Ranking Evil Team Arcs from the Pokémon Anime
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2022
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I really wish I could go to a timeline where Team Rocket vs. Team Plasma came to pass and see how BW's story was supposed to play out.
Yeah, this would have ultimately saved black and white for the better
Can we watch the deleted episode anywhere?
@@Nightwing_. I hope so. I at least think we should SEE what they had planned for us regardless of the current continuity
@@Nightwing_. Don't think it's even aired in Japan.
At least We did get an team plasma arc in BW. And two team Rocket arc.
😏
You know it's crazy when you remember it would've made sense for Steven or Wallace to get involved in the Team Aqua/Magma story...except they BOTH barely got used in that series at all. Steven made literally only one appearance around when Ash got his second badge (in the Dewford Caves) and doesn't get a major role until all the way in the XYZ series with the Mega Evolution specials and Wallace didn't even appear in the Ruby/Sapphire anime series. He made his first appearance in the Diamond/Pearl series during the Wallace Cup arc. They mentioned he was the champion of Hoenn yet didn't even appear in that region during the time. It's just weird how the anime handles their champions at times.
Ok
at least Cynthia was greatly used
@@aumsharma8783 Cynthia is the most popular champion in Pokemon,
Another little fun fact about Mewtwo Returns that you didn’t mention; not counting the Johto Journeys theme song sequence, it was the first time the Pokémon anime was made using digital ink and paint, everything before that was traditionally hand made.
I don’t think so just custom
“hand-drawn” animation
wasnt it just the background?
The best part about the Team Flare Arc is how it made up for their lack of purpose in the XY games. The best evil team Arc in the Pokémon Anime came from the worst evil team in the Games- very satisfying.
Fun fact about the Sword and Shield Arc, there was some new lore drops in the form of a Chairman Rose backstory which was never given in the games. The fact that he is using Eternatus's power to keep Galar running so that tragedies like his father's death would never happen to other people. But alas, it doesn't really make up for being a bit rushed.
"What is this, the Kalos League?" never gets old 😂
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I love how Zygarde transforms into it's complete form in a style that reminds me of how Voltron forms itself 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Idk if Hunter J ever returned or not, but I still remember the Lake Trio using Future Sight on her ship and all you saw was her goggles sinking to the bottom of a lake. 12 year old me thought that was cold 🥶
She ded ded.
Seriously
Her Salamence deserved better
@@rajalakshmipremkumar251 her Salamence was a menace 😭
@@rajalakshmipremkumar251 Well, it's almost certainly still alive along with the hundred or so pokemon they had on that ship. Remember pokemon are safe inside pokeballs underwater and can remain in there for YEARS as seen in the anime. J on the other hand...probably not so lucky.
It's funny how TF and Lysandre went from the worst villains in the games (mostly due to wasted potential) to how much justice the anime did for them.
I also really loved how they played Lysandre. Rather than how blatantly murderous he was in the games, here, he's more manipulative and seems trustworthy enough in his interactions with Alain and Mairin.
It makes the stab in the back that came later all the more brutal when Lys reveals to Alain what he means by peace, and pretty much thanks him for his contributions to his genocidal vision. That people are probably dying from the controlled Zygarde's attack on Lumiose, and he's partially culpable for it, despite having no idea about Lysandre's true goals. No wonder the kid has a bit of a breakdown after.
Not only that, but he is basically Thanos, but with a better plan. He wants to kill everyone except those he seems worthy to lead humanity (so leaving Ash alive, but killing Lysandre) making him all the more of an interesting villain, seeing the potential and good in Ash and company, but willing to let everyone else (including himself) die by plants just so the world can be reborn. Wow, what a villain
Well Team Flare is interesting thanks to Lysander... aka the Adolf Hitler of Pokémon.
They should adapt this arc into the remakes of X and Y. The anime mostly succeeded where the games failed. I say "mostly" because there is one issue. Lysandre uses Greninja's Bond Phenomenon to Mega Evolve his Gyarados which shows that he doesn't care about his Pokemon like he does in the games. For all their flaws, at least the games put in the effort to show that Gyarados' Mega Evolution was the result of a genuine bond with Lysandre, not syphoning energy out of another Pokemon.
@@tomnorton4277 FR
I also like the Manga version of Team Flare where they are a constant looming threat that the main characters have to keep moving and be very distrustful of anyone outside of their group out of fear they might be undercover Team Flare agents. Not to mention that Team Flare already essentially had complete control over Kalos and can do anything without the public knowing and always covered up their actions via misinformation spread through the news.
XYZ Team Flare arc was just the best! It was so stunning.
Without a doubt, the Team Galactic and Team Flare arcs are the best villain arcs that we have ever gotten in the Pokemon anime.
Galactic was ass, a complete bastardization on every level compared to the games and manga.
