I attempted the 5000 Piece Pokémon puzzle 😳 

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i absolutely lost it when karen called jigglypuff kirby w all the confidence in the world 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I love Karen confidently calling Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise all Bulbasaur 😅😂

Timestamps all the Bulbasaurs start to appear: 13:59 = tiny, bald Bulbasaur, 14:08 = big, flying dragon Bulbasaur, 14:13 = spiral Bulbasaur, 14:20 = bigger, darker blue Bulbasaur, 14:30 = biggest, cannon Bulbasaur, 14:32 = high level view of all the blue Bulbasaurs.

My favorite Gen I Pokémon, at this point, is easily Psyduck. Just so relatable. "KIRBY!" had me dying. Anyone else reflexively saying "water type" and "psychic type" and so on whenever Karen referred to a section by the background color?

Karen not liking Mr. Mime is so funny and honestly based, he’s freaky

The Kirby/Jigglypuff part was hilarious but "Pokémon potatoes" was gold lmao. I'm calling them that from now on

I love the names/references you were giving them. Snorlax being called Totoro is so funny 💚💚💚

Surprising! Karen seems like the kind of person who could’ve been heavily invested into Pokemon as a kid.

Day one: "I don't know any of these little guys!" Day two: "Look at Origami-friend and Totoro! This puzzle is so entertaining I burnt my lunch!" Day three: *blank stare of puzzle fever* "....I rose at the crack of dawn...... TO PUZZLE ON! Move out of my way Kirby!"

I would watch a 3 hour video of karen trying to name each of the.pokemon

Sitting down on the sofa and declaring that you are too comfy to get up and continue for the rest of the day, only to get back to it within 30 min because you got bored is such a mood.

I'm 2 minutes in and already laughing tears. "I know nothing about pokemon, I just like puzzles" is such a vibe. I felt the same doing the 1000p pokemun puzzle. And you trying to name them, so funny. Very relatable. It made my day.

As a pokemon fan I adored that you didn’t know any of the names and just geeked out on the puzzle aspect. This was a great watch!!

The absolute confidence with which Karen declared her revelation of Jigglypuff being Kirby was the best part of the video by far. Obviously people who don't care aren't going to memorize 500+ silly fictional creatures, but also people who don't know Pokemon at all trying to name Pokemon is always going to be peak comedy. Also, "Sealena" could totally be a canonical pokemon name, fyi.

I am 81 and remember my grandsons loving Pokemons. I love your enthusiasm and talent for doing puzzles. I am a frustrated puzzle solver so I do smaller ones, which is OK for my old brain to cope with 🤗 Cheers from Aus. 🇦🇺

The time it took you to just sort the pieces hit me like a ton of bricks, you poor soul 😢 In all seriousness though, I absolutely love your energy! You just give off such wholesome “enthusiastic mom/aunt trying to get into Pokémon to surprise her kids” vibes and I am living for it! P.S. when you were trying to figure out which one was Bulbasaur (it’s the little teal frog guy with the big bud on its back) I swear I felt a piece of me die inside

My favourite Pokémon is Electrode (the big round one with the brows in the upper right corner). No one else appreciates him the way I do. 😔

You calling Jigglypuff 'Kirby' with full confidence made my heart swell with fondness. I love people who aren't as deep into the fandom trying to put names to characters and my mom is the opposite. She only knows Jigglypuff and will call Kirby 'Jigglypuff' with just as much confidence.

My favorite Pokemon is Eevee, the little brown fox jumping over Totoro's head near the middle.

Not me instantly knowing that she would call Mr Mime the clown. Also her second guessing herself and calling Jigglypuff Kerby wirh so much confidence was too precious.

