Pokemon, Reviewed by a Dad Who Knows Nothing about Pokemon
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In which John Green, who has never seen any Pokemon movies or TV shows and knows almost nothing about the Pokemon universe, attempts to imagine what Pokemon are and how they came to be.
Anyway, I hope you catch 'em all.
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For the riddle this week:
The armed one who doubted now muses on the creature that inspired HiM.
The fourth in the seventh is the subject of an assessment of last week's SOS. How many, what colour, what shape?
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Where to start...
The colour is always green
Thanks for the clue John!
I think Pokemon is much more fathomable once you understand that it's a video game franchise.
Truegreen7 yeah
I think that Pokémon is much more fathomable once you understand that it's a merchandising juggernaut.
@@E4439Qv5 Its a work of art honestly.
So true
Yeeah...nowadays the merchandising side seems more relevant and important than the artistic side sadly.
"Battling pokemon doesn't help save the world."
Oh John...
How little you know...
LaviArray someone needs to donate a DS and a pokemon game to John.
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I remember when my Blastoise and I broke up a crime mob. Great times.
notnormalyet Well, not gonna splurge on DS...
But whoever does send him a game, I have a great idea. Step 1: Start a new game. Step 2: Catch 378 Pidgeys. Step 3: Mail to John with a note saying to load the existing save.
Pokemon may help save the world to some degree but it's still mostly about competition.
Digimon, on the other hand . . .
"If this is identical to fishing why not just fish?"
Who's gonna tell him
You tell him.
You tell him
I'll tell him.
As long as you do it first.
@@afraxbuqus3933 -me: tells him-
Ok I did it, now you tell him.
I think you should tell him
All I got from this is that Henry is 7. And now I feel old.
Me too! -John
@Pooja :D And it get's even weirder if you consider that, while you have no idea where those last 10 years went, for little Henry Green they're the actual whole of his life.
Did you feel old? that video was 3 years ago.
@@Stayner And now Henry is probably 10.
No, Henry is 40. I mean, they named him William, but nobody on this earth, including him, calls him Bill
John, my biology teacher said
"Pokémon evolution is really metamorphosis rather than evolution."
That's true actually lol
True, maybe if a reboot is done it should be changed to metamorph instead of evolution. I left out -osis to make it easier to say like evolution.
In the most recent generation (number seven) of pokemon games, there are "Alolan" forms of gen 1 pokemon. What happened was that pokemon form the Kanto region were transported to the Alola an, through a few generations, they changed based on their surroundings. A.K.A. actual darwinian evolution. Show this to your biology teacher. He/She might find it amusing
Blaise Kessler that's more like adaption, as the are still the same species, right?
I don't think so. They may be called alolan 'pokemon name here' but they are markedly different from the original pokemon. It may be adaptation in the case of Grimer and Eggsecutor but other than those two, I think that rest of the alolan forms are different enough to be considered different species. Sandshrew goes from a ground type to ice and steel. That's pretty darastic.
Henry should teach Crash Course Pokemon.
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"Dad, Pokemon do not like going to the Professor"
omfg that SENT me
Muk liked the professor
Sent you where?
@@ar9907your mom's house
The point is to be the best, like no one ever was.
And then spend three years standing on top of the highest mountain in your region until some new hot-shot defeating you so HE can stand on top of the highest mountain in his region.
To catch them is our real test, to train them is our cause
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@@blazeprobablyanimates we will travel, acrossed the land, searching far and wide.
XRose TheGreat Teach Pokémon to understand.
The power that's inside!
"John Explains Things He Knows Nothing About" needs to be a series.
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We need a video of Henry explaining Pokemon to John
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Sorry, I really need John to see this :)
“It doesn’t seem like winning Pokémon battles helps save the world.”
Team Galactic would’ve literally destroyed the ENTIRE UNIVERSE if you didn’t stop them! 😂
Doesnt take much to beat them tho 😂 I'm sure characters like cynthia could easily beat them
Darn right we would’ve! John clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about! 😂
Yeah, but game rules aside, your character didn't really need to have a Pokemon battle to stop them, they could've just told their Pokemon to attack Cyrus directly. It's like if a protagonist encounters the main villain but instead of just fighting them they have a friendly game of chess, and whoever loses that game has to just give up.
I really don't know why I bothered writing this, but alas here we are.
@@randomperson1934 Seeing as how lore-wise, humans are Pokémon, those worms would also have to be Pokémon. Ghetsis, go stuff yourself in a Pokéball. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. Anyways, Cresselia basically created the likes of Team Galactic on accident.
They were _easy._ RSEORAS's Team Magma and Team Aqua were the real deal.
"Why"
Because who doesn't want a pet dragon John?
You can fish in Pokemon, John.
Old rod.
Good rod
mustardsfire22 Super rod
Super rod.
