Bellibolt taught me MORE than I needed to know... 🐸

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Did you know Avocados are one of the most electrically active fruit? Learn more by watching this VERY rushed video! Do you think #bellibolt is cute? It's the new #Pokemon in #pokemonscarletandviolet in case you didn't know.
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Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!

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@WheelDragon Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't mention Galvani's famous frog leg experiment. He showed that using static electricity, you can make a frog move it's leg muscles, even if it's dead or completely dissected. He also used this discovery to make a frog galvanoscope, a frog leg in a tube used to detect voltage differences.

@thegentleman1995 Жыл бұрын

Thought the same thing, also commented about it

@Isaac_Ealey Жыл бұрын

That's what I was about to say.

@Spyko- Жыл бұрын

yep was about to comment that. I didn't even think about it before Lokstin asked "why is it a frog ?" but that seemed obvious then

@UglyGoku Жыл бұрын

Cool fact, didn't know that

@celestialalkaid5721 Жыл бұрын

There's also the levitating frog by magnet field experiment. It won a noble prize in 2000. Not sure how relevant

@hamsi_bey4850 Жыл бұрын

the fact that Turkey had color in the avocado map was weird at first. but when you remember that the two peninsulas are really alike it seems more normal. the two peninsulas are basically twins

@blackfrieza9056 Жыл бұрын

Mountain chicken

@mustafa_kumsar Жыл бұрын

Facts🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷türkiye

@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the Christian to Muslim ratio is _completely inverse_ between them. Though Turkey _was_ apparently the first Muslim-majority nation to have a gay pride march so I guess they're at least _somewhat_ more progressive than the norm. Not sure how progressive the nations of the Iberian Peninsula (there's five BTW, four if you don't count France) are though

@caroalcala3741 Жыл бұрын

I don't care what everyone says, Bellibolt is the most friend shaped Pokemon that would me want to hug it!

@zackary230 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you, I love him.

@adamlinkowski Жыл бұрын

He is very cute, but his abbility allows him to counter 80% of all types in the game

@JacobeeVa Жыл бұрын

Yes, but oddish

@XorbityXorbGlowbe Жыл бұрын

@@JacobeeVa Yes, but Goomy

@adamlinkowski Жыл бұрын

@@JacobeeVa i didn't said there were no counters, dragon,grass and ground are the only types that resist electric. But all other Mons(especialy water and flying) will just die. Well that is unless he is a physical attacker

@CherylPie29 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, the reason it’s based of the Iberian Midwife toad specifically is not only because it’s from the Ibearian Peninsula but also because this frogs calls sound like electronic beeps, hence it being an electric type.

@duckbob184 Жыл бұрын

I think the frog connection has more to do with Galvani’s frog leg experiment

@Jaricko Жыл бұрын

If it evolved into a ghost type this would be more fitting.

@harrymanser1813 Жыл бұрын

I never new I needed avocado frog. Can't wait to do a frog/toad only playthrough.

@plyzwild Жыл бұрын

i was thinking Bellibolt was just a frog that swallow a Plasma Ball.good to know i was wrong

@Rajclaw Жыл бұрын

knew

@Rajclaw Жыл бұрын

@@plyzwild wrong

@llemingi8302 Жыл бұрын

@@Rajclaw frong

@Mothball_ Жыл бұрын

What are your other 5 Frog/Toad Pokémon gonna be on your team for the play through? Just curious lol if you don’t mind me asking

@AuraKnightStar Жыл бұрын

Another theory I have heard as part of Bellibolt's inspiration are those stress dolls whose eyes bulge out when you squeeze them. They have the same body shape and Bellibolt's false eyes that it uses for intimidation are like the bulging eyes of the stress doll.

@MrKlausbaudelaire Жыл бұрын

I can imagine someone squeezing a bellibolt to relieve stress now xD Making those squeaky noises.

@U.R.coolkid Жыл бұрын

@@MrKlausbaudelaire and it just smiles and frogs away

@ThmSphone Жыл бұрын

Very wholesome of you to not add the fact that the Aztecs and other natives of the region used the word avocado (ahuacatl) for ball sack too, because the fruit hangs weirdly from the tree and has that "frog-like" texture

@Quario Жыл бұрын

Wait till you see the name of bellibolt's evo 👀

@IanRomErv Жыл бұрын

@@Quario If it has one.

