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It uses identity fraud to impersonate pokemon and get lucky (without protection). The BIGGEST fraud.

Totally agreed. It doesn't resemble dragonair at all! The shiny colour is pretty disgusting

Can't argue with that

Me too! It's unfortunate that she doesn't get much screen time in the anime.

I honestly think he was just scared, but he saw something in Ash so it was sort of a long-term investment.

@@critburnflinch honestly amazing investment Ash almost died and ultimately changed her 😅

because it is

@@critburnflinch Y E S

Who leaked my September schedule?

Don't worry, he's definitely on my list. I have about 4 documentaries planned for August.

@@critburnflinch Thanks 😊

I guess psychic can only go 1 of 2 ways in the anime. Either, be OP like Sabrina or be that bending spoons guy.

She’s strong because she’s a badass, simple as that.

​@@Manus_0813 There we are

Yes! You hit the nail on the head with that one! On red / blue very few could piece together bits of information on him (by inspecting the lab / gym pictures, diaries and paying attention to the dialogue). Then some made a link to the movie's "Dr Fuji" and eventually, Pokemon origins tied it all together.

Yes that's true. It's just that he may have gone through some unethical procedures to get pokemon DNA (i.e. for charmander, bulbasaur and squirtle). Also, the fact that he was supporting team rocket so that he could revive his daughter (no doubt Giovanni wanted to control the world with the strongest pokemon by his side).

@@critburnflinch I haven't watched the movie yet but when I do I'll give you my opinion, ok. Bye for now and have a nice day

That's a good point, but when I said powerful I meant the actual person as she had psychic powers. Giratina vs Mewtwo is debatable in-game, but in the tv show mewtwo was depicted as unbeatable.

@@critburnflinch that's fair

It didn't look winnable at all for Ash tbh, he's lucky

maybe a few of them

Aha I'm just glad she found her way in the end.

They tried to make it easier as it's only the 2nd gym but those 2 would be nothing compared to scyther anyway.

@@critburnflinch At least it would have been something more than being a wasted party slot lol.

Evil is a hard one to judge since most ghost pokemon seem to be evil from their pokedex entries. I'd have to say probably Mimikyu, it's so evil and terrifying that it hides itself

@@critburnflinch Technically Necrozma would be the most evil (due to attempting to commit mass omnicide by destroying all of Ultra Space), but in terms of regular Pokémon, the most evil I can think of that isn’t a Ghost type is probably either Galvantula or Gliscor (the latter is literally confirmed to be a sadist in Legends: Arceus, and the former is also heavily implied to be sadistic as well (as it was stated to leisurely eat its prey alive, implying it gets some sort of sick joy from what it does)).

I'll cover that in a future video haha

@@critburnflinch Glad I could give you a good evil Pokémon to cover lol.

How about psystrike?

@@critburnflinch Even Better.

It's more ugly than scary

I wish they showed us what happened, although it was a nice twist to suddenly see him with Articuno after the battle.

Usually the starters are strong in the story mode but unfortunately for meganium, it pretty much sucks everywhere. Saying that, it's pretty good when you get to the kanto gym leaders.

Great idea but there will always be missed opportunities that we realise later down the line.

You summed it up well!

@pikaschu.96 I haven't and thanks for letting me know. Adventures never interested me because of the massively OOC characterizations, so all I've seen of Adventures Sabrina was "lol she's a rocket". I'm glad they turned her around afterwards.

@pikaschu.96 There was enough characterization in the original games from the dialog to at least get a general idea of the characters' personalities. Sabrina's dialog implies she's a pacifist who prefers to hone her psychic powers rather than battling. That's not the kind of person who would actively engage in criminal activity like Adventures Sabrina does.

@pikaschu.96 I wouldn't call someone outright saying that they don't like to fight "vague". Also, there's a few trainers in gen 1 that have whips, not just Rockets. Tamers, Cue Balls and both genders of Cooltrainers have them as well.

