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A really fun fact about Hydrapple is that it and its pre-evolution´s signature move, Syrup Bomb, actually looks different when shiny, becoming a golden bomb instead of red.
Another detail about Hydrapple that wasn’t mentioned is that if you look at the apple on its horn, it also has the green apple the other Applin family members have!
Lokix was my first shiny, so it has a special place in my heart :) also I know you said they're golden, but in game they kinda show up more green, so I just assumed they were meant to look more like regular grasshoppers
I don't care either way about whether they are chosen or generated, the only thing I care about is whether it: A. Changes ALL the colours of the pokemon and B. Is easily distinguishable from it's regularly form. As long as it's both of the above, it's a good shiny. Tinkaton being one of my favourite pokemon has one of the WORST shinies....
I just started the video so I did not know that it was white but I can guarantee you right now it's a reference to the white serpent. White serpent lore is epic and I encourage everyone to go out and find every story about the white serpent that you can find because it's super ancient and super cool and there's about a million renditions of it some of which are directly opposed to each other. In fact there's some who speculate that the white serpent is the oldest deity known to mankind as a depiction of it or at least something that after thousands of years under the ground is a white serpent is one of the oldest artifacts that we've found of modern humans. And this thing was not small I believe there was more than one and they're huge and we know almost nothing about them, but they do weirdly line up with some of the white serpent lore.
Fun fact about Orcas: their name originally was meant to be "Killers of Whales" or "whale killers" but due to mistranslations it became "Killer whales"
Their Danish name translates as blubber stealer (spækhugger, spæk=blubber/fat, hugger=one who cleaves/steals). This name was given to them by whalers who were annoyed by their ability to eat a whale before the whalers could get it onto their ships.
Another fun fact: the reason for false killer whale's name despite looking nothing like orcas in size or coloration is because early naturalists described them with only skull materials and they find their skeletal structure resembles that of a killer whale.
With Flamigo also based on lawn ornaments, it being paler could also reference sun bleaching. The interior of its wings stay the darker pink of it's regular colouration
Oh that's a really good point. I always wondered why it was so meh and why they didn't do a white one since if you don't feed a flamingo enough tiny red crustaceans they turn white. Sun bleaching explains everything. I think though I'm going to have to go with the option of referring when the Chinese just look really cool versus being a reference. It would be nice if we could have both but I am always disappointed when a shiny is just like really meh.
One of my favorite moments in a video is when CandyEevee who I knew in my shiny hunting days said “looking back it’s kinda crazy how many autistic people are in the shiny hunting community” and went. Damn. I could’ve been diagnosed years ago if I knew that. Cause it’s true holy heck we got the Tism Skism
The shiny future Paradoxes being unpainted versions also makes sense with the rarity, since factory rejects of mass-produced things tend to be much rarer to find. Additionally, the reason only the metal parts change while the neon "energy" stays the same might be because, if the latter is what keeps them running, a difference in its color may indicate a malfunction, thus not letting them battle properly, which can't happen ingame as a shiny Pokemon is functionally the same as a regular one.
I still would've liked even a slight neon color change. It makes them less interesting if they all have the same gimmick again after mostly being just robot versions of existing Pokémon. Iron valiant is the only major twist visually since it combines both final evos.
SCOVILLAIN WEARING JEANS! But more importantly, since you didn't comment on it i gotta say... he's referencing RGBY with his colors (and yellow bell peppers who are the next most common bell peppers)
Looks more like Kane's Scarlet Spider if you ask me... Unless you are talking about the Far From Home suit in the MCU. But, who would really think of a one movie suit that's only change is to swap the iconic red and blue for red and black.
I think the Paradox form's colours can have an extra meaning too. The past ones mostly use the same shiny colorations as their previous pokemons. Because, after all, you cannot change the past. But the future shinies are all without paint (even Miraidon), because the future is yet to be painted, it's in our hands to paint it.
18:33 Fun Fact: The name Golden Gate does not refer to the Bridge's color, it is the name of the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean, which is called the Golden Gate Strait.
There’s more to the Tauros shiny. It’s one of the only shinies that change texture with the darker part actually being a more skin texture than the original slightly furry texture
Lockstin! My brother in Arceus! Lokix shiny is a direct reference to Kamen Rider Zero One, which is why just the mask area is painted yellow. Zero One was the beginning of Kamen Rider’s Reiwa era and in considered a soft reboot of sorts.
I'd love a series talking on ScarVio's Pokemon textures specifically. While it probably wouldn't be super long, it could have some interesting discoveries, like how Shiny Magikarp has a metallic sheen as compared to normal Magikarp's scales.
For Archaludon, I think it’s based on the unovan skyarrow bridge, specifically the walkway the player uses. It has similar bright blue and gray colors, and follows through with unovan themeing
Why The Golden Gate Bridge is called that, and why it's Red: The reason why the Golden Gate bridge is red is because it was purposely painted red in the 1930s. Bethlehem Steel at its foundries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, had the steel coated with a red lead primer to increase safety and visibility of the structure. The name “golden” came from its yellowish-orange color when seen from a distance but this has faded over the years. Basically from a far off distance, the bridge had a Golden color but it slowly turned more red the closer you got to it.
Yes to the first part (and the primer color was chosen also for the aesthetic contrast). But the second part, the strait it crosses was called the Golden Gate since 1846, when John C Fremont called it "a golden gate to trade with the Orient."
