Game Theory: Pokemon - Why Pikachu is SHOCKINGLY Terrible! (Pokemon Sword and Shield)

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    We've talked before about the science behind Fire Pokemon. Today I am turning my Theorist eye towards a different type - Electric! Throughout the series we see Pikachu zap Ash and many others with its attacks. It got me wondering - how powerful is Pikachu? Or any Electric type? Well, when you look at the science, the answer may SHOCK you!
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Комментарии • 44 тыс.

  • @zealiouszone8861
    @zealiouszone8861 3 года назад +1498

    Well that explains why Pichu shocks itself. Also, it explains how Ash and team rocket can survive so many electric shocks.

    • @venami6863
      @venami6863 3 года назад +29

      it's BIG BRAIN time--

    • @JuanAlvarez-pc7ws
      @JuanAlvarez-pc7ws 3 года назад +17

      Then every electric Pokémon should electrocute itself

    • @thebestgamer6036
      @thebestgamer6036 3 года назад +9

      @@venami6863 its an anime/cartoon for kids

    • @jameshanley3947
      @jameshanley3947 3 года назад +4

      Not really tho, because ash is holding pickachu when he gets shocked on occasion

    • @zealiouszone8861
      @zealiouszone8861 3 года назад +8

      @@jameshanley3947 That's true. Although, he's still survives that so I'm guessing Pikachu was holding back when shocking him even back in his rebellious stage.

  • @cluelessbluebird
    @cluelessbluebird 4 года назад +5451

    My chemistry teacher: spends the whole semester explaining how electricity works
    Matpat: explains it in less that 20 minutes

    • @KnotNoxus
      @KnotNoxus 4 года назад +149

      ZoeTheUnicorn Queen that’s how school is

    • @khaledhafi4285
      @khaledhafi4285 4 года назад +141

      Plus being cool doing it

    • @worldofvariations
      @worldofvariations 4 года назад +182

      Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: the world's education system in a nutshell.

    • @TheLibra97
      @TheLibra97 4 года назад +36

      For defence, use the "I knew that but we studied a bit of electricity in chemistry" card.

    • @jucom756
      @jucom756 4 года назад +20

      But there you also get thought about circuits and resistance etc. right?

  • @kaichuuuuuu
    @kaichuuuuuu 2 года назад +326

    Mildly sorta fun fact: the move "Thunderbolt" in Japanese is "10万ボルト" which literally translates to "100,000 volts"

    • @EstonianPlatinum
      @EstonianPlatinum 2 года назад +5

      yeah in cantonese it applies to pikachu too

    • @ShizuruNakatsu
      @ShizuruNakatsu Год назад +14

      Does this mean Japanese doesn't have a word for 100,000 and they're basically saying 10 10,000?
      I remember watching a video of a Japanese school student trying to count (in English), and he called 20 "ten ten", and every so often the video would cut back to him, showing larger numbers. When the numbers got to like 100 or higher, at one point he takes a deep breath and goes "ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten!"

    • @rax1899
      @rax1899 Год назад +3

      @@ShizuruNakatsu 20 in Japanese is 2 10, not 10 10

    • @ShizuruNakatsu
      @ShizuruNakatsu Год назад

      @@rax1899 I never said anything about what it was in Japanese? I said it was a Japanese student speaking English. He just used tens for every multiple of ten (ten ten for 20, ten ten ten for 30) and when it went back to him later, there was a really long number, so he took a breath and went "ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten!" while everyone else was giggling about it.

    • @rax1899
      @rax1899 Год назад

      @@ShizuruNakatsu oh I read it wrong mb mb

  • @oldmanmichaelj
    @oldmanmichaelj Год назад +57

    Mat you forgot real live animals like eels uses electricity to protect themselves. Though eels and some animals (have a certain defense) is/coat themselves with mucus to prevent to electrocute themselves; I believe electric/lighting type Pokemon would have (evolved) have something similar so it doesn't shock itself.

    • @Hayden_Agar
      @Hayden_Agar 7 месяцев назад +3

      Fr fr

    • @fishingnxj
      @fishingnxj 4 месяца назад +2

      Yeah,but electric ell live in water,and most of his body are made with that electric cell(i forgot)
      So unless pikachu body is made of 80 percent electric cell,NO

  • @DirewolfMemento
    @DirewolfMemento 4 года назад +229

    "Hot wings"
    This show never gets old, neither does matpats dry humor

  • @colorsrrealduh
    @colorsrrealduh 4 года назад +3715

    “Why Pikachu is terrible”
    Me, a hardcore Pokémon fan: *oh buddy, you didn’t need to make a video to prove that*

    • @vulpix4564
      @vulpix4564 4 года назад +133

      Exact Same Thought Possess

    • @chendror872
      @chendror872 4 года назад +139

      I feel like using it in battle with anything past the 3rd gym or any wifi battle will prove it

    • @Squarebody
      @Squarebody 4 года назад +16

      Exactly

    • @rilo4630
      @rilo4630 4 года назад +57

      Not even Raichu either, Jolteon, Ampharos, vikavolt. All of them are more viable (at least in the normal game)

    • @Tag-ux5eb
      @Tag-ux5eb 4 года назад +29

      Jabril Smith yea no, electric types arent really that viable in competitive, besides zekrom and zapdos, but zekroms banned soooo, and zapdos isnt that good anymore, still OU though

  • @chinchilla_fandoms9500
    @chinchilla_fandoms9500 Год назад +44

    what's really fascinating about this science is that it means that Kaminari from My Hero Academia actually mostly gets the electricity/lightning physics correct

    • @hanchen267
      @hanchen267 4 месяца назад

      wait but where is the negative charge
      his hands?

