What if POKEMON Were SUPERHEROES?! (Story & Speedpaint) 

Thank you so much again to all of you awesome subscribers!!! It is so cool that the channel has hit this threshold and I promise to just keep on trying to make the videos better and better! Admittedly, there has still been a stream of fake views and subscribers coming in on top of the channel's actual growth, so my guess would be that we're at 475k real subscribers or so, but regardless of what the actual number we're at is, I'm super stoked to see there are plenty of real new people finding the channel and of course lots of people who have been around for years still enjoying the stuff I make!!! You all fuel my dream job and I am hugely grateful for that :D Now enjoy Pokemon Superheroes Rebooted!!!

So much potential for over 1000 Pokemon in the Pokedex, so happy to see this series make a return! Also, congrats on getting to 500K! Here's to reaching 1 Million!! 🎉

Dude congratulations!! That’s half a million subscribers! And you deserve every single one of them!! Man I’ve been looking forward to this reboot since the first time you mentioned it!

Amazing story man. I could totally see the Kantoian birds acting as Giovanni's head team members. Maybe Mew was a hero from ancient times or the "first hero" of the modern age

Lovely art as always! Eeveelutions as heroes would be fun to see, they’re probably some of my favorite Pokémon!

I went from not caring about the reboot at all, to being super excited for it in the span of a few months. Super excited this is here!

I only needed to make it as far as the finished Pikachu drawing to know that this has instantly become one of my favorite lore continuities on your entire channel to date. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for doing this. I feel like I can speak for nearly everyone when I say that this series will be one of the best you've ever done.

Wow, didn't expect Alolan Sandslash Great choice, it's an amazing design (both the pokemon and your hero)

You've reached a big milestone, and this was a good way to show it. For the super villain specific one I'd recommend you use... Giratina Gengar Cacturne Deoxys

Since toys are part of Christmas, maybe you could draw Toys as Fantasy Armors Part 2, Demons, or Superheroes/Supervillains

Congrats on 500k subscribers. I'm glad we get to finally see the Pokémon as superheroes reboot.

Congratulations on the half a million mark, a feat well deserved! For a few suggestions, Team Rocket's Meowth, Houndour/Houndoom, Sharpedo, or maybe even Hydreigon.

This definitely has gotta be one of my favorite lore based series of yours now! I love the story of this and I can’t wait too see it continue with more Pokémon hero’s and villains! …Also just think it would be cool too see an small marshadow drawing in this series at some point

I loved the part with Fear Row! It brought back memories. I'd love to see how you would reimagine the episode where Haunter rips Ash's spirit from his body. Since you already made Gengar a villain, I think it'd be cool to see Haunter become a hero. Anyways, I'm excited for future episodes! Keep up the good work! 👍

This is honestly super exciting and I already want a sequel because, well, Pokémon as Superheroes just sounds super cool! If there will be a sequel, I imagine Mimikyu could be an interesting choice, maybe as a former admirer of Piko before somehow turning into an anti-hero or even a super villain! It could look very cool! Suggestions: Trevor Henderson Creations as Dragons Anime Characters in Mortal Kombat Disney Characters as Fnaf Style Animatronics Mha Villains in other Animes PVZ X Pokémon Fusions Letting the AI make SCPs Anything to do with Bugsnax or a Bugsnax Variety Episode Cryptids as Superheroes (The Mothman, Bigfoot, A Dark Watcher, etc)

I'm pretty new to the channel, so I didn't know about this series, but I'm glad to be a part of supporting this reboot! Amazing job as always, Christian!

Hey pop! Love your art and can’t wait to see how these turn out! Keep up the good work

Since it's Codename Kids Next Door's 20th Anniversary; maybe you could draw Kids Next Door Villains as SCPs or in The Suicide Squad? Examples: Father, Count Spankulot, Mr. Fizz, Madame Margaret, etc.

Congratulations on 500k subs! This video was an amazing demonstration on just how much improvement you’ve made, not just in the artwork but also the awesome stories that come with it. Of course, that’s not to say the art itself isn’t god tier; I was primed and ready to have Feraligatr as my favourite, but Ceruledge was just something else. I look forward to watching and hearing more of your content! Also, today marks Day 12 of me requesting Shovel Knight characters as dragons.

So 3 things. ONE. This was fantastic, the texturing, the poses, the designs, all of it. TWO. I (and most likely many others) need more of this. Between the story and the drawings, I could watch these forever. THREE. I need a tinkaton hero that beats the crap out of a corvinight hero. BONUS. Congrats on 500000 dude! You definitely deserve it.

This is such a fun episode! I love the alligator Pokémon (can’t remember OR spell their name) the best, he seems like the comedy brawler kind of guy 😂. I can’t wait to see more of this universe and what Friday’s episode will be!

I love your channel so much and I would argue with 100% confidence that every single one of your subscribers was so well deserved. This video has been a long time coming and am so glad to see it happen. Congratulations on 500,000 subscribers!

That was definitely worth the wait. Well done PopCross and congrats on half a million subscribers! As for villains? "IT'S YOUR BOY, GOLISOPOD!"

"Fear-Row" has to be one of the best puns you've come up with

Congratulations on the 500k! You deserve it, I've been watching your channel for almost three years at this point and I love your content, it's been great seeing you constantly improve your art skills, and you have been a massive inspiration for me as an artist. Keep up the good work, and I'll be waiting patiently for when you get to 1M.

This was incredible. I've been a fan of your Superhero themed videos since they always have great designs as well as interesting stories to share, and I've always been a fan of Pokémon since its Pokémon...enough said. So seeing you reboot your old Pokémon as Superheroes series is incredible...and the first roster did not disappoint. I especially loved Alolan Sandslah’s and Ceruledge's designs the most. Pikachu's gives off that electric brawler look to him that's ready to save the day while at the same showing others that he's ready to be a true hero...plus I love how it still maintains the instantly recognizable and iconic Pikachu look and I love how you made him have a pair of thunder gauntlets, Alolan Sandslash’s gives off an elite rogue/assassin look that's willing to fight the good fight and shows that no one should be underestimated...plus I love how it rocks the Alolan Sandslash look as well as looking great with the X-23/Laura Kinney Wolverine vibe, Feraligator's design gives off that feel of a well armed beast that's willing to show everyone what type of terror it could be while showing its own unique prowess...plus this design really shows both the Iconic Feraligator look and Tank class characters that show just how tough they can be, Ceruledge's design gives off that feel of a powerful shadowy ninja/knight being that while looking terrifying in nature can be a surprising force to be reckoned with...plus I don't know why, but for some reason this design for Ceruledge (Violet version) just seems to work; and this is my favourite Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet. This was an amazing video with a revitalized topic...and I like it. I'd love to see you turn some more Pokémon into Superheroes since I think there is still so much more to tell. I'd also be ok with seeing you do a video on drawing some Pokémon as either kaijus, different kinds SCPs, Superheroes or as mech/fantasy armours, since I think that would be pretty interesting...plus if its the case for armours, I think Benny and Vasilia would have a blast, and it would be fun to see Benny and Vasilia come up with armour ideas based on some of these powerful creatures and perhaps even work on a joint project and make a fantasy-mech armour hybrid. For other ideas for Pokemon turned into Superheroes; id love to see you use Charizard, Greninja, Galiesopod, Garchomp, Lugia, Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno, Rampardos or even the likes of Rayquaza, Groudon and Kyogre since they would look awesome as superheroes. I also can’t wait to see how Mara’s story continues in the multiverse tales episodes. This video was fun to watch today during the last few weeks of my recovery period after my jaw surgery, its really been helping me recover along with all the other videos I missed...so thank you. Great job as always Christian and I can’t wait to see what you draw on Friday’s video. P.s. do you think you could do a video of turning dinosaurs into mech armours? Cuz I want to see how Benny Sharp and Champagne McGregor would get along. Also do you think you could do a video we’re you turn Disney princesses into witches. Also could you try something with Apex Legends? P.s.s. Do you think its possible to return to drawing famous characters/superheroes as Mandalorians again. Since The Mandalorian season 3 will be arriving soon, it would be nice to see this series return since it was another one of my favourite series that you did.

Congratulations on 500k subscribers, PopCross!

A pokemon to base a villain off of you say? Well the new doggo Mabosstiff is already seeming a mobster, but i give you: Dhelmise! The literal kelp-covered ghost anchor. I feel like something looking like an old ship captain, or pirate combined with Dhelmise would be *incredible*! Especially coming from your incredible art style!

What if you made a video about drawing Fictional Locations as Gingerbread Houses? Example: Sector V Treehouse from Codename Kids Next Door

I love seeing how you implemented the old Pokemon Superhero designs into this story, even if I haven't seen the old videos myself. It was really cool. Also, the designs were so awesome; I loved the Ceruledge design in particular. For some reason I really like knights; they always look super cool. (I actually have a Gallade superhero/knight OC, named Percival (despite being a girl), whom I am writing a story for. Gallade is my favorite Pokemon and I hope you use it in one of your series someday.) I don't know if I have made this suggestion yet or not, but I want to see another Multiverse Tales story set in Benny's universe (which I assume is also this universe, but I'm not sure). There's a lot of plot points (Crimson Death, the Global Assault Coalition, the Nether Cult) set up by some of the other art episodes that I think would be fun to follow. I'd also like an episode where Abigail (the SCPs as Superheroes/Villains narrator, if I recall her name correctly) and honestly the Foundation as a whole serve a less villainous role than they did in Bio-Mech Benny. Maybe Benny and Abigail are forced to work together to save people, and the episode ends with the Foundation pardoning Benny and allowing him to return to his universe? Just an idea.

This story was so engaging! I hope there's a part 2! If you do make a Part 2, maybe you could add a legendary/mythical like Melmetal since Ash had that in the anime.

Ceruledge came out so pretty, love the colors! I feel like Greninja could be fun, though they’d probably have to be later in the story.

First off, congratulations on reaching 500k subscribers. Definitely something to be proud of as a creative on RU-vid. Secondly, I think it definitely shows that you put your all into this video. Only one episode in, and I'm invested in this story. Really that this reboot of Pokemon as Superheroes becomes a full series. And since the next episode may be supervillain focused, why not throw in little Sinistea as a deceptively cute supervillain in a gang with Grengar? Either way thank you for another awesome video, and I look forward to seeing the next one!

Please draw Kirby Villains as Dinosaurs examples: Galacta Knight, Taranza, Fecto Elfilis (or Chaos Elfilis)

God that ceruledge heroes swords are incredible and so's the rest of the art

LET'S GOOO! My favorite one of your series is finally back, and better than ever with your modern art and video style!

This was awesome! I always love the lore you put into your design ideas, and this is definitely one of my favorites. If you're looking for an interesting idea for a Pokémon villain, Tinkaton would make for a great option (despite being a fairy-type, you'll know once you read its Dex entry).

This reboot had blown me away. Well done. I wonder what Pokemon like Zorua, Mimikyu, and Bellibolt would look like as heroes. Edit: As for ideas for pokemon villains, I say the ancient paradox pokemon like a Great Tusk mafia group with a Scream tail secretary (A reference to Isabelle in your Suicide Squad) and being led by the lord of crime, Roaring moon who has other ancient paradox pokemon who are fighting in a war against the noble hero Iron Valiant along with the iron threads military with her three trusted lieutenants like Iron Jugulis, Iron thorns and Iron Moth.

chandelure as a villain would be epic, i feel like its a really underated pokemon

500k SUBS, LETS GOOOOOO!!!! U deserve this and SO much more! Easily one of my favorite RU-vidrs, and have been loving ur content for around a year and a half now. Also, GREAT ARTWORK! I love this so much 😊

Sooo good! Your art has become even more amazing over these past years. Stay awesome, my man! As for villians: I'd love to see my boy Growlithe join the dark side. Clefairy or Jigglypuff would be great villians. Umbreon would be decent. Or maybe a whole series on the Eevees!

Let’s goooooooo! Congrats on how far you’ve come Christian!

Really like the idea of ash being a superhero trainer then a super hero himself.

This is the perfect video to celebrate 500K! Congrats Christian! This is my new favorite superhero episode as well, the art is great and the lore is fantastic (and using Feraligator is an instant win), I can't wait for the sequel. Speaking of, my vote is for Golurk and/or the Swords of Justice to make an appearance, along with Mimikyu.

The ceruledge drawing was sick, it might just be my recency bias but i currently consider ceruledge my favorite pokemon, also small nit pick, ceruledge is a ghost type not a dark type so saying they have spectral powers would be more accurate then dark magic

Please draw Fire Emblem Heroes as Dragons (minus Corrin) since January 20th is the release of Fire Emblem Engage

CONGRATS ON 500K! When you think about it that’s a GIANT number, I can’t believe that’s how many people love your work, myself included. Also please continue this Its amazing And one of my new favorite.

I LOVED This Video So Much PopCross, One Of My All Time Favorites!!! Your Pokemon Stuff Is My Favorite, So When You Said Pokemon Superheroes Would Be Rebooted, I Was SO Excited! The Feraligatr And Ceruledge Heroes Were INCREDIBLE, I Really Hope This Series Continues And Becomes A Regular On The Channel! I'm Still Hoping For Gardevoir In The Future! Also, Congrats On Reaching 500k Subscribers, It Was Well Deserved! The Video That Introduced Me To Your Channel Was The Disney Princess Kaiju Video From Long Ago, And The Old Pokemon Heroes Episodes Was What Got Me Invested! Seeing The Old And New Side By Side Shows How Much You've Improved With Your Work, You Should Be Proud! I Look Forward To More Pokemon Heroes, SCPs And Anything Else You Have In Store For Us, So Never Stop Improving And Keep The Artwork And Stories Coming PopCross!

Can you do something as Power rangers?

Can you do Christmas movie characters as Power Rangers please

Congrats on 500k!!! I... ABSOLUTELY ADORED THIS EPISODE!!! I would love to see this turn into a full series!!! I hope you take these following suggestions into account: Possible Suggestions for Part 2: Houndstone, Mabosstiff, Mightyena, or Arcanine for a loyal, tough, canine-themed hero (most likely Arcanine for the Kanto Heroes Arc) Greninja for a stealthy infiltrator, an espionage specialist, ninja-type hero (could also possibly pull some inspiration from elements of Sheik from Legend of Zelda if you'd like) Moltres, Articuno, Mewtwo, or Mew for a Legendary Kantonian Hero to help garner support, publicity, and patriotic spirit for Ash Assemblem's team (Mewtwo could even be the first Villain Conversion for an extra epic piece of the tale, given Mewtwo's backstory) Aerodactyl for an ancient fossil-themed hero who can serve as their eyes in the sky Latias as an invisibility and superspeed-themed heroine as a callback to Pokemon Heroes and the thing Latias had for Ash in that movie, could go by Bianca or Kanon for an extra layer of reference more suggestions might come in if you do a part 2.

These look great! Some villain ideas for you: Orbeetle Krookodile Goliasopod Revravroom Mewtwo(would definitely be Giovanni)

Oh my god I didn’t even realize- CONGRATS DUDE! I’ve been here for almost 2 years, and it’s been so fun watching you grow. I love your art and channel, and CONGRATS AGAIN💚

I love listening to your story’s of them while you are drawing good audio with amazing background work

I've missed this series. Congrats on half a mill, you've earned it. Also I'd love to see Scovillain as a villain.

I usually don't watch the superhero videos, but man... This one was awesome! Definitely going to watch these more often

Those are all majestic designs🤩 and your tales are so well done! You're great!!🎉🎉

🎉Congratulations on 500k🎉 (or however many real people are subscribed) Your channel might be my one of my all time favourites. It’s really incredible what you do and I can’t wait to see what you do in the future.

it was a pleasant surprise seeing feraligatr here, seeing as its my favorite pokemon ^^ you gave it a really cool hero design! cant wait for more!

Man I LOVE your drawings, but your storytelling is AMAZING too! Love the background for every character! I'm waiting for the new chapters of this one!

Hope this gets a sequel, all the art here are really good and makes me really want to see more! Also if you're still looking for suggestions, I got this idea of Decidueye as an anti-hero, like while he does fight crime he also steals from the rich and gives to the poor, kind of like Robin Hood.

Nice to see this series rebooted, I think you should totally continue but you’re probably intending to anyway. I enjoyed taking part in this months redraw and I can’t wait to see that video when it comes out. Finally, dishonored and cyberpunk, would love to see videos on those!

Man this video was awesome. I would absolutely love to see a sequel to this. The story was really great and the art turned out awesome. Great job and congrats on 500k. Still recommending: - pokemon or spiderman villains as ARMS characters - skylanders as folklore characters - nightmare before Christmas as a horror story

I love that you took your old art and turned them into Veteran Heroes.

Okay, this was awesome, and a triumphant return for the Pokemon as Superheroes series. BTW, Ceruledge was my favorite, and I hope she joins the team later in the series.

Congrats on getting 500k! Happy to have been here for almost 2 years now! 🎉

I haven't watched Pokemon in years and this video is starting to make me consider watching it again.

Man this was like watching an episode of an animated series or movie, I loved this, like a wise dark lord used to say MOAAAARRR

Thank you SO much for making this new reboot. But the story mad me wanting more! I do hope you will make another episode in the future! :D

It was beyond noticeable that you put your all in to this

I remember the old series and watching it. Good to see a reboot

It'd be fun to see a villain Ghastly. And I look forward to lots of stories in this world. It sounds so exciting

Also, I can't believe you've actually incorporated the Fearow attack into Piko's backstory. Nice 👍

Amazing drawing once again

Thank you so much this was my favorite series

This video gets my first ever like. Congrats on 500k subs and I can't wait to see where this goes from here, both for the channel and the PokeHeroes series (which is what I'm calling it, so sue me).

Congrats for half a million subs!!! also this is one of my favorite popcross studios videos ever and I loved the original pokemon superhero videos their actually some of the first videos I watched

Just came across this video and it was really fun! As for a Pokemon that could be a good villain is Mimikyu, who could have been a rival to Spark Streak and even one of the villains who’s contact information was in the Herodex. It would also create a fun dynamic for Piko and his growth.

You have no idea how eager I am for the next part! As for my suggestion: I wanto to see Giratina next, but not as a villain. You see, Giratina is more of a "reformed Devil". They tried to destroy the world and smack Arceus, but they changed their ways after being defeated by a trainer. Now, they are a protector to both the normal world and the Distortion World. So, I propose this: Giratina was once one of the most terrible villains the world has ever seen, however, after being exiled to a paralel world, they changed their ways and decided to protect the planet, ruling their own prison. One day though, Giratina noticed unbalance through space-time and decided to investigate. They discovered that Cyrus, a cult leader and ally of Giovanni, stole the Red Chain from the Lake Monks in order to steal the powers of their sibilings: Dialga and Palkia. Furious beyond mortal understanding, Giratina manifested into the physical plane and dragged Cyrus to the Distortion World as punishment. However, the Forbidden One noticed other beings nearby. Ash's team heard of The Galaxia Order and their intentions, and decided to stop them. They even managed to free Palkia. Grateful for their effort and sensing other menaces getting closer to Earth, Giratina chose to train this team of heroes in order to make new protectors.

Yesssssss I NEED PART TWO THIS IS SO COOOOOOL!!!

Excellent art man and congratulations on hit 500k subs you deserve everyone

IM SO STOKED IT FINALLY HAPPENED LETS GOOOOOOOOO I LOVE ALL POKÉMON CONTENT. NOW ALL THATS LEFT IS THE LONG AWAITED REBOOT OF POKÉMON AS FROGS!!!!

I’ve been here since the original series so it’s great to see it come back! Great work!

Congratulations on hitting 500k, and now we're on the way to 1mil!!!

Congratulations on 500K subscribers! I think AquaJaw is my new fav character! Feraligatr is one of my favorite starters!

Bruh the final fight sounds AMAZING 🤩

I really hope you can do meow things and wobbuffet as villains, meowth would probably be the small and scrawny yet smart and speedy type while wobbuffet would be more of a bulky, tank build

PLEASE, PLEASE continue with this; I was glued to the storyline with the creativity you drew with the heroes!! Like seriously it was so amazing, keep up the awesome work. And also congratulations on your achievement of subscribers! 🎉🎉

Anyone else hyped for this? Speaking of villains, I think that Spirtomb would be super dope to see

It’s amazing that you finally reached 500 thousand subs! The story was really good. I am really loving this series so far, I hope another part comes out soon.

I really like new designs, and reborn of series . About villains ideas , Maybe you could take some inspirations from evil teams from all games , but for some reason I want to see vervaroom (if I spell it right ) . I have no idea why , but I think after team star leaders using it as their signature Pokemon, it may make some sense.

Aqua Jaw was so damn cool Popcross! Congratulations my friend on the 500k milestone! You deserve it man! Proud to call you my friend and see all the amazing love and support you have given and recieved. You deserve all the accolades! Love how this video came together and I can't wait for more videos in the future! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I’ve had an idea recently based on the way that Meowscarada is. The grass starters for the past several generations have followed a new pattern I call “Just a Little Guy (tm) who evolves into a DnD character”. Meowscarada is a rogue, Rillaboom is a bard/barbarian, Decidueye is a Ranger and Hisuian Decidueye is a Monk, and Chesnaught is a fighter. It would be really cool to see them in this style as well!

I agree, a pokemon as villains episode would be amazing. You could a Hypno villain called The Hypnotist, or perhaps a Mewtwo antihero.

I'm real happy u did my fav pokemon ceruledge

It’s finally here the Pokémon superhero reboot is here

Ash: “Pokémon, ASSEMBLE!” Pikachu: “PIKAAAAA!” Other Pokémon: *charges toward Thanos and his army*

Great job on getting to 500 thousand subscribers! I think Banette would be any awesome super villain, the Pokédex entry on its origin is great for a villain.

I just found your channel and it's amazing! I love your art style and the story you came up for the characters. And I think Sableye would make for a good villain or at least a villain's sidekick.

Love this episode! It's always satisfying to see how your work looks compared to your previous, and I could definitely see how far you've come. And for villain suggestions, I'm just gonna recommend some of my all time favorite Pokemon (mainly because they also happen to be a bit evil looking) Gliscor, Scoliopede, and Buzzwole