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I think Inteleon fits well in Sobble’s line more than some people think. Its this scared little guy to a serious secret agent. Inteleon is literally James Bond.

The reason why people know the Alolan ash is an imposter is because ash is not allowed to win the Pokemon league

Ash screaming out of the portal caught me so off guard, I am laughing so hard right now 😂

A personal theory of mine is that Rowlet was meant to be Galarian, since he essentially evolves into Robin Hood, an English folk hero, & Grookey was supposed to be Alolan, since he has a sort of Polynesian/Island vibe to him, but for some reason they switched em 🤷🏾‍♀️ nothin' shocking or ground breaking, but just something I kept finding so strange that never made sense to me

Maylene uses fighting types instead of flying types because, it reflect her courageous nature . "Fight or flight" term is used in battle reflect your character.

I love when bad theories have back up evidence, it’s fun to look at them.

I remember before sword and shield was released how people thought sobble was going to be theatre inspired And even tho I was slightly disappointed with inteleon at the beginning I now love it

I’ve got another theory that sounds dumb but also makes perfect sense. At one point the Psychic and Fairy types were at one point in the past,the same type.But, through evolution as time went , they were separated into two different types as Dark Pokémon evolved to become super effective against psychic types.

I like the Tangela one, it's not bad, it actually makes a lot of sense. It's just I never saw the fries kids before so I had no clue these things existed LOL.

I think Sobble’s line makes perfect sense. It seems inevitable for a chameleon to become a secret agent.

Of these the one I found most plausible is the Maylene one. Mainly because she uses two bird Pokemon in BDSP in the battle tower (Blaziken and Empoleon) and a Flying type Dragonite (some bird keepers use non-bird like fliers).

Honestly, I feel like Inteleon fits Sobble and Drizzle better than Samurott fit Oshawott and Dewott. Funny enough, Inteleon has kinda grown on me. Or at least, I like it a lot more than Rillaboom.

I like how theories sometimes goes like "the bus has 4 wheels so the possibility that the motorbike was always supposed to be a bus is all but confirmed because it had 2 wheels. They both have engines, they both have wheels. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!"

Imagine being thrown into an alternate universe that's more or less the exact same as your old one and some slightly off lookalike takes over your old life.

Ill be honest, the Sobble and Drizzile one where their final evo would be based on Shakespeare makes literally no sense to me. It MIGHT work as a HUGE stretch, but Inteleon makes a lot more sense than you realize. The whole line is based on the concept of gaining ones confidence. Sobble is scared of everything and can turn invisible to escape danger, and its tears can discourage anything from even going near it. Drizzile is yes the emo stage. But you know what most teenagers have in common? They start questioning themselves, trying and sometimes failing to find out who they are and what they want to do in life, ultimately hitting their self esteem HARD. The anime also explains this, as when Gohs Sobble evolved, it was disappointed that it didnt become an Inteleon, its idol. That could be the case in the games too. Theyre disappointed that they didnt become what they wanted, and became all mopey and depressed and eventually embraced its inner emo to hide its dwindling self confidence. As soon as it becomes Inteleon though, all that lost confidence comes roaring back as it learns its one of the best shots in the world and its still edgy to boot. It finally became its idol, the one it looked up to as a Sobble, and the one they mightve lost hope in becoming as Drizzile. Now, its just as good if not better than its very own idol. Its not just based on James Bond, the entire line is held together very strongly by the concept of self confidence and how it can fluctuate all throughout someones life. Sobble just goes through it much harder than some may realize

I have a theory where in galar you could originally pick which gym to fight first because of the way galar is layed out is basically two different paths that eventually turn back into one path to the final city

boy really made "Sus Ash" a theory 😂

Tangela did always make me want McDonald's as a kid... Still does actually. Further evidence for this theory!

Counter theory to your theory that Ash that is in the games: the demo is non canonical because it’s not actually in the released game, and Ash is a fictional character in the games, Pokémon the tv show is a tv show in the games, and since his picture is in a grocery store of all places perhaps it’s being used for product placement, like Pokémon pop tarts or literally anything and everything targeted towards kids from 1995-2000, this makes more sense since mimicu hides in the skin of a stuffed pikachu plushy from that time period, which is what you’re ultimately trying to take a picture of at that store.