a very lovely detail in this puzzle that someone not into pokemon may have missed is that they're not just divided by color, but rather by type. each pokemon have a type attached to them, and those types are water, fire, grass, electric, psychic, normal, and ground. there's actually more types, like dragon, metal, and dark, but those aren't included in this puzzle. a pokemon's type means it can do different things--notice that the psychic pokemon have one holding a hypnosis charm, and others holding spoons (to bend with his mind, see). the bulbasaur you were looking for is a grass type, so he's actually in the bottom left--he's got a bulb on his back, since he's kind of a plant. each pokemon evolve into bigger versions of themselves, so when you got tripped up on which was bulbasaur, you were close! they're all the same creature evolved into bigger types. the starter ones everyone's usually talking about that are featured on this box are bulbasaur (the tiny little plant turtle), ivysaur (the turtle with a pink flower that hasn't yet bloomed), and venusaur (the big turtle with a flower). then there's the fire types, charmander (the orange lizard with fire on his tail), charmeleon (the red lizard with fire on his tail), and charizard (the big dragon with blue wings and.. you guessed it, fire on his tail). and finally, the water ones, squirtle (the blue turtle with a curled tail), wartortle (the blue turtle with wings on his head), and blastoise (the big turtle with giant cannons coming out of his shell). starters are the pokemon you can pick from to begin your journey in the first video game. squirtle is my favorite of the three starters, but my all time favorite pokemon is psyduck! he's the little duck in the water section holding his head :) sorry this is a lot of information! i just really like pokemon and only recently got into it a couple years ago, so from someone who also had to learn this all from scratch to another, don't worry about it too hard! they sure are just funny little animals. great job with the puzzle! and i bet your favorite is kirby ;)

I think it's fine you don't know the Pokemon but the Kirby part had me HOWLIN'. And the Totoro/Snorlax comparison was cute. I've never done a puzzle bigger than 1000 but you made this one seem so straightforward and chill that maybe I should do a 5k one at some point lol

I think that not knowing the pokemon made this even more entertaining in a good way! i LOLed so hard when she said kirby with such confidence

After looking up the cost of this I just want to say thanks again for making your puzzles affordable! Your 3000 piece puzzle was the first quality puzzle I ever bought and I thought it was expensive at the time! But having seen that this one is twice as much… just thank you!

Admit it, you just wanted to trigger us Pokémon nerds with that intro 😂

To be fair, jigglypuff sounds like a Mario kart character.

Jigglypuff might as well be Kirby! They're both round, pink, and adorable. 😊

I lost my mind when I heard Karen say: “I think that this is Kirby” 😂

Karen: It can't be Jigglypuff Also Karen: "I had a brain storm last night, I think I remember what this pink pokemon is called, im pretty sure this is Kirby" 😂😂🤦🤦🤦

I really thought all 90s kids could name the og 151 pokemon. Kirby, Totoro, and Sealina 🤣

Snorlax is my absolute favorite!!! He’s so silly and I literally kept an army of him in my pokémon go because he was so cute ❤

My kiddo loved this video, and says to share that their favorite Pokemon is in this puzzle, front and center -- the little brown fox Eevee! We also love Nintendo in general, including Mario and Kirby (and Zelda!) in addition to pokemon! We're glad you got a great gradient experience out of it, and we loved your naming and describing the Pokemon with fresh eyes and perspective!!

I'm back with a new giant puzzle video! I know that when I posted about this, a lot of you said you had also done it. Did you like it as much as I did? How did it go for you?

I actually got this puzzle for Christmas. I was SO excited to receive it. I've never done a puzzle this big, however I know pokemon inside and out. I've already completed the ravensburger pokemon challenger 1000 piece puzzle, so I'm really excited to do this one. Pokemon was my childhood and now I get to share it with my children who all love it too.

Now my 500 piece puzzle doesn't seem so hard

There's something extremely endearing hearing you trying to work out which of the Squirtle line is actually a Bulbasaur (in disguise perhaps?) and I thoroughly enjoyed your descriptions of and comments on the mons' designs. Also, thank you for getting me into puzzling! Up until last year I had one 500 piece jigsaw I hadn't touched since I was a kid and now between Christmas and my birthday own three 1,000 pieces (two done so far) and one 1,500. As a big Pokémon fan not going to lie, this is tempting... but I don't have much surface space and think I should stick to the smaller puzzles for a while first. Kirby (heehee) def isn't my favourite, but I'm sure you haven't heard of the ones in my top five as they're from newer generations than these OGs XD

Jigglypuff and Kirby do look like they could be related, at least. The “mushroom head” is a crab-like creature called Paras and I love him. The potatoes are actually thick worm-like Pokemon that dig really fast, a single one is Diglett and the evolution that looks like three Diglett stuck together is Dugtrio.

Petition for Karen to start a second channel, Karen Games, and she plays Pokemon Fire Red and learns all the pokemon from this puzzle! She could even have a dewgong called Seal-ena! The Kirby/Jigglypuff thing was so cute. You sounded so proud of yourself when you declared Kirby.

