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For the next 4 months or so, we're going to have a load of Sinnoh related videos. Currently working on dedicated videos for: Lucario, Luxray, Drifloon, Honchkrow, Froslass, and of course the legendaries that we don't already have videos for.
OOH, DRIFLOON! YES! I adore everything to do with Drifloon, can't wait to see the extent of this murder blimp baby's roots! A video on Rotom and Pulseman could also be cool, or maybe Burmy!
While I do love the increase of gen 4 content in the near future, there has always been one big question on my mind about the pokêmon world. That being, What exactly is the afterlife in pokémon? I understand that its prolly a complicated topic, but how do the afterlives referenced in Dusknoir's, Lampent's, Yamask's, etc's dex entries have to do with one another/how do they function?
Fun fact about Empoleon: it is as tall as the man it is based on, Napoleon (1.70 m), most people think that the French emperor was short in size, where in actuality, he was as tall as a modern average French man.
Napoleon being short was started as political propaganda to make the common man think he was less impressive than he was. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your outlook, that propaganda stuck to this day.
Not sure if this story is true or apocryphal, but one explanation I’ve heard for “napoleon was short” was that French and English measures used the same / similar names but had different actual lengths, and so his height in the longer French unit was a lower value than it would be in the English unit. (If true, it was almost certainly a known thing that the measures were different and the English just decided to ignore that in an attempt to belittle Napoleon)
@@chrayez indeed, Napoleon was approximately five pieds and three pouces in the French Imperial System. One pied is twelve pouces. Pied means foot and when converted to the British/American Imperial System it is approximately 1.066 ft or 32.48 cm for those that use the metric system. Pouce means inch and when converted to the British/American Imperial System it is approximately 1.066 in or 27.07 mm. When simplified Napoleon is 5'3"(French) or 5'7"(British/American).
@@BIastoises Not sure if lynxes and zebras live in the same area, but these are Pokémon. As for lions vs zebras, Pyroar exists, even though it's Normal/Fire.
52:32 I've always thought of Giratina as a caretaker of the Distortion World-- helping keep balance between the two worlds, preventing meeting of matter and antimatter as he's the best guy to go between and makes sure neither world damages the other by major distortions on one side Err... this job he still took up after being a punishment by the way, due to his antimatter gifts
@metarcee2483 thats a fun reading. gravity does distort space and time, such as around black holes, and is a necessary part of making the universe function and support life, so it makes sense for being part of the trio
You could consider the Croagunk line to be based on trope 'Touch of Death' in fantastical depictions of martial arts, pressure points and that kind of stuff, linking to its fighting type and it preferred method of poison delivery
fun fact: the word "lynx" is derived from a root word meaning "light", which explains the Luxray line's whole connection to light and shine and electricity and x-ray
Isn't it also based on the Greek character Lyncee (or however it's spelled) who was said, on the opposite on the animal which actually has bad eyesight, to have the ability to see through walls too? Which is how the animal got believed to have good eyesight and how an expression was all made?
Luxray's line is based of lynxes and cats in general which appear to have glowing eyes. Everyone knows that. But the etymology of the animal's name (english name) has nothing to do with the development of the pokemon.
Holup! Spiritomb is "bound to a fissure in a keystone", "as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago". And it was first found here in Sinnoh, which used to be Hisui.. how long ago does Legends Arceus take place? I doubt they'd ever do any kind of a connection like that, that would be way too interesting of them.
as lockstin has pointed out in a previous video: legends arceus is close to the meiji restoration period. approx 150-ish years ago. The likelyhood we get any quest to seal some evil spirits into a keystone is unlikely BUT, a quest relating to spiritomb trying to break out is a high possibility.
Legends messed up alot and retconned alot of dex entries :/ just look at the Galarian Wheezing in the trailer, that thing only exists due to the industrial era of Galar and yet there it is
One note about Rampardos is that Dracorex is actually widely accepted to be a juvenile form of Pachycephalosaurus nowadays, which ironically makes Cranidos an adult and Rampardos a baby in inspiration
Maybe instead of due to the time of evolution, it may be according to the most recent find, and then the older find, which is often encountered first if you go forward to backward along time. As in for archaeology, you find the more recent fossil closer to topsoil, and you find a more ancient fossil deeper underground. So aging and evolution wise, it would make sense the earlier ancestor would evolve into a much more recently discovered descendant. But discovery wise, it makes sense that the "younger" one is one that's found more recently, while the "older" one is one that's found later much deeper in the earth during excavation. So I like your statement and I think it's fascinating.
There's been a proposal (I think just at a conference, never full publication) that it's actually microevolution; the "older" the leg of the dracorex-stygimoloch-pachycephalosaurus triad the more recent it is in the Hell Creek strata too. So it could be like a "primal reversion" to gain even more ancient power
That is not confirmed at all that Dracorex or/and Stygimoloch are juvenile Pachycephalosaurus. A large part of the dinosphere, including official paleontologists, doesn't believe in that theory.
I like to think heatran represents the earth as it was just bursting with lava and magma forming together to make our planet. Plus it would kind of go together with the whole ancient vibe the legendary pokemon were doing this generation.
I always thought it was the new gens that decided to add the "complex and specific" designs but turns out its just lockstin who can make even Rattata sound like a carefully thought and structured pokemon
It's always a question what is intended and what is just interpretation. I personally don't think it's particularly likely that lunala actually pulls from neopegan religion, feels like Lockstin knows a lot about that stuff and about alchemy and can therefore easily find possible connections. But it's still entirely possible. And even if it's just his interpretation and not the interpretation of the original designers, it is a pretty cool interpretation that makes the pokemon seem cooler. So some of the ones I don't actually believe are intended I'm still going with, death of the author and all that.
newer pokemon just have more stuff on them. basically the older designs were just cleaner and more realistic to existing animals. new designs are more complex so fans dont like them.
@@johnmarkson1990 newer designs are better designed, in my opinion, especially for their links to the area their region is based on After all, EVERY GALARIAN POKEMON IS BRITISH !
I loved this video. I can tell that this was a lot of work. It would be cool to see one fully dedicated to the baby pokemon (I think that bonsly may also have inspiration from a baby rattle toy).
