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sometimes I edit out mistakes after they're pointed out, but sometimes they're minor enough that I'll leave them in for this exact reason. lol. Change "a tick the same gen" to "a tick just one gen prior" and the point I'm making stays the same, so it's fine. (is what I'll tell myself)
13:27 Paleontologist here. The crests of Dilophosaurus weren't keratinous, but made out of bone. The depictions mainly seen in media are based on the old assumption that the crests were thin and fragile pieces on top of the skull that formed these two half oval ridges. By 2020, a re-evaluation of the species based on undescribed material shown that not only were the crests thicker, but likely taller and supported sinus cavities and attachment points. They could be covered by keratin and served to help create a casque. Current studies on the new material show that the crests may have been a multi-faceted trait that helped in species recognition, improved biting power, and to increased the strength of its calls. 14:47 There's only one species of Dilophosaurus: D. witherilli. While it's true that there was a Chinese species, that animal has since been reassigned to it's one genus: Sinosaurus. What's funny is that Sinosaurus as a genus has been known since 1940 and has a weird taxonomy. Sinosaurus means "Chinese reptile"; pretty straight forward, I know. However, it's species name, triassicus, infers that it came from the Triassic. This was due to an error in which the formation it was found in was throught to be older than it actually was. Turns out that this large carnivore was from the Early Jurassic a d, like Dilophosaurus, represents an early radiation of large apex predators popping up at the time. The remains that were once referred to Dilophosaurus were aligned under the species "D. sinensis", meaning "Two crested lizard from China"... before being reassigned to Sinosaurus. So in otherwords, the possible designation for this dinosaur literally means "Chinese lizard from China." The Redundancy Department of Redundancy was closed that day. If I remember correctly, the second species has since been made a junior synonym and now those remains are now part of the S. triassicus classification. What's cool is that a complete skull was found and described last year, showing that its heads of both animals were pretty similar to one another, meaning there's a possible relativity between the two compared to animals like Monolophosaurus and Cryolophosaurus. And if you're wondering if there's such a thing as Trilophosaurus, yes it existed, but no, it wasn't a dinosaur, but a weird, plant-eating Archosaur that looks like a big iguana.
The Peanut Pokémon will always be SUCH a missed opportunity. It could've became a fan favorite, and at the very least plushies of it would sell like crazy.
Others have said it before but I’m surprised nobody from your team caught it before releasing the video. Joltik is a gen 5 Pokémon not gen 6. Unless it was bait for people to comment which sometimes people do
@@AphidKirby Yeah idk how I feel about that if he's doing it on purpose, there was some misinformation in his last vid, too. Hopefully this doesn't become a trend
@@CosmicNebula444 I don't think Lockstin would do it intentionally, but a lot of people do, yes. The man has ADHD iirc and talks about all of this A LOT. So it's likely just a slipup.
In my opinion, that "Tiny Whale Barnacle" PKMN is based on that mysterious silhouette of an unidentical fish/whale-like Pokémon whenever you used the move surf.
It just kind of makes sense too, imagine these paradox monsters are from a universe/reality/timeline where they existed but they don’t exist here. Would’ve been a great concept
for what the Concept of Paradox Pokemon is? It doesn't really work 1- the Tera Leak is not a thing Pokemon intended, so is not like we were supposed to know those were scrapped Pokemon 2- Scrapped Pokemon getting un-scrapped is not a Paradox, is just New Pokemon 3- the whole Paradox is that they are NOT the Pokemon they look close to
the little fish seems to be a remora as they tend to attach to the bottoms of larger fish species. It could have been scrapped for being too close to remoraid
would be cool if some of these concepts where re-used as new mons in pokemon Legends Z-A in some way or another. With a couple of tweaks I'd buy the chameleon one as a mega of Kecleon or a regional variant evolution.
Actually, there's a region in southern France called Camargue that is well known for their flamingos and is one of the biggest european reproduction zones. But since it's only in southern France that's maybe why the Pokemon was cut.
Putting aside the whole location thing, I think Game Freak really dropped the ball on not bringing in the Peanut Dino Pokemon in X and Y. Not only does Kalos have the smallest number of new Pokemon introduced, but it's also STARVING for more ground types as the only ones are Diggersby and Zygarde
Europe may not have Cassowaries, but it does have Rheas! They escaped from a private zoo and established breeding populations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.
