What if Pokemon Had a 4th Starter?

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What if every Pokemon game had a 4th starter Pokemon? Well in this video I go over one additional starter concept for every region! Starting with the Kanto region in Red and Blue, and ending with the Paldea region in Scarlet and Violet; I hope you guys enjoy it!
00:00 Intro
00:12 Kanto
01:53 Johto
03:37 Hoenn
05:13 Sinnoh
07:09 Unova
09:01 Kalos
10:56 Alola
12:35 Galar
14:29 Paldea
16:16 Outro
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[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

Never really thought about it, but bug type works quite well for a fourth starter, it's weak against fire and strong against grass, and neutral to water. Particularly works in Gen 1, weak to Charizard's flying and fire, and strong against Venusaur's Grass and Poison (under the Gen 1 match-ups)

[@samuelsoliday4381]

Not really. It makes the bug type balanced, but it unbalances the other types. grass has two weaknesses and fire has two strengths. It would be better for the fourth type to be normal. It would have no weaknesses and no strengths.

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

@@samuelsoliday4381 or even a steel or physics type mon

[@samuelsoliday4381]

@@sweetwolfsteve5583 Psychic might work since it has no interactions with the other types, but steel type didn't exist until gen 2 and doesn't interact with the other types the same way.

[@copocopocopocopo]

​@@samuelsoliday4381As in, weak against both fire and water (not "weak to," as that's only fire. I'm getting at steel is not very effective against water or fire), while normal damage against, but strong to, grass (grass isn't very effective against steel). Honestly, steel strengthens both fire and water while making grass weaker, so yeah, too much imbalance.

[@FirstCat_]

All of these thought make grass horrible

[@ignorethis214]

Oh, you mean Pikachu?

[@Eclise_3700]

Yes

[@PokemonMadoka]

The Kanto region technically have 5 starters if you count let's go pika and eevee

[@payrysdoscs4903]

Zap

[@Maldives-CountryBall4850]

Ni- I mean no

[@ignorethis214]

@@PokemonMadoka I was just referencing the original yellow version :)

[@rohankulkarni9213]

When you realize for the first time today the starters have a common theme this whole time...

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

You a noob

[@Abhishek-ue6tj]

Some of the are just fan theories. And some of them a bit of stretches too. But hey it doesn’t hurt anyone so its fine.

[@Gigi-ey1wv]

@@Jelly_shy_guy_man💀

[@trey9261]

They’re all a bunch of stretches with no weight behind them

[@hyphurr.rarelypostsifever1220]

They’re theories at best. But Pokémon fans love to go around stating them as fact.

[@peanutbuttersunfish2927]

Jestibear gives me life. Also Gen 9 DID actually introduced a move that is just telling a bad joke--Chilly Reception--so that's even more fitting. For a signature move i could see one combining the effects of Follow Me and Recover--putting itself in the center of attention then eat the food they throw at it, making it be a bulky support Pokémon.

[@h1ckyeah]

I was thinking of a new move for it "comedic flop" it would work like magnatude, since you never know how a joke will land. A magnatude 10 would deal 100 damage to the opponent (emotional damage) and a magnatude 1 would heal 100hp (from the berries thrown for its bad joke) every magnatude in between would do a combination of healing and damage so a magnatude 5 would be base power 50 and heal 50hp.

[@mahdboss3991]

How is there little to no talk at all about the 4th sinnoh starter?😮 I felt and feel as though the design was the most realistic of the bunch, definitely my favorite by far 🎉🎊

[@Shmoopyn]

SAME

[@thadcastle661]

The Sinnoh and Alola Pokemon are the best imo

[@aaden5]

Eveee is not a cat she is a fox

[@cultofhampter]

​@aaden5 its*

[@alptugraakan7490]

@@aaden5 *It

[@Lupinemancer87]

I like the Norse-inspired Starter for Gen 4, as I am a Norseman, but I also think Egyptian Mythology could work as it is, in my opinion, part of the big 3 Myths, Greek, Norse and Egyptian.

