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MandJTV Pokevids I would've liked the video more if you had more rip offs from other gens. It seemed kinda genwunnish and as someone who doesn't like genwunners you can see why
I remember when I was little I thought luvdisc evolved into alomomola. When Luvdisc reached lv. 100 thats when it finally clicked in my 10 year old brain that Luvdisc didn’t evolve
@@dezymond9860 really? i thought the reverse xD like mewtwo was obviuoisly an imperfect clone of mew but one day if i train it right, it'll become a perfect mew clone.
I thought you weren't including pokemon that fulfilled the basic requirements of a region, wich include A. Starters B. Normal type rodents C. Normal type birds D. Electric Rodents Pikachu clones ARE a regional requirement
Mimikyu was created to have a pikachu disguise and there is something deeper going on, Mimikyu is not a pikachu rip-off, mimikyu is the thing inside the pikachu rip-off
Mimikyu isn't a Pikachu clone. On the contrary, it's more like an older, already established wrestler like Goldberg in Pikachu coming in to take time, money, and attention away from the newer guys like Bray Wyatt in Mimikyu.
@@Natsu25100 yes, because xyz introduced mega evolution and since Audino can mega evolve they decided to make it harder to find to make mega evolution more exclusive
Pinser for heracross abra kadabra and alakazam for RALTS kirlia and gardevoir chimeco for porygon and the epic pokemon dratini,larvitar,BELDUM,trapinch,bagon these pokemons r hard to evolve
@@kabertownhallnew5346 I feel like the pinsir heracross is a huge stretch. I don't see a resemblance at all actually. Heracross is a super chill fighting bug.
Kyruem and Necrozma They both have 2 games centered around them(Black2/White2, UltraSun/UltraMoon) Both can fuse with the box legendaries of the previous games
“Just because the Pokémon fill the same role doesn’t mean they’re a rip off, they also need to have a similar design.” Proceeds to base his list entirely on the Pokémon’s roles and nothing to do with the designs.
At least Morpeko has an interesting gimmick. Otherwise it’s a clone. It also joins Dedenne in not having ground immunity since it only has Hunger Switch ability.
The foongus line are also supposed to be mimics An enemy that very much wants to trick you to eat you Voltorb doesnt and is most likely based on an old yokai that inhabits old objects with great care They only fulfill the same roles on the surface mechanic of the game but pretty much have nothing else in common and would be polar opposites
Love your vids! However, I think including Gen 5 was sorta lazy and unjustified. You admitted this generation was a soft-reboot of the franchise. As such, I believe this generation included these "rip offs" as homages so the player didn't feel completely alienated by all the new mons. I think many people appreciated the familiar faces!
Unfortunately many people didnt appreciate it Hence the lowest sales in their history That said they do this in every game Gen 5 wasnt as much of a soft reboot as people think More than 90% of that dex is nothing like the rest I think Gen 5 was meant to be their magnum opus They were giving you a fresh start with sprinkled in familiar faces A more balanced region and went the extra mile with musical score and amount of things to do and story Going so far creating to this day still the only true sequels Theres so much more to consider for this theory as well that it becomes pretty undeniable (this doesn't mean they didnt make mistakes) And it bombed so they retreated and started from where they earned the most Their safe ideas
@@lillith7257 I don't know... I was able to make connections to about half the roster in Gen 5 compared to Gen 1. If you wanted to specific list I could give it to you.
5 is actually one of my favorite generations because of the vast number of new designs. It felt way more like playing Pokemon for the first time again then any of the other games because every single encounter was something I'd never seen before.
I consider Metagross a spiritual rip-off of Tyranitar. Both are post-Elite Four pseudo-legendaries that have one defensive/earth-based physical type and one offensive/magical special type. The only thing stopping them from being actual rip-offs is that they serve more as counterparts (with both having a type that is super-effective and a type that is weak to the other).
...what have you been taking? The only similarities with Tyranitar and Metagross are these are only non-Dragon pseudos (but Tyranitar is kinda dragon-like and learns quite some Dragon-type moves), which are bulky, mostly-psyhical attackers. And that's all.
Finally! Someone said it! While watching that part, I'm thinking, "Okay, MAYBE Feebas is a rip off, but when I look at Milotic vs Gyarados, I see Beauty vs Power."
@24Devin Meis Just because two Pokémon have the same typing doesn’t automatically make it a rip-off. Look at Foongus and Amoongus versus Voltorb and Electrode! The thing that I think makes Gigalith’s line not a rip-off of Metagross’s line is that Metagross’s line is a pseudo-legendary line while Gigalith’s is not, and that more importantly, they aren’t based off of remotely similar concepts. Metagross is all about metal... golem... thingies, while Gigalith’s is about a living geode.
Problem there is that Gothita and Ralts have different design concepts, and Gothita is a version exclusive while Ralts is not and also has a split evolution, with Gothita's counterpart being the Solosis line. As for whoever said Solosis is a clone of Alakazam, that can't be the case when 1. Alakazam is a trade evolution, whereas Reuniclus is a level up evolution. 2. Alakazam's counterpart I would consider to be Gengar, which Gothita doesn't resemble in the slightest. They may seen like clones, but that is more than likely purely coincidental.
I feel like milotic is not really a rip off of gyrados but instead more of a parallel. Magikarp is the weak fish that gets powerful, and febass is the ugly fish that turns beautiful. They have similar gimmicks, but I feel like they were created to be two sides of a coin, like rivals or foils, and not rip offs. Still a great vid though!
Heh. What a nerd. Don’t take that seriously. Because I’m a nerd too. I took the time to write down the type matchup chart. The nature table. And as I am typing this, I’m writing down all the abilities and what they do.
