10 Obscure Pokemon Facts You DON’T know 

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One more thing about Reshiram and Zekrom's theme: Kyurem has the same theme but the difference in that rendition is that has extra parts earlier on. And during the fill section... it's empty. Much like the frozen dragon itself.

For the 2nd fact: you don’t need to cheat, it’s to force you to visit Celestic Town and take Surf instead of receiving a Pokémon able to use it by trade.

Fun fact- when I first played gen 2, I somehow completely overlooked where to find the Waterfall HM (it didn't strike me that it was that item in the Ice Path). I knew from my copy of Pokemon Handbook that Seaking could learn it so, I traded a Goldeen over from my Red version (so that it would get the Exp boost and level up quicker) and painstakingly trained it until it learned Waterfall 😅

I remember replaying Pokemon Red back in 2001 after beating Silver and raising a Seakings level up using rare candies from the missingno glitch and I saw "seaking wants to learn Waterfall..." I was freaking out because I thought there was some hidden waterfall in the region that would take me to some Pokegod. I proceeded to waste an whole week looking for a waterfall that didn't exist.

Here's an obscure fact: In Gen 3, Teddiursa is the only non-Gen 1 Pokémon whose sprite was changed going from Ruby & Sapphire to FireRed & LeafGreen, but retained its original sprite when Emerald was released.

The Zekrom/Reshiram fact is particularly annoying when you understand that for ORAS and USUM, they used Zekrom's theme for both Zekrom and Reshiram and... Kyurem, despite having a clearly different theme lol

Something I recently learned about was that Diamond and Pearl had some exclusive move changes that were only present in those games. Hypnosis was increased to 70 accuracy, and Thunder and Blizzard had a 30% chance to ignore protect if their respective weather was up. These changes were reverted when Platinum released. I'm unaware if there are more move changes that only affect Diamond and Pearl.

God this video made me realize then Gen 5 had peak sound design. Between the ambiance of the bridge or the various NPC’s you can interact with to change the over-world music to music change that occurs when you run. I really hope they remember this stuff in any remakes because it really does add so much to the feel of those games

If you trade a Surfing Pokèmon to Platinum, it's 100% possible to see those two trainers battling. You don't necessarily HAVE to use Action Replay cheats. Just beat Crasher Wake, trade a Surf Learner to DP/HGSS to teach Surf, trade back to Platinum, head toward Canalave and Surf. The reason they're there is because they are roadblocks for those trying to advance the story too far before they get the Surf HM from Celestic Town. If the game has not set the "Beat Cyrus, Open Canalave" flag, they will be there. In fact, what you've shown is in fact true that they are there UNTIL you beat Cyrus.

I actually knew the Waterfall fact, the reason being that in Pokemon Stadium, of all places, Seaking has access to the move. Not that I used Seaking, but the AI opponents sometimes do, and that's how I experienced it.

Some obscure facts of my own: Dragon Fang, Black Belt, and Silver Powder were almost impossible to obtain in R/S/E without trading as each required you to use Thief on a specific Pokémon in specific trainers' teams, with only one of each existing. What’s worse is that none of the items would appear in your first battle with these trainers, requiring up to 4 battles each to get the item to appear! Phanpy can learn Water Gun, but ONLY in Crystal. Which is a weird thing to remove from my boi, since it’s not exactly balance breaking and fits the theme of “elephant.”

This made me realise how rare it is to see facts in these videos from gen 6 onwards. Yeah small details like whiting out in a tutorial battle doesn't actually make you white out are cool and all but there's a lot of big secrets in the 3D titles that I feel like aren't really covered by anyone that much. Biggest thing I can think of is the sheer amount of secret interactions you can get in Ultra Sun and Moon after beating the main story. Like how if you enter Nanu's police station in the postgame you help a starting trainer pick out a starter pokemon from 3 alolan meowths. Even today I'm still finding some interactions in random buildings and sometimes I find another one in a building I already found a secret cutscene in on an earlier date like the Hau'oli City shopping centre's stage that holds random events you can watch. I'm pretty sure I walked in on a pokemon talent show once.