This is definitely my favourite video of yours. Listening to you name the Pokemon give me so much joy! Oragami friend, Totoro, Kirby, Yarn Monster, Mushroom Head, Pokomon Potatoes, Pokemon Clown, Seal-ena! Love it!

1:21 You got Charizard right! 1:33 The three round blue ones all look similar because they belong to the same ‘evolution line’ which means that you start with one Pokémon and it evolves into the next after some time and training to a certain level in life. The top round blue one is Squirtle, the bottom right one is Wartortle and the bottom left one is Blastoise. When you look at them in order of Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, you might notice what we mean by a Pokémon ‘evolving’. 17:34 The yarn monster one is Tangela. 17:38 The seal one is literally just Seal. Pokémon likes to do that. 17:53 The origami monster one is Porygon. 18:28 The serious eyebrow one is Electrode. 19:05 The Totoro looking one is Snorlax. 19:19 The one you’re working on here is Bulbasaur! 23:39 In order of to who you pointed at these are Drowzee, hypno, Sandslash, Victreebel, Venusaur (I believe, I couldn’t really see who you pointed at clearly), and Pidgeot. 26:59 The big one is Onyx. And the one next to it is Rhydon. 36:04 The mushroom head one is Paras. 36:10 The potatoes one is Dugtrio. 36:16 Your least favourite is Mr. Mime.

This is the first puzzle I did when I discovered your channel and you made me wanna try a bigger challenge. So this is kind of a full circle moment for me. Thank you so much for being an inspiration!

17:16 this is Kirby! I am so sorry! I laugh so hard! 😂

It's something I really love about Pokemon, every Pokemon is someone's favourite. Your guesses are hilarious too XD

It’s so interesting to see how you approach this as a non-Pokemon fan! I find them really easy in comparison to others because I usually sort them by the pokemon themselves while you approach from the background. Very neat!

To be fair, Kirby and Jigglypuff could be twinsies! Loved that you were so confident once your brain landed on Kirby the next day. Karen sticks to her guns! ❤

Fun fact: The mushroom guy is Paras, and "Paras" means "Best" in Finnish! My fave is Poliwag, the blue round tadpole-looking guy with the spiral.

Oooh I also recently finished this puzzle! I got it for my birthday last year. I'm a huge Pokemon fan and love puzzles so it was a no-brainer. I also loved it, I think it's a great introduction to large puzzles! My favorite is Scyther, who sadly wasn't in the puzzle. And the comparison of Kirby to Jigglypuff was pretty amusing, they are pretty similar at least :)

I just took a 5-hour graduate school comprehensive exam today, so I was so excited that I would get to watch this afterwards as my reward! This was exactly what I was hoping for when you did this puzzle. 😂 I have adored Pokemon for over 20 years now, and it was so refreshing to see your reactions to all the Pokemon in the puzzle, unaffected by any prior conceptions. Calling Dugtrio potatoes made me laugh so hard (they're, like, moles lol). Maybe you can find a *Kirby* puzzle to do at some point, I bet there are some really cute ones out there!! My favorite pokemon is Lapras (like my username). They're in the first generation of Pokemon, but there isn't one on this puzzle. A Lapras is like a Nessie, with a turtle shell. They're super kind, can understand human speech, and will ferry people on their backs over the water. They were hunted almost to extinction, but as of a few games ago, they are now thriving thanks to preservation efforts!

What a treat to get a giant puzzle so early in the year!! I hope this means you'll do more than 1 5000+ piece puzzle this year, the giant ones are my favorite by far!!

Perfect! Working on Karen's 3000 piece puzzle while watching a new video. And it's snowing.😁

Hi Karen, new subscriber here! I happened to have your world championship videos suggested to me by you-tube and my evening took a left hand turn as I watched you and your friends competing in something that I never even knew existed! Your enthusiasm and skill is fun to watch and following you assemble this puzzle was a pleasure. I used to do a lot of puzzles back when I was a teenager (50 years ago!) but they had nothing like this back in those days. Great job!

