The Pokémon Iceberg: A Deeper Look 

I love how most Pokégods look either like Pokémon that could exist or are photoshopped/reskins of existing Pokémon and then Flareth is literally just Ridley from Metroid

Those red lines on Machoke are stretch marks... Stretch marks are soft tissue (skin in this case), where the soft tissue expands too quickly (due to muscle growth, fat gain, pregnancy, etc…), and then tightens again after stretching out. An example to visualize the concept of stretch marking; imagine blowing a balloon to a really large size, but before popping it, you let all the air out. The air filling up the balloon stretches the rubber, and if you observe the deflated balloon, it has ripples in it after trying to mimic its original shape prior to stretching out, which are essentially “stretch marks” resembling the scars in skin after pregnancy, weight loss, or rapid muscle growth. In the case of Machoke; Machop, it’s pre-evolution, has small muscles. Machoke gains a lot of muscle quickly when it evolves (since evolution happens at an instant) which gives the Pokémon stretch marks as this muscle hypothetically grows at the time it levels up and evolves, and then by the time Machoke eventually evolves in a trade, the stretch marks heal and fade when it evolves into Machamp. Another story all together, but the energy it takes to evolve probably is what heals the, now, Machamp’s scars. As it only heals once it evolves. Much like how Caterpie “evolves” into a cocoon Pokémon, Metapod, and then blossoms into a butterfly, Butterfree, but changes physically or molts said cocoon during evolution only in the same way a Pokémon could heal from its “design” injuries during evolution.

19:00 I love that scene, because of the context: Diglett got rescued by you, after getting lost on Steel Mountain, and after defeating the boss, Skarmony, who didn't let Diglett go or something, you realize that you cant get Diglett across a cliff seperated you and Diglett. So, the Megnetmites you helped earlier carry it across the cliff. It skips to your base (see timestamp), and after Diglett states that "It's feet still feel like there walking on air", your partner says "(Feet...?)", and the Magnemites say "(FEET? HE HAS THEM?)", as if they didnt carry that thing in the air just now

It's worth noting that the original Pokémon beta does have an unused backsprite for an evolved Marowak who carries a Cubone in the pouch. So there is definitely something to that Cubone and Kangaskhan theory.

59:00 I believe the “Unobtainable Arceus” point is referring to the Arceus you were supposed to encounter when using the Azure Flute (before the distribution of the item was cancelled). If you hack the Azure Flute into the game, it’s still fully functional and lets you catch a Level 70 Arceus, so it was probably taking about that.

"for some reason I let my infant chew on a toy PokeBall and it choked to death. Clearly this is your fault"

When it comes to the "Raichu evolved" text, you have to remember that the English Red and Blue games are based on Japanese Pokemon Blue which was basically a patched version of Japanese Red and Green. In Japanese Red/Green you trade Raichu for Electrode, but in Japanese Blue you trade away a Kadabra (which is a trade evolution.) In the US release of the game, they keep the Red/Green trade requirement, but use the Blue version text that reads "Your (Pokemon) went and evolved."

For hall of origin it's because they believed it would have been too *confusing* for players to do. Yeah because catching the Regis in gen 3 was laid out super clearly

There is a theory that fossil Pokemon have all had their secondary types replaced with rock because they were fossilized, meaning that before Kabutop and Kabutops went through the fossilization/resurrection process they had a good chance of being water-bug types. Genesect being revived by a different method may have meant it kept the other type.

1:11:04 If Primeape can learn Iron Tail without a tail then what is he slapping you with.... *OH NO*

The concept of cubone not evolving into kangaskan can be easily explained. Look to examples such as slowpoke. Where the introduction of an item can change its evolution line. The skull could act as a item for a specific evolution.

On Blue's Raticate: I don't think it's dead. Blue's determined to have the strongest team possible and may have felt like Raticate was falling behind a little. My theory is he either released it or (my favorite) sent it back home to live with his sister or Professor Oak. The thing that always throws me off is Blue appearing in the Pokemon Tower, though... still working on an explanation for that.

