I think the Blackglasses isn't a reference to the anime neseccarily, but the fact that the Krookodile line actually already looks like they're wearing glasses/goggles. Basically sunglasses on his sunglasses 😎
I personally find it really cool how some items reference certain species of Pokémon. For example, the Sharp Beak looks like Fearow's beak, the TwistedSpoon is clearly a reference to the Abra line, and as stated the Magnet is a reference to the Magnemite line. The Wings introduced in Gen 5 are definitely connected to the Ducklett line, the Lucky Egg is clearly a reference to the Chansey line, and I believe the King's Rock is a reference to a scrapped Poliwhirl design, where it had a crown on its head. Of course most of the items that only work on specific items, such as the Thick Club and Leek, are pretty obvious, but something I just noticed is Ditto's powders are purple and blue, perfectly matching its standard color and its shiny color! Also, I never saw the reference between Staryu and Starmie and the Star Piece/Comet Shard, that's really cool!
Just because an onix loses it's tail or an arbok sheds it's skin doesn't mean that it wants to walk around holding it. Also silicobra and arbok both have shed skin as an ability so they clearly do shed. Good video all around though
I assume trubbish being able to hold silk scarves and nuggets in the wild was done in reference to the phrase “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
A coworker told me that something like 7% of the world’s supply of gold is in the trash, specifically because of e-waste (Need to find a citation for that specific statistic) I doubt it’s related to this but would fit with Pokémon’s very eco-forward theming
Computer chips used to have higher amounts of gold in them. Gold was a really good conductor for electricity, but now they have cheaper and more efficient metals tailored for it.
If you want to be technical, the Pokémon already had the items in Gen 1, since there are multiple Pokémon that would be holding an item when traded from Gen 1 to Gen 2 in the Time Capsule.
@@cioplasmmajic8327 I mean yeah, I guess the values could be like that to cause them to have held items, but it’s not like they intended for that so I wouldn’t count it
@@JIorsmth it's intended, but it's a fully gen 2 mechanic despite occurring specifically with pokemon transferred from a gen 1 game. the data structure for pokemon in gen 1 had a redundant field that wasn't actually referenced anywhere after being set when the pokemon is generated, which the devs for gen 2 then took advantage of when updating transferred pokemon to its updated data format by using it to reference a look-up table containing items specifically picked out for every species. so it's no happy accident that transferred pokemon end up with an item, and one that is very often p. appropriate for the species at that, they saw the opportunity to use the redundant data for a fun easter egg and took it
just wanted to point out that in legends arceus you can make star pieces from red, green, and blue shards when you get the recipe for it. not sure what type of lore can be explored there since im only familiar with the shards being found underground, underwater, and as items on the ground in the rest of the series and can only be found in space distortions in arcues.
Probably just a gameplay thing, because Pokémon can't hold items in the game The shards are implied to be ancient pieces of Arceus' plate items, so that wouldn't fit with the Starmies at all
Snails actually have their shells since birth and it grows with them instead of shedding, so are goomy and sliggoo just holding the shells of their fallen bretheren?
Is it just me that finds it insane that the krookodile line are the only ones to hold the blackglasses 😅 it’s such a cool reference and I never knew they were the only ones
The silk scarf and nugget held by our slimey friends is based on an old job in Europe. Where people went down to the slums to pick up gold, money or silver dropped down the drains. Surprisingly that job had a good pay and a lot of people actually went for it. And the chances ot coming out empty handed...was actually rare.
7:07 Maybe Boldore and Graveler holding those items is a possible reason why they can't evolve by level-up, and their bodies are partially made of the same material Everstones are made out of.
Maybe the reason you can find wild Trubbish with those items is because they're the only items the trainer is willing to "dig out." If you dropped a sandwich in the trash, chances are you ain't grabbing it again. If you saw a beautiful and expensive gold pearl in the trash, there's a decent chance you'll take the risk.
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Because if you catch a Trubbish, which is a Sack of Garbage, shouldn't it be holding some Leftovers over a Nugget or a Silk Scarf?
Yeah, trash wise. I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a reference to the whole "If you find a gold bar in the trash, you don't take the whole trashcan", but: Not sure if that exists in japan. And they rarely include references outside of that.