[@IndominusRex-wc1ey]

I'm pretty confident that Mudkip is intended to be a mudskipper, a type of fish that's capable of going on land and is very well adapted to traversing land *also Triaptor's line is fucking awesome*

[@Cherry_coke_pop]

Also torchic was based off coloured chicks that are sold in Japan which grow into weird looking humanoid chickens like blaziken to test if the player would abandon the starter for becoming ugly

[@The_almighty_one2]

Finally, someone gets me.

[@alptugraakan7490]

@@Cherry_coke_pop instead thanks to his awesome mega and his great personality,blaziken is a fan favourite alongside charizard,gen 5 typhlosion(no one can deny that out of every sprite animation they did to every Pokemon in gen 5,starters of the previous gens got those better than any Pokemon) and sceptile(honorable mentions:bulbasaur,squirtle and infernape)

[@Cherry_coke_pop]

@@alptugraakan7490 yeah I did always hear that interview and think that blaziken as a design really doesn’t come off as intentionally ugly

[@sirnoah6703]

For the Gordon Ramsay Pokémon, maybe it’s signature ability could be “Expert Chef.” If it’s given a berry to hold, it takes two turns to consume it once activated, but it’s effect is doubled. So if it was given a Sitrus berry, it wouldn’t activate until the turn after it goes below half health, but it would heal twice as much.

[@cjlite0210]

For Cowly, I feel like it could've also been a Necromancer class, which is typically reserved as a class for dark or evil characters in RPGs, often times the main antagonist, so it'd be capable of raising onstructs made from clay and sediment, and infused with the souls that it steals away from other Pokemon it defeats, which would play into its signature move Horde Rush, a ghost type move that summons a substitute to protect it on the first turn, and if the substitute is not broken by an attack, on the second turn it will deal damage to the opponent, dealing more damage based on how many Pokemon are left still able to battle on your opponent's team, as well as dealing less damage based on how much damage the substitute took without breaking

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

That would also work really well

[@Lupinemancer87]

I could see that, but I feel like the Healer would make more sense as the Mage-class could also be any other spellcaster, including the Necromancer.

[@hihihihihiiii]

I think Cowly could've also functioned as the artificer class. I think a nice dual typing for it could be electric/steel as magneton. Or maybe a steel/psychic as metagross! Or maybe rock/electric like Alolan Golem.

[@battletapesrecording]

Good idea, but the Holy Cow pun is just too good

[@sixthdynamic9078]

Thought it was just going to be a random Pokemon from the pool available already; very impressed by creating a new one for each generation.

[@honchocash332]

I hate that people do that

[@darkfire4206]

For the Gordon Ramsay's Pokemon a signature move could be "Taste Test". If the opponent Pokemon is an 'ingredient' Pokemon the move does a fixed amount of damage the taste test while healing the user a small amount, and if the Pokemon isn't an ingredient type after the fixed damage taste test since it's bad the user yells at or makes the Pokemon eat the bad dish possibly causing food poisoning or being paralyzed!

[@monst3r_child832]

Where's the Wooloo sauce!?

[@jurrebergamin2685]

Thats pretty op

[@Defgoet]

And for signiture ability: Secret recipe, boost the power of food type atk by 100% or 50% depending on how many food type atk it has or if it is holding a food related item

[@Lefty-qe2dq]

For Gordon Ramsays ability it should be “review”and every time the opponent misses a move they will get damaged and damage special defence

[@hihihihihiiii]

OMG this is perfect 😆

[@kodokunayuki2232]

For Gesturebear I think I nice ability to have would be a signature ability named Gestkidding. Gestkidding: When using a sound based move, have a 10% chance to confuse all opposing pokemon. If move already has confusion as a secondary effect, Boost probability by 20%

[@dylanzlol7293]

I think some of them look out of place when compared to the other 3 starters, but overall, these look good, especially paldea. I love how the bear's final evolution has like red on the left side of his face, looks cool

[@Ensheer_Starface]

Hey, Dobbs, I just wanted to point out... all of these extra starters *should* have consistent typing. In every generation, starter types are consistent.

