I actually really like Xurkitree, but because it has a personality. It dances everywhere and that’s pretty funny. They managed to give it a distinct personality despite being just cables
I actually thought Zeraora was fake when I saw it. I will also defend Xurkitree. You can accept that Kartana is from a dimension where plants can look and function like paper, but not one where organisms can look and function like electrical cables? It's simultaneously familiar and foreign, and I think that's great. Way better than Pokeball with eyes that flips over when it evolves.
As someone who is a rikishi (sumo wrestler) and grew up with pokemon, from childhood i exclusively made my team up of fighting pokemon with a sumo aesthetic. Heracross and Hariyama are the only two pokemon I have used in every game they feature in regardless of the rest of the team. I love my sumo sons
Now that's awesome! I've always been interested in Sumo (as a spectator,mainly... as I'd probably be thrown into the sky and disappear with sparkle, like what happened to Team Rocket all the time on the show if I ever actually tried it! LOL!), it's so much more than just a "sport" as it's so intertwined with tradition, culture and ceremony and is one of the oldest sports still around today. It's pretty depressing most people don't realize that and don't ever give it a chance, thinking it's nothing more than some guys pushing each other. I know when I eventually visit Japan one of the things I plan on doing is going to watch a Sumo match in person...oh, and of course try out some Chanko-nabe!
Ive always felt Sunflora needs an evolution similar to how Roselia got one. It feels kinda like a middle pokemon. I could totally see it becoming Grass Fire Grass Dragon or Grass Rock
Have you seen the things he puts in his video thumbnails? I think it's pretty pointless to call out at this point, everyone already knows what he's into.
I feel with the starters of every gen it's always a "young, akward teen, adult" phase in that order. Half the time the middle stage is like "who hurt you" and the adult phase is like "okay you pulled through" or in some cases the final form is even worse.
You are referring to Typhlosion by final form is even worse right? Quilava is the cool guy who becomes an abusive good for nothing man in terms of design. At least Hisuian Typhlosion seems more laid back rather than the hothead (likely to erupt into abusive behavior) normal Typhlosion is. Raboot is definintely an awkward middle stage.
Yeah, a punchy ghost is a great idea honestly... a punchy ghost....... punching......... spirit........... *I'm not sure I like where this one is headed*
@Ghostly Torchic Oh, what I have in mind is a lot worse than a marshadow. If you knew what I was getting at, I guess you could say there's no way you could stand me.
i dont like mr rime’s design, but i think it was an improvement from mr mime and i love its walk animation so much that its my favourite ice type solely for that reason
7:35 I've always been confused by the Timburr line origin, so one day I decided to search what their design inspiration was and found out that they really weren't modeled after clowns and strongmen carnies. Their design was actually inspired by japanese Yankee delinquents and construction workers, which might seem like a random combination of ideas, but back in the 70s and 80s it was common for delinquents to end up working at construction sites, since most of them never finished school, they really didn't had that many job options to choose from. You can see the Yankee inspiration in Timburr with its Regent Pompadour and Gurdurr's "Afro" is meant to be a Punch perm, both hairstyles where very popular among japanese delinquents. Conkeldurr's "hairstyle" is a Chonmage (topknot used by warriors), and its japanese name Roubushin has "bushin" in it, which can be translated to Warlord, so its design draws inspiration from construction workers/warriors instead of Yankees like the other two. There's also the old man side of the design with the concrete pillars being walking canes and the veins looking like a back brace. Their bodies also resemble the uniform used by construction workers in Japan, with their legs resembling baggy pants called tobi trousers and their two toed feet being similar to jika-tabi shoes. Now the red nose in Gurdurr and Conkeldurr...I have no idea, but my theory is that it might be based on a red drunkard nose(?). At least it makes sense to me with Timburr being the youngest one, having its black nose turn into red once it evolves to Gurdurr, which can be considered the young adult stage, while Conkeldurr is the elder final stage. PMD Gates makes kind of a reference to this with a Gurdurr getting "drunk" after drinking too much """berry juice""" at a party and in Pokemon Amie, for some reason, Gurdurr is one of the few Pokemon to have a special sleeping animation and it really makes it look like a drunk guy sleeping while standing up, lmao. But who knows, maybe it was intentional or maybe I'm just grasping at straws since there hasn't been a real explanation for the red noses. TL;DR The Timburr line was inspired by japanese Yankee delinquents and construction workers, not clowns. Also excuse my english, I'm trying my best :]
Having grown up in Okinawa where a fair few youth gangs still hang around, I can absolutely see that. Yankii is a very old fashioned but almost nostalgic youth culture? There's still a fair few around who pretty much revel in the whole "bad boy" image except they're now adults with combovers and receding hairlines.
@@jordantatata155 it does have its uniqueness with the new types, art style, no rng in battles (main thing for me as I like pvp), mmo aspect and other fun tweaks to the battle system. It's certainly not a pokemon copy, it's just in the same genre and largely influenced by the smogon competitive community People that enjoy the monster catching genre have a tendency to think any game in the genre that isn't pokémon is a bootleg Pokémon or just a Pokémon game with a different theme (because Pokémon is and will always be the biggest one and the most famous of the genre)
i loved crabominable. I felt like someone said "if it's a yeti/bigfoot, how will it leave big foot marks with those tiny crab legs?" and another designer drew the feet shape on the glove claws like "there".
I would love to see a regional variant that’s super aggressive and fight-y. To go from a face that’s always smiling to a face that looks like the sun from Mario would be hilarious
I love how it says "grown man" I was expecting a completely different person. Edit: I didn't mean it in a bad way, I thought he would say "I" to refer to himself.
On Zeraora: no, no, your opinion makes a lot of sense, actually! I remember one of the Pokemon saying something to the effect of that they give the Pokemon uncute or uncool traits to make them more unique. They used Oshawott as an example: it's, from a character design stance, cuter without the dots on its face, but the dots give it character. Delphox, Incineroar, and Lucario all have design traits that are sort of antithetical to their themes - Delphox is elegant, but has awkward proportions in places. Incineroar is tough but has big, cartoony paws. Lucario is cool but, there's a simplicity to it that balances it out. Zeraora doesn't feel like it has those antithetical traits. For argument's sake, I could argue that its folded up paws are kinda cute on an otherwise wicked cool Pokemon, but it's just not enough when every other aspect of the design is So Cool it borders into bland and predictable territory.
See, now ya gotta make a follow-up video: “FIXING my top 20 least favorite designs” where you undo all the stuff you don’t like and redesign them (with help from an artist of course)
I like people with long brain. I have long amount of disl*kes btw. Why? Maybe people with short brain disl*ke because jealous of my long amount of subscr*bers. Please have long brain, dear leg
"I'll never forgive Roselia for ruining an otherwise amazingly well designed evolution line" Me: *Looks at Quilladin* Roselia doesn't deserve this slander, this... thing is a lot worse.
@@deadlydingus1138 good for you, I guess. But I still think Quilladin is the ugliest and most awkward mid-stage starter evolution ever made, Drizzile coming in close second.
@@diceshard5961 For me it's thwackey. I mean, I love its name, but at the same time, it doesn't have a neck and that bothers me. I mean, don't get me wrong. I like grookey and rillaboom, but I just can't stand thwackey.
@@diceshard5961 I mean I can see why you'd say that, But to me it's a mid tier design. I do agree Roselia is better, But honestly quiladin is so much better than seel, That I wouldn't call it bad.