You forgot to talk about gen 2. Several Pokemon can hold items in GSC such as Magnmite & Magneton holding Metal Coats, can they hold Magnets too? Shellder & Cloyster holding Pearls & Big Pearls, Oh I believe Horsea & Seadra can hold Dragon Scales! Are there any I'm Forgetting?
Yes I believe shuckle holds berry juice Ninetails & Arcanine both burnt berry Marowak thick bone Chansey lucky egg Farfetch has the stick Fearow & Dodrio have the sharp beak Parasect has both tiny & big mushrooms
I think Grimer/Muk holding nuggets could refer to how it's common for people to lose their valuable jewelry like wedding rings in the trash or down drains?
The idea of Cufant and Copperajah holding Lagging Tails might be- as you said- because of the description being "really heavy". However, take a second to think about it; What do Elephants have that are big and heavy? Tusks. They're their tusks. You are stealing their ivory.
I don't have a lore reason as to why Gamefreak has decided to cut back on the number of wild pokemon with held items. My only theory is that they want us to utilize the new mechanics they provide us in order to get the items pokemon used to hold. Just another reason to make us do Tera Raids... As if the annoying task of collecting enough Tera shards to build a good team wasn't enough reason to make us grind out Tera raids
I think it's because it's easier to farm for those held items once the Pokemon are visible in the overworld; for example, wild Pelipper used to hold the Lucky Egg very rarely, if you could just see the Pelipper and only encounter them, rather than needing to hit encounters hoping one spawns, you can force the spawns and only check the Pokemon you're looking for. This principal is present in basically every other aspect of wild Pokemon (shiny hunting, etc), so I have no earthly idea why they would focus on held items specifically in this manner. 🤷🏼
I would like to add that perhaps lickitung holding it could be rrom the fact that some entries implies theres w connection between its tongue and tail, stating that when it extends it's tongue, the tail quivers. Perhaps if a tung extended its tail so much thst it came off and grew a new one?
I was waiting for this, always felt like held items on wild mons were underrated, especially with compound eyes existing. Getting early metal coats for example, or Magmarizers.
It drives me insane that the lagging tail isn't held by Onix, but instead three Pokemon that aren't made of rocks at all (Cufant in particular having a very small tail, that isn't the focus of its design, making it feel even more out of place).
In Goomy's case it has a habit of drying out when away from swampy terrain, remoisturising a Goomy's skin could cause the dried parts to dessicate and break off 😅, becoming 'a discarded carapace.' which is what the shed shell is.
I would have skipped Magnemite and said Nosepass for holding the magnet.😅 Purely because it's the compass Pokémon and as such spends it's life being turned around by magnetic fields. Having an held item that has opposite polarity would explain this behaviour.
3:26 there is one problem with that: paldea. There are no staryu in paldea, you cant even transfer them. And you dont just find these items in terra raids you find them all over the place, that would by definition mean that there are wild staryu nearby but you cant get them which if they are close enough to get washed up like that so many times there should be a lot of them in the region.
Plus, it's only _theorized_ that Staryu and Starmie come from space, and that's only because they emit radio waves into the sky at night, with those waves being confirmed as how they communicate with each other. For all we know, they could be sending the waves into the sky because they're stupid and think the stars are other members of their species.
The lagging tail I imagine is what Onix leave behind if they ever need to do a “quick” getaway and other Pokémon just pick them up. Cufant line might even be the reason some of them lose it in the first place.
Gold nuggets are oddly ball shaped, in japanese, golden balls translates to gintama, gintama is also used as a euphamism for male balls. What does this have to do with rubbish? idk, but its golden balls
Seconding the possible “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” basis for the Grimer and Trubbish lines holding Nuggets. I think it’s also possibly based on the idea of a “diamond in the rough”; something of great value found amongst that which is considered to have little. I don’t know if either of those specific idioms exist in Japanese, but I’d be seriously surprised if the underlying ideas they convey weren’t considered there.
