What if GREECE was a Pokemon Region? 

Loving the video so much!!! I want to quickly explain the fossils, in the region I got two professors and one recreates the fossil from what they actually are, the other one creates a total "fantasy" figure and just uses the DNA of original one (that's why the pairs have shared types), so one is like a normal fossil mon, the other one is a new species! I made this inspired by old studies found in Greece that implied that fossils could be the confirmation of the existence of griffins and giants, when they where actually the fossils of mastodons and triceratops!

The other "medusa" pokemon were based on the other gorgon sisters: *Euryale* and *Stheno* They're very well designed imo!

good to see fakemon regions are doing proper fossils still, we haven't had a full fossil in nearly a decade!

The fossils being able to turn into two different Pokémon does make a lot of sense. It‘s referencing people in ancient Greece digging out protoceratops fossils (only the beak) and thinking that those were griffin beaks/fossils. The same thing with the mammoth bones. The people in Ancient Greece thought that those were the bones of giants/cyclops. It’s genius

Deibros is based on Deimos, the son of Ares and god of dread, so I'm thinking the other form might be based on his twin brother Phobos, which would be cool to see

the fossils are based on the idea that many greek myths come from fossils, like mastodon fossils being confused for giants bones. its more like gen 8 fossils where one is the correct reconstruction

Greece has so many mythological creature that you could make an entire Pokedex with just the well-known ones and still have more

The Viperusa line names have origins based on the Gorgon sisters, but their name origins are reversed. In the myths Stheno is the oldest sister, Fruitheno is the base form. Euryale is the middle sister, Euryvine is the middle stage. Medusa is the youngest sister, Viperusa is the final evolution. Intentional or not I think it's really cool since the Gorgon sisters are some of my favorite characters in greek myth.

I think Brazox is actually based off the Greek execution method the Brayan bull in which the victim would be but in a bronze bull and the one doing the execution would light a fire under the bull in which would make it so the victim would be boiled alive but that is not all. There was trumpet like tubs in the bull that made it so all of the victim’s screams would be amplified and everyone in the half a mile vicinity would hear the screaming. 😁

The two smaller stages of Viperusa are named after Medusa's two sisters, Stheno and Eurayle. They were both turned into gorgons too but don't turn people to stone.

Woolectric may be based on Thales of Miletus who is credited for the discovery of static electricity. He supposedly rubbed wool on amber rods to give them static charge.

Please cover the Helenos Region. I’d truly love to see your reaction to the gym leaders, as well as the Pokémon

5:25 I think this is supposed to be a singing counterpart to Obstagoon. This whole Hoopek line shares the black and white 'KISS' markings, but Hoopesan especially.

Solid region. A lot of great ideas

The only three gorgons are Medusa and her sisters. I think you were talking about dracenae. They’re monsters, and there’s not only three of them. I LOVE GREEK MYTHOLOGY

I didn't like most of these region mons at a time ago, bc most of them evolve from cute and simple animal inspired mons to humanoid mons. But nowadays, im more into the humanoid animal mons, so i like them more

I love Maumes, such a great friend. I even comissioned a map from him! Love this region

As a greek i love the ideas of these designs eapecialy the chinese lantern one

I feel like the first Medusa pokemon is either actually based on gorgons as a whole or Echidna, rather than Medusa herself.

Ok so while I agree some designs do end up looking a bit to similar to real Pokémon, I think that it makes Pokémon feel more real, animals can look very similar but be completely different species. I think it’s fun

I was surprised to not see a Cerberus pokemon, it could evolve from Orthrus for example~ Still, a very nice region ^^

Oh I have actually been to Crete. It is great but of course hot as hell. You may wanna bring a water bottle everywhere while you are there. Also they don't have traffic lights so look both ways and then book it if you want to cross the road. Everything else though was fine and I do recommend it to anyone who likes to travel.

Fun fact: Heracles is also descendant of Perseus because Alcmene was not only Heracles mother but also Perseus granddaughter(ew). So yeah Herocles invoking Zeus, Heracles, and Perseus is cool.

The horse trio being named after the islands of Naxos, Paros and Delos (with at least one of them being a hippocampus or sea horse) really works well here. I love their designs too!

Another lil note with the Gardevoir Harpy is staying its own thing because all harpys are female based on lore then for the Tengal are based on the Mongols who were around the same times as the ancient Greeks and i believe there was a few wars between them, but the Mongols used falcons as means of hunting, the "Ninja" part of it being from Prince of Persia

I love Greek mythology so this is going to be a fun ride!

