Recent Developments in RBY's Lower Tiers 

I will always love how one of the most knowledgeable people in the lower tiers of RBY is called Gangster SpongeBob, like “thank you for enlightening me on the niche uses of Magneton gangsters SpongeBob”

I thought I could handle any possible developments in the metagame but the words "rest Tauros" immediately ruptured my colon and liquefied my innards

Big Yellow drinking game: Take a sip every time he uses the word "niche". It's like having a Toxic Orb as your hold item!

And as Gangsta Sponge bob once proclaimed, Confuse Ray is now an offense punishable by 5 1/256 glitches in a row.

Big Yellow and Reverend are in the opposite spectrum of "showing excitement towards something they love" and I love them so much for that

Smogon RBY lower tiers have Gangsta SpongeBob. The N64 Zelda speedrunning community has Pope Squidward. Now we just need, like, a Layman Patrick out there to complete the trinity.

Victrebel's fall to the lower tiers feels like those "Famous people that got destroyed by their addictions" videos

So now Ninetales is officially the highest-tiered fire type in RBY

If people are curious in 10U a new meta shift is lead ditto instead of lead weedle

damn, they're right, I don't want to create a digital storefront

RBY POSTING this is a huge day for gamers everywhere

that tangela gif of the guy looking at the fridge and finding 2 viable moves fckin killed me, that's peak niche meme I love it

Gangster Spongebob is so powerful he bans things just by speaking them. What a guy.

There is something about hearing a heartfelt thanks to “gangsta spongebob” accompanied by that image that makes me laugh every time 😂

God those little edits to the Pokemon sprites are such eye candy.

That squarespace fake out was incredible, really had me going

"sit your ass down and watch this video" MA'AM YES MA'AM

The nicknames are some of my favorite parts of these videos, shoutouts to "Tricurious" the Dodrio

i love how passionate you are about rby. it's really fun watching people talk about things that they're passionate about.

Big Yellow is so cool I wish colors were real.

> BigYellow in Ice Type Pokémon in RBY: "Let's just focus on the place where you can actually us it, okay? UU Lapras is behind us now." > Has to bring up UU Lapras in both the Magneton video and then it's in this one as well We'll never escape the wrath of UU Lapras, huh. Even from the grave, it still haunts us and looms over UU, a dark shadow that threatens to consume the world all over again, it's become the main villain of this channel, a recurring threat that is rearing its ugly head even in episodes that seem to have nothing to do with it lmao

Gangster SpongeBob evolved into Al Casponge when he ordered the hit on confuse ray. Truly a frightening force to behold

"because gangster spongebob said so " made me giggle. thank you gangster spongebob

Is noone gonna mention how big yellow looks fabulous today? No? Just me? In that case, Big Yellow, you look absolutely outstanding today.

I genuinely cheered at that ad fakeout. I didn't skip because I was so surprised to see a sponsorship on this channel since you've never done them

I'm gonna be honest seeing the character development of Big Yellow over the last two years has been a huge part of my enjoyment of this channel, feels like they are glowing more and having more fun -and actually facing the camera sometimes- with every video

Giving facial expressions to the sprites gives your editing so much more life! Its been an honor watching this channel grow for the past year or two!

Low tier shifts in a game I don't even play in a meta I have no idea about? Splendid.

So glad I was able to help with this video! One really cool statistic related to 40:56 is that in the ongoing PU tournament, Nidoqueen is actually the 4th most used Pokémon as of now. It’s usage is the lowest it’s ever been around 75%, and Arcanine, Fearow, and Gastly all have more usage than it!

I know it's a running gag that Yellow isn't the best visual artist, but these sprite edits and animations add so much personality and charm to the videos. It's always exciting to see how much they improve with every video.