@pixellord2370 Жыл бұрын

Not to mention that Bellibolt vaguely resembles the beta design for Politoed, having the same design on the face and the fake eyes looking similar to the latter's real ones.

@zebimicio5204 Жыл бұрын

Another intersting tidbit is that belibol looks like a cleffary XD

@AllesZuSpaet53 Жыл бұрын

@@zebimicio5204 how

@veledwin1 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and it's not even vague! It's uncanny. It's undoubtedly based on that beta Politoed design, I love the precedent that sets 😁

@jelmervanriet790 Жыл бұрын

I love how friend shaped he is.

@TheRibottoStudios Жыл бұрын

So basically every Pokémon in this generation (much like the previous one) either comes down to "it's connected to Spain/Portugal because it's from there." or because Spain/Portugal said "your thing it's useful I'll take it." 😆 Also 4:54 GENIUS way to showcase what you were talking about for how some toads' eyesight work at a standstill. Hysterical. Love it.

@French.Toast.5 Жыл бұрын

At least it’s more realistic and includes all kinds of different cultural inspirations and niche historical events

@padraig548 Жыл бұрын

Just saying. A regional buizel line that becomes the giant amazonian river otter, the portuguese called the "river wolves" because they are super vicious. Water fighting then water dark would be awesome

@TornaitSuperBird Жыл бұрын

Wish it was like this for Unova... Instead of having a dex that was a straight re-hash of Gen 1.

@French.Toast.5 Жыл бұрын

@@TornaitSuperBird don’t sleep on the Unova dex. It has some low lows but peak highs!

@ZombieBarioth Жыл бұрын

@@TornaitSuperBird A lot of them are based on common North American flora and fauna. Did you by chance miss the headdress sporting eagle or literal cotton puff? :P

@CrazyUFOKid Жыл бұрын

bellibolt has big man splatoon 3 energy

@bigbaddwolf90 Жыл бұрын

I too enjoy when they add an extra squishy Pokémon to the world. It adds to the diversity of the dex. I bet it's gonna do well in competitive.

@johnathanedwards9054 Жыл бұрын

In competitive electric is the worst type to be without good speed, high attack, and a good move pool. Most electric type Pokémon sit in either PU or NU because of those issues, those two being the lowest tiers one can be before being considered unusable for any competitive play.

@jumpingspiderjesusfreak6219 Жыл бұрын

The false eyes with the real ones being so small they can be mistaken for nostrils puts me in mind of Basilisks in Dark Souls.

@MrWildcat28 Жыл бұрын

Oh no lol

@TeenyTinyGolem985 Жыл бұрын

Cursedfactd: The yellow thing on it's cheeks are the eyes

@TrueLadyEvilChan Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Barreleye fish too

@FafliXx Жыл бұрын

I think it also visually resembles a punching bag, and the point on it's belly looks like a target frame. That works really well with it's ability, and passive nature.

@TheAsianKiwi Жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to be an avocado when I grow up. My parents said my dream would never come true.

@MarioFRC32 Жыл бұрын

Keep chasing your dreams, don't give up. You'll be an avocado if you fight long enough

@TheAsianKiwi Жыл бұрын

@@MarioFRC32 😭 Ty, at least someone supports me♥

@frostbite3756 Жыл бұрын

@@TheAsianKiwi it’s almost Halloween, be an avocado

@TheAsianKiwi Жыл бұрын

@@frostbite3756 Good idea, even if only for a day, my dream WILL come true

@grenindraw6947 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap it *is* an avocado How did I not see that

@Wolfbane382 Жыл бұрын

I'll be honest, when I first saw it, I was like "Is that a frog or an Avocado?" Now I want some Guacamole. XD

@JamesDavy2009 Жыл бұрын

Turns out the answer is: yes.

@johnathanedwards9054 Жыл бұрын

Get some chips as well.

@JamesDavy2009 Жыл бұрын

@@johnathanedwards9054 It was the Spanish that brought potatoes to Europe.

@madjester9844 Жыл бұрын

2:30 this just adds onto my theory that Bellibolt is a convergent evolution to Chansey. Now other than shape the shape and the eyes they also both draw power from an egg.

