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The most insane coincidence in Pokémon will always be the shiny Unown oversight in Gen 2. For those that don't know (and haven't seen other videos on it), Pokémon in gen 2 are determined by their IV values. The letters of Unown are also determined by their IV values. Because of this, only some Unown letters are even capable of being shiny. By coincidence, those letters are I and V.
@@alexmulder1145 Unless it was named specifically after the Unown oversight, it's still a coincidence. I couldn't find why it was specifically named that (it's not stated on the Bulbapedia page). I think it would be more well known if it was named after the Unown. If anything, that makes it even more of a coincidence, with the title being more separated from the oversight. If you want to be really technical, they were originally called "innate strength" according to Bulbapedia.
Yes despite the name change, they are pretty much the same game mechanic. Another difference is that DVs tie special stats together where IVs have separate spatk spdef stats
Munna is definitely not something that was supposed to be in gen 1 I think they literally took that little girl's quote from gen 1 and said hey we want a reference this in Gen 5
100% agree. Especially the ones that are the same generation. Like of course Rhyperior looks like a miner it's the same gen as the sinnoh underground ffs.
The wisp like things are about the only thing that are close to resbling each other - but if it's just about the wisps you might as well say that Arceus and Misdreavus are based on each other or something.
Ryme may not have had a Skeledurge, but she did battle Roy’s Fuecco. Never noticed the Larvesta and Arceus thing. I actually just learned about the Venonat and Bufferfree theory yesterday. Ah yes, I remember Diamond/Jade. I’m as old as this franchise, and there’s still so much to learn! 😁
Nowhere has it been implied that the Galarian Birds are the original forms of the elemental birds. The game only explains that they've been called like the Kantonians because they are reminiscent of those.
@@ninomitchell2039 yes it does exist and came into existence around 2000 but it wasn’t really distributed until like around 2015 but as you said it’s mainly for over foow
Beta arceus (aka: true arceus) was supposed to appear in the final game instead of his avatar version, however not only the fandom couldn't like it at all plus if true arceus sided with lucas, how in the world the anime, manga and spin-offs could use arceus in their respectives creations, so the avatar comes in mind in order to use the creator in other medias beyond the games.
Technically, Ho-oh is based on the houou, a mythical Chinese bird. There are a lot of similarities between the houou and the phoenix of western myth, but (traditionally, at least), the houou doesn’t rise from its ashes. That’s just modern depictions like Game Freak’s combining the two, sort of like how Santa Claus is an American amalgamation of various European characters (which is why he has all of those other names: Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, etc.).
@@BJGvideos It’s from Greece. Sure, it may or may not have borrowed from the simurgh and or other Middle Eastern legends, but it happened so long ago and the Greek version is the one that’s ingrained in western culture. It’s like noodles: they started in Asia, but it’s kind of hard to imagine Italy without pasta, so much so that we generally think of Italy first.
@@BJGvideos The term “phoenix” and the legends known in the west are from Greece, but there are other, very similar legendary birds from the Middle East (namely, Persia and Egypt) that may or may not have influenced it. I’ve read a bit about it because I live in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. The name actually has nothing to do with the heat. They called it that because it’s built on top of ancient American Indian ruins, making it a city that sort of came back to life. They even excavated the ancient canals and reused them to bring water to the area. Sound familiar? Phenac in Orre and its origin story were inspired by this bit of real-world history. The mayor’s ancestor didn’t build on top of ruins or reuse existing canals, but he did dig new ones to bring water to Phenac.
My favorite coincidence- In Gen 2, IVs determined both shininess and Unown’s form. The only shiny Unown you can get? I and V. (Yes, I know IVs were known as DVs back then, just go along with it.)
Kitakami is considerably farther north than Johto. It's closer to Sinnoh (or technically Almia if we want to use EVERY region) than anything else. Not sure how AZ's Floette would explain anything even if it did have a paradox flower (remember, the flower isn't the pokémon). You also have to remember the concept of an homage and it feels like you're leaving that out. The Venonat and Butterfree thing is just how the animals they're based on look What animal does Magerna look like to you? Because the major design elements seem to be "robotic maid" and "pokéball". James Turner is on a lot of social media. Has anyone asked him? A funny coincidence is that we ended up by two different evil teams called Skull. I guess the gen 7 planners at Game Freak forgot Mystery Dungeon was a thing. I wonder if any other staffers brought it up. I can't imagine that every kimono dancer would have a connection to the Kimono Girls. Also Erika could be tossing the ball in the air rather than levitating it. Barry and Bianca do have a connection since they're both rivals. You even say that. The line about the pink pokémon with a floral pattern is funny since the girl also complains about chunky pokémon. She would reject Munna for being too chonk We do know that they designed a bunch of mons and continue to draw from that backlog, so it's possible that Munna and Musharna had their origins there. Not necessarily fully designed but pulled from these rough designs. I feel like Lusamine made herself look like Pheremosa and influenced Guzma to look more like Xurkitree. We know she pushed Lillie to look how she does, after all.
Ooh ooh! I can answer one I these! Magearna looks like a Robot Rabbit in a pokeball themed Maid Uniform! But yes, some of these "coincidences" are a bit forced... Like munna... it's NOT a coincidence at all, because that line is an almost EXACT translation of the Japanese text, And the Artist has obviously played the games, So that line may have stuck somewhere in the deep recesses of memory, and Influenced the Result. Also, the 3 birds being from paldea dosent Work either, as Moltres, the Actual Phoenix pokemon, Is originally named FIRE. it's gen 8 form is Galarian Fire... Which sounds WAY more badass than Moltres. Bring the FIRE! NOW, Enjoy this Crazy Theory. The ultra beast resemble certain characters because they ARE those characters... in their world, they were pokemon instead of humans. And poipole? Why, poipole is the player, obviously... it's a "STARTER" in its world, And how do you start the game? By selecting your character. You also go from a cute little kid to a Deadly powerhouse, just like Poipole. Which, I might add, Sounds similar to People.