I will say that I will forever mourn the Peanut dragon alongside Kotora from the Beta of Gen 1 and 2. GameFreak should bring those two lines back. 11:21 I want to bring up this cooler idea that one artist did that made the flamingo into a Fire/Fairy Flamingo Griffin.
It would've been funny if they kept the crossed key eyes on Klefki, imo. Considering there was a point during the middle ages where there were two popes reigning at the same time for awhile; one in Rome and the other in Avignon, France.
NGL I saw the little suction cup guy's "spike" and immediately thought "boat rudder", like maybe a distant cousin of Remoraid that started attaching itself to human seafaring vessels instead of other Pokemon for whatever reason.
I think it would have just reignited all the old hate for it. The design can’t be saved from the accidental “big aunt jemima” vibes it has since been associated with since its original release
2:31 wait if we are still going off the squid idea the curled back makes it kinda look like a natalus and the curled knees could be extra hidden arms! It’s a cheplopod pretending to be a chameleon! 👀
the inaccuracies in jurassic park dinos is because of the other animal dna they had to put into the dino dna to help stablize it for living. the movies say this. other than that, the peanut dilaposaurus is my favorite
As a fan of chameleons, I'm so disappointed that we never got that first mon... I love the Inteleon line and Kecleon but having more representation would've been awesome. The first stage is also vaguely similar to Poipole in shape, which makes me think they turned the original concept into that UB, making it even more unlikely that the poison chameleon will end up being used in the future.
the tiny whale pokemon is a cookiecutter shark or other similar parasite. They leave suction shaped holes on whales, dolphins, and other big sea creatures.
18:08 Maybe because it was EVERYWHERE for so long especially on topics of ice and female singers but Mega Jynx here looks to be channeling fashion of Elsa from Frozen especially with her already blond hair and new sparkly blue dress. If that was the case, while I don't doubt Mega Jynx being cut due to past controversies, I can also see them wanting to avoid controversy with another company with a rodent mascot if they stuck with that design.
I want the few people who like Flamigo to look at the Kalosian Flamingo we could have gotten, and then tell me with a straight face that Flamingo is the better pokemon, ESPECIALLY given that the Scrapped Flamingo would fit even better in Paldea due to being a flamenco dancer!
while the premise of making pokemons in kalos because france is close to spain actually has bigger legs the moment you kinda go deeper into spain's regions as a whole, catalunya vastly known for having their own language, catalan, which is basically a weird mix of spanish and french, considering how important the region is, to the point of at one point wanting to be an independent country at one point, you could argue that they are pretty much the ireland to england and france
I'm hopeful that the water beetle and cassowary Pokémon get added someday. They're very solid designs. Plus, new bugs and fire types are always welcome. The peanut dinosaur is neat, too, but it looks like it could use a little more workshopping. But not the pre-evo. That little dork is perfect. As for typing, I'd make the cassowary Fire/Rock, and Grass/Ground feels right for the peanut dinosaur. Also, the little rudder fish reminds me of the bottom of a windsurf board. Like someone could stick the fish on the bottom of their board and use the board's sail to fly across bodies of water with ease. Perhaps, if that inspiration is the case, it was dropped because surfing isn't the type of activity you think of when you think of "France."
The whale without any info may have some inspiration from Stethacanthus or the ironing board shark since the top resembles an iron board plus since it was found in Europe among other places that would work for kalos
Every time i think about the peanut lizard I cry Thah would have been my favorite pokemon this generation if it had existed in the final games Those are my little peanut babies
The Tiny Whale Barnacle does look like a remora, and it also looks like a nail. So I see it as the perfect Pokémon to evolve into a proper hammerhead shark
The poison chameleon I can definitely see in a Zelda game. If they are introduced with a character like Kilton or the Mask seller I can see people wondering "Is that a Lizalfos? Did it used to be a Lizalfos...? What did you do?!"
I'm surprised you didn't mention that flamingoes can be considered Phoenix adjacent, because they have the genus name Phoenicopterus which means "red wing". While both it and the word phoenix comes from phoinix which essentially means "purple red".