0:42 I legit saw bide tauros on low ladder rby ou once idk what they were cooking

2:14 so the funny thing is something like the speed bit kind of did happen with RBY, except in reverse, and a really long time ago. Tauros is a rarity in Gen 1 as a pokemon that can only be obtained with randomized stats in the safari zone. Safari Zone pokemon have a chance to flee, and that chance is impacted by a pokemon's speed stat. This isn't the *base* stat either, this is the *real*, current stat, which can be impacted by DVs. Tauros is by far the fastest pokemon in the safari zone by default. It also has a low encounter rate and a pitiful catch rate. Getting a Tauros at all takes a decent amount of time, but getting one with a perfect speed DV is extremely difficult, especially because being faster makes it more difficult to catch because it's more likely to flee. Because of all these factors, it's not unreasonable to assume that simulators were the place where players first had reliable access to perfect safari zone pokemon, and especially 15 Speed DV Tauros. And you could basically consider that an increase of its base speed. There's other shenanigans in RBY related to the limited RNG and the sets of DVs that can possibly be generated, but I don't know how much they apply in this case.

0 people mad about a smogon ban? Change that number to 1 NOW, I may have never touched the tier but this change that affects me in 0 ways cannot possibly stand

I can't believe Goley rose to UU. I'm so happy for Golem.

Oh my god big yellow transitioning through out the years is amazing, it feels like it happened so quickly.

There being someone who goes by Gangsta Spongebob who knows a lot about low tier RBY Competitive play makes me very happy for some reason.

Ok I do gotta say, that Golem Ghost sprite at about 12:31 -ish, that sprite edit is nothing short of perfect in my opinion. It just meshes so damn well, like its beautiful in a way, amazing job to whoever did that edit.

Wigglytuff is such an oddity of a mon, especially in relation to Clefable. Its early sprites basically just look like a coked-out Clefable, it somehow gets overshadowed by its pre-evolution even more than RAICHU, and it just doesn't really do anything in any of the games it's in. Even when it was gifted with the "ok yeah you're fairy type now" retcon buff that other pink normal types got, it's still saddled with a now mostly detrimental normal typing. It's a really unfortunate fate for such a fnuuy bnuuy.

UPDATE: as of now, Arbok is banned from RBY ZU, for pretty much all the reasons big yellow said

I appreciate that, when you had updates to share, you actually put them in the video. Reading a video's description and it saying something like "Update: 14 days before I posted this, everything in this video was proven false. But I had already made the video and planned on uploading it, so oh well. And I didn't feel like editing anything in at the start or end of the video to say that. Hope you read the description LOL!" is rather annoying. Especially when you go into the comments and see that nobody read the description.

Naw you’re hitting Nidoking with the fraudhawk slander you’re BRUTAL

The words “rest tauros” elate me so

The fake out sponsorship caught me as off guard as a Hoopa-unbound being hit by an Iron Treads Megahorn lol. I was just ready to skip over it, but after skipping 20 sec i realized you were still talking about pokemon, so I came back to it to hear the worlds shortest sponsorship segment just to get hit with the "No TF you don't". Truly outstanding, Gargantuan Yellow

I absolutely adore Gangster spongebob's name. Every time you mention them I chuckle

Gotta love how deep the memery goes with a name like Mike Haunt

I really appreciate how your videos absolutely have their own flair to them, without you inserting your personality to the point it detracts from the video. Not many creators strike that balance.

this is a masterpiece of thumbnail design. It makes JUST enough sense to drag you in, but gets more confusing on a second glance, requiring a click

"That is a bug!" No, that is a fungus.

I love how Big Yellow gets ever so slightly more glamorous every video

2:23 the addition of Lifeweaver as the 152nd Pokemon retroactively was an interesting move, but one that I'm sure will bring unique and interesting changes to the metagame

Alright Big Yell O., RBY is all well and good- Lego is a grand old time. But when, oh when, are you dropping that HAIR tutorial?!

12:44 - I can't believe you're telling Electrode to slow down! Next we'll be telling Alakazam to bulk up.

Oh boy another Big Yellow video to rewatch like 8 times over the next month

"Gansta SpongeBob" and RBY PU were not two phrases I'd ever expect would make sense together in a million years, yet here we are. Good Vid as always man.

00:30 The funniest thing of this is that the poor bastard arguably isn't even a bug anymore once it evolves, just a mushroom-puppeteered corpse that could have been Grass/Ghost. (Great vid as always.)

Big Yellow 14:4-5: "And lo the wise one Gangsta Spongebob said "Yo, Golbat, cut that shit out right now, I'm unilaterally banning Confuse Ray, we're done with that crap," and thus was it that Confuse Ray was banned and all who heard his words saw his wisdom and said that it was good that Confuse Ray was banned. And there was much rejoicing."

