The Cut Pokemon Of Generation 1 

TWO SLIGHT GOOFS IN THE BEGINNING. Psyduck Evo and magnemite Evo are supposed to say MIDDLE EVOLUTION and NOT pre evolution.

i want gorochu. WE WERE ROBBED.

I feel Gyaoon was the inspiration for the plushy a Pokémon leaves when using substitute.

Gorochu along with Crocky, Cryithan (at 11:55 it's the #174), Burunda (the balloon pokemon) and Ittybatty (pré-evolution of Zubat at 3:17) are my favorite cut pokemon in Gen 1

Gyaoon - Tyranitar Baroonda - Drifloon 11:08 - Politoed 12:25 - Tentacool/Tentacruel Kotora - Raikou

Good video man!!

Pikachu would’ve evolved in the anime if Gorochu were a reality

Gorochu should have been introduced as a paradox Pokemon in gen 9

Gorochu is a missed opportunity for a mega evolution

12:21 in the final gen 1, psyduck's internal ID is 47 whereas golduck's is 128. edit: removed redundant information

Gorochu needs to be introduced as a Raichu mega evolution

Cubone and Marowak absolutely still deserve that final evo. It locks in the kanga connection, its a terrific design and it rounds out the line's "story" as it were

I'm wondering if maybe the idea for Kotora and Raitora wasn't abandoned completely, instead becoming the basis for a bigger electric cat - Raikou.

I love that early Pokemon had really creative names like Deer, Elephant, and Seel

I have always thought Gayoon became Tyranitar. It's supposed prevo has Larvitar vibes as well.

They said Gorochu got cut for balance reasons. Gen 1 does not have any 3rd stage electric types. Maybe they were worried that electric types were too powerful, or that Zapdos was enough.

Gorochu would work really well as mega or form change. A regional variant of Raichu or a split evo could work to but it really does look like a upgrade/evo of Raichu.

Why do I like that Zubat pre evolution so much lol I'd call it "boobat"

Wild to me they didn’t revisit Omega when they came up with the Paradox Pokemon. Just make it a robot Kangaskhan from the future and have its lore be that it was supposedly created to be a robotic nanny.

Crocky? More like Cracky.

3:37 Magnemite rocking that BBL

I 100% clicked on this video under the assumption it was a list of Pokemon from Gen who could learn the HM 1 Cut. I was pleasantly surprised

Puchikoon’s name would’ve definitely needed reworking in the West 😂

4:25 I highly doubt "Mikon" means "three fox barks" and I wonder where that translation is coming from..? It's just the number of tails: three-tails, six-tails, nine-tails. 5:00 That's Gyopin not "jaiopin" - gyo means fish, not goldfish, and pin is pin. 7:35 "Gyaohn" not "Gayuhn". I wonder if it turned into Tyranitar? Anyways, we can only hope we'll get more "leaks" in the future, because these designs are really intersting. I hope we'd see some of them make it someday.

I kind of like the idea of ponyta first being a normal horse. That then turns into fire type. It captures a unique sense of wonder. You see this regular horse that most people would and often do just walk by but for those who tame it are graced with a beautiful and 'rare' fire horse. I personally think that would have definitely make that evolution line stand out against all the other pokemon both back then and now.

edited like a true magician, such a shame some of these never made the cut when they looked so promising. FreeZeti, Kotora & the GOAT Crocky ofc

I so want Mikon and Konya as baby pokemon, they're so cute!

The name “Puchikoon” would’ve got millions of children sent to the principal’s office

More respect to the artists of Pokémon. Imagine making 200+ designs for them to cut over 50 of them.

Knowing wartortle was not intended to evolve into blastsoise makes so much sense. Even as a kid I always thought those two never made sense as an evolutionary line

I read from dr lava with newer translation that rhydon, lapras & clafairy are the first 3 pokemon ever designed & other sources that basically say pokemon were originally kaijus & more monster like

9:36 Crocky? More like Cracky. Homie is wired

That concept art at 1:48 is straight up Fuecoco vs. Munkidori.... like seriously its frighteningly close.

I've seen some of these designs, of course, but never saw anything quite so well presented as this. I think about half of these were new to me, as well. I appreciate you putting this together!

Barunda might later on having inspired Drifloon as well. Kotora line is 100% in the game now. Just look at the stripes on its back and compare those with the Litten line - exactly the same Look at the tail and the stripes compared to the Litten line - exactly the same.