I made my own rom hack earlier this year and in it (among other things) I gave Squirtle the chance to hold Black Glasses as a reference to the anime as well ^_^
Hate to be that guy, but actually... You could find wild Pokemon with held items in Gen II. In fact, wild held items were the only way to get the Thick Club, Lucky Egg, Stick, and Sacred Ash in Gen II, as well as the only way to get duplicates of items like Metal Coat, King's Rock, and Dragon Scale. Heck, I recently did a Crystal playthrough where I took advantage of the fact that wild Shellder can have Pearls or Big Pearls to do some money grinding, upgrading to Staryu's Stardust and Star Pieces once I got the Super Rod.
something i've always enjoyed is in usum ( idc about other games ) the wild munchlax on route 1 can hold a leftovers and in my mind i've always interpreted that as it having a little snack
The silk scarf and nugget could be perhaps evidence from thieves that had to be disposed temporarily to get away. But when they returned to pickup their stolen goods they happen to be found by the pokemon
To be more realistic, its very possible that rich people just threw away valuable items. Unova the region where trubbish is from is heavily based on America and especially some places are based on NYC. As someone who used to live in NYC I can certainly say I have found many high quality items in the trash area of my building like PS2s with tons of games all working, or brand new never used japanese coffee glassware and such. In fact there is a NYC culture of getting free furniture from the garbage. Most of the time these items are still treated with a bit of respect even if the rich people throwing them out are throwing them out so they are perfectly fine to take. I used to take garbage to the curb for a 20 story building thats where I learned a lot of this.
Gold is very resistant to corrosion, I would think an explanation for Grimer at least having nuggets is it’s been unable to melt down any that’s been in garbage it’s eaten, such as electronics.
For the weird inconsistencies I think you should think about the magnet as a natural by-products to these pokemon's life cycles instead of their in game use to the player. Magnemite and Magneton don't carry magnets for the same reason that deer don't carry shed antlers. Nosepass ends up with them because it naturally draws them in with it's innate magnetic field.
The nugget and silk scarf are because these items stand out to these trash pokemon. Just cause they're made of trash doesn't mean they wouldn't like shiny items that stand out from all the black sludge, garbage, and toxic spikes (lol)
You can even go far enough to say that the sandile line holds black glasses because they have an evolutionary adaption that allows them to see in the desert storms and sand by having a thick dark "lense" over their eyes. This is, in some variation, is found in real life desert animals. We can say the "lense" is lost and regrown as part of their natural growth cycle
Have we ever figured out vulpixs obsession with rawst berries? It heals burns, something vulpix is immune to and would tend to inflict, but usually cant when you catch it. I need to know
It’s a consolation for facing it. It’s a fire type, during the battle u might have sustained a burn from its fire attacks. So the game rewards your catch with a free burn heal in the form of rawst berry, same applies for growlithe for the ver exclusives
Silver and gold are used in trace amounts in makeup, medicine, electronics and various other consumables. You can farm rare metals like gold and silver out of accumulated sewage and trash.
About the lagging tail on pokemon. It make sense if you think of it as a lagging apendage. On lickytung it would be the tounge and on copparaga the trunk.... What does that mean lorewise or biology wise i couldn't tell, but it does make sense.
