Explaining EVERY Paradox Pokemon from Pokémon Scarlet! 🦕⏳ 

Actually, the Paldea Pokédex sort of implies that Foongus and Amoongus didn't evolve to look like Pokéballs, but rather the creator of the Pokéball just really liked these Pokémon and made the Pokéball look like them for the shits and giggles

Its crazy how many people didnt realize the existence of Paradox Pokemon was a Paradox. Its in the NAME

The reason why Brute Bonnet has that pokeball pattern is that in Foongus' Scarlet entry, it says "There is a theory that the developer of the modern-day Poké Ball really liked Foongus, but this has not been confirmed." But they said it's just a theory so-

Loved the Paradox Lockstin Idea. I had silly ideas for Paradox names for those characters. Noisy Nerd (Rockstin) Iron Info (Lochrome)

Along with regional forms, paradox pokemon are one of the coolest gimmicks in modern pokemon. It feels like a fresh take on what fossil pokemon felt like back in gen one

The commitment, the acting, the costumes. This is why I love Lockstin

Here's something that might have influenced Walking wake. There are two kinds of Kirin, the Japanese version and the Chinese version. The Japanese version looks sort of like deer/horse thing that looks similar to regular Suicune. The Chinese version looks a lot more draconic, kinda like Walking wake's dinosaur design. It also explains it's dragon typing.

The second rockstin and Lochrome popped in I lost it. This is amazing! I know it takes a lot of work to do the skits along with the scripting and everything but this is gold. I feel they may need a side series or make several appearances or maybe even just shorts materials for random things.

If you were to compare Brute Bonnet to any dino Pokemon, Rampardos and Bastiodon comes to mind. Rampardos for it's skull bashing head and Bastiodon for the shield arms.

I really like how a lot of Paradox Pokemon take forms of middle form Pokémon. And althought they may not come back, I still hope something takes its place. Hopefully Gen 10 will give something like Nosepass a new form.

I'm kinda surprised that there wasn't a Paradox form of Ampharos because I could see it be a Violet exclusive referencing the Sci Fi novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'.

“Oh gosh, are prehistoric moths that big?” … *”No.”* The delivery of the no killed me

Scream Tail also has an actual tail. It's a bit hard to see but it exists

Fun fact: one of Fungus' pokedex entries in gen 9 propose that *it* inspired the appearance of the pokeball, making Brute Bonnet being natural make somewhat more sense

Something random I noticed is how Bruxa is spelt similarly to and sounds almost identical to "Bruja", which is Spanish for "witch". The fact that both Portugal and Spain are parts of the Iberian Peninsula might be the reason and I'm guessing they share roots.

31:39 I remember that the Pokemon anime had an episode where, at the end, a revived fossil Pokemon looked in awe at the sunset, and the characters commented something along the lines of "Wow, it's nice to think that despite how unfamiliar everything was to this Pokemon today, at least the sunset is a familiar scene!". This is from the international version of the dub. It makes me wonder if the Japanese version was actually more scientifically accurate, with the characters commenting that modern-day sunsets would be more beautiful than those of the ancient times, due to the pollution, and that being the reason why this Pokemon was so mesmerized by it.