Ngl could make a whole new region and game out of scrapped pokemon

Incredible how the art based on the Deer seems like a fusion of hitmonlee, kangaskhan, smearlgle, stantler...

I’m pretty sure Crocky has seen some sh!t!

Lol before I clicked on the video I for some reason thought it was going to be a video of all the gen 1 pokemon that could learn Cut. I'm faded

Oh man, Dark Electric pikachu evolution would have been awesome! Imagine if Pikachu was like Eevee and had multiple final evolutions.

honestly even with these leaks im still surprised just the fact that gengar was the only planned ghost type. Honestly i wouldve preferred if blastoise was its own line if i had to be honest since being the squirtle line ending with blastoise has always felt really weird and i wouldve loved to see wartortle’s ears and tails be more expanded since seeing it just turn into cat ears and a basic tail has been a bit dissapointing for me also kottorra shouldve been in the game such a loss

It's worth looking in to Guaoon being reused as Tyranitar

I wish they would gradually bring these scrapped Pokémon back - new designs are cool and all, but restoring cut designs is awesome. HAL Laboratory did it with a concept Meta Knight design, repurposing it for the character Morpho Knight.

Love the banjo Kazooie music, didn’t realize how much I needed the crossover of my two favorite franchises 🥲

I wish gorochu was in the games, I love it so much

So basically all of these could be brought in to modern gens instead of tea cups and food and stuff

Not ever getting Garochu still hurts me in my 30 year old bones

That thumbnail reminds me of one of those stroke simulation photos where everything looks eerily familiar but you can’t actually recognize anything

Maybe the third evolution of the electric tiger was cut from Gen 2 because of Raikou, perhaps they cut the third evolution (and probably the entire line) because it would be too similar to Raikou.

That magnimite pre evolution better chill 😅😂🍑

Neat video, but good lord, the pronunciation of the names is painful

I love some of these old designs. They're adorable.

Kotora for Gen 11, you cowards!

How good would a Pokémon game be set in an area populated by lost/requested Pokémon

Mikon (3)- Vulpix (6) - Ninetales(9) Sad it really fits though

you know im starting to think , how cool would it have been , if Paradox pokemon werent pokemon from the past and future......rather pokemon from a different timeline that shouldnt exist , basically these cut pokemon. Wouldve been a nice gimmick.

as much as I wished we got 190 pokemon for gen 1,I know gameboy was very,very,very limited,Iso 'm thankful 151 was possible for a device that could barely hold that much memory,it does make me wonder what pokemon would be like if they managed to figure out to give us all 190 pokemon though,how much different would it be? would we still have the same pokemon from other gens or would they have been the ones that were cut? or what if they never scrapped or cut any pokemon? then how many would we have?

The more baby pokemon cut from the game the better imo.

Crocky, more like cracky.

The raciebeep art is top notch. Really outstanding work.

These look way better than modern designs. If they’ve gotten so lazy then why not just use these. There were plenty good tossed ideas

Just letting you know Ultraman and Pokemon have a lot more in common than you think. the whole monster coming out of tiny object thing came from UltraSeven. the sequel series of Ultraman.

I wonder if Gyaoon and it's pre evolution became either larvitar and tyranitar. It also looks like nidoking and Nidoqueen too

These are better than most of the new designs.

My wife, who runs an Etsy shop where she makes plushies, got a request to make Raitora and Flambear. So if you look them up, you can own a physical version of a couple of these Pokémon

Not trying to be rude, but you mispronounced about half those names.

Great video! This video has some tidbits ive never heard of. And great editing!

The Banjo Kazzooie music was a great choice on the editors part.

Konya is so baby, we were ROBBED

Likeable video for the sheer fact of providing sources in such thorough way!

Gorochu having been considered and designed but ultimately scrapped probably explains why that one person who wants to trade on Cinnabar Island says the Raichu you traded them evolved. It's kind of strange, having Pikachu evolve via Thunder Stone then Raichu into Gorochu via trade, but that dialogue was probably left in there by mistake as obviously, Raichu does not and has never evolved further and we instead later got Pichu, but what if? What if instead it went Pikachu, Raichu, Gorochu? That dialogue from the person on Cinnabar Island who wanted to trade saying the Raichu you traded them evolved would be telling the player that that's how you do it, and I don't recall any other NPC in Gen I saying how certain Pokemon evolve. And I remember being driven nuts by it. Why bother trying to catch and evolve more than one Pikachu except to trade Raichu to that person, only to have them tell you if speaking them to after the trade that it evolved and no matter what you try, the one you still have doesn't? It just doesn't. Infuriating. Oh, and don't get me started on Pikablu, which later turned out to be Marill. That's what for the longest time when Gen I was all we had that people first thought Raichu was supposed to have evolved into, even though it made no sense for it to have gone from Electric-type to Water-type, and then after Gen II was revealed but before it launched what Marill was supposed to have been called. Now, having learned about Gorochu, I don't dislike Pichu, they're actually cute, but we got robbed and the dialogue from that one NPC in Gen I drives me nuts all over again.