[@bigd1348]

Yeah he made a lot of mistakes in this video including Calling Gordon Ramsay British when he's Scottish

[@g.n.a4871]

I actually like it if they were different all the time because it would be so cool

[@MaumesArt]

Love the Thor goat so much! Super proud of that design and all of the others, hope everyone enjoy them

[@shadowdragonlord2295]

I always wondered what if GameFreak had added enough Pokemon in each generation (from gens 1 - 5) for it to be possible to make full teams of a certain type? And what if they were designed so that they could gain the newer types introduced later on? Like a cute looking two stage dragon type gaining the fairy type.

[@Ptollemios]

The second gen pokemon being a dinosaur gave me an idea. It'd be cool if there was a generation of Pokemon where the starters you choose from are actually "Fossil Pokemon" right? But instead of having the second typing of Rock like all fossils do, they were able to "improve the process" of reviving fossil pokemon and they were able to keep their "original typings". This is cool for three reasons: 1. Its a unique experience to say you're starting with a fossil type pokemon. Perhaps you are given a temporary pokemon to help protect you while helping a professor try to recover some fossils, whatever the region's basic bird or rodent pokemon is. Then once you get those fossils the professor allows you to choose one of them to be your starter. 2. This opens them up for doing variants of all the fossil pokemon. "True species" or something idk. And then if they wanted they could open it up to player preference whether they want pokemon to keep their rock typing or not in future games maybe. 3. It could be a cool tie in with pokemon Scarlet and Violet, basically implying that the tech that was created by the professor of those games was repurposed for fossil revival.

[@BloodThirstyAvengers]

For Jestibear, I think it's signature move could also work similar to Bug Bite. If the enemy has a held berry, Jestibear gets that berry thrown at it instead and takes its effect, for example, a thrown Cheri Berry would cure its paralysis if it was able to move through it or a thrown Chesto Berry wakes it up if the move was called via Sleep Talk. Also I wanna assume it's a Psychic-Type move as that seems appropriate. My D&D group always joke that bad puns deal Psychic Damage.

[@AceXGamer-yb7pv]

Jestebear's signature ability could be "Wise Crack". It'd make it immune to status moves like attract, Scary Face, Mean Look, Growl and so on as it'd be so caught up in it's own bad jokes it wouldn't notice any responses other than the tomato berries 😂

[@CullenKuch]

This was such a fun idea! Seriously some of the best concepts and art design I’ve seen in a while. The Sinnoh goat and Paldean bear are my favorites. Thanks for this!

[@TheAceshadow_lugia.]

Not to be controversial but I think The Bipedal starters are fine. Just throw in a quadrupedal one in that game as well and every game the extra can switch between the two types of standing

[@XanXinGames]

Jestebear could have an ability called "Beary good" where if its holding a berry, its damage is increased and unnaffected by mental moves like attract and taunt.

[@hostility24]

honestly this was one of the last videos i watched of yours because of the over used title but this is way more unique than the other videos ive seen that use pokemon that are already in the game. love it!

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

Jestabear would be really cool. Also, potentially, the first Pokemon in the games that can speak like a human. I know there's Chatot, but Chatot's just a parrot, it doesn't understand what it says, Jestabear would

[@MarshtompGames]

13:27 Ah yes. Fidough. My favorite Pokémon from Galar.

[@boon7660]

and swirlix lol

[@MarshtompGames]

@@boon7660 The difference is that Swirlix is found in Galar. Lol.

[@adamjyuken3449]

Fidough is from paldea

[@MarshtompGames]

@@adamjyuken3449 I know. I was trying to make a joke.

[@adamjyuken3449]

@@MarshtompGames sorry

[@yannick290107]

11:12 Wait a minute... Disigueye is the hero, Incineroar is the villain, and primarina is the damsel in distress. IS THAT A MARIO REFERENCE!? Edit:I mean... Mario is the hero, Bowser is the villain, and peach is the damsel in distress.

[@alexanderkaufman3575]

I actually really like these concepts! I think sometimes you miss some opportunities, but I really think this one hit the mark!

[@DylanThompson9063]

Great video Dobbs. Keep up the great work. Love your videos and personality.