I actually think Quilava is a great design, but the fact is, it could be the laziest design in all of Pokémon. I mean, it’s a bigger cyndaquil and a less angry looking typhlosion
My Favorite Moments Shortcuts: 1:21 Lemon Belly 2:03 Perfect philosophy 2:25 Nasty Clown belly 2:44 Bad dog 2:55 A Pokémon that isn't translated perfectly in Detective Pikachu 3:35 Bedroom Eyes 4:32 Looks too Pokémon to be a Pokémon 5:58 Gross 6:38 Garlic Head 6:54 Nightmare eyes 8:17 No thanks 9:00 Clothes on Pokémon 11:17 It has to be ponies 11:27 Butt 12:12 Just cables 13:32 No, Don't 13:40 Lips not connecting 13:51 Stupid Dog 13:58 Shiny? More like sunburnt 14:51 Drizzile's anomaly fingers 15:26 Seems plausible 15:57 Stupid boulder 16:22 Minecraft 16:28 Nasty Teeth 16:39 Not even Bob the Builder can fix that 17:15 Grounder 17:26 A Rock 17:52 WHAT ARE THOSE!!! 18:12 Single toed freak. Aren't there too many of these in Pokémon already? 18:34 Who are you calling pinhead? 18:42 Koopa 18:55 FFFFFFWHY?!!! 19:56 Punchy Ghost 21:13 No. 1 entry jumpscares to the top 21:57 Awkward combination
Gen 5: 9 legendaries and 4 mythical Gen 4: 9 legendaries and 5 mythical Gen 7: 18 (8 normal and then 10 ultrabeast) and then 4 mythical Lol Like number of legendaries and mythical dont matter It's the quality that does Most of these are quality Despite the 3D games not doing special events anymore They still put out great mons The ultra beast have so much personality
@@lillith7257 Gen 3 and 4 has my favorite legendaries The weather trio Dominate VGC but Mega Rayquaza I'd banned from ubers Then gen 4 has the second best
To be honest, the Alola and Galar middle stage starter evolutions are my fave middle starter evolutions because they're based on stereotypical high school students. Dartrix is the Nerd, Torracat is the Delinquent, Brionne is the Cheerleader. Then Thwackey is the Musician, Raboot is the edgy jock, and Drizzile is the Goth.
yes, the middle stages have been extremely well designed and consistent for the most recent gens. Alola middle stages being my personal favorites among all middle stage starters period.
Xurkitree looks eerily like a Madoka Magica witch design. Stick a crayon filter on that thing and it’s Suleika. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad, but I can’t unsee it.
Phione at least had a cool thing going on It's a worst manaphy but at least it's connected At least there's something going on But no he forgot diancie Without it's mega and then with the existence of magearna There's no point in it
11:14 However, Keldeo was programmed into Pokémon Black and White, which were released in Japan on the 18th of September 2010, 22 days before My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic started. So yeah, it's a coincidence.
It was also found in the Black White Beta files from July of the same year. It was first officially *released* in 2012, but we've known about it way longer than the word "brony" has existed. (Citation: Bulbapedia's page for Keldeo was created September 19th 2010, 21 days before MLP:FIM first episode aired)
Fun fact, my first ever Pokémon card was a holo card Rhyperior, making it my favorite ground type. If I wasn’t already using Torterra when I get Brilliant Diamond, I’d use it as my ground type. But I can see where the hatred could come from.
i personally love xurkitree. i love how it plugs into the ground and uses its wires like roots. i also wrecked house with one in my first moon playthrough. it sp attack stat is nuts
It could be referencing the earth's electrical field when it plugs into the ground. It's not grounding itself, it's absorbing nearby latent energy. Hence why it attacks power stations
“A rose by any other name is just as sweet” - Romeo and Juliet. The capulet and montigue houses are often depicted in reds and blues respectively in stage and film performances, hence roselia’s roses being red and blue.
The point of the "footprints" on Crabominable's pinsirs is that they're supposed to tie in to the fictitious legend of the abominable snowman. Basically, in the Pokemon world, the abominable snowman is just a folk legend, and the footprints that people see in the snow are really just Crabominables doing it. Or at least, that's my theory.
That actually makes a lot of sense! It's like the entire plot of Lavender Town with these supposed ghosts cursing the Tower, but they were not ghosts (except for the one that it was) but mere Ghost type Pokémon being mischievous. This is seen in multiple Pokédex entries even, where they describe myths surrounding Ghost type (or any other strange Pokémon) given off as facts, because ancient civilizations attributed a plethora of legends to common animals and phenomena.
My biggest issue with the swords of justice is how they're based on the three musketeers which originates in France. Literally the next gen is Kalos, aka France. They could have saved them for Kalos where they would have fit way more since they definitely had to have been planning some of Gen 6 at that point.
I personally love Keldeo and the entire Swords of Justice lines solely based off of their Origins based on the three musketeers And even with the horrible design, I have an affinity for Crabominable as I used it in my first playthrough of ultra sun and it was a great team member
Although I don't really like or hate the swords of justice I still got a bit upset at the keldeo section cause I'm a brony and he kinda blatantly insulted them
I remember playing moon and I almost dropped my Crabrawler when it evolved. I'm willing to ignore alot in a game, but craboniminable's design was so shocking I came close to dropping what was one of my best Pokemon in the party simply for the design. And what sucks is I thought crabrawler was cool, and could surpass as an evolutionless Pokemon.
My “Fenny” (original name, I know) was my first Pokémon in my first game and I’m still super attached, fennekin still is my favorite Pokémon, at one point 9 year old me collected fennekin cards anytime I saw one, gen 6 will forever be in my heart
@@Tumblekitten Gen 6 was also my first pokemon game although since I've liked frogs my entire life of course Froakie was my favorite (mine was named Leapet). Kalos still holds a place in my heart and I love Fennekin too
@@Tumblekitten pokemon xy wasn't really my first pokemon game but it was the very first pokemon game that I finished by beating the league (well, it's one of the easiest lol). I didn't beat it with my starter considering that I replaced it really early on the adventure with other pokemon but I remember preferring Fennekin of all 3 of them. I also remember being so happy that it evolved into Braixen after beating the first gym and I've never seen the final evolution Delphox since I remplaced it. Years later, after getting into many favorite pokemon, I ended up getting back with Braixen (named Roussette) as a favorite pokemon because it reminded me so much memories and also because it's a little French fry like me :3. And since this was the game where beat the league for the first time, it was as if it was my first pokemon in some way. I'm glad the Fennekin line wasn't in the list and that there is also Fennekins enjoyers here. I just realized I wrote a whole paragraph, sorry
19:40 WAIT, THOSE OPEN?! I LEGIT THOUGHT THOSE WERE JUST PATTERNS FOR HANDS/PAWS AND THAT IT LOST IT’S CLAWS UPON EVOLUTION! I DIDN’T KNOW THOSE WERE STILL CLAWS THAT OPENED UP!
Thats the thing? To some people thwy are obvious, despite the ambiguous nature. For me, i like zoroark, bwcause you THINK its based off a kitsune, yet when you compare its (and zorua`s) to a skinwalker, you get a much darker pokemon. So for me, i like pokemon that most gloss over and just dont assume theirs any thing deeper or more specific about it.
@@Lunadeath02 yes it is since the most popular French youtuber ("Fildrong" if you want to look it up) got one with OP attacks like seed flare and judgment and it also dodged death many times, unfortunately it was killed by a rock wrecker from a Rhyperior (which in parallel is considered now the devil in the French community)
While I’ll never find the “this design is too simple/is just an animal” argument anything other than silly and contradictory, most of this list is fairly spot on
Probably because people expect Pokemon to be more fantastical than "animal with a strange color". But people don't cry too much about the dozen literal fish we have, and more lizard Pokemon are just that too.
Ultra Beasts are actually some of my favorite designs because of how much they differ from normal Pokémon, especially Kartana I agree with most picks here though
@@omelie420 It's a weird thing to go to, but I always got "Doc Oc" vibes from it. Its design looked like it should always be doing crazy gymnastics with its flail-like tails, while it's nerdy haircut and jolly expression made it look smug and confident, full of personality. For such a flimsy frame, I could easily imagine its massive club hands being swung with a lot of force, and with its nose-bandage it looked like it was eager to get into trouble. I thought it was a cool contrast of 'wimpy loser who was secretly a martial artist'.
@@omelie420 The stupid face is funny and cute at the same time, I really like the anatomy and the colors a lot, and that sort of bangs give it a lot of personality. But most importantly, The tails hands, I see gigantic punches in them, with which ambipom can really show its potential (and they're perfect for the "technician" ability)
I guess the reasons behind Zeraora being so “weird” is because of how it doesn’t have a pre-evolved form, it becomes too humanoid and doesn’t have a corresponding evolution to base it off of.. (Or that’s what I think)
This weirdo leftist nike kisser is just trying to get the attention off of him, no doubt he will have a grooming controversy within the next few years, mark my words
@@Belac252 no it’s a bunch of cables and a fake Christmas tree so it’s more unique ( this statement is being sarcastic in case I’m just bad with sarcasm and it wasn’t obvious)
I had a Mime when I played through Sheild, and I didnt even know it evolved. When it turned into a heckin Charlie Chaplin I was over the moon! Such a cool design.
