Game Theory: Pokemon - Why Pikachu is SHOCKINGLY Terrible! (Pokemon Sword and Shield)
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We've talked before about the science behind Fire Pokemon. Today I am turning my Theorist eye towards a different type - Electric! Throughout the series we see Pikachu zap Ash and many others with its attacks. It got me wondering - how powerful is Pikachu? Or any Electric type? Well, when you look at the science, the answer may SHOCK you!
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@colorsrrealduh 4 жыл бұрын
“Why Pikachu is terrible” Me, a hardcore Pokémon fan: *oh buddy, you didn’t need to make a video to prove that*
@vulpix4564 4 жыл бұрын
Exact Same Thought Possess
@chendror872 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like using it in battle with anything past the 3rd gym or any wifi battle will prove it
@Squarebody 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@rilo4630 4 жыл бұрын
Not even Raichu either, Jolteon, Ampharos, vikavolt. All of them are more viable (at least in the normal game)
@Tag-ux5eb 4 жыл бұрын
Jabril Smith yea no, electric types arent really that viable in competitive, besides zekrom and zapdos, but zekroms banned soooo, and zapdos isnt that good anymore, still OU though
@snjackalope856 4 жыл бұрын
Game Theory: Pikachu is trash. Team Rocket: Pikachu is god type pokemon.
@jacobsarion8562 4 жыл бұрын
i like that joke nice one :)
@no-mj6jv 4 жыл бұрын
Haha
@gboi3500 4 жыл бұрын
1 specific Pikachu....
@m3an_3 4 жыл бұрын
Zeus type
@KuramiRocket 4 жыл бұрын
Pikachu is obviously great because plot armor lol
@kaichuuuuuu 2 жыл бұрын
Mildly sorta fun fact: the move "Thunderbolt" in Japanese is "10万ボルト" which literally translates to "100,000 volts"
@EstonianPlatinum Жыл бұрын
yeah in cantonese it applies to pikachu too
@ShizuruNakatsu Жыл бұрын
Does this mean Japanese doesn't have a word for 100,000 and they're basically saying 10 10,000? I remember watching a video of a Japanese school student trying to count (in English), and he called 20 "ten ten", and every so often the video would cut back to him, showing larger numbers. When the numbers got to like 100 or higher, at one point he takes a deep breath and goes "ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten!"
@rax1899 Жыл бұрын
@@ShizuruNakatsu 20 in Japanese is 2 10, not 10 10
@ShizuruNakatsu Жыл бұрын
@@rax1899 I never said anything about what it was in Japanese? I said it was a Japanese student speaking English. He just used tens for every multiple of ten (ten ten for 20, ten ten ten for 30) and when it went back to him later, there was a really long number, so he took a breath and went "ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten!" while everyone else was giggling about it.
@rax1899 Жыл бұрын
@@ShizuruNakatsu oh I read it wrong mb mb
@oldmanmichaelj Жыл бұрын
Mat you forgot real live animals like eels uses electricity to protect themselves. Though eels and some animals (have a certain defense) is/coat themselves with mucus to prevent to electrocute themselves; I believe electric/lighting type Pokemon would have (evolved) have something similar so it doesn't shock itself.
@Hayden_Agar 6 ай бұрын
Fr fr
@fishingnxj 3 ай бұрын
Yeah,but electric ell live in water,and most of his body are made with that electric cell(i forgot) So unless pikachu body is made of 80 percent electric cell,NO
@zealiouszone8861 3 жыл бұрын
Well that explains why Pichu shocks itself. Also, it explains how Ash and team rocket can survive so many electric shocks.
@venami6863 3 жыл бұрын
it's BIG BRAIN time--
@JuanAlvarez-pc7ws 3 жыл бұрын
Then every electric Pokémon should electrocute itself
@thebestgamer6036 3 жыл бұрын
@@venami6863 its an anime/cartoon for kids
@jameshanley3947 3 жыл бұрын
Not really tho, because ash is holding pickachu when he gets shocked on occasion
@zealiouszone8861 3 жыл бұрын
@@jameshanley3947 That's true. Although, he's still survives that so I'm guessing Pikachu was holding back when shocking him even back in his rebellious stage.