Okay, I actually have a bit of a tinfoil hat theory in regards to Koraidon's shiny. Remember way back when Junichi Masuda went on a trip to Portugal and not only said that he loved the restaurant Nando's but that the rooster they use for their logo, The Rooster of Barcelos, would be a good concept for a pokémon? The very same bird whose primary colours are black with white, red and yellow as accent colours? I theorise this to be the true origin, at least partially, for Koraidon's shiny, maybe not even that, it could have inspired Koraidon outright, it just lines up so well. That concept for a rooster pokémon IS Koraidon. It even has many rooster-esque features like a massive feathery head crest, huge tail feathers and even technically wings (that sprout from its head of coarse). You heard it here first. Koraidon is part rooster. You're welcome.
Fun Fact: While hero form Palafin’s Shiny resembles an Orca, it’s also a reference of how uncommon it is for superheroes to wear black in their costumes. Sure there are a couple like Black Widow, Batman, and Black Panther, but considering black is a color not usually associated with heroism and justice, it’s makes sense that shiny Palafin’s hero form would be black.
Here is my list about which Disney Princess is which anime girl and which Disney Prince is which anime boy which Disney Princess is which anime girl: Minnie Mouse = Laiya (Jungle Emperor) Daisy Duck = Phoenix (Hi No Tori) Snowhite = Saya (Blood+) Cinderella = Olivia (Trapped In A Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For The Mobs) Aurora = Mary (Yumekui Mary) Belle = Orihime (Bleach) Bianca = Maki (Fire Force) Alice = Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura) Shanti = Yuzuriha (Dr. Stone) Anastasia = Keiko (Yu Yu Hakusho) Megara = Chi-Chi/Bulma (Dragon Ball) Nala = Anna (Shaman King) Ariel = Lucia (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi) Pocahontas = Kagome (Inuyasha)/Akane (Ranma 1/2) Jasmine = Hinata (Naruto Shippuden) Eilonwy = Elizabeth/Diane (Seven Deadly Sins) Fa Mulan = Kanao (Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba) Wendy Darling = Nico Robin (One Piece) Tinkerbelle = Nami (One Piece) Esmeralda = Uraraka (My Hero Academia) Jane = Mikasa (Attack On Titan) Tiana = Kyoko (Black Cat) Elena = Lucy (Fairy Tail) Polina = Flo (Pocketville Chronicles) which Disney Prince is which anime boy: Mickey Mouse = Kimba (Jungle Emperor) Donald Duck = Coco (Jungle Emperor) Goofy = Tony (Jungle Emperor) Florian = Haji (Blood+) Henry = Leon (Trapped In A Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For The Mobs) Phillipe = Yumeji (Yumekui Mary) Adam = Ichigo (Bleach) Bernard = Shinra (Fire Force) Mowgli = Senku (Dr. Stone) Dimitri = Yusuke (Yu Yu Hakusho) Hercules = Goku (Dragon Ball) Simba = Yoh (Shaman King) Mufasa = Amidamaru (Shaman King) Eric = Kaito (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi) John Rolfe = Inuyasha (Inuyasha)/Ranma (Ranma 1/2) John Smith = Kouga (Inuyasha)/Ryoga (Ranma 1/2) Aladdin = Naruto (Naruto Shippuden) Taran = Meliodas (Seven Deadly Sins) Li Shang = Tanjiro (Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba) Peter Pan = Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) Quasimodo = Deku (My Hero Academia) Phoebus = Todoroki+Bakugo (My Hero Academia) Tarzan = Eren (Attack On Titan) Naveen = Train (Black Cat) Mateo = Natsu (Fairy Tail) Doug = Kevin (Pocketville Chronicles)
Absolutely drove me nuts that the shiny image and standard image were not consistently on the same side throughout the video. For some of the Pokemon, I couldn't make out which was the shiny until just before you moved on
The future paradox pokemon may look like robots but they're not literal robots. The pokedex entries just reference the fake descriptions given by the occulture magazine tabloid.
3:16 I'd definitely describe Nymble and Lokix as a more green color. It's mostly a Kamen Rider reference rather than just Tokusatsu: » The normal coloration of the line is blue/black, common colors for describing evil characters or enemies. Thus, the shiny colors being green is a reference to Kamen Rider 1, Ichigo, as he is a human-turned-cyborg using evil technology who now fights against evil. The rare rebellious soldier to reflect the rare nature of shiny Pokémon (more likely). » The confusion some have with Nymble and Lokix's shiny coloration being yellow or green could be a reference to Kamen Rider Zero-One, the first Rider of the Reiwa era, in which fans and official sources alike sometimes categorize the character with a green suit rather than their actual highlighter-yellow colors (less likely).
1) The entrance to SF bay is called the Golden Gate, hence the name of the bridge that crosses that entrance. 2) I actually kinda prefer when shinies do reference something about the real world inspiration, though I also like it when it looks good and stands out.
2:30 Yeah! I think the only other brazilian mons are Paldean Tauros, Hitmontop and Whimsicott. Paldean Tauros cuz it's based on a brazilian folklore legends named "The Black Face Bull", the shiny even has it's face getting even darker to confirm that. Whimsicott's Pokedex's entry says it travels in little tornados, and due to it's more tan skin and also trickster nature leads me to believe it's based on Saci Pereré, also a brazilian folklore legend. And Hitmontop's japanese name is Capoeira, which is a brazilian martial art.
honestly I always love watching your shiny pokémon explained videos because like I would never think of these inspirations and it's just so cool to see all of the cute little details that they may or may not have put into the game
A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."
