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Beginning of video: The anime had a psychic surfing pikachu End of video: ALOLAN PIKACHU HAS TOOTH GERMS IN HIS HEAD AND IS A SUFFERING DIABETIC

We need a Pancake stone to evolve Pikachu into alolan raichu

“Cats can’t even taste sugar!” *Looks at my cat, who’s been stealing bites of my cupcakes for a week* ???

Lockstin: talks about how bad sugar is Me, enjoying my 3rd Hershey’s bar: interesting

GameFreak: These pokemon have adapted to their environment and new types likes ice Also GameFreak: Hmmmm yes pancakes

"In pokemon stadium, Raichu surfed on its tail because the animators cared." Ouch. Just ouch.

Watches this for pokemon: gets a whole entire science lesson on blood, dieting and body functioning.

I love how he says "Pancakes!" I want that as my ring tone

Even Professor Oak gets his own Alolan version counterpart

Hau: the first person in Pokémon to realize that the Pokédex is mostly made up since 1996

I think I've figured it out!!! I feel like you were REALLY on the right track, so i wanna expand a bit on your hypothesis. In Hau'oli city is where you first see a pikachu , from that Pokefinder mini-game. And you can catch one in the same area as an Abra, as you pointed out. If you think of this on an evolutionary level, if both Abra and Pikachus ( and pichu's) are found here then that would mean there is something in that area that both Abra's and pikachu's like. Pokemon Sun entry for Abra - " It sleeps 18 hours a day. Even while sleeping, it will teleport itself to treetops and pick and eat berries there." That entry is the ONLY time that it talks about Abra eating berries. So that leads me to believe that whats happening is not the SUGAR, but what kinda things do people put in pancakes? BERRIES. In the real world its strawberries and Blue berries. What if the berries that are in the pancakes are what could be sharpening their psychic powers. If you watch the anime, on that pancake race, Raichu holds two stacks of pancakes and there are varying berries on BOTH of the stacks, and images behind depicting another berry as a display. ( i would link an image here but i dont wanna get it seen as spam, but its there i promise) Now, a Payapa berry has the ability to reduce effectiveness of psychic attacks. Which would inversely mean that eating it more often could make the body more accepting of psychic'itude... or some equivalent word. Eventually over time, the pikachu through epigenetic changes could adapt to that berry. And there are Watmel, Durin, Rabuta and Wepears that increase pokemon " Cleverness". What if both Abra and Pikachu have access to all these berries, ( being that this is a major city, likely ALL berries can be found there and could be grown there as well), and that simply is the ones that they prefer, and as a side effect gave both increased mental capabilities. So yeah, thats my hypothesis on that. I couldnt find any other real clues in game, like an item dropped in that area that had any psychic link or berries, but looking at it from an evolutionary perspective, i think its a far more fitting explanation on how its possible.

Wow, now I'm even more scared of that high risk for diabetes in my family history. Thanks Lockstein.

Half of the video: Lockstin talking about nutrition Other half: PANKAKES in different accents while the oven clock in the background has a stroke.

"Too bad alolan raichu cant actually learn surf" *laughs in evolving the usum mantine surfing pikachu*

*watches this while on break and eating a kitkat* Gnoggin: "Type 3 Diabetes!!" *Sadness and Sorrow plays in background while questioning my life decisions that led up to the point of me watching this video holding the kitkat that might cause my death*

"NCGS causes ADHD-like behavior” Me, who was born with ADHD: *LEVEL UP*

Lockstin: starts talking about something deep Also Lockstin: PANCAKES

GF: Let's make a cute new version of pikachu, how about- Lockstin: Diabetes! GF: Wait, no...

*Sees the diabetes part* Me, who's mom is a diabetic, and I eat junk food almost literally all the time: Oh. Oh no. Ohhhhhh no. Not good...

"Dopamine" *tosses sugar in mouth* Me: *riding the bus from work* um. Oh

"But that would take hours" You don't understand, we're willing to watch hours of you explaining stuff

"It surfed on its tail because those animators actually cared." If only they could work on the main games.

"We need ideas" "Pancake" "Jeff you're promoted"

6:33 *Laughs in the billions of Eevees I released to assert dominance.*

As a British person, I thoroughly agree that sir fetched’s shield is British stuff.

"You see the symbol for for pancakes in Alchemy is a lightning bolt..."

I've got a theory - pikachus already had a certain psychic inclination, ie their brain structure was close to unlocking psychic powers but not quite there yet. The surfing Pikachu in the anime is one of a community of pikachus which has been quite isolated from the rest of the Pikachu population. A pikachu or two from that community reached Alola from Kanto and living in further isolation, in a place where surfing provides an advantage due to the vast ocean's presence and where abras are already using psychic powers, these pikachus evolved over generations into alolan raichus. This explains the common blue eyes. Perhaps accidental mating with abras was involved. Now just gotta fit in pancakes.

Me: “I wonder what Alolan Raichu’s inspirations are?” Lockstin: “I’ll tell you! But first, *d i a b e t e s “*

You wasted an entire 20 minutes and 9 seconds of my life talking about pancakes and I love it.

"...because the animators actually cared." Rip I'm in stitches lol

“Tell me how much of your time I wasted” well first of all I’ve been wasting my time for hours already

Lockstin : *has diabetes* Also Lockstin : *downs a box of cane sugar*

You can hear the excitement in his voice when he starts walking about health problems and how food acts on the body. His true calling, a doctor

“Lockstin goes on a large tangent about how you should cut sugar and gluten to be healthier... as I stuff my face. Whoops

this video was amazing!! you should do an entire series explaining regional variants such as galarian yamask or galarian meowth, which I think (or at least to me) are not very clear :D

4:26 "I guess that explains why Alolan Raichu can't actually learn Surf." Gen 8: OBSERVE!