I think Honcrow's red tail is supposed to be a reference to a bouquet of roses. Roses can have multiple meanings here, from a rose being a symbol of secrecy to a calling card after a murder to left as a sign of respect after said murder. I swear the rose meaning used to be on the bulbapedia article but has since been removed, it certainly looks more like a bouquet of roses more than a broom.
49:49 Maybe that's what makes Heatran special or a legendary? Whereas the other legends represent dimensions, he's a representation of the Earth's core, the manifestation of the Earth's heart-- in the same way a Tarrasque is the representation of the Material plane. Also, also! Heatran being a Lava Dome, well we can say the Earth's core is kinda made up of two Lava Domes. In the 4th Gen games, there are two known Heatran: the one in Stark Mountain we catch, and the one being used in Palmer's team in the Battle Tower! That's 2 Lava Dome Pokémon-- also might explain Heatran having genders, a male and a female exists everytime for the core?
Can I just say i massively appreciate the little messages at the very end of every video now. They always make me smile and I definitely look forward to them even though they seem like a small thing. Whoever on the Lockstin team is responsible for them - thank you!
A little tidbit about the Garchomp line is that it's head "horns" not only resemble side mounted engines but also auxiliary fuel tanks mounted on wing tips, like on the F-84 for example.
Even in the normal type video, lockstin doesn't mention them much. Just chansey is a egg nurse thing, whatever. There has to be something deeper going on there.
one other possible reason why Palkia is water The creation trio are all dragon Dialga is Steel, Palkia is water, and Giratina is ghost Steel is solid, water is liquid, and ghost, since gastly is a possessed gas ghost, is gas. Solid, Liquid and Gas. The 3 basic states of matter. As lockstin would say about Altaria being a dragon type, it's *A* reason, but not a good reason....
Fun fact about me: when I first played platinum, the only thing I knew about the game was the evolutions of the starters, so I chose turtwig and named it spike, since I love the land before time
When the potential ice cream connection with Mime Jr. was brought, I thought that it would be interesting if that had partially something to do why Galarian Mr. Mime was an ice type. As far as the Gible line goes, since they're a land shark and we have Sharpedo as the regular aquatic shark, it would be interesting if we one day got a Pokémon meant to be a sky shark. It could either be a new Pokémon species, a regional variant of Sharpedo, or a regional variant of the Gible line.
I think Lockstin actually made a video about this a few years back, but I like the idea that Giritina is the embodiment of gravity, not antimatter. Gravity is widely theorised to relate or link time and space, as well as the distortion realm literally having its own laws of gravity with the upside down waterfalls, floating land in all different directions.
Man, Gen 4 had a fantastic roster, huh? Both quality AND quantity. I do wish that Lumineon got buffed, though, a tripod fish neon tetra hybrid from the deep sea is an amazing concept. This thing somehow manages to prey on Starmie, it should get the strength to do so in battle!
I wish less of the Pokédex wasn’t just evolutions. It’s so hard to build a team because it feels like there’s no regular Pokémon to use, especially if you wanna avoid the ones every person uses like Luxray or Staraptor
@@MicoDossun but that’s what Pokémon is about, evolution. Also what’s wrong with using Pokémon other people use? You should just use the ones you want to use, and if those happen to be popular, who cares as long as you like them
@@dinoshotgun I’m not necessarily saying there’s anything wrong with using the same Pokémon but Sinnoh’s team building is a joke for a reason: there just aren’t a lot of options - especially for new Pokémon - if you want a little variety. I talked with friends recently about cliche team compositions and we agreed that most generations don’t have as obvious a most used team as gen 4 where most teams will have a similar look out of necessity. And to be clear: what I meant about evolutions is just that half the dex is stuff like Togekiss or Dusknoir. They’re cool but if you eliminate all of them there’s not many totally original lines in the game
Fact about Darkrai, it’s not evil at all, it’s kinda like Absol in the sense that people are scared of it because of a curse that Darkrai has, even in a Pokédex entry it said it saved a little girl from falling to her death
@PapaSteel I call my Turtboi ZA WARUDO TURTLE. I think Infernape and Empoleon are great too but I prefer the Turtwig line more. The Sinnoh starters are all great and I can recommend all of them regardless.
I think you had a video at one point arguing that Giratina might be closer related to gravity than antimatter (which could make sense given that "antimatter" is so similar sounding to "dark matter," which itself it associated with gravity. The biggest reasons why I think that idea is likely are that the distortion world clearly has bizarre gravity within it, and also the fact that Giratina is the third member of a time-space trio. General Relativity famously states that gravity isn't really its own thing, but is rather a distortion of space and time, making it a very natural third member.
To me it's an obvious misunderstanding for Antimatter/dark matter. Antimatter simply doesn't make as much sense thematically as gravity. There's nothing at all specific about antimatter other than it happens to be unexpectedly rare. Gravity and it's interaction with space and time to the point it can flip them on their heads makes since. Why pop in an antimatter pokémon and not a matter pokémon?
@@sptflcrw8583 And antimatter is a very common mistranslation of dark matter. Of the two, the latter is significantly better known for _distorting time and space._
30:57 this frog is also sometimes called the wolverine frog because marvel, and there is a similar one that does that with its *vertebrae*. Yes. Its spine has little spikes that it can stab through its own skin as a defense mechanism if it is being attacked, eaten, or about to be eaten. You get the picture
I hope the Church in DPP gets explained or SOMETHING in the remakes or Legends. Theres nothing there. No ones praying to any specific pokedeity, theres no sidequests theres no MUSIC. why is it there just scenery??
55:30 Always happy to see more Bloodborne references. I'm actually going to start a naming trend when I start Pearl to have all of the new lines for gen 4 be based off of Bloodborne bosses and enemies, all starting from wanting a Shellos named Ebrietas. Darkrai is going to be Micolash!
Lockstin - Makes a video on Giratina explaining how it's not anti-matter, it's gravity. Lockstin in every other video containing Giratina - Says it commands anti-matter. WHICH IS IT
Funnily enough, lovebirds(one of the parrots chatot takes inspiration from) are one of the few parrots that CANNOT mimic human speech. They just chirp, trill, screech, and beep.
I definitely did not expect to hear Mapuche myths here, there are many different myths here that i always thought were so cool that they could inspire some pokemon, Heatran being possibly inspired by one of those is still a little mystery
I swear, Darkrai and Cressalia in the Pokemon Journeys series were in love, they gave me a forbidden love feel, but at the same time, Darkai went to save Cressalia and those two were happy to be together. Even more when Chloe says that when Darkrai returns to New moon island, Cressalia leaves and goes to full moon island which are islands beside each other. Cressalia has no reason to stay by Darkrai's side, but she does and I find it pretty romantic in a sense.