@@matthewrowlett1564 It... doesn't look anything like a rabbit to me. It has long appendages on its head but the entire rest of the body only gives me "robot", leading me to think that it must be a "rabbit ears" reception antenna
Nah the Legendary birds being spanish is just pure coincidence of localizer's creativity. Those birds are called "Freezer" "Thunder" "Fire" in Japanese, they have nothing spanish in their design or lore whatsoever. Simply the localizers couldn't just call them these lame names in the English version.
I like how you say the Venonat and Butterfree only have a resemblance, and Cloyster and Gastly are “essentially identical” when that is actually reversed. The only difference with Butterfree and Venonat are the bodies and fangs. Closter’s face kinda sort of looks like Gastly but way off.
I had the very same thoughts. In fact, the only real semblance between Cloyster and Gastly are their eyes, and spherical body. Their mouths are different (fangs vs teeth), colors are different (black vs purple), and outer bodies (gas vs shell) are completely different.
Its how Cloyster and Gastly is right next on the pokedex that really got me. If you ever looked at a poster of all of them and you didnt know the pokemon. You'd assume they were related and not with Shellder and Haunter.
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I don’t quite think Kitakami & Blueberry Academy were meant to specifically relate to the Paradox Legendary Beasts/Swords of Justice. But rather the two DLC locations and the two Paradox trios were both just meant to further represent Scarlet and Violet’s theme of the Past & Future
Coincidence: Jigglypuff is based on Kirby. Due to it's shape and floating, but Jigglypuff can learn Mimic (reflecting Kirby's copy abilities) and Metronome (Reflecting Kirby's Mix ability)
Larvesta’s shiny accentuates the whole concept of it being a Wyrm, which in some mythologies are dragons. My guess is it could be a reference to Arceus being the first dragon.
9:24 It not just Gastly, but the rest of it evolution line all look like they're linked to other pokemon. Voltorb looks like its possessed by a Haunter and Gengar has long believed to be Clafable's shadow.
The Butterfree / Venomoth swap theory i refuse to believe isn't in some way fact. It might have been an intentional choice rather than a mistake like the theory goes. Butterfree is a bit cuter, so let that be the final evolution of the early bug pokemon, even though it wasn't related. But Butterfree shares too many traits with Venonat to not have been the original final stage. Caterpie to Venomoth is a little weaker, but i would still argue Caterpie has more in common physically with Venomoth than it does Butterfree.
The Stuffed animals + Cards are so sweet man! Congratulations on doing them! I may not be able to have one.. but I dunno, who knows what the future may hold.
The one with the ultra beasts can partially be explained from a past interview that mentioned that originally kalos was going to have a slight men in black plot but scrapped from thinking it was too complicated for a lot of players and some of what they scrapped was brought to alola as to why the ultra beasts look similar to some characters
Magearna is probably not a coincidence, but rather a change in direction. After all, it made no sense as an island guardian when the Pokemon existed LONG before Aether Paradise would have been made. It would have been something of a paradox at the end of the day.
With all the Gen 5 references, especially having Blueberry Academy set in Unova, I assumed it was going to be for upcoming Black and White remakes since we have had remakes of Gen 1,2, 3 and 4 so far and Gen 5 is overdue for remakes. I have heard of the Venonat/Butterfree theory and it makes more sense for Venonat to evolve into Venomoth when both are part poison but Butterfree isn't.
Black and White will be remade in gen 10 because excluding gen 1 every game that has been remade was released in the generation that is equal to twice the number of the generation that the games were in.
@@TheTakato122 I just hope we get a proper remake like FR/LG, HG/SS and OR/AS instead of the untapped potential that BD/SP turned out to be. Every other remake was taking the old games and remaking them in the style of the new generation, but BD/SP was largely no more than a coat of paint. There were glitches from the ORIGINAL Diamond and Pearl present in BD/SP, some of which were even addressed/fixed in Platinum. Pair that with the rumors that ILCA had planned a proper reboot that Masuda ALLEDGEDLY butchered himself so PLA wouldn't be outshined and personally I'd rather we continue exploring older gens via Legends titles than have to settle with these "Faithful" remasters instead of the remakes that so much love, sweat and passion were poured into for the first 3/6 gens (depending on how you choose to label them). I love modern Pokemon no less than I always have, but I hope we never get another mess like BD/SP.
I hardly think that the thing with the paradox legendaries in the dlc matching the past and future vibes of the places is coincidence. It seemed 100% intentional to me.
lusamine's appearance looking like pheromosa is intentional and not a coincidence. like she became so obsessed with ultra beasts after the disapearance of mohn that she dressed up her daughter to look more like one, and she changed her own appearance to look like one too. guzma on the other hand is coincidental
Probably someone else noticed this too, but Latios/Latias are countered by the Togepi/Togetic/Togekiss, yet another coincidence. I can't imagine it's intentional since Toge- line doesn't strike me as a predator to a Dragon type. They definitely seem like chickens, or those weird bird creatures from Zelda.
I think Sun and Moon were intended to introduce the idea of fusing Pokemon with their trainers. So it's less of a coincidence and more of a scrapped idea.