  • @tobidas7486
    @tobidas7486 Год назад +86

    As an electrical technician i can say: you got a lot wrong here.
    First the human skin has a resistance of 1000 ohms. Also if the cheeks of pikachu where negatively charged, then so would be the whole Pikachu. Also you don't know if the Pikachu itself may be an insulator and only the cheeks are a conductor. But the main thing you got wrong, is about how lightnings work. It's true that a voltage of 30000 volts per centimeter is needed to overcome the resistance of air, but once it's ionized, the resistance drops massively. Going by your logic, lightnings would be harmless

    • @Snow-3210
      @Snow-3210 Год назад +12

      My brain can’t keep up

    • @lilpiper1234
      @lilpiper1234 Год назад +8

      I'm glad someone said this!

    • @rlavender9684
      @rlavender9684 Год назад +2

      how much energy would it take to Ionize the air plus do an attack? Would it still be Scientifically reasonable?

    • @tobidas7486
      @tobidas7486 Год назад +11

      @@rlavender9684 by ionizing the air you are already doing a huge attack, killing everything that lives pretty much instantly. As he said about 30000 Volts per centimeter.

    • @misdrievousdemise3815
      @misdrievousdemise3815 Год назад +8

      I'd also like to think that as an electric Pokemon charges up its next attack, it is effectively ionizing a route in the air between it and it's opponent. Using extra "hidden" energy to charge up the distance between it and its target, like an invisible radioactive beam. Then when it has charged up enough, it releases the electricity and then the sparks do the rest. This is why I also believe the electricity can curve and/or strike multiple opponents at once.

  • @snjackalope856
    @snjackalope856 4 года назад +1764

    Game Theory: Pikachu is trash.
    Team Rocket: Pikachu is god type pokemon.

    • @jacobsarion8562
      @jacobsarion8562 4 года назад +25

      i like that joke nice one :)

    • @no-mj6jv
      @no-mj6jv 4 года назад +12

      Haha

    • @gboi3500
      @gboi3500 4 года назад +44

      1 specific Pikachu....

    • @m3an_3
      @m3an_3 4 года назад +14

      Zeus type

    • @KuramiRocket
      @KuramiRocket 4 года назад +19

      Pikachu is obviously great because plot armor lol

  • @len5630
    @len5630 4 года назад +226

    "Hot Wings"
    I was here when Gaijin Goomba was still here and DeadLock was still a thing

    • @xaviervargas1097
      @xaviervargas1097 4 года назад +4

      Saaame those were the days culture shock was really great

    • @joelle4226
      @joelle4226 4 года назад +1

      I totally forgot about DeadLock

    • @andrewnehus1566
      @andrewnehus1566 4 года назад +2

      I loved deadlock.

    • @redcrosw
      @redcrosw 4 года назад +2

      I miss gaijin goomba

    • @gearofwar933
      @gearofwar933 4 года назад

      God this is some nostalgia down in this comment section

  • @-sugr-
    @-sugr- 2 года назад +18

    Maybe as the cheeks negatively charge, Pikachu's body does charges negatively aswell but the cheeks charge more.
    To me this would result in a Pikachu that is negatively charged but can still concentrate energy in his cheeks.

  • @nathangilbert7920
    @nathangilbert7920 Год назад +6

    This channel has taught me so much about and help keep me thinking through everything.

  • @zawarudo4459
    @zawarudo4459 3 года назад +240

    Pokémon that know thunder fang: I am four parallel universes ahead of you

    • @angelaguilar4279
      @angelaguilar4279 2 года назад

      What about Thunder?

    • @normalchannel2185
      @normalchannel2185 2 года назад

      best move would be if they slapped the tail

    • @hanifsulistiyo3559
      @hanifsulistiyo3559 2 года назад

      Or Thunder Punch or Plasma Fists

    • @krishgupta1128
      @krishgupta1128 2 года назад +2

      Probably just thunder fang because it gets to your inside directly and he even says it in the video (not the name but about biting)

    • @hanifsulistiyo3559
      @hanifsulistiyo3559 2 года назад

      @@krishgupta1128 I didn't mean that. It doesn't have anything to do with naming. I said Thunder Punch or Plasma Fists because thunder punch and plasma fists are contact moves so the electricity actually hits.

  • @jamesraposa942
    @jamesraposa942 4 года назад +94

    Gametheory: "A ocarina song that controls the weather is *Super* devastating"
    Also Gametheory: a mouse that makes thunderstorms is harmless.

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 4 года назад +1

      It is because MatPat doesn't know that PokeDex is as reliable as XIX century medicine commercials:
      upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Cocaine_for_kids.png

  • @silaslithian5298
    @silaslithian5298 Год назад +10

    Ah yes, I actually liked those hot wings.

  • @sarahdsparks
    @sarahdsparks 2 года назад +3

    So, if we reverse this and say that electric Pokémon have to be doing *some* kind of effective attack (since they do actually KO other Pokémon), could it be that we have the mechanics of their power wrong? Maybe the power isn’t to “shoot lightning,” but to ionize air? So, the power is the ability to reduce the resistance of air to nothing, and thus allow them to turn what should be minor shocks into major weapons?

