By far my most liked video, on it's way to my most viewed, think it's the my most commented on too. I just really want to thank everyone who watched any of it or liked the video or left a comment, it really helps and means a lot thank you!!!
And now it's my most viewed video by 400% and has 1k likes, this was also the video that got my channel to be able to be monetized. Beyond thankful for everyone watching, even though I missed some inspirations and mispronounced a lot of things. All the support has been awesome, I just want to say thank you again to anyone who watched the video, liked or subscribed. Also possibly moon rabbit
@@KeertVillanzo The English names have nothing to do with the original design. They came up with those translations/regionalizations waaaay after they actually designed the game. In the original Japanese game it's literally just Rizaado ("lizard"). No specific association with Chameleons.
A Japanese-speaking friend told me that Farfetchd was a reference to a proverb which translates to ‘sometimes a duck comes along carrying a leek’. Ducks are traditionally cooked with leaks, so if a duck comes along carrying one it’s just plain convenient. The meaning of the phrase is therefore roughly akin to ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’ or ‘don’t question unlooked for good fortune’.
@@SentaiYamaneko It can also mean, "there's a sucker/fool born every minute", since the duck with the leek is basically telling the human, "Please kill and eat me".
@nicholaslienandjaja1815 Ledian's design is based off of the ever popular sentai fighting shows from Japan. Power Rangers was named in the video because it is the most popular show from that genre in the West, but Kamen Rider is extremely popular in Japan and literally is centered around bug themed superheroes. So the inspiration is very evident in that regard. Orbeetle is the ladybug that is designed around extraterrestrials moreso than Ledian.
Sableye has always been interesting because someone at the Pokemon company read about an alien encounter in 1950s Kentucky and walked into work the next day and windmill slammed a picture of the Hopkinsville goblins and said "We're doing this"
5:38 Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are actually based on different martial artists. Hitmonlee's Japanese name is "Sawamular," which is based on a legendary kickboxer Sawamura Tadashi, who was known as the "Kick Demon". Also Hitmonchan's Japanese name is "Ebiwalar", which is based on Ebihara Hiroyuki, a former titleholder of WBA and WBC flyweight classes.
@ I love Lee and Chan but neither of them are boxer or kickboxer lol Who on earth would imagine Jackie Chan when they see Hitmonchan wearing boxing gloves?
7:20 magikarp and Gyarados are also inspired by a Japanese legend of a koi fish who jumped up a waterfall and turned into a majestic dragon in order to lay its eggs upstream.
16:54 gardevoir’s original inspiration was medieval knights and more medieval softboy princes That’s why Ralts has a bowl cut But the feminine features were amplified in later gens more because of fan impressions Hence why the Japanese name is sir knight
Look up Rose of Versailles and Revolutionary Girl Utena. The protagonist of Rose of Versailles is a Lady who disguises herself as a man and becomes a knight. Gardevoir is based on this idea of the crossdressing Lady Knight.
I remember the Mareep line being inspired by (at least the titlte of) the book "Do androids dream of electric sheep", and the Torchic line (especially combusken) being a chick you win at a carnival or festival, that doesn't age well or smth. That Pansage-Panpour-Pansear are based on this Japanese tale of 3 monkeys that see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Also a bit weird how there are just there Japanese words that can be translated (the bunny shaped apples for Victini, the burglar for Froakie, the clothes for Braixen).
@@bidoof6458 I think Braixen and Delphox are also based on magical girls seen in manga and anime. Additionally, Delphox is also based on a miko (shrine maiden, often mistranslated as "nun" in the past).