Another coincidence regarding Arceus is that he also resembles Absol very much, to the point that people actually thought that Absol is a pre-evolved form of Arceus. Also regarding Erika and the Kimono Girls, Erika also happens to have a Leafeon in both the anime and Pokemon Masters, making her almost like a pseudo-member of the group. Oh and as for Ryme, she doesn't need Skeledirge, her team is very singing-based already, and yes Gym Leaders don't need starters unless they really have to use them. Same thing regarding Roark and Rhyperior, because Rampardos represents the mining theme already along with Bastiodon for Byron.
One thing that I'm not sure if its a coincidence or not but with the legendary beast backstory at the burnt tower, the pokemon in the anime look exactly like the beta forms.
when you look at the poses between lusamine and pheramosa in the artwork you showed along with lilly and guzma they are even in the same pose, just mirriored.
this was a really fun video. I hope you think of and find comments with 25 more. I would love this to be a series. Super fun without spreading lies. Just observing without forcing things that could just be coincidences. I like this a lot!
12:00 - they just needed a Chansey clone for the exclusive gen 5 dex and, running out of what little ingenuity was left in black/white… “fat, fairy, heal ball! There’s our Chansey!” (Just teasing)
There is one more connection between Barry and Bianca that you forgot to mention and that is they both have a habit of running and crashing into the Main character although Barry does this in the games and Bianca does this in the anime
18:35 The Ultra-Beast resemblimg those human characters was clearly intentional, you cannot call it a coincidence, even if it didn't pan out the way you (and many of us) thought it would.
I think it is wild how similar wilkstrom and olympia look like the gen 7 legends. They also are psychic and steel trainers. I think this could of played into the fusion pokemon and trainer angle gen 7 was possibly going to have before it was scrapped. Their main pokemon is also weak to the gen 7 legends 2nd type.
It is rumored that in very rare situations togetic can evolve into one of the eon twins meaning they are related. Of course little from what I can find is written about this as it was a post I read years and years ago and apparently it is in a book in one of the games but I have never read it nor have I found such book.
One more thing you missed to mention. The birds all share similar typing to the eevee evolution family. Gen 1 birds have two of three eevee stone evolutions. Gen 8 varients of the birds share the johto evolutions typing. Which can then lead us to say...next eevee evolutions could be fighting and steel. Completing the perfect trio for that pokemon. Fairy steel and fighting. Interesting..as zapdos in galar is part fighting. Connecting the birds to ho-oh again. Who then brought back the johto trio after the burning tower. Lastly, maybe a dragon evolution for eevee as the paradox were all part dragon. 😅 lets see...
You know I realized a few days ago that Pokémon hinted at Pokémon legends ZA from the beginning of Pokémon scarlet and violet everyone thought that missing chunk of the map meant we would be going to kalos in the DLC but we never did they were hinting about Legends ZA!
Honestly, almost all of these were stretches. Honestly ‘stretches’ doesn’t even begin to describe it. Like the Erika x Kimono Girls one is a great example, those examples were such stretches
Here me out, penny’s dad is obviously Peony, as seen in mochi mayhem where pennys dad says “adven-tour”, therefore peony could be paldean, and named the galarian birds.
Here's another coincidence: Eternatus. The thing came from a rift in the sky, creates its own energy able to change the pokemon in the region it landed in and have a pretty wild design all in weird shapes and forms... Wait, did I just described Necrozma right now? Obviously not, Necrozma needs the power from the light to do what he does, kinda like a solar panel while Eternatus builds up its own power and sometimes, is overloaded by it... Kinda like a nuclear power plant. Seriously, it's a shame we can't try to catch Necrozma in any other ball than a pokeball, but I'm sure Beast Balls would work on it if you know what I mean... That thing is an Ultra beast!
9:35 Absolutely not, Gastly didn't even looked like that in gen 1. But even now, his eyes are bigger than his head, he have fangs and he is black while Cloyster is dark blue and have a horn. Gastly looks as much like Cloyster as he does to Voltorb.
The Bird Trio in Galar isn't the actual Bird Trio from Kanto… those of Galar just named their Bird trio the Kantonian Bird names either because they don't know or don't care.
Personally I think the Area Zero connection is no coincidence considering the real life inspirations of Scarlet and Violet, X and Y based on the Iberian Peninsula and France which...... If you also look at northern Paldea and southern Kalos........ Makes sense.
I've got something for you that might be a co-incidence, might actually be an easter egg or call back, and it involves Cufant's evolution, Copperajah. Now, Copperajah is a steel type that is shaped both like an Asian elephant and a squarish tea pot, both hints of an Indian subcontinent connection. However, if you look at Copperajah's markings, you will see one that looks somewhat like the island of Cyprus. Cyprus is so called because it was once a source of mineable copper, its name deriving, if my memory serves me correctly, from the word, Cuprum, the old name for copper...
By next to Lavender Town, I am assuming you mean through that underground tunnel that connects Lavender to Caledon? After all, Lavender and Celadon are NOT next to each other...Saffron is between the two. So, going to assume you were using that tunnel.
Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres aren't their Japanese names, so it's clearly coincidence. Their Japanese names are Furiza (Freezer), Sanda (Thunder), and Faiya (Fire).
I don't mean to be That Guy but the Galarian birds were named after the Kantonian Birds because of their similarities to them. It's not the other way around lol. Galarian Articuno was named Articuno because it can freeze people with beams of psychic energy, similar to how Kantonian Articuno can freeze people with ice. Galarian Zapdos is named Zapdos because when it rubs its feathers together it sounds like crackling electricity, similar to how it's said that when Kantonian Zapdos rubs its feathers together lightning will fall immediately after. Galarian Moltres is named Moltres because the aura around it blazes like fire, similar to Kantonian Moltres' well... fire. Nowhere is it implied that they're the "original" versions of the birds. I think you mixed up the pokedex data of Galarian Zigzagoon, which IS the original version of the species.