An obscure fact for Scarlet/Violet: In the games, there are Vivillon to catch but the average person probably wouldn't think anything of it nor its pattern until they read the description: "This form is from a mysterious land" or "This Pokémon was born in a mysterious land" depending on the game. The specific pattern of wild Vivillon in Paldea is the Fancy Pattern. Originally, you were only able to get a Vivillon with this specific pattern via the Nintendo Network from July 8th to the 31st 2014 when the Global Trade System celebrated its 100 millionth trade. So this "mysterious land"...is the INTERNET! The fact they brought back this formerly event-exclusive pattern for Gen 9 is a detail that I appreciate.

Something obscure I found out from a Bulbapedia article is that, in HGSS, if you examine the portrait in Kurt's house a text box will pop up and read: "You see three people, with landscape in the background. It's Kurt, Professor Oak, and... in the middle, a lady with determined eyes." The lady is supposedly meant to be Agatha according to Bulbapedia.

Certain Pokémon had moves added to their movesets in later versions for particular reasons. A few I found notable in Platinum were the Regis. Regigigas is caught at level 1 and the trio caught at level 30. In Diamond and Pearl, those Pokémon at their Platinum levels would know Explosion by default. A move was added to the trio's learnset to override Explosion and three moves for Regigigas for the same reason so they do not KO themselves mid-battle. Additionally Mew is able to do that in Emerald as it can Metronome into Self-Destruct or Explosion.

I'm not sure how much I enjoy the new production style- The noise really does grate on my ears. But good episode, thank you!

I knew waterfall was in gen 1 not because I've ever used Seaking, but because one day randomly I used metronome and waterfall was the attack. I played a lot back in the day and it really surprised me because I did never see that attack before

About Ho-Oh: haven't you guys ever wondered why you cannot step on the last spot of that platform before Ho-Oh notices and attacks you? There is a Sacred Ash hidden on that last spot. I like to believe that Ho-Oh is protecting that Sacred Ash, and that is why we can only step on the last spot after catching/defeating the legend.

I only knew about the Waterfall move from the goldeen/Seaking line because I always loved those beautiful fish pokemon. But I've noticed not many people share the same love for these two, so I can understand why it would be obscure.

That Waterfall fact makes me weirdly...happy? It makes me want more Pokémon who are barely ever used to have really good moves to make people wanna use them. Seaking is a good Pokémon, just so forgotten. It feels like a reward for giving love to the usually unloved.

I did know that Seaking had Waterfall in gen 1, I didn't realize he was the ONLY one to learn it Good stuff as always Best Pokemon fact videos on the platform

The vcr effects are kind erie. These are actually interresting facts. I caught myself say "interresting" after at least 3 of these facts.

Why was this edited like a creepypasta/jumpscare video

Music is too loud in almost the entire video

When the world needed him most, he returned! ❤️

The clefairy fact was honestly absolutely unereal to learn about

Speaking of the teleporting to jubilife City to skip the rival encounter, something I found out while playing through Platinum is that if you enter eterna City and you do not heal at the center and your last heal at a center was in jubilife or oreburgh, if you use teleport it will take you back to eterna instead. They did this to protect you from skipping getting the explorer kit and the bike. Since you would not be allowed to walk out of the town without getting those first

I love these videos , they're always super interesting. However I have to say that the background music makes you really difficult to hear

Love this video alot. But there's some flashing lights in the title cards thsts kinda hard to watch

Glad you got a chance to post again :) I did know that Seaking learned Waterfall from watching Smallant in one of his early HeartGold map randomizer races. (It was the shining moment of that race because both the Waterfall HM and his needed door/loading-zone were locked behind waterfalls; but, he had the 8th gym badge and he was allowed to scale waterfalls. So he had to quickly grind up a wild Seaking to learn Waterfall and win the race). I didn't know it was a Gen 1 move. That's a great trivia fact!

In heartgold and soulsilver Ho-oh and Lugia both have different battle themes. The composer said he had trouble making it sound elegant and graceful whilst also powerful (i think he did an amazing job!)