@pikaschu.96 Regarding the whip, again, there are other trainer types that used them in gen 1, not all of which are villainous. They're also removed on all classes _except_ Tamers, INCLUDING rockets, in the remakes. If anything, this is evidence that Game Freak didn't intend the whips to be taken as negatively as they were, since simply cracking a whip was historically used in animal herding without actually needing to make contact. The position of gym leader is shown in a LOT of Pokemon media to be more than just simply taking badge challenges. Gym leaders have also shown to be first responders to incidents within the cities and towns their gyms are in as well as for the whole region. It's also shown that it's not necessarily a voluntary position. For example, in the anime, Brock is shown as having had to take the position while his father was away. Saffron Gym appears to have a meritocratic structure in most media, meaning that Sabrina most likely holds the position simply because she's the strongest trainer in the gym. As for having usurped the previous fighting-type gym, keep in mind Sabrina is quite young in pretty much every depiction. It's very possible that that happened before Sabrina ever joined Saffron Gym in the first place, or even before she was born. You can't put her predecessor's actions on her if that's the case. Keep in mind that the fighting dojo trainers never mention Sabrina by name, just the Psychic type gym.

@pikaschu.96 "A whip is regardless, a violent weapon, used to intimidate and punish animals who do not listen to commands." Because OBVIOUSLY there's only one way to use any sort of tool, and if that "one true way" happens to be violent, then that tool MUST be evil, right? I already gave an example of a non-violent use, you're appealing to the stone here. Here's another non-violent way a whip could be used: a louder version of clicker training. Clicker training is where you get an animal to associate the sound of a clicker with a reward. However, clickers are very quiet and wouldn't be able to be easily heard in the midst of battle. The crack of a whip is far louder than a clicker but has a similar "snappy" sound to it, so it can be used in a similar way by cracking it in mid-air. But that doesn't matter to you, does it? After all, there's NO way a whip could ever be used non-violently, right? "there’s tons of dialogue where the player character is talked down upon and harassed by elders" You say that like that doesn't happen in any real-world competitive sport. Trash talk happens and some people really are nasty towards others. Two things here, though. 1. Sabrina IS NOT one of those trainers in the game. In fact, she's one of the most respectful characters. 2. Even if she was, there's a huge difference between just being a jerk and being one of the high-ranking officials in a criminal organization. They're not mutually inclusive. "I’m not taking the remakes into account because they came after Adventures’s version of Sabrina" Doesn't matter. I used them to show that Game Freak _didn't_ intend the whips to be seen as "evil" and realized their mistake. You're trying to dismiss evidence because it doesn't fit your views, I'm not letting you do that. "it’s quite literally why many of the characters in the anime are nothing like their game counterparts" Except many of them are? At least to an extent. Just to go over the gym leaders: Brock's mostly in-character. Misty is only a little more aggressive in the anime than she is in the games. Surge was more of a jerk in the anime but that's built upon his arrogance in the games. Koga still has his whole "Ninja" thing going on. Blane has his obsession with quizzes and puzzles and his somewhat antisocial nature, in fact the anime exaggerates that. Giovanni is still the evil leader of Team Rocket. Even Sabrina, again, is her normal, introverted but friendly self once she's cured of her madness, even though that madness is OOC in its own right. "Also, Sabrina is expectedly stated to have wiped out the dojo gym next door by an npc in her own gym." Which NPC? Don't just say "an NPC", which specific trainer is it? Honestly, seems like you really just want Adventures to be the "one true canon" for Pokemon.

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​@@critburnflinchthere is a glitch on mobile, where when you comment on a short, while having a normal Video open, the comment gets posted to the normal video. I would bet this is what happened here.

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@critburnflinch ye sorry about this I thought I deleted this Meant for a different video, your stuff was great 😀

@@BluePhoenix_ correct!

Thanks! I'm not a fan of most Let's Go designs (i.e. Lance) but Sabrina's definitely works!

Thanks a lot! I'll definitely put my all into these kinds of videos!