Not sure if this counts; The pokemon anime was banned in Turkey a few episodes in. A kid thought they were a pokemon. They tried to fly by jumping out of the window and then died. I think the story was something close to that? I don't remember it that well.
A very similar story to Pokémon Uranium: Pokémon Brick Bronze Pokémon Brick Bronze was a Pokémon fangame on Roblox, it was made around 2016 and after a beta phase where you had to pay-to-play, it was released for free shortly fter it was made. It was one of the most popular games on the Roblox platform garnering 5000-10000 players at all times. After 2-3 years of development, the developers got a cease-and-desist from Nintendo and had to take the game down in 2018. There were many other Pokémon fangames on Roblox, but they all got deleted at the same time around 2018-2019 shortly after Pokémon Brick Bronze. Pokémon Brick Bronze was by far the most popular and was the first casualty.
What about people being pokemon? Proof you ask; well... Nurse Joy, and officer Jenny have clones in every city, like pokemon. And the reason why ash is still 10 is because he hasn't evolved. The show should end with ash evolving.
I like to imagine the Giovanni theory as a looney tunes kind of joke where he leaves to moments later notice that it's a waterfall, and raise the classic Oh no! sign
I was raised in a religious family and the elementary school I went to was Christian. I remember the teacher at the time had a sit down with the whole class and ranted on why Pokemon was bad (mainly cuz two kids spent recess time trading Pokémon cards). She even went lengths to say that Pikachu is a Japanese god…. Yeah… safe to say now I gained my childhood back
My mom thought the anime was “too violent” and would only let me watch one episode per week, but I ended up being so in love with the franchise that she eventually gave up, and probably realized she had overreacted. Thinking back to that time is kinda funny to me, because I almost can’t imagine my life if Pokémon hadn’t become my #1 childhood obsession
Same with my mom! 😂 She also thought that the anime was way too violent and believed that it promoted animal cruelty/abuse when she didn't understood about the fact that pokemon don't mind battling. But as i got older, she also decided to just let me enjoy the pokemon franchise and little by little she became ok with it. There were even times whenever she saw some episodes with me, she even told me that the episode that she really liked was the one with jessie's friendship with a blissey from the johto season 🥺 But yea, i'm glad my mom eventually saw that pokemon is one of my favorite franchises. heck! She even bought me a pikachu themed sweater few years ago! 😊
I remember my mother wouldn't buy me pokemon cards as a kid because she said it was demonic. I responded with, "It's just a rat that shoots lightning. Take it easy, Mom.". Caught the ass whooping of a life time for that one.😂😂
The Brock thing seems really silly considering many other anime characters have eyes like his and the show is made by a Japanese animation studio. Also he looked like that in the game to being with so really gamefreak made the base for his design.
Yup, I think the worst part is that the original series of the indigo league had Brock as a core cast member for Ash's journey in Kanto. So deciding to ditch him for the possibly of being perceived as racist in terms of eyes is a bit strange given the fact that it is literally the Japanese making the show, Brock has been a core member of the show for a large part, his entire family aside from his mother also has been shown to have the same design for eyes, and that Brock is black not asian. Of course Brock is not in every season of the show, but he was a widely popular character in the show. Brock having slashed eyes is probably the least stereotypical thing the show has to worry about. Pretty sure the idea of having his father being a stereotypical run-away-dad is worse, but even then the anime does have the issue face front and center when his father does return and take care of his family. So even then most of the stereotypes they could worry about are treated with care.
@@numbernumber25 Brock just has darker skin hes not black, I don't think the anime had a black character until Iris His skin tone is usually much lighter in the games/other media like origins.
@@pixelatedmess9269 Ok I did a quick google search and it seems like neither of them have any confirmation for where their heritage is based off. People online apparently think Iris is either part black or Indian, as opposed to Brock which they believe is either part Ainu( I think other fans suggested as it was one of the ethnic groups of Japan that had darker skin tones) or black. Apparently though there seems to be more certainty among fans that Hop and Leon are black though as opposed to being from a ethnic group from Japan with darker skin tones or Indian.