Karen isn't the most knowledgeable pokemon fan, but I think if u knew the pokemon and the fact that the puzzle is divided by pokemon type, it would have made the sorting much faster. It just goes to show that knowledge of the contents of the puzzle can make a huge difference in the speed of which one can sort and finish a puzzle. Really interesting video! Awesome vid Karen :)

Having never attempted more than a single 1500 piece puzzle, your 3000 piece was a great Christmas challenge. I went through basically the same process and emotional rollercoaster 😂

I grew up watching the anime/playing the games Karen, I can tell you a lot about the Pokemon themselves. The ones in this puzzle are the first generation of Pokemon from Kanto (which is the region in the first anime/games). The dragon is indeed Charizard (although in the games he's a Fire/Flying type), the pink ball you thought was a Mario Kart character is Jigglypuff and she's in the Nintendo Smash games. The blue turtle Pokemon are Squirtle (smaller form), Wartorle (second form) and Blastoise (big turtle with the cannons on it's back) Bulbasaur is the small toad looking Pokemon with the bulb on its back. Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur are known as the 1st generation starter Pokemon that you start out with in Pokemon Red, Blue and Green. The seal is named Dewgong lol, the orgima monster is Porygon and the tangled guy is Tangela. Eyebrow guy is Electrode. One you also thought looked like Totoro is Snorlax.

The way puzzling is a serious job that requires getting up early and using all the daylight like a scenic painter was very standout to me

What a satisfying puzzle!! It's very interesting how similar it was to put together as a gradient puzzle! Great work again Karen!

I don't know if I have a favorite Pokemon, but Lapras has been growing on me lately. (Lapras is another of the first generation, but doesn't appear on this puzzle.) I do have to say, however, that after misidentifying Bulbasaur in the beginning, it was quite amusing that the final piece that you couldn't place ended up going in Bulbasaur's final evolution. Gotta love those little ironies. Oh, and obligatory "I wasn't going to say that Kirby isn't a pokemon, but apparently I have use the word Kirby in my comment anyway".

I was just looking up a video of yours when I saw you posted this one 24 seconds ago. This Pokémon nerd can't contain herself right now!

Absolutely loved this! Your Pokemon identification felt very "parent trying very hard to support their child's passion but missing the details" 😂 I now think that Snorlax and Totoro are distant cousins. I think Evee is one of my favorites.

Karen your videos are amazing. You are giving us everything - timelapse, satisfying snaps into place, filling in with multiple peces at once, different camera angles, humor, data analysis. I follow your channel for a longer time now and I think i watched each and every one of your videos. FYI, I`m not at least bothered about you video schedule (or the lack of the same), I look forward to your videos whenever they come out, no matter the puzzle or the topic. P.S. My favourite pokemon is Rapidash (fire horse).

Just at the beginning and you saying baulbasaur is blue and then talking about jigglypuff like it was Kirby 😭❤️

I love your discreet pikachu head at the start of the video when all the pieces are in one big pile! ❤️

So amazing that you can puzzle for hours and hours straight! My back and neck start hurting so bad after an hour or so and I feel like the hunchback of Notre Dame 😅 Love watching you puzzle!

What a beautiful puzzle. Such a charming set of poses you did on the table after. My favorite pokemon is jigglypuff because her songs knock people out lol

Hi.Karen I just love your doing puzzles and the enthusiasm you have! I know you will catch them all!

Happy New Year! I’m so happy to hear that you’re changing up your schedule and honestly, more power to you and here’s to a great puzzling year ahead.

I loved this video! Not only does it combine two of my favorite things the enthusiasm you had for it despite not knowing anything about Pokémon was so nice to see! I'm so glad you really enjoyed this puzzle to the point you want to do it again! Also my favorite is Snorlax, the "Totoro" looking Pokémon!!

The confidence with which you said Kirby 😂 honestly though this was a joy to watch. As much as it’s fun to see you take on a super hard puzzle it’s also lovely to watch you doing a puzzle you’re truly enjoying

Clicked for Pokemon, stayed for "Kirby" As a Pokemon fan, that was genuinely really entertaining and funny! Also, my favorite pokemon is Zubat, but since they're not on the puzzle, I'm gonna go with Psyduck (that's the yellow duck holding his head)

Oh yes!!!! I love your giant puzzle hideos soo much. Excited to watch this 🤍

Anyone else kinda wanna see Karen try a blind play through of Poke'mon?

seeing you enjoy this puzzle despite not knowing anything about the pokemon, was so wholesome and joyful. I first saw you in the try guys video where you raced them. and I've been watching you ever since. thank you for sharing your hobby with us, I love your content.

