Defending the WORST: Sawk and Throh Origins! | Gnoggin 

01:59 I guess he was right about that then heh

I like them just fine without horns but that's a shitty reason. Horns wouldn't make them resemble the Nature trio even if they wanted them to

They look nothing like them, it definitely would have helped them since their regular designs are so meh compared to Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee

Tornadous was also red at the time and not green, or so I heard

@@veledwin1 Think it's more that they didn't want 5 oni in a single gen, so they toned down the fighting duo's oni bits. But, yeah, is pretty silly, well assuming that the real beta designs weren't more similar to the trio than what we got.

sawk

I hope he does a SMT video one day

Pokemon: We make pocket monster, not demons Shin megami tensei: Wanna see me doing another lucifer design again?

@@WEXgamers11 he won’t 😊

Well they have wildly different demographics. Parents didn't get mad at SMT because their kids weren't playing it

@@fool8304 even on the snes?

😂😂

HOLY MOLY THIS DUDE GOT IT RIGHT

The struggle will be hilarious

I wouldn’t even mind watching him draw some Pokémon

Did you not see the monstrosity that was created?

Ya lol

Nice he is my fav.

@GABRIEL GONZALEZ This channel is lacking Mystery Dungeon Content. Much so. I mean, Theorys, Lore, Designs, and open questions, all that could be discussed. Also, the Pokemon there have, in the City, specific personality (that players of the games will forever remember, in fact), so WHY do these specific pokemon have those specific personalitys and quirks? Thats just the first specific Topic for a video i can think up. Right?

William Henry Harrison would have a Politoed with Drizzle and Pokérus and nothing else. It's only Move is Perish Song. Too soon?

A Braviary is needed for every team

@@BioniclesaurKing4t2 "too soon" 😆

At least a highlight reel for the more prominent or well known presidents, top ten maybe.

Lockstin and Craftin'

Next time by Art Attack: watch lockstin glueing eyes on a key

He used an avocado for sawk's nose

Neth Magdadaro that shows of his creativity.

Seriously, the cold/craft opening is great

He’s pretty bulky and still has decent offenses compared to Sawk

I really like them as well

@@jrlaps521 *clicks Vital Throw*

Sawk is legit my favourite Pokemon ever

sawk was good in 2d throh was alright both were DESTROYED by 3d

It used the move bulk up not out of nowhere lol

That was Sawk using Bulk Up. I don't remember its trainer's name, but he was one of Ash's main rivals.

@@Argent_Void Stephan I think or something like that

@@SM-be5dh stephan had a bulk up addiction

and Bianca was apparently a pokephile

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“Maybe there’s more to these muppets, I mean monstrosities, I mean Arlo.”

They're actually based off of elmo and grover.

Its literally all i see when i look at them 😭😂

Impossible I thought it was based off a sock and throh having no throat

What no way are you suggesting they're based off of material arts or something

I actually didn't understand Sawk's lmao. I did get Throh because duh but Sawk never clicked with me

@@switchblade6 I think his name is based on the old toys "Sock n' Boppers" or whatever they are called

@@flare_63 SOCKER BOPPERS, SOCKER BOPPERS, MORE FUN THAN. A PILLOOOW FIGHT! They played that commercial on the cartoon channels a lot when I was growing up

You're one of the few, and I'm right there with you.

There is only one line I will actively dislike. A lot of less appealing mons grow on me over time in general, so almost all mons I like

Yes, the only one, the special, masuda's favorite child

I know right

Same with you

I would love an anthropomorphic pile of dirt for a fighting and ground type pokémon

@@rhysowens1 palossand but with fists instead of castle turrets

@@nathamiell Yeah I think that would be perfect.

Yeah fighting types could get more out there with their designs like emboar kind of. I guess. We could also use less monkey Pokémon

There is so many monkies

Here to but. But I'm always minority.

I like their design too

Me 3.

While not one of my favorites, they're not bad. I get why people don't use them in their teams, but I don't get why people bash them so much.

Me 6

After the Arlo joke, I could help but picture Arlo saying "Arlo, Arlo" over and over in my head.

Does lockstin run arlo?

