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- Published on Nov 16, 2025
- The 8 Pokemon trainers I would hire as gym leaders!
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Quick note on Silver - if you talk to Elm after beating Silver in Mt Moon in HGSS, he mentions that Silver came by to try and return the starter he stole, but Elm could tell the starter loved him so let him keep it. We can assume the same thing happened with his Weavile, so TECHNICALLY they became retroactive gifts.
And Crobat!
@ElavieateI think that’s a bit irrelevant to the point
true! his pokémon got so attached to him that they didn’t want to leave despite how he started out.
Lol. If you kidnap someone and they grew attached to you its not a gift but a Stockholm syndrome.
also he kind of destroyed his own father twice on a moral stance and called him something like an embarresment and not being able to get his familiary duties done. He clearly has other motives today.
"I can't afford Nemona"
Hahaha you fool! She doesn't care about money, only the fight. Fight! FIGHT!!!!!!!!
She wants competitive fights, I doubt she'd get a lot of those as a gym leader
@louiscorreia8152 if she's made the final gym leader, the battle would be competitive. And I think she just wants more frequent fights, when the player character first meets her, she mentions that most trainers won't battle her anymore. Make her a gym leader and they'd have no choice.
She travels to the Mikey region and becomes the champion.
@justinkennedy8 Not to mention, the game starts out with her leaving her own Pokemon in the Box and taking a brand new starter (since she never got one at the start of her own journey) just to be on equal standing with the player. Even taking the disadvantageous starter, if I remember right. So she would absolutely be happy to take a few team nerfs just to battle fairly.
@josephbiddle1637 absolutely! Nemona is a trainer who loves battling passionately over winning. The chance to battle Trainers as a key member in their progression to champion would be her dream come true!
4:00 Fun fact about this! An Aether Paradise employee in the Alola games talks about how he worked in Unova to help return Pokémon stolen by Team Plasma, and returned to Alola because they had finished returning all the Pokémon!
As much as I crap on the 3DS games, I love that they are focused on small continuities like this and that creepy looker guy
@maddiemcnugget1076 You think Looker is creepy?
I love these videos because any other poketuber would just look at the teams and pick good ones but Mikey’s like “uhhhh I’m not relocating a minor to another country” or “what’s Bianca’s career trajectory?”
This is why Mikey's the best Poketuber /j
Yeah exactly, he thinks about them as a character not just an NPC.
Sophocles
@JayTheProtag*one of* Ttar is the best poketuber 😉
Certainly makes for deeper video!
Mikey playing HR manager with unnecessary attention to detail is my favourite new thing
I was thinking he was going to get a call from
HR for inappropriate comments to potential gym leaders lol
Why he's the best team leader!
Not being a competitive pro, i was skeptical, but honestly? Great picks and hilarious content! Cant wait to see part 2 in a few years when he considers Penny lmao
Him And Mikey From Team Sky Seem To Have Alot In Common... 🤔
Like how he is in TEAM SKY!@GremlinCorner
This is kinda late, but I would've made Sina and Dexio a double leader gym, similar to Tate and Liza. Since you want to increase the notoriety of your region and increase tourism, this would be a good idea. You could promote it as a special dual type gym, promote the leaders as a "couple" working together, and have a diverse idea no other region has. Trainer's will want to come to face against a dual type gym to become stronger. You could also use it as a training point with Denra to showcase double battle and partner cooperative team building. This would allow you to have both Sophocles and Ryuki as your final gym leaders at the end.
so sina and dexio would have a psychic/ice gym, and ryuki and sophocles could run a dragon/sandstorm team like raihan
@covertIC Also also, Denra is the fighting girl from S/V right? Mikey wanted her to be the headmaster of the training academy so..., in the training example with Sina and Dexio, it could be a lesson in the curriculum for the students to showcase adaptability in the fight because Denra has a type advantage over Sina but a disadvantage against Dexio
@wyattmorey3279 it would also be cool if Sina had snow warning on her lead. That way dendra could showcase how the weather can change a battle as well
@covertIC Further driving home adaptability, versatility, improvisational skills, and problem solving skills for the students as Sina buffs her defense to combat her weakness to fighting types! I'm so invested lol
@covertIC Assuming both that we regain hail and it's a later gym, we could have Dexio lead with Reuniclus, negating the hail damage, adding to the things Denra could talk about.
"Since Sun and Moon came out 8 years ago... Jesus..."
I felt that
Same. Alola is my favourite region too, so hearing this was 8y ago.... My gods
Felt that in my bones...
I bought Ultra Sun and Moon when I was 10…. my god
@rainfallen7574 just bought a 2ds because thats what i had as a kid so same
@agatha6999 oh... You aged me further
I've been playing on the gbc since I was 6 in 92, when I got red for Christmas
14:21 You know how you get Mallow to come to your region? Invest in her family opening a new branch of their restaurant in your region! She can run this new branch and spread the family name around the world! Heck, combine the restaurant with the gym like Larry did in Paldea, and she wouldn't have to go anywhere to be the Gym leader!
This was my initial thought, too, but she would need to expand within Alola successfully before branching to other regions, which could take a while. Also, Mike is broke... Realistically, he couldn't afford to pay for all the teainers, gyms, AND an restaurant franchise all in the same year. Mallow would have to wait, sadly.
Wasn't one of the elite four members also a chef? A thriving restaurant scene would really help boost numbers!