30:50 the idea of normal animals existing in the pokemon universe is more of an early idea in the series that ended up being retconned. In gen 1 and 2 (especially gen 1) it is heavily implied that pokemon are a new discovery and turns out theyve existed for a long time. In gen 2 the idea of normal animals existing still exists, its just a tad more downplayed. Gen 3, in more ways then one, was considered a soft reboot of sorts for the setting, and by gen 3 its pretty much confirmed that animals dont exist in the pokemon world. The idea of animals existing in the pokemon world is also illustrated in the early seasons of the pokemon anime and trading cards. Again, it isnt till around gen 3 is it confirmed pokemon are the animals of this universe.

here’s an interesting fact on white hand that you missed: it was mentioned in the pokémon origins anime, and it actually shows up on a character’s shoulder when it is, if you look closely.

I like the "three eevee burnt in the tower and ho-oh revived them and gave them the powers of their evolutions" theory more (im also pretty sure the beasts and eeveelutions share an ability (i think its the eeveelutions hidden one))

There's actually another connection between the Eeveelutions and the gen 2 legendary trio that probably solidified the theory for a good number of fans. Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon's normal abilities are Water Absorb, Volt Absorb, and Flash Fire respectively. In Gen 5 and 6, Suicune, Raikou, and Entei respectively had these same abilities as their Hidden Abilities in the game's code. However, these Hidden Abilities were never made available for the legendary trio, and when the trio did gain access to Hidden Abilities in Gen 7 they were retconned to all have Inner Focus. It really feels as if GameFreak often includes deeper lore implications only to snuff them out later, as they adamantly denied the Ditto/Mew connection a few years ago despite the enormous number of similarities between the two that are too many to be coincidental. The Gen 2 legendary trio having their hidden abilities retconned feels like another Ditto/Mew denial from the devs, given that.

About the genesect being kabutops, there is a separate theory that makes this one even more viable. It says that fossil Pokémon are part rock because of a flaw in the resurrection process, and like you said, genesect would be part steel because of the plating Team Plasma gave it. So assuming both Pokémon got one of their types over written, it’s plausible that the original Pokémon both are based of was a bug/water type.

Dude, I love the little story in the beginning. My Dad would always bring home a new Dragon Ball Z VHS whenever there was a new one at Walmart at the time. It was a great time guessing which day he’d bring one home.

24:30 The '???' type also appears when a pure Fire type uses the move Burn Up, and is still present in the games, at least in Sw/Sh. This has actually led to some really interesting battle strategies, such as giving your pure Fire type Wonder Guard, making them immune to every move after they use Burn Up.

I must have missed the explanation to PokeRus in game when I was a kid ( I owned Gold Version). I just randomly noticed that some of my pokemon were infected at some point. I immediately quarantined them in a box in the PC. I meticulously scanned my entire collection for it.. I was TERRIFIED by it. I had no clue what that meant. Was it detrimental? Were their file corrupted? This was before the internet was what it is today. I grew up poor so I had no access to it. Didn't find out for YEARS what it meant.

Regarding Lavender Town and the tower being a cemetery, cremation is incredibly common in Japan, and I would guess that the tower is supposed to be similar to a pagoda.

"But they help me learn that Pidgey evolves to Pidgeotto at level 18. It learns Whirlwind at level 21, Wing Attack at level 31 and that as its level rises it learns various tricks. After evolving to Pidgeot it can fly at 1200 metres at speeds of up to Mach 2." This is said by a character named Joe in season 1 episode 9, School of hard knocks. There is also a couple more mentions about leveling Pokémon in this episode.

man, i wish i could have been alive to experience pokemania.. i was born during the tail end of pokemania. when i was in middle school obsessing over pokemon during the gen 6 era it was only popular within my small group of friends. everyone else thought we were weird for being so into it. the pokémon go craze was a thing, but it only lasted a month and i wasn’t even super into pokémon go. i would have killed to live thru a time period where everyone was as excited about pokémon as i was

5:20 maybe the truck is there because of a “if i get rid of this one asset i don’t need the entire game crashes” kind of situation that happens sometimes lmao. at least that’s a practical explanation for why it was 1. in a place most people are unable to access and 2. the only use of that specific asset (as far as i know)

53:39 New theory: N is just thee Zoroarks in a trench coat.