@@irondragondxd3836 Ah yes, they changed stuff. I like that
@@TechnoArpan They changed stuff and made it by FAR worse. They took out all the characterization they had and just made them generic evil end-of-the-world wackjobs.
@@irondragondxd3836 This. The anime ruined Cyrus' personality. He supposedly acts cold, calm and aloof to people and has a sense of nihilism. Anime even made him a pure evil and typical saturday morning villain. He disguised as a good guy at first in front of Ash and his friends which I find cringe and out of character for him to do.
@@yangwenlifangirl Yeah, and they removed his best qualities. Like despite him being the boss of team Galactic. It’s not too late for him to change his mind and be redeemed. Cyrus in the games and manga blatantly walks around as the boss of team Galactic.
Anime Cyrus blows, Hunter J was a better villain than him in his own damn series. Like seriously? That’s sad.
Giovanni is kind of in a sad and funny situation. Because the TRio are main characters, he gets immunity from getting caught. After all there is no point catching Pikachu if their boss is thrown in prison. So he gets plot armor thanks to them (ironically), but he is also held back because of that. And as long as Ash is the main character, he won't ever get an ending.
The bigger irony is that if TRio actually succeed in delivering Pikachu to Giovanni, it will be the end of Giovanni's reign because Ash will move heaven and earth to get Pikachu back.
The flare arc had me hyped from week to week when it originally aired and is probably my personal fav
8:43 just wanna add we finally have the result of croagunk and toxicroak rivalry where croagunk comes out of its pokeball and smacks toxicroak down to the ground
"what is it, the kalos league?😂 Its a meme now
Yelp
Its funny that Steven didn't show up during Team Aqua-Magma arc instead he shows up when Kalos is in crisis😂😂
team rocket in black and white was a HUGE w like they actually had brains
my other problem with number 7 is that it came too early where as in the games it was endgame as in right before you fight leon. it basicly gets rid of the evil teams so early on and this is in a season where team rocket doesnt really do much now
Props to this guy for marking it as number 7 so as to not spoil the video. Legendary
@@ayyyy. I mean saying Leon and the placing in games kinda like gives it away but still cool
@@kiwiscross5159 true but he still put in the effort. Plus, i was in a hella good mood when i wrote this reply XD
The Team Galactic Arc is what got me permanently interested in the Pokémon Anime when it first aired in the US, it was so good! The evil Team arcs are my absolute favorite!
I wonder sometimes how they're going to end Team Rocket, like defeat them once and for all how that Arc, movie or special will go..
But if Team Rocket ends, the franchise would also ends because according to the Pokémon Company itself is that it's officially the main antagonist of the entire franchise.
I read the diamond and pearl adventure books and those were amazing which made me interested with team galactic in the first place
It's crazy that they treated team plasma from the games and team Flare from the games reversibly in the anime. The inclusion of all the gym leaders in the final Arc was what Unova had in BW games, but we couldn't have so in the anime :(
Team Magma Arc: criticizes the fact that Lance was there.
Team Rocket Arc in Unova: Praises the fact that Cynthia was there
Also Steven in Kalos but at least Diantha was also there and the Hoenn remakes were also gen 6
I mean alder already had a lot of screen time before the team rocket arc. Steven didn't have much appearances before the team magma v team aqua arc
Atleast that helps with the games that Cynthia was in BW and B2W2 waiting to ambush the protagonist for a battle in Undella Town.
Lance had no business in Hoenn and the fact that unlike Alder, Wallace didn't even make his debut not even till Aqua/Magma Arc was infuriating for me.
I don't think Lance being there is the problem. Problem is that Lance is there but Steven and Wallace aren't
We’ll never get a villain arc better than the Team Flare arc ever. None of the crisis arcs in SM or JN could beat it and I don’t see SV having a villain arc to beat it either. And that’s perfectly fine.
I mean to be fair SV doesn't have villains. More of just rebellious antagonists
"Oh no! These students are not respecting the unifroms! Curse them!"
XYZ fan spotted
I have come back to say that the SV story was fricking better than I thought
N arc: allow me to introduce myself
@@doge9693 DP fan spotted
"Cassidy and Biff" Don't do my man Butch like that 😂😂
I'd have called him Boof but he definitely wouldn't have any of that
It's good to see you and MysticUmbreon collab again! :)
It might just be my nostalgia, but I'm still mind blown by how the Adventures Manga handled the Team Magma vs Team Aqua arc
Finally, I've found another Poemon manga reader on this earth.
@@afemboy1863 I’m right here as well…🥲
Agreed!!
RS was peak Pokespe. All downhill from there
Nice to see you and Mystic do another collab
The really disappointing about the Team Magma & Aqua Arc was that Rayquaza didn't appear to stop Groudon or Kyogre from destroying the freaking world. No wonder why XY was the best Pokemon anime ever.