  • @eddieisntsocial6974
    @eddieisntsocial6974 3 года назад +1794

    I’m literally learning more here than my science class

    • @bleh5047
      @bleh5047 3 года назад +31

      Same.

    • @countingdays811
      @countingdays811 3 года назад +26

      You don’t have science it’s summer

    • @rafaelmesaglio229
      @rafaelmesaglio229 3 года назад +16

      Maybe because you learn about electricity in physics and actual electronics classes

    • @willis_davies6348
      @willis_davies6348 3 года назад +15

      Yeah well you obviously didn't pay attention during English. I mean you LITTERALLY must not pay attention in English

    • @miniman9121
      @miniman9121 3 года назад +8

      Epic Beares, actually I, personally am Australian so I wasn’t on my summer break.

  • @hobotify
    @hobotify 3 года назад +247

    Conclusion: Volt Tackle being Pikachu's strongest move makes sense, because he actually makes contact.

    • @pochiluis0570
      @pochiluis0570 2 года назад +16

      And if he used electricity when doing the metal tail move I would be even stronger

    • @enderthemaster
      @enderthemaster Год назад +2

      @@pochiluis0570 bruh no because that would hurt himself

    • @DenimInfluenza
      @DenimInfluenza 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@pochiluis0570*iron tail

    • @mahitshah3107
      @mahitshah3107 6 месяцев назад

      wild charge too, electroweb aswell ig

  • @BluberryBoi
    @BluberryBoi Год назад

    Learning more here than in my biology class
    If I ever become a biology/science teacher I'm gonna use ur videos as my lessons these make way more sense.
    Mat pat: the best bio/science teacher

  • @JesseJames-hp1lz
    @JesseJames-hp1lz Год назад

    I remember watching a video of yours, binged the next 3 that you had and was mad that you didnt have more.
    Hot wings. You exploded dude.

  • @strixsoren6847
    @strixsoren6847 4 года назад +408

    So basically, an electric move like “Thunder Fang” would realistically be more effective than a move like “Thunder Bolt.” Interesting.

    • @woodie232323
      @woodie232323 4 года назад +24

      Yes that's the same thought that I had, and the next one after that would be thunder punch

    • @chellove.8169
      @chellove.8169 4 года назад +13

      And after that voltage tackle

    • @Kurayamiblack
      @Kurayamiblack 4 года назад +16

      So basically in order to be realistic, Thunder Type physical moves should do way more damage than special moves and Thunder Type physical moves should be more common too, and all of them should cause recoil although the physical ones with more than 70 power should probably cause guaranteed paralysis.
      Interesting. You'd have a "polarizing" type whose moves are100% either god tier or straight garbage.

    • @kennyholmes5196
      @kennyholmes5196 4 года назад +11

      @@Kurayamiblack So... Pichu in Smash is actually the most accurate depiction of what Matpat describes the Electric type as being like.

    • @Shouziroku
      @Shouziroku 4 года назад +4

      Surprising he didn't study the real life electric Pokémon: Electric eels. They get up to 860V and 1A.

  • @Star-Powder
    @Star-Powder 4 года назад +77

    Matpat: Pikachu would fry himself if he tried to attack.
    Pichu would like to know your location.

  • @61wisampa
    @61wisampa Год назад +2

    I know this is an old video and it's in Game Theory but MatPat should really watch A Certain Scientific Railgun and then explain Misaka Mikoto's powers

  • @q_0191
    @q_0191 2 года назад +1

    I learnt more about lighting from a video about pokemon then I did in my science class.

  • @mattb3635
    @mattb3635 4 года назад +199

    The move thunder fang is gonna be hitting different when Pokemon realise this

  • @oopsitsophie1962
    @oopsitsophie1962 4 года назад +110

    “Hot wings”
    Believe it or not, “bad” puns are my favorite jokes

  • @Elonmustard675
    @Elonmustard675 Год назад

    Hey Matpat how you doing. I really liked the video that you did on the game Inscrypsion. I really love theories with scary back stories

  • @SatysfaingThings
    @SatysfaingThings Год назад +1

    matpat explained electrycity in 5 min and school explained it to me in 5 weeks

  • @tsgooch5198
    @tsgooch5198 4 года назад +221

    Everyone else: Throws battery out
    MatPat: Recycles battery safely
    Me, an intellectual: "Rechargable Double A's FTW!!!"

    • @superspork3975
      @superspork3975 4 года назад

      Need those bad boys to play Pokemon back on GBC

    • @deadhead8486
      @deadhead8486 4 года назад

      Me an intellectual:gives it to Pokemon that eats metal

  • @Nixthelf
    @Nixthelf 3 года назад +426

    May I just say, im currently a third year studying to be come an electrician. I saw this coming and felt smart for once:)

    • @ilpurple
      @ilpurple 3 года назад +11

      This comment is so underrated

    • @Sir_GrimReaper
      @Sir_GrimReaper 3 года назад +16

      okay, i never thought i would say something like this even though i hate saying it but... this comment is actually underrated.