A few theories that weren't on the iceberg but stood out to me: Mossdeep Space Center rocket launches: In the Mossdeep Space Center in R/S/E, there's a scientist that states the number of successful launches they've had. Apparently, this is just the number of real-life weeks since you started the game. However, I heard a lot of rumors that these were actually counting the number of your victories against the Elite Four, and that once the number of launches got to 100, you could ride a rocket into space and fight Deoxys. Coincidentally, this is also pretty much the same concept behind the Delta Episode in OR/AS (just replace the rocket with Rayquaza), so I wonder if the developers were aware of this rumor like with the Mew truck thing. Akala Island golf course: This one is mostly notable to me because it's a theory for the one of the newer games, which aren't quite as common. In Sun and Moon, there are multiple Golfer NPCs, and Kahili of the Elite Four is a golfer. There's also a golf course on Akala Island displayed on the in-game minimap and the official illustration, but you never get to go there. This, plus some unused content in the game files, has some people wondering if the golf course was planned to be an accessible area during development, but got scrapped for whatever reason.

Not sure if I missed them during the video, but here are two gems from Pokémon Stadium: 1. If you use a Pokémon with a nickname (usually a variation of their name, i.e. AlAkAzAM, Pikachoo, etc.) they’ll appear with different sprites that differ from even their own shiny forms. 2. Similar to the Yoshi one - there was a popular “Tips/Cheat Codes” magazine that stated that in Stadium 2, if you defeat the Gym Leaders + Elite Four/Champion using only Typhlosion and Lugia, you would then be able to battle + capture Mew.

The lighthouse Dragonite was one of my first memories of being terrified. I think the mist, music and those eerie calls/cries are what really did me in, but the massive shadow with glowing eyes didn’t help.

I liked how you pretended Lavender Town Syndrome was legit XD

About lavender town's tower, it's based in japanese budhist memorial stones. Since most japanese ppl are cremated and it's quite odd to bury people after they're dead

Actually, the reason Mew and Ditto might share shiny colors is that shinies in Gen 2 relied on a simple positional palette swap from one palette in a giant list to another, without considering for bespoke shiny forms.

Pokemon levels were mentioned and shown in the animated couple times. The immediate ones that pops in my head is the Scizor trainer that Ash battled using his Heracross. He had a laptop that he was using in order to figure out a Pokemon's level and determine what attacks to use. Then in the first season at the Pokemon Academy the kid that was being forced to run on a treadmill and talk about Pidgey showed Misty Ash and Brock their training room using arcade games to simulate gym battles. These simulation arcade games if you paid close enough attention to notice were actually Pokemon Red and Blue

First pokemon ever designed: rydon first pokemon to exist in the universe: arceus First pokemon in the pokedex: bulbasaur First pokemon to apear in the anime intro: mew

I love how you set the scene at the beginning of your iceberg videos as to what it was like when the game was released and what your experience was. It frames everything in a more interesting context.

About the Cubone/Kangaskhan theory... There's many Pokemon who evolve into different Mons using alternative methods. Bellossom, Gallade, the Eevee line, Rhyperior, and Politoed for example, use different objects and stones to evolve, so why wouldn't the skull from the grieving baby Kangaskhan's mother influence it's evolution? Its mother's skull becomes a part of its identity, thus turning it into a Cubone, and further into a Marowak. I dunno, this is mostly just speculation on top of already proven evolution criteria, but I wouldn't completely sweep it under the rug.

Lt. Surge being 'saved' by 'electric' pokemon, might just refer to defibrillation? like he had a heart problem that needed remedying. I only point this out because the obvious reading of that line is that he used pokemon to fight in a war, but if we take what he said and put it in a new context, we can imagine another situation wherein only humans fought in some war, without pokmon. another theory that came to mind while writing this out, what if humans using pokemon at all was a recent development? not like yesterday or two days ago, but like a thousand years?

This tidbit is probably Iceberg worthy if it wasn't common knowledge now (like Pikablu = Marill). I remember reading in an old gaming magazine under a "secrets/tips" like section where it explained in Victory Road in Gold/Silver there was a "silver" or a light colored Rhyhorn wandering in the area. I read this back then and booted up my Silver copy and spent an hour or so going all over Victory Road and saw nothing, just ordinary Rhyhorn. Many years later, I would remember that article and thought how maybe what it was referring to was probably a shiny Rhyhorn the writer must've encountered during their playthrough. However, I have since then lost the magazine so I wasn't able to recall if it was referring to a Rhyhorn or Rhydon, because I know Rhydon's are light colored when shiny while Rhyhorns are reddish/copper colored. It could've also been in Crystal as Rhydon don't appear in G/S in Victory Road, but they do in Crystal. Hazy memory aside, I do remember that article and how it was very most likely about a shiny Rhydon encounter and how the writers thought it was some scripted rare encounter like Raikou or Suicune. Little info like that, while incorrect, was just so fun back then.