How about pokemon insurgence having delta variant pokemon before regional varients and before the delta episode in oras. I personally believe this was pokemon taking the seo from fan made games. Fully their right but still interesting.
LOOK AT DARKRAI. You see that red jaw looking neck? Look at its legs. Now look at the tapus. I think darkrai might of been the evil tapu they had to defeat and this is why they are all fairy type to defeat darkrai. Specifically Tapu Koko looks and acts very similar to darkrai. Like they are counterparts. Also this was in sun and moon and the counterpart of darkrai is creselia who is a crescent moon pokemon.
It is rather unfortunate that the only connection she ever has to Leafeon is having it as her Sync partner when she's in the Sygna Suit in Masters EX. That Sygna Suit, however, despite being based on Leafeon, has no resemblance to a kimono. I overall find it much more convincing to think that Valerie has a connection to the Kimono Girls than Erika. It just seems like the only reason why Erika wears a kimono is simply because of it being a common dress style in Japan. I'm also curious what that girl who appears to foreshadow Munna's inclusion says in the Japanese version. About the Legendary Birds and their Galarian look-alikes; from what I can tell, the Galarian look-alikes *are not* ever said to be "the originals," but merely Pokemon that happen to look like and share similar abilities; that theory about them having gotten their names from Paldea is very much circumstantial and meaningless, as their Japanese names have nothing to do with the Spanish language, and are merely the Japanese pronunciations of "Freezer," "Thunder," and "Fire."
Gen 5 is the first gen to censor inappropriate nicknames. During the release of the previous gen 4 games, there was an incident at a nintendo world 2009 event in which a hacked pokemon mystery gift was handed out. The mystery gift in question was a gengar literally nicknamed the n word We don't know if Nintendo censoring bad nicknames in the generation directly after this was due to that incident or not, but I personally dont think its just a weird coincidence. This incident probably happened or was brought to the devs' attention when hgss were too late in development to have censored nicknames added, so instead they added it to the next game in line i.e. b/w. Thats just my theory tho lolol
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The most insane coincidence in Pokémon will always be the shiny Unown oversight in Gen 2. For those that don't know (and haven't seen other videos on it), Pokémon in gen 2 are determined by their IV values. The letters of Unown are also determined by their IV values. Because of this, only some Unown letters are even capable of being shiny. By coincidence, those letters are I and V.
Except back in the generation 1 and 2 games they were called direct values and ranged from 0-15 instead of individual values that range from 0-31
@@alexmulder1145 Unless it was named specifically after the Unown oversight, it's still a coincidence. I couldn't find why it was specifically named that (it's not stated on the Bulbapedia page). I think it would be more well known if it was named after the Unown. If anything, that makes it even more of a coincidence, with the title being more separated from the oversight.
If you want to be really technical, they were originally called "innate strength" according to Bulbapedia.
Yes despite the name change, they are pretty much the same game mechanic. Another difference is that DVs tie special stats together where IVs have separate spatk spdef stats
hoops: celedon city is right next door to lavender town
saffron city: what the fuck am i chopped liver???
Maybe it's still in Smash Bros. lol
I was thinking the same thing
Munna is definitely not something that was supposed to be in gen 1 I think they literally took that little girl's quote from gen 1 and said hey we want a reference this in Gen 5
yeah that's what im thinking. unless that quote was only a localization in the english version.
Luckily, Audino is the only healing pink pokemon with hints of yellow. What a coincidence that it matches the heal ball.
Coincidence? In the words of Inigo Montoya, “You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
100% agree. Especially the ones that are the same generation. Like of course Rhyperior looks like a miner it's the same gen as the sinnoh underground ffs.
I can't be the only one who doesn't see a resemblance between Marshadow and Beta ARCEUS....
yeah that one feels like a stretch
The wispy head things are about the only similarity between them I can see
Man was tripping on something during that part.
Fuckin huuuuge reach, there was literally no similarity
The wisp like things are about the only thing that are close to resbling each other - but if it's just about the wisps you might as well say that Arceus and Misdreavus are based on each other or something.
Ryme may not have had a Skeledurge, but she did battle Roy’s Fuecco. Never noticed the Larvesta and Arceus thing. I actually just learned about the Venonat and Bufferfree theory yesterday. Ah yes, I remember Diamond/Jade.
I’m as old as this franchise, and there’s still so much to learn! 😁
"Coincidence? I THINK NOT"
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Nowhere has it been implied that the Galarian Birds are the original forms of the elemental birds. The game only explains that they've been called like the Kantonians because they are reminiscent of those.
18:28 as someone from Pittsburgh no one in or near the city has a 878 area code. We are all 412 and 724 lol
With more specifically 412 for Allegheny County and 724 for the surrounding area.
That’s exactly what I said. I live in south Allegheny county and it’s 412/724, 878 isn’t close by
It's just to cover any potential excess numbers. I am with you guys though that everyone I can recall has either a 412 or 724 number
@@ninomitchell2039 yes it does exist and came into existence around 2000 but it wasn’t really distributed until like around 2015 but as you said it’s mainly for over foow
@WBSlashH timing makes sense on that I guess. Population growth and all, it didn't seem necessary outside of maybe businesses until then
The artwork of Beta Arceus is strangely haunting
I want this to be the Omnipotent Form of God Arceus then the Arceus we're seeing today is just the Plate Form Arceus
Beta arceus (aka: true arceus) was supposed to appear in the final game instead of his avatar version, however not only the fandom couldn't like it at all plus if true arceus sided with lucas, how in the world the anime, manga and spin-offs could use arceus in their respectives creations, so the avatar comes in mind in order to use the creator in other medias beyond the games.