Somehow RU-vid has not recommended me a video of yours in about a year, but I have to say you are absolutely slaying these days

Another great video from Reverend's friend

My boy Golem is slowly climbing back up to OU

i know the sponsor segment was a joke (a funny one) but genuinely you could seriously consider taking one. you deserve all the money for how thorough and for how much work you put into these videos. its genuinely peak content for me :)

You have a virtuosic talent for editing RBY sprites to look miffed.

Ok I gotta do an algorithm for this because those tiny sprite changes you do to the Pokemon as you talk about them give me fucking life. It adds so much life to each scene! Just seeing Clefable reacting to Wigglytuff is hilarious.

Victreebel falling to nu and doing poorly is a great example of how I sort of address people complaining about things in gen 9 dropping to a tier. If a mon in a lower tier can do well in a higher tier, the reverse can happen. For me it was funny when ttar dropped to ru for a few months and people were like "how could this happen" meanwhile everything in uu and ou had some tech to beat tyrantitar

Just discovered Big Yellow last night and have been straight BINGING this ish -- awesome content, Big Yellow is super knowledgeable and explains interesting concepts in an accessible way! ...Also just landed on this video and the GLOW UP IS FABULOUS!!

i love how you make the silliest mons sound so personable with the way you describe them & especially the editing. i havent thought about omanyte for more than 2 seconds of my life but now i would find genuine happiness if theyre allowed to be a little goofball and drop into ZU

This is Cinema folks

I know i'm probably supposed to be thinking about the video BUT HOLY SHIT YOU'RE SO PRETTY AND ADORABLE

My day improved so much when I got a notification that Big Yellow uploaded. Your passion for RBY is great.

It is like these games are that influential that they are still being played in some form even till this day. Imagine if stadium had online multiplayer or a whole remake of stadium 1 that had it and modern visuals. It would be the definitive way to play it. I was wanting to make a stadium 3 (based on colosseum/xd or gen 3's mechanics) that it can be a part of. Like a side mode if combined. Also anything with raichu in it is an instant like for me.

and on the 8th day, the lord said: fuck confuse ray

yooo new big yellow vid! can i just say, ive been enjoying your channel so much the past few months, and your overall glowup is unreal, gratz

i gotta say, the editing in these videos is some of the best ever imo. The jokes are actually very funny and unobtrusive on top of being perfectly paced; shit like 12 falling over with the nsmb dry bones noise is so silly and charming and CREATIVE, rather than a lot of video essays that just put the latest vine tiktok skibidi rizz boom meme of the week over everything. Genuinely makes me enjoy these videos even more. Also you're slaying as always but we been knew

big yellow silly voice:holy cow ur so freaking slay right now

This is genuinely an extremely cool subject, and I love that as with the NU-BL tier list, your videos serve as important archival information about this game and prevent the development of these communities from becoming lost media!

I consider this channel the foremost authority on anything RBY

the ad fakeout hit me good. it gets me every time. i go "no way big yellow is doing a sponsorship" and then i get slapped in the face for even assuming it could happen

big yellow is getting more gender by the day and i love it

The best part about a big yellow video (aside from the nails and hair) is all the silly sprite work

you look like my aunt

Something I absolutely love about your videos that I feel people don't talk about enough is how amazing your editing is, specifically with your editing the Pokemon sprites to give them expressions. Any time I watch one of your old videos I STILL laugh at "kinda downcast Ivysaur", and that's no exception here. Absolutely love it.

your sprite edits are on POINT this video oh my god I didn't think I needed sleep-deprived Haunter but I've seen it now & I have you to thank for it

Another absolute banger from the patron saint of "RU-vidrs I watch while I eat". Got 2 awesome meals + dessert out of this one and it was KINO. Can't wait for the upcoming OU video, keep up the amazing work, Big Yellow!

it's kinda funny to me how many pokemon survive in OU exclusively because so many of the good ou mons have speed as a dump stat. so all the swords dancers, victreebel, poliwrath, etc all manage to carve out a niche off of 60-80 being just enough to outrun eggy and maybe cloyster and then you go down a tier and they absolutely cannot cut it where the opponent isn't likely to have 3 mons with a speed stat below 60

For those not in the know, Victreebel was just voted back to the OU viability ratings. Guess the prospect of it being a bad PU mon was too grim, so it finally stopped drinking and went to gain some respectability again.