Back in my day, we just used surf to catch our water Pokémon, and we was better for it.
0:56 "You know, cause Horsea's basically a Seahorse." I don't know John, sounds like a stretch.
Horsea ftw anytime.
You should try guessing what Seel is based on
@@thatJoseph it’s based on a pineapple, right?
@@derbackalacker2824 ananas
Seel isn’t a Seal, but Dewgong is a Dugong??
“Dad Pokémon really don’t like going to the professor” 🤣🤣
Seeing John in an airport without a mask makes me feel so nostalgic
Some thoughts I have to offer as a person who watched/loved Pokemon as a kid and who is now rewatching the original series as a 22-year-old: There is a huge emphasis throughout the story that Pokemon aren't really meant to be captured unless they're willing to be/the trainer is experienced enough to handle them, and that Pokemon aren't servants to their trainers, but instead partners whose feelings are actually considered in both battle and non-battle situations. There's a huge emphasis on the bond of friendship between a trainer and a Pokemon in the way the show is written, where bad trainers are the ones who take advantage of their Pokemon and good trainers are kind to their Pokemon. I think it's that friendship/partnership element that makes a huge difference in how I perceive the message Pokemon is trying to send.
And then there's competitive pokemon, where you basically play eugenics and throw away 99% of those pokemon that are genetically inferior.
Like finding a spouse.
Like finding a spouse.
I would argue that Digimon is more about bond than Pokemon...
Ah, compassion for animals. Isn't that nice? =)
Holy crap. Is Henry 7 already??
EverydayCait dude times flies
I know, right? Realising that makes me feel so old! :P
Holy shit.
Think about this... the 10th Hanko de Mayo on UA-cam is a week from Friday... o.O It also happens to be my daughters 10th birthday. Crazy how fast the time flies.
EverydayCait I remember before he existed
“Dad Pokemon do NOT like going to the Professor”
"In a stunning turn of events, I find myself in an airport."
Meanwhile in 2020...
I got the UA-cam Recommendation and didn't check the date on this, and he said that and I was like 'uh-oh, can't wait to see the story of why you're there during a pandem-2017?!'
poor john thinks charizard is a dragon
In for a rude awakening.
ieshi akerman - Isn't Charizard a Fire/Dragon/Flying type? He does learn Dragon Claw in at least two of the games.
ieshi akerman Pokemon can only be one or two types, not three. However, Pokemon can learn moves that don't share their type with any of the Pokemon's types.
Charizard is Fire/Flying. No Dragon. It can, however, learn Dragon Claw in some games, maybe even by level up.
Djthegamer988 just a fire and flying, not a dragon
John said that Charizard is based off of a dragon (appearance-wise), not that it IS a dragon.
As a huge pokemon fan, this was equally painful and hilarious.
G Ferr same
The Landen and Logan Show so accurate
G Ferr Same here dude.
G Ferr for someone who knows nothing I think he did pretty good.
G Ferr same here lol....but he is trying to explain pokemon go which is nothing compared to the original experience of the actual pokemon world
It's physically painful to hear someone say Pokémons
Better than "Pokemans"
@j My grandparents and Aunts/Uncles who don't play
@@Woodierbean /everyone i know
Yeah, the correct plural is Pokémen
@@7thHeaven9000 Ditto for all 897 names, but it’s much funnier to say Mareeps and Greninjas than Pokémons or, Arceus forbid, Pokémans
"What is a Pikachu?"
Electric Mouse.
Should have asked what is a Porygon instead.
Porygon is a thing.
It's a cyber duck made of binary code
What is eevee
@@Not_aHorse dog
@@tentacletherapist6451 I don't think eevee is a dog
"Why do people catch Pokemon? I don't know, why do people do anything? Why do people fish??"
Touche John, Touche.
can't eat cartoon characters
Chris R You've read the Pokedex, right? There's sooooooooo many entries about people and Pokémon eating other Pokémon. Slowpoke tails are considered a delicacy.
....You haven't played pokemon have you? ...They eat pokemon in silver and gold, and X and Y
Chris R in platinum there are several books exploring humans an Pokemon eating each other. and Pokemon were once humans/married. just look up canalave library
To eat them obviously..
"It doesn't seem like winning Pokémon battles helps save the world"
Except for when the story of every Pokémon game involves using Pokémon to defeat criminal organizations that are trying to destroy the world.
Yes, but John's getting almost everything he knows about Pokemon from Pokemon GO which has no innate story.
Rocket were never trying to destroy the world. They just wanted to make money. RBY and GSC along with their remakes were just fighting crime, not saving the world.
To be fair, though, other than a handful of poorly organised and very short lived criminal organisations, the Pokémon world doesn't really need any saving in the first place. They live in a world where hunger just isn't an issue, where there is universal free health care on an unprecedented level, and where society has evolved to a point where work is optional and most people are instead devoting themselves to art and sports. A world where humans, non-human animals and nature exist in (relative) harmony. A world where the biggest social expectations facing an individual, is that of going on a journey to gain new experiences.