A kri-kri is also known a 'Cretan goat' so it makes sense that it was included, especially as a faun/satyr

You know in hindsight, quite a few of these mons would make for awesome convergent forms. Like the regional Ralts line and the horses! Not that they have to be because they're still great as is

Deibros is a reference to Deimos, the god of dread and terror in Greek mythology. He was a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Phobos, god of fear.

Also just a heads up, Hercules is the ROMAN name for the hero. His Greek name is Heracles.

My team: Piperog Dandelite Weepunk Craboom Deibros Parasea

I'm actually making a fakemon region right now, also based off Greece. I'm completely new to making fakemon, so my art isn't the best. It's great to take some inspiration from other greece regions

Oh the fossils are AMAZING. They're both based on Protoceratops' fossils! The running hypothesis is that gryphon myths were at least partially borm from Protoceratops' fossils, with the giant break. And the same happens with the giant bone fossil! The giant man is actually a cyclops, which some mammoth skulls were mistaken with! Looks like the REAL animals are rock type because, well, they're real; and the mythical creatures are not. I love this

I think the idea behind the fossils creating 2 different lines of mons is that they're version exclusive. So one game you get the 1 stage line for the Grass fossil and the 2 stage line from the Dragon fossil and it's the opposite in the other version

I think I wanna be a dark gym leader for this gen since it had so many good dark types. I liked a bunch and normally share my favourites, but so many of my favourites were dark types. So I'll make a Hades-inspired gym trial based on escape, with Venomalus, Artemelf, Crushella, Deibros, Grimortal, and regional Gardevoir

I think hefestox is also based on the brazen bull, i had that idea for a fire/steel starter for so long I'm happy someone finally made it into a fakemon

Ok just a recap there about the "Medusa" Florges and how you said theres a redundancy there actually isnt, Medusa is her own thing but based off a Gorgon, Gorgons are like Medusa but cant turn one to stone, Medusa is her own mythos while there are many Gorgons in Greek mythos

I think the aqua king line is based on the monstrous appearance of sirens. Their whole thing is that they pretend to be beautiful and nice and lure people in with their magic singing, and then after they have caught their prey they reveal their true monstrous form

Im starting a new region (i only maked the starters for now) (If u want u want u can choice one of them, if u do i gona be happy 😀) Batlif (grass/flying) Baflight (grass/flying) Batmith (grass/dark) Pyrake (fire) Pyraconda (fire) Pyraquatna (fire/dragon) Campotro (water) Aquacampos (water) Hydrocampos (water/fairy) You will pick: Batlif 🦇🌿 Pyrake 🐍🔥 Campotro 🐎🌊 Write your choices in the comments!

Yo this and SV just made me want to keep going with my Geaora region. Working on my region variant of Meowth. Geaoran Meowth and Persian are Fairy type and the new 3rd evo is Empuroar which is Fairy/Fire.

So, correct me if I'm wrong on this, but can we really say the zodiac fire starter has been dismissed when a crocodile is just a snake with short legs?

I wish this was a real game, I'd love to have many of these Pokémon in my team. Plus, with Greece's super rich culture they could create a really interesting region to explore

Sucupion looks like a cross between a plant, clawitzer, skorupi, and sizzlipede. Not sure if everyone can pick up on the inspirations

Cool

Having a pokemon based on the Brass Bull is ballsy. But i guess for fakemon its doable. Dont have to worry as much about higherups at Nintendo getting worried. XP

Apollo is one of the few GRECO-ROMAN (Greek and Roman) Gods to have the SAME Name in both Greek and Roman Mythology. In Greek Mythology he is the God of Prophecy and Music and plays an instrument called the Lyre while in Roman Mythology he is the God of the Sun. In Greek Mythology he also falls in love with a woman named Daphne after Eros (Modern Day Inspiration for Cupid) shoots him with a LOVE arrow. However Eros also shoots Daphne with a HATE arrow who, in a DESPERATE attempt to escape Apollo’s Affection for her, transforms into a tree…

My team Piperog or Nekween (Grass) or (Water/Psychic) Hoopesan or Barbight (Flying/Psychic) or (Fighting/Flying) Dandelite or Gazellec (Electric) or (Rock/Electric) Florges (Poison) Donkapa or Keyclops (Normal/Ice) or (Dragon/Dark) Agamolten or Flambelure (Grass/Fire) or (Steel/Fire)