@strixsoren6847 4 жыл бұрын
So basically, an electric move like “Thunder Fang” would realistically be more effective than a move like “Thunder Bolt.” Interesting.
@woodie232323 4 жыл бұрын
Yes that's the same thought that I had, and the next one after that would be thunder punch
@chellove.8169 4 жыл бұрын
And after that voltage tackle
@Kurayamiblack 4 жыл бұрын
So basically in order to be realistic, Thunder Type physical moves should do way more damage than special moves and Thunder Type physical moves should be more common too, and all of them should cause recoil although the physical ones with more than 70 power should probably cause guaranteed paralysis. Interesting. You'd have a "polarizing" type whose moves are100% either god tier or straight garbage.
@kennyholmes5196 4 жыл бұрын
@@Kurayamiblack So... Pichu in Smash is actually the most accurate depiction of what Matpat describes the Electric type as being like.
@Shouziroku 4 жыл бұрын
Surprising he didn't study the real life electric Pokémon: Electric eels. They get up to 860V and 1A.
@chinchilla_fandoms9500 Жыл бұрын
what's really fascinating about this science is that it means that Kaminari from My Hero Academia actually mostly gets the electricity/lightning physics correct
@hanchen267 3 ай бұрын
wait but where is the negative charge his hands?
@tobidas7486 Жыл бұрын
As an electrical technician i can say: you got a lot wrong here. First the human skin has a resistance of 1000 ohms. Also if the cheeks of pikachu where negatively charged, then so would be the whole Pikachu. Also you don't know if the Pikachu itself may be an insulator and only the cheeks are a conductor. But the main thing you got wrong, is about how lightnings work. It's true that a voltage of 30000 volts per centimeter is needed to overcome the resistance of air, but once it's ionized, the resistance drops massively. Going by your logic, lightnings would be harmless
@Snow-3210 Жыл бұрын
My brain can’t keep up
@lilpiper1234 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad someone said this!
@rlavender9684 Жыл бұрын
how much energy would it take to Ionize the air plus do an attack? Would it still be Scientifically reasonable?
@tobidas7486 Жыл бұрын
@@rlavender9684 by ionizing the air you are already doing a huge attack, killing everything that lives pretty much instantly. As he said about 30000 Volts per centimeter.
@misdrievousdemise3815 Жыл бұрын
I'd also like to think that as an electric Pokemon charges up its next attack, it is effectively ionizing a route in the air between it and it's opponent. Using extra "hidden" energy to charge up the distance between it and its target, like an invisible radioactive beam. Then when it has charged up enough, it releases the electricity and then the sparks do the rest. This is why I also believe the electricity can curve and/or strike multiple opponents at once.
@zawarudo4459 3 жыл бұрын
Pokémon that know thunder fang: I am four parallel universes ahead of you
@angelaguilar4279 2 жыл бұрын
What about Thunder?
@normalchannel2185 2 жыл бұрын
best move would be if they slapped the tail
@hanifsulistiyo3559 2 жыл бұрын
Or Thunder Punch or Plasma Fists
@krishgupta1128 2 жыл бұрын
Probably just thunder fang because it gets to your inside directly and he even says it in the video (not the name but about biting)
@hanifsulistiyo3559 2 жыл бұрын
@@krishgupta1128 I didn't mean that. It doesn't have anything to do with naming. I said Thunder Punch or Plasma Fists because thunder punch and plasma fists are contact moves so the electricity actually hits.