+Alexis Rainbow Queen - Damn, you're right. I'd never thought of the Pokemon world as a utopia before.
Jacob H. did you ever consider why every gym leader has a second job? because gyms are their passion but it doesn't pay well... being a Pokemon trainer is a privilege for the young before they become champion or have to face reality and settle for something else.... it's like people playing football you donut because it's fun, then you get sent away from home to a camp to train and only few of your mates will ever succeed on the grand scheme...
that doesn't mean the others won't continue playing of course but not professionally....
Imagine being in an airport and seeing this man do this wtf
lmao
1:19 "Because Pokemons are delicious, presumably." Fun fact: Some of them actually are, according to canon lore. Like in the very first generation-Red and Blue Versions-the Pokedex for the duck-like Pokemon, Farfetch'd, explicitly stated they're an endangered species because people couldn't stop eating them. They're just that delicious.
"it doesn't seem like winning Pokemon battle helps save the world"
Times pokemon battles saved the world:
ash vs Mewtwo
lugia vs the 3 birds
pikachu vs team rocket
celib vs dark celebi
latios vs earth crushing wave
jirachi vs Grudon
rayquaza vs deoxys
lucario vs life tree thing
manaphie vs phantom
Darkrai vs palkia and dialga
shamin vs giratina
Arceus vs everyone
victini vs reshiram
victini vs zekrom
keldio vs kyurem
i haven seen these but they must save the world somehow
Genesect legend awakened
cocoon of destruction
clash of ages
volcaion and the machanical marvel
Tell me what i missed these are just the movies
Don't forget about pokemon-fighting Team Rocket and all the other Teams bent on taking over or just plain destroying the world
every pokemon ds/gameboy game ever.
Briton Angel don't forget hoopa v hoopa lol
Not to mention like almost all the games
this is an amazing video but I find it hard to focus on this knowing that HENRY IS SEVEN NOW?!
I want to agree with this sentiment because I had the same vibe for like a nanosecond, but. I've been watching this channel since before my son existed and now he exists and is about to turn 5. So I can't really talk.
Hey, I used to be seven years old and playing pokemon... That was 20 years ago!?!?
Lol now that it's 2020, being in an airport is indeed a stunning turn of events
"Pokemon battles don't seem to save the world or make it better."
Final battles against Giovanni, Maxie, Archie, Cyrus, Ghetsis, N, Lysandre, Lusamine, Rose: "Hello, b*tchez!!!"
Well they wouldn't have been so prominent if it wasn't for battling...
People fish so they can get fishing boat proceeds John.
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NO WONDER he still fails to profit from the bounty of the sea!!!
As someone who played Pokémon since 1998 and who still plays it enthusiastically this explanation made me cringe juuuust a bit. Like, Pokémon battles don't make the world a better place? WHAT? I have saved the world several times only through Pokémon battles, which means by my deep and meaningful friendship with my Pokémon.
I have a feeling he was referring to the 'real' world as opposed to any fictional world one may traverse through where there is good and evil. Do Pokémon battles make the 'real' world a better place?
yes they make better people.
Schmendrick Potter Yeah but you're usually using pokemon to save the world either from other pokemon or from evil people using pokemon as weapons. So they kind of cancel each other out.
My thought when john said that was he needs to watch Pokemon: The Movie 2000
Schmendrick Potter Yeah Pokémon Battling has way more good attributes than bad in the Pokémon world. We're comparing their fighting to animals which can't get immediately healed at a Pokemon center. Also Pokémon cannot be wounded. In the Pokémon world there aren't many bad things that comes from the ability to use Pokémon except crime.
I just love this description because it basically describes the the core of Pokémon through someone who hasn't experience it first hand, plus seeing John act a bit obsessed with it is pretty humorous
2:18 tell that to kyogre, groudon, Yveltal, necrozma, and eternatus.
Dialga, palkia, giratina and arceus as well
Pretty good. However, in the games, you do actually save the world, usually due to an evil team unleashing a powerful Pokémon of Legend...
Also, there is a distinction between fainting and dying. You usually end up visiting a Pokémon graveyard at least once on your journey to become champion.
YOUR SON IS ME
oh hi there Tyler. :) -John
Tyler Oakley never expected you to come
How's the pokemon go hunting Tyler?
Tyler is a Nerd Fighter AHHHHHHHHHHH
OMG, I started watching Pokémon from episode 1 over TWO YEARS AGO and I'm still not caught up...
Ironically, John would probably love to learn about the gen 3, 4 and 5 pokemon mythos. Seems pretty up his isle.
Why hello there, people who this got recommended to them in late September 2020!
Mid October actually, but nice try.