Pidgey is based on a Tree Sparrow, and Spearow is a Sparrowhawk. Paras/Parasect are cordyceps infected cicadas. Pretty sure Dewgong is also based on dugong (manatee)....as the name would suggest. I think Lickitung is also VERY loosely based on giant anteater. Koffing/Weezing also based on volcanic gas vents. Jynx is based on the yokai Yuki-onna. Magikarp/Gyarados also based on the legend of a koi swimming up a mountain to become a dragon...and possibly Japanese windsocks. Hoothoot additionally based on a clock. Spinerak is specifically a Happy Face Spider. Sudowoodo likely also loosely based on Walking Stick insects. Entire Hoppip line based on dandelion from leaves to flower to seed puffs. Espeon based on the yokai Nekomata. Murkrow also based on witch's hat and broom. Pineco is a bagworm. Qwilfish also based on marine mines. Shuckle is most likely based on the macro view of brewer's yeast, as well as a turtle, wine amphora, and slime mold. Donphan also based on a tire.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention some of the Japanese names considering they have some pretty obvious origins. Like how the Abra line are all named after famous magicians. Most infamously Yungerer (Kadabra) being modeled after Yuri Geller. Or the hitmons originally being named after Japanese fighters. The Voltorb line is also meant to be a classic mimic enemy that is a staple of RPG’s.
No the name Pikachu comes from Pika and onomatopoeia for an electric spark, and chu a mouse sound. The artist Nashida said in an interview that Pikachu was originally a squirrel, and later turned into more of a mouse.
I love how there isn’t any background aside from a black screen, any background music, any sound effects, or any other further explanations or anything. It’s just the name of the Pokémon, the thing(s) it’s based on, and then it immediately moves onto the next Pokémon, the thing(s) it’s based on, and so on and so forth.
Name pronunciations or any inaccuracies aside I’ve been actually desperate for someone to make a video like this, my special interest is the meanings and inspiration behind all Pokemon names and designs so I ate this video up having it in the background. It’s just one of those fun little things that I love about the Pokemon series Thank you for making this video!
Thank you for the grace, and don't worry I'll be going more in depth and hopefully more accurately with a new series I'm making where I'll go over different evolution lines in Pokemon and do like a science show style video on them. I already got the script for the first one done, just gotta shoot it now
@B1tcharp I saw it but didn't include it because to me it just looked like a pinecone, but I should've included it. I was inconsistent with including stuff that was apparent just based on the visuals and what lore/deeper inspirations went into a Pokemon
The pauses, especially within evolutionary lines, when he goes from something that has a bunch of sources of inspiration to just one and vice versa are very funny.
10:32 Mareep is blue because of the novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep"... the artificial animal were blue hence Mareep being blue and electric type due to being a robot
“Lati-ASS” If I had a nickel for every time a Pokémon was canonically named “Ass”, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. 😂
Your commitment to going over every single Pokémon is commendable, but I feel there are several cases where you don’t get every inspiration, just taking some Johto moms for example, thanks to the beta sprites we know that another inspiration for gligar were the facehuggers from alien and that shuckle was primarily based on snake wine, outside of that the forteress line are also based on bagworms and Murkrow has witch riding a broomstick design motifs
Great video truly I feel like the production could definitely be better and gain more views. Things that are the same inspiration you could put them together, example: “pokemon a b and c are inspired by ____”. You could also instead of reading it off as if it were a bullet point system you could read them off as a full sentence, example “Ekans are based off of the Indian cobras, kakunas are based off literal cocoons” it fleshes out the content a little more. Truly a great concept on this video tho I wish more people talked about it in glad you spoke on this 💯
I love that the list is mostly animals, plants, or common objects, and then it gets to snorlax and its just a randomly specific dude that worked at gamefreak lol
can you "do this in a one breath take" challenge? 😅 thanks for the video!! This must have been quite the freaking project to get all the images holy cow
4:43 The “dye-la” part for Haunter is actually pronounced as “Dee-lah” since it’s from the Filipino word Dila which means Tongue (Noun form) or Lick (Verb form). It’s also a malevolent spirit in some indigenous beliefs, hence the ghost
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By far my most liked video, on it's way to my most viewed, think it's the my most commented on too. I just really want to thank everyone who watched any of it or liked the video or left a comment, it really helps and means a lot thank you!!!
This has 7k views now, but it’s definitely gonna blow up! Good job
@Usario321 appreciate it yeah it's already my most viewed by far
And now it's my most viewed video by 400% and has 1k likes, this was also the video that got my channel to be able to be monetized. Beyond thankful for everyone watching, even though I missed some inspirations and mispronounced a lot of things. All the support has been awesome, I just want to say thank you again to anyone who watched the video, liked or subscribed. Also possibly moon rabbit
Just to let ya know
THERE IS AN ACTUAL ANIMAL CALLED PIKA.
