"BEFORE HISTORY, ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!" I literally scream out loud of laughter

Seeing Alpharad listed as a Poketuber feels like listing Guy Fieri as a professional marriage officiant. Like yes, they've filled the role at times, but not enough that it feels right to say that's what they ARE when you look at what they usually do and are primarily known for.

I think my favourite part of this video is how Jacob basically shadow hosts the entire show He’ll literally just say “give this person points” and CJ usually does.

Just putting some timestamps for the unhinged pokemon names: 9:23 - Jongmuhugo 14:57 - Grafalgofigu 34:40 - Jangmabugo 34:43 - Kumuno 34:45 - Hakumomo 34:50 - Bongjunho

Purplecliffe genuinely asking what prehistoric means, was one of the best parts

“I think I know this one.” “I think you know this one, too.” “I think you know this one.” “I think I know this one.” “I think Cliffe doesn’t know this one.” “SHUT UP!” 14:30

Man, I just rewatched this and realised; Alpharad and PokemonChallenges just spent most of this trying to make each other laugh; I live for their 'rivalry' - really entertaining chemistry between two different performance styles. Also, PurpleCliffe is just a delight, love how ready he is to laugh. And Jaiden and Alpha clearly know each other very well, which is always super fun to watch. Heck, I'm also struck by what a natural host CJ is - this video really is just a delight all around!

The fact that someone ended the quiz show with a whole number still gets me

Can't believe Game Freak finally gave Grfaugofig an evolution

I love PurpleCliffe, but he is definitively the guy you bring in to make everyone else look smarter.

The only reason I got the Cascoon question right is because I distinctively remember that Cascoon has a right-facing sprite and Silcoon has a left-facing sprite

14:30 - "I think Cliffe doesn't know this one." ~Jan Comedy gold. Can't wait for the Netflix special.

You don’t understand how good it felt to finally be rewarded for completing every movie in pokestar studios

You can practically see the anger flowing from Jan when CJ says Gen 2 is his favorite.

Gotta say, as a streamer one of my favorite things is the aesthetic of this layout. It’s just so clean and smooth in a weird comfortable way.

You know what would be a cool idea? Doing this again but with questions based on specific themes (shinies, pokemon lore, pokemon competitive, rare pokemon facts, pokedex entries, etc) and make the contestants choose a cathegory and everyone has to answer. That would add an strategy aspect for the contestants to be able to choose cathegories that will either help them or that they think will be harder for a specific player. Bonus points for the player if they actually guess correctly.

I loves how alpha randomly gains a quarter of a point a third of the way through the video

Purplecliffe deserved a point for the prof oak question since Samson oak is a professor and therefore is Professor Oak as well

I knew the Hydriegon one because I had to spend 7 hours straight grinding to evolve one.

Entei wasn’t the kids father. She called him papa and he was like “if that’s what you wish”. Entei him self was just a manifestation of the unknown.

Jacob acknowledging Jan's answer as correct and then giving him 0.5 pt sums up their frenemity ideally

My understanding of the Entei movie is that the little girl was experiencing so much grief that the unown wanted to make her feel better and using hidden power brings her imagination to life creating the 3 legends her father told her about. Entei decides to take on a father's protective role over the little girl because she believes Entei is her father.

I feel like people underestimate just how smart Jacob actually is because he’s so damn good at being an entertainer. Seriously, kinda swooning over here boss

And the thing is, Meltan isn't even in Gen VIII, it's from VII! So Cliffe is also wrong with its Gen! People say the best thing about visiting Liberty Island is seeing the giant copper green statue and climb up to its crown, but people of culture know the real reason to visit Liberty Island is to catch a Victini. AND MAD RESPECT FOR LOVING GEN 2'S ART!! It's at this spot where they're still trying their best to convey the shape and form of these monsters with meticulously placed cross-hatching pixels and a more capable color palette. It's like right before the anime made an impact on it and made all subsequent titles take a more cel-shaded look, which doesn't look nearly as impressive as the designs in Gen 2 for a pixel artist. Bravo

Damn, Jaiden and Jacob are surprisingly knowledgeable in random Pokemon trivia.

Seeing jan lose it when cj says his favorite gen is gen 2 is gold.

27:23 the idea of ash beginning his adventures with a ho-oh is amazing lmao

Good lord, Jacob and Jan lightly roasting cliffe was so funny. Honestly love Cliffe and so good spirited and chill

I don't think I will ever be able to stop thinking about what might be the reason CJ owns a banana-yellow suit.

Seeing all of them get the Pokestar Studios answer wrong just made me laugh because I sure did spend way too much time on that part of the game

"X and Y were Weenie Hut Jr difficulty" the most spot-on description of Kalos I've heard. 💀My first games were Alpha Sapphire and Y, and I'm proud of myself for knowing the answer to the third question was Diantha. Just playing Alpha Sapphire and Steven's battle and then playing Y and looking at Diantha's team compared to Steven's like "WHY IS YOUR TEAM LIKE THIS?" while still clapping her team like nothing. As easy as Kalos was, it makes up for with the introduction of Mega Evolution, the region's history with AZ's story, the anime (of course), and the region's aesthetic. I enjoyed just sitting on a bench in Snowbelle City while relaxing to the music. Not to mention the design of the Pokémon League building in Kalos is absolutely *ELITE* , and they are aware of it by putting a photo spot in front of it. But as someone who lives in "Unova", it also makes me proud that Gen 5 has the most. I love Gen 5 because since I live in the NYC metro, I look at locations and be like "Hey, I know what this is based off of!" Regarding Alder, his highest-leveled Pokémon when he's restored as Champion is Volcarona at level 77.

36:37 I was so waiting for it to actually Be the “Jigglypuff seen from above” Troll 🤣😂

I like how Jack says Gen 2, Jacob looks confused and Jan looks like he does care because he knows he got it right.

What a chaotic mess of a game show, I absolutely love it

cliffe putting magneton after reading "mini-noses" is just so fitting and so freaking funny

You know, with the way the question is worded, Purplecliffe was technically correct, since Samson Oak is called Professor Oak at least once in the Gen 7 games. You know, cuz he's also a Pokémon Professor. You never specified that it was the one that lives in Kanto in the original question, so both Samson and Samuel are correct answers, they just refer to different characters who are both called Professor Oak.

i know an interesting thing about "but the names were localized" thing being said at around 31:10 !! thanks to the french localization team for red/blue being interviewed a few years back, we know they originally WEREN'T supposed to be localized. the names were supposed to be the same across board, because nintendo wanted to 1) prioritize brand homogeneity, and 2) didn't want to spend more money in case the games didn't work in the west. while this is from the french team, they did mention in the interview that ALL localization teams at the time were fighting against nintendo on this. nintendo really didn't see a point in doing it but the teams just pushed them, a main argument being that what sounds cool or cute in japanese wouldn't sound that way to western audiences and also that westerners being able to understand the names would drive up sales. we know nintendo was especially annoying about not wanting to change the legendary birds' names (freezer, thunder, and fire) to "articodin", "electhor", and "sulfura" (using the french names here because idk if they made the same kind of stink about it in english) but the "it wouldn't sound as cool" argument eventually made them agree to it. all in all the localization teams were given like, a week to translate all the original 151 names. so it makes sense, knowing this, that the beta names were changed from NY and LA. because they weren't planning on localizing the names at all!

Aegislash also gets the signature move King’s Shield, so the fact 75% of the contestants got it wrong is crazy

I got too excited when the Aegislash entry came up. I screamed the answer instantly. Scared my cat. I don’t recall any of the dex entries but that one made sense to me and was confused that not all 4 answered that.

I get why people don't like Gen 2, but you gotta understand, it was a mind blowing advancement, coming from gen 1. Despite the presence of a bunch of annoying design choices. The day and night cycles alone added a ton of utility and feeling to the game, there were a lot of time based events, the phone/radio with registering npcs phone numbers that called you for various reasons and playing music that affected things in the overworld. Berries and apricorns, held items, the addition of dark and steel types. The special attack/defense split. There was a lot that was added that we take for granted. I was very disappointed to see that gen 3 games didn't have a day/night system. One reason I like B/W is the seasons, it's so much fun to see the world change and affect your encounters and areas available for exploration.

I'm glad I got the champion question right. I haven't fought Alder in a long time, but I knew that his first fight was technically post game so it'd be higher level.

I got 21/27 and I'm proud of that! Glad that the 20 years I spent with this franchise didn't go to waste!

At 37:26 Cliffe’s points are the European date for of a specific day

Finding out mimikyu ranked higher than pikachu in a popularity poll made me irrationally happy.

the original stream was hilarious and the edit was just perfect. Im so glad that you kept Jans "sponsor read" in

Jack is literally just happy to be there. I have never seen him struggle that hard on ANYTHING.

When Cliffs gave his answer for the original koffing and weezing names i started dying bc tight after Cj said the question i said out loud the same thing Cliffs gave as answers 😂

I love how Jan doesn't even care, he is quiet as fuck, I bet doing a nuzlocke in the background.

ah yes, i remember having jangmo-hugo on my first sun/moon team. good times...

Jan doing the ad read at the end was perfect

The fact that his favourite gen is 2 after having made almost every single question about gen 5 is such a mixup

19:00 to be fair, the Unown kidnapped her dad, then were shown to be way more powerful than they actually were by bending reality to the girl's imagination. Since she had been told stories about Entei and her father ran with it to help put her to bed, the phantom Entei in the movie accepted the role of being her father. At the very end of the movie, her father was returned to the ruins he was exploring and we never hear another thing about him or his daughter ever again in the series despite their family being friends with Ash's mom.

19:58 There are technically 20 types, with the bird type in generation 1, which is only on glitch Pokémon such as missingno.

They forgot to add a point for Jacob when he was sitting at 6 points, so Jacob won with a lead of 2.9999999 more points than Pokemon Challenges.

14:37 Jan is such a savage. Making Cliffe the butt of all jokes here.

I don’t usually watch long videos but this was so entertaining. Keep up the good work

14:45 I somehow knew that was Gold's Girafarig entry specifically. Probably because I played that game to death as a kid. I missed most of the other ones, though lmao.

To be fair about the ??? type, it's been removed from the games since Gen 5 - Curse is now Ghost - but "currently" wasn't included in the typed question, only what you said out loud, so I'd say props to them for considering it lol

13:32 “Almost everyone got it right.” Jack, a look of horror spreading across his face:

Me and my friend like to do this, where we ask each other random Pokemon questions (I'm normally the one answering) and it's pretty fun. Especially when you get into full arguments over what a certain ability does.

What you have to remember about X and Y is that even though it feels like weenie hut junior, it's because the xp scaling in that game is insane. Diantha was my guess because I knew I was the highest level for the elite 4 of any game in X/Y.

I got 16.5. The half point comes from Jigglypuff from above. I felt like I deserved half a point for that extremely obligatory and needed answer.

Let’s go dude, another appreciator of gen 2! I love the artwork as well, it’s the best palette and sprites

when purplecliffe is there you'd think from how many shiny randomizer fails he's had that he'd have learned something but nope he's still the cynthia, gardevoir, and lopunny lover we all know

I like how CJ said the Pokestar Studios one would've been hard and that was one of the few up to that point I knew instantly (after he give the choices).