I feel the same way. Idk why, but for some reason it creeps me out
Technically, Ho-oh is based on the houou, a mythical Chinese bird. There are a lot of similarities between the houou and the phoenix of western myth, but (traditionally, at least), the houou doesn’t rise from its ashes. That’s just modern depictions like Game Freak’s combining the two, sort of like how Santa Claus is an American amalgamation of various European characters (which is why he has all of those other names: Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, etc.).
Does it count as "western" if it's from the Middle East? It's further west than China but...
@@BJGvideos It’s from Greece. Sure, it may or may not have borrowed from the simurgh and or other Middle Eastern legends, but it happened so long ago and the Greek version is the one that’s ingrained in western culture.
It’s like noodles: they started in Asia, but it’s kind of hard to imagine Italy without pasta, so much so that we generally think of Italy first.
@@TBustah Greece? I always heard Iraq
@@BJGvideos The term “phoenix” and the legends known in the west are from Greece, but there are other, very similar legendary birds from the Middle East (namely, Persia and Egypt) that may or may not have influenced it.
I’ve read a bit about it because I live in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona. The name actually has nothing to do with the heat. They called it that because it’s built on top of ancient American Indian ruins, making it a city that sort of came back to life. They even excavated the ancient canals and reused them to bring water to the area. Sound familiar? Phenac in Orre and its origin story were inspired by this bit of real-world history. The mayor’s ancestor didn’t build on top of ruins or reuse existing canals, but he did dig new ones to bring water to Phenac.
@@TBustah Built on top of ruins? Geez, people never do learn better, do they?
My favorite coincidence- In Gen 2, IVs determined both shininess and Unown’s form. The only shiny Unown you can get? I and V.
(Yes, I know IVs were known as DVs back then, just go along with it.)
My favourite coincidence is when thhe Lovey Dovey Couple in Heartgold/Soulsilver sent out Cloyster & Onix
Kitakami is considerably farther north than Johto. It's closer to Sinnoh (or technically Almia if we want to use EVERY region) than anything else.
Not sure how AZ's Floette would explain anything even if it did have a paradox flower (remember, the flower isn't the pokémon).
You also have to remember the concept of an homage and it feels like you're leaving that out.
The Venonat and Butterfree thing is just how the animals they're based on look
What animal does Magerna look like to you? Because the major design elements seem to be "robotic maid" and "pokéball".
James Turner is on a lot of social media. Has anyone asked him?
A funny coincidence is that we ended up by two different evil teams called Skull. I guess the gen 7 planners at Game Freak forgot Mystery Dungeon was a thing. I wonder if any other staffers brought it up.
I can't imagine that every kimono dancer would have a connection to the Kimono Girls. Also Erika could be tossing the ball in the air rather than levitating it.
Barry and Bianca do have a connection since they're both rivals. You even say that.
The line about the pink pokémon with a floral pattern is funny since the girl also complains about chunky pokémon. She would reject Munna for being too chonk
We do know that they designed a bunch of mons and continue to draw from that backlog, so it's possible that Munna and Musharna had their origins there. Not necessarily fully designed but pulled from these rough designs.
I feel like Lusamine made herself look like Pheremosa and influenced Guzma to look more like Xurkitree. We know she pushed Lillie to look how she does, after all.
Ooh ooh! I can answer one I these!
Magearna looks like a Robot Rabbit in a pokeball themed Maid Uniform!
But yes, some of these "coincidences" are a bit forced...
Like munna... it's NOT a coincidence at all, because that line is an almost EXACT translation of the Japanese text, And the Artist has obviously played the games, So that line may have stuck somewhere in the deep recesses of memory, and Influenced the Result.
Also, the 3 birds being from paldea dosent Work either, as Moltres, the Actual Phoenix pokemon, Is originally named FIRE. it's gen 8 form is Galarian Fire... Which sounds WAY more badass than Moltres.
Bring the FIRE!
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The ultra beast resemble certain characters because they ARE those characters... in their world, they were pokemon instead of humans.
And poipole? Why, poipole is the player, obviously... it's a "STARTER" in its world, And how do you start the game? By selecting your character. You also go from a cute little kid to a Deadly powerhouse, just like Poipole. Which, I might add, Sounds similar to People.
@@matthewrowlett1564 It... doesn't look anything like a rabbit to me. It has long appendages on its head but the entire rest of the body only gives me "robot", leading me to think that it must be a "rabbit ears" reception antenna
[2:28] So, Larvesta is Pokémon Jesus and not Bidoof? We were lied to?!
Bidoof is the true god, Arceus is just a faler
Nah the Legendary birds being spanish is just pure coincidence of localizer's creativity.
Those birds are called "Freezer" "Thunder" "Fire" in Japanese, they have nothing spanish in their design or lore whatsoever.
Simply the localizers couldn't just call them these lame names in the English version.
When I saw all of the Gen 5 references in Scarlet and Violet I was expecting a Gen 5 remake to be announced.
Eventually
I actually thought that the first few seconds of the Pokémon Legends ZA trailer were for a Legends game based on Unova
Erika is supposed to be a Shinto Shrine Maiden. A Spiritual person.
That's not a Kimono at all but a SHRINE MAIDENS Ceremonial Garb
13:40 Right next door to Lavender Town? What weird map are you using? At its closest there are two routes and an entire city in between.
was literally looking to check someone else had the same thought, a lot of trivias in this one make no sense lol
I feel a lot of these are stretched
First time? lol
@@keyframeclips nah
Beta arceus looks like the kind of toy I’d show up at school with to scare the kids in my class lol
I like how you say the Venonat and Butterfree only have a resemblance, and Cloyster and Gastly are “essentially identical” when that is actually reversed.