I don't think they would need to expand in Alola first. Top chefs having more then one restaurant around the world is not uncommon. Plus It is hard to compete with other restaurants when you are all serving the same kind of food, so she might get a leg up simply by serving Alolan food which is not common in this new region. There is definitely risk but depending on how well her restaurant has been doing since we last saw her it could be worth it
That's what I was thinking as well. Invest and have her open a new branch in you region.
"And as a bonus she's hot.....spirited"
-mandjtv 2025
Could you afford barry? Its one million dollars just for being late, imagine what his wage negation would be like
Lmao yeah what would it be-
100 MILLION DAILY!!
To be fair, that's a fine, and fines are normally expensive since they're supposed to dissuade you from doing it again
deep cut
Oh my god I hope he's become disenchanted with the economic opportunities for his generation and will accept way less!
lmfao 😂@MandJTV
A cool gimmick with Gladion could be: Randomise the disc Sylvally holds! Make him a normal-type leader, but his ace Sylvally could be any type!
No, make it so his ace is super effective against multiple of your Pokemon.
Primarily the biggest threats to his team (Basically use the Pokemon damage calculator, and excluding moves like self destruct.)
Or restrict Sylvally to the Dark type disk. So few Dark gym leaders. There are previous Dark Elite 4.
Overlap wirh Karen, but still I Like the Idea of him being a DARK Type Leader. Zoroak would fit in Perfectly
One thing I think could work is his Sylvally could have a disk for any of the types not used for another gym leader.
Or make his team normal, but have silvaly get a disc in the starter type trio that beats the players starter
I dunno, I think Hau being a gym leader would kinda make sense. Hau has been raised around the job of kahuna his entire life, I wouldn't be surprised if he already knew all the traditions and responsibilities that are associated with kahuna and has even been helping do them for years, but the main thing he's missing is life experience. And Hala always struck me as the kind of person to encourage Hau to visit other regions to grow and get more life experience before settling down and taking over such a large responsibility; besides Hala is a spry old goat, I'm sure he has another 5 to 10 good years left in him as kahuna before Hau even needs to think about taking over
I love how much personality Mikey adds to these videos. Like, we could have just had: "So X uses this and that pokemon, and that's strong, blah, blah" but Mikey adds so much more to them. I love these little stories
Adding wordlbuilding to Pokémon is nice, especially when it’s something the mainline series desperately needs.
It really makes this video stands out cause honestly watching pokemon strength be discussed constantly can get dry
@agatha6999 like, if I want to compare numbers I'll find a spreadsheet..... I watch these for the 👏 FLAIR 👏
A note on Drayton: there is a bit of dialogue between him and Geeta where she starts to attempt to recruit him for the Paldea league, and he shuts her down immediately. I doubt he’d take the offer of a job very seriously; he’s content with slacking off.
Maybe he just doesn’t like Paldea
@TheLegendary457 maybe he just doesn’t like Geeta :P
My leaders would be (in order):
1 - Kiawe as fire. Mikey made a good argument for him, and I'm still an Alola baby.
2 - Klara as poison. I feel like she'd be better now.
3 & 4 would be Dexio and Sina as Psychic and Ice. They'd be great.
5 - Riley as a fighting leader. I'm a bit surprised Mikey didn't consider the Stat trainers, and Riley just feels right to me.
6 - Barry as normal. I love that maniac.
7 - Wally as fairy. Here me out here - he goes back to Gardevoir, and gets a Mawile.
8 - Brock as a Rock specialist. The OG return, replaces Onix with actually good rock types like Tyranitar and Coalossal, evolves his Geodude all the way, and gets a fossil and a Stonejurner for lols, and he's good. I know that existing gym leaders were meant to be off the table, but I don't care, I need him.
Wally also uses an Azumarill at one point iirc
Brock being a menace immediately gets my approval
I think my picks are the same but i go with Silver over Brock because
I like him lol
Mikey: I’m not hiring children!
Tate and Liza: *sad twin noises*
to be fair, his rules said that he can't choose already existing gym leaders, so they're safe
Mikey said he's not RELOCATING minors to a different region
My bad lol
By the standards of the pokemon world, the range of 12 to 15 seems to be the "Legal age".
I mean, Brock in the anime is AT LEAST 15, and he seems to be the youngest to qualify as an adult.
I'm not sure how old is Iris, but when we met her, she's at least around 11 or 12 in the anime.
and from the time we left her to meeting her in journeys, she became the gym leader of Opelucid to Regional Champion.
so my safe bet is 12 to 15.
15-16 seems a decent age in the pokemon world to be considered an adult regarding pokemon trainer/battle.
I love how Mikey is looking at everything about the trainers to decide. Not just their teams, but also their stories and personalities.
I really loved this fully fledged, lore-based analysis on the potential candidates. I like your final choices, but at the same time I can see a few "minor" problems:
- Dendra is a teacher at the Paldean Academy, which means she already has a job. Would she really move out and change her job even if she's still a young adult?
- I think Sina and Dexio are great as a couple. That said, them being separated Gym Leaders would mean they'd run two different Gyms, and so each Gym would be built in two different places. They'd be apart from each other most of the time, even if both locations were nearby. I know there have been similar situations, for instance Norman running the Petalburg Gym and him actually living in Littleroot Village with his family, but even he is implied(?) to have so much work as a Gym Leader he can't return home as often as he'd want. I'd either have Sina as the Ice-Type Gym Leader and Dexio moving in with her and doing research, while Wally steps up as the Psychic-Type specialist (he'd really be a great inspiration for new trainers); or have Sina and Dexio as a couple of Leaders of the same Gym (same dynamic as Tate and Liza), maintaining Sina's type speciality, while still keeping Wally as I said
I got too invested in this explanation XDDD
I want a second part of this video that includes:
- Pokémon that every Gym Leader would use.