Uh, beta sprites were uncovered that show both Kanga and Cubone were in fact connected. They were once part of the same evolutionary line, I believe.

Another very obscure fact that could have its place in the bottom section of the iceberg concerns some trainers’ names in the French versions of gen 5 and 7 (mostly) games. It seems that a member of the localisation team is a big fan of the parodic soap opera « Le Coeur A Ses Raisons », and named NPCs after characters of said soap. The most blatant example is that rich family from Undella Town, featuring a Brenda, a Clifford, a Crystale and a Flatsy, which are all names you can find in the series.Crystale even quotes a line from her counterpart in thes games. Still in Gen 5, there’s a guy named Brett in the French version, whose trainer class is « Doctor », just like Brett Montgomery, the main character of « Le Coeur A Ses Raisons. A pair of swimmers named Crystale and Criquette can be found in Sun and Moon as well. Very niche and probably not interesting but still wanted to mention it

I know of 2 entries you forgot to add. Spinda has 4,294,967,296 combinations of 4 spots (Below the Surface): Spinda has over 4 billion combinations of 4 spots. Its a 1 followed by 32 zeros (or 100 nonillion) in binary. (100000000000000000000000000000000) Getting the shinies, its 8,589,934,592 different combinations of 4 spots. Mewtwo birthday is Rick Astley's birthday (The Depths): Technically, in the diary, Mewtwo's birthday is February 6, which is the same as Rick Astley's birthday. So basically, Mewtwo is never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. Edit: The first entry was already used in the iceberg.

I can't understand how a toy the size of a tennis ball became a choking hazard. That's like wondering how a puppy managed to eat a shoe whole.

I remember getting to Mirage Island thinking I could get a secret legendary but it was nothing. Ended up leaving and then never found it again. Glad to know it's a real thing and not a dream

@1:34:57 There's actually a cool trick with that, you could trade the Pikachu from Yellow, level it up pass the gym level caps, and resend it back. Pikachu won't actually disobey your orders, however the bond system will be completely reset.

The "starter caught in grass outside Pallet town" refers to a VERY widespread rumor when Red and Blue came out that the starter pokemon could be caught in the grass inaccessible alongside Pallet Town. EVERY gaming "hints" website had an unverified "hint" that the other starter pokemon were here, and referred to it as "the field with the Charmanders". Because there was no oversight, the rumor would just persist.

Another point in favor of the legendary beasts previously being eeveelutions is that the 3 sages who test you in Crystal, before you fight/catch Suicune, use specifically Vaporeon, Flareon and Jolteon (each sage has one of them)

I don’t understand why entries like The Lavender Town Syndrome, Pokemon Lost Silver, and Buried Alive are so far down, I thought they were pretty well known creepy pastas that a bunch of people knew. I think I was just expecting something really mysterious, weird, and obscure that hardly anyone knew. Idk maybe these creepy pastas aren’t very well known and they deserve to be that far down and I’m just a Pokémon fan that spends too much time looking at Pokémon stuff. I think another part is that Pokémon is MASSIVE and I was thinking it would get something on the same level at Every Copy of Mario 64 is Personalized but that’s perhaps one of the most well known things about Mario 64 so Idk maybe the Mario 64 iceberg has spoiled me.

I'd like to point out that in Legends Arceus, it's explained that Pokemon can actually change their size based on energy. This not only explains the Anime's discrepancies, but it also explains the Pokemon inside of the Pokeballs mystery.