@YASH SINGH maybe they'le say something about that someday, how unovans must have named them prior to finding out that they are a regional variety or maybe they stuck to their description to make them unique.
If people would just step back a minute an re-think what Unova tried and accomplished to do! Unova is the very main-series region that is not based on Japan. It's literally based on a whole new continent even! It just makes SENSE for there to be only new, never before seen species Pokémon. Tauros and Buffalont are perfect examples of why it's even natural, that there are similar yet different species. Buffalos are naturally only found in america. Yet, there are other species of ox found around the world, hence Tauros. And that is just one example. Heck, a lot of the Unova Pokémon look way more interesting and likeable than their "counterparts". Golem looks lame, while Gigalith is one of the coolest Pokémon to be ever created. Amoongus, while not the most appealing design, is at least more creative than a literal Pokéball with a face on it. Do you guys travel to other continents and fully expect to find the same species of flora and fauna there like you do at home? In all honesty, if Gamefreak ever decides to base a region on Australia, it better be another Unova-scenario! ... Although, I guess they already created some Pokémon based on australian wildlife, so I guess that idea is out of the window.
It's not the fighting styles of these pokemon which makes them rip offs all four are pure fighting type martial artists and boxing and kick boxing are martial arts.
Sawk and Throh could've been Female dominant as opposed to Male Dominant like Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan, and there could have been secondary types for them both (like Metal and/or Ground). Also, their colors could've been altered so they didn't have to look like a pair of Pokémon that belong together (Blue and Red always go together). GameFreak just isn't that creative.
The ‘Cats’ lines: Meowth line, the Glameow line, and the Purrloin line. The ‘Extra Birds’: Spearow line, Rufflet line and Ducklett line. Oh, and the Jellyfish lines, but won’t go into those.
Smalls Hardly opposites. Though the martial styles are different they do have similar moves. Boxing is half of kick boxing. Judo and karate share some throws and takedowns if Im not mistaken.
Feebas is definetely a ripoff of Magikarp. But I would actually say Milotic is a parallel to Gyarados, being beautiful instead of ferocious and ugly and peaceful and intelligent rather than violent and instinctful
I personally hope we DO keep getting Pikachu clones! I want to see how many they can make that are still cool! I also want there to be a trainer that has six pokemon that are ALL Pikachu clones (Like Togedemaru, Dedenne, Pachirisu, Mimikyu, Emolga, and maybe either Pichu or Plusle and Minun) bonus points if their pre/post battle dialogue talks about an older sibling they are trying to emulate and then you come across a trainer who uses a Pikachu (the big sibling should be an Ace Trainer or something similar, the younger should be like....a youngster/lass)
It fits all the criteria except being an electric type. Small, resembles Pikachu, cute...and if you count Marril as a pikaclone, then being electric doesn't matter. I count it with the pikaclones
@Rockin Have you used Togedemaru. Its pretty decent actually, the only downside is his huge Ground weakness, but it can make up for that by learning Magnet Rise by lvl up or to build a team around it. Its a pain Togedemaru can't learn any Steel moves by lvl up either and can only learn Gyro Ball via TM, but the use of Move Tutors has made it so it can use Iron Tail and Iron Head and we also have to consider the possibility that it can change movesets in later generation, as has been done by other Pokemon before (Like Snorlax being able to learn High Horsepower in gen 7, despite not being a horse, thus that it can learn the move makes no sense)
i actually just recently learned to appreciate the roggenrola line a lot more than even geodude because it's pure rock instead of rock/ground, meaning it has no 4x weaknesses
@@nattyegdelp9663 Bruxish and Carvanha are both fish but look different so people don't complain. Bouffalant's similarities with Tauros is just bullshit and they aren't the same animal. Same animal base, same type, same appearance, very similar moveset, almost same artwork, same colour scheme...
Actually, Milotic and Gyarados also share the same base stats, but in different stats. Milotic has it's stats as 95 | 60 | 79 | 100 | 125 | 81 Gyarados has it' stats as 95 | 125 | 79 | 60 | 100 | 81
Uh, yeah? Base Stat Total doesn't mean it has the same stats but redistributed. All the Sudo-Legendaries have 600 Base Stat Total but they have diferent base stats.
Pikachu clone is a recurring humor that the creators love to play... At the same time... The regional birds is another.. Every region the same normal flying HM slave and since Pidgeot line came first.. Aren't they all in a way rip offs?... However... TALONFLAME BREAKS THE STEREOTYPE!!.. (we all love talonflame for that)
Ok so if this “Hitmonlee” guy doesn’t wear clothes in public, he’s just a silly ol’ goose. But when I don’t wear clothes in public it’s considered “illegal” or something like that. Hate all the body shaming in 2017.
I think Munna and Musharna are rip-offs of Drowzee and Hypno, since they both are based on the Baku , are psychic Types and have something to do with sleeping and dreaming.
not exactly, because theres 1 main difference between those pairs, which is, evolution method, like the Drowzee line evolves by Lv up, while the Munna line evolves with the Moon stone.
courage1 well I guess u can argue that but does chansey and Audino even have similar evolution lines? No chantey has 3 and Audino has 0 and a mega, yet everyone knows Audino is a rip-off of chansey. And not every pokemon on his list had same evolution methods either. I would have to agree that Munna is a rip-off (even tho it was hinted back all the way at gen 1)
Foxy Raccoon Your opinion isn't fact. Even if you don't think that they're even close to being improvements, there are some people that love these Pokemon.