- What TM would they give you?
- If this Region is Open World, then what is the consistent Ace Pokémon through all the badges (Like Sophocles uses the Vikavolt line either you have 1 badge [Grubbin] or 8 Badges [Vikavolt])
- How do they fight based on difficulty? (How many potions do they use? Do they use other items like full heals? Do they put items like Sitrus berries on their aces? If this game has Hard Mode, what changes do they make in EVs and held items?)
I know it's a lot, but as someone that usually listens to the video while working it would be an amazing long video while I clean carpets :3
I was about to suggest the same thing! What order are the gyms in? What are the gym tests/puzzles for them?
Pokémon they would use would be great, as well as fleshing out what Pokemon are available in the region itself.
To add some spice, the Gym Type shouldn't be Pokemon Type, but Move Types. So the Fire Gym, isn't all Fire Types; instead, all the Pokemon inside can use Fire Type moves. So there's a chance you'll fight the Gym Leader with Gogoat, Donphan, Ursaring, Zebstrika, and Torkoal, and they all have Flame Charge.
yes, second part plz
Nemona has definitely shown precedent for scaling back her own challenge to meet someone on their level. I’d say definitely one to keep an eye on for when she is older as she’d happily slot into any rung on the league ladder.
She's willing to back down her challenge, but she's already high ranked in Paldea, why would she leave that behind to head to a region without battling culture.
@riolufistofmightshe would be bringing the battling culture with her and with her in the league that battle culture might take a more competitive role
I'd add, she's willing to do so especially if it means she's helping cultivate that person's own talent, allowing them to later challenge her at her full strength. Gym leader is absolutely a job which fits that description!
@williamjones5334 Maybe her status as a Gym Leader is actually kept "secret" to some degree (like if all challengers who reach her are expected/told/asked to keep her status as the final Gym Leader a secret, and one of the biggest draws to the Gym Challenge is the "mystery" of who the final Gym Leader actually is), and the region uses a system akin to the Gym Challenge in Galar where it's started more or less at the same time, and Nemona shows up to challenge those trying to beat the Gyms with a progressively stronger team (but a team that is never stronger than the next Gym each challenger is set to face) over time in order to try and keep pushing them to improve. And during that time the challengers just think she's a nice person helping them to improve....even if she is a bit of a "battle freak". But then when they reach the final Gym, who is waiting for them but _Nemona_ with her _real_ team, ready to give the challenger(s) who reach her their hardest battle yet. She'd even have the tendency to praise and encourage a challenger when they pull off a successful move or stumble a bit respectively, which could make battling her both challenging and rewarding as Nemona would actively _want_ her challengers to get the better of her, but she also wouldn't be the sort to hold back when acting as a Gym Leader.
To me the only possibly hiccup with having Nemona as a Gym Leader would be determining her type specialty, as her final team is a very well-balanced one in terms of types, and her "ace" is either Meowscarada, Quaquaval, or Skeledirge depending on what starter the player in Gen 9 chose. Since there's already a Fire Gym Leader, that would remove Fire from contention so no Skeledirge. But then you still have to pick between Meoscarada or Quaquaval. But from there, if Raihan is not part of the Elite Four and thus Siebold fills that slot, that would mean Nemona would be a Grass specialist and would have Meowscarada since Quaquaval would result in a Water type overlap with Siebold. If Raihan _is_ part of the Elite Four however that would allow either Meowscarada or Quaquaval....but I'd still guess that Meowscarada would fit best in this case as it would remove the risk of a type overlap with the Elite Four....and it might even fit best with it's "masquerade" theme possibly referencing Nemona acting as a sort of "stealth mentor" for the challengers, and then once they reach her Gym the "mask" comes off and she reveals her status as the final Gym Leader?
Sure, the "secret" would probably get out eventually, but for at least a year or two it would allow the mystery of who the final Gym Leader is to entice people to challenge the gyms even if only for the sake of solving that "mystery".
Having not watched past 1:16, my picks would be:
Riley - Explicitly considered for being a Gym Leader in Sinnoh, is willing to travel, explicitly trains a wide variety of Pokemon
Klara/Avery - Kind of cheating because they are technically Gym Leaders (in the Minor leagues in Galar) but it'd probably be a promotion for them to be main League challenge Gym Leaders.
Eusine - An expert on Legendary Beasts, he'd probably be able to pick out interesting folklore to base his gym around. Has traveled across an entire region (so probably not tied to a specific place)
Primo (AKA PokeDude) - Experience with media (formerly having a TV Show), has powerful pokemon (having at least trained a Rhydon and Machamp). Has explicitly moved regions at least once. Enjoys teaching beginners
I had another thought... The region's professor. And I think the best choice would be N, who focuses on growing the bonds and understanding between people and pokemon. Plus, he can talk to Pokemon, and would be able to get the Pokemon's input if it wants to go with a trainer if picked. Yes, there's that whole history with Plasma, but I kinda see it like a Gladion and Aether situation because Ghetsis picked him up as a little kid and N legitimately wanted what is best for Pokemon. Good intentions, baaaaad home life.