1:39 maby the reason why it's poison type is because of how some chameleons can change color it's always a vibrant color and in nature the more you stand out means you are poisonis . In cartoons if someone is poisonind they change color and also poison is always depicted as a green or purple color so maby that's why
Man, I hope some of these designs return in some way. The poison chameleon, diving beetle, Cassowary, which I thought was a fossil mon, and the peanut Dino, are all easily my favourite concepts of these, and they shouldn’t be left behind
5:13 I always thought that thing on top is supposed to look like the special fishing spot. Like in Unova, whe nyou run around theres a dark spot in the water? yeah, that.
I'm probably one of the few people who, despite loving the leaks, also hates them. The reason the Alolan flying-type Eeveelution didn't get done was supposedly because it's designs were too similar to fan-made ones. They don't like introducing Pokémon with pre-existing designs, because of copyright issues and, according to interviews around the time of Black and White 2, they don't like to be predictable. So if leaks happen and people share and modernise the design, they'll likely never touch those designs again.
I'll be honest, that flamingo looks less inspired than Flamigo. And I don't even like Flamigo. The scrapped 'mon just kinda looks like a lazy fakemon to me, so I'm not sad it got cut. I'm 100% sure if we'd gotten it, people would've said "it's just a flamingo with high heels" about it.
The cut mon are actually the least interesting cut content by far, for instance you know the plot was supposed to be completely different? AZ was going to be the team flare boss, and he had a much more clear goal of preserving his bloodline. And thats not even getting into Southern Kalos...
The peanut beta pokemon would have been perfect for either unova or paldea due to the Dilophosaurus inspiration for unova or the peanut explanation for paldea due to Iberia being right next to Morrocco as well. And I think it would be funny if the peanut beta pokemon was more feminine to be a version exclusive to breloom as well🥜🦎
11:35 just so you know, there are flamingos in southern France in the coastal region called the Camargue. Actually, it's known for that, being an IBA :)
they might’ve referenced the boatmen Pokemon with Viola’s team, since it’s Vivillion (her ace) and a member of the Surskit line, another bug/water type that strides on the water’s surface it’s important enough to her that they choose it for her ace in Masters over her Vivillion
6:22 I'm fairly sure that's the one prehistoric shark thing that Subjectively also made a mon based off of at one point, and it was probably intended to have evos and be a fossil mon
they are such cool designs, which _might_ have been able to reappear in future gens, like how the shellos line did. now it's up to game freak if they do or don't. like always with scratched concepts.
Araquanid is my 4th-favorite ‘Mon to EVER exist and Golisopod is a certified banger. The toe biter ‘Mons would have been some WONDERFUL additions to the Bug/Water roster. I love that the baby form looks like a kick board!
All of these are excellent designs in my view. Even not fitting France, I think they fit better than many X&Y desings that ultimately became official, I'd say
It's hilarious that Tyrunt had to be changed because it was too close to Agumon, but the devs didn't even bat an eye at Shiny Tyrantrum being a literal Virus Greymon lookalike. Also, I want the Uzumaki chameleon back
5:15 One idea I saw for this little guy was that the body plan was made to look like a nail. And that is was a remora pre-evolution to a hammerhead shark pokemon. Thus the sharp body and weird fin plus the suction cup top. 10:35 Also, since the flamingo is also a flamenco dancer, it really makes me think that this might've been the original evolution for spritzee before they went the route of combining it with a plague doctor and kinda ruining it. Overall, both flamigo and aromatisse pale in comparison to this design in my opinion simple as it is, it looks good. Plus it also looks like it would've been the first Fairy/Fire type too.
I can see Cassowick and Bellowary (names I think could suit the cassowary Pokémon concept) being fire/dark, as they’re non-flying and are based on birds reputed for being rather nasty
Counter arguement to @17:22 Wouldn't be weird at all. We have Horsea/Seadra/Kingdra as another seahorse species, but just not as "flowy" But most of all, we have the Tentacool/Tentacruel vs Toedscool/Toedscruel and Diglett/Dugtrio vs Wiglett/Wugtrio lines. Although, the whole "convergent evolution" idea didn't hit until Gen9. But my point is that it's ok to have different pokemon with similar design elements, as long as they are completely different pokemon and look completely different.