I think theyre not the worst but they arent the best either so I dont hate them

I like the horns because a Y and other eye brow face i dont understand them.

Hi

I like them

Same!

Eh, red and blue are common colors in competition like karate and taekwondo, especially since they're wearing Karate Gis plus they look like rock em, sock em robots. The oni mythology is definitely there but this video take the scenic route a few too many times to drive the point home.

So America is the island full of Oni.

Sorry to be that guy but *pheasant lol

Peasant

Lol, you get a monkey and your rivals each get a dog and a pheasant respectively, right? Well, technically everyone gets a monkey but at the point where you can find wild Swaks and/or Throts each one just have one on their teams.

@@Ditidos which pokemon is the dog?

No, sawk's face thing isn't like a "S", it's like a "Z".

@@victzegopterix2 it is Z until he looks into a mirror

also throh has 2 while sawk only has 1 just like their designs when they still had horns

In Black and White, you can get them right before Nacrene City’s gym and they’re so good early game

I like em a lot as well

The franchise was new, people made religious connections, and the Catholic church got triggered.

Giratina

Uri Geller's infamous whining about Kadabra

I honestly see where they're coming from to be honest and this is coming from a fan of Pokemon who also happens to be Christian. You have weird creatures that can do basically magic and follow your commands can very easily be connected to stories of people who can summon demons to do their bidding and all that crap. There's also some Pokemon such as the Abra line (and especially Alakazam) that do contain satanic elements in their design and I have found some very creepy fan art created by people who also seem to have picked up on that and brought it out to the surface. Don't even get me started on the fact that a 10 year old is supposed to be able to capture "god" and keep him in their back pocket at their back and call. Don't get me wrong I do still mostly enjoy this series, and i get why you would too but those parts definitely put a sour taste in my mouth personally. Tl;DR A closer look at the series and you can see where people are coming from even with the "harmless" cartoony exterior. It doesn't mean your worshipping Satan just because you play (again, coming from a fan whose also Christian) but it's not as far fetched as you would think.

@@namenotimportantdontask4372 i do mean there are Pokemon ano are based in demons

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

You've gotta be Smurfing kidding me!

you're right, they're both blue which means they're basically identical

@@SamualN mhm squirtle is a smurf too

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I do too buddy

Samurott is one of my favorite Pokémon overall. It’s a simple but effective design and looks awesome

No. I love it too

Dude, his built in swords are so awesome

I...Don't see many people who dislike Samurott, honestly. Oshawott and Dewott, perhaps, but Samurott I've never seen being bashed for it's design

Judo is Japanese. And Sawk is based on karate which is also Japanese (Okinawa specifically).

@@ericriley1985 really. I thought it has some roots in Korea

@@digisalamander2726 Nope, Judo's origins have nothing to do with Korea at all. In fact, its the other way around: Hapkido was heavily influenced by Judo.

@@ericriley1985 really, interesting. Learn something new every day

I feel like their weird designs would make them great candidates for Pokémon that get regional variants, I would’ve loved Alola forms that gave them a wooden texture and Hawaiian shirts

Ya they look pretty cool

Even though they look like muppets

@@jaredsabatelli2459 i like mupets

@@jaredsabatelli2459 well i startin colting the cards and watching the show when they were new so maybe it's my nistlgah

sock puppet

Oh wow only entry hazards and status? The most popular things in 6v6 singles? Wow! Sounds like a garbage gimmick

@@doozsromhacks dude if your on showdown then yeah. but if your just casually playing online your probally going to be up against 9 year olds who have only attacking moves and don't know wtf they're doing so you just need to know who to use it against.

@@jeffhirsh5722 LMFAO nice then It also works for like any sturdy mon so yeah

@@doozsromhacks no it's much more efficient because it's not one use it's infinite use. like a level 1 focus sash rattata can take out one opponent while a level 1 Sawk will take out all 6

@@jeffhirsh5722 I'm not talking about Fear. I'm saying any pokemon with Sturdy pain split can do it. I believe Aron is the go-to choice, since it's immune to Sand damage.

That's disheartening

@@DakotaofRaptors school system BABYYYT

@@SpaceDoggoWithCheese Move to Texas then.