Also, it would totally prompt the joke of "In [Region], Pokemon chooses you!"
Honestly, N being a Pokémon researcher rather than a trainer makes sense
Actually N could be pokemon breeder as well or a pokemon connesiur like Cilan
If that were the case I’d simp so hard
I always LOVED n's character. Respectful, true, determined, and (most importantly) willing to admit when he's wrong. He's also just really cool and he cares about the feelings of both people AND pokemon. 10/10 "rival" character
@ernest292i get where you are coming from but I feel he'd be unable to be unbiased because he loves all Pokemon way too much.
Vito Winstrate is an exceptional candidate tbh we know he’s a very powerful trainer having gotten 8 gym badges but he realizes in the victory road he himself is not championship or elite 4 level. He feels like he’s let his family down, however the chance to become a gym leader in a new region could be just what he’s looking for
Oh yeah, that guy!
A bit of an idea, have the world's first dual type gym by making Dexio and Sina, double battle gym leaders (like Tate and Liza). Also then have your dragon specialist as you were (we had Claire overlap with Lance in the past)
i like how this is a continuing series now
"I don't want you to copy me, but weirdly we do look good in... similar eccessories." this line had me laughing so hard.
17:44 you know, I can totally see both dojo gym leaders being a dual gym, where you challenge them to a double battle, maybe they can require 4 badges to challenge.
About Barry, I think he should be a Water gym leader. He has an Empoleon (in the anime and in Masters) and a Floatzel, plus Crasher Wake is his idol. Nanu isn't exactly Acerola's uncle. She just likes to call him that because he's like an uncle to her
The uncle thing could also be a direct translation from japanese, where young people tend to call older men uncles (instead of old man)
@ That’s true. I’m just going off of what I remember from the games
But in his team he has the combination of both staraptor and Snorlax. Barry has the other 2 types of the starters that he doesn't get.
@ I know, I’m saying in most media, Barry is seen with an Empoleon, including the games if you chose Chimchar. Plus he idolizes Crasher Wake, a Water type gym leader
But he wouldn't have the Floatzel if he has the Empoleon. He always has the Staraptor and the Snorlax.
I mean, Arvin is probably an Emancipated Minor, what with his whole parent situation. He's probably fine to hire
Also, I’ve always thought of him as a 15+ year old character, and may even be 18.
I've always seen him as, like, several grades higher than the player and Nemona, although not having the same interest in battling
I think so too. I think as long as Mabosstiff can come, he's in. Maybe he doesn't want to be a gym leader though? Maybe he'd be more interested in caring for trainers on the road (Arven acting as a mentor for kids on their own for the first time is something very close to my heart. Teaching them survival skills and home economics)
@myheartismadeofstarsSounds like first-Gym material to me!
@RuBoo001 that's certainly an option, similar to Cheren being a teacher
The title and thumbnail really make you look like a mad scientist who (unethically) cloned all the gym leaders and (unethically) genetically enhanced them
Mr. Sinister, The Jackal and The High Evolutionary from Marvel Comics: You called?
“ARGH THE MULTIVERSE” “it’s a canon event..”
Yeah, I find it funny how he gets a headache from the multiverse of the games, when he himself as multiverse of personalities. Also, I guess him finding Perrin hot is still a canon event.
24:54 that was personal
Michael: I cannot bear to break this adorable couple up.
Also Michael: (puts them in different gyms meaning they live in different cities)
me and a mate are actually using your concept of a new region not even having a league yet and attracting trainers for our own custom region too. keep up the good work man, GO TEAM SKY!!!!!
Another group of trainers that could be considered are the Stat trainers from Sinnoh: Cheryl, Mira, Marley, Riley and Buck.
While they don't use a specifc typing, because they are Stat specialists, you could just assign them the typing of their ace (Riley being a Fighting or Steel Gym Leader e.g.)
22:47 Her academy bond story thing in the games explains this. She just really likes teaching, much more than being a Gym Leader. Therefore, the decision to not go with her is probably for the best.
Maybe Sina and Dexio could be a dual gym, like Tate and Liza? Since you don't wanna break up the couple, of course. It's a pretty unique challenge, good for PR. Then Gladion could be the last gym leader with a Dark Silvally, even more PR!
thats also two people to pay 🤷♂️
@slinky6415 aye it's all worth the PR, no other region has a gym leader with a legend, and only one has a double battle
Make them a truly idabolical snowscape + Aurora Veil/Trick Room team. Many Ice types are notoriously slow and there are super bulky slow psychic types. Just for the fun of it.
@youtube-kit9450 i like the way you think
Thats something I decided to do, having them be a pair of Double-battlibg Fairy type leaders, due to their working with the man who discovered the fairy type
7:32 I think something they could work is that when trainers come to Gladion’s gym, they could get a choice: take on his team without Silvally, or take on Silvally EXCLUSIVELY. That way trainers who want a standard experience can get it, while those who want to test their mettle against a legendary can have that as well.
I feel like that's still a bit lopsided; granted I haven't played Sun and Moon in ages so maybe I'm underestimating Silvally, but depending on where Gladion is in the lineup, it might still be an easy win just from the numbers advantage.
Silvally has 95 in every stat, so if he is the first 5 gym leaders, it could work, but he'd probably get demolished if he's any gym after that. A way this idea could work is if he replaces one of his pokemon from his 'casual' team for Silvally, or add it into his party, making a team of 5/6 (depending on how many pokemon he had before).