@@blazeprobablyanimates same
Same here
Well, I mean, you're not entirely wrong. It's clear you've only had exposure to Go and the tv show though. You should get Henry some of the main series games. That's where the best content is.
Also make sure he's aware that Sceptile is the best one.
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Agreement on all points.
You're wrong, Samurott's the best
No giratina is
Sceptile is the best. Finally sometime said it
Its not like Pokémon go and the anime are bad.
Why do people fish? So they can mark down fishing boat proceeds on their tax returns, of course.
trilemma85 The fact that John does not know this explains why he never has any
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I guess 130 people dont understand what tax returns are...
"Feinting is what Pokémon call dying"
Wisdom from the mouths of babes.
I think I've watched this guy during my government class
very possible. -John
Professors are actually the safest place for Pokemon to be. They don't battle with Pokemon, and, instead, they research and heal them. The professors are all named after trees (a metaphorical device to display wisdom). Pokemon also do not die when they "faint". I won't comment on the moral implications of Pokemon battles because i don't know if they actually like doing it, but there are good and bad trainers. Ash, for example, is extremely emotionally invested in his Pokemon, and they love him in return. In short, I think how you view Pokemon depends on your outlook on the world, and how innocent you still are. All i know is that it taught me genuine lessons about friendship and never giving up when times got tough. Food for thought.
Yep! In the anime a lot of Pokémon don't like going to the professor because they are separated from their trainer, but it is actually a very safe and wonderful place for them.
Rachael Jackson A lot of dogs seem to love fighting other dogs. A lot of chickens seem to love fighting other chickens. Doesn't make it right. Basically Pokemon is just a cockfighting simulation game.
Rachael Jackson So not only do they teach children that having creatures fight each other for entertainment is fun, they also justify it in the same way that illegal animal fighting rings do. Nice! start them young. Whats next? A game where we cut the horn off of rhinos? Or maybe, Be the first to melt the polar ice caps, a screw the climate simulator!
Just learning to justify that whale hunting as children, but you keep defending it.
The issue is that dogs and chickens have a fraction of the sentient intelligence displayed by many Pokemon. There even exist in universe Pokemon capable of telepathic communication that express no issue with the concept of Pokemon battles. For example Mewtwo (a Pokemon) takes the role of a Trainer instructing his friends in the first movie as a means of expressing superiority over humans. There is also Meowth, who is capable of human speech and still doesn't complain about the idea of Pokemon battles.
No it's like arguing that because boxers are sentient its okay. You may argue that it is wrong but it is the career path that they chose and to be so haughtily above yourself and believe that you know what people or Pokemon want more than themselves is absurd. If anything Pokemon fighting under trainer supervision is no different than having a coach. Pokemon fight for sport completely outside of human influence, and even under human influence if a Pokemon deems their trainer to be under qualified they will refuse to fight and there is nothing the trainer can do to force them. There is no "if" Pokemon are 100% confirmed sentient and typically exhibit equal or greater cognitive ability than humans. The only instances where Pokemon abuse can be found is in the evil teams that you oppose in literally every game.
The plural of Pokemon is Pokemon :)
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Pokemen ;D
Tiberius wolf you do realize that Pokemon is short for pocket monsters and not poke- slang word in jamica for man
super gaming bros You clearly don't understand how grammar works.
super gaming bros you do know what a joke is right? It's this thing where you say something funny and other people chuckle.
“Battling Pokémon doesn’t help save the world”
**looks at Team Plasma**
*well you see*
#1 Charizard is NOT a dragon
#2 Pikachu is an electric mouse
#3 The plural of Pokemon is Pokemon, not Pokemons.
#4 According to Ash, the point of Pokemon is "friendship"
I love how one week we talk about ads,revenues and ownership; the other week,about Pokémon. Stay weird nerds, DFTBA!
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I knew nothing about pokemon before and yet somehow I suspect I now know less
I feel the same way
Same
This is happily reminding me of a small child explaining the discovery they just made! Thank you for making my night, John.
The real interesting thing is how in the world of pokémon, everything, and I mean everything, seems to be all about pokémon capturing, training and fighting. The economy, the culture, the infrastructure, all scientist dedicate their careers into studying and ultimately making the perfect mutant pokémon... the Gods in that universe are pokémon.
John here's some fun pokemon facts to help highlight some of the stuff you didnt get completely correct from your friendly neighborhood 28 year old lifelong pokemaniac:
1. Pokemon PROBABLY doesn't take place on Earth but instead on an Earth like planet occupied by humans (however, this is thrown into questions by a few anecdotes from the original pokemon games. It seems most likely that the very first pokemon game was set on a future earth but in the fifteen or so years that the setting has developed, that has been "retconned")
2. The origin of pokemon in the pokeworld is shrouded in mystery, but seems to have something to do with the impact of a giant metorite thousands of years before the games take place, so you weren't far off on that one.