    • @somukapare2169
      @somukapare2169 3 года назад +11

      Ditto
      In high school though
      But I knew this when I was ten cause the guy who taught me pokemon taught me university level physics(the logic, not equations)

    • @goota84
      @goota84 3 года назад +3

      Can't formulate a sentence without spelling errors

    • @somukapare2169
      @somukapare2169 3 года назад +1

      @@goota84
      ?

  • @SoulFlameXil
    @SoulFlameXil 2 года назад +4

    What if their fur insulates them against shocking themselves? And what if part of charging their little cheek batteries ionizes a sphere around them or come in front of them. It might also be worth noting that often in the anime anyways electrical attacks are often seen starting at a point and moving across the ground to the opponent. But that’s just a theory, a GAME theory!

  • @cheesyboo6442
    @cheesyboo6442 Год назад

    I am definitely coming back to this video for my science exams ! You explained in 20mins! My teacher took a month!

  • @anthonyyeboah5056
    @anthonyyeboah5056 4 года назад +61

    When MatPat forgets that there is an actual move that does what he describes at 16:15. It’s called Thunder Fang

  • @nazothebeast
    @nazothebeast 4 года назад +138

    “Hot wings”
    When fnaf 2 was confusing for Matt pat

  • @AndromedaArchive
    @AndromedaArchive 2 года назад

    MatPat: ...and the battery gets thrown out or, more accurately, recycled safely.
    Me: I've never received such a judgmental look before.

  • @somekindofplayer2765
    @somekindofplayer2765 2 года назад

    now i understand how "aim for the horn" technique works, thx :D (i needet it for my test)

  • @marcuson2192
    @marcuson2192 4 года назад +245

    “Electric types are basically useless”
    Thunder punch: Am I a joke to you?

    • @r.j.penfold
      @r.j.penfold 4 года назад +36

      Don't forget Thunder Fang and Volt Tackle! (And almost all other physical based electric moves.)

    • @FlambergeRagnarok
      @FlambergeRagnarok 4 года назад +2

      Having only melee range attacks as a pokemon thats not really a heavy type or at least suit for boxing/whatever because or their, well, body, length of arms, shape of legs etc makes them basically useless unless you throw them st another pokemon with no range attacks so they can maybe shock while taking a bone cracking punch to the face. Otherwise theyre at a disadvantage when it comes to defending against ranged attacks if they cant fly or move quickly enough for dodging to be easy and the length of their arms to catch the other pokemon with not matter

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 4 года назад

      Yes, yes you are

    • @SolstaceWinters
      @SolstaceWinters 4 года назад +2

      *laughs in Electivire*

    • @nijandrak93
      @nijandrak93 4 года назад

      Yes

  • @katnightingale9707
    @katnightingale9707 4 года назад +86

    “Hot wings”
    I don’t even remember when I got here. You had about 20 episodes and I binged them.

  • @shawnie8352
    @shawnie8352 Год назад

    i am just new here but every video i watch make sense and thats why i love matpat's video

  • @Artemix4137
    @Artemix4137 2 года назад

    How did I learn more about electricity, volts, and amps and stuff in a Pokémon RUclips videos then the entirety of my electrical unit in my actual mechanics class

  • @Jx3STER
    @Jx3STER 4 года назад +386

    “Thunder Fang” is officially the deadliest electric pokemon attack.

    • @slipperyslime558
      @slipperyslime558 4 года назад +4

      JoshBretton I mean ur right but still he has some reasons

    • @teamdub473
      @teamdub473 4 года назад

      We rate mountains on insta

    • @ziyaolau3433
      @ziyaolau3433 4 года назад +3

      Or thunder punch

    • @CrystalGreymon
      @CrystalGreymon 4 года назад +8

      Or Nuzzle, Wild Charge, Volt Tackle, Fusion Bolt, Bolt Strike, Zing-Zap, Spark, Plasma Fists, Zippy Zap or Catastropika.

    • @psychochief5090
      @psychochief5090 4 года назад

      @@CrystalGreymon Actually, pretty sure plasma fists isnt zeraora punching people who his fists of electricity, but rather punching the ground and producing an electrical shockwave. No actual contact is made.

  • @Starr_Beam
    @Starr_Beam 4 года назад +70

    Mat pat : elEctRiC TyPEs sUcK
    Pikachu: * makes SHOCKED face*

  • @trashpanda8256
    @trashpanda8256 2 года назад

    MatPat: hungry in the recording room, thinking about hot wings

  • @Fbih2o
    @Fbih2o Год назад +1

    New food theory video: what happens when u EAT a battery

  • @hannathobani
    @hannathobani 4 года назад +106

    While procrastinating, I accidentally studied for my physics test...

    • @mrpedrobraga
      @mrpedrobraga 4 года назад +3

      this is what we call a pro game theorist move

  • @GanderMTNdew
    @GanderMTNdew 3 года назад +160

    Pinkachu: *Shoots Lightning*
    Electricity: Uno Reverse Card

    • @riyushi7553
      @riyushi7553 3 года назад +1

      Who is pinkachu

    • @abdiabdi3225
      @abdiabdi3225 3 года назад

      @@riyushi7553 did you watch the video 👁👄👁

    • @puretestoster1
      @puretestoster1 3 года назад

      @@abdiabdi3225 pinkachu

    • @thephoenixdevil4817
      @thephoenixdevil4817 3 года назад +1

      @@abdiabdi3225 *pinkachu....*
      It’s name is Pikachu XD

  • @michaelbrown2045
    @michaelbrown2045 22 часа назад

    I’m going to throw a party every week I want a lava lamp of every color

  • @leogronlund7841
    @leogronlund7841 Год назад +1

    Well... Did you forget about the episode in which Ash powers up Pikachu? It is very possible that Pikachu, while it was a Pichu, could have gotten it's hands on a magnet, which powers up electric type moves. And we already know that Pikachu can choose how strong to make the thunderbolt.