Two ways to make this work for higher up gym battles:
Creating an actual hard mode for people who want a challenge which would have Gladion use Silvally as a 7th Pokémon, much like Volo with his Giratina.
Take a page out of legends Arceus and create a “legend RKS disc” which would have Silvally change types on the fly so it can stand up against a full fledged team.
So like korrina
“Are you having a stroke? I hope not, cause I have to go!” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Sun Tzu on his way to solo with a U-Turn-heavy team.
Also, Sun Tzu would probably love hazards, haze, status {paralysis and burn}, stat drops and dark types in general lol.
“What do you mean these things can just place difficult ground for absolutely free?”
Not sure how to implement some of his tactics here tbh. Sounds like a fun fight
Reading this gave me a stroke
Love how Grunty Boi now has a GB sweater! So precious lol
I was wondering if anyone else noticed!
@DDuckworth I didn't 🥲
Thought there was something wrong with me when I noticed it, and asked myself if this was new lol
Ok so it is new thought I was just slow
I love Mikey's moral integrity (not hiring minors) and he's clearly putting in genuine effort to create the perfect League. Other regions could learn a lot from him.
(Also, I like to imagine that Tulip, the influencer/Gym Leader would frequently visit her "friend" Dendra, which would bring even more publicity to the region.)
I feel like Trevor would be a very good Pokemon Professor for the region since his whole thing in X and Y was completing the Pokédex, researching, and comparing his to your pokedexs
THE HUNIEPOP SOUNDTRACK AT 24:35 IS INSANE
Mikey whenever he sees hot babes like her: Bing Bong ding dong, here comes my Ding Dong!~
But it’s valid though
A cool way to handle Wally as the psychic gym leader would’ve been giving him dual aces, Gardevoir and Gallade (honoring his gen 3 and gen 6 aces) and make it a DOUBLE BATTLE. Hoenn even has a double battle Psychic type gym, so he could’ve taken inspiration from Tate and Liza in-universe
This is a really cool idea
24:48 bro the hands thrown at real j*b interviews is crazy
JOB IS NOT A BAD WORD! WHERE IS THE O?
Petition to give the player a Shiny Miltank if their name is either Michael or Mikey
omg yes
@Gangsta_Playz Oh the PTSD will make it all the merrier
Speedruns boutta go crazy
Nah. Shiny Treeko for that.
Shiny Miltank if you name yourself "Mickey"
In the meantime, I have a shiny Drowzee named Mikey for him
9:51 🤣 okay this completely caught me off guard,I was FULLY anticipating you to say the actual name at first like nothing happened but, my god this through me so off guard and was so out of left field that I laughed out loud!
Hahaha 🤣 I’m dead
Same! I had to pause I was cackling so hard!
The Brazilian representation!! 🇧🇷❤
Im brazilian and i don't know if i should be furious or flattered
@wafflehead27 both?
11:46 the moment he realized he’s old 😂
We need a game that's just like this video. Where the gym leaders, and maybe even the Elite 4 and/or Champion are from different regions
There's a rom hack that does that, i think it's called Pokemon Saffron but i could be misremembering things
That's kinda how Pokemon Masters first arc goes, you have to challenge Skyla, Erika, Norman and Hapu iirc before you can participate in the massive tournament to decide "the strongest trainer".
Mhm, this is kind of a thing in the region I've been working on off & on for the past several years.
I'd bring in Bonnie, in the hope of getting Clemont as a two-fer.
Even without paying him more, I think he'd probably love to support his sister in her new role, and he'd love to have the opportunity to build, personalise and perfect the infrastructure from the ground up.
Clemont as Electric leader, Bonnie as Fairy leader, with her Dedenne.
They're both clever and enthusiastic. ❤
Clement is already a gym leader. He might visit though!
@Evoimations I know, I explained the reasons why I figured he might be willing to move even without a pay rise. 🩷
I mean with his sister our of the region id imagine clement’s geographical mobility will increase
"BONNIE! I TOLD YOU TO STOP THIS A MILLION TIMES!" Clemont said calmly.
9:15 Arven seems to be sixteen in s/v so it’s been long enough as 18 is a legal adult.
Edit: but Penny is like 14 or something, so she’s only 16, she did leave galar for school, but you can’t exactly relocate a 16 year old for a job, especially not without parent permission, and peony would not let her distance herself more than she already has 😅
21:48 .... why not both? Make them a double team gym, their shared pool of pokemon and a theme of partnership would make for a fun gym
THATS WHAT I SAID-
the first thing I thought of when he mentioned that was Tate and Liza
Raifort is also strongly implied to be a criminal, a thief of ancient, rare relics. She also tries to talk Jacq into letting her sacrifice him, er "become her assistant in a ritual" so that doesn't bode well.
Stop, stop, I'm already sold.
And Jacq is just like oh okay sure! Him agreeing to stuff like that is probably a part of why Clavell watches him like a hawk.
Oh so she's the Lara Croft of the pokemon world...yeah I see that
@moxiemouse24stg Jacq is attracted to people who are toxic for him
Absolutely. There's an unstated reason why she wants the treasure legendaries that goes beyond mere historical curiosity. I'm certain she'll become the villain of Paldea's future.
Neomona would not care about the money, she just wants to fight.