@cluelessbluebird 4 жыл бұрын
My chemistry teacher: spends the whole semester explaining how electricity works Matpat: explains it in less that 20 minutes
@KnotNoxus 4 жыл бұрын
ZoeTheUnicorn Queen that’s how school is
@khaledhafi4285 4 жыл бұрын
Plus being cool doing it
@worldofvariations 4 жыл бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: the world's education system in a nutshell.
@TheLibra97 4 жыл бұрын
For defence, use the "I knew that but we studied a bit of electricity in chemistry" card.
@jucom756 4 жыл бұрын
But there you also get thought about circuits and resistance etc. right?
@-sugr- 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe as the cheeks negatively charge, Pikachu's body does charges negatively aswell but the cheeks charge more. To me this would result in a Pikachu that is negatively charged but can still concentrate energy in his cheeks.
@silaslithian5298 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, I actually liked those hot wings.
@DirewolfMemento 4 жыл бұрын
"Hot wings" This show never gets old, neither does matpats dry humor
@phoenixgaming-plakadrakes6235 4 жыл бұрын
yes (btw im not liking this comment to keep it at 69)
@kingkarp1232 4 жыл бұрын
Hot wings
@DirewolfMemento 4 жыл бұрын
@@phoenixgaming-plakadrakes6235 pre-jinx looks like Mr. Popos wife
@phoenixgaming-plakadrakes6235 4 жыл бұрын
YES
@phoenixgaming-plakadrakes6235 4 жыл бұрын
Alright guys nvm I did end up liking this comment cuz the number was after 69 :(
@hobotify 2 жыл бұрын
Conclusion: Volt Tackle being Pikachu's strongest move makes sense, because he actually makes contact.
@pochiluis0570 2 жыл бұрын
And if he used electricity when doing the metal tail move I would be even stronger
@enderthemaster Жыл бұрын
@@pochiluis0570 bruh no because that would hurt himself
@PinkMarker153 8 ай бұрын
@@pochiluis0570*iron tail
@mahitshah3107 5 ай бұрын
wild charge too, electroweb aswell ig
@sarahdsparks Жыл бұрын
So, if we reverse this and say that electric Pokémon have to be doing *some* kind of effective attack (since they do actually KO other Pokémon), could it be that we have the mechanics of their power wrong? Maybe the power isn’t to “shoot lightning,” but to ionize air? So, the power is the ability to reduce the resistance of air to nothing, and thus allow them to turn what should be minor shocks into major weapons?
@SoulFlameXil 2 жыл бұрын
What if their fur insulates them against shocking themselves? And what if part of charging their little cheek batteries ionizes a sphere around them or come in front of them. It might also be worth noting that often in the anime anyways electrical attacks are often seen starting at a point and moving across the ground to the opponent. But that’s just a theory, a GAME theory!
@tsgooch5198 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone else: Throws battery out MatPat: Recycles battery safely Me, an intellectual: "Rechargable Double A's FTW!!!"
@superspork3975 4 жыл бұрын
Need those bad boys to play Pokemon back on GBC
@deadhead8486 4 жыл бұрын
Me an intellectual:gives it to Pokemon that eats metal
@len5630 4 жыл бұрын
"Hot Wings" I was here when Gaijin Goomba was still here and DeadLock was still a thing
@xaviervargas1097 4 жыл бұрын
Saaame those were the days culture shock was really great
@joelle4226 4 жыл бұрын
I totally forgot about DeadLock
@andrewnehus1566 4 жыл бұрын
I loved deadlock.
@redcrosw 4 жыл бұрын
I miss gaijin goomba
@gearofwar933 4 жыл бұрын
God this is some nostalgia down in this comment section
@61wisampa Жыл бұрын
I know this is an old video and it's in Game Theory but MatPat should really watch A Certain Scientific Railgun and then explain Misaka Mikoto's powers
@nathangilbert7920 Жыл бұрын
This channel has taught me so much about and help keep me thinking through everything.
