If Every Pokemon Rival Became a Gym Leader 

I know it’s not a type specialty but I always thought as gladion as a “friendship evolution” specialist, he uses Crobat, lucario and silvally in almost all his battles and “the edgy guy learning to love” is a big enough trope to make that work, slap on a blissey, alolan persian and a togekiss and that’s a pretty solid team for him

"I came to your birthday party!" "You broke in and stole my cake." The official lore of Grunty Boi expands

wally being a psychic gym leader honestly has more layers to it, since he was a sickly boy who was always hindered by his sickness, but by his sheer love and interest in pokemon, after catching one and going on an adventure on his own, grows greatly and even overcomes his own sickness. and psychic types are strong against poison because its said a strong enough mind can overcome any physical barrier. all of this is to say, wally had very strong power of will himself.

I think for Hugh, an interesting option would be Dark Type. He spends much of the game hunting Team Plasma in an attempt to retrieve his sister's stolen Purrloin, later found to a Liepard. I think it would have been cool for him to base his gym team off that, since it's more plot relevant than anything.

"However, I've decided to make him a grass type gym leader for one big reason: ..." We know it's for Sceptile, and it's okay

I love some of reasonings are just “I like this Pokémon, so they would use that”

Ah, I see why you made Silver a poison-type specialist. Because he's toxic.

It's interesting that you made Tierno a water type specialist from Crawdaunt alone, considering he is kind of a water type specialist in the anime with three of his five known team members; Blastoise, Ludicolo and Politoed, are water types. He actually has kind of a rain team, even one of his non-water types Raichu using the rain for Thunder.

“He has a rotating monkey.” I knew what he meant but I just imagined a spinning monkey

Michael: hoenn dex Subtitles: HoE iNdEx

17:27 Unless Shauna's Goodra transitioned from male to female between her Route 19 battle and the Battle Maison becoming available, that's two Goodra, not one. Same conclusion (she has more dragon-type Pokemon than Pokemon of any other type), different premise. Also, the Route 19 Goodra is illegal. Sliggoo's supposed to evolve at level 50, but Shauna's Route 19 Goodra is level 49. This is of course even more fodder for making her a dragon trainer, since dragon trainers have a proud tradition of having illegal, under-leveled pseudo-legends.

“I came to your birthday party” “You broke in and stole my cake” “At least I was there” had me dying

"I came to your birthday party!" "You *broke in* and *stole my cake."* "At least I was there..."

"I feel like none of the other Normal types really fit Barry" Dude. Bidoof.

I actually really liked the idea behind the honey tree theme! I think it would be cool if there were more gyms with themes rather then types. Like “sound” and stuff.

If starters weren’t restricted I do think water would be a good alternative gym for Barry- Empoleon, as you mentioned, but he ALSO mentions wanting Crasher Wake to be his mentor (and honestly, Wake’s energy fits him)

"At least I was there" Every lonely kids in their birthday: Nono, he's got a point

Michael: "Normal-type gym" Me, who just played Heart Gold: *flashbacks *

Personally, I’d have gone with a Ground type setup for Trace, because of the whole arc with him and Cubone. Maybe Marowak, Alolan Dugtrio, Rhydon, Nidoking/Nidoqueen, Sandslash, and Golem.

Mikey: they would both be dark type gym leaders Yavaltal: YEEEEESSSSSSS

I like how Gladion didn't change at all to look like a dark type trainer.

i feel like Hugh should have had a dark type team since his character defining trait is just his sister's purrloin

ah yes, to this day i remember doing that research in castelia and getting asked what was my favorite type and getting mad because there was no honey tree option.

Giving my fav rival Silver a purple color scheme is something I didn’t know I needed. I love it

When the sponsor ship is so creative and good, you don’t skip it: *surprised pikachu face*

I definitely couldn’t tell gladion was a dark type specialist. There’s no way his outfit and edgy personality give that vibe.

"I was not expecting to make Shauna a Dragon-type specialist" But god am I glad it happened. Shauna deserves more love than she gets.

You probably could consider Snorlax as Barry's ace because he is the only NPC character in all the Sinnoh games who uses one.