Foxy Raccoon I like ALL of the newer versions as gen 1 was literally, oh look and object...lets add a face and put it in the game, caterpie is probably the least imaginative Pokemon and guess what IT'S GEN 1
1) Sawk and Throh. 2) Hitmontop is a different Pokémon than Hitmonchan, because it’s literally more balanced than Hitmonchan. And Hitmonlee, for that matter.
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Zoroark Ditto. I wouldn't call it ripoff, to me I see it as a something like a close relative which explains why they're similar I mean would you call a Siberian Tiger a ripoff of a Bengal Tiger?
Here's a good thought They're inspirations not rip offs Especially with the some of them being opposites or counterparts only sharing a design concept And the rest directly improving or morphing the concepts
What if one day they make a new fish in a new region that actually in the middle evolution of luvdisc and alomomola. The Pokédex entry mention how luvdisc travel to certain area that unique to that region (that specific way also the only way to evolves your luvdisc), evolves into that Pokémon, then it moves to the Unova or something like that (similar to how salmon travel to and from the ocean). That one will explain why they look similar, but not in the same line
This video made me realize that a lot of these rip-offs, particularly the ones with the same or similar stats, are an intentional thing Game Freak does to simplify the process of balancing new games. Imagine how difficult it would be to have to start from scratch on each of the hundreds of Pokémon in every region! Instead, they can just carry over the already balanced system from the earlier games, with a few minor changes here and there to account for new mechanics, types, etc. It actually makes a lot of sense, but I’ve never thought about it before now!
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MandJTV Pokevids I would've liked the video more if you had more rip offs from other gens. It seemed kinda genwunnish and as someone who doesn't like genwunners you can see why
MandJTV Pokevids Marill was supposed to be the Pikachu clone for Gen 2...
I’m a rip-off of Snorlax.
so am i
I am Snorlax
Munchlax would be the dumbest ripoff if snorlax didn't get it as its pre evo
Lol
Same
I remember when I was little I thought luvdisc evolved into alomomola. When Luvdisc reached lv. 100 thats when it finally clicked in my 10 year old brain that Luvdisc didn’t evolve
You mean like me having a Kadabra until the end of Pokemon Pearl and wondering why it never evolved.
*I actually thought that Mew evolved into Mewtwo as a baby infant child*
@@dezymond9860 really? i thought the reverse xD
like mewtwo was obviuoisly an imperfect clone of mew but one day if i train it right, it'll become a perfect mew clone.
@Chris bromley-west Then again I also thought Dedenne evolved into Raichu
@@dezymond9860 dude you got issues xD
When I was little, I thought Bouffalant was the evolution of Tauros.
I onetime saw a mod of Taurus evolving into Miltank so I thought that actually was the case
The Master key I figured it’d be the other way around, but I could see that happening.
Same
Same
Same
"Tauros is a bull Bouffalant is a buffalo" great, Dratini is a snake and Dragonite is an obese Charizard, I think it's fine
WATER EKANS
Dragonite is kawaii Charizard
Obese charizard lmfao
But but but... charizard is already obese...
Dragonite is charizard after high school
•Pikachu clones
•Regional Birds
•Regional Bug
•Regional HM slave
ThatIrrelevantAsian __
• those irrelevant asians
The mascot legendaries
The starters
The mythicals
The zubat cousins
The tentacool cousins
Don't these kinda count?
🔘 Regional Mammals.
Bad
AbdallahSmash026#1Fan sandslash is a pangolin but I get it
I thought you weren't including pokemon that fulfilled the basic requirements of a region, wich include
A. Starters
B. Normal type rodents
C. Normal type birds
D. Electric Rodents
Pikachu clones ARE a regional requirement
.
The starters and regional birds/animals aren't annoying and inherently weak as shoot
are they though?
cody schreyack not starters
He said that he would not include because of that reason not any of those.
Magikarp and Feebas are opposites because Magikarp is able to catch everywhere and Feebas is really rare
And feebas is based on beauty while magikarp on stregnth
You spelled catch wrong
*CATCH
*catch
Alex De la Loire *strength
Alternate title: Mike bashing unova pokemon for 15 minutes and some pikachu clone
Yep
Me saddd i love unova
@@simondriedijk7553 yeah me too my favorite region
I mean a good chunk of them are though
the thing is the whole point of most unoven pokemon was to be the unoven _______ because black and white had only gen 5 pokemon
I still remember that I used to think that geodude evolved into onix
Bro u were smarter. I never knew Arbok and Ekans were related
Bruh, me too
Same
Me to
I thought onix was evoulution of golem
"Were probably going to get Pikachu clones every generation"
*Morpeko has entered the pokedex*
*Mimikyu has entered the pokedex 4 years ago and mikey didn't say mimikyu as a pikachu clone*
*Togedemaru is typing...*
Hehehehe
@@noname-uh4mk Mimikyu isn't a pikachu clone
That’s mimikyus gimmick it supposed to be a clone of pika chi and it did that badly
Munna and Mysharna are ripoffs of Drowzee and Hypno.
They are all psychic type based off Tapirs. And they all eat dreams.
At least Munna and Musharna aren't yellow eyesores to look at
I thought munna and musharna were based off of fetuses
XD
At least Munna and Mysharna don't steal kids
No they don't even look similar
Michael talks about every pikachu clone:
Mimikyu : *CRIES IN CORNER*
Mimikyu was created to have a pikachu disguise and there is something deeper going on, Mimikyu is not a pikachu rip-off, mimikyu is the thing inside the pikachu rip-off
when you think about it its creepy
Meanwhile it hates tf out pikachu and really been wanting smoke the whole time
Because it's not a Pikachu clone, you moron
Mimikyu isn't a Pikachu clone. On the contrary, it's more like an older, already established wrestler like Goldberg in Pikachu coming in to take time, money, and attention away from the newer guys like Bray Wyatt in Mimikyu.