Palafin‘s black shiny most likely isn’t a reference to orcas. It’s main inspiration is superman and superman usually wears his iconic blue suit but also changed to a black suit at one point which allowed him to absorb the sun rays better and heal quicker
Yes! I love learning about shines and have been hunting for the Gen 9 shines. ^^ Also I love Tinkaton's shiny a lot. Edit: I like it when they both refer to real-world animals/things and just for the rule of cool.
Realistically, they weren't gonna change them very much since you need to use those specific pieces of yellow and blue armor to evolve Charcadet. That's like the entire concept of the Pokemon
I like it when shinies are a mix of both referencing real world inspirations when need be but I also like when shinies turn a different color when it is cool as well🌈
My favorite shiny from scarlet and violet both in looks and theme is hero form Palifin, I always saw it as like the Batman to Regular Palifins Superman
Not confirmed, but I'm pretty sure that in their shinys the loyal three swap their main colour with one another, Okidogi gets orange from Fesendipity Monkydori gets grey from okidogi And Fesendipity gets blue from Monkeydori
I am indeed very biased, but I personally think that the Sprigatito line's shiny forms are underrated and absolutely great despite them being so subtle. The pink to purple is a very nice alternative that compliments the more cold tones of the green added. It may not be the greatest starter shiny in some eyes, but I think it's freaking awesome as far as subtle color changes go.
I think that shiny Koraidon and Miraidon shinies references Zekrom and Reshiram while shiny Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipiti references Ho-oh, Lugia and Suicune (Gold, silver, crystal)
I love when the Shinies have some reason for their Shiny colouration. Sure, cool is cool and all, and I do also love the old trend of "blue thing become pink thing" or "Grass becomes autumn colours", but there's something special about lines like Smoliv or Rellor where it's just smaller changes that affect the origin of the pokemon.
18:33 Because it goes over the Golden Gate Strait. As for why the strait is called that, it's because of trade with the east across the Pacific. Once described in 1846 as "a golden gate to trade with the orient"
Butterfree. Simply because it's the first shiny I caught back in FireRed. But Giratina may be my favorite of those that I have only seen in RUclips vids
Pokemon really missed a shot with the shiny polchageist line, they should've made the green gold because in the past China or Japan (idk which) sealed cracked tea cups and pots with gold, and the black cup with gold highlights would be cool.
I like it when there's a reference but I want that reference as stylized as possible - so if, for example, the IRL thing is kind of washed out, pale colors, I want the shiny Pokémon version to have those colors but bright and bold 😊 (for example I like Lechonk being a bright pink rather than a paler, more realistic pig pink)
Agreed. Learning fun facts about cool or interesting designs is a ton of fun. It also tends to add variety so not every edgy mon becomes black and red nor does every cute mom become bright pink.
I still want a video going over what the shiny kaskade Pokemon look like and why Add on: 18:21 I’m pretty sure it’s the first bridge you see in black and white it has all the right colors for the most part
9:12 Not just closely related, they _are_ dolphins. Dolphins are Family Delphinidae (part of the superfamily, Delphinoidea aka toothed whales, which is part of infraorder Cetacea, which is all whales) , and orcas are in that family as Subfamily Orcininae (Genius Orcinus has the only living member) . Most famous and only living member of which is the species Orcinus Orca, informally known as orcas and killer whales. They're called that because they are toothed whales and yes calling them killer whales _is_ accurate because that's what they are...
17:18 The Federation isn't exactly 100% pristine you know. Star Trek Deep Space 9 made a point to deconstruct the utopian nature of the Federation and Lower Decks ran with a similar deconstruction as the entire focus (being based on the DS9-esque Star Trek: The Next Generation episode of the same name)
Also worth noting when it comes to Fuecoco: apparently crocodiles really love the color pink. As in they love playing with pink objects like pink flowers
It’s the Golden Gate Bridge because it spans the Golden Gate straight. I prefer shinies that do additional references to its inspiration. So stuff like looking more like the animal it’s based on or like stuff Tatsugiri looking like other sushi.
as a shiny hunter i prefer if the shinies ACTUALLY CHANGE. especially in SV where you actually have to look for a difference in color. shinies like tandemaus and ceruledge family are just unacceptable and plain disrespectful to the pokemon in the latter case.
I like shinies just like I like normal pokemon. So I don't have a preference unless something about the shiny catches my eye (Shiny Lucario, Shiny Aegislash). I will say that I do not like Shinies where the changes are barely noticable, like Gengar and its shiny (at least Mega Gengar turns white when its shiny)
This may be the best generation for Shiny designs, I will always chose referencing real things to just "make it look good". Kind of a shame they didn't capitalize on it enough, just imagine if one of the two legendries you find in game would be a shiny, the game would have certainly been received a lot more, shame we never get actual stories for Shinies anymore, there'll never be another red gyarados.
Thanks for this video. I was playing Scarlet today and came across a group of Tarountula and saw something red. Might not have thought about it without knowing that’s the shiny color thanks to your video. Never came across a full odds shiny like that before.
16:37 that is actually not entirely accurate. While rare, pigments have actually fossilized! You can’t see them, but there are machines that can! In fact, with dinosaurs like Psittacosaurus, we know their exact coloration down to the patterns!
