And so everyone knows, we are going to do all the types of course. :) Though were saving Dragon for last, the rest have the order up in the air! What would you like to see?

Are we electric types? Yes. We can get hurt by a earthquake.

Explaining neurobiology as "meat that gets tickled by electricity" is exactly why you should have been my teacher.

Rotom = Motor backwards Omg All these years

If only my high school science classes were this entertaining, I might have ended up learning something rather than just hoping for a passing grade.

A bit of a correction on Ampharos. The Pharos in their name doesn't refer to Pharoahs, but rather the word Pharos (φάρος) which is Greek for Lighthouse. In fact, the Pharos of Alexandria created in the Ptolmic Era was even considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_of_Alexandria. Also, I'm pretty sure Galvantula comes from Galvanize, which means to shock something, like how Galvanized

I didnt think I'd finally understand the difference between alternating and direct current on a functional level after watching a Pokemon video. You sir just earned a subscription.

“Where a mouse could probably kill you” *black plague intensifies*

I hear Ampharos' name actually comes from Φάρος (Faros), which is Greek for lighthouse.

I just realized, all these pokemon having electric cheek sacks means they would have a common ancestor.. that's like actual real evolution in pokemon. thats not regional forms or "level up evolving". thats cool

With each thumbnail, I'm becoming more and more convinced that Lockstin is a furry.

I think I have an inkling for Tapu Koko. Y'know how its ability is to cause Electric Terrain? One of the effects of Electric Terrain is that it keeps you from falling asleep. And Tapu Koko is... a rooster, which is supposed to wake people up. It's still not the BEST reasoning, but it's at least /something/.

Also also, Electrodes look EXACTLY like marker balls seen on overhead power lines (Marker balls are there to make the lines more visible and are plastic) so that means Electrodes/Voltorbs are probably AC :3

Plusle and Minun are the Nintendo Switch controller Pokemon.

it wouldn't be a lockstin video without questionable furry art in the thumbnail

14:16 Imagine what a x4 weakness against electric Wingull being hit by the strongest Electric-Type move: Thunder would become. Yeah, not fry duck, just dust

"The magical world of Pokémon where a mouse could probably kill you." Unlike the real world where there are hundreds of species of mice that can DEFINITELY kill you.

Personally I think the real electric types are the friends we make along the way

"Running from... artists." *Uses Zeraora fanart in thumbnail.* Hey I'm not complaining

Alolan Golem formes get their magnetisation from having/being a lodestone, a naturally occuring magnetically charged rock

Eelectross: an EEL Pokemon Company: an EEL? make it electric type, but not water type even though it's literally a damn EEL. and give it levitate to make it have no weaknesses.

Wouldn't Elekid be AC? as it winds itself up to generate it's currents.

I think that it's safe to conclusions that all those damm Pikachu clones have an old common ancestor

9:50 OH I KNOW THIS! Essentially how it would work would be similar to the human reflexes. Essentially when we use a reflex (Like moving the hand from something that hurt us) the nerve signal don't go into the brain to be processed. Rather it basically bypasses the buerocracy and goes directly to where it is needed.

As an electrical engineer I applaud you for how well you explained the difference between AC and DC lol I know a few electrical engineers who cant

I actually never noticed rotom was motor backwards...

The Luxray in the Thumbnail is gonna do unspeakable things to that Zeraora 3:38 Dude an Electric Eel has a charge equivalent to a Fuse Box That's not a Tiny Shock that'll take your Heart out

My favorite line: “Flaafy and Mareep are sheep. Beep Beep.”

Him: “Let’s not have an existential crisis” *Existential Crisis rates drop to 0%!*

Stunfisk also gets its electric typing from the Stargazer, a Fish that not only can generate electricity but is also venomous

It’s more likely that all Pokémon have a certain level of psychic power. The electric Pokémon telekinetically create a channel for their electricity.

I liked all the pikachu clones bc they all brought something different. Like Plusle and Minun being positive and negative, emolga being a flying squirrel, Pachirisu didnt really change much idea wise(its still just a mouse/squirrel) but its cute and has a diff model. We just dont talk about Dedenne or Togedemaru

Trainer: HUMAN USE THUNDERBOLT! Human: huma-huma-ANNN!

I’ve absorbed more information about electricity from this video than I did during two years of physics class. I’m not sure whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing!

This is gonna be shocking

8:30 "Pharos" is the acient word for "Lighthouse", some languages still use that word like portuguese we say "Farol"

13:00 wait, the way I think It Works is that energy leaves the negative pole and goes toward the positive one, that's why There need to be a difference to have a current, só minus generates, and plus attracts

0:25 "Are we all... electric type?" GASP! I can make electricity!? I'm freaking Black Lightning!!! XD

I need a gif of lockstin rubbing Toby's head

The Rotom Machine spirit bit had me in tears, thank you kindly good sir, that was pure magic.