@@numbernumber25 Yeah while not specifically stated, with gen 1 specifically its a little easier to figure out. considering that gen 1's world is literally just supposed to be less urbanized contemporary Japan, also people just tend to be more tan the further you are from a city here. People with ainu ancestry aren't super common in real life Kanto you find them more north towards Hokkaido, which is where Sinnoh/Hisui is based on. With Iris I think its pretty safe shes black since her skintone and how her hair is drawn is much closer to other characters like Nessa and Lenora rather than a character with pretty clear Native American inspiration such as Alder or Benga(
@@pixelatedmess9269 My best guess for why I would say 75% of the uncultured fans, me included, draw the assumption that Brock is black is mostly due of course the darker skin tone along with dark hair, the nature of his story with parallels to stereotypes, and the fact that for some reason someone from around the 2010s decided to make a meme of Brock impersonating Barack Obama. Also the main fact that you pointed out of how uncommon it is to meet any Ainu people given how they are more prevalent towards Hokkaido as opposed to Kanto. Which is unfortunate given the fact that I am guessing that there are some specific cultural aspects for Brock that were very subtle throughout the anime or were never delved into in regards of where his character is supposed to originate from. As for Iris, if I were to take a guess I would still place it first guess being Indian and second guess being black. From my point of view aside from skin tone, I think the specific thing is that her hair seems to give off more feelings of indian based designed, something about the shape and the way it ties. I of course could be completely wrong though. Also I did not actually even consider her being Native American, but I would probably place the probability of it behind the other two possibilities. Even despite Unova being based off of New York so there would be a more likely occurrence of a black character in a region based off The US. Also Nessa and Lenora I had a bit harder time to gauge a possibility of which they are based on, my only excuse being that I did not watch the anime for the seasons they were in neither the games they were involved in. Hop and Leon, I just pulled a quick search which is the first African based character in pokemon and apparently a lot of people had Hop and Leon apparently. But the UK has a lot of places they have colonized so there is a lot of transfers from Africans, Indians, Chinese, and many more. So Leon and Hop being one or the other, mixed or unclear is something I could agree on. But yeah I could split the difference and go Bengali.
The Jynx controversy is so unfortunate because along with Magmar and Electubuzz they were a trio and I really belive that Jynx would also have gotten an evolution in gen 4 if Jynx had a cleaner history
Yeah, I never understood this spoopy sad dead Raticate theory. He seems waaay too peppy and I think he literally tells you why he's there, if I remember right. He's not mourning anything lol
58:06 The reason for Unown being related to WW2 victims is because in the 1997 Spaceworld demo, which was supposed to take place in the entirety of Japan, the city that would represent Hiroshima was surrounded by routes with dead vegetation and pokemon referencing maybe the effects of radiation on living beings (such as doduo or girafarig, for example). The city of Hiroshima had a building in the center, ruins of some kind, in which its walls were covered by pictures or paintings similar to the ones in the ruins of alph, but instead of depicting letters, these depicted people, possibly referencing the shadows that the victims of the Hiroshima bombing left behind after the explosion. This was probably scrapped and repurposed into the whole Unown mystery, but the initial plan may have been for Unown to represent actual WW2 victims.
This helps explain the theory better than the last time I heard it. I first heard of this theory about a week ago on another iceberg video and the logic in that one was that if you line the Ruins of Alph (as it is in the complete Johto) up with the map of Japan then it's near Hiroshima and I knew that was absolutely false because I don't even think the real life region of Kansai is near Hiroshima. But now being told that the ruins might have been around the general Hiroshima area in the original map, that explains it better.
Sword and shield had a ghost it was a little girl she gave you a ribbon or something she wanted you to give it to her old friend her friend said she died and he is old(I think that's right)
Yeah she gives you a letter to give to her friend Frank in Ballonlea, whos an old man, who says she died or "moved away" a long time ago, and if you go back to where she is there's a reaper cloth there.