The only difference with Butterfree and Venonat are the bodies and fangs. Closter’s face kinda sort of looks like Gastly but way off.
I had the very same thoughts. In fact, the only real semblance between Cloyster and Gastly are their eyes, and spherical body. Their mouths are different (fangs vs teeth), colors are different (black vs purple), and outer bodies (gas vs shell) are completely different.
Its how Cloyster and Gastly is right next on the pokedex that really got me. If you ever looked at a poster of all of them and you didnt know the pokemon. You'd assume they were related and not with Shellder and Haunter.
* Boss realizing the new Silent Hill game is gonna ruin the vibe of this game *
Employee: Hey Boss, we need a new bark sound for one of-
Boss: NEW BARK TOWN!!! THAT'S PERFECT!!!
Employee: O.O
I don’t quite think Kitakami & Blueberry Academy were meant to specifically relate to the Paradox Legendary Beasts/Swords of Justice. But rather the two DLC locations and the two Paradox trios were both just meant to further represent Scarlet and Violet’s theme of the Past & Future
Coincidence: Jigglypuff is based on Kirby. Due to it's shape and floating, but Jigglypuff can learn Mimic (reflecting Kirby's copy abilities) and Metronome (Reflecting Kirby's Mix ability)
Snorlax is also based on kirby
@@kidomaruking35 true. but Jigglypuff is directly based on kirby more.
16:57 I wonder if someone remembered that line and made Munna in reference to that?
I don't know if it was a coincidence or one on purpose but Scyther's National Pokedex number, 123, is also how much it weighs, 123.5 pounds.
Larvesta’s shiny accentuates the whole concept of it being a Wyrm, which in some mythologies are dragons. My guess is it could be a reference to Arceus being the first dragon.
I love how the anime handles the Lillie and Nihelego plotline. One of my all time favourite episodes.
9:24 It not just Gastly, but the rest of it evolution line all look like they're linked to other pokemon. Voltorb looks like its possessed by a Haunter and Gengar has long believed to be Clafable's shadow.
an add to the first one is that the item commonly associated with ho-oh is called Sacred Ash which also has ash in its name
I'm actually from Pittsburgh, and when I found that out about cufant, I could not believe my eyes.
11:03 It's funny how we now know that there was a cut plot in Sun/Moon where Zygarde came to Alola to defeat a UB (ty Leaks).
The Butterfree / Venomoth swap theory i refuse to believe isn't in some way fact. It might have been an intentional choice rather than a mistake like the theory goes. Butterfree is a bit cuter, so let that be the final evolution of the early bug pokemon, even though it wasn't related. But Butterfree shares too many traits with Venonat to not have been the original final stage. Caterpie to Venomoth is a little weaker, but i would still argue Caterpie has more in common physically with Venomoth than it does Butterfree.
Another coincidence: Togedemaru is the Electric Hedgehog Pokemon, like Sonichu.
Also, I think they like reusing designs.
The Stuffed animals + Cards are so sweet man! Congratulations on doing them!
I may not be able to have one.. but I dunno, who knows what the future may hold.
@@unripetheberrby6283 thanks so much!! I appreciate it!! 😊
The one with the ultra beasts can partially be explained from a past interview that mentioned that originally kalos was going to have a slight men in black plot but scrapped from thinking it was too complicated for a lot of players and some of what they scrapped was brought to alola as to why the ultra beasts look similar to some characters
9:46 When I saw Cloyster for the very first time I genuinely thought that it was the evolved form of, or at least related to, Gastly
Magearna is probably not a coincidence, but rather a change in direction. After all, it made no sense as an island guardian when the Pokemon existed LONG before Aether Paradise would have been made. It would have been something of a paradox at the end of the day.
@@silversonic1 Paradox you say ?
With all the Gen 5 references, especially having Blueberry Academy set in Unova, I assumed it was going to be for upcoming Black and White remakes since we have had remakes of Gen 1,2, 3 and 4 so far and Gen 5 is overdue for remakes.
I have heard of the Venonat/Butterfree theory and it makes more sense for Venonat to evolve into Venomoth when both are part poison but Butterfree isn't.
Black and White will be remade in gen 10 because excluding gen 1 every game that has been remade was released in the generation that is equal to twice the number of the generation that the games were in.
@@TheTakato122 I just hope we get a proper remake like FR/LG, HG/SS and OR/AS instead of the untapped potential that BD/SP turned out to be. Every other remake was taking the old games and remaking them in the style of the new generation, but BD/SP was largely no more than a coat of paint. There were glitches from the ORIGINAL Diamond and Pearl present in BD/SP, some of which were even addressed/fixed in Platinum. Pair that with the rumors that ILCA had planned a proper reboot that Masuda ALLEDGEDLY butchered himself so PLA wouldn't be outshined and personally I'd rather we continue exploring older gens via Legends titles than have to settle with these "Faithful" remasters instead of the remakes that so much love, sweat and passion were poured into for the first 3/6 gens (depending on how you choose to label them). I love modern Pokemon no less than I always have, but I hope we never get another mess like BD/SP.
I hardly think that the thing with the paradox legendaries in the dlc matching the past and future vibes of the places is coincidence. It seemed 100% intentional to me.
I was going to say this too. The area where you find the paradox Pokémon thematically aligns with the designs of those Pokémon? Unbelievable! 🤯
lusamine's appearance looking like pheromosa is intentional and not a coincidence. like she became so obsessed with ultra beasts after the disapearance of mohn that she dressed up her daughter to look more like one, and she changed her own appearance to look like one too. guzma on the other hand is coincidental
Guzma’s such a based character that it rippled through the multiverse and Xurkitree specifically evolved itself to look like him
The Ryme fact was irony, not a coincidence.