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You said that joltik came out in x and y but it was actually introduced during black and white
You beat me to ot
i was about to put that too lol
@@MattDustyParkerMe too
Justice for Joltik
Flop era
That joltik moment has to be engagement farming which if so is masterful because I immediately felt the need to comment about it LMAO
SAME! Literally my first full odds shiny was a Joltik in black and white.
sometimes I edit out mistakes after they're pointed out, but sometimes they're minor enough that I'll leave them in for this exact reason. lol.
Change "a tick the same gen" to "a tick just one gen prior" and the point I'm making stays the same, so it's fine. (is what I'll tell myself)
13:27 Paleontologist here. The crests of Dilophosaurus weren't keratinous, but made out of bone. The depictions mainly seen in media are based on the old assumption that the crests were thin and fragile pieces on top of the skull that formed these two half oval ridges. By 2020, a re-evaluation of the species based on undescribed material shown that not only were the crests thicker, but likely taller and supported sinus cavities and attachment points. They could be covered by keratin and served to help create a casque. Current studies on the new material show that the crests may have been a multi-faceted trait that helped in species recognition, improved biting power, and to increased the strength of its calls.
14:47 There's only one species of Dilophosaurus: D. witherilli. While it's true that there was a Chinese species, that animal has since been reassigned to it's one genus: Sinosaurus.
What's funny is that Sinosaurus as a genus has been known since 1940 and has a weird taxonomy. Sinosaurus means "Chinese reptile"; pretty straight forward, I know. However, it's species name, triassicus, infers that it came from the Triassic. This was due to an error in which the formation it was found in was throught to be older than it actually was. Turns out that this large carnivore was from the Early Jurassic a d, like Dilophosaurus, represents an early radiation of large apex predators popping up at the time. The remains that were once referred to Dilophosaurus were aligned under the species "D. sinensis", meaning "Two crested lizard from China"... before being reassigned to Sinosaurus. So in otherwords, the possible designation for this dinosaur literally means "Chinese lizard from China." The Redundancy Department of Redundancy was closed that day. If I remember correctly, the second species has since been made a junior synonym and now those remains are now part of the S. triassicus classification. What's cool is that a complete skull was found and described last year, showing that its heads of both animals were pretty similar to one another, meaning there's a possible relativity between the two compared to animals like Monolophosaurus and Cryolophosaurus.
And if you're wondering if there's such a thing as Trilophosaurus, yes it existed, but no, it wasn't a dinosaur, but a weird, plant-eating Archosaur that looks like a big iguana.
If your a palaeontologists then surly you will believe pokemon evolved from monotremes or synapsids. Because none give live birth.
This is the kind of stuff that goes through my mind whenever someone says even half a sentence about something I know about.
The only dinosaur worthy to be named "Trilophosaurus" was already called "Ceratosaurus" sadly.
The Peanut Pokémon will always be SUCH a missed opportunity. It could've became a fan favorite, and at the very least plushies of it would sell like crazy.
I love the entire line so much
🤞🥜
Agreed.
It looks fairly close to the mandragora from the final fantasy 11 version
Does anyone else want this to be in ZA?
Others have said it before but I’m surprised nobody from your team caught it before releasing the video. Joltik is a gen 5 Pokémon not gen 6. Unless it was bait for people to comment which sometimes people do
Even if that was the case that would make it worse, misinformation for the sake of increasing viewership should be unforgivable
@@AphidKirby Yeah idk how I feel about that if he's doing it on purpose, there was some misinformation in his last vid, too. Hopefully this doesn't become a trend
@@CosmicNebula444 I don't think Lockstin would do it intentionally, but a lot of people do, yes. The man has ADHD iirc and talks about all of this A LOT. So it's likely just a slipup.
12:10 I'd argue that it was spit between Flamigo and *Orichorio* . A fire bird with a flamenco dancing concept.
Oricorio was also just one gen after XY so they may have already been planning it.
I'm glad they split it then, as Oricorio is my favorite Pokemon
There's a bit of Espathra in there as well (the "high heels" and posture on how it struts are very similar)
@@MsVilecatThe high heels also appear on Fezandipiti.