I disagree with the idea that Cressalia has no reason to stay with Darkrai, but it doesn't eliminate the implication that they're partners of some kind. Darkrai's Ability causes other beings to stay asleep, and have eternal nightmares, _regardless of whether they want the being to!_ With the implication being that Darkrai primarily *does NOT want this to happen,* hence why Darkrai stays on their own island, alone. Even though Darkrai does want company. Cressalia stays near Darkrai because not only are they immune to the effect of Darkrai's Ability; but being so close to Darkrai means Cressalia can offer Darkrai company. However, it also means that if someone is afflicted by Darkrai's Ability, Cressalia will be close enough for either Darkrai to go and get, or that any company the the victim brought can seek help from Cressalia. Cressalia stays to protect Darkrai from loneliness, from unwillingly hurting others, and from the humans that inevitably pursue Darkrai out of greed or malice.
Cherubi is one of those -mon's that I'll likely never use, but I quite like the concept. The little face on the nutrient ball always had me blinking and feeling odd. Also, I looked up several of the things you mentioned, and I only had to type in a few letters. Hopefully, this means that this video is getting a lot of views. =)
they should have given Cresselia the fairy type so it would actually be super effective against Darkrai instead of being weak to it being that it scares Darkrai away
I believe piplup's line also references the navy uniform. Piplup wears the japanese sailor unifors - with a special resemblance to the Tomoeda gakuen from Cad Captors Sakura - Prinplup resembles sheip captain uniforms and Empoleon wears /napoleon's uniform which is a naval one
Mamoswine is based on the first re-construction of the wooly mammoth, a concept very similar to the gen 8 fossil mons. Scientists originally thought it was more pig-like and if you look at the drawing it’s essentially Mamoswine to T.
13:28 "And while the world leaders sleep on whether people deserve adequate money for their labor, we need to get all the deals we can." Lockstin snapped. Love it!
I always loved the German names for the Shinx line (Sheinux, Luxio and Luxtra) bc you could tell they were lynxes from them: Lux meaning light in Latin while also being pronounced like "Luchs" the German word for lynx. It's really clever.
4:18 Not only this, but the blue three-pronged shape in the front of its body helps further form the shape of a trident, perhaps even a five-pronged one.
25:49 I would also like to add that Munchlax and Snorlax also likely pull from the same inspiration pool as Totoro and his little mini-Totoros that follow him around. See: Big belly, bearlike design, tendency to sleep a lot, Munchlax's body shape being nearly identical, right down to his triangular ears sticking straight up.
10:27 one thing I like to mention about combee and Vespiquen is that a female combee has a dot on one of its heads (the bottom one) which could reference the fact that a hive can create a new queen bee by feeding a larval worker bee royal jelly, which turns them into a queen! That and in the world of bee keeping queens are often marked with a dot so beekeepers can easily spot them.
I’ve always loved that image of a beaver in the top right of 5:36. It just looks so pleased with itself. Strangely though, there is a small object in the bottom right that looks strangely like a cheerio?
The interesting thing about Porygon Z's design is that it's basically Porygon 2 but all glitched out and rearranged, with a antenna and yellow eyes. It's also the only Pokémon line to have never appeared in the animé since the infamous Porygon episode.
Just a small bit more info in Mismagius and Banshees: Banshees will either scream if someone is going to die, or they already have. And they are said to only cry for the Irish with O’ of Mac in their surname. O’ meaning ‘From’ or ‘descendant of’ and Mac meaning ‘son of’
50:23 As a chilean I'm so glad you pronounced Mapuche right. I've seen many english speaking youtubers mispronounce it all the time and it would drive me nuts!
So, as long as they are not mispronouncing it on purpose I don’t see the problem. I’ve had many people screw up my last name cause it’s German (heck only two people in my 22 years of being alive have been able to pronounce it correctly), but as long as they weren’t being malicious about it I didn’t care
@@dinoshotgun i'm not the OG person so i can't really speak for them, but i can say that the two feelings aren't completely isolated from each other. you can feel a little annoyed about it while understanding it isn't really their fault, AND happy that someone else got it right for once. yknow? that's just my own two cents though
I love these type of videos from Lockstin! Have you thought about doing the same type of video but for Digimon? Like the first season's lineup of the chosen ones' companions.
2:49 To add to this, in the Ramayana there is a very popular chapter where Hanuman burns the arrogant demon king Ravana's city with his burning tail, which is very subtly referenced in Monferno's fiery tail. The Chimchar line is my favourite Pokemon, I'm really excited to go back to my favourite region with my own 'Hanuman' 😍🐒
20:03 Is it any surpise that a skutank was the boss of the original Team Skull from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky,? Who like the Team Skull in Gen 7 were mostly just a bunch of thugs who ultimately get a slight redemption in their final appearance?
If going the gun route for Rhyperior, it may also be orange cuz hunters will sometimes wear orange in busy hunting spots in hopes of avoiding being shot. It’s believed that deer can’t see the bright orange but people can.
33:33 "Zone is also one of those words associated with your typical pop culture aliens" Me sweating profusely: Yes...thats exactly where I know the word Zone from.
Yea, especially a lot of the basic mon Tentacool: it’s a jellyfish and a squid which are poisonous/can be poisonous Geodude line: rock Voltorb line: ball with fave
It might be a stretch but Piplup might be a reference to the main character of Charles Dickens’ ’great expectations’ ”pip”. The novel is all about class conflict and in the progress of the book, Pip inherits wealth and becomes higher classed so that might be what is going on with Piplup becoming Empoleon
Love the video and can't wait for the Kaskade region rom hack. Would love to see a region based on Poland created in the future by the Pokémon Company.
47:08 oh my god, how did i not realize that????? i've played through all three G4 games a million times and never once realized that the statue is literally both Dialga and Palkia at the same time. my world has been shattered.
watching this makes me realize how Gen 4 did the heavy lifting of giving some Pokémon an evolution or a pre-evolution and the fact they had many “baby” Pokémon
I just noticed in the captions that there is nothing generated when you say rhat Luminion exists. If that was intention which I assume it was. That was hilarious, much props lmao.