Hi, I'm once again here to explain German Pokémon names. This time it's about the Paradox Pokémon in Scarlet. I actually already explained all those names in a comment under another video, but it feels even more relevant here, and back then, Walking Wake and Iron Leaves didn't exist. Also, Lockstin mentioned Brute Bonnet's German name. But I'm getting to that one. But before I start explaining, one more thing: English Paradox Pokémon names are just two words put together and are very unique that way. And the same applies to the German versions, but, as you might know, in German you can just combine two words to make one. So, as an example, "Wutpilz" looks like a typical Pokémon name with several words mixed together or as a pun, but it's actually just the same as in English with two words combined, even though some German words a adjectives or verbs a a bit "adjusted" to better fit with the name. And yes, it sometimes these names sound a bit dumb but overall, I like them. It's definetly an interesting naming appraoch. But without further ado, let's start. So, first of all, there is Brute Bonnet and, as mentioned, it's named "Wutpilz" in German and, literally translated, it means "Rage Mushroom". (Wut = rage, Pilz = mushroom) Next up is Scream Tail. And in German we call it "Brüllschweif" and it's pretty close to the englisch Version and means something like "Roar Tail". (brüllen = to roar, Schweif = tail) Sandy Shocks is named "Sandfell" in German and it means "Sand Fur". (Sand = sand, Fell = fur) "Flatterhaar" is the German name for "Fluttermane" and, again, it's very close to the English name. and means something like "Flutter Hair". (flattern = to flutter, Haar = Hair) Next up, there is "Great Tusk" and we call it "Riesenzahn" in German. This means "Giant Tooth". ( riesig = giant, Zahn = tusk). There also is a German word für "Tusk", which is "Stoßzahn". This, once again transalted literally, would mean something like "thrust tooth". Also the letter 'ß' might look like a 'B', but is actually pronounced like an 's'. Then there is Slither Wing and again, it's German name is close to the English version. We call it "Kriechflügel" and it means "Crawling Wing(s)". (kriechen = to crawl, Flügel = wing(s)) The next Pokémon in our list is "Roaring Moon" and it has probably my favourite German Paradox Pokémon name. We call it "Donnersichel", which literally translated means "Thunder Crescent". (Donner = thunder, Sichel = crescent) This is something that i falsely translated the first time I talked about them in another comment. I named it "Thunder Scythe", but "scythe" rather translates to "Sense". Last bei not least, Walking Wake. It's German name is "Windewoge" which is the most weird one actually. But it basically means "Winding Wave". (winden = to wind, Woge = wave) Yeah, that was a lot this time. But anyways, I hope it was interesting and I thank you for reading. Until next time! ^^

I'm pretty sure the Paradox Pokemons' name are all the same meaning in all languages, so although "Walking Wake" could have other meanings, its Japanese name is "ウネルミナモ", which ウネル means stirring or rippling, and ミナモ means the water surface. In this case, Walking "Wake" clearly is referring to the disturbance on the water surface.

Slither wings, wings resemble the back plates of a stegosaurus, with the dino tail actually highlighting that as they also had tail spikes which further sells the kaiju godzilla design. And Suicune also takes inspiration from the Kirin which can purify water like in the celebi or princesses mononoke movie, they are sometimes depicted as draconic beasts, hence the added dragon type and design emphasizing it dragon origin

Little side note on the brute bonnet pokeball design, if you read the regular amungoose Pokédex it states that the designer of the pokeball might have based its design on the pokemon because it's their favorite.

I personally like to believe that scream tails appearance was modeled off of professor sada herself, with the same ponytail and eyeliner. It also helps that scream tail being the oldest mon ever fits especially well with the theme of sada's obsession with the past

I always thought that Flutter Mane resembles an angel, especially the seraphim and cherubim, which might explain its fairy typing

19:16 Okay, hear me out. With the recent Pokémon game’s basically breaking the fabric of reality, it’s completely possible for MissingNo. to appear as a villain in future games.

I love the fact that lockstin made new characters to explain the past and future and this part is funny heheh 28:06

The Paradox Pokémon are by far the coolest group of Pokémon to date. They look so familiar, but off at the same time.

Sweet, I was looking forward for this video. One of the things that I like about the paradox mons is how they are contextualized as being basically the cryptids of the pokemon world. The past paradoxs are based on how we saw undiscoverd species like they are some sort of strange monsters or still living dinosours and the future paradoxes are all based on aliens and strange experiments and tech. It makes them feel far more intreasting then just contextualizing them simply being normal pokemons but prehistoic/robot.

My headcanon is that the future Paradox Pokémon were built as biomimetic robots to do jobs that were too dangerous for people or Pokémon to do. “Iron” is a brand/series name, hence why not all of them are Steel type.