Audino is extremely easy to find, Basically any grass gives you one, They're good for grinding unlike chansey, who is extremely rare
However, in XY, Audino becomes the same vein as Chansey having a rare encounter in the wild.
@@Natsu25100 yes
@@Natsu25100 yes, because xyz introduced mega evolution and since Audino can mega evolve they decided to make it harder to find to make mega evolution more exclusive
Tyrone Patrick Mega Audino was introduced in ORAS though.
@@RockyKido maybe it was planned in advance..?
I was thinking Snorlax and Slaking, but then I remembered vigoroth...
And that slaking is speedy af
Pinser for heracross abra kadabra and alakazam for RALTS kirlia and gardevoir chimeco for porygon and the epic pokemon dratini,larvitar,BELDUM,trapinch,bagon these pokemons r hard to evolve
@@kabertownhallnew5346 I feel like the pinsir heracross is a huge stretch. I don't see a resemblance at all actually. Heracross is a super chill fighting bug.
sooooo yeah...if vigoroth was otherwise I think slaking would be a rip off
But they not rlly considered all the evolutianary line like puttibg woobat and not swoobat so slaking could be an eipoff of snorlax
If you give Machop a Log then it's now a Timber.
LOL GOOD ONE
if you give kingdra a fever then its dragalge
I always thought Marill was the pikachu clone in gen 2, but it didn’t catch on so they went back to the electric rodent design for later gens
Kyruem and Necrozma
They both have 2 games centered around them(Black2/White2, UltraSun/UltraMoon)
Both can fuse with the box legendaries of the previous games
That's it though
But necrozma is a cool loking pokemon and is strong so I wouldnt call it a rip off
@@luvcj kyurem is better tho
Both also have their each respective "strongest" form
Ultra Necrozma and Complete Kyurem(which we have yet to see)
And the fusions are the box legendary of the second games.
i love how mimikyus lore is literally a pikachu clone but it is never considered one to the fans
Because it's not Electric
Seinor Sloth he’s not really a clone more of like mimicking since that’s not how they truly look.
Jealous of Pikachus popularity
@@Jesus.H.Christ. aye I get that now
I think Togedamaru was the pikachu clone.
‘They both fulfill looking like an item so when you go to pick up the item you end up in a battle’
Galarian Stunfisk: I’m you but perfect
But the best part of galarian stunfisk is that it actually got me, if it acted like a beartrap i would've just dropped in that cave
i played sword yesterday for the first time in a while and the amount of them i stepped on was embarasssing.
But he dont look like a Pokeball at all
True it was unavoidable.
They dont look like pokeballs but are everywhere so you are bound to step on one
“Just because the Pokémon fill the same role doesn’t mean they’re a rip off, they also need to have a similar design.” Proceeds to base his list entirely on the Pokémon’s roles and nothing to do with the designs.
Poor man's Arceus:
Silvally
Ay leave me and my type null alone he loves me enough to evolve :(
ari animations excuse me don’t you mean arkoos
@@plolop1912 oh hail yeah
It’s a artificial arceus. It’s a literal clone.
Just name Silvally Arceus lol
Me: "Hey where did all the Chansey go...?"
Nurse Joy: "...Audino..."
Badumm tss :D
TheStinglash I like it
TheStinglash good joke, good joke.
Kalos: Wigglytuff (its not the same)
vaporterra Ya ruined it. You ruined the joke...
KaiserLucario I just feel bad for the nurse Joys that were transferred from Unova to Kalos and lost the ability to make that joke
Black And White: “Can I Copy Your Homework?”
Red And Blue: “Yes, But Change It A Bit So That Way No One Will Notice”
Black And White:
Bw and Bw2 are still good games tho
@@anjavinding5412 ^
Gigalith is better than Golem
BW2 > BW1 tho, sorry to all those Black and White fans that prefer the first game... (which might be the majority-)
@@eereree My favorite generation is still Gen2.
At least Morpeko has an interesting gimmick. Otherwise it’s a clone. It also joins Dedenne in not having ground immunity since it only has Hunger Switch ability.
4:20 Except Voltorb and Electrode look like pokeballs to avoid people and Foongus and Amoongus to attract them
Oh 420 blaze it
among us sus
The foongus line are also supposed to be mimics
An enemy that very much wants to trick you to eat you
Voltorb doesnt and is most likely based on an old yokai that inhabits old objects with great care
They only fulfill the same roles on the surface mechanic of the game but pretty much have nothing else in common and would be polar opposites
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Zubat and Woobat: gets affected by accuracy lowering moves.
Me: ' visible confusion '
Well yeah, you throw sand in the air and it could mess with their sonar
Me: ‘non-visible confusion’
Zubat and woobat: *invisible confusion*
@@ayskaripepperooni2770 very original comment! 10/10
Brb, gonna get the yellow flute for this guy
Fun fact: Conkeldurr’s “Veins” resemble a Hi-Vis jacket, just... you know.... not reflective
Tyraitar: Armor Pokemon
Chesnaught: Spiny Armor Pokemon
Aggron: Iron Armor Pokemon
Skarmory: Armor Bird Pokemon
Im starting to see a connection...
Yeah some POKEMON HAVE Armor
What’s Corviknight? Its hidden ability is Mirror ARMOR.