@MegaMilesprower Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I saw a pic of both Chansey and Bellibolt side by side and they look so similar I can't unsee it

@zap4th368 Жыл бұрын

Accidentally replied instead of of comment. Sorry XD

@AN74RKT1C Жыл бұрын

I love how you literally show use what it looks like at 4:45

@BiryuTheFox Жыл бұрын

For anyone who wanted to know, that avocado plush is from Squishables! They are stupidly soft and nice to hug. It's so funny that he got the one that shares his name.

@elijahlaforteza9431 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video of Lockstin going threw his research process!

@AdminAbuse Жыл бұрын

"Threw"

@raptorfan2868 Жыл бұрын

That frame per second joke. Brilliant.

@nuggetygoodness8849 Жыл бұрын

I was so proud of myself for saying, “maybe I type of frog” in the first part of the guessing her partner Pokémon. And I was right!

@rubiconprime1429 Жыл бұрын

For another electricity and frog connection, how about that travelling show men used to use electricity to make dead frog limbs move by zapping them to entertain the crowds

@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын

Beli/Biri (ビリ)is short for biribiri, the sound of an electric shock. It's a bilingual pun. Beli, belly. The Japanese name has similar wordplay: ハラバリー Harabarī Hara meaning belly and bari (baribari being a similar electric-based onomatopoeia to biribiri and pikapika, in this case a crackling sound) sounding similar to belly.

@TrueLadyEvilChan Жыл бұрын

Bilingual puns are awesome

@shanelloyd853 Жыл бұрын

This makes me appreciate Belibolts design so much more! I really liked it when it was revealed but I just couldn't see see the frog aspect of its design no matter how much I looked at it. But now that I see that it has avocado aspects as well, I love it even more!

@rjs4176 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be the first time a pokémon didn't 100% look like the animal it's based on, looking at you, Diglett.

@JamesDavy2009 Жыл бұрын

@@rjs4176 Also, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath-they're still apparently tadpoles.

@rjs4176 Жыл бұрын

Two other things to note about Bellibolt, firstly, its orange patterns could be a reference to the Salmon-Striped Frog and their orange stripes. I know they live all the way in Australia but hey, it's something. Secondly, since its real eyes are in the middle of its face it makes its fake eyes look like the cheek sacks of a frog, cute!

@agentdon1760 Жыл бұрын

I love this absolute chungus of a mon. Either set of eyes you look at it, its adorable

@thewatcher6969 Жыл бұрын

I didn't realize it was based off an avocado and now I'm naming mine Nickoado lol

@me0101001000 Жыл бұрын

I'm also going to add the fact that the galvanic cell was originally made using a frog's body.

@keshiaanders6452 Жыл бұрын

Unironically, I'm thinking about nicknaming my Bellibolt, "Avocado."😅

@zap4th368 Жыл бұрын

Random thought: since it is based on an avocado and is the partner to a “streamer” do you think the popularity of avocados as a superfood has something to do with why that is?

@elm.a.7325 Жыл бұрын

Avocado shaped friend.

@princeramblerose Жыл бұрын

i wasn’t as into Bellibolt until i realized its big, dopey eyes were fake and the “nostrils” were its real eyes. that’s adorable

@MauZangetsu Жыл бұрын

I liked the fps drop when talking about the fps drop in a toad's brain

@Artista_Frustrado Жыл бұрын

i love the Palta frog, also wasn't expecting to learn about electric avocados & the idea of a Guacamole lamp

@ZeroHero3d Жыл бұрын

I love Bellibolt. One of the first new Pokémon I caught for my adventure was a cute little Tadbulb with a modest nature and I never took it off my team. After evolving, that squishy blubby boi became one of the ace members of my team all the way to the endgame, coming in clutch numerous times when I needed it. Such a sweet froog.

@ScorchyScorch Жыл бұрын

Its that really old vine: "An Avocado! Thanks!" I love it

@Blaze_the_Cinderace_Gal8144 Жыл бұрын

I got like.. whiplash from how fast bellibolt's inpiration stuff just appears in the start of the video so. Thanks for that Lockstin-

@H0r53f7y Жыл бұрын

Bellibolt is primo hugging material! Suffice to say, any plushies of this Mon are going to have a lot to live up to!

@wolfman2.055 Жыл бұрын

Anyone else want Bellibolt’s evolution to be called Avocatoad? 😂

@KnightsofGaming2016 Жыл бұрын

Spanish Inquisitor animated Austin was something I didn't expected to see

@KitKaleid Жыл бұрын

If they color the shiny for this purposefully, it'll probably be golden or brown like an overripe avocado. However it's changed, I hope they make the belly purple to reflect those plasma balls you mentioned.