  • @randomgeneratedname5503
    @randomgeneratedname5503 4 года назад +171

    MatPat: “electric pokemon are useless”
    Me: “uh I need my raichu to keep my lights on since I’m not paying bills! So to each their own”

    • @madog61
      @madog61 4 года назад +4

      Just Jazzie ha so true

    • @Chip-Chapley
      @Chip-Chapley 4 года назад +6

      electricity goes out "oh no! my fridge has milk and eggs in it!'
      "pikachu use thunderbolt"
      and that's how ash won the pewter city gym badge....
      and proceeded to plow brock's wife.

    • @kieronbrown73
      @kieronbrown73 4 года назад +1

      Hot wings

    • @CrystalGreymon
      @CrystalGreymon 4 года назад

      @@Chip-Chapley Who still has yet to exist.

  • @brensnorf
    @brensnorf 4 года назад +114

    me: if I had a superpower, I’d want electrokinesis
    matpat: weLL, acTuAllY...

    • @conormeade3849
      @conormeade3849 4 года назад +2

      Well there are used for that that would work, just look at Misaka from a certain magical index / scientific railgun

    • @raismin739
      @raismin739 4 года назад

      if can send electic wave throuh the nerve system you can manipulate other animals... it's not that bad...

    • @Skillerikx
      @Skillerikx 4 года назад

      Reality warping would be so much better.

    • @brensnorf
      @brensnorf 4 года назад

      Emanuele Atza that’s interesting. so rather than emitting electricity, you could control the electricity in peoples bodies? that’s a cool idea.

    • @raismin739
      @raismin739 4 года назад +1

      @@brensnorf is my favorite type of power... the power to control elecrit wave is much cooler, powerful and useful....
      light, gamma wave microwave, internet, nuclear fusion, electrolyse of water to make a big explosion whit the hydrogen :)

  • @nichmiller4251
    @nichmiller4251 Год назад +1

    Well, 3 years later: Hot Wings, homie.

  • @WorldWeave
    @WorldWeave 6 месяцев назад

    Rule of Cool overrules physics when it comes to shooting lightning……though I do love the image of the Pikachu line hunting by biting their prey before electrocuting it

  • @Kurotaisa
    @Kurotaisa 4 года назад +88

    "Hot Wings"
    Hmm. Yo MatPat, seeing as Pikachu and most Electric pokemon have managed to survive for long enough for them to appear on Archeological digs, wouldn't that mean they must have evolved an insluating skin?

    • @lorrygoth
      @lorrygoth 4 года назад +4

      Probably, that would also explain why they are resistant to electrical attacks.

    • @anastasishatzakis5752
      @anastasishatzakis5752 4 года назад +2

      Also Pikachu gets Lightning Rod so if it works like in the games it would not hurt it.

  • @robinscompass5951
    @robinscompass5951 4 года назад +175

    Honestly, an electric type with huge wires that lash out at Pokémon and shock them would be cool.
    Oh wait that’s xurkitree.

  • @augustomoreira7441
    @augustomoreira7441 Год назад +1

    14:51 pikachu used thunderbolt!
    the enemy just flat out died!
    you monster!

  • @walterd11
    @walterd11 9 месяцев назад

    Me: "Wow. 100,000 volts sounds like a lot."
    MatPat: '100000 volts seems like a lot right?'
    Me: "Uh...No."

  • @jaamz567
    @jaamz567 4 года назад +108

    0:06 "More controversial than Pokemon Sword and Shield not having the national dex."
    No, what's controversial is that you're talking about the Galar region while showing Alola in the background.

    • @saji.2874
      @saji.2874 4 года назад

      James R Kilian IKR there is literally a pic of the Galar region

    • @jamesbryce3134
      @jamesbryce3134 4 года назад

      That was his editor

    • @nixphone7434
      @nixphone7434 4 года назад

      nobody:

    • @RiasThePunkQueen
      @RiasThePunkQueen 4 года назад

      What's most controversial, is that MP himself is using DEX entries as his source, when he has disproven them in the past. Basically everyone in the fandom knows that the dex entries are BS... Plus, I don't think he is accounting for the way ANIMALS use electricity, like Austin did, on a different episode, on THIS channel...

  • @jennytran2290
    @jennytran2290 4 года назад +52

    "Hot Wings"
    I guess that means thunder fang is now scientifically the most dangerous thunder move. Move over volt tackle and thunder!

  • @cassieandbradleyalfaroa1936
    @cassieandbradleyalfaroa1936 Год назад

    Plot twist: it’s just an anime and my childhood continues to be ruined by game theory.

  • @Chitransh_Agrawal
    @Chitransh_Agrawal 28 дней назад +1

    Well, we don't know how the molecule works in the Pokemon universe. What if the resistance of air is much less in Pokemon world than our own or a Pokemon's electricity is something else. It might not be our normal electricity.