[@emilyhopemeechem4183]

There should be regional variants of Kanto Starters: Bulbasaur line: Ground (later psychic as Venusaur) based on pyramids in Ancient Egypt Charmander line: Dragon (later fairy as Charizard) based on Medieval times and fairy tales Squirtle line: Ice (later steel as Blastoise) based on Icebergs Starter theme: Historical times

[@LoyaBro34]

So creative this was a great idea. Next video would be cool if you could turn starters into a different region mon. Like they did with hissuian mons

[@therealpoppachuz]

"Will be the first flying-tyoe without wings" Gyarados and the forces of nature are in a corner crying now

[@bronxjewelix]

The Forces of nature have wings in their therian forms well Thundurus and Tornadus

[@nasiersteven5164]

I find it hilarious how the middle stages are just real Pokémon. Also, I have an idea for Cubook. I’m going to call it Cooking Rage. If it holds a berry that would lower its stats or deal status conditions, it would throw it like Fling. Berries like Oran and Sitrus could raise attack by 1 stage.

[@catluvr2]

Kabuk would have an ability called "Clear Plate" where it would do extra damage to any opponent holding a consumable item, such as a berry, or water/lemonade. It would only work once per battle, though.

[@CupChaos]

Welp... We are now know what we choosing 😎🗿

[@azir1595]

You are very good English

[@ToastMan34]

​@@azir1595LOL

[@CupChaos]

@@azir1595 no I'm not 💀 I don't wanna change it

[@azir1595]

@@CupChaos Hey Google, define humour and how to take a joke please

[@CupChaos]

@@azir1595 explain

[@Ditto_Stinson]

Yay new video, been waiting

[@payrysdoscs4903]

"The volcano that led the dinosaurs to extinction" That was a meteor, my guy. If you're talking about the one right before the Triassic, then sure, but the KT event was definitely a meteor strike

[@nickdentoom1173]

Not only that, Typhlosion is based on a Honey Badger, not on a Dinosaurs. So his Johto theming doesn't even work.

[@grantfuller6123]

😂 my guy thought they went extinct from a volcano lol

[@M30WST1X]

@@grantfuller6123most science actually think dinos when extinct because of a lot of volcanic eruptions Which would cause the same affects as a huge meteor, lots of smoke, ash, volcanic leftovers, no sun, plants dying and the extinction of the dinosaurs comes next

[@shadystuff673]

The alola theme was fast sounds familiar like he said aloha to the alola

[@rookiered223]

I'm sorry but these designs are... AMAZING! The bear and the goat are so freaking cleaver but i loved all the ideas i need them to be real now!

[@upgradeengineer]

OMG, I came into this video thinking it was going to be some random ideas thrown here and there. But DAAMMM. I was so pleasantly surprised. So much research and logic has been put there. I learned so much about existing pokemon and how they were created. This is really impressive.

[@SwagKing999]

I think that the fourth starter should have been something in the entire Mesozoic because tododile might represent the Dino like crocodilians in the Triassic.

[@RandomShtick2]

I personally think Galar has a second ‘theme’ or ‘sub-theme’ being the stages of life. Y’know, how they start as basically children, then become teenagers, then adults with careers.

[@emmylou_a]

oh yeah 🤔

[@thebeaniestbeaninallthelands]

I recognised that!

[@HeisenbergFam]

Imagine Nintendo adding 4th starter to Pokemon after this

[@azir1595]

Why are you everywhere?

[@lepep6737]

@@azir1595 LET THE MAN COOK

[@adolphsanmiguel348]

Jus love yo ideas fr n yo artist is sick wit it

[@mrbigotes9974]

Kabuk would def just have an ability like: "exquisite meal" Double the positive effects of berries while in combat. maybe it can also work on his partner in a double battle

[@Farenstrike]

We need a vintendo collab dobbs please give us one🤌🤌

[@arnoldmws6330]

I freaking love these!!!

[@stonecoldmushroon]

These videos are soo good. Keep up the good work.

[@skymario1012]

Great video, great fan Pokémon. But I do have a problem with the fact that all of the 4th starters are all different types, it doesn't seem right to me that the other three are all the same type, but the 4th once isn't. Sure you could say that the 4th one will always be the wild card. But I think the 4th starter would be more believable, if they shared the same type across the generations.