3. Pokemon who are sent to the proffesor get to live on a giant nature preserve with lots of other pokemon. They play together and have a good time, and its great. Your son is a little misinformed on this one.
4. Pokemon battling isnt just a sport...its like... a thing that the entire society of "pokeworld" is based upon. At the tender age of ten years old children are sent off a a journey of self discovery in which they meet and catch their very own pokemon and match them against the pokemon of other aspiring trainers. For most its a passing thing and the young "trainer" will try their hand at battles before realizing its not their cup of tea, but a few will ascend to the halls of greatness and go on to participate in the POKEMON LEAGUE which is basically the Pokemon Olympics. Regardless of what they do, its worth noting that the winner of a pokemon battle always gets to take some money from the loser. Thats right. Its gambling on animal fights.
5. Despite the horrific implications, the reality is most pokemon seem to absolutely love being a part of these battles and in fact seem to become healthier, stronger and smarter, purely by having a relationship with a human trainer and doing battle with other pokemon. Pokemon that get extra strong and smart even EVOLVE and transform into other, more powerful, but still physically related pokemon species.
6. Pokemom battles totally save the world like all the time. Seriously, all the time. Pokemon have great and mysterious powers, and there is always some team of assholes trying to abuse that power to shape the world according to their own selfish desires. The hero character tends to show them whats what, WITH POKEMON!
7. There are A LOT of fish pokemon, and the only reliable way to catch them? You guessed it! its a fishing pole.
8. Pikachu is a mouse. Specifically, he is the "electric mouse pokemon"!
As always a fantastic video, and you best get used to pokemon... because if your son is anything like me, he will love it....FOREVER!!
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OrangeLazarus Pokemom battles save the world all the time. My PokemoM saves the UNIVERSE all the time *insert glasses and play a snoop dogg song*
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Well, at least the Pikachu that's portrayed in the video is male.
Actually, in each of the games, there IS a plot line all about saving the world from a tyrannical evil gang.
*-/k/-*
Eh, Team Rocket ain't out to destroy the world in any way shape or form though....They are just like a mob....why would the mob wanna destroy the world?
Darkwing I mean yeah, team rocket just wants power. Most of the others are out to "create a better world" though
kt orion and then there's team skull
kiliyah perry lol true
Imagine seeing a middle aged dude squatting in front of a row of chairs with a camera propped up in the middle of an empty airport talking about pokemon
henry is seVEN?!
I know, right! -John
I want to like this but there are seven likes and I feel like that will disturb the balance of the universe
Rachel Winters, the truth of the matter is that if you do not disturb the balance of the universe, others will do it for you. In fact, they have already done it. You may take a stance and adopt a behavior that prevents disturbing the balance in one way, yet it will only result disturbing it in another (pages full of "+"). There is no way to not disturb the universe, just please disturb the universe in a way that is awesome.
Are you trying to suggest that I did not single handedly save the world multiple times by battling incompetent insane yet at times sexy adults via virtual cockfightig?! HOW DARE YOU! I AM THE CHAMPION OF SEVERAL REGIONS AND I FEED GOD CUPCAKES!! RESPECT ME! *_jingles Klefki_*
++++++ "virtual cockfighting" i love that omg
The Dynast Queen You're a hero! Lol
I love this comment
This comment paired with your profile picture is amazing.
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Pikachu is a mouse. Pika is Japanese for sparkle and Chu is a Japanese colloquial term for mouse
"like charizard is a DRAGON" 😥
Actually, charizard is NOT a dragon pokemon.
Did I get anything right in this video? Anything at all? -John
vlogbrothers Charizard isn't a Dragon but Mega Charizard X is.
John, actually most of what you said was right. With a few exceptions. Pokemon, like many video games, takes place in a made up universe, not an altered version our own or in the future. Everything you said from 1:00 to 2:15 about the basics of pokemon was true. Pokemon are not used just for fighting as a sport though. Many pokemon help out with house chores or with work. For instance a few of the games I believe show Machoke's that help with hauling furniture when people move. Some pokemon even aid the police (i.e. growlithe) or doctors (i.e. chansey). They are very well integrated into their society.
DragonZaid6 was just be pedantic in their initial reply. Charizard's design is indeed based on western dragons. However, it's not a "Dragon type". In pokemon, there are elemental types that function sorta like the classical Greek elements of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. But instead of four elements, there's eighteen. Types play off of one another in a complicated game of rock-paper-scissors, and pokemon can have up to two types each, further complicating things. Charizard, specifically, is a Fire and Flying type.
Well, normally at least. I'm sure people with allude to it, so I might as well explain the exception. Generation 6 of the games introduced something called "Mega Evolution", which allows pokemon to basically temporarily evolve "sideways". In these games, under the right conditions, Charizard could potentially evolve into Mega Charizard X, which becomes a Fire and Dragon type instead of its normal typing. I know this all sounds confusing, but it makes sense in context.