  • @MrJChristianz
    @MrJChristianz 4 года назад +210

    Raichu's own Pokedex entry says "Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high-voltage power"

    • @calebhess3298
      @calebhess3298 4 года назад +24

      That wouldn't help him since that's not how grounding works.

    • @thecrazycapmaster
      @thecrazycapmaster 4 года назад +12

      Saul Goodman and that’s why Pikachus evolved 🤣🤣 they were tired of zapping themselves

    • @jplayingminecraft7446
      @jplayingminecraft7446 4 года назад +8

      @@thecrazycapmaster Pikachu evolves through a thunderstone. It's not exactly a choice for them.

    • @randomgamer9926
      @randomgamer9926 4 года назад +6

      JPlayingMinecraft Im not trying to start an argument but its a joke jeez

    • @bowmanc.7439
      @bowmanc.7439 4 года назад +3

      I think there might be a translation error. I don’t mean Japanese to English, I’m talking about the fictional universe of Pokemon’s language to real world earth language translation error.
      Their universe obviously have different laws of physics, for all we know, their world might not even be made of particles at all. So electron might not be a thing in the “poke-verse”. We just translate it to electricity because it looks like that.

  • @woomynation
    @woomynation 4 года назад +119

    Matpat: "You can't shoot lightning... there needs to be physical contact"
    Thunder Fang: "Allow me to introduce myself"

    • @AbhayIRIS
      @AbhayIRIS 4 года назад +8

      Laughs in Thunder punch

    • @rohenyo
      @rohenyo 4 года назад +3

      Volt tackle anyone

    • @tasumaki
      @tasumaki 4 года назад

      Mixing it up with volt switch!

    • @fallrising5443
      @fallrising5443 4 года назад +1

      Random Rock Type Pokèmon: Let me stop you right their with... EARTHQUAKE!!

    • @pinkiest1899
      @pinkiest1899 4 года назад +1

      Volt Tackle too!

  • @British7777
    @British7777 Год назад

    Matpat:
    It defies everything about physics
    Me:
    Its a video game

  • @blasterbolt734
    @blasterbolt734 11 месяцев назад +1

    You should think into it more. You never know if Pikachu starts the charge at his cheeks and the negative energy spreads to the rest of him. One major fact is that in one of the pokemon shows, electricity surrounds Pikachu with signals that Pikachu ionizes the air around him before shooting the electricity

  • @camoking3605
    @camoking3605 4 года назад +579

    Matpat: electric types are useless
    Thunderfang: I'm about to end this man's whole career

    • @kylewoodowens4488
      @kylewoodowens4488 4 года назад +15

      Tazer gun: I guess that means that it's ok to go shock Mat a few thousand times

    • @rahzekarma
      @rahzekarma 4 года назад +24

      don't forget Thunderpunch

    • @thelguy1743
      @thelguy1743 4 года назад +12

      Which means that Luxray is actually a useful pokémon. WOW

    • @larimari87
      @larimari87 4 года назад +11

      Every electric legendary: am I a joke to you?

    • @certainpeople159
      @certainpeople159 4 года назад +4

      He roasted more than just the electric type.

  • @pkmntrainermark8881
    @pkmntrainermark8881 4 года назад +196

    MatPat: "Sword and Shield"
    Background: Sun and Moon's Alola map

  • @M0n1ka4.
    @M0n1ka4. 2 года назад

    “mmmmm hot wings….. sorry just craving hotwings… back to the video!” - MatPat probably

  • @CraziestChaos
    @CraziestChaos 2 года назад

    Matpat: “
    if you somehow watched those and stuck with me all those years”
    Me: *feeling twenty years older* yeaaa

  • @articspetsnaz2833
    @articspetsnaz2833 4 года назад +355

    "Not as bad as if you stuck your finger in an electrical outlet"
    Me: cough American outlet cough

    • @JamesDavy2009
      @JamesDavy2009 4 года назад +7

      Some other countries' outlets have twice the potential as an American outlet.

    • @HeavenOblivion
      @HeavenOblivion 4 года назад

      JamesDavy2009
      Lhas

    • @HeavenOblivion
      @HeavenOblivion 4 года назад

      JamesDavy2009 has

    • @ringoch6862
      @ringoch6862 4 года назад

      hi david im davidtay

    • @reckarthack3018
      @reckarthack3018 4 года назад +8

      @@JamesDavy2009 but you can't stick your finger in a UK plug

  • @DoktorDry
    @DoktorDry 4 года назад +230

    "Most controversial in Game Theory history"
    Sans is Ness: Am I a joke to you?

    • @PitchBlackLaser
      @PitchBlackLaser 4 года назад +8

      I wouldn't even say this is controversial anymore... its just flat out wrong XD

    • @Katt--
      @Katt-- 4 года назад +7

      He did say in the pokemom theories tho

    • @happycamperds9917
      @happycamperds9917 4 года назад +2

      BlackLaser I actually liked it... unlike Sans is Gaster IMO.

    • @Zero-pe3iq
      @Zero-pe3iq 4 года назад +8

      Sans is Ness only offended weak people. The fact is either you thought it was really cool or dumb, but only weak people insulted Matt for making it. They might make jokes with their friends but they wouldn't be highly triggered. This is actually another stupid pokemon episode where Matt applies real science to a show about magically fictional creatures.(which I get is a thing he does, but it doesn't make it less stupid the theory is directly not canon and can be rejected on the plot of the games and anime alone.) The differnce is I think it's stupid, but I don't think Matt is stupid for making it. I think it's a waste of time, but if it gets him views and new subs then it was probably worth it for him.

