up with Pokemon for about 15 years, so I know lots of facts. But you got me on 4 of them, which is really surprising. Usually the only facts I don't know are crazy things about secluded hasty or coding or something like that. But I din't know 4 of these, which is really nice!

[@averagechannelname9969]

Fun Fact: That Poocheyena can also learn Poison Fang

[@TheEvilProfessorMonoCulture]

It comes standard in Pokemon XD but you can also just breed it to Seviper

[@blackdragon2519]

i believe that there was a trainer in the battle tower in leafgreen and firered that used a shiny seaking

[@AW-sh1ce]

Aggron is funny because technically it can have a move set (multiple variations too) that consists only of moves that damage it super effectively.

[@butter1077]

Fact: Press START to open the MENU!

[@maumee22]

I was always so scared to cut the grass in gen 3 because I was worried it would never grow back. Did it once it twice and never again.

[@TrinityDestroyer]

Flying Mega Garchomp for BDSP confirmed?

[@techno2245]

Dragon/Flying type confirmed?

[@RooftopRose079]

Garchomp: Oh come on! My dex entry literally states that I fly! Charizard: Dude in Gen 1 I had literal wings and was a flying type, but I couldn't learn fly.

[@SteveRasad]

9:40 I remember seeing this as a kid but then I wasn't sure if I saw what I saw and then going on the lift again to see a random trainer they weren't there the 2nd time. It totally confused me as a kid XD

[@vivimannequin]

My brother once saw it and told me about it but I never once saw it until I watched this video

[@mjl167]

The Clair fact BLEW my mind because I'm doing a Crystal Kaizo playthrough and I thought she was just calling me out for save-editing to prevent a softlock, not because I just had dragon fang... that's the coolest fact to me.. the game designers seriously are amazing

[@midnightinaperfectworld]

My guess is that Aggron was originally going to be a Tyranitar-esque Pokemon but GF decided they didn't need 3 pseudo-legendaries in one region. That would also account for its high evolution level.

[@ThatRandomFastingGuy]

I've used the Cut fact to clear a whole route as I only had a level 5 Ratata with 2 HP after an almost full team wipe in a Nuzlocke. That Pokémon Centre felt like it was 20000 miles away.

[@ThatRandomFastingGuy]

@Jaiden Bates ✓ nah, that Ratata carried me the rest of the run.

[@lieutenantnitewolf3337]

Here is a fun fact. You know if you cheat in pokeballs and catch the pokemon like the one that attacks Professor Birch you will catch it. In the rom hack Pokemon Red Adventures based on the Manga you try to catch Mew, Mew will avoid it no matter what pokeball you use. Thats at the beginning of the game.

[@Queefersutherland97]

I came across the hiker on the mountain once and thought my game was glitching I also didn’t understand my first shiny I ever encountered wasn’t a glitch so me killing it was a huge mistake

[@DeisFortuna]

Hearing the sentence "Germany canonically exists in the pokemon world" was like a punch to the throat.

[@Kaagen_Dazs_Stuff]

OKAY I thought I was crazy for YEARS because I remember seeing the hiker on the cable car cutscene. I'm very happy that you covered that, because I thought I was nuts.

[@eclipse9727]

Here's a Fun Fact addition to the Rotom-Fan part: The reason they would even put Levitate on a Flying type... is due to a mechanic oversight that i guess they kept. In Gen IV, Rotom and all its forms were the same typing; Electric/Ghost with levitate. The only difference would be the stats of regular vs appliance, and what moves they would have (Rotom uses all 4 well, while the appliances would be stuck with one of Overheat, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Air Slash, and Lead Storm). Then Gen V came and made the appliance's ghost type swap with the type of the learned move. So... yeah, the Flying Levitator sucks. But I find it interesting to discuss.