I honestly don't see the the Shakespeare influence for the sobble line. it feels like a stretch to say the least. I'm also just one of the few people who actually loves inteleon (and every stage of every gen 8 starter, literally the first time ive loved every stage of every starter since gen 1). but also inteleon's cape, tailcoat, and fin resembling big fancy renaissance hair is plenty to make it look like it could be an actor

Inteleon fits very well what are u talking about Also drizzile is lazy not edgy Sobble is a shy and timid loner who is invisible Inteleon is that shy and timid kid who grew into confidence and uses his skills of being hidden as a profession and spies are naturally loners it’s part of the job So saying inteleon doesn’t fit means you haven’t paid attention Drizzile is in that awkward Lazy teen phase

The picture of ash and Pikachu is probably just a reference to the anime

One theory I would want to see clarified is the Girl from the Strange House. It's clear that Darkrai lives in the "far Sinnoh Region". So, judging by this, the Pokémon did not go to Unova. And considering the man called "the far Sinnoh Region", probably neither he nor his daughter went to Sinnoh. So why Darkrai would curse her with terrible nightmares in the first place? I had never played a Pokémon game before as I was a very lonely child. But I really like these mysteries.

Rillaboom: I like music Cindrace: I like sports Inteleon: DEAAAAAAATH

that inteleon one is just a cope :( it's not like charizard fits perfectly with what charmeleon was

My opinion on each theory: 1) The sobble theory makes a lot of sense. I hate inteleon partially because it doesn't make sense with the sobble line. It feels like that GF wanted a spy pokemon but were too late in development so they put it with the starters, similar to Blastoise not being the evolution of wartortle originally in gen1. 2) A bit farfetched but could be interesting. I really do hope we get that shellder evo that looks like the one in slowbro's tail one day. 3) I always thought that Maylene was going to be flying gym leader, but got changed into a fighting leader to promote lucario. 4) 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂 5)🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The fallen Ash theory is pretty good and would explain why Ash finally started winning in Sun and Moon.

Sobble is depressed then evolves into an teen that is depressed then he overcomes it and becomes a superstar

I prefer the theory that Zarude was the initial final form of Grookey.

For the one about Ash being in the game timeline, there might be more to it. There actually was a time that Nebby (when he was fully evolved but I don’t know how to spell it) took Ash and Pikachu through an ultra wormhole at the end of the series, and we didn’t get to see where he went. It could be possible that Ash went into the game timeline, and then the people there figured out how to send him back. And since time definitely runs differently there, it was only around half an hour in his universe, but in the games it could have been years. Also thanks for pointing out the Ash and Pikachu Easter egg!!!!!

I was disappointed that Intelleon ended up being a monotype but also it had the potential to be a Swamp Dragon monster imagine how cool that would be! But instead we got Gex instead but hey he's James Bond Gex though but overall Intelleons design is ight in my book but after doing my second playthrough of Pokemon Sword I prefer Cinderance more.

Okay, so I now have a theory about the Sobble evolution line; what if the Shakespeare evo was the original final evolution stage for the line, and the British spy motif we get in the current evolution of the line came later during a transitional period to the modern era. Now, hear me out a little; I need to do a little build-up. First, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to notice the final stage for all the Galar starters are a mono-element, which is a bit weird when you consider almost all the starter evolutions up to this point, to my understanding, have been dual typed, the only other mon-element final stage evo I'm aware of prior to the Galar region is all the way back in Gen 1 with Blastoise. Still, Charizard and Venusaur as the final stages of their lines were/are dual typed, which makes Blastoise the odd one out in its own triad when it comes to the starters; but then Gen 8 with Galar came along, and all the final stages of the lines were mon-element, which is a little jarring when you consider how the final stages for starters were dual typed for most of the series run for Pokemon. If/when the Galar region gets a treatment similar to Legends Arceus and the Sinnoh region, what if we get to see all the starters for Galar be dual typed for their final evolutions? And instead of Inteleon, we get that Shakespeare evolution instead, and the stage is either a Water/Psychic (to reference the mental aspect of plays in both their writing and execution) or Water/Ghost (to reference the "Spirit" of Theater). At the same time, the Grooky and Scorbunny lines also get to show off their own dual typing structure as well. And it would be made all the more impactful by putting the setting of that game at the dawn of the Industrial Age in early Galar, and just like Legends Arceus, the region isn't quite named Galar yet but has a name that evokes a much earlier time and feel for the region. While music is primarily used for entertainment purposes in our modern era, it had a much different purpose way back when; in particular, drums were used as a means of communicating over long distances, with different beats, rhythms, and sound combinations playing a part in the messages being sent out, the advent of the Telegraph, and later radio and telephone diminished the need for such means of communication. However, there are probably some people today that still keep up the practice as a sort of living archeology; Rillaboom could keep the core aspect of its drums in this ancient format but still have a dramatically different look in addition to its own type combo distinct to this earlier time before the advent of music as we know it now. Sports have evolved over the years, from practices in our time as Hunter-Gatherers all the way up to the social spectacle they are today. And having having Scorbunnies final stage for this historical era be something very different than the modern iteration while also being a distinct type combination could be interesting to see. So, the only real existing final stage of the 3 would be Rillaboom but in a dramatically different format. But with all that, everyone would have the questions of why these Pokemon drastically changed on their way to the modern era. What is that prompted these changes and why? But one of the biggest questions would be the question of why these Pokemon when from being dual typed to mono-typed?