Two theories I'd like to address: - Gary's Raticate: I believe this Raticate did not die due to injuries but because someone at Gamefreak knew that rats have an insanely short lifespan, with some species barely averaging 1 year. Considering it already evolved into a raticate it must not have been a young pokemon to begin with. We don't really get a frame of reference for how much time passes between each event but I can imagine the trip to Lavender Town for a 10 year old while training an army of critters takes some time. - Machoke's red lines: I believe these are either veins (like the Timbur line also has) or simply stretch marks from bulking up so much after evolving from a Machop (which kind of has pencil arms compared to its evolutions). I guess those would somehow have healed when Machoke evolves again (he sprouts two new frigging arms, healing a stretch mark wouldn't be that much of a stretch, pun very much intended)

Quick correction for 26:18, the Pokemon listed were likely never meant for Gen 1 at all. MissingNo only turns into those Gen 2 Pokemon because Gen 2 reuses part of Gen 1's indexing format, and to save space, those MissingNo slots were replaced with actual Pokemon. Gen 1 however did actually cut a few Pokemon out which made it into early builds of Gen 2 (Including the Spaceworld demo), such as a line of electric tigers meant to be a counterpart to Rapidash and Seaking's lines, and a Vulpix pre-evolution. However, any cut Pokemon from Gen 1 that was transferred to Gen 2 also was unfortunately cut there. The farthest some of them ever got, that we know of at least, were early 1999 prototypes. (EDIT): Back in 2019, Gen 1's original index, along with tons of other early assets dating back to 1990 were leaked by an anonymous collector, and given to a team of Pokemon archivists called Helix Chamber. (This collector may or may not have also been behind the gigaleak last year, which leaked tons of N64 and SNES assets.) Basically, we have a pretty good understanding of what was cut from Gen 1.

The censored intro thing might be referring to the original opening theme scene where pikachu runs through a lass's legs and she embarassingly covers her skirt. I'm pretty sure this was censored in the west

1:45:40 It's worth noting that the "white hand" NPC shows up in the Pokemon Origins anime short when Red visits the Lavender Town pokemon center. What's even more interesting about it is that there actually IS a faint white hand resting on Red's shoulder as he responds to their comment. Easy enough to see if you're looking for it, but something most are likely to miss the first time around if they aren't aware it's there.

Thank you for including happy music. I love content like this, but i hate creepy music. Especially if i listen to them before bed. Awesome video!

I don't think Looker is a Dr. Who reference. If he's a reference to anyone it's probably Zenigata from Lupin III, but since there's never been a direct Lupin analogue, even that's a bit of a stretch.

1:16:42 If I recall correctly, In one of the early seasons, there's an episode where a young trainer is running on a treadmill while reciting the levels of which the caterpie(?) Line evolves. I don't remember the details, but I do know it's a thing

1:15:00 There are very few episodes in the anime that talk about levels, but in the 9th episode the character of the week, Gisele, beats Misty's Starmie with a Graveler, and mentions that Pokemon are only as good as their trainer, and being at a high level.

The unobtainable Arcues probably refers to the Arceus event set in the fourth generation, where the event is coded into the game, in two different settings, but never officially released, making him 100% unobtainable by legit methods until later games

By the time cubone evolves into marrowack, the skull is fused to the scalp and is preventing the head from growing. Thus preventing the evolution from occurring.

Missigno isnt there and i like that. Everyone knows about him already

This is my favorite iceberg video to date, from anyone... So much I somehow wasn't aware of, plus the love you have for the series practically radiates out of the screen. Cozy, nostalgic, and entertaining!

Shout out to you for explaining the history of the Swastika, more awareness should be spread like you did. If we can get people in the west to once again see it as it originally was it would remove a powerful symbol for white supremacist, and allow ethnic minorities use an important symbol without fear of looking like a nazi.

Unobtainable Arceus is there Because the original event for him was never released in dpp so you can only get it by hacking I'll comment later when I finish the vid Looking interesting so far

39:36 the Pokémon that’s “never seen the light of day is actually the Hitmontop beta!