    • @PitchBlackLaser
      @PitchBlackLaser 4 года назад +1

      @@happycamperds9917 I usually like his theories too... or else I would not watch them XD but he has a way to make me angry on videos of topics I know in and out myself.

  • @AAI_Einstein
    @AAI_Einstein 11 месяцев назад +2

    Mat how about you calculate how much electric power they have by calculating the voltage and amps required to do some things they do in the show

  • @bensonthe_cat4912
    @bensonthe_cat4912 2 года назад

    Matpat: xurkitree has a plug for a foot!
    Me: well, doesn't molten freddy have batteries for fingers?

  • @dogfallsoffcliffanddies7484
    @dogfallsoffcliffanddies7484 4 года назад +212

    I literally only realised just now that "Xurkitree" is word play on "circuitry".
    I thought it was meant to look like some weird tree.

  • @pwnchy
    @pwnchy 4 года назад +365

    OG Game Theory: *a lot of bad puns and sex jokes*
    Game Theory: *_hot wings_*

  • @zakosist
    @zakosist 10 месяцев назад

    This video should be used in school when teaching about electricity, I found this much easier to understand and more interesting than back when I learned about it in science class

  • @alexlubbers1589
    @alexlubbers1589 5 месяцев назад

    You can indeed direct where a lightning strike goes, and we do it for research and even the U.S. Military has tested lightning-based weapons like the MARAUDER plasma railgun.
    The main way is to use a rocket trailing a wire. As the rocket flies up, the wire provides a channel of least resistance for the lightning to strike. Its pretty cool, and the process vaporizes the wire creating a giant green line of plasma.
    The other way to direct a strike is to ionize a channel of air. Fire can ionize pockets of air, but the military tested high-power Lasers to ionize a channel of air to guide lightning. A literal Lightning Beam!
    So in the case of Pokemon, perhaps electric type pokemon can ionize channels of air to guide their lightning strikes, or fire out extended whiskers that act like wires.

  • @MonaFlowers__
    @MonaFlowers__ 4 года назад +45

    Minecraft theory: I have a theory about the blazes. Wither skeletons are made of carbon as they drop coal on death. They most likely were fossilized in soul sand and netherrack and eventually gained the properties that allow netherrack to burn forever. Then some of them got hit by a ghast and they lit on fire as well as gaining the ghasts’ ability to fly and shoot fireballs becoming blazes. due to the fact that they were made of fossilized coal and netherrack they burn forever and can shoot weak fireballs at targets. They also live in the nether fortresses because they used to be the ancient builders.
    Edit:The spawners could be a result of the builders experiments with life and death. After blazes lived in the fortresses for a while their essence went into the spawners and they started appearing from them.
    Edit 2: magma cubes could be slimes brought into the nether.

    • @catalyst9955
      @catalyst9955 4 года назад

      Jackmaster well they could be connected to pigmen which could be the builders

    • @truckkun7704
      @truckkun7704 4 года назад +1

      Jackmaster but that’s just a theory a game theory

    • @commonviewer2488
      @commonviewer2488 4 года назад +1

      That doesn't explain all those Blaze Spawners that are found in Nether Fortresses.

    • @Flop_Studios
      @Flop_Studios 4 года назад +1

      It's obviously spawners smh my head jkjk lol lmao.
      That's a good theory!

    • @strawberryseal1851
      @strawberryseal1851 4 года назад +1

      GAIN COPYRIGHT FOR THET IDEA NIW!

  • @axlmagnus
    @axlmagnus 4 года назад +175

    "Hot wings"
    -Fatpat, Nov 2019

  • @Randowando19
    @Randowando19 2 года назад +1

    Also i always think about that how do pokemon even survive one hit of Thunderbolt. Arceus might just have changed science

  • @Brody-xz1ir
    @Brody-xz1ir 22 дня назад

    Games, anime, and TV shows like Pokémon usually disobey the laws of physics

  • @Brad.M.
    @Brad.M. 4 года назад +41

    MatPat: Tells me to comment "hot wings" if I've been here since 2012.
    Me having been here since 2012: No, "cold thighs".

  • @oaksynia7353
    @oaksynia7353 4 года назад +161

    "Pikachu sucks"
    Ash's Pikachu: basically defeats almost every single legendary Pokemon in Every movie

    • @Iforgotwhattoputhere
      @Iforgotwhattoputhere 4 года назад

      True

    • @BabbyOPTC
      @BabbyOPTC 4 года назад +28

      but couldn't beat a level 5 starter Snivy

    • @tra-guyd5209
      @tra-guyd5209 4 года назад +1

      plot

    • @amyliaclenny1866
      @amyliaclenny1866 4 года назад +5

      The anime & manga are different than the video games, ehich are *all very* different from reality / real world science. He's using physics from our world, not the games or show. MatPat should've called Austin.

    • @oaksynia7353
      @oaksynia7353 4 года назад +2

      @@amyliaclenny1866 yes I know. I was making a joke

  • @Randowando19
    @Randowando19 2 года назад +1

    Thunder fang be like
    : Haha now everyone will use me instead thunderbolt

  • @arjunharitas5068
    @arjunharitas5068 4 месяца назад +1

    Literally using this video to study for my science exam

  • @someguy394
    @someguy394 3 года назад +186

    All of a sudden, thunder fang looks like one of the most powerful moves...