@oopsitsophie1962 4 жыл бұрын
“Hot wings” Believe it or not, “bad” puns are my favorite jokes
@kalintodorov7971 4 жыл бұрын
sans
@caspain9629 4 жыл бұрын
Same
@mrbiggs6920 4 жыл бұрын
Saaaaaaame
@slucarios 4 жыл бұрын
I do certainly agree with your statement.
@randomgeneratedname5503 4 жыл бұрын
MatPat: “electric pokemon are useless” Me: “uh I need my raichu to keep my lights on since I’m not paying bills! So to each their own”
@madog61 4 жыл бұрын
Just Jazzie ha so true
@Chip-Chapley 4 жыл бұрын
electricity goes out "oh no! my fridge has milk and eggs in it!' "pikachu use thunderbolt" and that's how ash won the pewter city gym badge.... and proceeded to plow brock's wife.
@kieronbrown73 4 жыл бұрын
Hot wings
@CrystalGreymon 4 жыл бұрын
@@Chip-Chapley Who still has yet to exist.
@q_0191 2 жыл бұрын
I learnt more about lighting from a video about pokemon then I did in my science class.
@AAI_Einstein 10 ай бұрын
Mat how about you calculate how much electric power they have by calculating the voltage and amps required to do some things they do in the show
@10tailedbijuu 7 ай бұрын
naw, too much work
@Nixthelf 3 жыл бұрын
May I just say, im currently a third year studying to be come an electrician. I saw this coming and felt smart for once:)
@ilpurple 3 жыл бұрын
This comment is so underrated
@Verymuch_V1 3 жыл бұрын
okay, i never thought i would say something like this even though i hate saying it but... this comment is actually underrated.
@somukapare2169 2 жыл бұрын
Ditto In high school though But I knew this when I was ten cause the guy who taught me pokemon taught me university level physics(the logic, not equations)
@goota84 2 жыл бұрын
Can't formulate a sentence without spelling errors
@somukapare2169 2 жыл бұрын
@@goota84 ?
@mattb3635 4 жыл бұрын
The move thunder fang is gonna be hitting different when Pokemon realise this
@Zarreth 4 жыл бұрын
That or Thunder Punch.
@DemonKing19951 4 жыл бұрын
Volt tackle too.
@augustomoreira7441 Жыл бұрын
14:51 pikachu used thunderbolt! the enemy just flat out died! you monster!
@blasterbolt734 10 ай бұрын
You should think into it more. You never know if Pikachu starts the charge at his cheeks and the negative energy spreads to the rest of him. One major fact is that in one of the pokemon shows, electricity surrounds Pikachu with signals that Pikachu ionizes the air around him before shooting the electricity
@jamesraposa942 4 жыл бұрын
Gametheory: "A ocarina song that controls the weather is *Super* devastating" Also Gametheory: a mouse that makes thunderstorms is harmless.
@TheRezro 4 жыл бұрын
It is because MatPat doesn't know that PokeDex is as reliable as XIX century medicine commercials: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Cocaine_for_kids.png
@marcuson2192 4 жыл бұрын
“Electric types are basically useless” Thunder punch: Am I a joke to you?
@r.j.penfold 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Thunder Fang and Volt Tackle! (And almost all other physical based electric moves.)
@FlambergeRagnarok 4 жыл бұрын
Having only melee range attacks as a pokemon thats not really a heavy type or at least suit for boxing/whatever because or their, well, body, length of arms, shape of legs etc makes them basically useless unless you throw them st another pokemon with no range attacks so they can maybe shock while taking a bone cracking punch to the face. Otherwise theyre at a disadvantage when it comes to defending against ranged attacks if they cant fly or move quickly enough for dodging to be easy and the length of their arms to catch the other pokemon with not matter
@hazeltree7738 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes you are
@SolstaceWinters 4 жыл бұрын
*laughs in Electivire*
@nijandrak93 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Randowando19 2 жыл бұрын
Also i always think about that how do pokemon even survive one hit of Thunderbolt. Arceus might just have changed science
@BluberryBoi Жыл бұрын
Learning more here than in my biology class If I ever become a biology/science teacher I'm gonna use ur videos as my lessons these make way more sense. Mat pat: the best bio/science teacher
@JBrettz 4 жыл бұрын
“Thunder Fang” is officially the deadliest electric pokemon attack.