I'm around the same age as you, and I can remember VIVIDLY when pokémon blew up. I was in either 2nd or 3rd grade, and like the rest of my classmates I was smitten. My sister and I both were, she's only a year younger than me. I remember my mom taking us to this little hardware shop that also randomly sold pokémon cards (unrelated but beanie babies as well) and we'd each get a new package every other week. We started the initial first day of school after pokémon blew up with pokémon bookbags, lunch boxes, and thermoses. And then there was the first Christmas after pokémon blew up. It was literally the BEST. We got all sorts of pokémon related presents. I can still remember most of what we got in detail: - a complete pokedex book, which was a must have in a predominantly pre-internet era - pokémon apparel including long sleeve and short sleeve shirts, sweatpants, pajamas, hoodies/jackets and socks (I wish my mom would have saved those as much would likely still fit) - several packs of cards - gameboys with red and blue games - and both of our favorite, extra large and super soft plushes-Pikachu for her, Charmander for me. It wasn't long after the popularity exploded that our elementary school official banned bringing the cards to school. The hype was so all-encompassing that teachers constantly struggled with trying to get us all to focus. It was that big. And it happened seemingly overnight. It's still so crazy to me even now how insanely fast it happened, and without any form of social media to help the hype spread. It was organic and wild and I giggle when I think about how it must have looked to all the teachers and staff. We all definitely snuck our cards in our pockets and brought them to school anyways, lol. Super young to be so sneaky 😂 -

Not only does Abra’s Japanese name reference Edgar Cayce but Alakazam’s Japanese name, Foodin, references Houdini as well. The whole evolution line references famous magicians

There should’ve been the old man from X and Y from the city with the giant Crystal where he asks you if he can take care of a low level Pokémon (from lvl. 1-5) after days passed and go back to his house, you your Pokémon in a poke ball that has your Pokémon and letter from him saying thank you, that the Pokémon you gave him gave him a happy life before dying

Great iceberg video! I remember finding mirage island as a kid and thinking nothing of it. I do remember being pleasantly surprised by the wild wynaut, as they were nowhere else in the game, except through breeding. Later I'd go back in subsequent playthroughs and never found it again. I thought I'd just imagined the whole thing until my teens when I found out about its rarity. Pokemon easter eggs are so quirky and fun.

I'm sure someone else has said this, but missingno turning into different pokemon when traded to later versions is likely a stack overflow. Basically, if you have a max ID count of 40, when an error occurs, it might get ID 41. Then, the second game, having a max ID count of 60, that error (with the ID of 41) will suddenly turn into whatever pokemon or item has the ID of 41.

Incredible video, love how long it is and the vibe is just so chill. Thank you for making great content that’s engaging and interesting. The intro story was rly cool to hear about as someone who grew up with heartgold and soulsilver being the first time i heard about it

Primeape learned Iron Tail without a tail??? I think we all know what this means.👀👀👀👀

They really should have included Unown and the Ruins of Alph's connection to the Hiroshima bombing somewhere close to the bottom

26:19 The list of Pokémon you mention here is just an error handler list implemented in gen 2. Those Pokémon weren't actually meant to be in gen 1, but are what a gen 2 game shows when you attempt to trade a Missingno. from a gen 1 game. The actual Pokémon that got removed from gen 1 can be seen in an almost-complete gallery in the TCRF website, in the page detailing the technicalities of Missingno. Some of those Pokémon, like Meowth's and Ponyta's baby stages would later be considered for inclusion during gen 2 development (as they appeared in the Spaceworld 97 demo), but then they were cut again, and haven't reappeared ever since.

This is the first of your videos I've watched, and I have to say your research is impressively in depth. Actually.. a lot of these legends, theories, and facts you talked about I remember from when I was a kid. Some I even forgot about! Your beginning story setup also made me smile and feel very nostalgic. I loved all the 90's Pokémon stuff a lot and love the legends that came as it progressed through the years. You did such a great job on this video. I'm impressed love. (Also, your voice. Omg *simps*) ♡ ^^

Oh also, about the Smosh thing: Smosh uploaded a vid of Ian and Anthony lipsyncing the theme song in 2005, which was taken down due to copyright. In 2010 they made a parody of the theme song instead of a lip-sync making fun of the Pokemon copyright team to get back at them

57:14 the original Japanese opening for season one of the anime had a scene where pikachu ran in between a girl’s legs while the lyrics said something like “mysterious as whatever is hidden by a girl’s skirt”

I like the game theory explanation that Blue just put the Raticate in his box. when you battle it on the SS Anne, it's a level lower than where it evolves, giving evidence that Blue is just catching Pokemon at random and using what's strongest

love watching through your videos! great background noise while working on something, but most commonly while im trying to sleep, as it helps with my insomnia, personally. this one is my personal favorite.

The real world animals are most likely more there to pad out the wildlife in earlier generations. With 151 pokemon, minus the legendaries, populating the eco system wasn't probably as easy as it is nowadays with over 800.