    • @saragenren6139
      @saragenren6139 2 года назад +14

      No wonder Luxray goes hard

    • @dko9652
      @dko9652 2 года назад +5

      @@saragenren6139 Oof

    • @thorn62_yt53
      @thorn62_yt53 6 месяцев назад

      @@saragenren6139aye my favourite electric type

  • @cHris04_
    @cHris04_ 4 года назад +228

    Matpat: "we dont know anything about electricity"
    me: *laughs in electrical engineering*

    • @Julq4
      @Julq4 4 года назад +9

      yeah I kinda cringed my way through this episode

    • @brunnobenatti8441
      @brunnobenatti8441 4 года назад +2

      As a software developer I know how you both feel. (I got my episodes).

    • @frozenwintershitty
      @frozenwintershitty 4 года назад +2

      @@Julq4 don't cringe :) he's always inclusive to the people how may not know this, like kids / teens.

    • @brendanrisney2449
      @brendanrisney2449 4 года назад +1

      I think the point was that being false. He just didn't clarify it afterwards.

    • @cHris04_
      @cHris04_ 4 года назад

      PS: im still a student hopefully graduating this year.

  • @scorpius3302
    @scorpius3302 4 месяца назад

    I like how his logos from all his Chanel's show the player icons for xbox 360 like this one is player 1 film theory is 2 food is 3 and fashion is 4

  • @emmanstinekaye5296
    @emmanstinekaye5296 Год назад

    Togedemaru: what you talking about, man?I absorb electricity

  • @gaelic_geek5709
    @gaelic_geek5709 4 года назад +88

    "A buildup of Negative charge."
    [I Hate Everything's face]

  • @SportsFan824
    @SportsFan824 3 года назад +256

    "Science"
    Oh buddy the fairy type is super effective on dragon types.
    Nothing like Tinker bell whipping the heck out of a 6 headed dragon

    • @Riftweaver1981
      @Riftweaver1981 3 года назад +21

      that too is science. because the game devs needed a way to slow down the massive overuse of dragon types, so they made fairy immune to it. game balance is science too

    • @cnmxproductions11
      @cnmxproductions11 3 года назад +8

      @@Riftweaver1981 completely true. This is why I get mad at people who wrongly accuse movies of being stupid, or, "fan service".

    • @Pinanimate
      @Pinanimate 3 года назад +8

      I laughed more than I should have at this

    • @hetalthakkar6429
      @hetalthakkar6429 3 года назад +3

      Maybe because fairy is related to magic

    • @Riftweaver1981
      @Riftweaver1981 3 года назад +1

      @@hetalthakkar6429 in most forms of fantasy, dragons are often highly resistant or immune to magic

  • @Justatrainer
    @Justatrainer Год назад

    I find it funny how matpat is explaining this but not how wild animals (after beating up others) change skin color hair color and so much other stuff

  • @fatbutterimp4166
    @fatbutterimp4166 Год назад

    In conclusion, thunder fang is the best electric move. Bites with sharp fangs that are electrically charged to deal damage.

  • @S3PH1RoTH1
    @S3PH1RoTH1 4 года назад +87

    "Hot wings"
    What about Magnemite/ton/zone?
    Since they control magnetism they could alter the field around their opponent to make an electric charge.

  • @eamonbell6378
    @eamonbell6378 3 года назад +120

    Matpat: dissed xurkitree
    Also matpat: states that connecting a wire to the opponent is the most effective method of electrocution, meaning that the good ol' bundle of wires could easily be the strongest electric type

  • @Prismatic_Pixie
    @Prismatic_Pixie Год назад

    Mat needs to learn the meaning of "suspension of disbelief"

  • @Welsh_lazy_animator
    @Welsh_lazy_animator 2 года назад

    Matpat completely forgot that this is a CARTOON

  • @solracstormhunter3023
    @solracstormhunter3023 4 года назад +185

    So basically the most effective electro attacks are:
    - Thunder Punch
    - Volt Tackle
    - Thunder Bite
    - Thunderschock on full contact

    • @malp2909
      @malp2909 4 года назад +18

      Thunder Fang*

    • @4shadow894
      @4shadow894 4 года назад +4

      Literally, all of them are suicidal attacks since they dont have resistance to lightning

    • @Akuma-qv5zi
      @Akuma-qv5zi 4 года назад +2

      I hate it I cant like it always sends me to the comment ugb

    • @Akuma-qv5zi
      @Akuma-qv5zi 4 года назад

      Oh but i can dislike wow

    • @jmth-li7ew
      @jmth-li7ew 4 года назад

      69 likes

  • @modern5082
    @modern5082 4 года назад +112

    Mat pat: ruining your childhood since 2011
    Me: I'm still a child
    Also me: I'm hungry for some hot wings

  • @mrfelix6569
    @mrfelix6569 Год назад

    Technically, Pikachu IS shocking himself with the negative charge. The animation shows his body filled with electricity.

  • @redstone_guy_yt955
    @redstone_guy_yt955 8 месяцев назад

    Now I wonder how the move Thunder would work with this since it literally summons a cloud and it’s relatively close to the ground