As far as the Gigantimax starters, I always saw it as a lore thing. In base SwSh there was no way to "give" a Pokemon a Gigantimax form, you had to catch/ be given a Pokemon with the Gigantimax factor. The implication was that it's a matter of genetics, a Pokemon is either born with it or isn't. But Isle of Armor changed all that; to go with the theme of "training" they introduced a way to turn any Pokemon with the potential into a Gigantimax Pokemon. And it also introduced these three forms, which could ONLY be obtained with this method. So the reason they don't grow when they Gigantimax is because they're not 'natural born' Gigantimax Pokemon, but actually just normal Pokemon who trained until they attained Gigantimax-level power.
Oh I actually didn't expect to read something like that, it's quite the cool idea not gonna lie. The problem however is that such a thing is pretty much lore breaker; Gigantamax (Dynamax in general) is not a process in which the Pokémon physically transforms as an evolution or Form change, Dynamax is the space-time around the Pokémon warped by the power of the Dynamax energy, not only it is vaguely stated in a sign, but also shown with the parallelism of Mr. Big Evil Hand spawning memories around its body. So, if the Starters had these rather unique G-max forms, it would only mean they are *more* skilled than regular Pokémon, as they can harness and use that Dynamax energy to warp space in a way other Pokémon cannot.
17:50 the “helmet” looks like it has noise canceling headphones on. “GET OUT OF THE WAY RHYPERIOR!!” “Aw man he can’t hear us! He’s got his headphones on!” *Proceeds to be hit by close combat*
@@Mr.Xanderoni Oh I would be happy to put somethings into lamense terms for you. I'm not really into competitve either so I get how some of this is hard to grasp. Solid Rock: One of Rhyperior's abilities that allow it to take less damage from super effective attacks. Weakness Policy: Raises a Pokemon Attack and Sp. Atk sharply when hit with a super effective attack. Rock Polish and Trick Room: Basically do the same thing of making Rhyperior much faster than it's opponents through different means. What I'm saying is if that Close Combat wasn't strong enough, Rhyperior's probably going to smash the mon that used it and anything else in it's way into oblivion. I'm not sure if you wanted an explanation since you were just trying to make a funny but hey, got nothing better to do.
In defense of Carkoal... I think he’s adorable and I fell in love with his stupid grin in the pokemon camp He tries to awkwardly roll over to u with his uneven wheels and it’s so dorky
He seemed to really miss the point with XurkiTREE. It's meant to look like a tree with the zip cables as leaves and is meant to be a cross between technology and nature
That's because it doesn't look like a tree. It just looks looks like cables and zip ties. If a tree made out of wires was the intention of the artist then the artist did a bad job getting that idea across. They should have put more emphasis on the tree part of its design to make that more apparent to people and made it part grass type.
its a humanoid starter with clothing and it straight up looks like someone's fursuit, I dont feel confortable looking at it, battling with it, and ESPECIALY putting it on the daycare
My problem with it is how Scorbunny and Raboot were going the “Rabbit with skinny limbs” direction and Cinderace has really chunky limbs, with small nub hands and such. I actually really like it’s personality and design inspiration, it just kinda hit me in a way that I didn’t expect so I just don’t like it. That and the pants.
I don't understand you people with the issues of a cartoon animal wearing pants, it's not real. And Nintendo wouldn't have a character indecently expose themselves if it were anthro because it's a kid's game, the pants are a simple censor and a symbol to match the sport theme it's Z move is based on. Or gigantimax moves, regardless the point is the same.
Lockstin - "And its unicorn horn turns into a bad dragon. That's it, don't google what it is but that's true." Me: Oh Lockstin, you naughty bastard. You like Bad Dragons, don't you? ;)
I actually love Roselia, that was my grass go-to in gen 3. I did think it’s little leaves were it’s hands back then and that the roses were just growing out of it’s sides.
@@SoməøneXD _I'm trying to keep a pattern going here!_ Lockstin's first list vid was a top 10, this vid is a top 20, Dr_Spicey's comment suggested a top 30, so to keep the trend of the list increasing by ten I simply suggesting that Galvin Albright were to change their list suggestion to a top 40~
@@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions It works as either 30 or 40 though. 10 to 20 is doubling it, making 40 valid, but it's also just adding 10, making 30 valid.
This comment is really late, but I remember seeing so many Hariyama while running around Victory Road in RSE. They would always use Smellingsalts and as a kid, I couldn't help but think it was a giant nose.
I just remembered that before we got sword & shield, I had a dream where Sobble evolved into a fish. Like straight up it looked like a fusion between Sobble and Basculegion, and this was before Legends Arceus.
I actually like drizzile tbh, I love the shy emo look. Though then again, I adore my boy sobble and think inteleon is super cool so my like seeps into drizzile. I understand people's dislike of inteleon, it's limbs and body could be thicker. But I don't understand the drizzile dislike. Not trying to disagree, just curious
I wish they had its colour to be less saturated. Intellion’s proportions could have been sorted with a different pose (think kneeling or squatting sniper) or a more obviously chameleon body-tail frame, and leaned harder into the finger guns thing. It could have been my first ever fave water starter
@@tobysinbad I agree with all of your points. Inteleon had a great concept and there are parts of it's design that are amazing, but it's flaws shine brighter and so it gets a bad wrap. If they fixed up the issues you stated, it would be (in my opinion) a quite good water starter
I get the Zeraora thing. I feel like I’ve felt that way about a lot of recent mythical Pokemon because it feels like it wasn’t properly integrated into the franchise.
My favourite Pokémon is marshadow. I totally understand this sentiment lmao "Hm yes, here's this Stupidly Powerful Baby. What? No, you don't have to encounter it, just enter a code and it's yours! Back story? Pft, what's that? Just watch the movie that will likely be mediocre at best lol also here's like 2 episodes of the anime that have them as side characters"
I like Scorbunny and Raboot, they deserve it, but Cinderace only has my love because it single-handedly swept the entire Pokemon League up to the rematch with Nessa. If I had known Scorbunny would become furbait ahead of time, I would've chosen Sobble.
@DulceDog75 I think Carkol is just fine but I myself personally would have found it's design just that bit more justifiable if it instead evolved into a Pokèmon that still had a set of wheels. Like, y'know... An even larger locomotive machine that transports large quantities of coal and sometimes runs on the stuff... A train perhaps? Or even one of those giant yellow construction trucks instead? I mean just to keep it consistent... I still like Carkol though, Coalossal even more so!
I was camping with Mr.Rime in my party. I looked away for a second and when I looked back, my other 5 pokemon were all circled around my Mr.Rime cheering while he was standing in place doing his tap dancing routine. He was literally entertaining my other pokemon! This went on for over a minute and made Me.Rime a favourite of mine.
Oh please! tell me how wrong my personal opinions are senpai!
Crabominable isnt that bad
Is that a jojo reference?!?!
@@TheLudicrousLuv ya he is
Snubbul is a BIG BULLY
Zeraora shouldn't have been on this list, it should have been in hell
thank you so much for hiring me on to make these goofy little doodles! it was a lot of fun, yo
I love them
The designs were great
Hey toxiquid I didn’t know you did the designs, but you did great.
Those doodles are awesome.
Ambipom was great (because of the "spooky scene")
I actually really like Xurkitree, but because it has a personality. It dances everywhere and that’s pretty funny. They managed to give it a distinct personality despite being just cables
You know what? Same.
I agree that Xurkitree is an uncreative design, but it has a weird charm to it that makes it my favorite ultra beast.
@@sqqqquid Idk about uncreative designs.
I like it
Same man, their ultra portal thing was my favorite to visit
I actually thought Zeraora was fake when I saw it. I will also defend Xurkitree. You can accept that Kartana is from a dimension where plants can look and function like paper, but not one where organisms can look and function like electrical cables? It's simultaneously familiar and foreign, and I think that's great. Way better than Pokeball with eyes that flips over when it evolves.
He is biased sometimes. Especially towards gen3 mons
@@sinnohperson8813 it's his opinion
Of course he's gonna be a bit biased
Finally another Xurkitree fan!!