One of the funniest forum threads I read in a while was on a Christian website and it was about a mother whose son was playing Persona 3. But yeah it's a miracle those games only really caught on after much of the religious panic over video games had mostly ended (and even then, it was mainly the spinoff series that focused less on angels, demons, holy wars, etc. and more on high schoolers with magical powers that became popular)
I actually don't think the sound you hear after Giovanni leaves the cave is a splash but the static from the radio that calls out to him right after he leaves.
I actually have three of the Poké Balls from the Burger King recall. I had no idea about that story, though. It’s pretty shocking to know that I have something like that which was supposed to be destroyed. I was born around the same time as the second kid who was killed by them, too.
On the topic of days of mourning, the decreased encounter rates are to keep music from jumping into its regular upbeat/energetic tone especially for moments of silence.
@crashy102 if you mean Walking Wake I would assume no because it doesn’t really have any features from Entei or Raikou it kinda just looks like someone was told to draw Suicune as a dinosaur
Holy cow. That Pokémon Go murder, in San Francisco, I'm shocked I hadn't heard of that. I used to work basically down the street for years. I was even a Beta tester for Pokémon Go.. I would walk all around that area especially!! Wow.. Spooky for sure.
You should have brought up the Gabriel Smart incident. It was a very confusing drama in the competitive card community where one player accused the other one for S Assault and a lot of people was dragged into the drama. At one point in the entire thing, both the acused and acuser was banned from attending official tournaments
40:05 That actually reminds me of an episode in DPP. Basically, team rocket created their very own gym called the “Power Zone Gym”. The gimmick was that they would take a loser’s Pokémon and train them up. In actuality, it was a ploy to steal them
The anti Japan on Korea is not a shame. It's completely justified, since Japan committed several war crimes against Korea in WW2 and never apologize for it.
I'm surprised you didnt mention pokegods during the pikablu part! The details are super fuzzy to me now but I remember people were really worked up about it, and pikablu was the poster child for it
(Sees homestuck) (Listens to Toby Fox creating some songs in Pokémon) (Connects Toby Fox to one of his best friends Andrew Hussie, creator of Homestuck) (Cries)
controversy Moop actually knew what GS on the ball meant, this is the first time I've heard of it and I looked at the colors and assumed it meant gold and silver
I love watching iceburg videos! I do have one correction (though it's super small), that the images from 46:56 are not from Neopets, but a knock off called Marapets. The gallery of evil's Pikachu eater, however, is definitely Neopets.
That legal at 10 thing is definitely part of the reason why I usually think of the protags and rivals and stuff to be around like 16. That and most just look like older teens to me since I payed as a kid so yea XD
@@wintersong2266 yea theres never been a canon 10 year old mc in the mainline i think. youngest confirmed protagonists (frlg and sm) are 11. calem and serena are implied to be the oldest at 16-17.
"The revived dinosaur would then wreak havoc throughout the Kanto region, proving to be a match for even the toughest Pokémon." The mental image I have of a Tyrannosaurus Rex crushing a Gyarados in half with its powerful jaws as Lance just stands there, mortified by what just happened to one of his Pokémon is just... *YES.* That whole last entry gives me The Lost World Jurassic Park vibes when the buck T. Rex is taken to the mainland and goes on a rampage through San Diego. And the dino kid fanatic in me wished that happened lmao.
46:55 heyyy, I'm really enjoying the iceberg, but just a quick detail! I think that the lower image in this moment doesn't belong to Neopets, but to another game called Marapets. Just that, I'm gonna keep watching :]
The reason real world animals were shown in the early days of Pokémon is because the original concept was them living alongside animals and humans as a third species type, kinda like an inbetween state of the two. Not because of an apocalypse or anything, moreso it seems they’re used in reference to things like Yokai and Fair Folk. Ofc later on that was retconned so now any mention of irl animals has been replaced by various Pokémon types
The Baby Is You reference that Toby snuck in will never not be hilarious as an ex Homestuck fan. P sure I took psychic damage when I realised I not only recognised the melody but knew just exactly *where* I recognised it from
27:40 I notice that this theory is gaining a lot of traction as of recent, but I’m not quite convinced of it because of one simple reason: N has a Zoroark on his team. That explains why the Zoroark disappears. N simply recalls it into its pokeball until he later uses it in his fight vs the player. That scene I feel is meant moreso to showcase how synchronized N is with his pokemon, being able to communicate plans that are a bit more complex than the ones regular people usually make with their pokemon. As for him looking like a Zoroark, trainers vaguely resemble their signature pokemon all the time. Riley from Gen 4 (the Lucario guy) being a prominent example. If he were actually a Zoroark disguised as a human, wouldn’t he then try to look as different from a Zoroark as possible to minimize suspicion? It’s a cool theory, but in the end it seems more like a mystery exercise than an actual mystery. Where someone noticed those details at surface value, then said “wouldn’t it be fun if _ were true?”