I actually believe the theory Meleen theory and I might add an attack from a Staraptor could explain why she has the bandage on her face.

No, tangela looks more like sonic to me. It has the red shoes and blue coat.

Doesn’t Saturn also have the same haircut as Maylene and the bird keepers?

Every time I hear you say Buyee, I think if my 1 yr old nephew saying bye to me leaving any room 😂

I do believe there is an ash somewhere in the game universe But he would be a different ash But 10:13 makes absolutely zero sense considering “imposter” ash has all of ash’s memories and they just changed art styles to match the vibe of the setting

Maylene = fight or flight? Perhaps she had a character arc before we met her, where she used to run away from her problems, but eventually was put into a situation where "flight" was not possible, and gained a lot of courage when she figured out that standing her ground and fighting back was possible.

"Inteleon doesn't fit into the line at all" I mean... I'm pretty sure I remember some theories before the games came out that Sobble might evolve into a spy-themed Pokemon, primarily because of its ability to turn invisible, seemingly being based on a Chameleon and all, and I think the crying also played into it, like, crocodile-tears. Anyways, I feel like most of this is copium due to people not liking how Inteleon turned out. The problem with the Shellder-theory is that it's completely contradicted by the games, Shellder still evolves into Cloyster in Galar, and Ashs english speech in the anime could simply be like "oh, he is so smart and fancy, he uses a completely different language", since english is generally considered kinda hard to learn for many native Japanese speakers. Or Maylene simply visits the same hair-saloon as all those bird keepers... I see nothing that suggests that Ash is a Faller, and it not simply being his game-world counterpart, like how all the gymleaders also exist in the anime, or some of the game-protagonists also existing as their independent selves in the anime. The last one actually sounds possible.

2:30 You forgot to mention in the Sobble part one of the most obvious things should a Shakespeare evolution for Sobble was made. The masks of comedy and tragedy are synonymous with theater, with Shakespeare writing plenty of plays that fit into both categories. Thus, if a crying lizard is going to evolve into something about theater and Shakespeare, they would have to at least reference the mask of tragedy. But there's more. Imagine if the evolution had an actual mask, but one that represents comedy rather than tragedy which the Pokemon uses to hide their sorrow because the world only likes happy people and Pokemon. (Wow, that got real and dark.) Maybe they could switch between the two masks instead? Seems a bit complex for a starter, but it would be cool.

Theory for Torchic : Torchic when it evolves loses its flying ability It only loses it because it is forced into battle not able to focus on learning flying Having to abandon their flying ability to learn a fighting ability so they will be useful in fights Since they are forced to fight , they have to learn fighting moves which made them abandon flying moves as well.

Another note to support the galarian shelder theory is that galarian slowbro and slowking have Purple Shells matchning the kantoean shelder. So since these have been switched it makes sense for the shelder of galar to be tan.

Ash in a wormhole? Laughs in Pokémon Journeys. Also, McDonalds!!!???

It's always been the case that you can use fly when you have beaten the fighting type gym...since Gen 2

When you just came back from the terrible theory about the regional variants that he made and wrote a paragraph of how dumb you thought it was

Never heard the Fry Kid theory for Tangela before. It's certainly an interesting one.

The shellder on slowpokes tails always did baffle me

Theory: Pokemon Mystery dungeon is an ALTERNATE TIME LINE when Team Plasma successfully liberated pokemon

As the say the only bad idea and theory are the ones that are goes unsaid…

I now have to name my next tangela Frikid.

I've never heard or seen any of those McDonald's mascots except Ronald.