5:45 Joltik is from Unova Lockstin, not Kalos.
UnCommon Lockstin L?
even my Pokemon Go playing ass, thought that was odd
It was on purpose to see if you're paying attention and to build engagement with the channel.
Most vidoes have one wrong fact for people to catch
@@Jibb3rs yes, that is always a possibility
Thus is indeed correct. The first time I encountered a joltik was in the caves of unova along with ferroseed.
That Cassowary pokemon is SICK and needs to appear in a future game.
might not due to being leaked sadly
in video said that one specie of cassowary is extinct, sooo maybe we will see it in legends za?
agreed
It could also fit in Monster Hunter.
Lockstin: A poisonous Chameleon with a spike on its head!? what a ridiculous design!
Chameleos: Bonjour
Ahh, a fellow Monster Hunter enjoyer!
first thing I thought of when I saw that cut mon too
In my opinion, that "Tiny Whale Barnacle" PKMN is based on that mysterious silhouette of an unidentical fish/whale-like Pokémon whenever you used the move surf.
I thought it looked like one of those chlorine pool floats.
I think it looks like a lawn sprinkler
The Surf "Pokemon" always read to me as a wave
Its honestly such a shame that Paradox Pokemon werent recycled concept-mon. I'm sure a lot of people would've loved having them be real.
but they ARE real
It just kind of makes sense too, imagine these paradox monsters are from a universe/reality/timeline where they existed but they don’t exist here. Would’ve been a great concept
True
Maybe for the future ones, the past paradoxes are cool enough
for what the Concept of Paradox Pokemon is? It doesn't really work
1- the Tera Leak is not a thing Pokemon intended, so is not like we were supposed to know those were scrapped Pokemon
2- Scrapped Pokemon getting un-scrapped is not a Paradox, is just New Pokemon
3- the whole Paradox is that they are NOT the Pokemon they look close to
the little fish seems to be a remora as they tend to attach to the bottoms of larger fish species. It could have been scrapped for being too close to remoraid
would be cool if some of these concepts where re-used as new mons in pokemon Legends Z-A in some way or another. With a couple of tweaks I'd buy the chameleon one as a mega of Kecleon or a regional variant evolution.
I agree, it would be cool. But idk if Gamefreak would do it❓
Actually, there's a region in southern France called Camargue that is well known for their flamingos and is one of the biggest european reproduction zones.
But since it's only in southern France that's maybe why the Pokemon was cut.
Some of the scrapped Pokemon were done dirty! I will never forgive Game Freak for scrapping away such beauty!
Putting aside the whole location thing, I think Game Freak really dropped the ball on not bringing in the Peanut Dino Pokemon in X and Y. Not only does Kalos have the smallest number of new Pokemon introduced, but it's also STARVING for more ground types as the only ones are Diggersby and Zygarde
I really really love the peanut-dinosaur, it’s so perfect
On the Peanut pokemon, XY did end up with Heliolisk which also ended up Dilophosaurus inspired. So that is likely partly why it was cut
I think Heliolisk is meant to be a frilled lizard
Joltik came out in X and Y? No mention of the obvious Chameleos inspiration for Poisonous Chameleon??? Lockstin is losing his touch!
Joltik came out in gen 5. He made an oopise
@@ilikethis3203 POKEMON IS HIS JOB
@@shikabaneconga we all make mistakes sometimes
Other replies on other comments have said that he does one mistake per video. Idk if it’s true tho
Europe may not have Cassowaries, but it does have Rheas!
They escaped from a private zoo and established breeding populations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.
I love the beta Florges a lot better than the one we got. The colors seem to fit way better IMO. Also, the video. ^^
ngl I love how that chameleon at the beginning gives "no thoughts head empty" vibes
The chemeleon looking one straight up makes me think of Monster Hunter Monster...the pre-evo of it is adorbs.
Ya thought of puki-puki when I heared posion chameleon.
Poison Chameleon kinda reminds me of Chameleos from MH LMAO
I will say that I will forever mourn the Peanut dragon alongside Kotora from the Beta of Gen 1 and 2. GameFreak should bring those two lines back.