I'd imagine this version of Barry as an "unofficial" Gym Leader like the Master of the Fighting Dojo. Maybe he'd give you the choice of a faster-acting honey vs one that has a higher chance of calling rare Pokemon.

"We are friends" "No we're not" "I came to your birthday party" "You broke in and stole my cake" "At least i was there" Lol

I like his gimmick; I think it honestly kind of makes sense for Barry to have Empoleon and have water as a type specialty though. The other two starters are represented in Sinnoh on GL/E4 teams and Barry idolizes Crasher Wake and convinced him to be his mentor to train him in Platinum/Masters. But yeah the honey is a cool idea

15:01 "And a *R O T A T I N G M O N K E Y* "

“Blue is the most famous rival.” You hear a distant sound, but it’s getting closer. thud... Thud... THUD!!!

I feel Water makes sense for Barry as he is massively inspired by Crasher Wake and is like a fanboy so like he asks Wake to teach him

I would have just given Blue the Pidgeot Team. There's already a Psychic type gym in Kanto.

I just love how he avoids making the gym leaders normal type gen 1-5 while giving them to the last gens 7-8

Tierno: *has Ludicolo as his partner in the Anime* Michael: *makes Tierno a Water-type gym leader* Michael: *doesn't put Ludicolo on Tierno's team* Me: "A FOOLISH MISCALCULATION!" Me: *posts this comment, continues video* Michael: "A FOOLISH MISCALCULATION!"

No one: Auto generated captions: greetings boyfriends!

13:18 "is the team good? no" me: cherrim: leftovers spd pokemon: substitute leech seed toxic giga drain snorlax: salac berry, gluttony fast physical sweep belly drum body slam darkest lairat earthquake heracross: flame orb, guts fast physical sweep buldoze bulk up brick break mega horn mothim: tinted lense (no item) bugbuzz acrobatics energy ball quiver dance vespiquen: sitrus berry, pressure substitute attack order acrobatics heal order and ambipom: lichi berry, technichian screech acrobatics body slam power up punch he would use acrobatics mostly because being a good acrobat would help hi climb the honey trees. also most of his pokemon (every one except heracross) hold a berry or nothing because you get berries from trees.

Considering Blue becomes the leader of the Viridian Gym and hands you the Earth Badge, I think it would have made sense to have him be a Ground-type specialist.

"It's an Unfezant, who would want their ace as an Unfezant." *Sad Unfezant noises*

Bro, giving Silver a Nidoking is a super cool idea! It's like a little nod to his father, Giovanni who also had a Nidoking!

Also in the anime- gladion’s lycanroc is shown most in all his battles, especially the Alola league final. I know it’s not a dark type but it’s one of his signature Pokémon alongside umbreon and silvally and it definitely looks quite mean so I think you should add midnight form lycanroc to his team too

I know she isn’t really a rival, but it would be cool if Lillie was included, either as a fairy type specialist like in the games, or an ice type one (since there is no ice focused trainer in the region). As a fairy type kahuna, from the her in-game teams she could have Clefable, Ribombee, and Comfey, while from her anime teams she could have Alolan Ninetails and Magearna (feels weird to give her a mystic/legendary, but she’s already heavily associated with one; Cosmog; and it’s base stat total is 600 and in the pseudo legendary range). Rounding out her team could be a Mega-Altaria, as Altaria is her Ultra Guardian ride Pokémon, and the mega form grants it the fairy type. If she were an ice type kahuna, a possible team could be: Alolan Ninetails Alolan Sandslash Glaceon Lapras Dewgong Vanilluxe Though this is more me spit-balling based on her vibes and the new ice types of the region.

Michael: “And for Brendan, there’s a three way tie between... Me: He’s going to give him grass so he can give him Sceptile. Michael: “I’m going to give him grass...” Me: He’s going to give him Sceptile. Michael: “Not Sceptile...” Me: 👀 Michael: “But honorary Sceptile.”

"GREETINGS BOYFRIENDS" These lines are one of the best lines ever.