I like Xurkitree but it really is just wires, Kartana at least has a face
You know a design is bad when you had to compare it to a gen 1 pokemon
As someone who is a rikishi (sumo wrestler) and grew up with pokemon, from childhood i exclusively made my team up of fighting pokemon with a sumo aesthetic. Heracross and Hariyama are the only two pokemon I have used in every game they feature in regardless of the rest of the team.
I love my sumo sons
Now that's awesome! I've always been interested in Sumo (as a spectator,mainly... as I'd probably be thrown into the sky and disappear with sparkle, like what happened to Team Rocket all the time on the show if I ever actually tried it! LOL!), it's so much more than just a "sport" as it's so intertwined with tradition, culture and ceremony and is one of the oldest sports still around today.
It's pretty depressing most people don't realize that and don't ever give it a chance, thinking it's nothing more than some guys pushing each other. I know when I eventually visit Japan one of the things I plan on doing is going to watch a Sumo match in person...oh, and of course try out some Chanko-nabe!
Man, Pokemon can truly reach anyone, no matter who they are.
Heracross has always been one of my favs, bug-fighting is such a cool typing
In Chewtle's defense, snapping turtles cannot retreat into their shells.
I applaud you, sir.
That is correct. Alligator Snapping turtle can't retreat their heads back in the shell because the head is too big.
@@justinsarcedo9355 why even would they? They are literally tanks with a mouth that can chomp your head off
@@DanDoesStuffs True. It seems Lockstin doesn't know that. LOL
@@justinsarcedo9355 Ironic considering who he is.
Chewtle sucks 'cause her evolution Is the worst Pokémon ever
Alternate title: Lockstin complains about pokemon clothes for 24 minutes
Meanwhile, Dex Alex sits in a dark corner, sheds a single tear, and mumbles to himself, "Also, go wear clothes..."
Lockstin:
- calls loppuny and cinderace sexy
- references furbait pokemon
- references bad dragon
Lockstin. Is there something you aren’t telling us?
uhhm
That's what I was thinking 😂
lmao
>also calling crabominable's pads toe beans
btw whats a bad dragon? I dont want to search it up
Ive always felt Sunflora needs an evolution similar to how Roselia got one. It feels kinda like a middle pokemon. I could totally see it becoming Grass Fire Grass Dragon or Grass Rock
Seriously, it could evolve into a SUNflower. Big, tall, fire breathing
@@tonymastro42 And now it can set both Sunlight and Grassy Terrain at once.
@@ZGlove. that's its ability, call it Summer Harvest
Why Grass/Rock-type?
Just want to point out that Crabominable and Ambipom both have the exact same hair, that cannot be a coincidence
I like to believe that they're likely some sort of weird distant cousins
@@bobson_dugnutt2863 they do both have disgusting hands as well
You had to say “don’t google that” and therefore make 80% of people google it
Because 20% already know what it is
Actually 40% already new what is was they just wanted to look again
I already knew what it was but the fact he said it made it even funnier
I physically had to repress a laugh because I was watching this in public.
@@montymanning-morton5761 and out of the 40%, 20% probably were ordering new ones
Are we going to ignore the fact Lockstin called cinderace sexy?
Yes, we better do
Have you seen the things he puts in his video thumbnails? I think it's pretty pointless to call out at this point, everyone already knows what he's into.
@@lunasif no wonder roserade is his favourite pokemon
@@lunasif he’s not into that kind of stuff, it’s just for that sweet sweet clickbait.
I’m wierded out
I feel with the starters of every gen it's always a "young, akward teen, adult" phase in that order. Half the time the middle stage is like "who hurt you" and the adult phase is like "okay you pulled through" or in some cases the final form is even worse.
You are referring to Typhlosion by final form is even worse right? Quilava is the cool guy who becomes an abusive good for nothing man in terms of design. At least Hisuian Typhlosion seems more laid back rather than the hothead (likely to erupt into abusive behavior) normal Typhlosion is. Raboot is definintely an awkward middle stage.
@@bookmew1081 Drizzile is literally the definition of awkward teenager
Only good mid form of a starter is Brinerine (or however you spell Popplio’s middle stage)
@@a_person5668 *Sad Raboot Noises*
@@a_person5668 I do also like Brionne
"Some monkeys are ugly too!"
*looks in mirror
*violently cries in the corner
I don't know how to comment to this. Should I laugh or comfort you? 🤔
Do both?
I laff
I've never heard crying been described as violent. I exhaled through my nose.
@@captnbassbeard
I take it you've never used facade in Mystery Dungeon.
Let me play you a sad song with world smallest violin 🦀🎻
Ok, but can we talk for at least 5 minutes about how the upside-down Crabominable is absolute pure genius ?
It looks like a Yu-Gi-Oh monster,
But not one of those overdesigned anime af ones.
I like it, but in the end I like Crabominable too.
As genius as evolving inkay?
Oh wait...
@Ghostly Torchic Yeah, no way you figured out how to evolve Galarian Yamask on your own.
Yeah, a punchy ghost is a great idea honestly... a punchy ghost....... punching......... spirit........... *I'm not sure I like where this one is headed*
@Ghostly Torchic Oh, what I have in mind is a lot worse than a marshadow. If you knew what I was getting at, I guess you could say there's no way you could stand me.
"Drizzile is my least favorite reptile"
next comes Chewtle
I just imagine the turtle from that one movie saying "Reeeeptile"
Lol, Verne.
I swear that had to be intentional.
also, over the hedge rocks and you can't change my mind
DAAAAMN YOU REMEMBER OVER THE HEDGE? Respect.
i dont like mr rime’s design, but i think it was an improvement from mr mime and i love its walk animation so much that its my favourite ice type solely for that reason
"Why are its roses these colors?"
I think it's a reference to the "roses are red, violets are blue" poem.
But...
Violets are purple
@Final Boss Rakan Violet IS purple.
It's probably because pokémon colors-
@@Ajz092 Violet. is. violet.
@Final Boss Rakan
Violet is a shade of purple.
Good Lord
Lockstin: It's horn turns into a Bad Dragon!
Me: *spits out my coffee*
My degenerate a#&: Welp, now we know why they added that extra single line of detail. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I need to go to bed.
∆ ∆
=w=
@@tylertichoc7330 stop
Now I will never be able to unsee it but I dont know if thats makes it a bedder or worst pokemon because thats kinda funny.
Maybe we can swordfight
Lockstin: That’s just a stupid Boulder.
Me on the other hand: It’s not just a boulder, *sniff* it’s a rock. A ro-o-o-ock.
LMAO
Wait , make sure the tears don't get on there.
Jesus Christ, Mary, it's a mineral!
NO, its IRAQ
@@joshieking6211 Don't worry it's got steam engine and I'm sure the tears won't do that much.
“Did Pokemon see the success of Minecraft?…” Little did he know about the Pokemon to come in Scarlett and Violet.
Nacli is adorable tho
7:35 I've always been confused by the Timburr line origin, so one day I decided to search what their design inspiration was and found out that they really weren't modeled after clowns and strongmen carnies.
Their design was actually inspired by japanese Yankee delinquents and construction workers, which might seem like a random combination of ideas, but back in the 70s and 80s it was common for delinquents to end up working at construction sites, since most of them never finished school, they really didn't had that many job options to choose from.
You can see the Yankee inspiration in Timburr with its Regent Pompadour and Gurdurr's "Afro" is meant to be a Punch perm, both hairstyles where very popular among japanese delinquents.
Conkeldurr's "hairstyle" is a Chonmage (topknot used by warriors), and its japanese name Roubushin has "bushin" in it, which can be translated to Warlord, so its design draws inspiration from construction workers/warriors instead of Yankees like the other two. There's also the old man side of the design with the concrete pillars being walking canes and the veins looking like a back brace.
Their bodies also resemble the uniform used by construction workers in Japan, with their legs resembling baggy pants called tobi trousers and their two toed feet being similar to jika-tabi shoes.
Now the red nose in Gurdurr and Conkeldurr...I have no idea, but my theory is that it might be based on a red drunkard nose(?). At least it makes sense to me with Timburr being the youngest one, having its black nose turn into red once it evolves to Gurdurr, which can be considered the young adult stage, while Conkeldurr is the elder final stage.