11:21 I want to bring up this cooler idea that one artist did that made the flamingo into a Fire/Fairy Flamingo Griffin.
It would've been funny if they kept the crossed key eyes on Klefki, imo. Considering there was a point during the middle ages where there were two popes reigning at the same time for awhile; one in Rome and the other in Avignon, France.
NGL I saw the little suction cup guy's "spike" and immediately thought "boat rudder", like maybe a distant cousin of Remoraid that started attaching itself to human seafaring vessels instead of other Pokemon for whatever reason.
While i understand why Mega Jinx was cut, I honestly think having a mega form would've helped her reputation
I think it would have just reignited all the old hate for it. The design can’t be saved from the accidental “big aunt jemima” vibes it has since been associated with since its original release
The clip of Ed at 9:24 brought me nothing but joy. Thank you for bringing me back to my childhood.
Same here, I didn't expect that and still made me laugh 😂
2:31 wait if we are still going off the squid idea the curled back makes it kinda look like a natalus and the curled knees could be extra hidden arms! It’s a cheplopod pretending to be a chameleon! 👀
the inaccuracies in jurassic park dinos is because of the other animal dna they had to put into the dino dna to help stablize it for living. the movies say this.
other than that, the peanut dilaposaurus is my favorite
The first stage of the chameleon looks like a Lilo & Stitch experiment. I love him.
I feel like the Cassowary’s boots probably have something to do with real cassowaries being strong enough to kill a person with one kick.
As a fan of chameleons, I'm so disappointed that we never got that first mon... I love the Inteleon line and Kecleon but having more representation would've been awesome.
The first stage is also vaguely similar to Poipole in shape, which makes me think they turned the original concept into that UB, making it even more unlikely that the poison chameleon will end up being used in the future.
Outside fan games that is 😂
convergent evolution breloom legoome a mushroom and a plant with similar designs i love that
Remora Fishes. Its head looks like one. You know those fish that will stick on whales or sharks to eat the leftovers and all that. 5:37
A poison chameleon seems like an obvious match and then you look into it and it falls apart
the tiny whale pokemon is a cookiecutter shark or other similar parasite. They leave suction shaped holes on whales, dolphins, and other big sea creatures.
At 5:55 I believe it supposed to be a extinct shark called Stethacanthus
9:45 it sounds like a smoker coughing, which fits perfectly with the saying that it eats coal
14:28 TIL that peanuts grow in the ground
18:15 I mean. Blonde hair, blue sparkling Dress, strong association with Ice...
That's definitely an Elsa from Frozen reference.
🤔🤏
The games came out *before* Frozen, dude.
18:08 Maybe because it was EVERYWHERE for so long especially on topics of ice and female singers but Mega Jynx here looks to be channeling fashion of Elsa from Frozen especially with her already blond hair and new sparkly blue dress. If that was the case, while I don't doubt Mega Jynx being cut due to past controversies, I can also see them wanting to avoid controversy with another company with a rodent mascot if they stuck with that design.
And she looks like a Viking maybe they thought she would offend Europeans. 😂
I want the few people who like Flamigo to look at the Kalosian Flamingo we could have gotten, and then tell me with a straight face that Flamingo is the better pokemon, ESPECIALLY given that the Scrapped Flamingo would fit even better in Paldea due to being a flamenco dancer!
I feel like the casowary mon could be Fire/Rock type, mainly due to its skull helmet head crests.
It’s funny, if we got the flamingo, Flamigo might’ve ended up being a convergent mon that’s just an actual ornament come to life.
In the notes of the leak, the peanut pokemon was actually cut because it looked like another mascot. What mascot they were referring to is unknown.
while the premise of making pokemons in kalos because france is close to spain actually has bigger legs the moment you kinda go deeper into spain's regions as a whole, catalunya vastly known for having their own language, catalan, which is basically a weird mix of spanish and french, considering how important the region is, to the point of at one point wanting to be an independent country at one point, you could argue that they are pretty much the ireland to england and france
I'm hopeful that the water beetle and cassowary Pokémon get added someday. They're very solid designs. Plus, new bugs and fire types are always welcome. The peanut dinosaur is neat, too, but it looks like it could use a little more workshopping. But not the pre-evo. That little dork is perfect.