I can agree that Post-XY Ash Ketchum is an imposter as he doesn't have any of the character development that original Ash went through. It's like he tries to be the original Ash from years ago, personality wise and hence is an IMPOSTER!! 😅😂

I disagree. While Inteleon looks horrendous, it does fit with the theme of Sobble. Sobble is obviously the shy child and Drizile is the unsocial teen. Inteleon is meant to be the now confident grown up. This also fits with Sobble having the ability to turn invisible and Inteleon being a spy. Sobbles Pokédex number is even 007! I also don't see any connection to Shakespeare. I know these theories are meant o be bad but they also have to make sense.

12:48 "loveable McDonald's characters", excuse me? They're freaking terrifying! And who in their right minds gives a flying f@ck about the marketing BS of a fast food chain?

How to lose brain cells 101 while being a genius

Incredible leaps from the first theory you love to see it

Maylene's hair also looks similar to the crazy scientist from team galatik whose name i totally didn't forget

Pokemon also had a thing at mcdonalds as a "thank you" perhaps...

The problem with the Shellded theory is that it's ALWAYS referred to as Shellder and not an evolution of it.

Ash in the sun and moon anime being an impostor also explains why and how he won the pokemon league, cause it wasn't ash but a competent trainer who looks like ash.

I just remembered, the Slowking in Pokemon 2000 didn't have a British accent and spoke with an American accent.

So does that mean Delia Ketchum lives with Ronald McDonald?

6:32 That Transition was Cool...

Intelions neutral position is a nod to the Shakespeare to be or not to be scene. So he is technically still somewhat based on him

That last one is actually cute, and the Ash one is actually genius minus I think we can just say there are 4 universes of Ash in the multiverse and Ash Greninja Ash is a faller into the games, where the rest are exclusive to their universe hence why the anime series movies are totally different too. S\M Ash is another Ash the same as ours but from a different multiverse. Just as Journeys Ash is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT Ash from a different multiverse, which actually further solidifies the theory. Meaning movie anime Ash, regular anime Ash (Plus the non series movies and shorts) and the journeys Ash are all different Ash's from alternate universes

Theory 1 - Very interesting! A lot of people thought Sobble would be like Shakespear before the games was released (my self included), but it ended up like James Bond. While the idea is entertaining, the fact Sobble is a lizard that can become invincible tells me James Bond was the plan from the start. Theory 2 - This is the best theory in the video. I think this one kinda could be true, but I also don't know the full context to the anime thing, so idk... Theory 3 - I think the hair is just s reused asset, so no to that theory. Theory 4 - This one is obviously real like c'mon. Theory 5 - No. If that was the case, I think they would have made a very obvious McDonald's reference somewhere with it.

Legends Arceus totally supports your “In Game Ash” theory!!!!

Sobble's line isn't Shakespearean, its acting in general. We've got Shakespeare with Sobble We've got Phantom of the Opera with Drizzile, who I've seen depicted with a half-mask to cover his deformed face, which is represented by half of Drizzile's face being covered by his edgy hair over eye thing Finally, Intelleon represents movies, with a very popular movie character being James Bond, a British super spy, who unlike the others aren't about tragedies but just being and so no longer have the teardrop markings on their eyes.

The galar starters revolve around the theme of large scale public entertainment that is enjoyed by large audiences with a British influence. The grookey line is concerts, the scorbunny line is sporting events and the sobble line is theater. By "theater", it can mean both old school theater (like Shakespearean plays) or modern theater (like James Bond movies). Sobble transitioning from an old school drama queen to a modern movie star makes complete sense to me.

Jeremy Clarkson cameo at the end was amazing

1:08 do you see the fucking goodra?

I remember when yen used to map to US cents almost perfectly 1:1...

Sobbels evolution does make sense cause it goes through the 3 phases in teens that usually happen after each other shy to edgy to confident

HHHHMMMMMMmmmmmmm???!!!! O.o lol shellder.....also the "falling" guy for Ash falling thru a wormhole caught me off guard XD laughed for a bit there

I once made a Fakemon modeled after one of the Fry Kids.

sobble has the ability to disappear in water, a very spy esk thing.

none of these theories still make sense to me

technically the sobble line as a whole could be representing ART not any one particular part of British art, ie Shakespeare, Plays/Theater, and Movies

I came up with one of these theories while playing through Sword and Shield. They reference that Kabu was originally from Kanto before he moved to Galar, and I thought given his advanced age it would be cool for him to have been a gym leader at some point before the Kanto games take place. Then I remembered that Kanto's gyms operate on a system where a leader can actually lose their gym If some other leader beats them, like what Sabrina did with the fighting Dojo. I thought it would be really funny if Kabu had been the original Cerulean city gym leader before getting ousted by Misty, and he was in so much shame from losing his gym to a child that he just packed up and left the region

holy shit its probably been like 10 years since ive heard of the tangela theory

I've been calling tangela the French fry monster since gen 1 came out and I was under 10yrs old. I agree big time lol.