I've always thought Snorlax a reference to Totoro. The sleeping on motif. Munchlax's introduction further emphasized this, looking similar to Totoro's little pals.
Hey, Lockstin, thanks for all the hard work and research and time you put into these videos. I always learn so much about world culture and mythology, which I never thought I was interested in…! Looking forward to whatever comes next!!
51:51 hello just to say as someone whos from prague, the story says that the golem was made to do things for its master but bc he was so big he floded a part of the city with water so to not make any harm he was lock away
I like this type of reasoning regarding palkia, since i just can’t go with the trio being the three stages of matter. Sure i can see it, but a master of space being water type instead of psychic bc it simply represents liquid is kinda dumb
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Rhyperior is big enough to be a bed.
Could you do a video on what Pokémon would live in that country/area?
That country you can do is Scandinavia.
For the next 4 months or so, we're going to have a load of Sinnoh related videos. Currently working on dedicated videos for: Lucario, Luxray, Drifloon, Honchkrow, Froslass, and of course the legendaries that we don't already have videos for.
Are they other mons?
We need a Ambipom video. (Rhyperior too)
Oh well you should make a video about bidoof and all of it is how he is god
OOH, DRIFLOON! YES!
I adore everything to do with Drifloon, can't wait to see the extent of this murder blimp baby's roots!
A video on Rotom and Pulseman could also be cool, or maybe Burmy!
Happy to see it.
While I do love the increase of gen 4 content in the near future, there has always been one big question on my mind about the pokêmon world. That being, What exactly is the afterlife in pokémon?
I understand that its prolly a complicated topic, but how do the afterlives referenced in Dusknoir's, Lampent's, Yamask's, etc's dex entries have to do with one another/how do they function?
"Kricketot and deedleedleet, whoop"
Having trained against many a kricketune back in the day, I agree.
Kricketune may not be great in battle but i do love its cry.
Fun fact about Empoleon: it is as tall as the man it is based on, Napoleon (1.70 m), most people think that the French emperor was short in size, where in actuality, he was as tall as a modern average French man.
Napoleon being short was started as political propaganda to make the common man think he was less impressive than he was.
Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your outlook, that propaganda stuck to this day.
Not sure if this story is true or apocryphal, but one explanation I’ve heard for “napoleon was short” was that French and English measures used the same / similar names but had different actual lengths, and so his height in the longer French unit was a lower value than it would be in the English unit. (If true, it was almost certainly a known thing that the measures were different and the English just decided to ignore that in an attempt to belittle Napoleon)
@Deso Lark napoleon is no hero, he invaded Tartary.
@@KyleOber He did a good job of ruling. Even though he was a dictator, he was doing a good job.
@@chrayez indeed, Napoleon was approximately five pieds and three pouces in the French Imperial System. One pied is twelve pouces. Pied means foot and when converted to the British/American Imperial System it is approximately 1.066 ft or 32.48 cm for those that use the metric system. Pouce means inch and when converted to the British/American Imperial System it is approximately 1.066 in or 27.07 mm. When simplified Napoleon is 5'3"(French) or 5'7"(British/American).
I also like that Dialga's, Palkia's and Giratina's face kind of resembles Arceus' face. Which is logical since Arceus made them
Yeah with the whole “god made man in His image” thing that does make sense.
@@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263 PokeBible
Yeah, you're right.
Yeah, this is awesome and pretty much confirmed in Legends Arceus with their alternate forms that STRONGLY ape Arceus.
@@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263 no
The Shinx line being mistaken for lions has gotta be the biggest misconception since the Paras line (cicada nymphs) being mistaken for crabs.
He didn't mention how Shinx looks like Kimba the white lion
The shinx line are based on the sphinx
Wait. They're not lions? I pretty sure they'd be great rivals against Zebstrika that's a electric zebra! 🦓
@@ShadyRK9 While they're not based on lions, they probably do that...
@@BIastoises Not sure if lynxes and zebras live in the same area, but these are Pokémon. As for lions vs zebras, Pyroar exists, even though it's Normal/Fire.
52:32 I've always thought of Giratina as a caretaker of the Distortion World-- helping keep balance between the two worlds, preventing meeting of matter and antimatter as he's the best guy to go between and makes sure neither world damages the other by major distortions on one side
Err... this job he still took up after being a punishment by the way, due to his antimatter gifts
I think he's the embodiment of gravity, since he doesn't destroy stuff from the regular world, but distorts it.
@metarcee2483 thats a fun reading. gravity does distort space and time, such as around black holes, and is a necessary part of making the universe function and support life, so it makes sense for being part of the trio
Just an idea; Roserade’s poison could also be an allusion to the masquerade assassin trope
And it's a vigilante
Roserade for united
@@darkwalkervisiondominguez1691 lol
You could consider the Croagunk line to be based on trope 'Touch of Death' in fantastical depictions of martial arts, pressure points and that kind of stuff, linking to its fighting type and it preferred method of poison delivery
fun fact: the word "lynx" is derived from a root word meaning "light", which explains the Luxray line's whole connection to light and shine and electricity and x-ray
That makes sense, as cats do reflect light from their eyes, making their eyes look as if they’re glowing
Isn't it also based on the Greek character Lyncee (or however it's spelled) who was said, on the opposite on the animal which actually has bad eyesight, to have the ability to see through walls too? Which is how the animal got believed to have good eyesight and how an expression was all made?
@@nowheregiirl8115 my cat does that
cool
Luxray's line is based of lynxes and cats in general which appear to have glowing eyes. Everyone knows that.
But the etymology of the animal's name (english name) has nothing to do with the development of the pokemon.
Holup!
Spiritomb is "bound to a fissure in a keystone", "as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago". And it was first found here in Sinnoh, which used to be Hisui.. how long ago does Legends Arceus take place?
I doubt they'd ever do any kind of a connection like that, that would be way too interesting of them.
WAIT
About 200-300 years ago but I guess they could explore the origin in Legends. Maybe have Spiritomb evo as a noble Pokémon.
as lockstin has pointed out in a previous video:
legends arceus is close to the meiji restoration period.
approx 150-ish years ago.
The likelyhood we get any quest to seal some evil spirits into a keystone is unlikely
BUT, a quest relating to spiritomb trying to break out is a high possibility.