What about Kubfu and Urshifu- they were added in the isle of ARMOR
And Lairon: I am Laironman
Rhyperior: cries in corner
A mushroom and 2 metal balls
I laughed so hard
Yup moi too
Omegalul
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[Insert lenny face here]
(insert lenny face)
1. Pichu
2. Plusle
3. Minun
4. Pachirisu
5. Emolga
6. Dedenne
7. Togedemaru
8. Mimikyu
9. Dont
10. Know
Reecexzz -_- Animations mimikyu mimics but the alola Clone is togedemaru
@@griffinchalfant1761 like saying raichu is
Mimikyu is a ghost-fairy type and it HATES Pikachu so GET AWAY FROM MY MIMIKYU OR I WILL MIMIC YOU!!!!
mimikyu is supposed to look like pikachu and pichu is pikachu's pre-evo
Mimikyu tries to be a popular Boi.
I thought tauros evolved into bouffalant
Me too I got sad when I found out :(
Same
I mean fair enough but if you looked at the stats you'd figure the diffrence isnt evolution like
Bro what is made u think that 🤭🤯😤
Y'all are extreme nubes
*_Isn't ditto a ripoff of everything???_*
Panda Animations no it is its gimmick.
No everything is a rip-off of Ditto
Yeah
Panda Animations ;-; no when it’s in its normal stage it’s a blob of jelly
R/woosh
New title: Gen Five Pokemon That Are Rip Offs
CHEAP Rip off too
One of the many reasons why gen5 is the worst
m8, Gen 5 is one of, if not the, best gen so far.
Gen 5 still has awesome Pokémon,fucking genwunner
That's why I never loved the pokemons from gen 5
Love your vids! However, I think including Gen 5 was sorta lazy and unjustified. You admitted this generation was a soft-reboot of the franchise. As such, I believe this generation included these "rip offs" as homages so the player didn't feel completely alienated by all the new mons. I think many people appreciated the familiar faces!
Unfortunately many people didnt appreciate it
Hence the lowest sales in their history
That said they do this in every game
Gen 5 wasnt as much of a soft reboot as people think
More than 90% of that dex is nothing like the rest
I think Gen 5 was meant to be their magnum opus
They were giving you a fresh start with sprinkled in familiar faces
A more balanced region and went the extra mile with musical score and amount of things to do and story
Going so far creating to this day still the only true sequels
Theres so much more to consider for this theory as well that it becomes pretty undeniable (this doesn't mean they didnt make mistakes)
And it bombed so they retreated and started from where they earned the most
Their safe ideas
No
Nobody likes it
Why didn’t unova just use the originals
If anything the new ones make us feel more alienated
No
Nobody likes it
Why didn’t unova just use the originals
If anything the new ones make us feel more alienated
@@lillith7257 I don't know... I was able to make connections to about half the roster in Gen 5 compared to Gen 1. If you wanted to specific list I could give it to you.
Parallel evolution - Unrelated animals evolving in a similar way due to similar environmental demands.
Look at the flying squirrel and sugar glider.
Wait, Unova is a Kanto parallel?!
Lol you didn't know?!!!!
Unova is best
shining night lol you are genuinely 8 months late and you are saying this?
@@luigiplayeronegreen1211 I actually knew it 3 years before this video
shining night you werent born 3 years ago
5 is actually one of my favorite generations because of the vast number of new designs. It felt way more like playing Pokemon for the first time again then any of the other games because every single encounter was something I'd never seen before.
I consider Metagross a spiritual rip-off of Tyranitar. Both are post-Elite Four pseudo-legendaries that have one defensive/earth-based physical type and one offensive/magical special type. The only thing stopping them from being actual rip-offs is that they serve more as counterparts (with both having a type that is super-effective and a type that is weak to the other).
nah.
...what have you been taking?
The only similarities with Tyranitar and Metagross are these are only non-Dragon pseudos (but Tyranitar is kinda dragon-like and learns quite some Dragon-type moves), which are bulky, mostly-psyhical attackers.
And that's all.
@@Oscarus4250 I explained how they are similar to each other in my comment. Are you having trouble understanding what I've typed?
@@yanggang7 One Is Godzilla And One Is Robot Bro Chill Dude
"Except for Plusle and Minun"
~Michael, 2017
ok?
& now theres Gen 8 with Morpeko
Michael forget Pikablu A.K.A Maril
Laura Keituri yeah but Marill looks like Pikachu but isn’t really an electric rodent.
When I Saw The Title, I Knew This Video Is About Unova Region.
Haha true
Why Do You Capitalize Every Word Even Though They Are Not Proper Nouns?
@@relaximatroll2118 Your comment is the embodiment of irony
@@relaximatroll2118 but then I saw your username
Hoenn too
I'd say feebas and milotic are more of counterparts rather than ripoffs
The shiny Delphox me too
Finally! Someone said it! While watching that part, I'm thinking, "Okay, MAYBE Feebas is a rip off, but when I look at Milotic vs Gyarados, I see Beauty vs Power."
Same
Gyarados looks more masculine while milotic looks more feminine
Weak to Strong
Ugly to Beautiful
I like it
I actually found my first shiny in Black and it was a shiny boldore on the victory road.
For me, the Gigalith evolution line reminds me of the Metagross evolution line. Just me?
Same
Me too
Kinda
@24Devin Meis Just because two Pokémon have the same typing doesn’t automatically make it a rip-off. Look at Foongus and Amoongus versus Voltorb and Electrode! The thing that I think makes Gigalith’s line not a rip-off of Metagross’s line is that Metagross’s line is a pseudo-legendary line while Gigalith’s is not, and that more importantly, they aren’t based off of remotely similar concepts. Metagross is all about metal... golem... thingies, while Gigalith’s is about a living geode.
@@Error-gz3pp Agree!
I like how gen 5 is a recreation of gen 1.
@Gaming YT well ok....