I'm so excited! 😆 I was waiting ALL DAY!! Editing to add that you're not alone. I know nothing about Pokémon as well, but the puzzle looks beautiful. Also, KIRBYY

I'd probably drive you nuts if you watched me do a puzzle. I NEVER sort and NEVER flip. I just split the pieces between the box and the lid and start rifling around for anything that catches my eye and start putting pieces together. I don't look at the picture, either. And I can finish a 1,000 piece puzzle in two evenings. If I had to sort, I'd go out of my mind!

I am a long-time pokemon fan and recently got into puzzling. I never clicked on one of your videos this fast (so far)!!! And yes, those were the first 151 pokemon (Gen 1), and there are already more than a thousand now. A puzzle with all of them would be so much fun. 😍

the one thing i love more than watching karen puzzle, is watching karen name pokemon incorrectly. it made me so happy. "yarn monster" was so good, hahahaha.

This one looks like fun! You know a lot more about Pokémon than I - after Pikachu I’m pretty much done!

I can't put in words why this channel is awesome.... but it is.😊

This was such a satisfying puzzle to watch! Something about those clearly defined characters plus the gradient just hits right 🙏

thanks for the video Karen! i needed this :3 just finished a difficult puzzle and rn im ready for a new one!

To be fair, Kirby and jigglypuff are quite similar. Wikipedia says Despite not being a lead character in the Pokémon franchise, game director Masahiro Sakurai selected it to appear due to its similarities to Kirby, which allowed the staff to reuse the model and many animations as a base for Jigglypuff. Always found Jigglypuff pretty cute.

Hi Karen! I finally got the chance to get your 1027 piece puzzle! I'm so excited to do it, keep up the great work!

Just discovered you on RU-vid. I love your enthusiasm. I am retired and have lots of time to do the things I love to do. I really enjoy doing Charles Wysocki puzzles. Also I just ordered a couple of Ravenburger puzzles and 6 puzzles from Buffalo Puzzles. I’ve got 8 puzzles from White Mountain that I need to put together also. I really enjoy watching your videos, Karen, so keep puzzling please. Thanks for being you! Faith from Kansas 😊

My 3yo old loves your time lapse puzzle videos and loves pokemon. This was a perfect combo.

I totally expected this to be a two-parter so it feels like a treat! My favorite Pokémon is Totoro :p

Tame lapses were very satisfying! Very well designed puzzle! My favorite Pokémon is chickorita 😂 I never played games as well, but i watched cartoons

I can forgive you for not knowing Pokémon, but not knowing who Kirby is (and isn’t)? How could you not!

The click of Ravensburger pieces is so satisfying! Superior puzzle for sure.

I know just about the basic Pokémon so you are not alone. Not all of us have card dealerships. However, when it comes to the puzzle, you managed to catch ‘em all.

Seeing all the puzzle pieces in the shape of pikachu at the start of the video is really satisfying, thank you for that!

As someone who grew up watching Pokemon, I thought your descriptions were hilarious. Especially when you call Dugtrio potatoes and Jigglypuff Kirby. My favorite first-gen Pokemon is Vulpix, but my favorite overall is Leafeon.

Hey Karen, I just wanna thank you as I very randomly had your channel in my feed and your entusiasm for puzzles made me buy some. Well 10 hours later I have my first 1000 piece done and I had so much fun doing so! 🎉❤

I loved doing this puzzle a few years ago! I was inspired by your puzzle channel to try my first GIANT puzzle and I was so glad I did!

you are correct all the blue ones are bulbasaur 👍

35:36 wery cute tapping :) few more words, just for the platform. you can ignore this string at all

My favorite is mimikyu. It looks basically just like a scarier version of Pikachu. It looks scary but I love the back story.

15:13 that happy piece should become a gif. If I only knew how to create one... Also I am impressed how fast you finished the puzzle! I have had 1000 piece puzzles that I finished at a slower pace (more than 5 hours per 1000 pieces). The non-taped stack is my default method for all puzzles, I think it is the perfect method as long as the pieces don't come apart when picking them up: you just leave yourself all the options. I like the confidence of your Kirby fail by the way, I could not care less about Pokemon names :'D

My two favorite hobbies in one! I must find, purchase, and have this puzzle!!! Thank you Karen. 😊

The way you point all Squirtl evolution line was awesome!!! But you call them Bulbasaur. The first gen is incredibly well designed.