"... Possibly Moon Rabbit" is now going to be in my head any time I'm finishing a list.
It took awhile to get it out of my head, kept almost adding it to pokemon it didn't belong
so like usagi tsukino?
600%
Charmeleon is a chameleon bro what are you yapping about it's literally in his name😂
@@KeertVillanzo The English names have nothing to do with the original design. They came up with those translations/regionalizations waaaay after they actually designed the game. In the original Japanese game it's literally just Rizaado ("lizard"). No specific association with Chameleons.
Tha lack of intro made this feel like some latter day saint knocked on my door and started spouting Pokémon lore
No bullshit, just straight to it
Kicks my bedroom door down with a fkn power point display
@Skull_E_Duggery I feel like if we don't sit and let him recite all the Pokémon for over an hour, that he'd go mental with a pen.
😂😂😂😂😂
hate intros. waste of time
Dude sounds like he's about to have a panic attack
Damn I'm just breathing 😭
@@BraydenMcClellanVidsheavily lol
that's what i also thought lol
😂😂😂
My thoughts exactly 😂
A Japanese-speaking friend told me that Farfetchd was a reference to a proverb which translates to ‘sometimes a duck comes along carrying a leek’. Ducks are traditionally cooked with leaks, so if a duck comes along carrying one it’s just plain convenient. The meaning of the phrase is therefore roughly akin to ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’ or ‘don’t question unlooked for good fortune’.
Also, I'm pretty sure Ledian is based on both a ladybug and a gray alien.
And that's why it's called Farfetch'd. Because such a fortunate occurrence actually happening would be very 'far fetched'.
@@SentaiYamaneko It can also mean, "there's a sucker/fool born every minute", since the duck with the leek is basically telling the human, "Please kill and eat me".
@nicholaslienandjaja1815 Ledian's design is based off of the ever popular sentai fighting shows from Japan. Power Rangers was named in the video because it is the most popular show from that genre in the West, but Kamen Rider is extremely popular in Japan and literally is centered around bug themed superheroes. So the inspiration is very evident in that regard.
Orbeetle is the ladybug that is designed around extraterrestrials moreso than Ledian.
0:46 I for one never would have guessed RATTATA is based on a RAT. I am utterly flabbergasted.
Also, possibly, moon rabbit.
RATICATE is also a RAT?! mind blown 🤯
RAT
As much as i was when I got to know that pidgey line didn't have any pigeon members
I find it funny whenever he just names one reference, and moves on lol. Like it is just that
Yeah I'm definitely inconsistent on how minor an inspiration gets named or not. Tho some are pretty one for one with a single animal
@ no no you didn’t do anything wrong, just most Pokémon are literally just a crab or a donkey lmao
This video is so good lol. I'm saving it and coming back to it periodically. Alakazam being "foxes, magicians, Baphomet" is so hilarious
I really appreciate it, thank you so much 🙏
Bro I wasn't expecting that last one "reference" 😭 why bro? Yall ruining my childhood 😂
not very far into this but god bless you man. no intro, no preamble, just diving right into what we came for. hats off to you i hope this blows up
Thank you man, and by my channel standards this has blown way up, done way better than I could've guessed, thank you again
Sableye has always been interesting because someone at the Pokemon company read about an alien encounter in 1950s Kentucky and walked into work the next day and windmill slammed a picture of the Hopkinsville goblins and said "We're doing this"
Not as bad as the dude who came in with nothing and threw his keys on the table and tried to play it off like a Pokemon design
@@BraydenMcClellanVidsHe cooked.
5:38 Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are actually based on different martial artists. Hitmonlee's Japanese name is "Sawamular," which is based on a legendary kickboxer Sawamura Tadashi, who was known as the "Kick Demon". Also Hitmonchan's Japanese name is "Ebiwalar", which is based on Ebihara Hiroyuki, a former titleholder of WBA and WBC flyweight classes.
Cool but Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan are way cooler lol
@ I love Lee and Chan but neither of them are boxer or kickboxer lol
Who on earth would imagine Jackie Chan when they see Hitmonchan wearing boxing gloves?