But better
Gen 1 honestly sucks, people only like it for nostalgia
@@Mattahewu very true
The rip offs suck,but for the most part gen five is better
What about the Gothita evolution line. It's almost the same as the Ralts evolution line
Yeah, but its done to parralel reniculous, who I think is a clone of alakazam
Problem there is that Gothita and Ralts have different design concepts, and Gothita is a version exclusive while Ralts is not and also has a split evolution, with Gothita's counterpart being the Solosis line. As for whoever said Solosis is a clone of Alakazam, that can't be the case when
1. Alakazam is a trade evolution, whereas Reuniclus is a level up evolution.
2. Alakazam's counterpart I would consider to be Gengar, which Gothita doesn't resemble in the slightest.
They may seen like clones, but that is more than likely purely coincidental.
you mean there both kinda humanoid psychic types and thats it
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Yea ur correct
I actually think it make sense if luvdisc evolve into gorebyss
I feel like milotic is not really a rip off of gyrados but instead more of a parallel. Magikarp is the weak fish that gets powerful, and febass is the ugly fish that turns beautiful. They have similar gimmicks, but I feel like they were created to be two sides of a coin, like rivals or foils, and not rip offs. Still a great vid though!
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Ducklett and Swanna are more like ripoffs feebas and milotic. The ugly duckling becoming a beautiful swan. It was more creativelly done with feebas
Heh. What a nerd.
Don’t take that seriously. Because I’m a nerd too. I took the time to write down the type matchup chart. The nature table. And as I am typing this, I’m writing down all the abilities and what they do.
To be fair, most of these are simply parallels and throw-backs to Gen 1. He just means they're rip-offs in terms of their place in the game.
Dwebble and Crustle are the rock version of Paras and Parasect
Not really, no.
Nope, actually.
Unova had Regionalforms of older Pokemon before it was cool (Alola)
And Dwebble and Crustle are Unovaforms of Parad and Parasect
@YASH SINGH maybe they'le say something about that someday, how unovans must have named them prior to finding out that they are a regional variety or maybe they stuck to their description to make them unique.
@@anafu-sankanashi8933 since Unova is based on the USA, I'd say it's a good bet people will go with that idea
@@undrhil he said two ideas, which one.
i actually thought that bouffalent was the evolved form of taurus.(taurus is alot cooler that bouffalent)
If people would just step back a minute an re-think what Unova tried and accomplished to do!
Unova is the very main-series region that is not based on Japan. It's literally based on a whole new continent even!
It just makes SENSE for there to be only new, never before seen species Pokémon.
Tauros and Buffalont are perfect examples of why it's even natural, that there are similar yet different species. Buffalos are naturally only found in america. Yet, there are other species of ox found around the world, hence Tauros.
And that is just one example.
Heck, a lot of the Unova Pokémon look way more interesting and likeable than their "counterparts". Golem looks lame, while Gigalith is one of the coolest Pokémon to be ever created.
Amoongus, while not the most appealing design, is at least more creative than a literal Pokéball with a face on it.
Do you guys travel to other continents and fully expect to find the same species of flora and fauna there like you do at home?
In all honesty, if Gamefreak ever decides to base a region on Australia, it better be another Unova-scenario! ... Although, I guess they already created some Pokémon based on australian wildlife, so I guess that idea is out of the window.
ditto, a rippoff of all pokemon
Yes. Yes it is.
True
Zeyaan Scala LOL
No its not a ripoff because its well OKAY it isint a ripoff but um i think you get the point
Deathslay123 OK if u think so😏😏😏
It's almost like Gen 5 was a reset meant to "rip off" or reinvent the archetypes. Milotic is a counterpart to Gyarados, not a rip off.
Rip-off is maybe too negative of a word, but regardless of the connotation, the fact is that some Pokémon are highly similar to previous ones.
When I was small I kept searching "tauros evolves into bouffalant" but then found it tauros dosent evolve :/
BOUFFALANT IS SPELLED WITH 2 F'S, NOT 2 L'S!
@@Amelia4111 uh sorry
Sawk and throh are martial arts pokemon not boxing pokemon (karate, judo) (boxing,kick boxing)
I think you don't know that, boxing counts as a martial arts, same with kick boxing.
@@Ziglle Boxing and Karate are different forms of martial arts. One is a more vigorous and intense and the other is more graceful.
It's not the fighting styles of these pokemon which makes them rip offs all four are pure fighting type martial artists and boxing and kick boxing are martial arts.
Sawk and Throh could've been Female dominant as opposed to Male Dominant like Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan, and there could have been secondary types for them both (like Metal and/or Ground). Also, their colors could've been altered so they didn't have to look like a pair of Pokémon that belong together (Blue and Red always go together).
GameFreak just isn't that creative.
Mimikyu: *_Hello darkness my old friend_*
You can say the same for Darkrai he so lonely like hell
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The ‘Cats’ lines: Meowth line, the Glameow line, and the Purrloin line.
The ‘Extra Birds’: Spearow line, Rufflet line and Ducklett line.
Oh, and the Jellyfish lines, but won’t go into those.
"Its based on the same general animal therefore its a ripoff!!!!!!!"
Skitty is crying in the corner
@Ayoub Habou or the Inkay line?
Ok sawk is based off karate throh is based off judo while hitmonlee is based off kick boxing and hitmonchan is based off boxing.
I just made this same argument lol
Arg so true! I am a martial arts enthusiast so you can imagine I got mad at this
Smalls Hardly opposites. Though the martial styles are different they do have similar moves. Boxing is half of kick boxing. Judo and karate share some throws and takedowns if Im not mistaken.
However there is a pattern with the last two of your points. But does that qualify as a rip off?