PMD Gates makes kind of a reference to this with a Gurdurr getting "drunk" after drinking too much """berry juice""" at a party and in Pokemon Amie, for some reason, Gurdurr is one of the few Pokemon to have a special sleeping animation and it really makes it look like a drunk guy sleeping while standing up, lmao. But who knows, maybe it was intentional or maybe I'm just grasping at straws since there hasn't been a real explanation for the red noses.
TL;DR The Timburr line was inspired by japanese Yankee delinquents and construction workers, not clowns.
Also excuse my english, I'm trying my best :]
Your English seems fine to me.
Made me appreciate timber a little more
Thank you
This is really interesting, thank you for the writeup! I feel like I appreciate them a lot more now.
Having grown up in Okinawa where a fair few youth gangs still hang around, I can absolutely see that. Yankii is a very old fashioned but almost nostalgic youth culture? There's still a fair few around who pretty much revel in the whole "bad boy" image except they're now adults with combovers and receding hairlines.
Even when making a foreign region, they couldn't help but include some Japanese elements and it shows. Kinda weird how this info isn't on Bulbapedia.
"It looks like an unfinished beta design, it looks like a Temtem"
This Temtem shade :o
What's wrong with temtem? 😭😭
@@Logan-kw2ky yes
I play Temtem for the pvp, not for the designs because, damn, some are rly bad
I just found tem tem to be 'bootleg pokemon' the game
@@jordantatata155 it does have its uniqueness with the new types, art style, no rng in battles (main thing for me as I like pvp), mmo aspect and other fun tweaks to the battle system. It's certainly not a pokemon copy, it's just in the same genre and largely influenced by the smogon competitive community
People that enjoy the monster catching genre have a tendency to think any game in the genre that isn't pokémon is a bootleg Pokémon or just a Pokémon game with a different theme (because Pokémon is and will always be the biggest one and the most famous of the genre)
I choked on my own spit at the surprise line 'aren't cheerleaders supposed to be pepped up on caffeine and a secret hate for each other?"
i loved crabominable. I felt like someone said "if it's a yeti/bigfoot, how will it leave big foot marks with those tiny crab legs?" and another designer drew the feet shape on the glove claws like "there".
The sunflowers being taller than people thing, make me hope that gamefreak make a regional sunflora really tall like they did to alolan eggxecuter.
Instead of Dynamax they just get all the long cat forms.
Meowth does both.
@@runningoncylinders3829 thats actually a great idea. Id love to see some of my favorite cats, like voltorb and qwilfish
I would love to see a regional variant that’s super aggressive and fight-y. To go from a face that’s always smiling to a face that looks like the sun from Mario would be hilarious
>.> that makes me think of how underwhelming Charizards hight is
Sunflora has the biggest potential to be the first Grass/Fire Pokémon, if GF ever cares about it.
I love how it says "grown man" I was expecting a completely different person.
Edit: I didn't mean it in a bad way, I thought he would say "I" to refer to himself.
Fishyyyyyy
Machoke.
Damn, thats kinda savage
On Zeraora: no, no, your opinion makes a lot of sense, actually! I remember one of the Pokemon saying something to the effect of that they give the Pokemon uncute or uncool traits to make them more unique. They used Oshawott as an example: it's, from a character design stance, cuter without the dots on its face, but the dots give it character.
Delphox, Incineroar, and Lucario all have design traits that are sort of antithetical to their themes - Delphox is elegant, but has awkward proportions in places. Incineroar is tough but has big, cartoony paws. Lucario is cool but, there's a simplicity to it that balances it out.
Zeraora doesn't feel like it has those antithetical traits. For argument's sake, I could argue that its folded up paws are kinda cute on an otherwise wicked cool Pokemon, but it's just not enough when every other aspect of the design is So Cool it borders into bland and predictable territory.
I totally agree with your stance on Mythical pokemon. They should be in the main game. Just make them hard or intricate to catch
See, now ya gotta make a follow-up video: “FIXING my top 20 least favorite designs” where you undo all the stuff you don’t like and redesign them (with help from an artist of course)
Fixed pokemon usually end up looking even worse
@@vovabars1234 Since when?
Natto Nep since always
@@vovabars1234 Not to be rude but when is "always" exactly?
@@nattonep8788 everytime I saw a video of someone fixing bad pokemon design they actaully turn out looking not like a pokemon at all
He said the only thing he can see on sunflora is that it has a lemon on its belly
Me: it has a lemon on its belly!
I like people with long brain. I have long amount of disl*kes btw. Why? Maybe people with short brain disl*ke because jealous of my long amount of subscr*bers. Please have long brain, dear leg
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I absolutely forgot that it even existed
"I'll never forgive Roselia for ruining an otherwise amazingly well designed evolution line"
Me: *Looks at Quilladin* Roselia doesn't deserve this slander, this... thing is a lot worse.
I like quilladin. I think it's cute.
@@deadlydingus1138 good for you, I guess. But I still think Quilladin is the ugliest and most awkward mid-stage starter evolution ever made, Drizzile coming in close second.
@@diceshard5961 For me it's thwackey. I mean, I love its name, but at the same time, it doesn't have a neck and that bothers me. I mean, don't get me wrong. I like grookey and rillaboom, but I just can't stand thwackey.
@@diceshard5961 I mean I can see why you'd say that,
But to me it's a mid tier design.
I do agree Roselia is better,
But honestly quiladin is so much better than seel,
That I wouldn't call it bad.
I actually think Quilava is a great design, but the fact is, it could be the laziest design in all of Pokémon. I mean, it’s a bigger cyndaquil and a less angry looking typhlosion
My Favorite Moments Shortcuts:
1:21 Lemon Belly
2:03 Perfect philosophy
2:25 Nasty Clown belly
2:44 Bad dog
2:55 A Pokémon that isn't translated perfectly in Detective Pikachu
3:35 Bedroom Eyes
4:32 Looks too Pokémon to be a Pokémon
5:58 Gross
6:38 Garlic Head
6:54 Nightmare eyes
8:17 No thanks
9:00 Clothes on Pokémon
11:17 It has to be ponies
11:27 Butt
12:12 Just cables
13:32 No, Don't
13:40 Lips not connecting
13:51 Stupid Dog
13:58 Shiny? More like sunburnt
14:51 Drizzile's anomaly fingers
15:26 Seems plausible
15:57 Stupid boulder
16:22 Minecraft
16:28 Nasty Teeth
16:39 Not even Bob the Builder can fix that
17:15 Grounder
17:26 A Rock
17:52 WHAT ARE THOSE!!!
18:12 Single toed freak. Aren't there too many of these in Pokémon already?
18:34 Who are you calling pinhead?
18:42 Koopa
18:55 FFFFFFWHY?!!!
19:56 Punchy Ghost
21:13 No. 1 entry jumpscares to the top
21:57 Awkward combination
“GEN 5 HAS TOO MANY LEGENDARY AND MYTHICALS”
Gen 4 and gen 7:I...don’t tell him I’m here
Gen 5: 9 legendaries and 4 mythical
Gen 4: 9 legendaries and 5 mythical
Gen 7: 18 (8 normal and then 10 ultrabeast) and then 4 mythical
Lol
Like number of legendaries and mythical dont matter
It's the quality that does
Most of these are quality
Despite the 3D games not doing special events anymore
They still put out great mons
The ultra beast have so much personality
@@lillith7257 There is 9 Legendarys. 11 ultra beasts and 5 mythicals in aloha
@@etkefjsckwti3068 okay so I was off a wee bit lol
@@lillith7257 Gen 3 and 4 has my favorite legendaries
The weather trio Dominate VGC but Mega Rayquaza I'd banned from ubers
Then gen 4 has the second best
The underground fire isn't from gas it's a coal mine that caught on fire
Alternate title: some of my favorite Pokémon get bullied
As they should.
@@edwardnygma8533 not really they have good taste in terms of favorite Pokémon
@@galvsparks6295 I will not change my stance on this as long as Crabominable remains a part of this.
@@edwardnygma8533 well Crabominable is good in my eyes therefore I will still stand by my words
I like xirkitree and ambipom
To be honest, the Alola and Galar middle stage starter evolutions are my fave middle starter evolutions because they're based on stereotypical high school students. Dartrix is the Nerd, Torracat is the Delinquent, Brionne is the Cheerleader. Then Thwackey is the Musician, Raboot is the edgy jock, and Drizzile is the Goth.
yes, the middle stages have been extremely well designed and consistent for the most recent gens. Alola middle stages being my personal favorites among all middle stage starters period.