Lol true. Woulda been cool if they somehow implented Mike Tyson into the name...Hitmonson or something haha@@デンジュモク-c4i
"... possibly moon rabbit" has been added to my lexicon
It’s giving, “Oh you like Pokémon?”
I’m sorry but the entire Jumpluff line is clearly based off the life cycle of a dandelion.
Brother, dont think too hard about accuracy, jist enjoy the weirdly hilarious dry af delivery.
@@wilfordbrimley689he said he was sorry
Listening to this dude pronounce complicated fish names is hilarious
7:20 magikarp and Gyarados are also inspired by a Japanese legend of a koi fish who jumped up a waterfall and turned into a majestic dragon in order to lay its eggs upstream.
Isn‘t that legend part of chinese mythology?
Clearly contributed to the Japanese koinobori during Children‘s Day in some way.
I'm using this video as a remedy for insomnia and nighttime overthinking. It's like counting sheep and your voice is very relaxing
This is definitely one of the best compliments I've gotten, as someone who uses RUclips videos for the same thing I understand the love 🙏
alakazam being based off the devil, caught me wayyy the fuck off guard
Magic is of Satan, makes sense 😂
@@bryant475 God and Jesus used magic (eg. Miracles)
"Foxes, magicians and Baphomet"
Suddenly I don't like Alakazam anymore
"Smiley face, amoeba and blob"
I don't know why I was expecting more from this one lol
16:54 gardevoir’s original inspiration was medieval knights and more medieval softboy princes
That’s why Ralts has a bowl cut
But the feminine features were amplified in later gens more because of fan impressions
Hence why the Japanese name is sir knight
Look up Rose of Versailles and Revolutionary Girl Utena. The protagonist of Rose of Versailles is a Lady who disguises herself as a man and becomes a knight. Gardevoir is based on this idea of the crossdressing Lady Knight.
The bowl cut makes too much sense
Espeon and Umbreon are actually based on two Cat Youkais. Espeon is a Nekomata and Umbreon a Bakeneko the evil Youkai.
pretty cool but honestly would be more digestable with timestamps or breaking it down into different videos per region
Each generation does have its own video, this is just the mega compilation of all of them
He's just rattling them off, but somehow his comedic timing is still immaculate 💀
Me mumbling to myself in the corner at a party:
I remember the Mareep line being inspired by (at least the titlte of) the book "Do androids dream of electric sheep", and the Torchic line (especially combusken) being a chick you win at a carnival or festival, that doesn't age well or smth. That Pansage-Panpour-Pansear are based on this Japanese tale of 3 monkeys that see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.
Also a bit weird how there are just there Japanese words that can be translated (the bunny shaped apples for Victini, the burglar for Froakie, the clothes for Braixen).
Farfetch'd is also based on a Japanese idiom that's something about catching a duck (to eat) that already has the leek
Mareep was also intended to be based on dolly
@@bidoof6458 I think Braixen and Delphox are also based on magical girls seen in manga and anime. Additionally, Delphox is also based on a miko (shrine maiden, often mistranslated as "nun" in the past).
"Charmeleon," one letter off from just being chameleon
"Salamander"
Ok
THANK YOU!!!!!
Finally this video was made, i've been waiting for this since i was 6 years old !!!
With how big Pokemon is on RUclips I was surprised no one made this yet
The slight breathing in between is unintentionally hilarious
i like how you can audibly hear him take a breath after every mon
His breathing is spiking my anxiety 🫤lol
Kind of funny that Seel isn't just "Seal"
BRO I WAS WAITING THE WHOLE VIDEO FOR "Seel, Seal" 😂
also it's at 4:22 btw
And dewgong isn't just "Dugong"
This reminds me of vsause Micheal saying prime numbers for three hours
This is what youtube was intended for. Thank you.
Thank you, really appreciate it 🙏
Pidgey is based on a Tree Sparrow, and Spearow is a Sparrowhawk.
Paras/Parasect are cordyceps infected cicadas.
Pretty sure Dewgong is also based on dugong (manatee)....as the name would suggest.
I think Lickitung is also VERY loosely based on giant anteater.
Koffing/Weezing also based on volcanic gas vents.
Jynx is based on the yokai Yuki-onna.