But i have to say: i will catch all the pokemon i liked and that's mean almost 97% of the main pokedex. I not caulting with the legendaries because well, the are legendaries? And, i not the main protagonist so... yeah, that it. Also, i have alright seen this fandex a long ago, and yes! There is a Gallade equivalant but i don't know why you didn't fold it. No idea🤔 Also, remember that the Medusa is part of a humanoide snake species called gorgons, the Medusa is just an specific member of this species. And where this little Red mamoth come from?! It wasn't there last time i checked. Whatever, it's cute anyways. Spewtnik combines Beedrill with the Badniks, that are those robots enimes from sonic games. Agamander is better them Scovillain's pre-evolution, that in my opinion, shouldn't existed. And Agamolten obviously is inspired by King Guidorah, just look at the expression on it's heads. This boar is from the myth ( that i'm gonna writh on my lenguage because i don't know who to say it on your lenguage): "Os doze trabalhos de Hércules." And this it's supposed to be a powerful creature that has hunted by many mans and killed all of them, minus Hercules of course, that's why it have those arrow-like fur.

So I'm learning German and you mentioned at 30:07 that you think that "donka" is "thank you" in german and you're sort of right!! It's pronounced than way, but it's actually spelled "Danke" I believe (my dictionary might be outdated though) :) Not trying to bash on you at all, just a little tidbit of information!! Ps: Absolutely love your vids. I know this came out 7 months ago but I'm gonna bingewatch your Cornera and Devhar stuff soon :D

Apollo’s TWIN Sister is Artemis. Artemis is the Greco-Roman Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt. Like Athena, The Greco-Roman Goddess of Wisdom and Strategic Warfare, Artemis is a “Virgin Goddess” meaning that she refused to marry a husband…

The fire ox pokemon also reminds me of the Brass Bull torture device, which I think was in Greece too.

As a Cretan person, this is perfection! Though, I agree that Hefestox's face wasn't the best, to say the least. Also, I don't understand why Bublynx ended up being a K-pop idol thing, It doesn't really make sense to me but whatever

Am I the only one who didn't like a majority of these? I failed to see the greek inspiration for most of these which is surprising given how rich culturally greece is. Like the art and stuff, is good, definitely talent that I don't have but I just felt at times going "oh look finally something based on greece" and then also some of the stuff that was based on greece stuff were reused concepts from the same list, like the fauns and medusas. Idk, maybe I'm just nitpicking.

The viperusa line are all named after the gorgon sisters Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, nice to make a line that works all three

i think if gillaxic evolved into komodrake using a *water* (or even ice) stone it would make more sense, referencing to how lava turns into rock when cooled (or into obsidian in minecraft when it comes into contact with water-) edit: JUST got to the part where he said this after writing this comment, guess i got too excited, my bad

Wait hold on, Bulbasaur is a FROG?!?! I thought it was just a four legged creature. Edit: Water starter is definitely my pick!

How is this literally better than pokemon scarlet and violet. Good job making this pragmagik . I appreciate your work.

I like how you politely critique instead of roasting

Why not have 2 games that take place in different regions about the same story? By that I mean why not have 1 game be set in your Kylos Region & the other be set in an Israel region or something & it’ll be about Chanukah or something.

This is just kinda mean :(, just because you find something “redundant” doesnt mean it is, there are plenty of redundant canon pokemon by how you define it, theres no need to trash on small creators.

I love the apollelf and artemelf because as someone who learns and studies classics theres so much stuff to say about it,first like you mentioned apollo is the god of music,singing,sun,instruments all that and artemis is the goddess of hunting so to see that clash against each other is very satisfying also another thing is in the odessey in the contest where Penelope(odysseus’ wife) asks her suitors(people who want to marry her) to string the bow and fire theough the 12 axes (which was very hard to do) Odysseus comes in disguise as he wants to see who is loyal or not and first try he strings the bow now the line says it when he strings the bow it says it sounded like someone strung a harp as if it was a swallows note, my point is it links back to Apollo and Artemis because he’s doing something with a bow and arrow like artemis would while making it sound like an instrument which apollo does i just thought that was really cool how it clashed together also with the medusa pokemon it would be great for an athena based pokemon because they could have a rivalry because initially the story was poseidon liked medusa and they hooked up athen didnt like this cause she liked poseidon (even tho thats her uncle) so she cast a spell and turned medusa and her sisters into gorgans i just feel like if athena had a pokemon based off of her they could be rivals just like quaqaval and tsareena

10:17 OK! so if a snake egg gets into a birds nest in greek myth, it’ll become a basilisk, and if a bird egg ends up in a snakes nest, it’ll become a cockatrice, so i think that’s what this is based on :)

The grass starter would have been cooler if it was an olive. Could have called it Olivwog or Tadolive to avoid the comparison to Poliwag's line.