Everyone always forgets about my girl Emma. She's a talented trainer with a stacked team, on top of being a great detective and even having some awesome athletic feats thanks to her suit, which could possibly translate into a very unique battle style.
While she is running a bureau/playing crime fighter in Lumiose and thus might want to stay at home, I can see her following in the steps of her InterPol mentor and going around the world to make use of her skills if she can find someone to replace her at the Bureau.
You could offer internships to students of the Paldea region which would count as class credit while also providing housing for the time being and then once they come of age you could offer them the position in full. That’s a way to work around having skilled students like Arven, Penny, Kerian, and Carmine as gym leaders.
Arven and Carmine may be adults by now. That's the problem with having vague ages. Though Arven is more interested in cooking and nutrition, and Carmine is...Carmine...(Namely, a bully)
23:49 yeah Jacq is definitely a poison specialist, not only is his club room team half poison, he also has a little gulpin when he and the player have that picnic, even if his swalot and gulpin are the same pokemon, he’s clearly attached to his swalot and wouldn’t be willing to not use it
19:50 this joke made me laugh wayyy more than it should have. I love you Michael
Really unexpected from micheal, it really took me back and laughed my ass off
Same 😂😂
It caught me by surprise. I wasn’t expecting to laugh and it took me out lmao
I loved it very off brand from what I’ve seen and was perfect
Down vote
25:00 this feels like he's dealt with things lmao
What it do, I just got a job after a year and a half of searching. He did. And one day you will too.
But what about the allying trainers from Gen 4? There are Riley, Cheryl, Mira, Marley and Buck, which all would fit shockingly well considering they are all independent trainers who have a team of 5 in the Battleground + additional Pokemon in the Battle Tower.
Given Raihan’s Team and strategies, I’d make the suggestion of telling him to sticking with his sandstorm team but pivot marketing wise to a ground type and/or lean into the multiple types unified by one strategy. This solves the typing issue and likely helps marketing wise as Raihan would no longer compete for attention with the gigantic amount of dragon trainers (at least 9 others, 2 of which being champions at one point) instead only competing with the few ground trainers (Giovanni who is no longer a leader, Bertha, Clay & Rika).
Also I’m incredibly biased as ground is my favourite type
24:23 So based
19:26 Honestly, The Johto and Kalos maps that are drawn like this are interesting as you can see areas that we never get to explore that are on these maps. Like how west of Lake of Rage is a Desert and how on the Eastern Edge of the Kalos Map, there is a River and Forest that we can see but never explore.
21:45 rare moments of Mickey (intentional) shipping characters
11:53 Thanks for making us feel old
There are children in schools who are being taught about multiplication right now, who are YOUNGER THAN POKÉMON SUN AND MOON.
ikr 😢
The mind screw that happened when he said that broke me.
11:53 the way we said "Jesus" at the same time 💀💀💀 how has it really been *8 WHOLE YEARS* already???
I still haven't beaten it, got to Kakui (don't know how to spell his name) with Inciniroar (I liked fire types back then) and could never win, decided to restart and haven't touched my DS for roughly two years. Wow, I should probably go and beat it eight and a half years later (I got Sun).
You can go crazy with the Gyms because of so many options, so in order:
1)Bianca, Dexio, & Sina as the Lab Gym, Bianca can be the region's Professor with assistants. Make it the Triple Starter Gym like Unova.
2) Ilima, the Normal Club Gym. The Gym is in the region's College, where Bill's younger sister got a full scholarship to learn about the PC system so she can make her own version. The PC system starts out crude for the Player, but it gets better throughout the game as she learns to improve.
3) Koichi & Kio, the Double Fighting Dojo Gym. Instead of HMs, they teach the Player to Chop, Crush, Lift, & Climb after they get 4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th Gym badges.
4) Miriam, the Fitness Gym at a Stadium. She is in charge of making Stat Boosting consumable items and Man Made consumables for the region. The Player can learn how to make their own if they bring the necessary materials.
5) Saguaro, the Health Gym in a Hospital. He is in charge of making Poke Blocks, Poffins, Berry Juices, Lava Cookies, etc for the reason. He teaches the Player if they bring the needed ingredients.
6) Poke Ranger MCs from the Poke Ranger Series for the Ranger Gym in the New Ranger Tower HQ. They use Eevees & Native Pokemon that will be counters to whatever Party Pokemon you bring into the gym. We need Poke Rangers to make sure that we don't affect the ecosystem of the region too much as we start to bring more people in & so we don't have to have every Pokemon in the game.
7) Gladion, the Wild Dark Gym with Silvally. Just before the BBEG , he tells the Player that doing things that others wouldn't expect you to do is normal and necessary in life. You can add Piers as the Trainer before Gladion, who's here to help the newest Dark Gym Leader to the world & add him to the Band.
8) Silver for the Redemption Gym, mixed teams like Blue but all teams are competitive.
"Anyone can change for the better."
The Gym is filled with Vice Leaders from Magma, Aqua, Galactic, Colress, and Faba. The Gym is a prison that's used to hold criminals & Villain Team Members that are defeated through the game. The Player can help them get jobs but using the prize money to improve the facility & rehabilitate those inside
11:29 "Which maybe I can overlook, if I behave like the NFL" You have no idea how hard I laughed, & my dog staring at me like I lost my mind 😂😂 (go Giants!)
Oh you poor soul
@ I know lol. I miss Eli and the old team. It's been painful for a while.... I miss 2012 lmao.