Brendan having Sceptile makes more sense when you consider the fact, that most of the time Brendan is shown animated or given a starter, he typically has a Sceptile.

Grunty boi: YES KEEP CRYING wait what? 1:49

The Barry section was ABSOLUTELY genius, I never would have thought of honey trees despite almost half his team coming from them!

Gruntyboi sounds like Michael's best Papyrus impression.

I maybe would have made Brendan a water trainer, due to the weather theme in the generation. Wailord, Pelipper, Ludicolo, Castform (to stay consistent with May's)... maybe Huntail? Then either Swampert to stay in line with the Blaziken, or Relicanth or something else. Gotta love that honey tree team though.

2:54 one the most funniest conversations I've ever heard between Grunt Boy and Micky

Imagine if May and Brenden replaced Norman's gym when he retired and became a double battle gym with 2 different type specialtys.

I can just imagine him looking at poison types and being like hmmm where’s a mean and angry looking one

I like the idea of Silver having Nidoking as a nod to Giovanni

23:36 Side note. By completing the crown Tundra DLC, Klara & Avery use both Galarian Slowking and Galarian Slowbro at the same time in the Galarian Star Tournament. I personally would either swap Salazzle & Indeedee for Galarian Slowking, or swap Slowbro for Slowking on Avery's team because I think Galarian Slowking fits Avery's aesthetic more than Klara's. Furthermore, Avery sends out Slowking last in all battles after The Crown Tundra, while Klara send's out Slowbro last. Making this decision even more viable.

I love the art style for Dark Calem and Serena

Another point to defend Brendan having a Sceptile is that Treecko is his sync pair in Pokemon Masters

Love the idea of making Barry a honey tree specialist. Honestly think it would have been cooler if you had done more alternate themes like this. Like, maybe Silver could have been a trade evolution specialist, in reference to the fact he has Alakazam and Gengar (and uses Kingdra in other media), and is in fact known as the exchanger in the manga,

I feel like Barry being a honey-tree gym leader makes it seem like he’s from Pokémon Uranium, given that most of the gym leaders use themes instead of type specialties.

Grunty boi: I was at your birthday party Michael: You broke in and stole my cake Grunty boi: At least I was there

Tierno is a missed opportunity, he should’ve been done like Barry. Where he specializes on a theme rather than type, so like give him dancing Pokémon such as Hitmontop, Maractus, or Ludicolo who he’s already got.

Nemona’s signature Pokémon is her Electric tera type Pawmot, so she would be an Electric gym leader. Her full team would be Pawmot, Bellibolt, Kilowattrel, Magnezone, pom-pon Oricorio and Pincurchin Arven’s ace is Mabosstiff so he would be a Dark gym leader. His team would be Mabosstiff, Kingambit, Lokix, Bombirdier, Hydreigon and Tyranitar Penny is too committed to her Eevee theme so she would be an Eeveelution specialist. As a refresher, her team is Umbreon, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Leafeon and Sylveon. Carmine’s ace is Sinistcha and she has a Leavanny, so she would be a Grass gym leader. Her team would be Sinistcha, Leavanny, Scovillain, Arboliva, Brambleghast and Toedscruel Kieran’s ace is a Fighting tera type Hydrapple and he has a Poliwrath, so he would be a Fighting gym leader. His team would be Hydrapple, Poliwrath, Incineroar, Paldean Tauros, Annihilape and Flamigo. Incineroar isn’t a Fightinng type, but it looks enough like one that I think it’s fine.

I think you should’ve made Hau a Psychic-type kahuna, since there’s already an Electric trial with Sophocles and there’s nothing for Psychic in Alola, applying the same logic that you used with Brendan. His Psychic team would be A-Raichu, Espeon (as a nod to his other Eeveelutions and because there’s a gift Eevee egg), Oranguru, Hula Oricorio (both Alola Pokémon I can see Hau using), Slowking and Bruxish (the best fits for Hau out of USUM’s remaining psychics)

'There are no other fire types for May to use other than Blaziken' RIP Rapidash 2003-2020

"The two rivals in generation 5..." N: Am i a joke to you?