Can we have a shirt saying "Pancakes must be involved"

“This isn’t an Alolan Raichu, deal with it”. I can’t stop laughing XD

18:28 HEY, THATS MY DOG!

I love learning about anything on your channel.❤️

I just thought they started getting so fat from all the pancakes, they needed psychic power to lift their bodies.

That breeding joke is actually hilarious because I'm a Breeder/Competitive Battler/Shiny Hunter and was JUST hunting Shiny Pancham in the ranch while watching this video. I feel called out XD

This was my favorite video yet! Awesome job!

6:30 kind of odd considering I'm leveling up a Ponyta now

1970 people: what will the future hold for us! 2019: we need brain brushes for cranial plaque

Not gonna lie, watching this made me feel like I was going to have a heart attack or something. I should probably change my diet...

I really enjoy how you add health into your videos now.

I’m new here, and I gotta say, this type of content is amazing, so much research went into this, it’s great! It’s pretty damn funny too

Honestly I would love a long video of you talking about nutrition.

i never thought i'd hear Lockstin say "sugoi" in a fake french accent.

Wasn't expecting to learn so much interesting information when watching this but I'm really glad to have learned all of this, pokemon info included!

Damn it Gnoggin!! You have just tricked me into learning more about health..but still a great video

Whenever I eat too many sweet, round and fluffy pancakes I immediately become a pro surfer. Its obvious. Maybe YOU should start using your noggin

I'm a type one diabetic myself, and it felt so good to hear my favorite PokeTuber is one too! That literally made my day! I know he probably won't see this, but it was really nice to know I'm not as alone as I may sometimes feel.

The editing is gold, I love it.

17:55 The Sugar in Fruit: I'm not even here baby, I'm just a hallucination

OR it's something more rooted in Alola; Ultra Energy. The excess Ultra Energy in Alola from the Psychic-Type Necrozma has led to Raichu becoming attuned to it, being able to manipulate the energy in the air. Ultra Energy manifests in crystals attuned to every type (sometimes certain species) and locations with large amounts of it are home to a Pokemon much larger than others of its species.

Italian Chef: "Mmmm sugoi" I'll eat somewhere else

This is why i absolutely love your videos, you inspired me to be a nutritionist since i watched your video about the keto diet. i loved it so much

In the end I was really hoping you'd say "It's a game theory!"

Me: Watches a video about one of my favourite Pokemon and ends up wasting 20 minutes of my time listening to somebody tell me that my current diet will get me killed Also Me: *Hits like button*

So basically, pancakes now have to their CVs two lines: -Akechi's downfall -A REAL explanation of Alolan Raichu

I love how much we learn about the real world on this channel, this is one of the best channels on RU-vid!

12:15 There's an allergy to water called aquagenicurticaria. (People with it tend to drink soda to get their 'water')

Pancakes are the answer to everything.

6:22 I once released a plague of frogs over Hoenn when I tried to breed a shiny Froakie in Omega Ruby

hi, I have non-coeliac gluten sensitivity and it was cool to see it mentioned!! you were really spot on with all of this. great video!!

14:32 i got diabetes.. dose that mean i will become an alolan Riachu

Fun Fact: Snow leopard's are more related to tigers then they are leopards

“Because the animators cared” HOH

6:20 Me who's released thousands of Riolu, Zorua, Vulpix, and a million Eevees: *I'm in danger*

Also This Video: Makes you scared to eat sugar ever again.

bloody hell that was honestly rather depressing to watch

When gamefreak is loosing an argument Gamefreak: There's pancakes in alola that's how alolan raichu is made

This was actually an incredibly good video that was very informative

The pancake chef bits were so cheesy and I loved it, ya got me

Lockstin, smarter than even the brightest of Pokemon scientists since 2019.

I didnt know I wanted to see this, but now I'm fully invested.

Well this video gave me the extra motivation to go for my run today. Thank you for that.

I gotta admit, I really love how much enthusiasm is present in this video.

I came to watch a pokemon theory and now I scared to finish my coke...

Of all of the content that I’ve watched in my life, I don’t think anything has convinced me more to keep high sugars out of my diet. I learned a lot of information here today, and I think it will go a long time before I forget it either. Thank you.

I loved the video man thabks for all the sugar information really appreciated

My theory was that Alolan's tropical paradise setting and those pancakes just being just so gosh darn good, it caused the Raichus to reach enlightenment, giving them psychic powers... that they then put towards more relaxing, which is why they surf with their mind.

10:10 look have what you done you made me self consciousness while I was eating saltines

This was so informative and interesting!

I found out about the plaque thing a few months ago and it's awesome to see it brought up here so more people know how to help protect their health! :D

This Alolan Raichu is absolutely shocking when it was revealed and sweet

Dementia'd sounds like Farfetch'd's third evolution.

I've been reading through the HFY subreddit, and hearing all of the pancakes cuts is so much funnier for it.

I love your hd recording, I like watching your hair bounce around

wait is that how lapras came back because all the shiny hunters released so many of them that they stopped them from going extinct

Time Wasted: 0 You just taught me more basics about the Nutrition of our body than 9 years of school ever did! I'll definitely think twice about having a massive bowl of pasta for dinner in the future

About the surfing Pikachu stuff, I also have a Pikachu you that is standing like he's surfing

Always love the health talk. Watched your whole 2 hr health video before, and I'm trying to get my mom to try the fasting.

"surfed on its tail... because the animators care" so true XD

Me: Has gluten sensitivity Me: Takes probiotics Me: Eats food with gluten Me: "What could go wrong?"

‘Liked’ for the “let’s just jump into it” bit 😂

This was very enlightening. Thank you.