Hey, at least it's not the Jets. (:
im a seahawks guy so i feel you 😂
Go Lions!! One Pride!
8:18 I don’t know, gym leaders often have jobs outside of being a gym leader and a region’s professor being a gym leader would be pretty fun. They could be a grass type specialist
7:12 Technically he was more like a hired mercenary for Team Skull and not ACTUALLY a part of Team Skull
25:07 Woo That was Too Real 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
idk, I like the idea of Wally being a fairy type gym leader. Suits his personality way more as being a gentle but strong character
Considering his ace is a (mega)Gallade, that ship kinda sailed.
Wally could also be a Fighting type gym leader because his ancestor was a Ninja
He only ever used one fairy type while his ace consistently stayed a psychic type. The psychic type even pivoted away from a fairy type in the remakes, so he deffo doesn't seem to care about fairy types.
25:55 Honestly, having them run a double battle gym would be really neat. Especially since them using 2 types would make it a completely unique challenge.
That would also free up a space for 1 more gym leader, too.
26:06 it is now my headcanon that their towns are neighbouring and the gyms are actually one giant building with their living quarters in the middle
9:05
Hey nemona wanna be a gym leader?
Youd be able to battle strong trainers all day
Nemona: WHEN CAN I START!
Nemona: *gleeful Goku squeal* 🤣🤣🤣
It would give her high energy bursts and plenty of down time just like her weak constitution needs
Reminds me of a family friend’s recent conversation when he got a part-time job at a golf course after retiring.
Golf course people: Would you consider a part-time job here?
Family friend: Will I get to play the course for free?
GCP: Yes.
FF: I accept!
GCP: Don’t you want to hear how much we’ll pay you?
FF: Oh, I’m sure you will.
Yeah, you'd have to remind her that she would also be getting paid
Nemona then proceeds to totally not stalk the first strong trainer she battles
So I've been thinking about it and I came up with perfect idea for my gym leaders and Elite Four. I'll write them here as I edited the E4, but they are writed under the E4 video, so I will only listen the changes here). Firstly the Gym Leaders:
1) Silver the Poison Specialist (who came to this region to explore it and find a calm place to live). His aces would be both Crobat and Gengar as those are the two pokemons he used quite often.
2) Bianca the Psychic Specialist (she came for reaserch for professor Juniper, but decided to open her own lab and do her own research as there was something that picked her interest in this region). Her ace would be her Musharna which she uses very often (and In Masters they are Sync Pair). Additionally as she is a researcher she could use Sigilyph and Zen Mode Darmanitan as they both come from the ruins
3) Kiawe the Fire Specialist (reasons were brought up in this video). His ace would be Alolan Marowak plus he would use Turtonator and Charizard as in anime he used them really often.
4) Colress the Steel Specialist (he came to this region as he heard the offer to make a living here and do his research). His ace would be Klinklang (I thought about Magnezone but in Masters he is in sync pair with Klinklang)
5) Marley the Flying Leader (she was a tourist but decided to stay and help people learn about the importance of pokemon's stats). Her ace would be Aerodactyl and she will also use fast flying pokemons like Ninjask and Swellow
6) Courtney the Ground Specialist (After the team Magma fall she decided to travel to this region and begin a new life). Her ace would be her Camerupt as she uses it everywhere.
7) Alexa the Dragon Specialist (she is a journalist that introduced Ash to Kalos if you don't know and I had to do an overlap with the E4 so I chose the minimal drastic one, which is her. She would show Dragon as really menacing type that is hard to control). Her ace would be her Noivern from anime.
8) The big Change I moved Brycen to be a Ice Specialist (instead of an E4 member). His team would be unchanged compared to his E4 team)
And the big E4 change I moved N into the E4 and he would come to this region to finally live in peace, far away from anyone he knows. He would be Dark (as his Zoroark) and Grass (as nature) specialist and his Ace would be Zoroark. He would also use someone like Umbreon and Leafeon as they are really friendly from nature)
I love how Grunty Boy's shirt has changed from R for Team Rocket to the personalized GB for Grunty Boy.
Bro how has pokemon not hired this man yet? Its a crime
Replacing Sophocles electric type theme with rocks/magnetism theme also works due due to how closely tied magnetic waves and electric waves are, andjust the general overlap of electromagnetism in physics.
I would have also taken the stat trainers from Sinnoh into account - Cheryl, Buck, Riley, Marley and Mira.
All of them make it to the battle tower and participate (experience), they all join up with the player (teamwork) for double battles and adventure (even if only temporarily), all have been shown to have well levelled teams of 5 pokemon at once, with much longer lists for other battle modes (including minor legendaries like the birds and golems in some cases) for that talent and drive.
Granted, they focus on pokemon biased towards a certain stat, so there's much more type variety on their known pokemon. Unless you did a Blue style gym, you could still narrow it down to some degree or just do (stat) themed teams rather than typed teams!
I just commented about this! So glad to see someone else thought id these five too! They’d all make great candidates (especially Riley and Buck)!
@Nameless_mixes absolutely, the others are a little shakier but you've got the brother of an elite four member and someone Byron already asked to be a gym leader so CLEARLY has the skill for it!
That Winstrate joke is definitely going in an out of context video...