Pokémon high... js
Torracat is my personal favorite pokemon
Lezgo high school au
Brionne is not a cheerleader, it's based on an idol.
Xurkitree looks eerily like a Madoka Magica witch design. Stick a crayon filter on that thing and it’s Suleika. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad, but I can’t unsee it.
You're actually right. I could easily see this being a witch.
“Zeraora is the worst mythical.”
Phione:
They will never know...
Phione at least had a cool thing going on
It's a worst manaphy but at least it's connected
At least there's something going on
But no he forgot diancie
Without it's mega and then with the existence of magearna
There's no point in it
@@lillith7257 both diancie and magearna has better lore and story. Zeraora doesn't have any.
@@lillith7257
I still wish Diancie was the evolution of Carbink. Would've made an interesting evolutionary line.
Its so bad they forgot
11:14 However, Keldeo was programmed into Pokémon Black and White, which were released in Japan on the 18th of September 2010, 22 days before My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic started.
So yeah, it's a coincidence.
It was also found in the Black White Beta files from July of the same year.
It was first officially *released* in 2012, but we've known about it way longer than the word "brony" has existed.
(Citation: Bulbapedia's page for Keldeo was created September 19th 2010, 21 days before MLP:FIM first episode aired)
I'm just going to say it, Zeraora looks like Ash combined with Pikachu, because human/pokemon fusion was totally the original gimmick for gen 7.
Lol yea Ash-Pikachu
It was the main gimmick of a BW manga.
Now I cant unsee.
Omg. The zig-zag whiskers really make it look like an electric type Ash.
Wait, was it? I haven't played that gen nor read that manga, so this is all new to me.
Fun fact, my first ever Pokémon card was a holo card Rhyperior, making it my favorite ground type. If I wasn’t already using Torterra when I get Brilliant Diamond, I’d use it as my ground type. But I can see where the hatred could come from.
Me clutching my helioptile. "You leave my precious child alone!!"
Agreed.
"it's unicorn horn becomes a bad dragon!" [Do not look it up!!!]
I don't have to look it up to know what it is, Lockstin. I don't have to look it up.
I only knew what it was because I found my moms... -_-'''
@@Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty thats rough buddy
He's compensating for something.
Yeah, me too
Me either
i personally love xurkitree. i love how it plugs into the ground and uses its wires like roots. i also wrecked house with one in my first moon playthrough. it sp attack stat is nuts
Xurkitree was one of my go-to choices for that “battle royale” mode the game had, it wrecked house with electric terrain
It could be referencing the earth's electrical field when it plugs into the ground. It's not grounding itself, it's absorbing nearby latent energy. Hence why it attacks power stations
“A rose by any other name is just as sweet” - Romeo and Juliet. The capulet and montigue houses are often depicted in reds and blues respectively in stage and film performances, hence roselia’s roses being red and blue.
"It's unicorn horn turns into a bad dragon!"
I absolutely lost it in laughter when he said that
Same
Whyyyyyy
i snickered at it and then he said "DONT GOOGLE THAT" and i lost it.
@@minutosdesapercibidosesp-e4508 well it's quit simple
@@minutosdesapercibidosesp-e4508 I Googled it. It was a mistake.
Hey at least Xurkitree is goofy and can wiggle its arms and T-pose on people. Oh and Snom... I... fricking... love Snom.
i hate it specifically because evolving it into literally the prettiest gen 8 mon was a pain like come on just let me have my frosmoth
I too love xurkitree
I love Xhirkitree, spent weeks getting my shiny one in USUM
@Vedanth Shajeev Not me. That thing is overrated
@@matthewkuscienko4616 W H A T
I like a lot of gen 4 Pokemon designs, but I agree that Ambipom is just lackluster
Thank goodness, you're ok!
Holy crap i haven't seen you in a while
I love Ambipom. I can see why people would hate it, but he's one of my favorite.
It's pre evolution is MUCH better.
@@O.D25 Aipom is cute and I love it, no deny, but I love Ambipom equally as much.
Roselia is actually one of my favorites, and I like it more than Roserade, so I was shocked at 17.
The point of the "footprints" on Crabominable's pinsirs is that they're supposed to tie in to the fictitious legend of the abominable snowman. Basically, in the Pokemon world, the abominable snowman is just a folk legend, and the footprints that people see in the snow are really just Crabominables doing it. Or at least, that's my theory.
That actually makes a lot of sense! It's like the entire plot of Lavender Town with these supposed ghosts cursing the Tower, but they were not ghosts (except for the one that it was) but mere Ghost type Pokémon being mischievous.
This is seen in multiple Pokédex entries even, where they describe myths surrounding Ghost type (or any other strange Pokémon) given off as facts, because ancient civilizations attributed a plethora of legends to common animals and phenomena.
@@Dexuz Very nice connection to older pokemon lore
The fact Lockstin made a reference to Bad Dragon makes me scared for everyone who is gonna look it up
I had to look it up because I didn't know what he meant by that and I regret doing so
@@MidnightDragonProductions I mean, he did warn you not to
It's not that bad
I mean I knew what it was referring to but I looked it up anyway
Honestly? I was expecting a lot worse lmfao
Everyone made it sound like it was Blue Waffle levels of horrifying
My biggest issue with the swords of justice is how they're based on the three musketeers which originates in France. Literally the next gen is Kalos, aka France. They could have saved them for Kalos where they would have fit way more since they definitely had to have been planning some of Gen 6 at that point.
ever seen their theory that every mythical foreshadows the nest generation?
@@theone.whoasked I'd like to hear more about this, I've never heard of it before :0
@@BudDinktrap just realized this video is older oh noes
@@theone.whoasked oh-
I was surprised people didn't like Ambipom's design, it's been one of my favorites since it came out
I know it's just so cute even if it isn't that good in battle.
me too!! and it's got a cute Edgar cut
Its so cute
I’m surprised more people don’t hate it. I called mine “Gloveworld”
It's just the hair. Everything else is fine about it.
"His horn became a Bad Dragon!" I can't unsee. my eyes. MY EYES THEY BURN
What is that?
@@fermendez8566 I won’t say in case people under 18 come across this comment
@@fermendez8566 a dragon peepee
@@fermendez8566 Yes. Bad dragon is an adult toy manufacturer :P
everyone was making BBC jokes upon keldeos second form reveal
Zeraora looks like the fakemon they’d put in a Pokémon parody episode of a 2000s cartoon
Bahahahahahahaha
How dare you
Won’t lie I’m not a big fan of it’s design it looks more Digimon than Pokemon
Yeah no.
@@WelshGiraffa ㅇㅅ ㄱㄱㄱ
The “bad dragon” insert caught me completely by surprise lmao
Dont let my curiosity get the best of me...(๑•﹏•)
You just had to say "insert" for that.
What is bad dragon?
@@ZooieUndeni ummmmmm if youre not a minor look it up maybe i dont know lol
I personally love Keldeo and the entire Swords of Justice lines solely based off of their Origins based on the three musketeers
And even with the horrible design, I have an affinity for Crabominable as I used it in my first playthrough of ultra sun and it was a great team member
Although I don't really like or hate the swords of justice I still got a bit upset at the keldeo section cause I'm a brony and he kinda blatantly insulted them
Regular Keldeo is kinda boring, but resolute Keldeo is awesome
I remember playing moon and I almost dropped my Crabrawler when it evolved. I'm willing to ignore alot in a game, but craboniminable's design was so shocking I came close to dropping what was one of my best Pokemon in the party simply for the design. And what sucks is I thought crabrawler was cool, and could surpass as an evolutionless Pokemon.
I went through Moon with a Torracat in my team just to make the game more of a challenge and because I like it so much better than Inceniroar.
My first shiny I actually caught was a Crabrawler, imagine my disappointment when I evolved in during my playthrough and got that ugly thing.
The fact that the fennekin evolution line didn’t make it on the list thankfully puts my heart at ease.
My “Fenny” (original name, I know) was my first Pokémon in my first game and I’m still super attached, fennekin still is my favorite Pokémon, at one point 9 year old me collected fennekin cards anytime I saw one, gen 6 will forever be in my heart
@@Tumblekitten Gen 6 was also my first pokemon game although since I've liked frogs my entire life of course Froakie was my favorite (mine was named Leapet). Kalos still holds a place in my heart and I love Fennekin too
@@Tumblekitten this comment made me crumble into dust...