Probably someone else noticed this too, but Latios/Latias are countered by the Togepi/Togetic/Togekiss, yet another coincidence. I can't imagine it's intentional since Toge- line doesn't strike me as a predator to a Dragon type. They definitely seem like chickens, or those weird bird creatures from Zelda.
Wow that's wild with the first league being the last match ash ever had with pikachu and charizard
I think Sun and Moon were intended to introduce the idea of fusing Pokemon with their trainers. So it's less of a coincidence and more of a scrapped idea.
Another coincidence regarding Arceus is that he also resembles Absol very much, to the point that people actually thought that Absol is a pre-evolved form of Arceus. Also regarding Erika and the Kimono Girls, Erika also happens to have a Leafeon in both the anime and Pokemon Masters, making her almost like a pseudo-member of the group. Oh and as for Ryme, she doesn't need Skeledirge, her team is very singing-based already, and yes Gym Leaders don't need starters unless they really have to use them. Same thing regarding Roark and Rhyperior, because Rampardos represents the mining theme already along with Bastiodon for Byron.
Really? I've never heard of the Absol / Arceus connection till now 😳
@@MidnightLugia24 Same, they look nothing alike.
2:12 Oh god, STOP GIVING ME FLASHBACKS ABOUT ROARK!
(Roark one shot all my Pokémon)
Pittsburgher here. The well known area code here is 412, not 878, so unsure where you got that from.
Fellow yinzer here. It is an area code, just not the main one, obviously.
You forgot to mention the Tree Birds shinies in Galar resembling their Kanto versions.
One thing that I'm not sure if its a coincidence or not but with the legendary beast backstory at the burnt tower, the pokemon in the anime look exactly like the beta forms.
when you look at the poses between lusamine and pheramosa in the artwork you showed along with lilly and guzma they are even in the same pose, just mirriored.
Espartha looks a lot like creselia. they are also the same typing and similar colors. They also take from birds with long necks, down pointing tails.
this was a really fun video. I hope you think of and find comments with 25 more. I would love this to be a series. Super fun without spreading lies. Just observing without forcing things that could just be coincidences. I like this a lot!
I m mostly confused by the image you put as cover for the video... Zombie crys and chikorita? Nani?
New bark town was originally called Silent Hill but then the Silent Hill game came so the thumbnail is New Bark Town as Silent Hill
@@Boltofbrilliance122 ahhh now I get it. I never played silent hill so i couldnt understand that reference lol. Ty
@@ilbranca9208 👍
He biggest one for me is the fact that Gyarados looks like an evolution of Seadra. I never hear anyone talk about it though...
This sounds more like a theory video. Coincidence?n Great fun vid👍
16:27 that girl probably had a dream abt moona
12:00 - they just needed a Chansey clone for the exclusive gen 5 dex and, running out of what little ingenuity was left in black/white… “fat, fairy, heal ball! There’s our Chansey!” (Just teasing)
There is one more connection between Barry and Bianca that you forgot to mention and that is they both have a habit of running and crashing into the Main character although Barry does this in the games and Bianca does this in the anime
18:35 The Ultra-Beast resemblimg those human characters was clearly intentional, you cannot call it a coincidence, even if it didn't pan out the way you (and many of us) thought it would.
The Tapus & Magearna also compact into a "shell" form.
I think it is wild how similar wilkstrom and olympia look like the gen 7 legends. They also are psychic and steel trainers. I think this could of played into the fusion pokemon and trainer angle gen 7 was possibly going to have before it was scrapped. Their main pokemon is also weak to the gen 7 legends 2nd type.
It is rumored that in very rare situations togetic can evolve into one of the eon twins meaning they are related. Of course little from what I can find is written about this as it was a post I read years and years ago and apparently it is in a book in one of the games but I have never read it nor have I found such book.
One more thing you missed to mention. The birds all share similar typing to the eevee evolution family. Gen 1 birds have two of three eevee stone evolutions. Gen 8 varients of the birds share the johto evolutions typing. Which can then lead us to say...next eevee evolutions could be fighting and steel. Completing the perfect trio for that pokemon. Fairy steel and fighting. Interesting..as zapdos in galar is part fighting. Connecting the birds to ho-oh again. Who then brought back the johto trio after the burning tower. Lastly, maybe a dragon evolution for eevee as the paradox were all part dragon. 😅 lets see...
You know I realized a few days ago that Pokémon hinted at Pokémon legends ZA from the beginning of Pokémon scarlet and violet everyone thought that missing chunk of the map meant we would be going to kalos in the DLC but we never did they were hinting about Legends ZA!
Honestly, almost all of these were stretches. Honestly ‘stretches’ doesn’t even begin to describe it. Like the Erika x Kimono Girls one is a great example, those examples were such stretches
Here me out, penny’s dad is obviously Peony, as seen in mochi mayhem where pennys dad says “adven-tour”, therefore peony could be paldean, and named the galarian birds.
Swear everytime I just let the youtubers ad run by it takes forrrevvvverrr
Just ordered Narwade, looking forward to the cards
1:30 missed opportunity to make a ghostfacekilla reference in game
Here's another coincidence: Eternatus. The thing came from a rift in the sky, creates its own energy able to change the pokemon in the region it landed in and have a pretty wild design all in weird shapes and forms... Wait, did I just described Necrozma right now? Obviously not, Necrozma needs the power from the light to do what he does, kinda like a solar panel while Eternatus builds up its own power and sometimes, is overloaded by it... Kinda like a nuclear power plant.