Dexio and Sina can easily work as a double battle gym. Keeps them together, adds a fun challenge to their gym, and you have another gym open to bring in someone else. You could even have it really interesting and have their gym be dual-typing of Psychic and Ice
27:37 there’s also the overlap of Lance (Shares Dragon with Clair since he was an E4 member in Gen 1) and Koga (shares Poison with his daughter Janine since he is an E4 member in Gen 2)
Deep down we all know Lance is a bird keeper, so he overlaps with Falkner actually.
Classic style MandJTV content, glad to have this back
For me I'd choose:
Black 2 "rival" as fighting type gym leader, reflecting his fight for justice and freedom
Ethan as baby pokemon gym leader who has surprisingly strong pokemon with each having everstones, his pokemon reflecting his love and kindness towards his maril and his support he gives the player character when you play as the female trainer.
Team magma Courtney as a ground type pokemon, hers is self explanatory
Green or yellow from the manga as either a lightning type or water type respectively (or both??? Or both individually!?!?!)
Blue's sister as a gymleader basing on type advantages like the first gym in black, her pokemon would be the elemental eeveelutions (leafeon, glaceon, jolteon, flareon, and vaporeon, and a regular eevee) they would reflect her choice to join oak in his studies and becoming a pokemon expert
Mr briney as a water flying type, with a lapras. His is also self explanatory but you'd have to get to a boat on the edge of the map by either a mount or by using surf.
One of the policemen from soulsilver with dark type and fire type pokemon, like growlithe or umbreon, growlithe being a police dog, and unbreon using its glowing rings as a searchlight. Their gym would take place in a city fighting the second generation of team rocket called team starclipper. And the gym trainers would be rookie police officers
14:40 for mallow, you can maybe find a way to have her parents expend the restaurant to the new region. She can run it along with her but brother and it can also function as a gym like Larry’s gym goes form a restaurant to a battle arena.
8:02 Says Hop has clear talent, but while saying this, shows a clip of him getting one-tapped 🤣
The editors note point this out lol
Have you thought about non-elemental type specific gyms? In the custom region I'm building the Gym Leaders don't focus on elemental types, instead focusing on concepts or animal types (dog trainer, monkey trainer, party types, etc). This makes trainers think outside the box, and can have some fun interactions.
11:30 SHOTS FIRED
At who?
@maxrichards3881 I'll be honest. I have no idea why I wrote this comment. Going by the likes, I must have seen something that I can't anymore.
Edit: Having rewatched the video, there are several points this would make sense, but my timestamp doesn't make any sense
21:57 hire their lesser known brother, Gunther
Ze Ring General?
😂@qwilliams1539
@qwilliams1539 World Heavyweight Champion?
“King dragon sends his regards!”
Wally being a Fairy Gym Leader would also work.
Psychic specialists tend to be psychic themselves, while having someone who overcame his childhood as a weak and sickly boy through the support of his dearest friends pretty much *screams* Fairy Specialist to me.
personally i would’ve taken the stat trainers into consideration, all of them are incredibly capable with full teams
Love this type of video with an in-universe approach, they're really creative and fun. Mikey going into a "shipper" mode about Sina and Dexio made me laugh... Especially because the whole traveling to Alola together thing was also what Blue and Red did in Gen 7 - it's a valid take for them too though, let's be real. 😂
Still, the BIGGEST thing that caught my attention in this whole video was Grunty Boi's new shirt... Interesting! I'm sure it makes sense in general if, uh... If Grunty Boi doesn't rock a copyright-related shirt when he stops by - and maybe that was part of this particular sponsorship! But it's just interesting and neat see that kind of thing as the channel continues to grow... Especially if it means maybe some Grunty Boi-related merch in the future? Maybe? (I mean, I also think that with the serial numbers filed off, there is such potential for the MandJTVverse as a book or comic or something, and ngl I'd love to see it, but lol idk if Mikey has any interest or even if it's feasible... A guy can dream tho!)
keep an eye out early next year :)
@MandJTVwhy is "boy" spelled with an I?
@dawnsbuneary For the lols
10:19 I personally think of it as similar to a Japanese high school(it could, in theory, be a middle school, just based on classroom names and the year system, but the characters seem like they could be in 10th/11th grade(and Kieran is apparently a teenager in either 7th or 10th grade,I feel 10th makes more sense)), so it would work. Additionally(assuming that this is based off of the japanese education system), I believe middle school would be the end of compulsory education, so there may not be issues with extracting him from within high school.
11:53 "And since Sun and Moon came out 8 years ago... Jesus."
I feel so old
24:24 guy spoke for all of us
Not everyone. Some of us are into men.
He stole the words from my mind😭😭
At first i thought Dexio and Sina would be be a double-battle gym, like Tate and Liza.
But thinking about it, how adorable would it be to see them cheering each other on from the sidelines!
Then when you win they're like "great job, can't wait to battle you myself later, looking forward to it"
Small note: Klara and Avery are adults. Also, during the Star tournament after the Crown Tundra DLC, Klara states she has become a "Minor Disvision Poison Gym Leader", meaning she's already progressing towards becoming a real Galarian Gym Leader.
Oops, just got to the bit where you mention this. Still, she is an adult, as confirmed by Pokemon Masters. The whole joke of her character is that she, a fully grown adult, keeps beefing with you, a 14 year old.
2:21 "Which of you is... the main one- who's the champion here?"
Brendan+May/Serena&Kalem: Yesn't
14:25 take her until drayton is out of high school, boom bam bim, done diddly done