All of these lore explanations are theoretical, not proven anywhere. And they're all rather flawed. Like the Star Piece and Comet Shard lore could make sense for Staryu and Starmie... But it doesn't really explain the other Pokemon able to be found holding them except by saying "well they just picked it up because they were attracted to it", which can just as easily explain Staryu and Starmie holding them. Your logic of where else they can be found is also completely irrelevant. Yeah, being able to find them on some beaches makes sense for them to come from Staryu and Starmie, but in caves and on mountains like Mt. Moon, Meteor Falls, Mt. Coronet, Stark Mountain, Chargestone Cave. The list goes on. Not to mention places like the Ruins of Alph, Fuego Ironworks, Dragonspiral Tower, and randomly while using Rock Smash. Yeah, you mention "where fossils can also be found", but that's not really an explanation. Because that's also where normal gemstones would be found. Not to mention the fact that in Legends Arceus, they're crafted using every shard colour and Stardust. I think its far more likely that the name is just in reference to the shape and it is, as stated, a red gem of some kind. Besides, since you included Comet Shards in it, their item description clearly states "a shard that fell to the ground when a comet passed nearby." They aren't literally pieces of stars (and unlikely to be pieces of comets), but they are gems, likely ones that fell from the sky. The other big issue is the Lagging Tail. Even ignoring the visual design of it, there's no way it's the tail of Slowpoke (or it's evolutions), Lickitung/Lickilicki, or Cuphant/Copperajah. First off, its stated to be a very heavy tail. If it was a Slowpoke Tail (which is an item already), I don't think people would be eating a tail that's so heavy it slows Pokemon down. Besides, it fishes with that tail, it would have to be insanely strong to put a tail that heavy into the water and lift it again with something on the end, especially without losing a tail it is stated can be removed pretty easily. You already mentioned the issue for Cuphant and Copperajah. As for Lickitung, the Pokedex suggests a connection between it's tail and it's tongue, specifically stating in one entry "extending its tongue retracts its tail." So I think its very unlikely the tail comes off as easily as Slowpoke's tail does. While it is the tail of something, I think its more likely the tail of something else, not the Pokemon holding it. For example, maybe the tail of an Onix. Remains of prey or just dropped by an Onix and picked up out of interest. More likely the second one. Just because one Pokemon holds the item, doesn't mean it had to be the one that made it. And just because an item came from a Pokemon, doesn't mean it has to hold it. These issues continue with the Shed Shell, though less so, as well as the Light Clay.
For the trash pokemon i always thought of it as people having accidentally thrown away something valuable. Either that or one pokemons trash is anothers treasure
The silk scarf and nugget is probably a reference to "one man's trash is another man's treasure."
Now that is a good shout! Not sure if the idiom exists like that in Japanese, but it is a really cool explanation
Came to say just that.
@@Pichupedia apparently in Japanese it would be “suteru kami are ba hirou kami ari” or basically “what one god throws away, another god will pick up”
I was thinking either that or “a diamond in the rough”
Yeah, that makes sense.
5:02 No, snails do not shed their shells. If you see a snail outside of its shell, it is suffering mantle collapse and will die.
Damn
awesome!
Yes thank you. That’s what the top comment says
was he thinking of crabs or something? or trying to drive up engagement?
Yea snail shells are tied to their organs right? They cant just leave them like hermit crabs
I think the Blackglasses isn't a reference to the anime neseccarily, but the fact that the Krookodile line actually already looks like they're wearing glasses/goggles. Basically sunglasses on his sunglasses 😎
If anything the Krookodile in the anime is a reference to the games, not the other way around.
I personally find it really cool how some items reference certain species of Pokémon. For example, the Sharp Beak looks like Fearow's beak, the TwistedSpoon is clearly a reference to the Abra line, and as stated the Magnet is a reference to the Magnemite line. The Wings introduced in Gen 5 are definitely connected to the Ducklett line, the Lucky Egg is clearly a reference to the Chansey line, and I believe the King's Rock is a reference to a scrapped Poliwhirl design, where it had a crown on its head.
Of course most of the items that only work on specific items, such as the Thick Club and Leek, are pretty obvious, but something I just noticed is Ditto's powders are purple and blue, perfectly matching its standard color and its shiny color!
Also, I never saw the reference between Staryu and Starmie and the Star Piece/Comet Shard, that's really cool!
Just because an onix loses it's tail or an arbok sheds it's skin doesn't mean that it wants to walk around holding it. Also silicobra and arbok both have shed skin as an ability so they clearly do shed. Good video all around though
I assume trubbish being able to hold silk scarves and nuggets in the wild was done in reference to the phrase “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
I was gonna type the same thing.
A coworker told me that something like 7% of the world’s supply of gold is in the trash, specifically because of e-waste (Need to find a citation for that specific statistic) I doubt it’s related to this but would fit with Pokémon’s very eco-forward theming
Computer chips used to have higher amounts of gold in them. Gold was a really good conductor for electricity, but now they have cheaper and more efficient metals tailored for it.
@@kirbyfan4 what metals are these? I'm curious. I work in metal plating and when customer asks for highly conductive plate, we still use gold.
So, they eat the trash, but... can't digest the gold, which gets either thrown up or pooped out?
Eeeewwww.
In gen 2 pokemon can hold items
The highlight is using theif on magnamites for metal coats for the evos pre postgame
If you want to be technical, the Pokémon already had the items in Gen 1, since there are multiple Pokémon that would be holding an item when traded from Gen 1 to Gen 2 in the Time Capsule.