LETS FUCKING GO THE CUTEST GAMER TALKING ABOUT OBSCURE RBY TIERS

Blanket statement for any/all of your RBY videos really, but I am mad jealous of how strong your nickname game is, like dang why can't I be that clever

Victreebell might be one of the most tragic mons in RBY Crazy that mon used to be OU

I'm 2 days late I feel like I'm scrambling into a theater trying to get seated before the show starts

This might be my favorite video of yours when it comes to jokes. Overall a top 3 Big Yellow video for sure

came to the comments to compliment your hair and makeup (HOLY FUCK IT LOOKS SO GOOD) and noticed you're on bluesky via the description! I've never been more ecstatic watching a video about pokemon tiers I don't play

Learning there is a person called "gangsta spongebob" who makes ruling decisions about 7U was a bit of a mental whiplash

28:25 - oh i SAW that Club Penguin coin, really giving us card jitsu-heads a bone for once, thank God for it

Every time I click on one of your videos I am impressed at your makeup game and your hair is flawless every single time.

Omg. First it’s my friend’s birthday, then I get to play as aba, and then Soundsmith uploads, and I get to end the night with some primo yellow content!? Thank you so much oomfie you’ve made my day!!!! :D

you talking about how new tech in unpatched games being so fun is probably why I enjoy following older mario kart’s competitively so much. the amount of technique in those which has been discovered ober the years is crazy. PRBs, Ultra Shorcuts, SSMTS, firehopping etc

After the recent drama with Freezai's sponsor, your fake sponsor jab joke was much needed levity, you're my favorite Competitive Pokemon RU-vidr, and this just made me like you more

This was a great video but that section where you destroyed a life-sized statue of Arbok with hammers and a bomb was weird but really cool

Okay, so I used Clefable pretty extensively during the RoA spotlight earlier this year and managed to climb to top 50 on the ladder. You're very much right, Clefable is kinda like Dragonite. The first thing to note is that Dragonite's Attack stat of 366 sounds good, but Clefable's Attack stat while using Normal moves is effectively 357 thanks to STAB. Dragonite doesn't learn any non-Normal physical attacks in RBY, so its sky-high Attack stat in practice leaves it outmatched by Raticate. What makes Clefable most interesting is the fact that the only options it doesn't learn that it would want to are partial trapping, recovery, boom, offensive boosting moves, and the physical coverage of Earthquake and Rock Slide. Basically everything else is on the table. Because its standard set only really needs two moves, Body Slam and Thunder Wave, with Hyper Beam being recommended but non-essential, Clefable is a great glue pokemon because it can use its remaining moves to mess up anything that your team might be scared of facing. The sheer variety of Clefable's options can't be understated. It's honestly enough to make a video out of by itself. Thunderbolt, Thunder, Blizzard, Fire Blast, Psychic, Counter, Reflect, Light Screen, Rest, Mega Kick, Sing, Double-Edge, Bubble Beam, and Ice Beam. If you have a stupid idea for a set in RBY, UU Clefable is your best bet to make it work. It will still be a decent bulky paralysis spreader if you're not in a position to use these moves, and it's not a centralising gamepiece that you can't really afford to experiment with like it was in NU or the Mews are in Ubers. Some of my favourites include Light Screen/Fire Blast, which inverts the usually unfavourable Articuno matchup, and Thunderbolt/Psychic, which provides very strong coverage and prevents the tier's bulky Waters from Rest-looping it. I haven't tried Counter/Sing, but it sounds pretty delightful too. Clefable is just a really good earlygame Pokemon that can also carry some very stupid silver bullets. Sure, it's easily revenge-killed once it has low health or its moveset is revealed, and it's pretty passive and slow, but it's so funny and versatile. It's probably my favourite pokemon in any RBY metagame. I don't really have qualifications to cite in my support, I'm far from a veteran or expert in RBY, but I'd like to believe that I played at least a very small part in it rising to UU, because I did beat some fairly accomplished players on the ladder by making use of Clefable.

Gangster Spongebob's real name? Ken Sugimori

I gotta say, the nicknames used in your Showdown footage are really funny 🤭