I think I need a "John reacts to The Pokémon Movie" now.
or at least the first episode of the first series.
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no it needs to be the first movie so we can see him crying at the end
Rachel come i invite you for my new series hunt sorcie soon
Which Movie do you think he needs to react to?
There are like over 20 of them.
Ohh this is great. I'm pretty aware that a lot of things in the Pokémon world don't really make sense (for example, apparently it's encouraged for 10-year-old children to leave home for months to battle and catch and just basically wander around the woods/mountains/cities totally unsupervised) but that doesn't stop me from thinking it's wonderful. It came out when I was a kid and I still play the video games.
That and Pokémon were once people. Yes, people.
That was obviously because professor Oak wanted to be alone with Ash's mom
I don't know if I should be more annoyed at the fact that John doesn't know anything about pokemon or at the fact that I'm the kind of person to get annoyed at the fact that a grown ass man on the internet doesn't k ow anything about pokemon
I know I'm late but isn't he like early 30s? He should know what Pokémon is
@@ravenfighter9157 that’s what I was thinking. The Pokémon craze started in 1995-96. He’s 43. He would’ve been 18-19 years old.
Precisely. It’s been around for two decades and he’s not that old. He’s had plenty of time to become aware of what it is. This whole video comes off like a humble brag about how he’s so not a loser that he’s managed to never learn about Pokémon for 20 years.
@B4Now oh no, you misunderstand. I wasn’t saying that I, myself think Pokemon is uncool. I grew up on that shit. It was the best.
Ok if he was 18 or 19 when it came out I can understand not having any interest in a kids franchise. I thought he was younger I guess.
That moment when you only reference Gen 1 Pokemon and say "Pokemons" instead of Pokemon. The inexperience is hilarious XD
John your hair looks mad awesome in this video. please leave it that way forever, it's amazing.
A couple of things
1. Pokemon isn't the future. it's a fantasy world.
2. you can only carry 6 pokemon at a time, you do not have the option of carrying 17 Pidgeys.
3. In the anime the professor studies the pokemon on his ranch-lab like place , in the games all they do is sit in the box.
4. Of course they don't die. then you'd run out pretty fast and the game would be over.
5. The sport of battling in and of itself does not help save the world, but each game has a subplot where you have to take down an evil organization.
6. Pokemon evolve mostly by leveling up, but there are a myriad of other ways ,such as evolution stones.
7. There is fishing in Pokemon, but you're are most likely to get the weakest one, Magikarp.
8. Pikachu is a mouse.Not all Pokemon are based directly on specific animals anyway and many are not based on animals at all. many are based around plants, objects and ideas.
In fairness to John, you can carry 17 versions of pidgey in Pokemon Go, which is the only version of the game he's played. It's why his account of boxing excess pokemon is different to the game/ anime.
They die for good if you're doing the Nuzlocke challenge, In which you also have to name them to make the emotional hit even harder. My heart skips a beat every time opponents crit.
its also why his account of "what happens to pokemon when they go the professor" is off because clearly in pokemon go they are ground up into candies and fed back to other pokemon.
I give him props for trying to understand what his child is into. He may be wrong about a couple things about pokemon, but his explanation is a hell of a lot better than what my parents would come up with. And they've known my pokemon obsession for almost 20 years now.
"Pokemon do NOT like going to the professor"
* pikachu electricity treadmill flashbacks *
1:45 that's because in Pokemon go, when you transfer Pokemon to the professor you receive candy named after whatever Pokemon you transferred. So presumably, they are ground up and turned into candy
I think pikachu is an electric mouse, If I remember it right
Whatever that is
djdarbdarbs Like that mouse that does dubstep?
the original pikachu design looked much different to the anime design we all now collectively associate with pokemon. (that said - a lot of the original sprite work for the original red and green version looked a lot different to what is now cannon)
The most popular electronic musician in the Pokémon world is faintmau5.
Look up an animal called a Pika. It's a real thing and it's adorable.
djdarbdarbs it's exactly what it sounds like: a mouse that has electricity powers. I recommend wearing rubber gloves when handling a Pikachu so you don't get zapped.
Everyone wants to be your master
Everyone wants to show their skill
Everyone wants to get there faster
Make their way to the top of the hill
MormonDude Starfaith eatch time you try it will just get a little bit better. eatch step you climb is one more step up the latter. it's a whole new world we live in doo doo doo doo doo it's a whole new way to see it's a whole new place with a brand new attitude but you still gotta catch em all and be the best that you can be! Pokémon Johto!
For someone claiming not to know anything about pokemon sure knew a lot of the names of them. You sir know way more about this than I do.