I wouldn't count gen 1 but gen 2 did have real hold items before gen 3
@@cioplasmmajic8327 I mean yeah, I guess the values could be like that to cause them to have held items, but it’s not like they intended for that so I wouldn’t count it
@@JIorsmth it's intended, but it's a fully gen 2 mechanic despite occurring specifically with pokemon transferred from a gen 1 game. the data structure for pokemon in gen 1 had a redundant field that wasn't actually referenced anywhere after being set when the pokemon is generated, which the devs for gen 2 then took advantage of when updating transferred pokemon to its updated data format by using it to reference a look-up table containing items specifically picked out for every species. so it's no happy accident that transferred pokemon end up with an item, and one that is very often p. appropriate for the species at that, they saw the opportunity to use the redundant data for a fun easter egg and took it
@@cioplasmmajic8327 Any examples?
5:03? Literally no snails shed their shells. They are hatched with a tiny shell on their back, which they build upon until the day they die.
Came here to say exactly this. If a snail isn't in its shell it is dying.
i was about to google this i was like huh??????
just wanted to point out that in legends arceus you can make star pieces from red, green, and blue shards when you get the recipe for it. not sure what type of lore can be explored there since im only familiar with the shards being found underground, underwater, and as items on the ground in the rest of the series and can only be found in space distortions in arcues.
How does that work? Because Star Pieces are literally only Red.
@@darkdragon7210 i wouldn’t know thats just how game freak did it
Aluminum with various oxides makes a lot of gemstones.
@@mindsight9732 Really?
Probably just a gameplay thing, because Pokémon can't hold items in the game
The shards are implied to be ancient pieces of Arceus' plate items, so that wouldn't fit with the Starmies at all
Snails actually have their shells since birth and it grows with them instead of shedding, so are goomy and sliggoo just holding the shells of their fallen bretheren?
I remember how jaw dropping it was when I realized I could farm lunatone for comet shards in alpha sapphire.
Is it just me that finds it insane that the krookodile line are the only ones to hold the blackglasses 😅 it’s such a cool reference and I never knew they were the only ones
The silk scarf and nugget held by our slimey friends is based on an old job in Europe. Where people went down to the slums to pick up gold, money or silver dropped down the drains. Surprisingly that job had a good pay and a lot of people actually went for it. And the chances ot coming out empty handed...was actually rare.
I'm guessing the nuggets were lost items that were found, like how people lose jewelry while travelling
0:42 wild bisharp in packs surrounded by pawniard have a leaders crest item
7:07 Maybe Boldore and Graveler holding those items is a possible reason why they can't evolve by level-up, and their bodies are partially made of the same material Everstones are made out of.
Maybe the reason you can find wild Trubbish with those items is because they're the only items the trainer is willing to "dig out."
If you dropped a sandwich in the trash, chances are you ain't grabbing it again. If you saw a beautiful and expensive gold pearl in the trash, there's a decent chance you'll take the risk.
What about Leftovers?
@darkdragon7210 Leftovers have to be edible. Something tells me that Trubbish eats things way past their usability.
@@tvb5509 But aren't Leftovers usually found in the Trash? I mean that Humble Little Apple Core is the Most Valuable item in all of Pokemon right?
@@darkdragon7210 so why are you asking in the first place if you already know the answer? Leftovers are found in the trash.
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Because if you catch a Trubbish, which is a Sack of Garbage, shouldn't it be holding some Leftovers over a Nugget or a Silk Scarf?
black glasses are not an anime reference, the game came way before the episode with ash's pokemon
Yeah, trash wise. I'm pretty sure it's meant to be a reference to the whole "If you find a gold bar in the trash, you don't take the whole trashcan", but: Not sure if that exists in japan. And they rarely include references outside of that.
"Ever since Generation 3, You've been able to encounter wild Pokemon holding items-"
They were able to in Generation 2 though...
You forgot to talk about gen 2. Several Pokemon can hold items in GSC such as Magnmite & Magneton holding Metal Coats, can they hold Magnets too? Shellder & Cloyster holding Pearls & Big Pearls, Oh I believe Horsea & Seadra can hold Dragon Scales!