Magikarp/Gyarados also based on the legend of a koi swimming up a mountain to become a dragon...and possibly Japanese windsocks.
Hoothoot additionally based on a clock.
Spinerak is specifically a Happy Face Spider.
Sudowoodo likely also loosely based on Walking Stick insects.
Entire Hoppip line based on dandelion from leaves to flower to seed puffs.
Espeon based on the yokai Nekomata.
Murkrow also based on witch's hat and broom.
Pineco is a bagworm.
Qwilfish also based on marine mines.
Shuckle is most likely based on the macro view of brewer's yeast, as well as a turtle, wine amphora, and slime mold.
Donphan also based on a tire.
"Ledyba, ladybug. Ledian, power ranger ladybug" 😂
I’m surprised you didn’t mention some of the Japanese names considering they have some pretty obvious origins. Like how the Abra line are all named after famous magicians. Most infamously Yungerer (Kadabra) being modeled after Yuri Geller. Or the hitmons originally being named after Japanese fighters.
The Voltorb line is also meant to be a classic mimic enemy that is a staple of RPG’s.
I decided to just use physical appearance and not do any name origins
Am i the only one who noticed acorn cop?
No but people that noticed it seemed to be confused at what it was
That “FAT LADY” took me by surprise 😭😭😭
Looks like Amberlynn Reid to me
1:00 Pikachu isn't based on a mouse or squirrel, but a langomorph (relative of rabbits and hares) literally called a pika.
No the name Pikachu comes from Pika and onomatopoeia for an electric spark, and chu a mouse sound. The artist Nashida said in an interview that Pikachu was originally a squirrel, and later turned into more of a mouse.
Pikachu does look like Langomorphs tho
if Pikachu is a mouse, so is Sandshrew @@BraydenMcClellanVids
Got rekt
It really is incredible how many of the early pokemon are just normal animals with a letter switched out
I love how there isn’t any background aside from a black screen, any background music, any sound effects, or any other further explanations or anything. It’s just the name of the Pokémon, the thing(s) it’s based on, and then it immediately moves onto the next Pokémon, the thing(s) it’s based on, and so on and so forth.
Meekrat took me out because that's just a better name for a Meerkat
Somebody give this man some water, he parched af.
I always stay hydrated
Name pronunciations or any inaccuracies aside I’ve been actually desperate for someone to make a video like this, my special interest is the meanings and inspiration behind all Pokemon names and designs so I ate this video up having it in the background. It’s just one of those fun little things that I love about the Pokemon series
Thank you for making this video!
Thank you for the grace, and don't worry I'll be going more in depth and hopefully more accurately with a new series I'm making where I'll go over different evolution lines in Pokemon and do like a science show style video on them. I already got the script for the first one done, just gotta shoot it now
I cant express to you how nice it is that there is no obnoxious intro or any unneeded unfunny commentary. Very good video!
Thank you, glad you appreciate it
Underrated Channel ❤
“… While rocking a mullet.” 😂
“Pineco, pinecone”
Pineco after seeing this: ladies and gentlemen, we got em
Yeah isn’t it more?
I'm surprised he didn't say bagworm
@@kylebear8101a bagworm
@B1tcharp I saw it but didn't include it because to me it just looked like a pinecone, but I should've included it. I was inconsistent with including stuff that was apparent just based on the visuals and what lore/deeper inspirations went into a Pokemon
I have always wondered about some of the weirder Pokemon designs, great video.
Also, wyvern is pronounced "Why-vern"
The pauses, especially within evolutionary lines, when he goes from something that has a bunch of sources of inspiration to just one and vice versa are very funny.
10:32 Mareep is blue because of the novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep"... the artificial animal were blue hence Mareep being blue and electric type due to being a robot
When someone is in doubt when creating a moodboard, I’ll show them this video
lol the dead pan delivery is so funny to me especially when you repeat moon rabbit and can’t pronounce some things haha
5:50 I'd say Koffing's design was certainly inspired by the moon or a meteor.
One of the coolest Pokemon RUclips videos ever
Thank you
Snorlax is a bearcat, sort of like the title character from the Chowder cartoon
4:36 ...and?...