@slipperyslime558 4 жыл бұрын
JoshBretton I mean ur right but still he has some reasons
@teamdub473 4 жыл бұрын
We rate mountains on insta
@ziyaolau3433 4 жыл бұрын
Or thunder punch
@CrystalGreymon 4 жыл бұрын
Or Nuzzle, Wild Charge, Volt Tackle, Fusion Bolt, Bolt Strike, Zing-Zap, Spark, Plasma Fists, Zippy Zap or Catastropika.
@psychochief5090 4 жыл бұрын
@@CrystalGreymon Actually, pretty sure plasma fists isnt zeraora punching people who his fists of electricity, but rather punching the ground and producing an electrical shockwave. No actual contact is made.
@GanderMTNdew 3 жыл бұрын
Pinkachu: *Shoots Lightning* Electricity: Uno Reverse Card
@riyushi7553 3 жыл бұрын
Who is pinkachu
@abdiabdi3225 3 жыл бұрын
@@riyushi7553 did you watch the video 👁👄👁
@puretestoster1 3 жыл бұрын
@@abdiabdi3225 pinkachu
@thephoenixdevil4817 3 жыл бұрын
@@abdiabdi3225 *pinkachu....* It’s name is Pikachu XD
@leogronlund7841 Жыл бұрын
Well... Did you forget about the episode in which Ash powers up Pikachu? It is very possible that Pikachu, while it was a Pichu, could have gotten it's hands on a magnet, which powers up electric type moves. And we already know that Pikachu can choose how strong to make the thunderbolt.
@walterd11 8 ай бұрын
Me: "Wow. 100,000 volts sounds like a lot." MatPat: '100000 volts seems like a lot right?' Me: "Uh...No."
@Star-Powder 4 жыл бұрын
Matpat: Pikachu would fry himself if he tried to attack. Pichu would like to know your location.
@Kurotaisa 4 жыл бұрын
"Hot Wings" Hmm. Yo MatPat, seeing as Pikachu and most Electric pokemon have managed to survive for long enough for them to appear on Archeological digs, wouldn't that mean they must have evolved an insluating skin?
@lorrygoth 4 жыл бұрын
Probably, that would also explain why they are resistant to electrical attacks.
@anastasishatzakis5752 4 жыл бұрын
Also Pikachu gets Lightning Rod so if it works like in the games it would not hurt it.
@alexlubbers1589 3 ай бұрын
You can indeed direct where a lightning strike goes, and we do it for research and even the U.S. Military has tested lightning-based weapons like the MARAUDER plasma railgun. The main way is to use a rocket trailing a wire. As the rocket flies up, the wire provides a channel of least resistance for the lightning to strike. Its pretty cool, and the process vaporizes the wire creating a giant green line of plasma. The other way to direct a strike is to ionize a channel of air. Fire can ionize pockets of air, but the military tested high-power Lasers to ionize a channel of air to guide lightning. A literal Lightning Beam! So in the case of Pokemon, perhaps electric type pokemon can ionize channels of air to guide their lightning strikes, or fire out extended whiskers that act like wires.
@WorldWeave 5 ай бұрын
Rule of Cool overrules physics when it comes to shooting lightning……though I do love the image of the Pikachu line hunting by biting their prey before electrocuting it
@brensnorf 4 жыл бұрын
me: if I had a superpower, I’d want electrokinesis matpat: weLL, acTuAllY...
@conormeade3849 4 жыл бұрын
Well there are used for that that would work, just look at Misaka from a certain magical index / scientific railgun
@raismin739 4 жыл бұрын
if can send electic wave throuh the nerve system you can manipulate other animals... it's not that bad...