[@Dougbro1]

Fair, but I think the wild card type allows for the most creativity as opposed to being locked into one type. A lot of these bonus concepts rely on diverse typings. The point isn’t to be believable so much as it is to be creative while also sticking to the themes of the other regional starters.

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@Dougbro1 Yeah, but my issue is that nobody would choose a Normal starter though, since Normal is seen as a bad Pokemon later in the game. The thing is also not only to look at the starters, but also at the availability of the Pokemon introduced in a generation (For example, that Normal type Doggo in Unova basically makes the Lillipup line absolete).

[@Dougbro1]

@@nickdentoom1173 Eevee is a starter. Fair point on Lillipup at first glance, but considering this one becomes Steel later, I think it’s different enough.

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@Dougbro1 tbh, it becoming part Steel as a Normal starter probably the worse Dual typing it can get. Its Quad weak to Emboar, but also weak to other Fighting and Fire types, as well as weak to Ground types. In Unova, being weak to Fighting and Ground at the same time is detrimental, due to the majority of the FIghting and Ground mons in the game. So not many people are gonna use it regardless because of that... Lillipup line is way better to use overall (Its only weakness being Fighting and its not even a quad weaknesses. So a Doggo starter is gonna overshadow Lillipup line due to it being a starter, which leads to Lillipup not getting a fair chance making it absolete.

[@Dougbro1]

@@nickdentoom1173 Perhaps it could get a movepool and stats to make up for it, and it could become a better Special attacker while Lillipup’s line is physical. Plus “Lillipup becoming obsolete” relies on the assumption that none of the other starters are ever chosen instead. However, all of this seems to be missing the point of creating all of these to begin with. The point is to play with concepts, not make the next metagame-breaking Pokemon

[@magicalmysteryperson]

SO GLAD THAT THERE'S MORE OF THIS I really do want more poketubers to create more of stuff like this and see what they can do with this concept. Also, I would think that the final goat evo would be able to fly with its hooves because its actually walking on electrons, quite like how goats can traverse in impossible inclines.

[@arcehiero4796]

I LOVE the designs!!!

[@riyuugin]

Holy Cow! Thats pretty neat!

[@FranTheGamer17]

I'll watch this later bro 👍🏼

[@silentbanana209]

Cow

[@FranTheGamer17]

@@silentbanana209 That animal resembles your mom

[@EiscueFriend]

What If pokemon had no starters? [softlocked forever]

[@personofnointerest5302]

Honestly, it would be pretty cool if they just gave you balls and made you forget your team out of normal pokemon or ran it like a randomizer. I'd like that.

[@averageopinion1251]

Awesome video!

[@andrewcoufal4219]

This is BRILLIANT!! 👏

[@FranTheGamer17]

That'd be cool

[@demetriuscarrillo1073]

Actually, Gordon Ramsey is Scottish. Was was born in Scotland

[@greg4594]

I love this video keep it up dobbs

[@TripleTrune]

Man I’ve been doing so good in History and Science thanks to this video.

[@greenblueant1012]

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!🥳🎉🎈🎂🎁🎊

[@malachigeorge959]

Happy birthday

[@Vince_arreak21]

Hi

[@davidmrichard1225]

Points for all the hardwork, thought, and originality to this premise instead of just taking easy cop-outs. Kudos!

[@neri1220]

6:12 Omg that looks dope! So amazing!

[@katiberry9768]

This was very interesting and I like them all.

[@jimvandijk69]

6:26 “it will be the first flying type without wings” :Raygauza hold my beer

[@Wynneception]

That crab that evolved to have a Samurai head looking shell is the coolest nature fact I’ve learned about this year, which is saying something because I subscribe to multiple nature facts KZbin accounts

[@ginantsfan5]

Most awesome vid!!!!!

[@UnlicensedOkie]

The first of your videos I’ve watched Subscribing

[@antifurryman9676]

For the galar starter, since it's mostly talking about Gordon Ramsey, it can have the anger point ability since he gets mad at his contestants

[@Goblin_With_A_Fungus]

3:55 actually, Mudkip is a mudskipper. It still maintains the adaption theme, though.