Another big evidence is the Memory Link feature, where you learn about some stuff between B/W and the sequels, such as how Iris became champion or just Skyla and Elesa hanging out. However, one shows 2 Plasma Grunts talking about the state of Plasma and N. Normally, you talk with a relevant NPC but for that one N's Zoroark rushes you and the flashback occurs; but Zoroark isn't there in the flashback, instead N was revealed to have been listening in on the conversation. Thus, it was N's memory in the guise of Zoroark (~~or Zoroark was just in its Pokeball at the time.~~)
Literally THIS year You can add to the iceberg the judge in VGC who kept following players to private dinners and commenting on their appereance (specifically transgender fans) and he got banned from ever working as a judge for the Pokemon company again.
12:20 "This is because of the large Anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea which is a shame because it still exists to this day." During the 1940s, Japan kidnapped and trafficked Korean women and forced 7.8 million Koreans into labor, and afterwards the victims were given less than $1 for compensation, while Japan largely denies their crimes. There are many still alive today. Not to mention centuries of conflict going all the way back to the 300s, I can understand why they are not on the best of terms. Edit: It's a little concerning that people assume I'm defending anything, when all I did was give context. Let's use our critical thinking skills.
58:53, from what I've heard, the song/album was made because the forums outlawed all mentions of pregnancy (even adult pregnancy), but wouldn't do anything about the people who were shipping characters that were related with each other, and comment about many other weird things that they banned/wouldn't ban. Which I guess makes it *slightly* better? but still a wild thing to reference in pokemon, accidental or not.
Personally, I think N being a zoroark would ruin his character. N being a human that can talk to pokemon, which isn't a normal thing in the pokemon universe, is much more interesting than a zoroark in disguise, which is something that is normal for zoroark. N being a pokemon would also remove some of the weight to his story, Ghetsis calling N a "Freak without a human heart" would be much less impactful if N literally didn't have a human heart. Also, some people believe that N is autistic-coded, so him being an animal would be kinda ableist.
Really well made video, anytime I hear about Takeshi Shudo and his involvement in the Pokémon franchise is mentioned I am never anything but fascinated. I will say I'm kinda disappointed the Pokémon Clover hack wasn't mentioned, it's pretty controversial for a number of reasons
9:30 I would love to hear the lore of twitch plays pokemon, I know there's a lot more then just red and blue, I think gold and silver, and even emerald is a part of it
Sir your explanation with that bgm gave me goosebumps and also I watched your video at 1 am with no lights at all that gave me chills even with the last goofy trex one
One thing I don't see people really talk about, which probably is due to not many (understandably so) bothering to watch the like 1000+ episodes of the anime, is that they at some point seemed to have turned Ash into a vegetarian lmao. Or whatever you'd call someone in that world who wouldn't eat any pokémon, including grass types and ones based on food xD But I noticed that when watching Journeys, so idk when exactly it actually started, since we all know scenes like him thinking about how Magikarp tastes like in the Indigo League episodes. But in Journeys for example, I can't think of a single instance where he ate a meat dish, which is a fun detail to think about. They ended up highlighting his love for Pokémon so much that he lives completely by the motto "Pokémon are friends, not food!" I suppose lol
I think cubone is the kangaskhan baby after the mom died since the skull on cubone is the skull of the mother and the baby kangaskhan does sort of resemble cubone
I love how he describes the concept of Lost Silver being a child finding the cartridge at a garage sale when the first line is LITERALLY "you see, I'm a simple college student" (and they got it at GameStop) XD
I remember when I was around 8 or 9 I discovered the pokemon peta games. I played one, and for some reason it had the purple dude from McDonald's as one of the pokemon?? The final boss was ash ketchum ranting about taking money from parent's of marketable kids. I remember thinking at that moment: "I don't think this is a real pokemon game."