Dude I really hope we get a side quest of bounding spiritomb to the rock
Legends messed up alot and retconned alot of dex entries :/ just look at the Galarian Wheezing in the trailer, that thing only exists due to the industrial era of Galar and yet there it is
One note about Rampardos is that Dracorex is actually widely accepted to be a juvenile form of Pachycephalosaurus nowadays, which ironically makes Cranidos an adult and Rampardos a baby in inspiration
Yes, but does Rampardos have a cool rap song that it sings? And does it hurt prince Horace?
Maybe instead of due to the time of evolution, it may be according to the most recent find, and then the older find, which is often encountered first if you go forward to backward along time. As in for archaeology, you find the more recent fossil closer to topsoil, and you find a more ancient fossil deeper underground. So aging and evolution wise, it would make sense the earlier ancestor would evolve into a much more recently discovered descendant. But discovery wise, it makes sense that the "younger" one is one that's found more recently, while the "older" one is one that's found later much deeper in the earth during excavation.
So I like your statement and I think it's fascinating.
There's been a proposal (I think just at a conference, never full publication) that it's actually microevolution; the "older" the leg of the dracorex-stygimoloch-pachycephalosaurus triad the more recent it is in the Hell Creek strata too. So it could be like a "primal reversion" to gain even more ancient power
You could also consider that Cranidos is a Stegoceras, which is an older animal then Pachycephalosaurus
That is not confirmed at all that Dracorex or/and Stygimoloch are juvenile Pachycephalosaurus. A large part of the dinosphere, including official paleontologists, doesn't believe in that theory.
I like to think heatran represents the earth as it was just bursting with lava and magma forming together to make our planet. Plus it would kind of go together with the whole ancient vibe the legendary pokemon were doing this generation.
I always thought it was the new gens that decided to add the "complex and specific" designs but turns out its just lockstin who can make even Rattata sound like a carefully thought and structured pokemon
It's always a question what is intended and what is just interpretation. I personally don't think it's particularly likely that lunala actually pulls from neopegan religion, feels like Lockstin knows a lot about that stuff and about alchemy and can therefore easily find possible connections.
But it's still entirely possible.
And even if it's just his interpretation and not the interpretation of the original designers, it is a pretty cool interpretation that makes the pokemon seem cooler. So some of the ones I don't actually believe are intended I'm still going with, death of the author and all that.
Most if not all of the descriptions can be found on Bulbapedia. From Weaviles appearance to Mime Jr.s’ ice cream reference
newer pokemon just have more stuff on them. basically the older designs were just cleaner and more realistic to existing animals. new designs are more complex so fans dont like them.
@@johnmarkson1990 newer designs are better designed, in my opinion, especially for their links to the area their region is based on
After all, EVERY GALARIAN POKEMON IS BRITISH !
@big John I really like most of Galars design
I loved this video. I can tell that this was a lot of work. It would be cool to see one fully dedicated to the baby pokemon (I think that bonsly may also have inspiration from a baby rattle toy).
I think Honcrow's red tail is supposed to be a reference to a bouquet of roses. Roses can have multiple meanings here, from a rose being a symbol of secrecy to a calling card after a murder to left as a sign of respect after said murder. I swear the rose meaning used to be on the bulbapedia article but has since been removed, it certainly looks more like a bouquet of roses more than a broom.
murder of crows
I had the impression that Honchkrow's tail was a spur, going along with the "cowboy" theme (e.g. the hat, the white neckerchief/bandana).
49:49 Maybe that's what makes Heatran special or a legendary? Whereas the other legends represent dimensions, he's a representation of the Earth's core, the manifestation of the Earth's heart-- in the same way a Tarrasque is the representation of the Material plane.
Also, also! Heatran being a Lava Dome, well we can say the Earth's core is kinda made up of two Lava Domes. In the 4th Gen games, there are two known Heatran: the one in Stark Mountain we catch, and the one being used in Palmer's team in the Battle Tower! That's 2 Lava Dome Pokémon-- also might explain Heatran having genders, a male and a female exists everytime for the core?
Can I just say i massively appreciate the little messages at the very end of every video now. They always make me smile and I definitely look forward to them even though they seem like a small thing.
Whoever on the Lockstin team is responsible for them - thank you!
A little tidbit about the Garchomp line is that it's head "horns" not only resemble side mounted engines but also auxiliary fuel tanks mounted on wing tips, like on the F-84 for example.
"The Chansey line is essentially Motherhood The Pokemon"
I now want a video all about the Chansey line.
Even in the normal type video, lockstin doesn't mention them much. Just chansey is a egg nurse thing, whatever. There has to be something deeper going on there.
oh surely, definitely some marsupial stuff going on in the design
48:54 This is the first time I've heard a very great reason for the Water-typing correlating to Space for Palkia!!
one other possible reason why Palkia is water
The creation trio are all dragon
Dialga is Steel, Palkia is water, and Giratina is ghost
Steel is solid, water is liquid, and ghost, since gastly is a possessed gas ghost, is gas.
Solid, Liquid and Gas. The 3 basic states of matter.
As lockstin would say about Altaria being a dragon type, it's *A* reason, but not a good reason....
I love how many Sinnoh mons are based around mythology! It really fits the Sinnoh theme
Fun fact about me: when I first played platinum, the only thing I knew about the game was the evolutions of the starters, so I chose turtwig and named it spike, since I love the land before time
Turtwig was my first female starter
When the potential ice cream connection with Mime Jr. was brought, I thought that it would be interesting if that had partially something to do why Galarian Mr. Mime was an ice type.
As far as the Gible line goes, since they're a land shark and we have Sharpedo as the regular aquatic shark, it would be interesting if we one day got a Pokémon meant to be a sky shark. It could either be a new Pokémon species, a regional variant of Sharpedo, or a regional variant of the Gible line.
mantine evolution?
it would be a hummingbird, the sharks of the sky
garchomp can already fly, so its unlikely.
@@candlestone5397 that’s like saying sharpedo doesn’t need to exist because garchomp can swim
apparently so can the joke
I think Lockstin actually made a video about this a few years back, but I like the idea that Giritina is the embodiment of gravity, not antimatter. Gravity is widely theorised to relate or link time and space, as well as the distortion realm literally having its own laws of gravity with the upside down waterfalls, floating land in all different directions.
Man, Gen 4 had a fantastic roster, huh? Both quality AND quantity.