@Skillerikx 4 жыл бұрын
Reality warping would be so much better.
@brensnorf 4 жыл бұрын
Emanuele Atza that’s interesting. so rather than emitting electricity, you could control the electricity in peoples bodies? that’s a cool idea.
@raismin739 4 жыл бұрын
@@brensnorf is my favorite type of power... the power to control elecrit wave is much cooler, powerful and useful.... light, gamma wave microwave, internet, nuclear fusion, electrolyse of water to make a big explosion whit the hydrogen :)
@oaksynia7353 4 жыл бұрын
"Pikachu sucks" Ash's Pikachu: basically defeats almost every single legendary Pokemon in Every movie
@Iforgotwhattoputhere 4 жыл бұрын
True
@BabbyOPTC 4 жыл бұрын
but couldn't beat a level 5 starter Snivy
@tra-guyd5209 4 жыл бұрын
plot
@amyliaclenny1866 4 жыл бұрын
The anime & manga are different than the video games, ehich are *all very* different from reality / real world science. He's using physics from our world, not the games or show. MatPat should've called Austin.
@oaksynia7353 4 жыл бұрын
@@amyliaclenny1866 yes I know. I was making a joke
@AndromedaArchive Жыл бұрын
MatPat: ...and the battery gets thrown out or, more accurately, recycled safely. Me: I've never received such a judgmental look before.
@cheesyboo6442 Жыл бұрын
I am definitely coming back to this video for my science exams ! You explained in 20mins! My teacher took a month!
@anthonyyeboah5056 4 жыл бұрын
When MatPat forgets that there is an actual move that does what he describes at 16:15. It’s called Thunder Fang
@nazothebeast 4 жыл бұрын
“Hot wings” When fnaf 2 was confusing for Matt pat
@younglingslaughter6938 4 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah
@ClaudetheEnby 4 жыл бұрын
Amen
@cyberfield5285 4 жыл бұрын
im eating hot wings lol
@emilyfernandez1749 4 жыл бұрын
me too
@user-cq8tt5ek3x 4 жыл бұрын
I actually entered game theory at fnaf 2 after watching all of smike and 8bitgaming
@Randowando19 2 жыл бұрын
Thunder fang be like : Haha now everyone will use me instead thunderbolt
@JesseJames-hp1lz Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a video of yours, binged the next 3 that you had and was mad that you didnt have more. Hot wings. You exploded dude.
@Starr_Beam 4 жыл бұрын
Mat pat : elEctRiC TyPEs sUcK Pikachu: * makes SHOCKED face*
@tchgs11zdok15 4 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment right here
@munaabdiosmana1407 4 жыл бұрын
Hoy wings
@fallenangel249 4 жыл бұрын
Me: eh shut up ya mutant sewer rat
@kenwalkensdeadchannelcanal2886 4 жыл бұрын
Surprised pikachu face
@eddieisntsocial6974 3 жыл бұрын
I’m literally learning more here than my science class
@bleh5047 3 жыл бұрын
Same.
@countingdays811 3 жыл бұрын
You don’t have science it’s summer
@rafaelmesaglio229 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe because you learn about electricity in physics and actual electronics classes
@willis_davies6348 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah well you obviously didn't pay attention during English. I mean you LITTERALLY must not pay attention in English
@miniman9121 3 жыл бұрын
Epic Beares, actually I, personally am Australian so I wasn’t on my summer break.
@zakosist 9 ай бұрын
This video should be used in school when teaching about electricity, I found this much easier to understand and more interesting than back when I learned about it in science class
@stephfassel6967 Жыл бұрын
"Can you actually zap someone with electricity from a distance ? Not really" Well technically you can by throwing an electrified metal object. And of you don't count that possibly then you shouldn't count throwing fire either because you'd need a burning object in order to throw fire
@jaamz567 4 жыл бұрын
0:06 "More controversial than Pokemon Sword and Shield not having the national dex." No, what's controversial is that you're talking about the Galar region while showing Alola in the background.