EVERY SINGLE ONE WHAT????? Okay I am really excited for more people to learn about Woobat’s Shiny referencing how their IRL counterparts camouflage!!! Also Spidops’s Shiny having laser webs, I felt like such a clever lil’ goober adding that to Bulbapedia Edit: oh it’s just Gen 9 lol
Nice video! But this time it wasn't consistent which side the shiny versions were on. Sometimes left sometimes right and with some of them it's hard to make out which is which. (Yeah I barely played this game so I don't really know)
its name is quite literal, its the bridge over 'the golden gate' which is what that region is called, look out across the bar to the ocean at sunset and it looks like a golden gate, so its the bridge across that, so its quite simple, but well the name is a bit confusing as it feels like the 'golden gate' part refers to the bridge, suggesting it should be golden, and some how gate like, but no that's just the area the bridge is in, its the bridge across the golden gate bay, the 'golden gate bridge'
I still think it was a code or at least mostly code-decided shinies for the first few gens and no one and persuade me otherwise. Why? *_I refuse to think shiny Nidoqueen was a choice._*
I think the shiny fuecoco line, especially skeledirge, is also referencing the Mexican Pink color that has historically been used in Mexican textiles for centuries.
Given that I already prefer designs that wear their inspirations (kinda the reason Gens 1-2 are pretty lackluster in my eyes) I’d also say I prefer shinies of similar origins
Another thing about shiny lokix is that it could be looked at as gold or it could be a more greenish color as an homage to kamen rider 01 being the start of a new era while the regular lokix can be seen as the original kuuga or even to the first kamen rider ichigo seeing how their colors are very similar
i always thought paldean wooper's shiny was to look more like johtonian wooper's regular colour like how the hisuian starters shiny forms look like the original forms of the starters
I just want to point out that I think Mabosstiff is more related to a Newfoundland dog If only Mabosstiff was water type then it would be easier to point out
Despite playing since gen 2, my very first shiny was a Stunky in PLA, my second was a male Salandit in Scarlet.
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If you've been playing since gen 2 how did you not got the shiny gyarados?
@@JZeraGren855 I think he's counting shiny Pokemon that were encountered by chance and not one that is not part of the game's story.
Love your videos I learn a lot more than just Pokémon
Lokstin you got the nacli line wrong spansih pyrite is formed in cubes dude
Its literally fake gold
A really fun fact about Hydrapple is that it and its pre-evolution´s signature move, Syrup Bomb, actually looks different when shiny, becoming a golden bomb instead of red.
Wish they’d do stuff like that for more shinies
They also do that for dragon darts and mind blown.
Another detail about Hydrapple that wasn’t mentioned is that if you look at the apple on its horn, it also has the green apple the other Applin family members have!
@@YoelSchwarz awsome!
This also happened with Dragapult and Dragon Darts in SwSh!
Lokix was my first shiny, so it has a special place in my heart :) also I know you said they're golden, but in game they kinda show up more green, so I just assumed they were meant to look more like regular grasshoppers
"A Star Trek future awaits us" isn't really as optimistic as you might think it is. They went through WWIII before they traveled the stars.
Shout out to Paldean Turos, who managed to have a terrible Black Shiny.
I mean, it's not the same as a pokemon becoming black, but you're kind of right.
The Goncharov poster made me burst out laughing
I don't care either way about whether they are chosen or generated, the only thing I care about is whether it:
A. Changes ALL the colours of the pokemon
and B. Is easily distinguishable from it's regularly form.
As long as it's both of the above, it's a good shiny.
Tinkaton being one of my favourite pokemon has one of the WORST shinies....
Fidough's shiny could also be darker because they're whole wheat bread
My grandfather had a caramel apple truck in new jersey, cool little refrence
2:07 Rosa mexicano
You should do a Japanese name origins video for Paldea.
The white in Miraidon is, in my opinion, also a reference to a minimalist futuristic aesthetic that loves white.
I just started the video so I did not know that it was white but I can guarantee you right now it's a reference to the white serpent. White serpent lore is epic and I encourage everyone to go out and find every story about the white serpent that you can find because it's super ancient and super cool and there's about a million renditions of it some of which are directly opposed to each other. In fact there's some who speculate that the white serpent is the oldest deity known to mankind as a depiction of it or at least something that after thousands of years under the ground is a white serpent is one of the oldest artifacts that we've found of modern humans. And this thing was not small I believe there was more than one and they're huge and we know almost nothing about them, but they do weirdly line up with some of the white serpent lore.
FUUUUUTURRRRRRRRRE!
Lockstin calling out me and 80% of his audience with that title lmao
bro got us💀💀💀
The neurodivergency is strong with this whole audience. I should know.
Autism gang 👫🤚
The rock has been lifted! Bugs, scatter!
Can someone explain to me what shiny Pokemon has to do with autism? Genuinely asking because I don't get it 😅
Fun fact about Orcas: their name originally was meant to be "Killers of Whales" or "whale killers" but due to mistranslations it became "Killer whales"
They are Panda Dolphins.
Their Danish name translates as blubber stealer (spækhugger, spæk=blubber/fat, hugger=one who cleaves/steals). This name was given to them by whalers who were annoyed by their ability to eat a whale before the whalers could get it onto their ships.
Another fun fact: the reason for false killer whale's name despite looking nothing like orcas in size or coloration is because early naturalists described them with only skull materials and they find their skeletal structure resembles that of a killer whale.
I see you too follow that etymology nerd,
@@PhaythGaming who?
With Flamigo also based on lawn ornaments, it being paler could also reference sun bleaching. The interior of its wings stay the darker pink of it's regular colouration
Or perhaps the Flamigo simply hasn't eaten enough shrimp or algae to gain its pinkness.