Roaring moon also gives me Dracula/vampire vibes with its hanging cloak as well as its « blood moon » ties

There is a Foongus or Amoongus dex entry that stated the creator of the modern pokeball was a fan of mushroom mons. And decided to base his design on the creatures. So the pokeball patterns on Brute Bonnet could be a natural part. And the pokeballs were made later.

What i also like with Scream Tail being the oldest known pokemon is how you can still see where it does comes from considering it's ancestor being Mew. The pink color, the long tail, the cat like fangs. I love it !

The two paradoxes are pure genius, and the commitment really sells it

Brute Bonnet couldn't get its design from Pokeballs sent in the past. The professors only sent MASTER BALLS through the machine to guarantee catches and being able to retreive the Pokemon.

Personally, I like Past Paradox names cause they sound unique than traditional ones and ties in to their imaginary origin.

Him calling brute bonnet “ungaboongus” had me dying

I always had the head canon that the future pokemon were man made after pokemon went extinct and they were recreated off of loose records (hence why iron valiant is a mix of the two ralts evos, they thought they were the same pokemon)

42:39 I can't believe almost everybody forgot that the fusion drawings are artist's interpretations of what a Paradox Pokémon COULD look like.

In legends arceus, I’m pretty sure there is an entry about how people liked the pattern on foongus and based the pokeball off it, so thats why they have similar patterns

Seems like so many poketubers are afraid to get deep into the lore, but that’s what sets this channel apart. This series is one of my favorite on the platform ❤

12:17 A banshee was the first thing I thought of when I first found about scream tail. So it's nice to see it could be based off of one.

Brute Bonnet can easily be explained. Amoonguss did not evolve to mimic poke balls, we made poke balls look like amoonguss

I think something interesting about Walking Wake is that it isn't categorized as legendary in the game's code. Maybe the lack of magic to purify water is due to it not being blessed by Ho-Oh like the modern Suicune is and thus not legendary.

Another thing to consider about Brute Bonnet’s Poké Ball patterns is Foongus’ Scarlet entry which says: “There is a theory that the developer of the modern day Poké Ball really liked Foongus, but that has not been confirmed” so it is possible that Brute Bonnet’s patterns were natural

Next video: Can paradox Pokémon evolve like their present day counterparts?

I saw Flutter Mane also referencing the decapitated Medusa head that Perseus used. It has snakelike eyes, the one mane thing looks kinda scaly, an ancient Greek tale would make sense here, and the fact that Athena has the Medusa head on her shield to ward evil may explain the Fairy typing.

Paradox Pokémon are probably one of the most coolest additions they’ve added into Pokémon alongside Mega Evolution and Regional Variants. And while it’s likely it will only appear in Scarlet and Violet, I can’t wait for the DLC to see what new Paradox Pokémon they could add like paradox versions of Gligar, Aipom, Mareep and possibly some Pokémon introduced in Gen 9 like the starters

Somehow, Roaring Moon's wing position also reminds me of Lunala, especially Shiny Lunala.

Foongus or Amoongus, in one of their pokedex entries, said that the original creator of pokeballs liked one of the two pokemon. So the mushrooms may have come first. Also Oongaboongus is a spectacular name for Brute Bonnet

On fluttermane, I figured Manananggal would been brought up, a mythic creature from the phillipines that is the head and torso of a woman with huge wings Its very fitting, i figure lockstin just hadn't known about it, wanted to acknowledge it :]

I appreciate the subtle Aggretsuko Scream Tail in the thumbnail lolz Had plans to draw that later

Suicune one actually fits In our real world there were a lot of mammals who appeared more reptilian like back then because it was suited for survival and overtime they evolved to no longer need it Raikou entei suicune in their original forms all shared a common ancestor and when ho-oh revived them it tapped into their Primal Dormant DNA and reawakened the aspects that ho-oh figured would suit them best in their current state

Respect for Lochrome for not spoiling the entire DLC, that video was fun also shiny rayquaza at the end-

I love Lokrome and Rockstin. Persoanlly, I'm hopeful that the DLC gives us the remaining members of each trio and we can then combine them (or face a combined version of them).