@@manniquin in a good war orr…?
@@Tumblekitten pokemon xy wasn't really my first pokemon game but it was the very first pokemon game that I finished by beating the league (well, it's one of the easiest lol). I didn't beat it with my starter considering that I replaced it really early on the adventure with other pokemon but I remember preferring Fennekin of all 3 of them. I also remember being so happy that it evolved into Braixen after beating the first gym and I've never seen the final evolution Delphox since I remplaced it.
Years later, after getting into many favorite pokemon, I ended up getting back with Braixen (named Roussette) as a favorite pokemon because it reminded me so much memories and also because it's a little French fry like me :3. And since this was the game where beat the league for the first time, it was as if it was my first pokemon in some way.
I'm glad the Fennekin line wasn't in the list and that there is also Fennekins enjoyers here.
I just realized I wrote a whole paragraph, sorry
19:40
WAIT, THOSE OPEN?! I LEGIT THOUGHT THOSE WERE JUST PATTERNS FOR HANDS/PAWS AND THAT IT LOST IT’S CLAWS UPON EVOLUTION! I DIDN’T KNOW THOSE WERE STILL CLAWS THAT OPENED UP!
I actually disagree with a lot of these but I think we can all agree crabomimable was very disappointing
I like Pokémon designs that aren’t specific/you can’t tell what they’re based on, it adds mystery to it
Thats the thing? To some people thwy are obvious, despite the ambiguous nature. For me, i like zoroark, bwcause you THINK its based off a kitsune, yet when you compare its (and zorua`s) to a skinwalker, you get a much darker pokemon. So for me, i like pokemon that most gloss over and just dont assume theirs any thing deeper or more specific about it.
Magmortar's smirk makes it looks like it's using Nasty Plot at all times and I love it
I’m French and I can tell you sunflora is a god in the French community as the biggest Pokemon streamer got an op one in a random nuzlocke
LOL
Nani un salé
So Sunflora is a genius in France?
@@Lunadeath02 yes it is since the most popular French youtuber ("Fildrong" if you want to look it up) got one with OP attacks like seed flare and judgment and it also dodged death many times, unfortunately it was killed by a rock wrecker from a Rhyperior (which in parallel is considered now the devil in the French community)
@@galvsparks6295 rhyperior was already hated enough.. it just solidifed its spot in hell
I just wanna say, even if it wasn't part of the list, I actually really like Barbaracle and think it's way over-hated.
While I’ll never find the “this design is too simple/is just an animal” argument anything other than silly and contradictory, most of this list is fairly spot on
Probably because people expect Pokemon to be more fantastical than "animal with a strange color".
But people don't cry too much about the dozen literal fish we have, and more lizard Pokemon are just that too.
Seel is LITERALLY just an animal they put no creativity in it
No you just agree with his list. None of this is “spot on” as this isn’t factual, its opinionated
@@masonmurphy5402 first time on the internet, eh?
Ultra Beasts are actually some of my favorite designs because of how much they differ from normal Pokémon, especially Kartana
I agree with most picks here though
kartana is pretty cool it should have got multiple form bc its origami
"I know Ambipom is gonna be someone's favorite-"
There I am gary! There I am!
Not to offend your opinion or anything, but what's good about it?
I also like it! It looks like a big dork, I find it cute.
@@omelie420 It's a weird thing to go to, but I always got "Doc Oc" vibes from it. Its design looked like it should always be doing crazy gymnastics with its flail-like tails, while it's nerdy haircut and jolly expression made it look smug and confident, full of personality. For such a flimsy frame, I could easily imagine its massive club hands being swung with a lot of force, and with its nose-bandage it looked like it was eager to get into trouble. I thought it was a cool contrast of 'wimpy loser who was secretly a martial artist'.
@@omelie420 The stupid face is funny and cute at the same time, I really like the anatomy and the colors a lot, and that sort of bangs give it a lot of personality. But most importantly, The tails hands, I see gigantic punches in them, with which ambipom can really show its potential (and they're perfect for the "technician" ability)
Me too :)
It looks very nice, and I like it as Aipom’s evolution :)
I guess the reasons behind Zeraora being so “weird” is because of how it doesn’t have a pre-evolved form, it becomes too humanoid and doesn’t have a corresponding evolution to base it off of.. (Or that’s what I think)
Never have I heard anywhere, the phrase "it had creepy pedophile eyes on it's stupid head"
This weirdo leftist nike kisser is just trying to get the attention off of him, no doubt he will have a grooming controversy within the next few years, mark my words
About Roselia of all pokemon too
@@jiger2396 chillax my dude
The same way I think of that beetle enemy from Mario Odyssey honesty...
I love xurkitree's design because it is just bundle of cables that conveys what it is but still looks totally bizzare like it should.
Yeah, I Agree
Yeah, it’s probably one of my favorite ultra beasts
Tf ITS A BUNDLE OF WIRES thats like finding a spool of yarn and calling it a Pokemon.
@@Belac252 no it’s a bunch of cables and a fake Christmas tree so it’s more unique ( this statement is being sarcastic in case I’m just bad with sarcasm and it wasn’t obvious)
I agree, Bud-E
I had a Mime when I played through Sheild, and I didnt even know it evolved. When it turned into a heckin Charlie Chaplin I was over the moon! Such a cool design.
As far as the Gigantimax starters, I always saw it as a lore thing. In base SwSh there was no way to "give" a Pokemon a Gigantimax form, you had to catch/ be given a Pokemon with the Gigantimax factor. The implication was that it's a matter of genetics, a Pokemon is either born with it or isn't.
But Isle of Armor changed all that; to go with the theme of "training" they introduced a way to turn any Pokemon with the potential into a Gigantimax Pokemon. And it also introduced these three forms, which could ONLY be obtained with this method. So the reason they don't grow when they Gigantimax is because they're not 'natural born' Gigantimax Pokemon, but actually just normal Pokemon who trained until they attained Gigantimax-level power.
Oh I actually didn't expect to read something like that, it's quite the cool idea not gonna lie.
The problem however is that such a thing is pretty much lore breaker; Gigantamax (Dynamax in general) is not a process in which the Pokémon physically transforms as an evolution or Form change, Dynamax is the space-time around the Pokémon warped by the power of the Dynamax energy, not only it is vaguely stated in a sign, but also shown with the parallelism of Mr. Big Evil Hand spawning memories around its body.
So, if the Starters had these rather unique G-max forms, it would only mean they are *more* skilled than regular Pokémon, as they can harness and use that Dynamax energy to warp space in a way other Pokémon cannot.
Grown man watches grown man list Pokémon designs
"Xurkitree is just... CABLES!!"
*And The Origami King Bosses are just office tools.*
*Looks at sketch and listens to Helioptiles segment*
Me: MY BOY! MY BOY! LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY!!!
“its horn just looks like a bad dragon"
Had me ROLLING
“I thought cheerleaders were fueled by excitement and a secret hate for each other” New favorite Lockstin quote.
Can't believe the Pan- and Simi- trio weren't there somewhere
Well the Pan-s are fine. Maybe a bit basic but not bad. They're cute, at the very least, unlike the simi-s which are just... why?
Pan-'s are pretty cute, the simi-'s not so much
Simisage is decent tho
The pans and Simipour are okay, but the other two Simis are...ugh.
@@vovabars1234 Simisage's pompadour tho
I like Simisage. And I think Pansage is kinda cute
17:50 the “helmet” looks like it has noise canceling headphones on.
“GET OUT OF THE WAY RHYPERIOR!!”
“Aw man he can’t hear us! He’s got his headphones on!”
*Proceeds to be hit by close combat*
*Lives anyway because of it's high HP and ablility *
Forget Close Combat, Grass Knot would absolutely destroy it!
Well unless it has Solid Rock and a Weakness Policy. Things would be even worse if he used Rock Polish or there was a Trick Room.
@@castform7 I’m not really in to all the competitive side of Pokémon so idk if what ur saying is true but ok.
@@Mr.Xanderoni Oh I would be happy to put somethings into lamense terms for you. I'm not really into competitve either so I get how some of this is hard to grasp.