Oh that's a really good point. I always wondered why it was so meh and why they didn't do a white one since if you don't feed a flamingo enough tiny red crustaceans they turn white. Sun bleaching explains everything. I think though I'm going to have to go with the option of referring when the Chinese just look really cool versus being a reference. It would be nice if we could have both but I am always disappointed when a shiny is just like really meh.
One of my favorite moments in a video is when CandyEevee who I knew in my shiny hunting days said “looking back it’s kinda crazy how many autistic people are in the shiny hunting community” and went. Damn. I could’ve been diagnosed years ago if I knew that. Cause it’s true holy heck we got the Tism Skism
What video does CandyEvie say that in, out of curiosity?
The shiny future Paradoxes being unpainted versions also makes sense with the rarity, since factory rejects of mass-produced things tend to be much rarer to find.
Additionally, the reason only the metal parts change while the neon "energy" stays the same might be because, if the latter is what keeps them running, a difference in its color may indicate a malfunction, thus not letting them battle properly, which can't happen ingame as a shiny Pokemon is functionally the same as a regular one.
I don't think Lockstin has ever explained why Iron Jugulis's entire faces are LED screens instead of just its eyes...
Not just factory rejects, but, also prototypes typically do not get painted. For, they are no final projects.
I still would've liked even a slight neon color change. It makes them less interesting if they all have the same gimmick again after mostly being just robot versions of existing Pokémon. Iron valiant is the only major twist visually since it combines both final evos.
@@jesusaguirre2150 Only visually though, they have much more variety when it comes to their upgrades.
SCOVILLAIN WEARING JEANS!
But more importantly, since you didn't comment on it i gotta say... he's referencing RGBY with his colors (and yellow bell peppers who are the next most common bell peppers)
He literally did comment on Scovillain wearing jeans?
@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 poorly written comment on my part, edited it
2:55 How do you talk about shiny Spydops and yet not even *MENTION* Spider-Man... like, it's literally a perfect match!!!!
I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned
Ikr? That was my first thought when I saw it!
Looks more like Kane's Scarlet Spider if you ask me...
Unless you are talking about the Far From Home suit in the MCU. But, who would really think of a one movie suit that's only change is to swap the iconic red and blue for red and black.
Not to mention, it's called SPYdops, and the red thread looks like those security lasers in movies
it looks less like Spider-Man and more like Deadpool with the red and black
I think the Paradox form's colours can have an extra meaning too. The past ones mostly use the same shiny colorations as their previous pokemons. Because, after all, you cannot change the past. But the future shinies are all without paint (even Miraidon), because the future is yet to be painted, it's in our hands to paint it.
As someone from Maryland, Klawf's shiny form is my favorite as klawf is a Blue crab now , for those unaware Blue crab is the state food of Maryland
dont eat klawf dude
@@WyGuy2087 Klawf sticks are literally a food item in the game, though.
Blue crabs are assholes haha
@@WyGuy2087 nom nom
Gotta get some old bay on those bad boys
18:33 Fun Fact: The name Golden Gate does not refer to the Bridge's color, it is the name of the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean, which is called the Golden Gate Strait.
6:05 GONCHAROV MENTIONED
Best mafia movie EVER!!!
Forget shoelaces, Goncharov is the new way we tell who are Tumblr users
Goncharov Mention
i jumped when it appeared, out of all places i wasn’t expecting here
Let’s GO! There are others who know about the GREATEST MAFIA MOVIE EVER!
9:10 It also might be based on the famous black suit Superman wore on his return since that is what Palafin is based on
Or Batman? Just a thought. (Easily might not be)
Another fun fact about the Meowscarada line: Scarlet eyes normally vs. Violet eyes for shinies!
Wonder what purple flowers can be connected to the shiny Sprigatito family...?
@@MrAuthor3DS there's a variety of catnip called catmint that has purple flowers
There’s more to the Tauros shiny. It’s one of the only shinies that change texture with the darker part actually being a more skin texture than the original slightly furry texture
Lockstin! My brother in Arceus! Lokix shiny is a direct reference to Kamen Rider Zero One, which is why just the mask area is painted yellow. Zero One was the beginning of Kamen Rider’s Reiwa era and in considered a soft reboot of sorts.
Yes! I was looking if someone else already mentioned that.
Man I just commented the same thing and now I find your comment
You're wasting your time, I've been trying to get him to pronounce Hake correctly and not like a weeb who's saying English words in a Japanglish way
I'd love a series talking on ScarVio's Pokemon textures specifically. While it probably wouldn't be super long, it could have some interesting discoveries, like how Shiny Magikarp has a metallic sheen as compared to normal Magikarp's scales.
Same with Rellor's ball of "mud".
or shiny Dragonair's pearls becoming a metallic copper
For Archaludon, I think it’s based on the unovan skyarrow bridge, specifically the walkway the player uses. It has similar bright blue and gray colors, and follows through with unovan themeing
Why The Golden Gate Bridge is called that, and why it's Red:
The reason why the Golden Gate bridge is red is because it was purposely painted red in the 1930s. Bethlehem Steel at its foundries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, had the steel coated with a red lead primer to increase safety and visibility of the structure.
The name “golden” came from its yellowish-orange color when seen from a distance but this has faded over the years. Basically from a far off distance, the bridge had a Golden color but it slowly turned more red the closer you got to it.
I thought it was because California is the "Golden State".