@DigiRangerScott Жыл бұрын

Speaking of false eyes, Walrein’s Gen 3 sprite hid its eyes in its mane SO WELL that I thought its nostrils were its eyes for quite a bit.

@Lumberjack_king Жыл бұрын

5:57 be bonk our microwave sometimes when it doesn't spin

@cacophonythegoblin8381 Жыл бұрын

“1 frame every 2 seconds” ah, so my computer is a toad at rest, got it

@HORRIOR1 Жыл бұрын

Another pokemon to put into the sandwiches. Also I figured a frog was an electric type because one of the earliest experiments on electricity was making the legs of dead frogs move by shocking them.

@italics1779 Жыл бұрын

The way the FPS actually slowed down as he was explaining it made me smile

@Icy_Shadow_5 Жыл бұрын

I watched Austin John’s reaction to Bellibolt and someone in his chat said the belly reminded them of a plasma sphere as well, not sure if that’s a true inspiration, but it’s a cool feature at least!

@dinonadoop Жыл бұрын

One thing I noticed is that it's stomach kind of looks like a record, and its fake eyes on the side of its head look like headphones. When I was in Barcelona the late night clubbing scene was huge there and the locals could go so far into the night that a lot of stores wouldn't open until 10 or 11 the next morning, so Bellibolt could also be made to look like a DJ

@CaptPizza Жыл бұрын

Toad from Mario is adorable and no one can tell me otherwise!

@TheZajicekfarber Жыл бұрын

"Frogs are just avocados with feet."

@AceSpadeThePikachu Жыл бұрын

Another loose connection between frogs and electricity could be the experiments Luigi Galvani performed on frog legs that proved electric currents stimulate muscle movement.

@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 Жыл бұрын

Is no one gonna talk about the fact that it resembles Lucio, the Brazilian OW hero with a frog mascot, Brazil being a former Portuguese colony?

@rjs4176 Жыл бұрын

Bellibolt is absolutely his ace.

@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 Жыл бұрын

Frl

@CheeseBlaster Жыл бұрын

He looks like he'd be a Kirby enemy. He's so stupid, both inside and outside, and I love him so much

@Voidbear_FNaF_and_Undertale Жыл бұрын

"They don't have belly buttons, they lay eggs" Wait till you learn snakes have belly buttons

@ryans7097 Жыл бұрын

You make the best Pokémon content on here, I always enjoy these breakdown videos!

@RottenCandyCrossing Жыл бұрын

"1 frame every 2 seconds" like everything happening at a distance in Legends Arceus

@albericponcedeleon2696 Жыл бұрын

The avocado connection seems like a bit of a stretch to me but "testicle frog" is a surprisingly apt descriptor for this abomination.

@aurawarrior1367 Жыл бұрын

"It gets SMACKED" *Hits innocent avocado* "...and it gets a free charge!"

@user-hs1xb9tv6e Жыл бұрын

I learnd alot more avacado facts then I expacted. Now I kinda wish it will be electric/grass. Oh well, its still one of the most friend shaped pokemon they have ever made and I love it.

@dodebro Жыл бұрын

I need this video as a series with a different pokemon every episode

@Deathnotefan97 Жыл бұрын

“We’ll know more when it evolves, _if_ it evolves” Im actually going to make a prediction that Belibolt _is_ the evolution, and that it has a yet to be shown pre-evolved form

@maxedoutsociety Жыл бұрын

Love the mudkip plush in the back! It's my favorite pokemon :)

@CodenameJD Жыл бұрын

6:40 never stop using my what!? My what, Lockstin, tell me!!

@yourlocalcinnasnail3065 Жыл бұрын

Never stop using you-

@robbieq7814 Жыл бұрын

I think belibolts back looks like a wind turbine, going back to the clean avocado energy!

@Blaze4ification Жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the frogs from Mario, the ones you jump on their heads and coins pop out of their mouths, little purse or wallet frogs. Also theres a mushroom looking thing I'm guessing is a Pokemon... that kind of looks like a rocky Mario Mushroom... hmmmm interesting, now hoping Bruxish is here too, because its shiny is Piranha Plant colors, we might be able to have a whole team of Pokemno based off Mario, so far at least 1/2.