Me: *taking physiscs* where am I going to use this This video: *explains AC and DC* Me: I already know this 😎 you know, I'm something of a scientist myself

I feel like Tapu Koko could have had the electric type come from the parallels to the native American legendary Thunderbird, it might be a bit of a stretch from Polynesian to Native American culture, but the Tapus did always remind me and many others of Totem poles. This is Sun and Moon, the games that introduced TOTEM Pokemon of all things.

You're getting better with those Thumbnails... *but not good enough.*

5:48 Gnoggin: Praises the Emperor and not the Omnissiah in relation to Machine-Spirits My Mars-loyal Ass: "01001000011001010111001001100101011100110111100100100001"

Electric weak to: Ground: it will disperse electricity And supereffective against: Water:conducts electricity Flying: It won’t be able to fly due to it being paralyzed

Every Psychic type explained next! Also I have an idea for another pokemon video, "Why does Golurk learn Fly?"

to me the pikachu clones aren't clones at all,they're apart of the rodent family so they're related to pikachu just like other rodents in real life are related to each other in someway

You missed the Asimov reference in the Mareep line. "Do Androids dream of electric sheep?"

Gnoggin:zekrom literally has a generator for its butt Me:LOL 😂

ROTOM SPELLED BACKWARDS IS MOTOR?! INGENIOUS

Kāne isn't pronounced "kain". It's kah-ney. Hawaiian, being a Polynesian language, doesn't have closed syllables like that.

7:55 types arent always cut and dry, and some things get mixed together under the same type. There is no Light type because its already part of another type. Psychic. Light screen is psychic I think. also necrozoma, a psychic legendary, pretty much a prism/eclipse.

"Flaffy and Mareep are sheep... beep beep" 14:36 😂 Why do I find this so funny!?

shouldn't elekid be AC because it swings it's arms in a circle really fast to generate it's shocks from the top of it head?

Jolteon has an organ that creates electricity. And accumulates negative ions in the atmosphere to use electricity.

8:48 "Zeb-stricka" Zeb-stricka... With the roots of Zebra and strike, I believe it is pronounced Zeb-strike-a. Correct me if I am wrong of course

Lockstin: to humans it feels like just a little shock Everyone that has been killed by electric eels: Are we jokes yo you?

10:48 no offense but Raikou’s name is based on Rai(雷) Japanese for lighting and Kou (皇) which is Japanese for emperor. Raijin has the same “Rai” part but “Jin” (神) means god and raikou is a legendary but it not a god.

Do an episode on all Dragon Types explained.🐍

14:17 damn that was brutal. He really hates Wingull.

1:25] "And no, we're not talking about what type of Australian rock band they are." *sad Toxtricity noises*

"This is a Pokemon video. Not an Edison vs. Tesla descussion." Tesla wins either way. Edison was a tool and a scoundrel.

3:10 Electross is more of a Lamprey but with Electric Eel adaptations, still close tho.

5:43 Yes, he does Protect.

I'd like to imagine Pachirisu can use trees as a sort of,,, charging stations to collect loose electrical currents from miles and miles of ground and build them up inside itself. Yes I'm aware that's ridiculous but I mean hey, Pokemon, magic.

Hi I really like this video series. This was a fun video, and it was cool to see new pokémon as well as some of my old favorites from the anime and from childtime playthroughs. That being said, as a physics teacher I have to object to some of the AC vs DC claims made in the video. Specifically the AC category. I'd strongly argue that all electric type attacks are DC. DC generators exist and to my knowledge pretty much all turn a rotation into DC. There are several ways of doing this, including using conductive brushes or using a commutator. Many of these generators (concrete example: a dynamo) use magnets. So neither rotation nor magnets necessarily implies AC. Now that means those pokémon could be either. But, I'd argue that they are all DC. This is because of the attacks: * Pretty much all special electric attacks are discharges. A surplus of electrons (or possibly ions, but that wouldn't change my point) moves from the electric pokémon to it's enemy. The net movement of the charge has 1 direction, does not return to the electric type, so these attacks are clearly all DC. (Thundershock, Thunderbolt and Thunder.) * As for physical moves, I looked up Volt Tackle in the anime first to be sure. The pokémon charges itself with electricity which gets transferred to the other pokémon on contact. It's very similar to the discharge of the special attacks, except it doesn't go through air. But it's still DC. * As for pokémon like the Electrike line's "using electricity to power muscles", one might think that that could be AC due to the muscle switching between contracting and relaxing. This is biomechanically incorrect however, as the only signal such muscles understand is "contract". The direction of the current doesn't matter in this case: if electricity goes through muscle fiber it contracts. Relaxing is done by not sending a current, and stretching happens because muscles on the opposite side of the bone contract, and the bone pulls the muscle. So these currents are also DC. Sorry for the long comment. I hope this adds something to the video.

Get the "N" out of "lightning"? So, you mean "Lightnig"?

14:37 this is exactly the kind of random hilariousness I love about your channel, this is the moment that made me subscribe after a long time of stalking 😂

Shows clip of electrical eel My head :. EELECTRICITY

The moment you said macine spirit, I knew there would be a 40k reference. Well done, well done.

Do pacharisu put the charged fur balls with the berries so that if something tries to steal them, they get shocked?

By the Omnissiah, you make the Emperor proud

"Stupid stupid squirrel" got me that was great

0:05 oh yeah, it was Pikachu that was catching our eyes

"This thing is super charged to the max! I guess you kinda have to be when you're constantly running from... Artists.." HAD ME CACKLING

I actually like the Pikaclones. It's basically a tradition by now (like bipedal Fire starters and MAYBE Meowth regional variants now), and many of them are SUPER adorable (like my favorite Pikaclone, Emolga). This isn't meant to be a rant, just my humble opinion and an observation to go along with it. Have an awesome everything! C:

Mareep: “hey guys I have bright bulb on my butt” Flaaffy: “mines bigger ha”

well this video seems pretty grounded on it's facts.

0:19 that is the creepiest and most depressing description of animals I have ever heard. (Edit) accurate, in some sense, but, still…

"None of the electric type rodents worked!" Sejun Parks Pachirisu: *Am I a joke to you?*

Eelectross is more of a lamprey

PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH Lol, I was surprised by the 40k reference in this video

Stunfisk also takes inspiration from the stargazer fish. Some species (like the uranoscopidae) have an electric organ near their eyes which can produce a 50 volts to scare predators.

I might actually be able to explain tapu koko. often in totem poles, one of the face things used in them is a depiction of the thunder bird. a mythical creature that is often considered a being of strength and power. this goes hand in hand with Tapu Koko being based on the war god, and its dance being one akin to a warrior's dance. the thunderbird can throw lightning and cause thunder by flapping its wings. this is likely why tapu koko is electric type.

Did he just call blitzle and zebstrika horses? Dude they’re zebras

You forgot to mention that Zapdos is a Thunderbird... just another play on words in the pokemon universe

I love how every video you make you teach me some new science facts I know nothing about. It's so great

Little theory about emolga and how it uses electricity to help it fly, maybe it could be using a kind of ion propulsion, creating differing charges on either sides of it's body to have personal air currents. I mean, it explains why it flies so well, normal rodents like the sugar glider do just that, they glide, unlike emolga who is always seen flying.

Let me try for Tapu Koko since he's a favorite..... My theory is Koko is based more on the island he (For those that don't know roosters are only male) protects rather than on the Tapu. Melemele island holds the largest city of all the island that's the mkst diverse as it's a direct game counterpart to Oahu meaning a place of Gathering. Due to it being so diverse and welcoming it seems more advanced than the others and even the games other NPCs compare the island to being more alive, busy, and technologically advanced to the other island. Professor Kukui said he even built the League in the mountains to help Ula Ula continue to grow (since the last attempt at that - a mall- had been destroyed by Tapu Bulu). Out of all the islands Melemele has had the most change in welcoming actual change. The others seem to stagnate or caught in traditions above all else. Tapu has brought enlightenment and you can see through it's ability of Electric Terrain that make Pokemon Wake up. It wants to be new it wants to change. Unlile the other Tapus it interacts more with people aside from being secluded or just playing around. It saves them and entrusts power into those that can change the island praxis. I feel that's why it can also be known as the guardian of war. 1.) Because war advances a civilization to create new technology and change ideals in order to strive And 2.) Because it might not be in the one army vs another army tyoe of war. It might a war to progress. Tapu Koko understands that the islands must change and therefore does not interfere with humans and aides them when ultra beasts appear. It's a war for the new.

0:54 guess you could say... they were *lightning fast*

Aaah hearing my precious Luxray looks more like a Lynx makes it even better! I love those animals

You seem to be unaware of the concept of HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current), which is the primary method which power companies (like Manitoba Hydro, the biggest in my area) use to transport power extreme distances. Yes, AC is better at long distances in terms of power loss, but only up to a point; after that, the KVL and KCL laws break down, causing the system to behave somewhat unpredictably, and quite inefficiently. So DC is used instead, and it's inverted again later.

I've never noticed before how seriously and intently you enunciate and now i cant unhear it. Especially D's and T's.

its pretty simple.Electric types are made of ...YELLOW

I really like your description of the Eelektross line as being, well, electric eels, but I also can't help but see the uncanny resemblance of the creepy Lamprey in Eelektross and Eelektrik, which of course are like "fish" (not true fish of course) versions of leeches. That would also lend to the part where they leech electricity from other sources, too. Also, when you list off several Poke'mon, I can't help but liken it to you sounding like the Poke' Rap. XD

My guess as to why Tapu Koko is an electric type is to accompany its personality. It can have a storm-like temperance and isn’t as kind of sagelike as the others, though it isn’t necessarily cruel; I see it as more of a punisher of wrongdoers. It’s also quick and swift, making it a great prankster and giving it edge in battle.

I love this series! Great job!

I loved how you make a reference to 40K and the video had 40k views when I watched the video

Lockstin: It's like they're magic or something! Game Freak: yeah we're totally not magic. It's not like our mascot is and electric mouse, and have combinations of animals that can control the forces of nature and the elements to bend them to their will. No magic involved.

yooo 6:15 with looker being there and it looking like a spy movie epic.