I do wish that Lumineon got buffed, though, a tripod fish neon tetra hybrid from the deep sea is an amazing concept. This thing somehow manages to prey on Starmie, it should get the strength to do so in battle!
Definitely needs an evolution
I wish less of the Pokédex wasn’t just evolutions. It’s so hard to build a team because it feels like there’s no regular Pokémon to use, especially if you wanna avoid the ones every person uses like Luxray or Staraptor
@@MicoDossun but that’s what Pokémon is about, evolution. Also what’s wrong with using Pokémon other people use? You should just use the ones you want to use, and if those happen to be popular, who cares as long as you like them
DinoShotgun unless it’s sinnoh and all you can use is the same 6 mon
@@dinoshotgun I’m not necessarily saying there’s anything wrong with using the same Pokémon but Sinnoh’s team building is a joke for a reason: there just aren’t a lot of options - especially for new Pokémon - if you want a little variety. I talked with friends recently about cliche team compositions and we agreed that most generations don’t have as obvious a most used team as gen 4 where most teams will have a similar look out of necessity.
And to be clear: what I meant about evolutions is just that half the dex is stuff like Togekiss or Dusknoir. They’re cool but if you eliminate all of them there’s not many totally original lines in the game
Fact about Darkrai, it’s not evil at all, it’s kinda like Absol in the sense that people are scared of it because of a curse that Darkrai has, even in a Pokédex entry it said it saved a little girl from falling to her death
Torterra being based on a world turtle is one of the many reasons why it's my favorite.
@PapaSteel I call my Turtboi ZA WARUDO TURTLE.
I think Infernape and Empoleon are great too but I prefer the Turtwig line more. The Sinnoh starters are all great and I can recommend all of them regardless.
But what is the world Torterra standing on?
Unrelated to this comment, but I love how Toxicroak is just flipping you off constantly with its now sharp middle finger.
@@dianauwu1312 another torterra and then another and another and eventually you reach a little bidoof at the bottom with maxed out defence
@@dianauwu1312 it's turtles all the way down.
I just absolutely love these long origin videos lockstin does. Absolutely perfect to listen to while I work
I think you had a video at one point arguing that Giratina might be closer related to gravity than antimatter (which could make sense given that "antimatter" is so similar sounding to "dark matter," which itself it associated with gravity. The biggest reasons why I think that idea is likely are that the distortion world clearly has bizarre gravity within it, and also the fact that Giratina is the third member of a time-space trio. General Relativity famously states that gravity isn't really its own thing, but is rather a distortion of space and time, making it a very natural third member.
Also it’s true ability is levitate which isn’t rare but definitely demonstrates an ability to ignore gravity.
To me it's an obvious misunderstanding for Antimatter/dark matter. Antimatter simply doesn't make as much sense thematically as gravity. There's nothing at all specific about antimatter other than it happens to be unexpectedly rare. Gravity and it's interaction with space and time to the point it can flip them on their heads makes since. Why pop in an antimatter pokémon and not a matter pokémon?
@@Chance57 because antimatter is matter?
It's been literally stated that it's antimatter
@@sptflcrw8583 And antimatter is a very common mistranslation of dark matter. Of the two, the latter is significantly better known for _distorting time and space._
Also Spiritomb looks like a galaxy, the way it spins and stuff. Interesting detail, since the legend it is based on had the spirits turn into stars.
Woah you’re right
45:20 I don’t want to say you “forgot” but the names of each of them can be roughly interpreted as Me (Mesprit), You (Uxie), and Us (Azelf).
30:57 this frog is also sometimes called the wolverine frog because marvel, and there is a similar one that does that with its *vertebrae*.
Yes. Its spine has little spikes that it can stab through its own skin as a defense mechanism if it is being attacked, eaten, or about to be eaten. You get the picture
I hope the Church in DPP gets explained or SOMETHING in the remakes or Legends.
Theres nothing there. No ones praying to any specific pokedeity, theres no sidequests theres no MUSIC.
why is it there just scenery??
The lack of music makes the place come across as even more ominous, it's like the building dimension (and the player) shouldn't be there.
55:30 Always happy to see more Bloodborne references. I'm actually going to start a naming trend when I start Pearl to have all of the new lines for gen 4 be based off of Bloodborne bosses and enemies, all starting from wanting a Shellos named Ebrietas. Darkrai is going to be Micolash!
0:17 “A llama?! He’s supposed to be dead!!!” -Ezma, Emperor’s New Groove
Also Nietzsche.
Lockstin - Makes a video on Giratina explaining how it's not anti-matter, it's gravity.
Lockstin in every other video containing Giratina - Says it commands anti-matter.
WHICH IS IT
I will always stick by saying its anti-matter
And that the 3 represents the 3 primary forms of matter
Both
Funnily enough, lovebirds(one of the parrots chatot takes inspiration from) are one of the few parrots that CANNOT mimic human speech. They just chirp, trill, screech, and beep.
27:36 This is definitely inspiration, as that kind of staff was used in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
I definitely did not expect to hear Mapuche myths here, there are many different myths here that i always thought were so cool that they could inspire some pokemon, Heatran being possibly inspired by one of those is still a little mystery
I swear, Darkrai and Cressalia in the Pokemon Journeys series were in love, they gave me a forbidden love feel, but at the same time, Darkai went to save Cressalia and those two were happy to be together. Even more when Chloe says that when Darkrai returns to New moon island, Cressalia leaves and goes to full moon island which are islands beside each other. Cressalia has no reason to stay by Darkrai's side, but she does and I find it pretty romantic in a sense.
I disagree with the idea that Cressalia has no reason to stay with Darkrai, but it doesn't eliminate the implication that they're partners of some kind.
Darkrai's Ability causes other beings to stay asleep, and have eternal nightmares, _regardless of whether they want the being to!_ With the implication being that Darkrai primarily *does NOT want this to happen,* hence why Darkrai stays on their own island, alone. Even though Darkrai does want company.
Cressalia stays near Darkrai because not only are they immune to the effect of Darkrai's Ability; but being so close to Darkrai means Cressalia can offer Darkrai company. However, it also means that if someone is afflicted by Darkrai's Ability, Cressalia will be close enough for either Darkrai to go and get, or that any company the the victim brought can seek help from Cressalia.