Yes to the first part (and the primer color was chosen also for the aesthetic contrast). But the second part, the strait it crosses was called the Golden Gate since 1846, when John C Fremont called it "a golden gate to trade with the Orient."
No. The strait has always been known as the Golden Gate Strait.
Okay, I actually have a bit of a tinfoil hat theory in regards to Koraidon's shiny.
Remember way back when Junichi Masuda went on a trip to Portugal and not only said that he loved the restaurant Nando's but that the rooster they use for their logo, The Rooster of Barcelos, would be a good concept for a pokémon? The very same bird whose primary colours are black with white, red and yellow as accent colours?
I theorise this to be the true origin, at least partially, for Koraidon's shiny, maybe not even that, it could have inspired Koraidon outright, it just lines up so well. That concept for a rooster pokémon IS Koraidon. It even has many rooster-esque features like a massive feathery head crest, huge tail feathers and even technically wings (that sprout from its head of coarse).
You heard it here first. Koraidon is part rooster. You're welcome.
I.... I'm not sure how I feel about this lol
no way im also on the spectrum
😭
Same
As a zoologist i prefer when shinies reference the real world counterparts
Fun Fact: While hero form Palafin’s Shiny resembles an Orca, it’s also a reference of how uncommon it is for superheroes to wear black in their costumes. Sure there are a couple like Black Widow, Batman, and Black Panther, but considering black is a color not usually associated with heroism and justice, it’s makes sense that shiny Palafin’s hero form would be black.
Here is my list about which Disney Princess is which anime girl and which Disney Prince is which anime boy
which Disney Princess is which anime girl:
Minnie Mouse = Laiya (Jungle Emperor)
Daisy Duck = Phoenix (Hi No Tori)
Snowhite = Saya (Blood+)
Cinderella = Olivia (Trapped In A Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For The Mobs)
Aurora = Mary (Yumekui Mary)
Belle = Orihime (Bleach)
Bianca = Maki (Fire Force)
Alice = Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Shanti = Yuzuriha (Dr. Stone)
Anastasia = Keiko (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Megara = Chi-Chi/Bulma (Dragon Ball)
Nala = Anna (Shaman King)
Ariel = Lucia (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi)
Pocahontas = Kagome (Inuyasha)/Akane (Ranma 1/2)
Jasmine = Hinata (Naruto Shippuden)
Eilonwy = Elizabeth/Diane (Seven Deadly Sins)
Fa Mulan = Kanao (Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba)
Wendy Darling = Nico Robin (One Piece)
Tinkerbelle = Nami (One Piece)
Esmeralda = Uraraka (My Hero Academia)
Jane = Mikasa (Attack On Titan)
Tiana = Kyoko (Black Cat)
Elena = Lucy (Fairy Tail)
Polina = Flo (Pocketville Chronicles)
which Disney Prince is which anime boy:
Mickey Mouse = Kimba (Jungle Emperor)
Donald Duck = Coco (Jungle Emperor)
Goofy = Tony (Jungle Emperor)
Florian = Haji (Blood+)
Henry = Leon (Trapped In A Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For The Mobs)
Phillipe = Yumeji (Yumekui Mary)
Adam = Ichigo (Bleach)
Bernard = Shinra (Fire Force)
Mowgli = Senku (Dr. Stone)
Dimitri = Yusuke (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Hercules = Goku (Dragon Ball)
Simba = Yoh (Shaman King)
Mufasa = Amidamaru (Shaman King)
Eric = Kaito (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi)
John Rolfe = Inuyasha (Inuyasha)/Ranma (Ranma 1/2)
John Smith = Kouga (Inuyasha)/Ryoga (Ranma 1/2)
Aladdin = Naruto (Naruto Shippuden)
Taran = Meliodas (Seven Deadly Sins)
Li Shang = Tanjiro (Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba)
Peter Pan = Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
Quasimodo = Deku (My Hero Academia)
Phoebus = Todoroki+Bakugo (My Hero Academia)
Tarzan = Eren (Attack On Titan)
Naveen = Train (Black Cat)
Mateo = Natsu (Fairy Tail)
Doug = Kevin (Pocketville Chronicles)
Absolutely drove me nuts that the shiny image and standard image were not consistently on the same side throughout the video. For some of the Pokemon, I couldn't make out which was the shiny until just before you moved on
Same. It was hard to tell for any ones that look very similar
The future paradox pokemon may look like robots but they're not literal robots. The pokedex entries just reference the fake descriptions given by the occulture magazine tabloid.
Me: i should probably get some sleep, it's getting real la-wait No lockstin posted a new video
While Koraidon is black for being in the dark about the distant past
Then what if Miraidon is white, for a blank slate yet to be written
3:16 I'd definitely describe Nymble and Lokix as a more green color. It's mostly a Kamen Rider reference rather than just Tokusatsu:
» The normal coloration of the line is blue/black, common colors for describing evil characters or enemies. Thus, the shiny colors being green is a reference to Kamen Rider 1, Ichigo, as he is a human-turned-cyborg using evil technology who now fights against evil. The rare rebellious soldier to reflect the rare nature of shiny Pokémon (more likely).
» The confusion some have with Nymble and Lokix's shiny coloration being yellow or green could be a reference to Kamen Rider Zero-One, the first Rider of the Reiwa era, in which fans and official sources alike sometimes categorize the character with a green suit rather than their actual highlighter-yellow colors (less likely).
1) The entrance to SF bay is called the Golden Gate, hence the name of the bridge that crosses that entrance.
2) I actually kinda prefer when shinies do reference something about the real world inspiration, though I also like it when it looks good and stands out.