Are there any I'm Forgetting?
Yes I believe shuckle holds berry juice
Ninetails & Arcanine both burnt berry
Marowak thick bone
Chansey lucky egg
Farfetch has the stick
Fearow & Dodrio have the sharp beak
Parasect has both tiny & big mushrooms
I think Grimer/Muk holding nuggets could refer to how it's common for people to lose their valuable jewelry like wedding rings in the trash or down drains?
The idea of Cufant and Copperajah holding Lagging Tails might be- as you said- because of the description being "really heavy".
However, take a second to think about it; What do Elephants have that are big and heavy?
Tusks. They're their tusks. You are stealing their ivory.
I don't have a lore reason as to why Gamefreak has decided to cut back on the number of wild pokemon with held items. My only theory is that they want us to utilize the new mechanics they provide us in order to get the items pokemon used to hold.
Just another reason to make us do Tera Raids... As if the annoying task of collecting enough Tera shards to build a good team wasn't enough reason to make us grind out Tera raids
I think it's because it's easier to farm for those held items once the Pokemon are visible in the overworld; for example, wild Pelipper used to hold the Lucky Egg very rarely, if you could just see the Pelipper and only encounter them, rather than needing to hit encounters hoping one spawns, you can force the spawns and only check the Pokemon you're looking for. This principal is present in basically every other aspect of wild Pokemon (shiny hunting, etc), so I have no earthly idea why they would focus on held items specifically in this manner. 🤷🏼
One mans trash is another Pokémon's treasure. Wouldn't be the first time Game Freak used puns like this.
I think the nuggets are probably a reference to finding items in the trash in older games
The soundtracks in the back really take me back to my 10 year old self with that first Ds 😭 HGSS completed my life
I would like to add that perhaps lickitung holding it could be rrom the fact that some entries implies theres w connection between its tongue and tail, stating that when it extends it's tongue, the tail quivers. Perhaps if a tung extended its tail so much thst it came off and grew a new one?
I was waiting for this, always felt like held items on wild mons were underrated, especially with compound eyes existing. Getting early metal coats for example, or Magmarizers.
my trick for evolving kinggambit was to use trick to give leader's crests to random bisharp and then beating them
you get the crest back too
It drives me insane that the lagging tail isn't held by Onix, but instead three Pokemon that aren't made of rocks at all (Cufant in particular having a very small tail, that isn't the focus of its design, making it feel even more out of place).
I always thought everstones were parts of Rock type pokemon who had evolved, and they were thus empty of evolution power.
Leader’s crest is such a cool mechanic
In Goomy's case it has a habit of drying out when away from swampy terrain, remoisturising a Goomy's skin could cause the dried parts to dessicate and break off 😅, becoming 'a discarded carapace.' which is what the shed shell is.
I would have skipped Magnemite and said Nosepass for holding the magnet.😅 Purely because it's the compass Pokémon and as such spends it's life being turned around by magnetic fields. Having an held item that has opposite polarity would explain this behaviour.
That'd be Great to see.
Cufant shedding its tail may be related to the patina chipping off as copper oxidizes
3:26 there is one problem with that: paldea. There are no staryu in paldea, you cant even transfer them. And you dont just find these items in terra raids you find them all over the place, that would by definition mean that there are wild staryu nearby but you cant get them which if they are close enough to get washed up like that so many times there should be a lot of them in the region.
Plus, it's only _theorized_ that Staryu and Starmie come from space, and that's only because they emit radio waves into the sky at night, with those waves being confirmed as how they communicate with each other. For all we know, they could be sending the waves into the sky because they're stupid and think the stars are other members of their species.
The lagging tail I imagine is what Onix leave behind if they ever need to do a “quick” getaway and other Pokémon just pick them up. Cufant line might even be the reason some of them lose it in the first place.
Gold nuggets are oddly ball shaped, in japanese, golden balls translates to gintama, gintama is also used as a euphamism for male balls. What does this have to do with rubbish? idk, but its golden balls
6:42 aint that the mf who reflects phys?
Seconding the possible “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” basis for the Grimer and Trubbish lines holding Nuggets.