Also fun fact about the gold cards, you can build an electrolysis machine at home for like a dollar and an old cell phone charger to just reverse the process used to bind the gold to the metal in the first place, so you will still have done your gold experiment AND a now non-gold plated collector edition metal poke plate XD

Never seen any of your videos before today. I was mostly chillin' while working and zonked out a few times. The background music, from the games, was great. I had to rewind a few times when a new fact came across that I didn't know (only a few). I'm subbing!

Regarding the mysterious lighthouse Dragonite from the anime episode, i read it somewhere that it was originally supposed to be Lugia, as it was one of the first Gen 2 mons to be conceived, but they scrapped the idea, maybe to save it for the movie, and substituted by a giant Dragonite as a stand in. It even makes sounds similar to Lugia's.

I’m so happy that there’s finally an iceberg where the creator actually questions some of the more bs theories on them. Great video!

20:41 hey just in case you were wondering, I’m actually pretty sure the original lip sync video was copyright struck.

Marowak to Kangaskhan could be that the skull-mask eventually fuses into its head as it grows. Female Marowaks reach fertility at a relatively mature age, and become Kangaskhan as they develop their youngling. only fertility can evolve them. And once they die, their skull becomes a Cubone mask once again. You could say each Cubone skull has its own maternal lineage, while male male Marowak skulls go abandoned.

With the Cubone evolution thing, the same logic of Cubon putting a skull on his head and evolving into a marrowak can be seen in other pokemon that use items to evolve like Slowpoke evolving into a slowking when it wears a king's rock vs evolving into a slowbro when a shelder bites its tail (in the anime at least)

Porygon is such a bro… He took the fall for pikachu’s crime so that he could keep being the mascot in the show and sacrificed his chances to ever appear again D:

22:51 Acording to the Pokémon anime the first Dynamax Pokémon is Tentacruel and the second is Dragonite

Multi-story burial buildings like the Pokemon towers are actually a thing! Vaults and pagodas and catacombs are all very similar concepts, but in more recent years "vertical" or "highrise" cemeteries just like the towers are being proposed and built, because large cities are running out of burial space. My personal guess is that most Pokemon are cremated for the towers, it makes the most sense.

Somebody in the anime said straight up which moves a pidgey learns at which level. Even the right ones. Pikachu should've never lost to that Snivey especially since it was its first battle.

For Tombstone, my first thought would have been Buried Alive

Spikey ear Pichu was a special promo for pre ordering heart gold and soul silver.

I wouldn't mind videos of you talking about your memories and nostalgia of retro games and things in general very genuine and relatable!

I always assumed the floors in between the levels of the tower was thicker to accommodate for the dead pokemon since that's the easiest way to do it

If Arbok is Kobra backwards…. Then Muk must be…

1:38:58 Might be a stretch but FLAME type might be a reference to MOERU, which means Burning but also in the sense of Burning Passion or Enthusiasm, especially in the heroic sense. This MIGHT be one reason the fire/fighting type is popular with designers; it often implies the pokemon has a "heroic" personality. Especially contrasting with Dark type, which is straight up "Evil" in Japan. IMHO a fun twist on this is Incineroar, who has aspects of fire, fighting, AND dark, since he represents a "heel" wrestler who isn't actually mean.

Amazing video my man, really loved every minute!

Just discovered this video right after my surgery to get my tonsils out. It’s keeping me entertained and making me think more deeply about the Pokémon universe while I’m resting. Thank you for making this video:)

i seem to remember getting the GS ball somehow in my US crystal version, and when I tried to give it to Kurt, he wouldn’t accept it, he would just keep repeating what ever the last line is he says when have finished all your events with him normally.

I was just about to sleep but god i cant miss this lol

When we were kids, my older brother and I had that magazine with the fake Yoshi April Fools thing. But we were young enough that we didn't really grasp April Fools as a holiday, nor the concept that someone could just say something that they and everyone else knew wasn't true and have it printed up in an entire magazine and present it as fact. I think my brother and one of his friends actually tried it, but one or both of them couldn't get all 150 pokemon, so they gave up until they were older and realized we'd been fooled. A more innocent time...

It’s actually amazing and actually tears me up that something that gave me so much joy as a kid is now my sons favorite thing I can share memories and actual toys it’s great