Sneaking a hidden Pokémon is clever mew is perfect in design. Not sure if others think it’s design holds up. But I still love it.

if we get gorochu the nerds who never evolve pikachu will cry, raichu ftw

Early designs of Politoed from the gen 2 scratchpads show a front sprite with a topknot and red cheeks like the two sumo frogs in the gen 1 beta. I'm guessing it was a blastoise-like situation where one line was cut because there was already a frog line. That said, I don't think any of their DNA survives in the current politoed design.

No lie, I’d pay for it if it existed for sale, a book full of Ken sugimori gen 1 sketches. Unused and water color art.

11:03 my theory is they were supposed to be the prototype pokemon for poliwhirl and poliwrath

We need to cut most of the new Pokemon coming out. These non effort designs are unacceptable.

More like magthickmite

I easily liked and subed for driving home that the amazing images are SPEULATIVE. Thank you! People spread these like they are fact, and while they are fun, this is inappropriate for providing of any information. I thank you for your respect to make sure viewers know.

Oh god, that Magnemite... talk about thunder thighs. yikes

Since all mon were originally going to have three forms and we know some scrapped content was reworked and reused in later gens, I’m convinced that Ho-Oh is a rework for a Fearow evo. The head and giant wings are very similar.

they could make gorachu a past paradox pokemon of raichu which would be awesome

I remember as a kid my cousin trolling the early internet n printing out pages of supposed "cut out" pokemon from gen 1, n none of them are here 😂

Need more shark Pokemon sharpedo and garchomp are the only ones😢

1 Like = A vote for Kotora to return in Gen 10... ...Or something better... 👀

I feel like Gorochu could be a split evolution of Pikachu. Could be like a special item or maybe even a new signature move that Pikachu learns. I'm thinking electric/dark typing fits it well 👍

Imagine Gorochu comes back in the next game /j

Honestly we're truly not in the best time line Kotora Raitora and the final form would've been amazing

If they expand on Paradox Pokemon in later gens it would be cool to see some of these designs brought back.

Jaggu beats sharpedo

So many baby stage pokemon didn't make it. what a shame.

oak the "professor" thought there were 150. he had no eye on history or even on the present

This guy's botches some of the Japanese names nuu

Is Crocky giving anyone else Dreepy vibes?

Retired developer for Gen 1, 2, and 3. (Dm me for proof) The thunder dog evo line you showed was an alpha evolution of Raikou. The Growlithe and Arcanine evo line was an alpha of Entei. The Suicune evo line was never even thought about in gen 1. Due to not only cart limitations but time constraints we were forced to cut a LOT for the final product resulting in Entei and Raikou being dismissed for gen 1. Once gen 2 came around we saw the potential for them both. We had heavy conversations as to if we wanted to add a new evo for the pre existing evo lines or make something “special”. And we decided on a 3 dog legendary system! Hence why the last and most special design of Suicune was chosen as cover art. So ya, we got Raikou but lost its pre evos, we lost Entei as an evo of Arcanine, but we got 3 legendary dogs and Gen 2 became a classic! Im old and retired now but i do spend my days in the garden sketching some ideas for new pokemon!

Ken SSSHHHHugimori

Dude, Crocky looks more like Cracky to me xD

OH my god we NEED mikon and konya!!

What if every Gen had 1,000 unique species? Including scrapped Pokemon like Gorochu. Along with catchable Mythicals(which requires special items like the GS Ball and Azure Flute to encounter them). Had it not been for cartridge limitations. But the Pokedex always had a 150-Entry limit(Dunbar's Number; which is when a human brain can only remember 150 friends at once)? So that every player has a unique collection. Also if both the awards ceremonies and the Professor battles were unlocked after showing them our completed 150 Pokedexes? How'd the series have been like? How'd you all have liked it in that reality?

I always presumed cut Pokemon went extinct between planning and release. like what is happening to lapras.