Would love to see you make a video about what type specialty the Orange Crew would use. (Would be your shortest video since it's only 4 of them.) Love the content, stay amazing as always!

I think it’s ironic that Barry, who is always rushing with little patience, is a specialist in a mechanic that takes a pain-staking amount of time on a good day.

“We’ll swap out Azumarill because it has the shortest arms” Michael-2020

Barry: *Has Honey Tree Gym* Hitmonchan: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career (Fire Punch, Close Combat, Stone Edge, Work Up)

You sir are precious cargo. Well committed to your craft and putting on a show for your audience. Your the man bro keep it up 👍💯

I've heard Giovanni was supposed to be Flying-type, so Blue's Flying team feels better in my eyes. Besides, Alakazam is already Sabrina's ace. *seeing May's team* okay, Blue might as well freaking replace Sabrina. I mean, with that team, May might as well move to a parallel universe when she turns 18, color her hair red, and call herself Flannery. Flannery is May from another reality! Quick, Brendan, *burp* you must become a Grass gym leader!

Silver being a Poison-type trainer is a really solid decision! It also indirectly references his relationship to Team Rocket and its boss, since Team Rocket members usually use Poison-types and since Giovanni uses both Nidos on multiple occasions.

Ok so next idea "If every gym leader became a rival" And also "if every rival was the evil team leader"

i don’t know why i busted out laughing when he said “honey tree specialist”

This is a very interesting and cool idea! How about trying this for the main characters?

While we're on a roll with this "if every" series, I have a suggestion for another: What if every regional professor was the champion? There's precedent for this with Kukui, Sycamore, and the beta Oak battle, so I think it would be an interesting video.

"I was your at your birthday party!" "You broke in and stole my cake" *"aT lEaSt I wAs ThErE"*

Anyone did not expect for Shawna and Trevor to have such op Type specialties

It's cool to see how much Grunti Boi and Mikey's relationship has evolved over the years

Most rivals ace:a starter Michael: we don't do that here

I just have to say, Calem/Serena's Dark alternate costume is amazing.

5:20 scyther is perfect for flying Gary, I'm pretty sure it's his ace in the manga

Wonder what neoma’s team would’ve been

Me: Ads are so boring.... Imma just skip them Mikey: A Foolish Miscalculation!!

I like the honey tree specialist idea for Barry, but if I were to choose a type, it would be water for floatzel because in platinum, thats the one that I associated him with, that or normal type for munchlax

I think that Barry could have also been an electric type specialist because his personality is that he’s always on the move, he runs everywhere, and I imagine him to talk fast. Also his hair is yellow like an electric type

I feel like "Grunty-Boi" is gonna become a fan favorite "character"

Next idea: "What if Villain Team Leaders were Champions" I mainly just want to see them have a team of six.

I am watching this with RU-vid"s closed captions on so I can also read what you're saying. At the 12:53 mark when you said; "Clearly Barry is a freaking prodigy..." , the CC actually listed it as the F-bomb. lol

I love May and I love fire types you mix them together and make May a fire type gym leader THANK YOU you made my dream come true and you gave her a Ninetales my most favorite of all pokemon!

I understand Hugh being an electric type leader, but I see him as a Dark type considering he spent the entire B2W2 story looking for Purloin, even though it wasn’t his. It just fits him better than electric.

Mikey: you DONT HELP SYLVALLY BECAUSE YOU CAN BE ANY TYPE Me: HE'S AN EMO PICK DARK

21:42 Mikey: AHHH MEGA PIGIOET Mega pigioet: IMA FLY ON TO YOUR CHEST

Grunty boi: Doesn't say ta-ta Me: *Impossible*

I love how Gladions design doesn’t even change to a Dark/type Gym Leader

Not only do Klara and Avery have type specialties already, but at the beginning of the Galarian Star Tournament, they confirm that they became Minor League Gym Leaders, so there's that too!

Theres something just super about gym leader/mono type teams. Keeps making me think about steel teams. I love steel

actually barry's team was my fav because the honey pokemon specialist was really creative

I figure Hugh would have have a dark type team due to his involvement in the plot with his sister's Purrloin (Liepard when they reunite)