Lmao your reaction to the GS ball standing for gold and silver was hilarious. Also I’m surprised you didn’t know that. It was added in the show to hype up the good and silver games and was supposed to be a special event for celebi
Sword even has a ghost! A little girl who tells you to give a letter to someone. Eventually you will find the person, who is an old man who basically says the person you got the letter is dead.
there's footage of Pikachu furby, all RU-vidrs seem to get their facts from the same place that doesn't know of the footage, just the picture. it was literally brought on good morning America and shown off
55:15 unfortunate??? That guy that caught wind of the escalating threads and real world plan deserves a medal! He saved lives. That's not unfortunate, that's heroic.
Actually the guess on Pikablu wasn't a wild leap of logic for Pokémon fans, as there was a Topps promotional card for the Pokémon movie that stated this: "As everyone turns to leave, Pikachu turns and runs back to Buru, Raichu, Pikablu, and Cubone with one last thing to do. So Marill is actually referred to as Pikablu on a Topps/Nintendo trading card for the official movie.
I still believe in the Chinese zodiacs theory: If peoples agree that Feneky is a dog because they are both canines. Fuecoco can be the snake since they are both reptiles. Before Fuecoco's apparence peoples where even debating if Charmander was the snake or the dragon. (Rip peoples who where waiting for a fire/dragon starter)
42:21 Man. Imagine being murdered and the only reason people talk about it is because you happened to be playing pokemon go, and that's just how you're remembered in the public consciousness. He wasn't doing anything reckless because he was playing it. He could've been doing literally anything on his phone when someone decided to shoot him randomly. If he was playing minecraft, he wouldn't be known as the minecraft murder cuz that wasn't topical by then.
missingno stands for missing number. i feel like thats obvious but a lot of people dont seem to get it. or mabye its just me. it would make sense do to dodrio and doduo being flying, since flying used to be bird but bird got scrapped for flying and bird is the infamous type of missingno, so mabye they forgot to change it and never did. Thats my theory on dodrio, doduo, and missingno
Me clicking on this video: "Oh, it's just going to be the basic Pokemon controversies - the Jynx blackface controversy, the Burger King toy recall, the Uri Geller lawsuit, the whole thing with the church... Dexit..." This guy: "We'll be discussing lawsuits..." Me: Yep, expected! This guy: "...unsolved murders..." Me: *raises eyebrow* oooooookaaaaaaay This guy: "and the poo fight." Me: *chokes on burger* THE WHAT NOW????????? I am also ashamed that I saw the "Male Pregnancy Song" part in the lowest tier and almost devolved into tears because I knew EXACTLY what you would be talking about there IMMEDIATELY. I haven't even gotten to the actual iceberg yet. EDIT: Okay I FINALLY got to the Poo Fight. All I have to say is WHAT THE FUCK. They really did Return To Monke. Also I really want to visit an alternate dimension where Takeshi Shudo lived long enough to execute some of his ideas. What would the Pokemon franchise even look like if that was the case???
Damn, it seems I knew WAY more than I thought I did, I was aware of the overwhelming majority of the facts up to (and including) level 5, even if some of them were a bit blurred in my memory Unfortunately for level 6, I knew about the novel and that's when the man was first mentioned I immediately went "oh yeah, the p*do" (don't want to risk my comment getting Shadowbanned). This...... is definitely not the most wholesome thing to say the least
Jesus, the novel is THAT bad?? I mean, a Pokemon story written in the way of A Song of Fire and Ice could be interesting (and pretty traumatic, tbh). But knowing how some Japanese deal with the... Age thing, I'm afraid that it's not well or ethically written. A shame, at least I hope it has some kind of age restriction...
@@bluesheep7 I didn't read them myself, just heard on a few occasions how...... unsettling some of the undertones actually are from people who actually read it