Have to say the top 3 villain team arcs on this list are some of my favorite arcs in the series
I agree
Even before the video starts we know who the top 2 are gonna be.
Great to see Zac and Mystic collabing again.
3:49 SONIA-
I can't wait for Team Rainbow Rocket to interrupt the Finals between Ash and Leon. In all seriousness, I can't believe TRR was never shown in the anime.
Well....
Ayee New Zactoshi Video
Steven Stone, back in action!
The crazy that Steven is the champion of hoenn but didn’t help ash and his friends with the team aqua and team magma battle but his the people in Kalos with the vines that team flare did
My only grip about the Arceus special is absolutely no mention of Volo.
Yes, I get it: they wanted to save the suprise for the games and they released as a promotion for the games, but would it have hurt if they made it AFTER the game's release so we could have at least SEEN him appear in the anime?!
Ummm... Maybe he didn't appear *because the special isn't set in the past?*
Aw yeah. Love the lineup.💯
It still kinda wierd about the fact that the worst evil team in the games is the best in the anime
I would say that spot goes to aqua and magma
4:11 the Kalos league joke never gets old
Funny you should say 'Now this is what we should've gotten from team Plasma.' because I think they might've written the Team Flare arc the way they did as a way to make up for having to cancel the initial team Plasma arc.
don't forget we did get eternetus flying by in Journeys episode 5, if that counts as build up
3:03 butch be like - ' It's not biff it's butch '
The Team Flare arc absolutely blew my mind while it was airing. I'm surprised they actually had the balls to do it because it straight up felt like a Pokemon war arc. Every character had a role to play and it had its very intense and emotional moments, like this arc really got me sad over a robot dying. I don't think any villain team arc in the future will ever top this one.
Glad to see Operation Tempest getting some love. Giovanni taking the field, good supporting characters, Oshawott being hilarious, Dragonite being awesome.
Your My favorite RUclipsr! You always my day better when I am feeling depressed.
W video as always
nice video!!
I love your intro tune. Reminds me a lot of Megaman Battle Network Music
Doesn't matter what topic, DP and XY will most probably be at top.
unova is also up there
"the avengers endgame of pokemon."Except everyone doesn't die
I remeber seeing all the kalos gym leaders and champions coming in out of nowhere and loosing my mind when I was little
The anime version of Chairman Rose is a great twist villain.
Hm, fair and valid list, will look forward to see what else you come up with.
The N arc will always be a classic that’s smooth like Wine,
Untouched by its goodness, the fancy version of a volume.
My favorite pokemon evil team is team skull, I just love the concept overall and Guzma.
whAt iS tHIs tHE KalOS leAGuE?! Famous zactoshi quote
I knew right from the start that team flare arc will be the best.
Team Galactic is my favorite team but Team Flare has the best Arc honorable mention Team Rocket is good also it how it all began
3:03 I love how he intentionally mispronounced Butch's name
You could say he butchered it
Giovanni had big roles in Mewtwo strikes back and his return.
Also, he had a big strike in Best wishes 2
In the norwegian Legends Arceus Chronicles, Staurns voice has kiawe's voice actor
for me my favorite is nimbasa subway arc or operation tempest arc
The Nimbasa subway 🚇 arc is awesome. Especially with the 🚆 system.
While I definitely think the Team Flare arc is perfect and the Team Galactic arc is great, I do think that the Team Rocket Undersea Temple arc in Gen 5 was done well and had good set-up. Team Plasma arc was only good because N was a really interesting and engaging character, and of course the Team Magma and Aqua arc was just a by-product of them being very unfocused in the 2nd Hoenn season, causing it to be pretty bad. With the sword and shield one, that one just came out of nowhere and more acted as the finishing arcs for Ash's Riolu and Goh's Raboot.
This might seem messed up, but I still haven't seen the Team Flare Arc. Yes, I know it's almost the end of 2022...
I have seen a few clips from the epic scenes of all of the Kalos Gym Leaders charging in with Ash and others to save 'Chespie', 100% Zygarde saving the day and Lysandre taking out most of Ash's team while fighting all 6 of his Pokemon and Alain's Charizard (not sure why Alain didn't send out any of his other Pokemon...).
For me, I had a chip on my shoulder because the Kalos League was rushed for this evil team arc. By that point in the anime, I didn't care about Ash helping to save the world (or in this case another region) because we've seen it 10x over in other seasons and movies. I only cared about him winning a Pokemon League. What's even worse is Greninja losing making Ash fumble a league win at the finish line, but this arc's aftermath led to Greninja getting released!
I don't know...maybe I'll sit and watch the arc in the near future because I've heard so many good things about it. However, it is still a bitter pill to swallow because of what this arc sacrificed in its wake...