[@detectivenuthead7869]

For Galar, why not base the 4th starter off of Rowan Atkinson? Possible typings: - Electric due to the two scenes in Mr. Bean where his mere presence caused TV Static - Grass because, well, Mr. BEAN. Need I say more? - Bug in honor of Man Vs Bee, and Mr. Bean's encounter with that bee

[@personman2454]

So glad you gave then their final evos too. Seen concepts like this before that only did the first stage which was disappointing.

[@reignellwalker9755]

that is awesome!!!

[@akhilnoir1]

Dobb my dude, you out-did yourself! *Chefs kiss*

[@theserpent8667]

These designs are really good!

[@Merry_Haddock]

Nice concept! My favorite of the bunch would be the alolan one, and the Sinnoh starter would be the next.

[@JustJulyo]

This was much more clever than initially expected

[@ruffles4scruffles]

A custom ability for the Ramsey lion could be: Whenever this pokemon is damaged by a fire move, it heals all status conditions. Basically, if food is cooked properly, it becomes safe to eat. Not sure what to call it. Maybe "Maillard". It's a more versatile version of Well Baked Body. Though, it could get that also. Alternatively it could have "Deglaze", which is the same as "Maillard", but for water type attacks.

[@zozupskystar8639]

A lot of his ideas...and the idea of a 4th starter sounds great and refreshing! I wish that pokemon would do this! 4 starters instead of 3!

[@BuildingSkills-dh1yt]

dobbs when making the fourth sinnoh starter: this is the first flying type with no wings tornadus: am i a joke to you?

[@i8twizlers]

Omg so good. You guys are creative. Next is a rom hack to get these guys playable

[@spacedouthoughts]

as a Norwegian man THANK YOU SO MUCH for giving us such a proud pokemon to honor our culture♡♡♡

[@user-bf8jo4zv8h]

The jokes alone earned a sub, time to fall into your channel and watch all videos.

[@samuelvandijken5842]

These desings look better then some of the new pokemon 👌🏻

[@EchanteDante]

Thanor IS SOO SICKK!!! Favorite of all of them! Though would have loved to have seen what you would have done if you did a starter based on Egyptian mythology

[@marcelwehr4576]

Cool Video. Liked Gen 2 and 4 the Most

[@cinnamonsugarcourtney6073]

if I had a nickle for every what if there was a fourth starter pokemon from Sinnoh being an Electric type Goat based on Thor I'd have 2 nickles, which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice. This is a reference to the 4th starter vids by HoopsAndHipHop, he did Sinnoh about what 9 months ago? He also had a Thor Goat to go with the Sinnoh Trio.

[@Catcatkatie]

For the galar’s ability should be Devine Meal, an ability where it restores the opponent’s health by 25% but lowers their speed and gives them confusion.

[@se1fty9]

i love the ideas

[@travismiller2234]

that would be my fav gen 2 starter! props to the artist

[@rikeno1238]

Love you dobbs

[@kileyeugene]

"The first flying type without wings" Gyarados- "Am I a joke to you?"

[@yancostamoreira2264]

answering how the goat was climbing that hill is because goats have adaptates his paws to climb areas that no natural predator could climb or go to a plant that normally wouldn´t hit and it hook like a hike tool wich is why goats can climb areas that would be impossible to us humans

[@larrypedderjr9803]

I would love to see those Pokemon come true. Make like pokemon home has a mystery gift for those Pokemon and I would have liked to see the evolution that is between the base and the final evolution. Keep up the good work maybe one day pokemon might do a 4th starter or a dlc like what they did for armor island and crown tundra.

[@davidgaresgameplays5416]

The Paldea starters also have the theme that when they evolve they have an inverse weakness circle

[@DylanThompson9063]

These are some really cool sprites.

[@user-un5jm8tr8c]

'First flying type without wings' Gyarados: Am I a Joke To You?

[@PrickishdaBritish]

2:11 the volcano that made the dinosaurs go extinct 💀

[@multiverseexpunged4734]

Imagine if the creator's of pokemon games see this, and does exactly that in ALL of the pokemon games. XDD

[@TheGamingGeklow]

yo these are some good ideas