Fun Fact! Time travel in Chinese media is heavily regulated, so the paradox pokemon came from "imagination" in the Chinese version of the games.

Paradox! Pulled up by its bootstraps!

Ah so good to hear Lockstin also picked up on the wish fulfillment subtext and mentioned it. I agree that it probably isn't actual past/future but perceived past/future.

I don't really get caveman from scream tail, I get vampire bat. the golden eyes, the teeth, the screeching like bats..

Honestly i originally thought they were “paradox” Pokemon because they time traveled forward/backward to our time and in the same existence as their descendants/ancestors respectively. Which is funny because some of the paradox Pokemon are based on version exclusives in the opposite version

I had this idea for Paradox Ultra Beasts. One for the past would be Voltaic Vines, a paradox of Xurkitree that like the name suggests, is made of vines rather than wire. Also it’d be Grass/Electric The future paradox would be Iron Disposal, being a paradox Guzzlord that’s Fire/Dragon. Lore wise, it’d be a walking incinerator that deals with trash.

I think it is worth noting that when Slither Wing is on all-fours with its wings folded, its silhouette is reminiscent of a Pelycosaur (e.g. the famous Dimetrodon), which may explain the reptilian tail. The sail of Pelycosaurs is commonly interpreted to being used to absorb heat from the sun, which would neatly fit with the Volcarona line's pre-existing ties to the sun. Perhaps Slither Wing needs to absorb heat to operate since it isn't fire type yet, so cannot make its own?

Having past and future versions of you show up was the funniest and most unexpected thing I've seen from your channel! 🤣🤣👍

sandy shocks is my favourite gen 9 pokemon he's so weird and unique I love him so much :)

What I would like to add is that the diplocaulus being extinct is not the main reason for dragapult being ghost type, the real reason is more than likely to be because dragapult is VERY visually inspired by the b-2 stealth bomber used by the United States air force(USAF), amd what is USAF's official nickname for the b-2... The b-2 Spirit.

I absolutely LOVE all those metal references in the Screaming Tail segment!

Should also bring up why the Scarlet Paradox mons have the same abilities as each other, where they activate through harsh sunlight. It was briefly mentioned in Walking Wake. Personally, it adds more depth for Slither Wing being Volcarona’s ancestor and Roaring Moon being the eclipse dragon

In the italian localization (the version I played), some paradox pokemons' names are really cool, my favorite being Brute Bonnet, in italian Fungofurioso (literally "enraged mushroom")

So are we ever gonna get gen 8 and gen 9 trainer classes or were there too few introduced to make a video about it?

Will there be a TerminalMontage Battle Royale Collab with the Paradox Pokémon? 'Cause that'd be really cool.

Can we appreciate how Lockstin really educates beyond Pokémon, as a Filipino, I had no idea about the phoenix and serpent dragon folklore. :0 and I have lockstin to thank for that.

One of the theories on brute bonnet I really liked is that that’s just how they looked naturally, and that the folks who modeled pokeballs modeled them after BB

Another Take for Walking Wake is that it could be a prehistoric Convergent form of Suicune, Two pokemon with similar abilities/physiology that have vastly different lifestyles. Suicune getting it's abilities after being mystically revived from Ho-oh and using them altruistically, whereas Walking wake evolved to run across water and boil it to hunt down potential prey.

Loved the two that joined you today! Excellent deep dive into the lore. I’m really hoping you’re able to pull some more info out of the Violet ‘mons than ‘Pokemon but metal’ cause that’s about all I’m getting

The production of your videos and the content itself is just so well researched and well prepared.