Cressalia stays to protect Darkrai from loneliness, from unwillingly hurting others, and from the humans that inevitably pursue Darkrai out of greed or malice.
Cherubi is one of those -mon's that I'll likely never use, but I quite like the concept. The little face on the nutrient ball always had me blinking and feeling odd. Also, I looked up several of the things you mentioned, and I only had to type in a few letters. Hopefully, this means that this video is getting a lot of views. =)
they should have given Cresselia the fairy type so it would actually be super effective against Darkrai instead of being weak to it being that it scares Darkrai away
Nah let my boi be stronger
I really loved that you mentioned the part that Lynxes are known as the keepers of secrets and that they have supernatural eye sight
I didn't know all that about lynxes. That makes so much more sense than lions!
I believe piplup's line also references the navy uniform. Piplup wears the japanese sailor unifors - with a special resemblance to the Tomoeda gakuen from Cad Captors Sakura - Prinplup resembles sheip captain uniforms and Empoleon wears /napoleon's uniform which is a naval one
Mamoswine is based on the first re-construction of the wooly mammoth, a concept very similar to the gen 8 fossil mons. Scientists originally thought it was more pig-like and if you look at the drawing it’s essentially Mamoswine to T.
It could also be based on the Jarkov Mammoth, AKA Mammoth cube, a mammoth individual found in a block of frozen mud and stone.
45:28
I always thought Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf also had “Lady of the Lake” inspiration, being lake guardians.
13:28 "And while the world leaders sleep on whether people deserve adequate money for their labor, we need to get all the deals we can."
Lockstin snapped. Love it!
I always loved the German names for the Shinx line (Sheinux, Luxio and Luxtra) bc you could tell they were lynxes from them:
Lux meaning light in Latin while also being pronounced like "Luchs" the German word for lynx. It's really clever.
I can't wait for new videos of Diamond and Pearl remakes and Legends Arceus once the latter game comes out!
Palkia has fur, now?
@@Tangarisu Why wouldn't a god of space have fur?
4:18 Not only this, but the blue three-pronged shape in the front of its body helps further form the shape of a trident, perhaps even a five-pronged one.
I absolutely love how u referred to kricketune by its cry. 😂
Here's the list of sinnoh pokemon:
00:01:04 Turtwig, Grotle, and Torterra
00:02:29 Chimchar, Monferno, and Infernape
00:03:33 Piplup, Prinplun, and Empoleon
00:04:51 Starly, Staravia, and Staraptor
00:05:28 Bidoof and Bibarrel
00:05:51 Kricketot and Kricketune
00:06:25 Shinx, Luxio, and Luxray
00:07:21 Budew and Roserade
00:07:59 Shieldon and Bastiodon
00:08:42 Cranidos and Rampardos
00:09:21 Burmy, Wormadam, and Mothim
00:10:15 Combee and Vespiquen
00:10:40 Pachirisu
00:10:53 Buizel and Floatzel
00:11:33 Cherubi and Cherrim
00:13:54 Shellos and Gastrodon
00:14:51 Ambipom
00:15:33 Driflim and Drifloon
00:16:40 Buneary and Lopunny
00:17:20 Mismagius
00:18:06 Honchkrow
00:18:35 Glameow and Purugly
00:19:26 Chingling
00:19:46 Stunky and Skuntank
00:20:31 Bronzor and Bronzong
00:21:13 Bonsly
00:21:35 Mime Jr.
00:22:23 Happiny
00:22:46 Chatot
00:23:06 Spiritomb
00:24:24 Gible, Gabite, and Garchomp
00:25:46 Munchlax
00:26:27 Riolu and Lucario
00:28:12 Hippopotas and Hippowdon
00:28:50 Scorupi and Drapion
00:29:33 Croagunk and Toxicroak
00:30:59 Carnivine
00:31:14 Finneon and Lumineon
00:31:45 Mantyke
00:32:00 Snover and Abomasnow
00:32:30 Weavile
00:33:28 Magnezone
00:34:11 Lickilicky
00:34:54 Rhyperior
00:35:31 Tangrowth
00:36:10 Electivire
00:36:37 Magmortar
00:37:29 Togekiss
00:38:00 Yanmega
00:38:36 Leafeon and Glaceon
00:39:28 Gliscor
00:39:54 Mamoswine
00:40:08 Porygon Z
00:40:30 Gallade
00:41:30 Probopass
00:42:38 Dusknoir
00:44:08 Froslass
00:44:40 Rotom
00:45:20 Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf
00:46:48 Dialga and Palkia
00:49:44 Heatran
00:51:31 Regigigas
00:52:32 Giratina
00:54:04 Cresselia and Darkrai
00:55:47 Manaphy and Phione
00:56:25 Shaymin
00:57:36 Arceus
What's your favorite sinnoh pokemon?🤔 leave a comment!☺
25:49 I would also like to add that Munchlax and Snorlax also likely pull from the same inspiration pool as Totoro and his little mini-Totoros that follow him around. See: Big belly, bearlike design, tendency to sleep a lot, Munchlax's body shape being nearly identical, right down to his triangular ears sticking straight up.
Also, the way you ride Snorlax in Let's Go is the same way the little girls ride on Totoro's belly in the movie
10:27 one thing I like to mention about combee and Vespiquen is that a female combee has a dot on one of its heads (the bottom one) which could reference the fact that a hive can create a new queen bee by feeding a larval worker bee royal jelly, which turns them into a queen! That and in the world of bee keeping queens are often marked with a dot so beekeepers can easily spot them.
“Did you know that Lumineon exist?”
I actually forgot about that one, so that is news to me
I’ve always loved that image of a beaver in the top right of 5:36. It just looks so pleased with itself. Strangely though, there is a small object in the bottom right that looks strangely like a cheerio?
24:26 It being a land shark is why I think its line has the sharpedo nose and sharpedo torpedo head things. It probably did evolve from a sharpedo.
The interesting thing about Porygon Z's design is that it's basically Porygon 2 but all glitched out and rearranged, with a antenna and yellow eyes. It's also the only Pokémon line to have never appeared in the animé since the infamous Porygon episode.
funny thing, thats not an antenna, That's its Neck.