My wife literally made the Tangela/Fry kids link, 2 days ago while watching me play Legends Arceus! This is probably the funniest coincidence ever!🤣🤣

I can't unsee the Shaymin Forms and Virizion being an EVOLUTION LINE. The color scheme. The nose and eyes design. The neck flower. The green boots. THE FREAKING WING HEAD TURNING INTO A JET HEAD. WTH GAMEFREAK!!!!

I love Inteleon for sure and this Shakespeare concept is really cool as well

Regarding the Ash theory, him being a faller from the anime universe isn't inherently true since the game universe could easily have it's own version of Ash. It's called the multiverse for a reason, pal. Mutliverses, of course, comprise of universes with alternate version of the same people. This is further proven to be true since we have seen many times that the protagonists from the games show up in the anime. We have seen Brendan many times in the movies participating in the Battle Frontier, Lucas facing the league, and, of course, May, Dawn, and Serena.

1. Sobble looking like a Quill yeah makes sense. The second evolution however you didn't really make a connection you just said that because the second is based on edgy teenager phases that it must be also related to Shakespeare 2. Galarian Shellder thing: you suggest the anime producers have "inside" info into what would have non key aspects of the Sword and Shield videogame? haha It isnt' a far stretch to assume they have had info on games before they release (the movies featuring unavailable pokemon is a key example) but never have we seen them indicating to have had access to info that never made it into videogames so... still a fun theory tbh 3. Nice. 4. lmao but like, okay you definitely tried hyping that up more than it actually is like if ASH ever does make it into the game, how does anyone not expect us to be able to beat him. Like have you seen how many L's the dud has taken in what otherwise shoulda been easy W's ? I'd rather get something else than Ash in the videogames, it would kinda cause stir with what Red already represents in essence 5. I had actually thought of this one too way back when. Didn't expect it to be here, but glad someone else also made the connection.

Doesn't that also mean that quagsire IS grimace... And Xatu IS birdie??

Entelion was made to put in smash as a stand in for James Bond But due to cinderace being more popular and not wanting to flood smash with fire types No gen 8 starters were put in the game And the original design was based on Shakespeare

Well... I didn't even know McDonald had mascots... Never seen any of that in Europe xD Even Ronald, which is the only one I knew of, isn't a part of the marketing here

Right now Ash making his way to the spanish region where he would be like red and blue in aloha region. Lets wait and see

Yeah… don’t think Ash will ever show up canonically in a game. Haha. That’s what they have Red and Blue for

Intel lion is James Bond a famous English spy

One of my own personal theories is that Lance is from Alola. There’s a lot of Kanto connections and Easter eggs in Alola anyway, but my “evidence” is that Kukui specifically references Lance in the game. Also, if I’m remembering correctly, there is no dragon-type “boss battle” in sun and moon, while most of the other types have one (trial captains/elite four). Also, the dragon-type totem Pokémon is the last/“hardest” one to face. My idea is that Lance trained in the tough environment of the canyon with dragon types and, after conquering that, wanted to become stronger, so he went to Kanto and became the toughest elite four member/champion (in gen 2). Could also explain why only he could master dragons in Kanto.

I don't really believe the Sobble theory tbh. I don't think any of the Galar Starters final evolutions don't match their pre evolved forms. Especially Rilaboom 🤔

I think of Intelleon more as the Pokémon version of Austin Powers.

Huh, how very interesting.

the only think I believe you're wrong about is tangla. I mean Japan is massive, and I doubt they'll just wonder from city to town to village to find some random kids to play a part.

That last one seemed and sounded more like a joke.

10:40 Unforunately, there's no such thing as Mick-Donald's, the burger is called the Big Mac, not the Big Mick. Mac-Donald's shotened to McDonald's does exist. Now for a theory of mine, due this McDonald's example, my theory is a lot of people mispronounce Pokémon itself or the names of Pokémon.