Seriously, it's a shame we can't try to catch Necrozma in any other ball than a pokeball, but I'm sure Beast Balls would work on it if you know what I mean... That thing is an Ultra beast!
9:35 Absolutely not, Gastly didn't even looked like that in gen 1. But even now, his eyes are bigger than his head, he have fangs and he is black while Cloyster is dark blue and have a horn. Gastly looks as much like Cloyster as he does to Voltorb.
How is celadon next to lavender town? Saffron is closer.
The Bird Trio in Galar isn't the actual Bird Trio from Kanto… those of Galar just named their Bird trio the Kantonian Bird names either because they don't know or don't care.
That’s so weird that we almost had a Silent Hill in game!!!
The Journeys episode of Ash vs Leon most likely wasn't a coincidence considering how it was written.
Except... Leon's name in Japanese is Dande
Personally I think the Area Zero connection is no coincidence considering the real life inspirations of Scarlet and Violet, X and Y based on the Iberian Peninsula and France which...... If you also look at northern Paldea and southern Kalos........ Makes sense.
What a coincidence! Embit already exists as a fire bunny
In a Roblox creature capture game
Dusknoir, Zygarde Complete and Guzzlord are the same pokémon 🤯
Olympia from x and y looks A LOT like lunala. it is crazy how similar. They must of tried to have a connection at some point.
In my restless dreams, I see that town...
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New Bark Town...
Scyther resembles Kabutopps
Musharna resembles Drowzee
Ryme's dreadlocks resemble Aipom/Ambipom's's tail-hands
I've got something for you that might be a co-incidence, might actually be an easter egg or call back, and it involves Cufant's evolution, Copperajah. Now, Copperajah is a steel type that is shaped both like an Asian elephant and a squarish tea pot, both hints of an Indian subcontinent connection. However, if you look at Copperajah's markings, you will see one that looks somewhat like the island of Cyprus. Cyprus is so called because it was once a source of mineable copper, its name deriving, if my memory serves me correctly, from the word, Cuprum, the old name for copper...
Gardenia used a turtwig so we can add starters to gym leaders
Bianca being female Barry makes more sense than Hop is Hau.
By next to Lavender Town, I am assuming you mean through that underground tunnel that connects Lavender to Caledon? After all, Lavender and Celadon are NOT next to each other...Saffron is between the two.
So, going to assume you were using that tunnel.
Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres aren't their Japanese names, so it's clearly coincidence. Their Japanese names are Furiza (Freezer), Sanda (Thunder), and Faiya (Fire).
Sanda not Sansa.
@@TheTakato122 Autocorrect is always doing that kind of crap to me. Thanks.
But Celadon isn’t next to Lavender town. Saffron City is the one next to Lavender town.
Rhyperior isn’t mining it’s construction in general
I don't mean to be That Guy but the Galarian birds were named after the Kantonian Birds because of their similarities to them. It's not the other way around lol. Galarian Articuno was named Articuno because it can freeze people with beams of psychic energy, similar to how Kantonian Articuno can freeze people with ice. Galarian Zapdos is named Zapdos because when it rubs its feathers together it sounds like crackling electricity, similar to how it's said that when Kantonian Zapdos rubs its feathers together lightning will fall immediately after. Galarian Moltres is named Moltres because the aura around it blazes like fire, similar to Kantonian Moltres' well... fire. Nowhere is it implied that they're the "original" versions of the birds. I think you mixed up the pokedex data of Galarian Zigzagoon, which IS the original version of the species.
FINALLY! a youtuber who can spell arceus correctly.
Erika also gets a Leafeon in Masters.
I love how this guy looks like he has 50iq when making faces to show off his plushies 😂
How about pokemon insurgence having delta variant pokemon before regional varients and before the delta episode in oras. I personally believe this was pokemon taking the seo from fan made games. Fully their right but still interesting.
LOOK AT DARKRAI. You see that red jaw looking neck? Look at its legs. Now look at the tapus. I think darkrai might of been the evil tapu they had to defeat and this is why they are all fairy type to defeat darkrai. Specifically Tapu Koko looks and acts very similar to darkrai. Like they are counterparts. Also this was in sun and moon and the counterpart of darkrai is creselia who is a crescent moon pokemon.
It is rather unfortunate that the only connection she ever has to Leafeon is having it as her Sync partner when she's in the Sygna Suit in Masters EX. That Sygna Suit, however, despite being based on Leafeon, has no resemblance to a kimono. I overall find it much more convincing to think that Valerie has a connection to the Kimono Girls than Erika. It just seems like the only reason why Erika wears a kimono is simply because of it being a common dress style in Japan.
I'm also curious what that girl who appears to foreshadow Munna's inclusion says in the Japanese version.
About the Legendary Birds and their Galarian look-alikes; from what I can tell, the Galarian look-alikes *are not* ever said to be "the originals," but merely Pokemon that happen to look like and share similar abilities; that theory about them having gotten their names from Paldea is very much circumstantial and meaningless, as their Japanese names have nothing to do with the Spanish language, and are merely the Japanese pronunciations of "Freezer," "Thunder," and "Fire."
Gen 5 is the first gen to censor inappropriate nicknames.
During the release of the previous gen 4 games, there was an incident at a nintendo world 2009 event in which a hacked pokemon mystery gift was handed out. The mystery gift in question was a gengar literally nicknamed the n word
We don't know if Nintendo censoring bad nicknames in the generation directly after this was due to that incident or not, but I personally dont think its just a weird coincidence.
This incident probably happened or was brought to the devs' attention when hgss were too late in development to have censored nicknames added, so instead they added it to the next game in line i.e. b/w. Thats just my theory tho lolol