@Lumberjack_king Жыл бұрын

5:00 relaxed toads be like "no thought head empty"

@peppa4412 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe he forgot to mention Speakers and Piezoelectricity in this video. Belibolt's ability is sure Piezoelectricity, which is used in modern Speakers ,Recording devices and quartz watch, converting physical pressure it receives into electriticy.

@eleviathan7488 Жыл бұрын

1:51 I used the avocado to farm the avocado

@IronDino Жыл бұрын

4:50 I love the visual reference, for a second I thought the video was messing up, until my 30 FPS brain caught on.

@MrKlausbaudelaire Жыл бұрын

Its worth mentioning Bellibolt being green can also point to how Copper turns green when rusted (same for Copperajah being green) and whats the best metal to conduct electricity? COPPER!

@marcossanjuancordovilla6879 Жыл бұрын

The image you displayed for that egg-carrying frog from Europe was THE EXACT SAME I had in a Castilla y León's fauna and flora exam last year

@legodudeaj4588 Жыл бұрын

I would do this every school days but it is fun to me watching his videos 😄

@Poké-SealTM Жыл бұрын

5:37 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@mitkitty Жыл бұрын

As someone whose childhood home was in the woods next to a pond, the spring peepers and bullfrog sounds are a VISCERAL core memory. Like i got metaphorically punched by the audio you added, hahw

@superman78621 Жыл бұрын

One of the best part of getting new pokemon is getting new explanation videos

@Disaster343 Жыл бұрын

agreed

@nintendosega100 Жыл бұрын

The way nearly every Galar or Paldea explained on this channel just has some colonization origins.

@tylerbrown2941 Жыл бұрын

It definitely pulls inspiration from the beta model of politoad

@tjmoses7384 Жыл бұрын

I like the frame drop physical example

@Bezaliel13 Жыл бұрын

0:44 Huh, good animation.

@prprobay Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the butt scratch at 3:15. Btw you are the most entertaining poketuber (among other venues;) and i just love everything about you and your channel. I will support as much as i can so i may continue enjoying these vids till my life force ceases :)

@Lazu__li Жыл бұрын

I have to say, when Iono said that her Pokémon was squishy, I immediately thought about Snugooi

@zimattack9994 Жыл бұрын

I remember back in the day hearing about thes pad that could generate power by foot steps

@robertwilliams570 Жыл бұрын

Wow I learned a lot today. I love learning real world things from Pokémon. Great video 👍

@ArendAlphaEagle Жыл бұрын

I didn't think of avocados when seeing Bellibolt. Its belly looks like a vinyl LP, and its eyelike bumps could easily translate to headphones, so uh

@EmeralBookwise Жыл бұрын

Bellibolt looks like a Pokémon that doesn't evolve or is already fully evolved, especially since it is a Gym Leader ace which usually fall into one of those two categories.

@magicjewel96 Жыл бұрын

The thing I love the most about Bellibolt is that it looks like the most marketable Pokemon ever! You can totally picture Bellibolt pillows, nightlight, toys and all other kinds of things! Of course an attention seeking Internet Influencer would have one! I bet you Iono has merch of her Bellibolt!

@JamesDavy2009 Жыл бұрын

Well, Pokémon plushies have existed in-game since the very beginning. It would make sense for her to make Poké Dolls of Bellibolt for sale.

@leandersearle5094 Жыл бұрын

I believe the technical term for whacking a device to get it to work is "kinetic adjustment". It's one of those "sound professional for the customer"-type phrases a lot of blue collar (or adjacent) jobs have. For the stated reasons.

@kartanashimisaky6140 Жыл бұрын

3:18 I love how Sismitoad just scratches his butt

@liammcdevitt6917 Жыл бұрын

4:54 (initial reaction) oh god is my internet taking a long walk off a short pier?

@MeleeTiger Жыл бұрын

Considering its size, it makes you wonder if Bellibolt is the first form, or already partway along its evolution path? If its not the first or last form, then what comes first and after?

@Illumisepoolist Жыл бұрын

Can you do videos about the inspirations behind each of the gym leaders. Like Iono?

@Sandrilenefatoren Жыл бұрын

We got the Snugooi plushie and within a week maybe nephew has invented a board game where the goal is to get permission to hug it as long as possible. I'm not even joking.