In canon the magazines are referred to as shady and dubious

what I haven't seen many people talk about Roaring moon's design is that its design has the front legs longer than the back legs, not like mega-salanence which has the front legs smaller than the back legs

Lockstin: the wish granting and reality bending third legendary. Terapogos: (just a little guy) :D

hey Lockstin, you probably won't see this, but another thing to note about sandy shocks is that the spikey pencil shavings could also be magnetic fluid (if you have seen any of those "I made venom in real life" videos you will know what I am on about here) since that is magnetic and it gets spikey when near metal

Lockstin's production quality is always top tier! Thank you 🙏

There's a new dex entry for Foongus in Scarlet. "There is a theory that the developer of the modern-day Poké Ball really liked Foongus, but this has not been confirmed." Which implies that the appearance for Foongus, and by extension Amoonguss came before the Pokeball. Which would naturally apply to Brute Bonnet, as well. If Brute Bonnet is from the past, that'd pretty much confirm it.

23:46 dude this is the Bruxelles's natural history museum elephant . Great Iguanodon collection btw .

I seem to remember that they retconned the pokeball thing to say that the inventor of the pokeball liked Amoongus' color pattern and modeled it after them.

Something I think is interesting about Brute Bonnet specifically is that the shade of red it uses is much closer to the actual shade of red on a Pokéball. Amoonguss feels like it got the color close enough to be effective, but Brute Bonnet feels like someone imagining a Pokéball pattern on a mushroom, down to the color

Slither wing is like an official version of in between evolutions

10:18 Mega Mewtwo Y, charging a Shadow Ball: It's funny is it? Want to repeat that?

I love the entire video, and am anxious to see the Paradox Pokemon of the future. But mostly, I just love the theme that starts at 39:02, so clean. I could listen to it ad nauseum.

Wutpilz literally means angry mushroom. As a german speaker i find that name incredibly lustig

I always liked the Paradox Pokemon. The Scarlet versions were so unique, and honestly, it was a very interesting bit like regional forms.

Another amazing and so packed with info 'n' trivia video! ....can we appreciate past and future Lockstin versions? That's why his vids are so full of life and charm!

I think perhaps Walking Wake’s two tails are also supposed to represent a wake in the water, which usually have two ‘tails’.

Honestly I love that salemance and ho-oh may have at one point either have been very similar creatures, or just had the same idea

There are mushrooms called bonnets, so... Also, that *raises* the question. "Begging the question" is when you assume your conclusion within your argument. Not when an explanation leads to further questions.

For Brute Bonnet you’d could argue that the pokeball pattern is based on some ancient plant / mushroom that just happens to look like a pokeball. It’s stupid but it kinda fits

The music is so damn good and fitting! It never overshadows what you're saying and just accompanies, you've gotta give me your playlist!

About Amoongus/Brute Bonet, I think you forgot another possibility: The current shape of the pokeballs was actualy inspired by the designs of Voltorb and Foongus rather than the other way-round.

Your video scripting, editing, everything is just phenomenal 👏🏻👏🏻

One Thing I Want To Note About Brute Bonnet (Though This Likely Isn't Intentional AT ALL) Is Their Mouth. Foongus And Amoongus Have Large, Circular Lips Resembling The "Funnel-Mouth Cephalopod" Trope, Which Is Especially Common In Japanese Media. While Brute Bonnet, Instead Of Just Having The Same Donut Mouth But With Fangs On The Inside, Has What Appears To Be An Actual Beak Like Real Cephalopods.

Slither Wing and Walking Wake are def my favorites, they’re damn adorable. But tbh, all the Past Paradox designs are amazing, I love them all.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Scream Tail's hair-tail being similar to Mega Mewtwo Y's hair-tail.

It's so nice to scroll through the comments section and see how much love the scarlet paradoxes have from fans. They're all really cool and a great new spin, better than the convergent evolutions in my opinion. But I dread seeing the comments for the violet version, as while I do like the robotic aesthetic they were going for I think not everyone shares that appreciation...

I feel that maybe the brute bonnet design came first and the person that created the poke ball liked the design so he/she designed the poke ball resembling a brute bonnet.

This video is phenomenal and must have taken so much dedication and effort! Thank you Lockstin you've outdone yourself once again!! 🥰