Smalls
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After 2 years, I finally understood the metal balls and mushroom joke
Can you elaborate for mushroom part?
@@groudon3524 A word that starts with p
@@physicsbiology9756 the the the puss* correct?!?!?!
@@megagamerninja3498 no
@@megagamerninja3498 pen**
For pikachu clones azumaril’s line would count IMO especially when people called it pikablue at first leak
(ending) GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL!
me: look at the Pokemon Direct about sword and shield about 1 and a half years in the future
Ha
Feebas is definetely a ripoff of Magikarp. But I would actually say Milotic is a parallel to Gyarados, being beautiful instead of ferocious and ugly and peaceful and intelligent rather than violent and instinctful
Yelloworb Well said
Yelloworb agreed
Yelloworb fantastic explanation
There was an episode of the anime that had a person who had a strong magikarp and a beautiful feebas. So basically they are just parallel overall
Not to mention that the fact that Milotic is much more defense oriented whereas Gyrados is much more offensive
I personally hope we DO keep getting Pikachu clones! I want to see how many they can make that are still cool! I also want there to be a trainer that has six pokemon that are ALL Pikachu clones (Like Togedemaru, Dedenne, Pachirisu, Mimikyu, Emolga, and maybe either Pichu or Plusle and Minun) bonus points if their pre/post battle dialogue talks about an older sibling they are trying to emulate and then you come across a trainer who uses a Pikachu (the big sibling should be an Ace Trainer or something similar, the younger should be like....a youngster/lass)
jenna bartley Mimikyu isn't a Pika Clone.
Mimikyu isn't a PikaClone, but it's a joke on tge concept. yes, I do want to see a Mimikyu on a PikaClone team
I'd like to see where they go with Pikachu clones, they've been getting better and better with Emolga, Dedennae, and Togedemaru.
It fits all the criteria except being an electric type. Small, resembles Pikachu, cute...and if you count Marril as a pikaclone, then being electric doesn't matter. I count it with the pikaclones
@Rockin
Have you used Togedemaru. Its pretty decent actually, the only downside is his huge Ground weakness, but it can make up for that by learning Magnet Rise by lvl up or to build a team around it. Its a pain Togedemaru can't learn any Steel moves by lvl up either and can only learn Gyro Ball via TM, but the use of Move Tutors has made it so it can use Iron Tail and Iron Head and we also have to consider the possibility that it can change movesets in later generation, as has been done by other Pokemon before (Like Snorlax being able to learn High Horsepower in gen 7, despite not being a horse, thus that it can learn the move makes no sense)
i actually just recently learned to appreciate the roggenrola line a lot more than even geodude because it's pure rock instead of rock/ground, meaning it has no 4x weaknesses
Micheal: Audino Is tricky to find
Me who has found more than 50 of them:
@@alwincahyadi831 you are supposed to kill it for xp sonce it gives SO MUCH XP
I found 100 in 2 hours
Same that thing is so common in black in near caves
Chansey: Freaking hard to find and catch
Audino: I already have 5 of it in 10 minutes
@@laynee518 you thought Chansey was hard? Try catching a beldum
Two pokémon who look kinda similar,
Everyone :rIpOfF
Exactly
Just because they are the same animal doesn’t mean they are a rip off
@@nattyegdelp9663 Bruxish and Carvanha are both fish but look different so people don't complain. Bouffalant's similarities with Tauros is just bullshit and they aren't the same animal.
Same animal base, same type, same appearance, very similar moveset, almost same artwork, same colour scheme...
...
except plusle and minun
...
except plusle and minun
...
except plusle and min... no this one is actually dedenne
Anonymous I wish Plusle and Minun evolved into Multiplication and Division Pokemon
Psssshhhh-
Yeah.
vaporterra same
Everytime i was thinking that Bouffalant was the evolution of tauros...
Mewto is a ripoff of mew
*Mind Blown*
No u
mewtwo
Guys calm down with the spelling it could have been a typo
Well no dur.
Regional Electrical rodents aren't ripoffs just like the regional birds aren't a Pidgeot ripoff
Because the birds are somewhat unique. They could have more varied secondary types, but whatever...
Let’s agree that sometimes the ripoffs are actually better
Mostly true. However, look at feebas and magikarp
@@rissaliew well feebas learns more moves than magikarp by tm/hm so its slightly more better
4:34 Michael: Just like Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee are the counter part duo of the Kanto region...
Hitmontop: ......
key word: KANTO.
Hitmontop was added in Johto (gen 2)
Tyrouge and evee should also be one as they have more than 2 evolution s
Actually, Milotic and Gyarados also share the same base stats, but in different stats.
Milotic has it's stats as 95 | 60 | 79 | 100 | 125 | 81
Gyarados has it' stats as 95 | 125 | 79 | 60 | 100 | 81
Henrique Carballo Aranha base stat *TOTAL*
Uh, yeah? Base Stat Total doesn't mean it has the same stats but redistributed. All the Sudo-Legendaries have 600 Base Stat Total but they have diferent base stats.
Henrique Carballo Aranha yeah
Wow
I ship Milotic and Gyarados
I really don't, I'm not that weird ..
At least, I don't think I am
immediately thought of genwunners.
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Same
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True XD
Frokie: wtf happens to the floor
Squirtle: heh what the he'll stop ripping me off
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@Emonica Its a Pokemon Talk joke
This list could just be filled with all the pikachu clones
Pikachu clone is a recurring humor that the creators love to play... At the same time... The regional birds is another.. Every region the same normal flying HM slave and since Pidgeot line came first.. Aren't they all in a way rip offs?... However... TALONFLAME BREAKS THE STEREOTYPE!!.. (we all love talonflame for that)
I like Milotic more then Gyarados, and after watching Mavis a lot, Milotic has become one of my favorites.
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I'm quite late to the party, but I have always felt the Gothita line feels like a rip-off of the Ralts to Gardevoir line.
how so?
@@skipfire00 it the Goth form of the ralts evolution line
Now that SwSh are out, I'm definitely getting some Gigalith vibes from Coalasol (sorry in advance cause I for sure spelled that wrong)
Ok so if this “Hitmonlee” guy doesn’t wear clothes in public, he’s just a silly ol’ goose. But when I don’t wear clothes in public it’s considered “illegal” or something like that. Hate all the body shaming in 2017.
The All-Fathaire omfg hitmonlee ain't even real
Jose Rios are you sure about that
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Ravioli God lol
Ravioli God noooo not another sjw
Chansey isn’t just a nurse... Audino is basically a literal doctor Pokémon because of its stethoscopes on its ears...
Michael: Top 10 Pokemon that are total ripoffs. Gen 5: Sign me up. xd
What is the meaning of xd
@@errorreconnecting3493 supposed to be in caps so it resembles a smile XD
I think Munna and Musharna are rip-offs of Drowzee and Hypno, since they both are based on the Baku , are psychic Types and have something to do with sleeping and dreaming.
Blazing Ho-oh Scorojan well quite right but to be honest there are alot of rip-offs and this was just top 10 of em
not exactly, because theres 1 main difference between those pairs, which is, evolution method, like the Drowzee line evolves by Lv up, while the Munna line evolves with the Moon stone.
It's possibly the other way around...
courage1 well I guess u can argue that but does chansey and Audino even have similar evolution lines? No chantey has 3 and Audino has 0 and a mega, yet everyone knows Audino is a rip-off of chansey. And not every pokemon on his list had same evolution methods either. I would have to agree that Munna is a rip-off (even tho it was hinted back all the way at gen 1)
Mecha Mega Metagross Also Audino can also be male, unlike Chansey, who will always be female.
I feel like most of these Pokemon were the creators taking old Pokemon and improving them.
Mega Buizel EX They didn't come close to improving them.
Foxy Raccoon Your opinion isn't fact. Even if you don't think that they're even close to being improvements, there are some people that love these Pokemon.
Foxy Raccoon I like ALL of the newer versions as gen 1 was literally, oh look and object...lets add a face and put it in the game, caterpie is probably the least imaginative Pokemon and guess what IT'S GEN 1
Besides sawk and throh I liked most of the rip-offs (though not as much as the old ones)
@@MrSexyRac00n Yes they did. A lots of them are better or equal to Gen 1, some weaker.
Michael: SOCK AND THROW ARE RIP-OFFS OF HITMOMCHAN!
Hitmontop: AM I A JOKE TO YOU!?
Ah Yes... Socks and throw
1) Sawk and Throh.
2) Hitmontop is a different Pokémon than Hitmonchan, because it’s literally more balanced than Hitmonchan. And Hitmonlee, for that matter.
Can we get hitmonchan and hitmonlee
We have hitmonchan and hitmonlee at home
Hitmonchan and hitmonlee at home: sawk throh and hitmontop
You fucked all three of those names up.
they are in the same evolution line dude
Love how when Michael was going through Magikarp and Feebass similarities he didn’t mention they have the exact same eyes.
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I thought the Rats evolution line and the Gothita evolution line
Gothita being the rip of
Zoroark Ditto. I wouldn't call it ripoff, to me I see it as a something like a close relative which explains why they're similar
I mean would you call a Siberian Tiger a ripoff of a Bengal Tiger?
You mean rats or ralts ?
think they meant ralts
HuyTDK they meant ralts, it say rat instead of ralts cos of auto correct
Zoroark Ditto i agree
Pinplup and oshwatt honestly get them mixed up all the time
Most of the time pokemon doesn’t make sense
Also i love dedene HE’S A FRICKIN BALL OF FAIRY DUST AND ELECTRICITY
I also do
I like Minecraft
Dedenne is supposed to be based on a Fairy of Teeths. That's why it's a Fairy type.
"Pichu is not rip off as the others for being the pre evo, but it still counts..."
Rip all pre evos Pokemon that appeared later as well lol...
Gulpin/swalot=grimer/muk
Enough said
Actually that's more Trubbish/Garbodor
Justin Schultz yea but a lot of Unova was meant to resemble Kanto anyway. Swalot is a blobby poison mon that is way worse than Muk
Why is the intro so long ...
Why is the outro so long...
A few years ago I used to think Poochyena, and Mightyena were rip-offs of houndour and houndoom
Which are rip both just rip offs of Growlith and Arcanine.
Here's a good thought
They're inspirations not rip offs
Especially with the some of them being opposites or counterparts only sharing a design concept
And the rest directly improving or morphing the concepts
Finally a good comment! Thank you!
What if one day they make a new fish in a new region that actually in the middle evolution of luvdisc and alomomola. The Pokédex entry mention how luvdisc travel to certain area that unique to that region (that specific way also the only way to evolves your luvdisc), evolves into that Pokémon, then it moves to the Unova or something like that (similar to how salmon travel to and from the ocean).
That one will explain why they look similar, but not in the same line
This video made me realize that a lot of these rip-offs, particularly the ones with the same or similar stats, are an intentional thing Game Freak does to simplify the process of balancing new games. Imagine how difficult it would be to have to start from scratch on each of the hundreds of Pokémon in every region! Instead, they can just carry over the already balanced system from the earlier games, with a few minor changes here and there to account for new mechanics, types, etc. It actually makes a lot of sense, but I’ve never thought about it before now!