Solid Rock: One of Rhyperior's abilities that allow it to take less damage from super effective attacks.
Weakness Policy: Raises a Pokemon Attack and Sp. Atk sharply when hit with a super effective attack.
Rock Polish and Trick Room: Basically do the same thing of making Rhyperior much faster than it's opponents through different means.
What I'm saying is if that Close Combat wasn't strong enough, Rhyperior's probably going to smash the mon that used it and anything else in it's way into oblivion. I'm not sure if you wanted an explanation since you were just trying to make a funny but hey, got nothing better to do.
In defense of Carkoal... I think he’s adorable and I fell in love with his stupid grin in the pokemon camp
He tries to awkwardly roll over to u with his uneven wheels and it’s so dorky
He seemed to really miss the point with XurkiTREE.
It's meant to look like a tree with the zip cables as leaves and is meant to be a cross between technology and nature
THATS EVEN WORSE
He misses the point on alot of things.
That's because it doesn't look like a tree. It just looks looks like cables and zip ties. If a tree made out of wires was the intention of the artist then the artist did a bad job getting that idea across. They should have put more emphasis on the tree part of its design to make that more apparent to people and made it part grass type.
Chrimsas tree
Nah, Cinderace is super cool. I never saw the "sexy rabbit" issue, its outfit looks more like an eccentric martial arts uniform.
its a humanoid starter with clothing and it straight up looks like someone's fursuit, I dont feel confortable looking at it, battling with it, and ESPECIALY putting it on the daycare
My problem with it is how Scorbunny and Raboot were going the “Rabbit with skinny limbs” direction and Cinderace has really chunky limbs, with small nub hands and such. I actually really like it’s personality and design inspiration, it just kinda hit me in a way that I didn’t expect so I just don’t like it. That and the pants.
That is exactly the problem though. Why is this animal wearing a uniform?
@@ShadowZone1996 It's a striker in soccer/association football.
I don't understand you people with the issues of a cartoon animal wearing pants, it's not real. And Nintendo wouldn't have a character indecently expose themselves if it were anthro because it's a kid's game, the pants are a simple censor and a symbol to match the sport theme it's Z move is based on. Or gigantimax moves, regardless the point is the same.
Lockstin - "And its unicorn horn turns into a bad dragon. That's it, don't google what it is but that's true."
Me: Oh Lockstin, you naughty bastard. You like Bad Dragons, don't you? ;)
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As a furry and a virgin, I felt and still feel SO CONFLICED everytime I see this video.
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⁉️🦊💦
🧥
I actually love Roselia, that was my grass go-to in gen 3. I did think it’s little leaves were it’s hands back then and that the roses were just growing out of it’s sides.
Now you have to do top 30 pokemon designs to keep the series rolling
Nah, next is the middle 30 pokemon designs
@@galantine723 40*
@@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions no, its 30, they're saying that instead of top 30 pokemon designes, it's more fitting as middle 30
@@SoməøneXD _I'm trying to keep a pattern going here!_
Lockstin's first list vid was a top 10, this vid is a top 20, Dr_Spicey's comment suggested a top 30, so to keep the trend of the list increasing by ten I simply suggesting that Galvin Albright were to change their list suggestion to a top 40~
@@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions It works as either 30 or 40 though. 10 to 20 is doubling it, making 40 valid, but it's also just adding 10, making 30 valid.
Lockstin: it turns into a bad dragon
Me who knows what bad dragon is: Oh God....
What is it
@@tpxt-rexpredatorxenomorph9200 keep your innocence
@@DanDoesStuffs what is innocence
@@DanDoesStuffs I definitely have none
@@tpxt-rexpredatorxenomorph9200 dildo
This comment is really late, but I remember seeing so many Hariyama while running around Victory Road in RSE. They would always use Smellingsalts and as a kid, I couldn't help but think it was a giant nose.
THANK YOU FOR NOT PUTTING ANYONE FROM THE LITWICK LINE IN HERE
I mean they’re good designs, why would he
Why would he. The litwick line is DOPE
I'm not crazy about Chandalure honestly
Litwick is discent
Chandelure is top tier, I even have one in my Pokemon Sword team
"I guarantee Ambipom is SOMEONE'S favourite pokémon" Of course I know him, he's me 😩
Same. Love that pokémon
Ambipom is awesome. Same with Xurkitree
Ambipom protection squad 😎
Love this Pokémon so much
#thewholepointofpokemonisthatallpokemonareworthyoflove
he told me not to look up "bad dragon" but the curiosity got the best of me now i regret everything.
I just remembered that before we got sword & shield, I had a dream where Sobble evolved into a fish. Like straight up it looked like a fusion between Sobble and Basculegion, and this was before Legends Arceus.
how does it feel to be a prophet
Really weird
The reason that Sunflora keeps it's eyes closed is so that it doesn't have to worry about seeing itself when it looks in a mirror
Bahahahahahahaha
LOL
I actually like drizzile tbh, I love the shy emo look. Though then again, I adore my boy sobble and think inteleon is super cool so my like seeps into drizzile. I understand people's dislike of inteleon, it's limbs and body could be thicker. But I don't understand the drizzile dislike. Not trying to disagree, just curious
I wish they had its colour to be less saturated.
Intellion’s proportions could have been sorted with a different pose (think kneeling or squatting sniper) or a more obviously chameleon body-tail frame, and leaned harder into the finger guns thing. It could have been my first ever fave water starter
@@tobysinbad I agree with all of your points. Inteleon had a great concept and there are parts of it's design that are amazing, but it's flaws shine brighter and so it gets a bad wrap. If they fixed up the issues you stated, it would be (in my opinion) a quite good water starter
Bleh. The worse starter in my opinion. As a matter a fact all the gen 8 starters are garbage though.
@@misfitkid3926 bruh
I get the Zeraora thing. I feel like I’ve felt that way about a lot of recent mythical Pokemon because it feels like it wasn’t properly integrated into the franchise.
Zeraora when I first saw it and even since it always feels like a knockoff Zoroark to me
I just don’t like Zeraora because of Pokémon Unite
Its shiny just hits different
My favourite Pokémon is marshadow. I totally understand this sentiment lmao
"Hm yes, here's this Stupidly Powerful Baby. What? No, you don't have to encounter it, just enter a code and it's yours! Back story? Pft, what's that? Just watch the movie that will likely be mediocre at best lol also here's like 2 episodes of the anime that have them as side characters"
I like Scorbunny and Raboot, they deserve it, but Cinderace only has my love because it single-handedly swept the entire Pokemon League up to the rematch with Nessa. If I had known Scorbunny would become furbait ahead of time, I would've chosen Sobble.
Locksten: How could anybody love Carkol
Me: *raises hand nervously*
I've finally found another Carkol lover, my journey is complete
The roly coly line was ruined by coalossal, it should’ve been a train
@@gortalla5474 YES! I was so mad when it beame just a generic coal kaiju
@@gortalla5474 I like trains. _(gets run over)_
@DulceDog75 I think Carkol is just fine but I myself personally would have found it's design just that bit more justifiable if it instead evolved into a Pokèmon that still had a set of wheels. Like, y'know... An even larger locomotive machine that transports large quantities of coal and sometimes runs on the stuff... A train perhaps? Or even one of those giant yellow construction trucks instead? I mean just to keep it consistent... I still like Carkol though, Coalossal even more so!
Rhyperior and Carkol are peak male performance and no one can convince me otherwise. Love those rocky bastards.
Rhyperior, I can understand. Carkol, I cannot.
yup yup, and ima throw in alolan golem and stonjourner in there too, very misunderstood
rock types are severely underrated... they’re so great
Mr Rime is still one of my favorites, he just looks like a pleasant guy, and have you seen his walk cycle?
Plus, he looks like the Monopoly Man.
I was camping with Mr.Rime in my party. I looked away for a second and when I looked back, my other 5 pokemon were all circled around my Mr.Rime cheering while he was standing in place doing his tap dancing routine. He was literally entertaining my other pokemon! This went on for over a minute and made Me.Rime a favourite of mine.
A WILD CHARLIE F***ING CHAD CHAPLIN APPEARED!🤣
Exactly, he's adorable!!!
Lockstein: gen 5 has way to many legendary and mythical pokemon
Gen 4: are you challenging me?