I think it’s also possibly based on the idea of a “diamond in the rough”; something of great value found amongst that which is considered to have little.
I don’t know if either of those specific idioms exist in Japanese, but I’d be seriously surprised if the underlying ideas they convey weren’t considered there.
I made my own rom hack earlier this year and in it (among other things) I gave Squirtle the chance to hold Black Glasses as a reference to the anime as well ^_^
I remember using Thief to steal pearls off of Shelder while playing Silver decades ago for extra cash.
OK, who dyed the ENTIRE ocean a deep blue!
Being able to find the held items from wild Pokémon is fun, especially when Compound Eyes and Super Luck work. It is building a strategy.
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Hate to be that guy, but actually...
You could find wild Pokemon with held items in Gen II. In fact, wild held items were the only way to get the Thick Club, Lucky Egg, Stick, and Sacred Ash in Gen II, as well as the only way to get duplicates of items like Metal Coat, King's Rock, and Dragon Scale. Heck, I recently did a Crystal playthrough where I took advantage of the fact that wild Shellder can have Pearls or Big Pearls to do some money grinding, upgrading to Staryu's Stardust and Star Pieces once I got the Super Rod.
something i've always enjoyed is in usum ( idc about other games ) the wild munchlax on route 1 can hold a leftovers and in my mind i've always interpreted that as it having a little snack
Don't forget that Swalot can hold a Big Pearl in Emerald!
I just love these lore videos and I'm so happy I found your channel
Thanks so much!
The silk scarf and nugget could be perhaps evidence from thieves that had to be disposed temporarily to get away. But when they returned to pickup their stolen goods they happen to be found by the pokemon
To be more realistic, its very possible that rich people just threw away valuable items. Unova the region where trubbish is from is heavily based on America and especially some places are based on NYC. As someone who used to live in NYC I can certainly say I have found many high quality items in the trash area of my building like PS2s with tons of games all working, or brand new never used japanese coffee glassware and such. In fact there is a NYC culture of getting free furniture from the garbage. Most of the time these items are still treated with a bit of respect even if the rich people throwing them out are throwing them out so they are perfectly fine to take. I used to take garbage to the curb for a 20 story building thats where I learned a lot of this.
Gold is very resistant to corrosion, I would think an explanation for Grimer at least having nuggets is it’s been unable to melt down any that’s been in garbage it’s eaten, such as electronics.
Lickitung (being a lizard) holding the Lagging Tail is a reference to how lizards can lose and regrow their tails
For the weird inconsistencies I think you should think about the magnet as a natural by-products to these pokemon's life cycles instead of their in game use to the player. Magnemite and Magneton don't carry magnets for the same reason that deer don't carry shed antlers. Nosepass ends up with them because it naturally draws them in with it's innate magnetic field.
The nugget and silk scarf are because these items stand out to these trash pokemon. Just cause they're made of trash doesn't mean they wouldn't like shiny items that stand out from all the black sludge, garbage, and toxic spikes (lol)
You can even go far enough to say that the sandile line holds black glasses because they have an evolutionary adaption that allows them to see in the desert storms and sand by having a thick dark "lense" over their eyes. This is, in some variation, is found in real life desert animals. We can say the "lense" is lost and regrown as part of their natural growth cycle
No answers for the stone mons with everstones and the Oricorios without nectar
Have we ever figured out vulpixs obsession with rawst berries? It heals burns, something vulpix is immune to and would tend to inflict, but usually cant when you catch it.
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It’s a consolation for facing it. It’s a fire type, during the battle u might have sustained a burn from its fire attacks. So the game rewards your catch with a free burn heal in the form of rawst berry, same applies for growlithe for the ver exclusives
The reason some of the trash pokemon hold nuggets and silk scarves, is probably the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure"
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5:00 No Cicada pokemon? for real?
Silver and gold are used in trace amounts in makeup, medicine, electronics and various other consumables.
You can farm rare metals like gold and silver out of accumulated sewage and trash.
About the lagging tail on pokemon. It make sense if you think of it as a lagging apendage.
On lickytung it would be the tounge and on copparaga the trunk....
What does that mean lorewise or biology wise i couldn't tell, but it does make sense.