Alain didn't send any Pokemon because he didn't have any
The team he used on the kalos league wasn't his
Even before I started watch this video, I knew which Evil Team Arc was going to be #1.
I agree completely with this list.
Why I consider the Dp series the best is mainly cause of Ash's pokemon team, Paul and Galactic. I would put galactic at first. I think they had a tad more success in build up than team flare and they were building up from the 1st season. Rest assured Flare had a better and longer Climax I say
I personally consider Xyz to be the best because of Ashs team, Alain and team flare. Also the mega evolution specials started from the first season of xy so yeah. Hence I think that the team flare arc is always the best evil team arc and better then team Galactic arc
ALSO team flare had a lot more build up from the mega evolution specials
Maybe a theme song tierlist?
Low key tho kinda disappointing that the ultra wormhole arc wasn’t in but I guess it’s just one evil guy and an ultra beast so I can’t really complain lmao
Sadly people didn't count team skull as a Villain team but I feel like Guzma's Alola League arc is one of the most intense
Man bonnie singing to squish man😭
Yo Zac! Journeys seems to be coming to an end, would you mind doing a win rate video on all of Ash’s galar Pokémon and rating them in a tier list?
All? Only two out of the five are from galar
@@eljordinio7647 Firstly, 2/6 and I was emphasising the region, because that’s what the series is based on
Lysander ranks highly for me simply bc he outshines his game counterpart BY SO MUCH
You hove done a really good job with this list, but I would probably put Mewtwo Returns in the first place.
Rank next the pokemon leagues
My fav parts of the team Flare arc were Alain, Lysandre, Zygarde with Bonnie and the Steven/Diantha team up. That shit was hype af, man
good video and yeah I agree the team flare arc is the best I don't like it as much as you but I still think it's really great i'll give it an 8.8/10
Team Flare arc will always be best evil team arc! Everything was done right! The tension, the relationships, the buildup, the battling, the climax! It’s great to see that across 6 generations they were elevate an evil team to this level of greatness in the anime! Very nice to see love for Mewtwo Returns as well!😌
I LOVE SEEING YOU AND MYSTIC UMBREON DO VIDEOS TOGETHER, YOU TWO ARE MY FAVOURITE YOU GUYS ROCK
Can we all just admit that the Team Flare arc was SO DANG GOOD because they deserved to be so much better in XY games (especially Lysandre, who SHINES in the anime)?
More evil team arcs like this, please.
IKR? You defeat them BEFORE the eighth gym! So sad.
@@calvinmatthews1527 Isn't that always what happens with the exception of Team Plasma from BW and Team Marco Cosmos?
XY went full on shonen anime and I am here for it.
God, I miss XY. I remember absolutely flipping out seeing Steven and Diantha bowing to each other. Best girl and best boy working together? Hell yes!
Though now I like Leon more than Steven, but still
Called it again!
The best evil team in series got to team rocket in black and white and team flare in the xyz
Oh yeah this was really cool
Happy that Galactic was #2 there my favorite villain team and I feel no one talks about them in terms of the anime much.
Even know Cyrus is Dub Goku XD
Now I can't help but hear Goku Black when he talks
The N and Team Plasma arc is awesome.
I totally agree with the #1. The Team Flare Arc is the best evil team arc in anime history and my personal favorite. It did so many things right. Even better than how Team Flare was portrayed in the games.
@bruh moment Have you finished it? If yeah, how did you feel about it?
There is one issue. Lysandre was simplified and made more blatantly evil. In the games, Lysandre at least cared about his Pokemon, which was why Gyarados was able to Mega Evolve. In the anime he literally STOLE the energy required for Mega Evolution from other Pokemon, most notably Greninja.
I like how all the evil team's plans are basically trying to control legendary Pokemon
Wassup zac and mystic
Team skull ? They were one of the bestest ones we've had ? Guzma's story along with kukui was freaking awesome!! But yeah they were not that evil world destroyer ones still....
I think the reason they aren’t included is because they mainly show up during the the League, which is the main focus of that arc
Team Skull can't beat Team Galactic or Team Flare
Team skull sucks
New vid let's go
2. Season of black & white is one of best seasons in the anime, because of the finaly.
my theory is that they got team flare arc from original idea for team plasma in season 2 not BW 1 team plasma but BW 2
Team Plasma and Team Magma will always be the greatest evil team arcs in the entire anime!
3:03 Zac, Umbreon, Team Rocket called. It's Butch, not Biff!
Amazing
i love all the pokémon arcs there is nothing i hate about the arcs but i like the Team flare arc a little more
3:03 XD NICE NAME
As long as they're not overdoing it with a particular team like they did with team rocket in black and white I think? Every episode they showed up was defeated and blast off 😓😓 as long as that's not the case I'm cool with the teams
"You see,perlowing a guy."Boi I ws laughing my shit out HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA