Who REALLY Created Porygon-Z? 💻🐦 A Pokémon Theory | Gnoggin 

Porygon: A revolutionary piece of sentient coding Porygon 2: C U R V E S

Scientists in Kanto really created life out of computer code and were disappointed that it couldnt go to space.

I honestly think lockstin has thought about this more than the pokemon company

It was a missed opportunity by Gamefreak to give Porygon-Z a Z-move

In Pokémon Platinum in Veilstone city there is a man with a Porygon who says he found it near Team Galactic Headquarters and took it in and gives it to you. I think the dubious disc was created by Team Galactic probably with the help of that Scientist to creat Porygon-Z in order to access Dialga and Palkias dimensions

The Dubious Disc is just Cyrus's hard drive of naughty "homework". No wonder PoryZ freaks out when it has to use it...

Someone on Reddit suggested it was made by Aether Foundation, considering the Polygon line _has_ signature moves about changing types, Gladion randomly has one, and dimensions is *also* Aether's specialty.

for some reason I didn't realize Porygon was a duck until recently

The person who created porygon z: what if, hear me, put porygon in the shape of a z

"The recently revealed Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl" You can tell when this was made

When the Disc is Dubious 😳

This theory falls apart when you realise you can obtain Porygon Z before going to the distortion world, and so it was created BEFORE Cyrus was trapped there. Everything else is pretty solid, it just means that the Dubious Disc wasn't created to save Cyrus, but for another reason entirely before Team Galactic started their plans.

Giratina: THE ETERNAL DRAGON Meanwhile Rayquaza just sitting off on the side giving Giratina an angry glare.

You can find the Dubious Disc in the Galactic Veilstone Hideout *before* Cyrus leaves for the distortion world, so it was not created to rescue him.

They gotta bring Porygon back into the anime at some point, cause Goh wants to catch every Pokémon

Speaking of Porygon When is Lockstin gonna explain that weird form he keeps teasing in his Kaskade videos?

Porygon-Z implies the existence of Porygon-A through Porygon-Y. _Thanks for coming to my TED Talk_

OK! I have thoughts!

5:32 "Never seen or heard from again" Until he showed up alongside Palkia in Masters anyway.

We stan Lockstin's Health Tips.

Thx for making this video because Porygon-Z is my all time favourite Pokémon (in my opinion it's so cool and i like it's design).

I smell a Missingno video in the future! Also, do you think you can do a video on what real-life locations the spin-off regions are based off of?

Pokémon means Pocket Monster Porygon is made entirely of data Porygon is, by definition, a Digimon Pokémon x Digimon crossover confirmed

4:45 The first mention of Alternate Dimensions comes when cyrus is summoning Dialga/Palkia. He says he summons them from another plane.

I’m of the belief that Porygon Z and the dubious disc were actually made by the AETHER FOUNDATION in a time before they pursued Type: Null research. In the Alola games, all Porygon-related items and even Porygon itself are obtained from Aether-related people. Gladion uses a Porygon Z. It’s purpose to explore alien dimensions fits the MO of the Aether Foundation and the pursuit of Ultra Beasts. And like Type: Null, it possesses type changing abilities to adapt to foreign environments (thru the Conversion moves). My belief, is that the Aether Foundation developed the Dubious Disc after seeing Porygon’s potential under Silph Co. They hoped to upgrade it to be fit to send through Ultra Wormholes. But after their own patch was deemed too buggy, they distanced themselves from the research. But the Dubious Disc still leaked before the events of DPPt, falling into the hands of Team Galactic, who have an interested in space and time in general.

In a realistic setting, it would be shocking there aren't more Porygon evolutions, given its code-based nature. The modding community would have a field day with it, and I bet Porygon qT and Porygon uwu would have been made within a week of each other

Lockstin : Here I am! Editor : *rock you like a hurricane*

I always thought the Dubious Disk was kinda a product of Team Galactic trying to reverse engineer the Upgrade and then implement it to make Porygon2 into a form that would aid their own needs. I personally wish Porygon2 got branching evolution from Silph Co. that was its intended evolution into a Porygon3 and it could finally achieve its main purpose! Also, has anyone ever really considered that the Dubious Disk literally turns Porygon2's head upside down? Like that spike on Porygon-Z's head is its neck from Porygon2... No wonder it acts weird! If that happened to me I'd be acting strange, too! Because I'd be dead...

Sorry, my bad! I clicked on a free give away link while working on Porygon-3

Donkey in the Distortion World: "Shrek, I'm Looking Up!"

Porygon-Z is my favorite all time Pokémon, I was so happy to see this video!! 😭

You forget Pokémon Generations... Cyrus specifically tells Saturn: “Don’t look for me” He doesn’t want to be found.

6:50 Bob from SMG4 what are you doing here? Laugh track plays

11:13 The localizers who went with describing the object instead of what's on it: yes

Porygon-Z is one of my favorite Pokemon! Thanks for giving it the love it deserves, Lockstin!

I always thought Porygon was a metaphor for video games. Starting off with low poly (Like early gen consoles) then getting nicer, smoother models and eventually gets to the point where games are just very buggy. But that was just my approach. I liked yours a lot better. XD

What if Porygon-Z actually discovered alternate dimensions, and so accidentally went back to before Cyrus disappeared, even though, according to your theory, Team Galactic made it afterwards, while also maybe bringing a dubious disc with it, then other scientists making more.

Commander Cyrus is like... in his mid 20's. Talk about ambition 👀

One problem with the theory, you can get the dubious disc before Cyrus ever disappears. A simple retcon could be that team Galactic hired Ross to make Porygon-Z so it could explore the Distortion world. When he failed, they got rid of him which would explain why he doesn’t show up in dppt. He probably went back to Johto or something. My guess is that Charon created it to explore the distortion world. Although he’s a genius, he doesn’t have access to any of the resources at silph co so he messed up the code. It would also explain why Team Galactic is in possession of the Up-Grade because he probably studied it in order to figure out how to reverse engineer the code. Makes sense to me.

Pokémon Company: Announces Gen 4 remakes Lockstin: *I can milk you*

Haven't finished yet, but he's gonna mention that the Dubious DIsc was found in the Galactic HQ building in Platinum, right?

first, he discusses orbeetle, then melmetal, and how porygon Z! my 3 favorite pokemon

How can someone sound so sane but also talk like a crazy scientist

He comes up with ideas and theories that the Pokémon company didn’t even think about

10:32 This adds a new meaning to "Team Rocket, blasting off again!"

This is a very interesting theory. I really like it! My only idea of a possible hole is that in Pokémon Generations, Cyrus is able to call Team Galactic to tell them that he's fine, but to not come looking for him. I know this might not be canon, but it does prove that Cyrus is able to contact Team Galactic and tell them that he's fine, so they wouldn't need to create Porygon Z.

I'm willing to admit I may have over thought this, but hear me out: Lockstin mentions that fixing Porygon's flight should have been a primary concern for the developers of the pokemon, but instead, they focused on making round. My argument is that making the pokemon round WAS their attempt, at least the most visible and obvious aspect thereof, at making the pokemon fly better. Firstly, we must consider how flight would be achieved. In the atmosphere, this is generally achieved (at least in planes) by forcing air around a wing to create lift. For this to happen, the air mist be traveling faster on the top side of the wing, so as to create a vacuum of air to generate the lift. Planes accomplish that by having a wing that while relatively flat on the bottom, have a larger and curved surface on top. This means the air travelling over the top of the wing has a longer distance to travel, and must therefore go faster in order to meet the air travelling across the wing's bottom (if the air didn't meet together, it would create a vacuum of air behind the wing, pulling the air over the top faster, that's how this works). Thinking about a plane's wing's shape, it is easier to see why they chose the design for porygon they did. In order to force the air over Porygon's body, however, the pokemon would have to be in motion. From here, the general shape of the pokemon seems to lend itself to being thrust forward from behind by some invisible energy. That makes sense, as it forgot the need for wings in the sense the birds use them, which wouldn't work in the vacuum of space, anyways. Opting to propel the pokemon through space using thrust created via Newton's third law in space, while generating lift in Earth's atmosphere using Bernoulli's principle. This Pokemon's design is low-key genius. Porygon was created initially in an environment where a high poly count wouldn't be possible, giving it the crude appearance it has. By smoothing the edges, though, drag is reduced. Rounder and sharper objects tend to behave more aerodynamically than do flat, angular surfaces. This means that Porygon2 would fly better, and it may even execute better flight control, too. This argument would be further strengthened if Porygon2 has a higher speed stat, which I'll check after I write this. I've always loved porygon, but this really makes me appreciate the design and thought that went into this. Even if by coincidence, the end product is beautiful! EDIT: Porygon2's speed is 60, while Porygon's is 40.

Cool theory that I haven't heard before! The only thing I think is a bit off is that the dubious disc is in diamond and pearl without cyrus in the distortion world. So I think it's possible that Cyrus commissioned it for research maybe even as far back as HG/SS if you want to explain why the dubious disc is in johto

My personally theory is that Giratina ate Cyrus, or at least threw him into the endless void of the Distortion Realm

“One day you will wake up in a world created by me” Does that mean.. legends arceus?

I love how the last part, about Porygon-Z had something that look like Missing No.

I feel like I'm the only person that has ever said porygon-z is my favorite pokemon and I don't regret a single thing

I'm not used to theory videos on other channels and paniced a little when you didnt end it of with "and that's just a theory, a game theory. Thanks for watching". Lol

Can’t you make an video on how some Pokémon act just like their Pokédex entrees says? Like in the beginning of the game we see a Dodrio with two of its head sleeping while the third keeps watch. There’s a part where a Zangoose fights a Seviper. Or where we see 3 Mareanies chase a Corsula.

Team Galactic being the ones who made Porygon-Z to try to rescue Cyrus sorta makes sense since it's a post-game only pokémon in the original Diamond and Pearl. So obviously the player wouldn't be able to get it before the climax of the game.

Haha, Love the Team Four Star reference 😂❤️

"💻🐦", I see what you did Lockstin.

I'm a simple woman, I see my favourite villain and one of my favourite Pokémon, I click.

Thank you so much for making this video about my favourite Pokémon! Didn't know I needed this, but I did. Looking forward to the possible 'part 2' about him!

I think that it's more likely that Cyrus had them make the Dubious disk so he himself could get to the distortion world, since you find the disc before Cyrus is left there. I do love how a single random npc character has been given so much more backstory though, and it's head canon for me now!

Hey Locks, do you plan on making shinies for your Lokemon? Even if it’s just the starters, that would really cool.

0:12 Ah, I see what you did there

14:24 You seriously don't realise? HE IS HAVING AN EPILEPTIC SEISURE!

Oh man I MISSED theories like these! I never even thought of these plot links! Love it!!

Porygon-Z was made to make Hyper Beam viable (with Adaptability).

I would kind of like to see a uncorrupted porygon evolution. I’ve seen some fanart that are pretty neat. 🎩 🐍 no step on snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

7:25 It's funny because in Digimon Adventure the chosen kids were all but literally stuck inside an Escher staircase and the inside of the Millennium Puzzle is _also_ an Escher staircase.

I love this episode and it really tied up a mystery well. It’d be even better if 1. Everyone acted like it’s a new Pokémon(having it in your party) and 2. You could find the Doubious disc in Team Galactic’s base AFTER Cyrus is sucked into the distortion world

Oh! Edit and Note: Porygon Z is my favorite Pokémon and it may get a mega evolution which I am excited about, I also have a Porygon 2 plushie like you!

Porygon should be talk about more he's pretty much a mystery.

Man the porygon family was in my top 5 favorite pokemon for the longest time as a kid (like gen 1-4 honestly)... Such a cool video and weirdly nostalgic... Now I wanna use one in a playthrough

I wonder if Rotom might have anything to do with it. Maybe the dubious disc is an upgrade that rotom messed with, as it is a piece of technology, and when it got applied to porygon 2 it was all glitched. An un-rotomized dubious disc might give us a perfect Porygon.