Fun thing about Fact #8! There's actually a hint that Waterfall was a Gen 1 move, signature to Seaking: it's the move it gets in the original Pokemon TCG. The mandatory tutorial of the GB game even features Seaking's Waterfall, where you have to use it to smack a Machop in order to progress. It's odd to think that it was there the whole time before it became relevant in Gold and Silver.

I feel like most people know this, but the Tao Trio weren't the first to have slightly different music between them; the Legendary Beasts used to share a theme in GSC, but in HGSS had different instrumentation and slightly altered themes to match their types (ie Raikou had more focus on electric guitar, Suicune used more piano like droplets of water, and Entei used more percussion like a crackling flame.)

These videos have a very relaxing quality to them. It’s weirdly calming learning all these new things about games I’ve played since I was a kid.

Whats the song that plays here? 9:10

I don’t know if it’s because of the way you did your videos in the past, but I personally find the tone of this video with the analogue horror style and darker music to be very unfitting for this kind of content. It also doesn’t help that you weren’t talking about anything creepy or dark. I get the idea that you wanted to give off that you were in the depth like in iceberg videos, but I just felt like it didn’t mesh well. Great content and research as always. Also is it me, or is the 10th fact missing? Or was that the drawbridge?

I actually did realize fact #8 about Waterfall. I realized it when I first saw it in Gen 2 that it was a Goldeen move but not usable as an overworld HM. What a crazy memory to unlock, I was such a kid at the time too and I quickly remembered that I actually did recognize this tiny inconsistency way back then!

For #5, I wonder if walking back to Oreburgh after skipping the Barry cutscene still causes it to play or if the game just sees that you made it to Jubilife and turns off the flag. Not that I imagine approaching the cutscene from the wrong angle would change much or look super weird. Great video as always!

Love that you're back, but the background music and static is very distracting and at times over shadows your voice

Did you know you in RSE when aboard the SS Tidal you can actually look out of the ship window to watch the boat sail through the sea routes?

The Waterfall in Gen 1 thing is something I did know about due to how friggin old I am.

I just binged through all your obscure fact videos and love them! I don't usually comment with criticism but just a bit of friendly advice: the new transitions and filter effects are pretty hard on the eyes and distracting as well. As someone with both a visual disability and adhd, it makes enjoying the content of the video a little hard. I can't imagine people with epilepsy will enjoy the flashing either, just a thought. Even so I do appreciate all the time and research that goes into these videos and can see the love put into them. Keep up the great work!

I kinda remembered a game from my childhood. PokeRom. They were these half sized little CDs with flat edges small enough to fit in a card sleeve and were sold in blister packs in Toys R Us. I remember it because I asked for the lugia disc when I was smol and I was given the ledyba one and my disappointment was immeasurable. A quick youtube search shows that there are some videos about the games, but no one ever really talks much about them and I don't know how well they're documented. There might be some real gold in there when it comes to obscure pokemon facts. Especially considering how many of these discs were made.

A fun fact, which has to do with the grass cutting in Gen 3 and that I NEVER heard ANYONE mention, is that the little sprites that show up in a circle around your character are the exact same grass sprites from Gold and Silver.

In Pokemon Diamond And Pearl not Platinum (or the remakes) just Diamond And Pearl the music in Spring Path has many audio glitches sometimes the music just doesn’t play at all but when it does the music is slightly different, In DP Spring Path uses the same music as the Old Chateau and Newmoon Island however Spring Path’s version sounds different, in the Old chateau version (and Newmoon Island but the only legit way to acess there in DP nowadays is to have a save file from back in 2009 that had the Event so you ain’t getting there without hacks or glitches) there is a part which sounds like a haunting ghost choir (appropriate for the area) however Spring Path’s version this section has said choir removed and sounds dead, empty and Hollow, this version will follow you into Sendoff Spring and Turnback Cave, this is a glitch as fitting as the empty feel is for the area as if you save and reset or use Surf in the area the regular version used in the Old Chateau starts up (I’m not certain if encountering wild pokemon fixed the music so if you want to try this yourself go in with repels), someone looking into the song files and found that the difference was an audio file called female choir didn’t load in the glitched version. Strangely in Platinum Spring Path’s music was changed to the music of the adjacent route (route 214) which maybe due to the audio glitches and in Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl the music is obviously remixed even when using the DS Sounds it is fixed (trust me I tried) This may sound like a creepypasta and I would probably think that too but I remember the music being different between DP and Pt as a kid (I didn’t find the Chateau for a while so my only exposure to the music was Spring Path) I thought I was hearing things for years but finding out I was correct all these years was satisfying as all get out If you want to hear the difference watch this video m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ac8XIBEGtIA.html It also has an explanation in the description if mine was long winded Too compare just type in Old Chateau on YT listen to both tracks from 0:38 to 1:21 and you’ll hear the difference. As much as I know it’s unintentional part of me wants to believe it is as it fits so well Credit me if you use this fact I want it out there