At this point I am almost sure that Jaiden is actually an AI pretending to be a human with a cartoon representation.

the funniest part of guessing Red Fog of Terror as the fake one is that not only is it real, it was also what i remember to be the most traumatic part of Pokemon B2W2. i mean, to be fair i started playing it when i was like 7 (or _maybe_ 9, i cant remember), but still

I have played more Gen 5 than any other game and I have never once noticed that every single Pokémon from that Gen is unique to its predecessors That's actually really cool and only makes me appreciate the game more

I've never played black and white, but when the pokestar question came up I guessed "magical knight because that sounds boring and generic" and somehow got it right lol.

My brain went straight to Tyrantrum for the Aerodactyl dex entry. Got most of the rest right though, so I'm happy.

That purplecliffe made himself laugh way more than anyone else

Cliffes answer for the Kommo-o questions had me on the floor omg

"They don't want terror in the game" there are pokedex entries that straight up say people or pokemon die. Also I think pokestar should be a trick question cause wasn't the studio only in black 2 and white 2?

I spend way too much time in pokestar studios, it's been 10 years and I instantly recognized and remembered the stories of the titles when he mentioned them

i love this so much cjya we need more of this

we definitely need more of these kinds of videos.

"What does prehistoric mean???" "BEFORE HISTORY!"

This was so much fun!!! Loved the energy between everyone I laughed so much. Also as a self-proclaimed gen 5 buff™ getting all the gen 5 answers right (except the poke studios one..... Whoops) felt very validating lmao. A super entertaining video!!! (also, the yellow suit does look great. Big fan :D)

I love how they started saying they couldn't have fractions of points and ended with the most ridiculous decimals

I relate so much. The Gen 2 art is so good. Almost gives me water color vibes.

doo u think cyja approached alpha first and called him a poketuber and alpha just decided to roll with it or did alpha hear it from his good friend jaiden and feel indignant that he wasnt considered a poketuber

34:50 i spat EVERYWHERE, CJ not knowing who Bong Joon-Ho is made it even funnier lmao

i like how this looks like one of those "which one doesn't belong" things we used to do in school

Everyone being baffled at PurpleCliff’s stupidity is beautiful.

All of them got the premise of the Entei movie wrong and it hurts mah soul 💔 Entei was a projection created by the Unown reacting to the strong emotions of the little girl. She mistook Entei as her father because he used to read her stories from a book of legends and she said he was just like Entei, with the father responding "Well, then I am Entei."

Fun fact, a couple of years before the Pokémon of the year poll there was a japan only pokemon poll where greninja had also won back then and simisear got last

Did not know about Diantha since X and Y were very easy if you grinded. I just knew about Alder being the true champion battle in a post game kind of sense.

I'm right with him on my favorite Pokemon generation. I started at Gen 2 and I fell in love so fast. Pokemon Gold has a very special place in my heart, and the Johto region is fantastic (there is definitely a leveling issue though).

I love the trivia videos! I hope you get the opportunity to host more in the future~

Cliffe taking a sip of water during the Koffing and Weezing question was so good

I immediately got the Victini question bc it was one of the only event pokemon I got as a kid lolll. I LOVED that Victini lolll

this was extremely fun to watch! great people

For the "Whose that pokemon" it could have been like a close up picture of a part of the pokemon to make it a little challenging but pretty fair if you've seen them

I didn't know alpha and cliff would have such synergy!

It was really cool that they filmed little trivia scenes to play between ads

Yay Gen 2! Pokemon Silver/Gold has so much sentimental value for me being my first game on gameboy colour, the double regions, new pokemon, new features etc was awesome. Spent so many hours as a kid.

This was so fun and funny to watch 😆 CJ always comes through with the bangers

I know this is edited from a livestream but on the champion level question i said diantha. Gen 6 has higher level trainers to account for the xp share. Because you level up faster, the game needs higher level opponents. I think in gen 7 and 8 they rebalanced it by throwing less trainer battles at you

Honestly these sorts of videos are so validating. I should've become a Poketuber.

"Hey, do you know the Pokémon Slugma?" "What's a Pokémon?" "Slugma balls!" That's the kind of energy the awkward moment at 33:05 radiates