2:30 Yeah! I think the only other brazilian mons are Paldean Tauros, Hitmontop and Whimsicott. Paldean Tauros cuz it's based on a brazilian folklore legends named "The Black Face Bull", the shiny even has it's face getting even darker to confirm that. Whimsicott's Pokedex's entry says it travels in little tornados, and due to it's more tan skin and also trickster nature leads me to believe it's based on Saci Pereré, also a brazilian folklore legend. And Hitmontop's japanese name is Capoeira, which is a brazilian martial art.
honestly I always love watching your shiny pokémon explained videos because like I would never think of these inspirations and it's just so cool to see all of the cute little details that they may or may not have put into the game
That title is a little to on the nose my friend 😅
A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."
This
BRO DIDNT SAY THE OBVIOUS INSPO FOR SPIDOS BEING SPIDER-MAN!!! (This is not a hate comment, just found it confusing)
Thinking the exact same thing just now
Also, he didn't mention that grasshoppers are green, hence the lokix shiny?
Palafin‘s black shiny most likely isn’t a reference to orcas. It’s main inspiration is superman and superman usually wears his iconic blue suit but also changed to a black suit at one point which allowed him to absorb the sun rays better and heal quicker
“More rights than there ever have been before”
Me someone in the south USA: ….It does not feel like that -_-
Yes! I love learning about shines and have been hunting for the Gen 9 shines. ^^ Also I love Tinkaton's shiny a lot. Edit: I like it when they both refer to real-world animals/things and just for the rule of cool.
Give you armorouge and ceruledge contacts on there eyes and you have a free shiny
Realistically, they weren't gonna change them very much since you need to use those specific pieces of yellow and blue armor to evolve Charcadet. That's like the entire concept of the Pokemon
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Similarly, through Chien-Pao in the mud to get a shiny.
I like it when shinies are a mix of both referencing real world inspirations when need be but I also like when shinies turn a different color when it is cool as well🌈
My favorite shiny from scarlet and violet both in looks and theme is hero form Palifin, I always saw it as like the Batman to Regular Palifins Superman
Not confirmed, but I'm pretty sure that in their shinys the loyal three swap their main colour with one another,
Okidogi gets orange from Fesendipity
Monkydori gets grey from okidogi
And Fesendipity gets blue from Monkeydori
I like to think the shiny Tinkaton line just fashioned their hammers out of shiny Corviknight.
The color of shiny Tinkaton's hammer isn't even close to the color of shiny Corviknight.
@@trevorpacelli8056 But it is real reference ;) Tinkaton shiny is based on lore of Tinkaton and Corviknights
Was checking the comments for this cause it is the reason why Tinkaton's hammer is different
@@wiktolego No, it most definitely is not.
Isn't it actually closer to Shiny Gigantamax Corviknight specifically?
I am indeed very biased, but I personally think that the Sprigatito line's shiny forms are underrated and absolutely great despite them being so subtle. The pink to purple is a very nice alternative that compliments the more cold tones of the green added. It may not be the greatest starter shiny in some eyes, but I think it's freaking awesome as far as subtle color changes go.
I think that shiny Koraidon and Miraidon shinies references Zekrom and Reshiram while shiny Okidogi, Munkidori and Fezandipiti references Ho-oh, Lugia and Suicune (Gold, silver, crystal)
I love when the Shinies have some reason for their Shiny colouration. Sure, cool is cool and all, and I do also love the old trend of "blue thing become pink thing" or "Grass becomes autumn colours", but there's something special about lines like Smoliv or Rellor where it's just smaller changes that affect the origin of the pokemon.
18:33 Because it goes over the Golden Gate Strait. As for why the strait is called that, it's because of trade with the east across the Pacific. Once described in 1846 as "a golden gate to trade with the orient"
If you see this comment, tell me: what is your favorite shiny Pokémon? I like shiny Toucannon the most, I think!
I love shiny Tsareena and Sylveon! Shiny Koriadon too!!
Butterfree. Simply because it's the first shiny I caught back in FireRed.
But Giratina may be my favorite of those that I have only seen in RUclips vids
Pokemon really missed a shot with the shiny polchageist line, they should've made the green gold because in the past China or Japan (idk which) sealed cracked tea cups and pots with gold, and the black cup with gold highlights would be cool.
This video is made for me😂
I like it when there's a reference but I want that reference as stylized as possible - so if, for example, the IRL thing is kind of washed out, pale colors, I want the shiny Pokémon version to have those colors but bright and bold 😊 (for example I like Lechonk being a bright pink rather than a paler, more realistic pig pink)
60% reference and 40% style.
Agreed. Learning fun facts about cool or interesting designs is a ton of fun. It also tends to add variety so not every edgy mon becomes black and red nor does every cute mom become bright pink.
Outing myself as a tumblr user but LOCKSTIN GONCHAROV REFERENCE LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!!!
As a Marylander, the blue crab is indeed very blue.
ALSO OUR FLAG *IS* COOL, YOU'RE WRONG.
The dog from the Doge meme died this year?! Aw heck. RIP, you legend.
I'm on the spectrum 🚫
I got that dog in me 🫳
I'm a shiny✨️🌟✅️🌟✨️
seeing goncharov in this was doubly funny to me cause im a tumblr user and also have a pokemon named that in violet
I can relate to that title fr
Fearow
That moment when you realize shinies are so rare is because they won't be able to camouflage and then get picked off by predators😔
I still want a video going over what the shiny kaskade Pokemon look like and why
Add on: 18:21 I’m pretty sure it’s the first bridge you see in black and white it has all the right colors for the most part
9:12 Not just closely related, they _are_ dolphins. Dolphins are Family Delphinidae (part of the superfamily, Delphinoidea aka toothed whales, which is part of infraorder Cetacea, which is all whales) , and orcas are in that family as Subfamily Orcininae (Genius Orcinus has the only living member) . Most famous and only living member of which is the species Orcinus Orca, informally known as orcas and killer whales. They're called that because they are toothed whales and yes calling them killer whales _is_ accurate because that's what they are...
17:18 The Federation isn't exactly 100% pristine you know. Star Trek Deep Space 9 made a point to deconstruct the utopian nature of the Federation and Lower Decks ran with a similar deconstruction as the entire focus (being based on the DS9-esque Star Trek: The Next Generation episode of the same name)
Hmmm, I always thought that Shiny Spidops's string references the little lasers that spies can't touch while breaking into some highly guarded place
Also worth noting when it comes to Fuecoco: apparently crocodiles really love the color pink. As in they love playing with pink objects like pink flowers
3:54 I think that Maushold and Tandemaus' shinies are a reference to blue and white collar workers
I really thought this video would be about autism
17:16 except for the genocide we can see being live streamed
It’s the Golden Gate Bridge because it spans the Golden Gate straight.
I prefer shinies that do additional references to its inspiration. So stuff like looking more like the animal it’s based on or like stuff Tatsugiri looking like other sushi.
as a shiny hunter i prefer if the shinies ACTUALLY CHANGE. especially in SV where you actually have to look for a difference in color. shinies like tandemaus and ceruledge family are just unacceptable and plain disrespectful to the pokemon in the latter case.
I like shinies just like I like normal pokemon. So I don't have a preference unless something about the shiny catches my eye (Shiny Lucario, Shiny Aegislash). I will say that I do not like Shinies where the changes are barely noticable, like Gengar and its shiny (at least Mega Gengar turns white when its shiny)
This may be the best generation for Shiny designs, I will always chose referencing real things to just "make it look good".
Kind of a shame they didn't capitalize on it enough, just imagine if one of the two legendries you find in game would be a shiny, the game would have certainly been received a lot more, shame we never get actual stories for Shinies anymore, there'll never be another red gyarados.
Thanks for this video. I was playing Scarlet today and came across a group of Tarountula and saw something red. Might not have thought about it without knowing that’s the shiny color thanks to your video. Never came across a full odds shiny like that before.
16:37 that is actually not entirely accurate. While rare, pigments have actually fossilized! You can’t see them, but there are machines that can! In fact, with dinosaurs like Psittacosaurus, we know their exact coloration down to the patterns!
EVERY SINGLE ONE WHAT?????
Okay I am really excited for more people to learn about Woobat’s Shiny referencing how their IRL counterparts camouflage!!!
Also Spidops’s Shiny having laser webs, I felt like such a clever lil’ goober adding that to Bulbapedia
Edit: oh it’s just Gen 9 lol
I don’t think he could talk about 1000+ Pokémon in 20 minutes lol
Laser webs? What are those?
Nice video! But this time it wasn't consistent which side the shiny versions were on. Sometimes left sometimes right and with some of them it's hard to make out which is which. (Yeah I barely played this game so I don't really know)
Early viewers will always remeber that this video was titled differently and was about the spectrum, the "special" spectrum.
its name is quite literal, its the bridge over 'the golden gate' which is what that region is called, look out across the bar to the ocean at sunset and it looks like a golden gate, so its the bridge across that, so its quite simple, but well the name is a bit confusing as it feels like the 'golden gate' part refers to the bridge, suggesting it should be golden, and some how gate like, but no that's just the area the bridge is in, its the bridge across the golden gate bay, the 'golden gate bridge'
I just found out about Bloodmoon ursaluna it looks a lot like Mor du the bear prince from Brave. Today I was rewatching Brave and realised it
Of my five years of playing pokemon, i still haven't found even *ONE* shiny
I still think it was a code or at least mostly code-decided shinies for the first few gens and no one and persuade me otherwise.
Why? *_I refuse to think shiny Nidoqueen was a choice._*
I think the shiny fuecoco line, especially skeledirge, is also referencing the Mexican Pink color that has historically been used in Mexican textiles for centuries.
Given that I already prefer designs that wear their inspirations (kinda the reason Gens 1-2 are pretty lackluster in my eyes) I’d also say I prefer shinies of similar origins
Another thing about shiny lokix is that it could be looked at as gold or it could be a more greenish color as an homage to kamen rider 01 being the start of a new era while the regular lokix can be seen as the original kuuga or even to the first kamen rider ichigo seeing how their colors are very similar
16:11 am I the only one who saw it? 😂
No you’re not 😂
I like when it has meaning.
The amount of electric pokemon that is just... a darker shade of yellow... it is a crying shame.
11:51 add 2 to the "lockstin mispronounces farigiraf" counter 😅
i know he has a hard time with that but it still drives me crazy lmao
i always thought paldean wooper's shiny was to look more like johtonian wooper's regular colour like how the hisuian starters shiny forms look like the original forms of the starters
For shinys while real world references can be cool ultimately I care about whether the shiny colours look good. they fumbled shiny ceruledge so bad
I just want to point out that I think Mabosstiff is more related to a Newfoundland dog
If only Mabosstiff was water type then it would be easier to point out