As for typing, I'd make the cassowary Fire/Rock, and Grass/Ground feels right for the peanut dinosaur.
Also, the little rudder fish reminds me of the bottom of a windsurf board. Like someone could stick the fish on the bottom of their board and use the board's sail to fly across bodies of water with ease. Perhaps, if that inspiration is the case, it was dropped because surfing isn't the type of activity you think of when you think of "France."
That second one is not two water bugs but three. It's clearly a nepomorph too.
3:05 "coh-loh-kwee-all-ee". Not "coh-lee-kwee-all-ee". There's a reason it's spent colloquially with two o's.
The Cassowary couldve been a great fighting rock type with the ability flash fire
Gen 6: Let’s scrap peanut mon as it may have references to slavery
Gen 9 starters: European colonialism
The whale without any info may have some inspiration from Stethacanthus or the ironing board shark since the top resembles an iron board plus since it was found in Europe among other places that would work for kalos
The peanut dinosaur is so good! They need to bring it back!
Every time i think about the peanut lizard I cry
Thah would have been my favorite pokemon this generation if it had existed in the final games
Those are my little peanut babies
The base form of the poison chameleon gives so many Poipole vibes, I wonder if the UltraBeast is a rework on the original scrapped for Kalos
i like the water bug pokemon.... theyre so cute... i loved seeing them swim around in my pool, i always tried to catch them
The Tiny Whale Barnacle does look like a remora, and it also looks like a nail. So I see it as the perfect Pokémon to evolve into a proper hammerhead shark
The poison chameleon I can definitely see in a Zelda game.
If they are introduced with a character like Kilton or the Mask seller I can see people wondering "Is that a Lizalfos? Did it used to be a Lizalfos...? What did you do?!"
A great way to wake up on a Saturday = a new Lockstin video!
So many of them look like Lilo and Stitch cousins and I love it
I feel an immense pain knowing that southern France got cut..
I'm surprised you didn't mention that flamingoes can be considered Phoenix adjacent, because they have the genus name Phoenicopterus which means "red wing". While both it and the word phoenix comes from phoinix which essentially means "purple red".
1:39 maby the reason why it's poison type is because of how some chameleons can change color it's always a vibrant color and in nature the more you stand out means you are poisonis . In cartoons if someone is poisonind they change color and also poison is always depicted as a green or purple color so maby that's why
9:18 Where the heck are you getting your Chinese from? That's "shi huo ji". Where did that transcription come from, it's not even close to anything!
I'm pretty sure that fish pokemon is based on a remora with hammer/nail design elements.
Man, I hope some of these designs return in some way.
The poison chameleon, diving beetle, Cassowary, which I thought was a fossil mon, and the peanut Dino, are all easily my favourite concepts of these, and they shouldn’t be left behind
5:13 I always thought that thing on top is supposed to look like the special fishing spot. Like in Unova, whe nyou run around theres a dark spot in the water? yeah, that.
I'm probably one of the few people who, despite loving the leaks, also hates them.
The reason the Alolan flying-type Eeveelution didn't get done was supposedly because it's designs were too similar to fan-made ones. They don't like introducing Pokémon with pre-existing designs, because of copyright issues and, according to interviews around the time of Black and White 2, they don't like to be predictable. So if leaks happen and people share and modernise the design, they'll likely never touch those designs again.
2:45 wait a second, joltik is a gen 5 pokémon.
Joltik is gen 5. Also doesn't the chameleon look like goodra??
10:24 I don't think being able to fly is a requirement for the flying type because doduo, dodrio and galarian zapdos are and they can't fly
I'll be honest, that flamingo looks less inspired than Flamigo. And I don't even like Flamigo. The scrapped 'mon just kinda looks like a lazy fakemon to me, so I'm not sad it got cut. I'm 100% sure if we'd gotten it, people would've said "it's just a flamingo with high heels" about it.
The cut mon are actually the least interesting cut content by far, for instance you know the plot was supposed to be completely different? AZ was going to be the team flare boss, and he had a much more clear goal of preserving his bloodline. And thats not even getting into Southern Kalos...