Lockstin: Asking himself if he's dumb Me: "Funny words Magic-Man"

I'm a simple man I see porygon, I click #Porygang

The unknown producer is Todd Howard. >Made in a rush. >Raised the stakes too high. >Bugs. >A.I. has weird behavior.

I love watching your vids, they give me something to do at night when I can’t fall asleep and don’t wanna do homework. :D

You'd assume the people who created Porygon and Porygon 2 would've made Porygon Z.

Wow, is it late for me. I’ll have to come back tomorrow to watch this, unfortunately. See you then! Edit: I watched it. Great video as always!

I see that SMG4 Bob reference at 6:50 Very well placed!

Brilliant! Suddenly the strange golden eye that Porygon-Z gets makes a bit more sense; it is meant to be reminiscent of Team Galactic's symbol!

To be fair, making a Pokemon like that would have been hard enough without magic. So Porygon2 failing it's intended purpose makes sense. And maybe PorygonZ is just glitchy because they tried something huge but it didn't work out as well as they'd like...

Lockstin: "am I dumb?" Me, who's gotten several IQs worth of gains in smarts thanks to his videos and entertaining way of presenting information: HOW dare you! You don't get to put yourself down good sir! You are a smart cookie!

6:48 Lol I like how Bob popped up when you used that text to speech

6:47 I like how bob from smg4 randomly appears in the corner just to say "Cyrus" and then dips

But then cyrus gets out of the distortion world when you finish the pokedex in platinum

Cyrus = Ross. CyROSS. Cyrus' Japanese name is Akagi, which is a great Mountain in the KANTO REGION OF JAPAN! Also in US/UM you fight Cyrus as part of 'Team Rainbow Rocket' a possible callback to his days as Team Rocket Scientist Ross. You could also argue their hair colours are the same also.

I am still of the belief that giratina was never "banished" to the distortion world... but stationed... its actions during platinum are very deliberate, dragging cyrus into the distortion world right at the brink of his success... thus saving the world in its own way... its dex entry also says that it can see into the normal world through mirrors which is almost like a security guard watching security cam footage, and, although it probably could have easily killed you, it takes a more neutral stance towards you until you approach it (if i recall correctly, it might actually attack you) essentially only battling you when you threaten it... being frank... it can (and does) free itself from the distortion world as well... it recieves no outside help to physically drag cyrus into the distortion world itself, not to mention that you encounter giratina in the normal world in pokemon diamond and pearl... perhaps looking for the escaped cyrus to bring him to a place where he cant hurt anyone anymore

It's certainly been awhile since I've heard a Lockstin Pokemon theory. Fantastic as always I see.

What if Pokemon Legends Arceus, is the new universe created by Cyrus?

Controversial: Is Porygon a duck or goose? 👀

Slight issue here: You find the Disc _before_ Cyrus gets smacked by Giratina. But this is a simple fix. Porygon-Z may have been designed as part of a rescue contingency, one Cyrus didn't give enough time for proper development.

Pokémon Masters And Ultra Sun and Moon. You forgot those. And that none of the Porygon line has the speed stat or powers to reach escape velocity.

I, for one, think the Aether Foundation created Porygon-Z, it makes sense.

I think the theory is pretty solid, but since you can get the Dubious Disk before the post-game, I would say that Porygon-Z was created by Cyrus to either explore the Distortion World or to access the timespace where Dialga and Palkia live

The IRONY of Porygon-Z having a seizure every time he attacks

Video idea: How did Mohn(lusamine's husband) managed to escape from ultra wormhole and reach that island? Why cosmog was with him? Wasn't it supposed to be under the care of solgaleo and lunala? In anime, what the heck happened to him? Are they going to rescue him in Pokemon journeys? If so, why didn't they tried in sun and moon itself?

12:32 - I really like the way he rubs the Porygon2. Very satisfying.

6:48 Ok I didn't expect a reference towards SMG4 in this video, glad to see that Gnoggin and/or the editor are a fan

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu.

0:13 I love that reference to the scorpions