Can’t imagine how long this took! Subbed
Thank you 🙏
I absolutely love that this is not text-to-speech/AI
I’ve been chipping at this for a few days, got 10 minutes left, this has been really enjoyable to watch
Thank you I really appreciate you watching it through 🙏
Okay, your patience and persistence deserves a new subscriber 😅
Appreciate it brother 🙏
Pangoro and panCham: delinquent culture
@@dragonbreathmediamelodies6884 And stereotypical delinquent protagonists in shonen manga and anime.
The Mareep line up is also a reference to Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Also an anagram of ampere, the standard unit of electricity.
the video deserves everything from youtube !!
Thank you so much 🙏
“Lati-ASS”
If I had a nickel for every time a Pokémon was canonically named “Ass”, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. 😂
I love the gasps of breath.
This video is obviously super long, but I think I watched and payed attention to every single second.
Really appreciate it, thank you
Jynx : there is also the gyaru culture
Your commitment to going over every single Pokémon is commendable, but I feel there are several cases where you don’t get every inspiration, just taking some Johto moms for example, thanks to the beta sprites we know that another inspiration for gligar were the facehuggers from alien and that shuckle was primarily based on snake wine, outside of that the forteress line are also based on bagworms and Murkrow has witch riding a broomstick design motifs
Great video truly I feel like the production could definitely be better and gain more views. Things that are the same inspiration you could put them together, example: “pokemon a b and c are inspired by ____”. You could also instead of reading it off as if it were a bullet point system you could read them off as a full sentence, example “Ekans are based off of the Indian cobras, kakunas are based off literal cocoons” it fleshes out the content a little more. Truly a great concept on this video tho I wish more people talked about it in glad you spoke on this 💯
The snuck in jokes and references tho 😭😭😭
49:44 YOU'RE FIRED!
I love that the list is mostly animals, plants, or common objects, and then it gets to snorlax and its just a randomly specific dude that worked at gamefreak lol
10:14 I did not expect to see a uterus plushy in my pokemon video
Homeboy sounds over it at Nidoran lol and there’s over an hour of this -dude’s a trooper 🫡
Thanks, now I can a Spearow impaling a Rattata on a barbed fence
best video I ever seen on RUclips ever! real rap
Wow, really went all in. Thank you
Appreciate it 🙏
16:49 nice juxtaposition
Also 16:27 ludicolo is also the embodiment of a maraca
I tried to keep a straight face but pitcher plants made me crack into a smile.
Thanks for making this video!
Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
I liked the part where he said Possibly Moon rabbit
It makes me so happy that you mentioned the drinking toy with porygon. I thought every one forgot about that
The constant deep breaths between groups of Pokémon make it feel like he’s at gun point 😭
Every pokemon ❌️
Just a small part of every pokemon ✅️
the fact that you said all of them in 1 hour is crazy
Don’t know why, but this video is super comforting
Unfortunately for me I found this before bed. I need to be at work in 6 hours lmao
Perfect thing to play to go to sleep to
@ how can I sleep with this hour long seemingly one take video
@chefgrizz6284 I fall asleep to long videos sometimes, just background noise while I go to sleep, just depends on what you like to fall asleep to
"acorn" then the body cam shot💀💀💀
can you "do this in a one breath take" challenge? 😅 thanks for the video!! This must have been quite the freaking project to get all the images holy cow
56:30 wow what a beautiful bird I’m going to look its name up!
I wonder if this dude knew he’d be making an instant classic when he recorded this
3:31 I thought bro is going to reference him as a Peashooter due to how near of the design of the Peashooter and Bellsprout
No nonsense video. New sub.
Appreciate it
4:43 The “dye-la” part for Haunter is actually pronounced as “Dee-lah” since it’s from the Filipino word Dila which means Tongue (Noun form) or Lick (Verb form). It’s also a malevolent spirit in some indigenous beliefs, hence the ghost
Do I play Pokemon?
No
Did I watch the whole thing?
Yes
Oh damn, a fellow Brayden. Immediately subbing. Brayden solidarity, dude.
Amen brother
The time it took to make this. Round of applause 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Appreciate it brother 🙏
You a goat for not yapping in the intro
Thank you brother 🙏