3:18 it’s a piece of the millennium, comet, not a piece of shiny staru and starmy cores
wild hold items started in gen 2
I think grimer and trubish collect certain items they find in the trash that they like, just like Wall-E
I think trubish held items is a joke,someone's trash is someone's treasure
The silk scarf and nugget rich ppl throw stuff away that cost a lot for little to no reason
Gen 9 bisharps can hold their evolve item in the wild(look for the ones with groups of pawniard with them near the fighting star squad.
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10:28 rich people throw out a ton of valuable things and this would be evident in touristy areas.
"Ever since generation 3". We just gonna skip gen 2 with wild Magnemite holding metal coats???
it was actually since gen 2, since you could get metal coat this way
If starpieces are made biologically, where does the challenger rock in Black and White gives you some if you punch it wirh a fighting type?
All of these lore explanations are theoretical, not proven anywhere. And they're all rather flawed.
Like the Star Piece and Comet Shard lore could make sense for Staryu and Starmie... But it doesn't really explain the other Pokemon able to be found holding them except by saying "well they just picked it up because they were attracted to it", which can just as easily explain Staryu and Starmie holding them. Your logic of where else they can be found is also completely irrelevant. Yeah, being able to find them on some beaches makes sense for them to come from Staryu and Starmie, but in caves and on mountains like Mt. Moon, Meteor Falls, Mt. Coronet, Stark Mountain, Chargestone Cave. The list goes on. Not to mention places like the Ruins of Alph, Fuego Ironworks, Dragonspiral Tower, and randomly while using Rock Smash. Yeah, you mention "where fossils can also be found", but that's not really an explanation. Because that's also where normal gemstones would be found. Not to mention the fact that in Legends Arceus, they're crafted using every shard colour and Stardust. I think its far more likely that the name is just in reference to the shape and it is, as stated, a red gem of some kind. Besides, since you included Comet Shards in it, their item description clearly states "a shard that fell to the ground when a comet passed nearby." They aren't literally pieces of stars (and unlikely to be pieces of comets), but they are gems, likely ones that fell from the sky.
The other big issue is the Lagging Tail. Even ignoring the visual design of it, there's no way it's the tail of Slowpoke (or it's evolutions), Lickitung/Lickilicki, or Cuphant/Copperajah. First off, its stated to be a very heavy tail. If it was a Slowpoke Tail (which is an item already), I don't think people would be eating a tail that's so heavy it slows Pokemon down. Besides, it fishes with that tail, it would have to be insanely strong to put a tail that heavy into the water and lift it again with something on the end, especially without losing a tail it is stated can be removed pretty easily. You already mentioned the issue for Cuphant and Copperajah. As for Lickitung, the Pokedex suggests a connection between it's tail and it's tongue, specifically stating in one entry "extending its tongue retracts its tail." So I think its very unlikely the tail comes off as easily as Slowpoke's tail does. While it is the tail of something, I think its more likely the tail of something else, not the Pokemon holding it. For example, maybe the tail of an Onix. Remains of prey or just dropped by an Onix and picked up out of interest. More likely the second one. Just because one Pokemon holds the item, doesn't mean it had to be the one that made it. And just because an item came from a Pokemon, doesn't mean it has to hold it.
These issues continue with the Shed Shell, though less so, as well as the Light Clay.
Actually, Bisharp can spawn holding the Leader’s Crest in Gen 9!
Wow, I guess most of Lickitung's weight is in its tail.
5:49 Lickitung is based off a lizard. That's why it has that tail.
Also snails don't shed their shells . Come on, dude. A little research.
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You really forgot gen2 held items...
Wow
Maybe grimer and trubbish turn poop/trash into gold
What is the player character when you are talking about the lagging tail?
For the trash pokemon i always thought of it as people having accidentally thrown away something valuable. Either that or one pokemons trash is anothers treasure
stars arent balls of fire btw lol, theyre plasma
For why the could find the luxury items could be because when you dumpster dive sometimes you can find a treasure?
Hold up! They have nuggets because dumb trainers released them!
They grab the ever stone in hopes theu can turn back
It's pronounced "Ark-eus" not "Arse-eus".
People loose gold all the time
Since Gen 2 you mean (pokemon holding wild items)
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