Octumbo and Grimortal are based on the Dumbo octopus and the Vampire Squid which are 2 deep sea cephalopods that are found near greece

I'm working on pokemon region based on the area around L.A. and it would amazing to have sombody to bounce ideas of of

as soon as I soon saw brasox I knew what it was based on just seeing his reaction as positive I think he doesn't know that it is based on a mythical iron bull or a torture device

the "zeph" in zephaun references to zephyr, one of the wind gods (the god of the west wind if i remember correctly)!

I love how Javanite was based on the myth of the Calydonian Boar!

Medusa has 2 sisters: Stheno and Euryale. Together they are the three goegon sisters. Deibros is definitely based on Deimos: the god if dread and terror, son of Mars/Ares and most importantly, brother of Phobos (look at the Misisos regions. Also the psychic meditating hippo's legs are fine. Not personally a fan of the design, but thays perfectly normal way for legs to work. Especially in if you do yoga. Gigaman definitely gets its name from gigantopithecus (real life prehistoric sasquatch). I'ts a GIGANTOPITHECUS +huMAN. It also likely gets typing from another of Sasquatch's common names: Wood Ape. The german word is spelled Danke. Finally Tengal is based on Tengu. Japanese birdlike ninja yokai. Sea Puppies are nicknames for Sea Lions That is all

Apollo is not the god of the sun that is a very popular miscalculation the only deity of the sun in Greek mythology is helios Apollo is only the god of music

Perhaps the Lamia, a female Greek monster who stole and ate young children, was also part of the design concepts? Although I don't think Lamia turned anyone to stone and I don't remember what their hair looked like. The previous gorgon inspired fakemon clearly uses the names of Medusa and her sisters though

This fakemon region had a lot of bug types that caught my eye and I loved Their design, and for the first time, I'm adding a fairy type to my kyanos region team. My team: Hefestox,shengong,swoodlesh,honutops,sucupion,keyclops. With Grimortal,plumafin,spewtnik, kyanosian gardevoir and geomoth for rotation.

32:16 guess he forgot alolan exeggutor is a thing

Poseidon has the title of storm bringer so it makes sense to have those elements are in a Pokemon taking inspiration from him.

The pawn form is based on both leprechauns and brownies the mithilogical creature

Yeah, would like to see the other region.^^

The early forms of Keyclops are based on the Basilisk it looks like Glare should be part of its move set Think the basilisk from Harry Potter

Honutops and its pre-evolution are Tower pokémon thats why it is rock

Crushella might also be bsaed on cruella de ville and ursela with that hair and fur coat

I love the idea of having most of your game play surfing on the back of a Pokémon, like with Assassin’s Creed IV. And maybe all of the gyms, elite four, and champion are based on the olympians and Hades.

OMG THE ARTEMIS POKEMON'S CAPE KINDA LOOKS LIKE A MOON. COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT

Is it just me or is your beard different

So many electric types ⚡️

OMG😱 I GUESSED AQUAKING'S TYPE'S CORRECT!!!!😱😱

For the fossils of this region, I believe the artist was going for a common case of miss identification. A lot of archaeologist now reevaluate their findings after finding more of the fossil and I think that’s what they were doing they were this is a small piece of this fossilized. Pokémon it has similar characteristics, and when you revive it, it could be one or the other for each fossil.

I could see Hydreigon and Keyclops as rivals

8:39 xiaolin showdown

Piperog looks like skull kid fr majoras mask

Its... HERACLESE *mad in mythology nerd*

So uh, a politad is banging on my window

If i had a nickle for every time pragmagik did a what if greece was a pokemon region i would have 3 nickles wich isin't alot but its weird it happend twice

These videos are elite!

Barbights name is probably based on a barbarian and knight.

Can you do if brazil was a new region ?

I was just playing a Pokémon game while watching this and somehow when the regional Florges appeared the gym leader switched to a Florges. You predicted the future!

Shengong sounds dangerously close to Shen Gong Wu, the items of Xiaolin Showdown. Could make a good Shen Gong Wu that I like to call the Rapid Dragonfly, which helps the user fly at super high speed. Definitely could be found in Greece, considering that Dragonflies are common in Greece.

have you tried fakemon from Indonesia?? or not yet???

Why would you say that the Fire Zodiac isn't a thing anymore? Fuecoco fits in perfectly! (He's the GOAT.)

What did you mean by “We already have bulbasaur”? Because bulbasaur is not a frog, or did I just understand it wrong?

Me and my cousin have one based if Greece I might make vids on it we can hit you up and talk about it and maybe Collab not begging just saying (Pin????)