Just a small bit more info in Mismagius and Banshees: Banshees will either scream if someone is going to die, or they already have. And they are said to only cry for the Irish with O’ of Mac in their surname. O’ meaning ‘From’ or ‘descendant of’ and Mac meaning ‘son of’
50:23 As a chilean I'm so glad you pronounced Mapuche right. I've seen many english speaking youtubers mispronounce it all the time and it would drive me nuts!
So, as long as they are not mispronouncing it on purpose I don’t see the problem. I’ve had many people screw up my last name cause it’s German (heck only two people in my 22 years of being alive have been able to pronounce it correctly), but as long as they weren’t being malicious about it I didn’t care
@@dinoshotgun it's less about finding an issue with it, and moreso about just being happy that someone got it right
@@nbkarkat then why did they say it would drive them nuts? That implies they are annoyed when it is mispronounced
@@dinoshotgun i'm not the OG person so i can't really speak for them, but i can say that the two feelings aren't completely isolated from each other. you can feel a little annoyed about it while understanding it isn't really their fault, AND happy that someone else got it right for once. yknow? that's just my own two cents though
@@nbkarkat ah got it, thank you for explaining
16:22 I would assume the x's are supposed to be patches for which to patch holes in balloons or blimps.
I love these type of videos from Lockstin! Have you thought about doing the same type of video but for Digimon? Like the first season's lineup of the chosen ones' companions.
26:28 while also adding to that, did you know that they can stuff food under themselves to eat for later?
2:49
To add to this, in the Ramayana there is a very popular chapter where Hanuman burns the arrogant demon king Ravana's city with his burning tail, which is very subtly referenced in Monferno's fiery tail. The Chimchar line is my favourite Pokemon, I'm really excited to go back to my favourite region with my own 'Hanuman' 😍🐒
56:35 I spat out my tea. Did not see this one coming.
I would like to mention that Empoleon’s average height and weight are the same as Napoleon’s.
im actually so shocked about the fact that dialga and palkia are shaped the same from a specific angle i NEVER knew this
20:03 Is it any surpise that a skutank was the boss of the original Team Skull from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky,? Who like the Team Skull in Gen 7 were mostly just a bunch of thugs who ultimately get a slight redemption in their final appearance?
As well as being team galactic exclusive in platinum
@@inconemay1441 Team Galactic aren't punks...
If going the gun route for Rhyperior, it may also be orange cuz hunters will sometimes wear orange in busy hunting spots in hopes of avoiding being shot. It’s believed that deer can’t see the bright orange but people can.
I love listening to his videos while I work. It makes the time fly by.
33:33 "Zone is also one of those words associated with your typical pop culture aliens"
Me sweating profusely: Yes...thats exactly where I know the word Zone from.
Gen4 had some of the best games, and anime EVER!
So glad it's games are now getting a remake! 🎮🥰
shaymin the hedgehog with deer hooves when exposed to its favorite flower turns into a deer with hedgehog toes. I love the widdle baby
I never realized that the red dot in the middle of Magnezone is an eye. I just thought they randomly put a clown nose on it.
17:46 Love the Loud Nigra scream in the background, Lockstin.
if he ever does this for all of the gens, gen 1 is gonna be really short
Geodude: It’s a rock with arms
Graveler: A slightly larger rock with more arms
Golem: A big rock that rolls around
Charizard : it's an orange dragon
Yea, especially a lot of the basic mon
Tentacool: it’s a jellyfish and a squid which are poisonous/can be poisonous
Geodude line: rock
Voltorb line: ball with fave
Ya forgot to mention that Palkia has fur, as seen in the Shining Pearl boxart render, so it's basically an Otter dragon
I really love the music - it adds up to the explanations. Such a well-constructed video=)
Hour long Gnoggin videos are my favorite ❤️ I know a lot goes into making them that long, so I really appreciate when they happen.
you should do this for every generation because it's epic
I think he have done this before many times..... not quite sure if he covered all gen tho.
27:01 a little late but Anubis is a god of Judgement not death itself. He shares that duty with a god who's greek name is Djehuty.
Platinum was my first Pokemon Game and I gotta say, Turtwig is the best starter
Skunks are also called "polecats", which may be where stunky/stunktank gets its catlike features!
Torterra is so cool, it is definitely the most underrated sinnoh starter
If you look at the pokemon of the year they are pretty much equally popular
But competitively infernape and empoleon always been better
It might be a stretch but Piplup might be a reference to the main character of Charles Dickens’ ’great expectations’ ”pip”. The novel is all about class conflict and in the progress of the book, Pip inherits wealth and becomes higher classed so that might be what is going on with Piplup becoming Empoleon
Love the video and can't wait for the Kaskade region rom hack. Would love to see a region based on Poland created in the future by the Pokémon Company.
47:08
oh my god, how did i not realize that?????
i've played through all three G4 games a million times and never once realized that the statue is literally both Dialga and Palkia at the same time.
my world has been shattered.
I would gladly watch a version of this video for every generation of Pokémon.
5:53 I must have watched this a dozen times. Truly the correct pronunciation.
Nintendo please recognise this man. You deserve some kind of award or reference in a Pokémon game or something for the work you do
watching this makes me realize how Gen 4 did the heavy lifting of giving some Pokémon an evolution or a pre-evolution and the fact they had many “baby” Pokémon
omg amazing. im not playing the remakes but sinnoh has my heart
I just noticed in the captions that there is nothing generated when you say rhat Luminion exists. If that was intention which I assume it was. That was hilarious, much props lmao.
Having a depressed phase atm and this is the kind of content I need.
Thank you
Don’t lose hope Temmie! You can raise enough money to go to college, I believe in you!
@@the6597 thank you for kind words, yaya! For you I will make a 3% discount on me Temflakes, yaya!!!!!
I've always thought Snorlax a reference to Totoro. The sleeping on motif. Munchlax's introduction further emphasized this, looking similar to Totoro's little pals.
Hey, Lockstin, thanks for all the hard work and research and time you put into these videos. I always learn so much about world culture and mythology, which I never thought I was interested in…! Looking forward to whatever comes next!!
51:51 hello just to say as someone whos from prague, the story says that the golem was made to do things for its master but bc he was so big he floded a part of the city with water so to not make any harm he was lock away
I like this type of reasoning regarding palkia, since i just can’t go with the trio being the three stages of matter. Sure i can see it, but a master of space being water type instead of psychic bc it simply represents liquid is kinda dumb
Also pearls themselves come from the water
47:07 Holy crap that’s brilliant!