The uber creepy “analogue horror” vibe to this compilation is quite the mood

So glad you’re posting again! Was actually talking with a buddy of mine a couple of days ago about how I missed your videos. Your pokemon videos are the highlight of a day when you post. Hope you keep making them🙌🏼

this video had a weird spooky vibe to it, not a bad thing just a bit jarring.

I have a fact, but it's for a spin off. In Pokemon ranger guardian signs in the status screen after you complete certain tasks, you get some medals. At this point there have been discovered 4 of them but it's theorised by some that 1 more is obtainable. It's like the trainer card stars. For some reason it feels like no-one knows about them and it is interesting. If you guys want I can upload a video to show 4 of them that I have in my save file

I love the presentation of these. It feels like I'm actively being held hostage.

Dude I was watching your old vids literally yesterday night, thinking how I hoped you'd return to youtube someday. Great to see you back!

Glad you are back because Phin I miss your Twitch and RU-vid streams as well as content

I’m so happy that you posted again! I missed your videos I’m also glad that you took a break, I don’t even have RU-vid as a job and it still gets kinda stressful sometimes

I actually knew the fact of Waterfall being a Gen I move because I decided to train every Pokémon I caught up to at least lvl 50, including Seaking, and I remember it particularly well because it started being more useful in Victory Road thanks to that move, but I didn't know it was only accessible to Goldeen's line. High quality video btw

Love the vibes in this episode, dude!

I loved this video, thanks for staying committed to the very obscure pokemon facts

I actually did know the reshiram/zekrom theme fact, and if you listen to kyrem's theme, it also is ever so slightly different

I don't know how you managed to combine trivia and analogue horror, but you did it. I didn't really retain the facts, I was just amazed at the masterful mix of genres! Good stuff, thanks for the video!

i wish you'd put a flashing light warning at the beginning of the video

I only knew facts 3, most of 4 (didn't know about the burn status thing), 6, and 8 ...theres only 9 facts Good video though, its cool to still be learning things about these games just when i think i have about as much useless knowledge as one can have about the series

I actually knew that Goldeen/Seaking learned Waterfall in Gen 1. It baffled me when I had originally found out about it a few years ago.

Whoa I love your style of editing/presenting! It's really cool!

As a Pokémon fact lover, I genuinely enjoy seeing your videos! They always intrigue me and you to this day are still showing me new facts I truly have not heard of. Thank you for the time and effort you put into finding these TRULY obscure facts!!

You need to make an inceberg chart, these are amazing

It's great to see you back, though I'm not the biggest fan of some of this editing. Very flashy, the fonts are hard to read, and it's hard to follow in some spots. It's cool but I much prefer the older editing style of your videos, this is a bit overwhelming.

The Trainers battling in front of Canalave was likely an obstacle to prevent sequence breaking that may have later become obsolete. Suppose you were originally going to battle Fantina sooner, something had to prevent you from going to Canalave before you visit Celestic Town & learn who Cyrus actually was despite it being obvious. Then of course making you have to beat Cyrus to challenge Hearthome's Gym made it unnecessary, although Platinum still would need that roadblock because you could be traded a Pokémon that knows Surf before you get the HM for it from Cyrus.