The fact that he called them Pokémons the whole time really sold the dad angle
"Fight to the fainting" - John Green, 2017
LOVE IT.
2017 WAS FIVE YEARS AGO????!??!?
All things considered, that was actually a pretty good explanation.
I believe when you transfer Pokemons to the Professor, you receive Soylent Candy...
"was it an alien world noahs ark situation?" bruh that literally clefairy
i would like an Airport John shirt. it's like Pizza John, but in an Airport and without pizza.
The main thing that I took from this is that John's son is 7 and that I'm old.
Imagine how John must feel.
Him: Its not like winning pokemon battles saves the world
Me who has played all the games: you have no idea how wrong that statement was.
I'm sure somebody has pointed this out but the pokémon go to the professor's ranch in the animated show, represented in the game as "boxes" that are interfaced with using the "pc", and the whole "getting ground up into candy" thing is more of a pokémon go exclusive. You have the option to either send them temporarily to the ranch through the use of the pc to access the boxes, or release them if you have too many to keep.
What if the Pokemon universe was an alternative universe of ours and they had their own David Attenborough narrating Pokemon documentaries?
I would TOTALLY watch David Attenborough-narrated pokemon documentaries.
Jake Pillsbury +
ThatguyfromMichigan +
ThatguyfromMichigan o can only hear a slightly annoying eight year old narrating a group of stationary Pidgies with a camera in his hand
ThatguyfromMichigan What if there was another parallel universe where the Pokémon world was on par with Johns description?
John Green strikes me as a Charizard, Hank strikes me as a Mewtwo. *Vlogpokemonbrother*
Hank is clearly a Psyduck:
Has a constant headache from thinking too much that gives others the perception that he is missing a few feathers. His fighting abilities consist of scratching and butt shaking, but he will swear to you that he has psychic powers if you rile him up enough. And he is a water type, even though he can't actually learn any of the cool magical water attacks, he still needs it the most to live.
John strikes me as more of an Arcanine XD
pikachu is meant to be an "electric mouse". They evolve (in the tv show and games) mostly by levelling up and training them, but a few have different ways like giving them a special item, levelling them up in a specific place, trading them, trading with while holding a special item or by love (awww how cheesy, but in most games that just means using them for a while).
"Pikachu, the mouse Pokemon"
"WHAT ARE YOU!?"
"Pokemons"
You mean POKIMONS
Thank goodness John wasn't trying to explain Pokeman.
Ross Donatelli *Pokémonses
But the funny thing is that Charizard ISN'T a dragon
Yes!!
In the newer games I think it is, but I might remember wrong. In the first generation it's just a fire pokémon, in the second it's fire and flying, but I think they changed it to fire and dragon in the later generations.
It was fire flying in gen 1, too, and nowadays it's still not a dragon.
Charizard is, and always has been, fire/flying.
Ah right, I checked now. Charizard's fire/flying but it's Mega evolution in Pokémon X is Fire/Dragon
I really wanna hear a Pokétuber to now explain the Pokémon universe to you
To clear up some confusion
1. Pokémon is pronounce with a long a instead of a long e
2. As for the origin of Pokémon, it’s commonly believed that the god of the Pokémon universe, Arceus, created a species of Pokémon called Mew that evolved Darwin style to their surroundings, creating new species
3. When a Pokémon “goes to the professor” they just go to this thing called the Pc which stores Pokémon. In Pokémon Go you can exchange Pokémon for candies that can make Pokémon more powerful or evolve them, it is speculated that the Pokémon are grounded up to make the candies however there is little evidence of that in canon.
4. Pikachu is based off a mouse
OMG is he 7 years old now?! I keep thinking he's just a toddler... Wow!
All this demonstrated to me was how much of the depth of the main series games is missing from Pokemon Go.
I think Pokemon Go pretty much achieves it's goal as a game, to get people playing games out and about. I think a lot of us who grew up with Pokemon forget that the game is an RPG like any other RPG. The fact that you catch adorable monsters is basically irrelevant to the game's structure. So I don't think liking Pokemon Go is going to make anyone interested enough to actually start playing the main series games, which is of course unfortunate because they have a lot to offer.
As a fan of pokemon it is my right to answer your questions.
Pokemon can evolve in many ways but the main 4 are by level, by happiness, by trading and by giving them a stone.
You can actually fish for water type pokemon in the games to add to your team.
Pikachu is based on a mouse. In fact its name is the japanese sound of a spark and the japenese sound that a mouse makes.
I've been re-watching Pokemon from the very beginning as a 25 year old who fully experienced the Pokemon craze back in the early 90's suburbia of Greater Vancouver (an area where I'd argue we actually experienced a lot more imported Japanese entertainment - manga and anime etc - and culture always a lot earlier and more saturated than most places) for over a year now.