I genuinely think they could've added some of these designs into the final product considering Kalos only has 72 new pkmn, not to much
The peanut beta pokemon would have been perfect for either unova or paldea due to the Dilophosaurus inspiration for unova or the peanut explanation for paldea due to Iberia being right next to Morrocco as well. And I think it would be funny if the peanut beta pokemon was more feminine to be a version exclusive to breloom as well🥜🦎
11:35 just so you know, there are flamingos in southern France in the coastal region called the Camargue. Actually, it's known for that, being an IBA :)
they might’ve referenced the boatmen Pokemon with Viola’s team, since it’s Vivillion (her ace) and a member of the Surskit line, another bug/water type that strides on the water’s surface
it’s important enough to her that they choose it for her ace in Masters over her Vivillion
18:49 when the thing you drew to be blood gets misinterpreted as blood so now you have to remove the blood.
6:22 I'm fairly sure that's the one prehistoric shark thing that Subjectively also made a mon based off of at one point, and it was probably intended to have evos and be a fossil mon
I guess venomous chameleons aren’t weird to me as a Monster Hunter player. We have 2 of them.
they are such cool designs, which _might_ have been able to reappear in future gens, like how the shellos line did. now it's up to game freak if they do or don't. like always with scratched concepts.
6:18 there's also a type of prehistoric shark with a similarly designed dorsal fin.
Araquanid is my 4th-favorite ‘Mon to EVER exist and Golisopod is a certified banger.
The toe biter ‘Mons would have been some WONDERFUL additions to the Bug/Water roster. I love that the baby form looks like a kick board!
It would have been so cool so use surf with the pre-evolved form and ride it like a surfboard 😂
A poison-spitting chameleon? Chameleos in Monster Hunter is one too!
All of these are excellent designs in my view. Even not fitting France, I think they fit better than many X&Y desings that ultimately became official, I'd say
I need the little guy at 2:51 as an actual Pokémon as soon as possible
The cut poison chameleon line may have become the Goomy family with the curled tails, corrosive ooze, and access to a good number of poison type moves
10:50 Better. Way better. Hate that old flamingo, love Flamigo, Flamigo is friend.
Old one is ugly, don’t like the feet, don’t like the face
The cassowary Pokémon's beak-skulls also remind me a lot of plague doctors. Y'know, the thing we thought Spritzee was gonna turn into.
I LOVE all of Tomohiro's designs so much man, they all scratch my brain in the best, almost Spectrobe-y, way.
I loved that peanut dinosaur...
"This IS the generation that introduced Joltik."
... It's not.
It's hilarious that Tyrunt had to be changed because it was too close to Agumon, but the devs didn't even bat an eye at Shiny Tyrantrum being a literal Virus Greymon lookalike.
Also, I want the Uzumaki chameleon back
5:08 I don't think thats a whale honestly it kinda reminds me of a Stethacanthus more then anything. just putting that out there
Yes, the ironing board shark, same thought
The sea is full of tool-headed/faced creatures, just waiting to be mon.
5:15 One idea I saw for this little guy was that the body plan was made to look like a nail. And that is was a remora pre-evolution to a hammerhead shark pokemon. Thus the sharp body and weird fin plus the suction cup top.
10:35 Also, since the flamingo is also a flamenco dancer, it really makes me think that this might've been the original evolution for spritzee before they went the route of combining it with a plague doctor and kinda ruining it. Overall, both flamigo and aromatisse pale in comparison to this design in my opinion simple as it is, it looks good. Plus it also looks like it would've been the first Fairy/Fire type too.
I can see Cassowick and Bellowary (names I think could suit the cassowary Pokémon concept) being fire/dark, as they’re non-flying and are based on birds reputed for being rather nasty
Counter arguement to @17:22
Wouldn't be weird at all.
We have Horsea/Seadra/Kingdra as another seahorse species, but just not as "flowy"
But most of all, we have the Tentacool/Tentacruel vs Toedscool/Toedscruel and Diglett/Dugtrio vs Wiglett/Wugtrio lines. Although, the whole "convergent evolution" idea didn't hit until Gen9. But my point is that it's ok to have different pokemon with similar design elements, as long as they are completely different pokemon and look completely different.