Re: the zigzagoon, pokemon do actually flee outside the safari zone, there are a few examples off the top of my head, I've been replaying Crystal and if you try to get Phanpy early it has the option to just run away (not teleport or use any move, it just straight up nopes out of the battle). I caught one and it took me about 40 minutes because the stupid thing kept running away after the pokeball failed. To make it even dumber, its catch rate isn't the best (and also, its encounter rate is only like 5% or something). I didn't even know it was catchable at all where I found it but I just happened to be playing at an ungodly hour and that's the only time it even spawns apparently. I believe I've seen Magnemite do it too, but there's probably a few others. It's bizarre, cause I don't remember it being a thing at all, and as far as I know, it's ONLY a gen 2 thing for whatever weird reason. Well, they can in let's go as well, but that's not really the same IMO since it's just modeled to work similarly to the phone game.

Music too loud, can barely hear you at times

Welcome back and can't wait for the content! :D

I knew about the waterfall thing on accident when I was a kid! A friend traded me a dragonair from their GSC to my Gen 1 cart and we both thought it was a glitch.

Wasn't sure you were coming back. Glad you are. Should we expect more videos coming?

YOOOO UR BACK YAY I MISSED YOU

ngl your content is PHENOMENAL. thank you for it

This aesthetic is unparalleled. Amazing.

Glad to have you back Phin! Love your videos. This one is excellent as always

J’adore comment tu as monté ta vidéo. Avec ta musique en fond sonore et les transitions entre les facts. Super ambiance ! Merci ! Ça change des autres vidéos sur les facts Pokémon 👌

Man I love your obscure pokemon facts, they really set you apart from others.

The sounds on the Driftveil Drawbridge are actually part of the music track, it's probably the longest track in the series. (It's over 20 minutes iirc).

Why is this video edited like it's spooky though lol

Your editing style has become so engaging. I usually listen to videos like this, but all your transitions and the eerie elements really kept me locked in for the full 12 minutes!

so glad you're back, your content is some of the best out there.

love the aesthetic you got for these vids! keep it up brotha!

Thank you so much for documenting these facts for us! I find every video fascinating, and I don't believe I've ever heard a fact in this channel's series that I've heard before.

I love the new style of editing. Reminds me of Nick Crowley and Nexpo's videos. They always give off a sense of nostalgia and creepiness

Welcome back my boy! I never stopped checking, I knew some day you’d be back.

10:22 ahhhh driftveil drawbridge, my favourite theme from any Pokémon game

While playing through red and blue as a kid, I was using mew for every battle and would use metronome frequently. One of the pulls I got was waterfall, and I was so shocked that it was in gen 1

I don't understand the glitch theme though

I remember hearing Charizard’s cry and thinking I could somehow encounter it especially cuz that NPC at the end of the bridge said it was called Charizard Bridge 😭😭

Just found this channel and binged every video for the past two days, this goes hard

Glad to see you’re back and love the new theming of the editing! Just one bit of feedback: It might be good to make the backgrounds a bit more static or animate more slowly, I found they kept getting my attention because of how fast they were moving and distracting away from the focus in the middle.

Hey, just so you know. The flashy visuals makes it semi painful to watch in the dark.

Facts so obscure that they're useless are the best kind (but tbh I didn't know about the grass cutting but everyone knows about Waterfall being a signature move of Goldeen)

Welcome back I was missing your content and I am so glad you have returned, hope your break was good!👍

Thanks for all the awesome facts man, I’ve missed ya and I hope we can learn more. I knew I wasn’t crazy the one time I heard Charizard on the Bridge. I had heard it clear as day!!!

Not gonna lie, the VCR effects hurt my eyes, especially on fact number 5.

Super cool facts! I only knew the Waterfall one already (because I've often looked up which pokémon can learn Waterfall, so that I can plan my teams).

Wow thank you so much for the information, most of them are new to me and I play Pokemon since I was a child! The full moon Clefairy thingy is interesting for me because full moon basically makes it possible for stronger tidal movement due to more gravitational pull. Which means, more Pokemon would possibly swim to the surface. I really appreciate small details like this. And that vaporwave vibes you are giving away throughout the video? It's just perfect. Really, thank you. This is amazing. You're amazing!

your background music is too loud in relation to your narration. i can hardly make out your speaking