Nearly every single day I watch a few episodes at least, falling asleep to the stupidly adorable sound of Pokemon and Ash's next big promise to "become a Pokemon master!". It is my escape. My happy place. My safe place in a world which has not been gentle with me in recent years.
I'm currently on episode number 793. In a year that has seen the sudden loss of my best friend, my mum (much too young + of the same rare/genetic/incurable chronic illness I too am dying of), me and my dad falling into poverty, nearly becoming homeless, my partner leaving me because he admittedly "couldn't handle my disability", my own illness deteriorating ever rapidly, and my already tender mental state understandably struggling more than ever... well, Pokemon has been a light in the dark. Quite often some of the only sound I'll audibly make in a day is my laughter as I watch this show or the "awwws" that escape my mouth whenever Pikachu is too bloody adorable and pure for its own good.
I won't get into the "deeper message" of Pokemon as though I do see it and I appreciate it a lot now as an adult re-watching the show, for me personally that is not where Pokemon's greatness lies. For me Pokemon is great because it has brought back some of the best memories of my idyllic childhood during a less than happy period in my adult life, and it has brought me nothing but joy in this year where weeks, even months can go by without me being able to physically leave my house due to my health. It's no over-exaggeration to say that Pokemon has been one of my saving graces during a time which I have never honestly been 100% certain whether I'd survive to see the 1st anniversary of my mum's passing or not. But as that dreaded day May 18th approaches I find myself as always watching Pokemon and finding a way to still somehow smile thanks to it.
That is why Pokemon is magic.
Fainting is not dying. Fainted Pokemon can be resuscitated, dead Pokemon are buried in Lavender Town
If fainting is dying i guess the pokemon centers have resurrection machines, which does explain how they get "healed" so quickly lol
I saw an animation where they showed behind the scenes at the centre where they grinded up the fainted pokemon and just gave you a brand new one.
Well, you do use Revive to bring them back when they "faint".
Val Gray in the original Japanese series Pokemon could faint like in boxing or die n I couldn't get them back.
Revive can refer to either life or consciousness. It seems to me somewhat obvious that if they faint then they get to the point they can't continue to fight rather than that they die.
I know a guy whos headcanon is that pokemon centers clone your pokemon, and get rid of the dead ones.
Actual explanation:
Pokémon are wildlife in an alternate universe that are extremely suited to human bonding and make excellent pets. Most people have, like, one which is just their companion, but many choose to collect and train pokemon to do all sorts of things. Trainers often battle each other's pokemon in mock fights that, although rough, never lethal. Pokemon can walk around freely or be stored in spatial tesseracts called Pokeballs, which act as a blissful containment unit. The Professor is a researcher in pokemon responsible for a multitude of innovations in training and cataloging pokemon. Pokemon gain new powers and forms in what is poorly named "evolution". Pikachu is a mouse.
John is such a dad! It’s so funny how he try’s to understand child things 🤣
Hello John, I would like to explain some pokemon things to you. First of all, you may only keep six pokemon in your party at a time, once you catch more you send it to the PC. You only send it to the professor for candy in Pokémon Go where they are exchanged for candy...I do not accept the Pokémon Go universe's logic. Second, battling is only one aspect of pokemon. Granted it is the most crucial for traveling and completing the games, but there are many other aspects of it. Breeding, contests, catching them all, or just growing in relationship to your pokemon are all important things. Third of all, fainting is not the same as dying. In many games we see pokemon graveyards or cemeteries where people actually put their pokemon to rest. Pokémon lose their health points, but they are not dead. Fourth, I shall anwer your questions. Evolution depends on each pokemon. Some evolve when they reach a certain level of experience (or level in the games but it is measured in experience points). Some evolve via mystical stone, and some evolve when you reach a certain level of friendship. It's pretty complicated but those are the three big ones. You can fish in pokemon and it is quite common to. Finally, Pikachu is the electric mouse pokemon. I know he looks nothing like a mouse...
I'm kinda obsessed with the main games and used to be with the anime so I figured I'd help learn you a few things. This was a very entertaining video and I am not trying to criticize or be rude in any way. Just thought I'd shed some light. Have a great day :)
Also battling pokemon does help save the world...there are some bad people out there John....
aboisvert Pokémon breeding is actually seems extremely disgusting and unethical if we judge it from the real worlds standards. People will continuously breed them into the have the perfect genetics. It's basically eugenics.
tbh I do not breed for stats, I used to be big on breeding cuz I just wanted multiple of a certain pokemon. So I have a billion Vulpixes, mudkips, and piplups on my older games. Depends on who's breeding for what purpose. I see what you mean, but not everyone breeds for that purpose.
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C - 1 I always thought of it as more akin to breeding racehorses. Our how we have such a huge variety of dogs because they were bred for certain attributes.
I DEMAND THAT JOHN KNOW MORE ABOUT THE POKEMON UNIVERSE.