@saji.2874 4 жыл бұрын
James R Kilian IKR there is literally a pic of the Galar region
@jamesbryce3134 4 жыл бұрын
That was his editor
@nixphone7434 4 жыл бұрын
nobody:
@RiasThePunkQueen 4 жыл бұрын
What's most controversial, is that MP himself is using DEX entries as his source, when he has disproven them in the past. Basically everyone in the fandom knows that the dex entries are BS... Plus, I don't think he is accounting for the way ANIMALS use electricity, like Austin did, on a different episode, on THIS channel...
@camoking3605 4 жыл бұрын
Matpat: electric types are useless Thunderfang: I'm about to end this man's whole career
@kylewoodowens4488 4 жыл бұрын
Tazer gun: I guess that means that it's ok to go shock Mat a few thousand times
@rahzekarma 4 жыл бұрын
don't forget Thunderpunch
@thelguy1743 4 жыл бұрын
Which means that Luxray is actually a useful pokémon. WOW
@larimari87 4 жыл бұрын
Every electric legendary: am I a joke to you?
@certainpeople159 4 жыл бұрын
He roasted more than just the electric type.
@Fabioplayz13 Жыл бұрын
Go Pikachu I Choose You! USE THUNDERBOLT "Pikachu has fainted"
@sanyo_neezy 2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad, electric pokemon are the only type that aren't physically viable! Imagine other types had attacks that can't be explained by science! :O
@articspetsnaz2833 4 жыл бұрын
"Not as bad as if you stuck your finger in an electrical outlet" Me: cough American outlet cough
@JamesDavy2009 4 жыл бұрын
Some other countries' outlets have twice the potential as an American outlet.
@HeavenOblivion 4 жыл бұрын
JamesDavy2009 Lhas
@HeavenOblivion 4 жыл бұрын
JamesDavy2009 has
@ringoch6862 4 жыл бұрын
hi david im davidtay
@reckarthack3018 4 жыл бұрын
@@JamesDavy2009 but you can't stick your finger in a UK plug
@robinscompass5951 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, an electric type with huge wires that lash out at Pokémon and shock them would be cool. Oh wait that’s xurkitree.
@gachastocks6151 4 жыл бұрын
At least they can actually hurt another person
@ayushtyagi1673 4 жыл бұрын
What about now matpat??
@gavrielfeigenbaum9274 4 жыл бұрын
*cough cough* literally Electavire *cough cough*
@powerrangerkid16 4 жыл бұрын
Too bad whiplash isnt a pokemon
@SatysfaingThings Жыл бұрын
matpat explained electrycity in 5 min and school explained it to me in 5 weeks
@bensonthe_cat4912 2 жыл бұрын
Matpat: xurkitree has a plug for a foot! Me: well, doesn't molten freddy have batteries for fingers?
@woomynation 4 жыл бұрын
Matpat: "You can't shoot lightning... there needs to be physical contact" Thunder Fang: "Allow me to introduce myself"
@AbhayIRIS 4 жыл бұрын
Laughs in Thunder punch
@rohenyo 4 жыл бұрын
Volt tackle anyone
@tasumaki 4 жыл бұрын
Mixing it up with volt switch!
@fallrising5443 4 жыл бұрын
Random Rock Type Pokèmon: Let me stop you right their with... EARTHQUAKE!!
@pinkiest1899 4 жыл бұрын
Volt Tackle too!
@hannathobani 4 жыл бұрын
While procrastinating, I accidentally studied for my physics test...
@mrpedrobraga 4 жыл бұрын
this is what we call a pro game theorist move
@arjunharitas5068 3 ай бұрын
Literally using this video to study for my science exam
@LiminalShift 2 ай бұрын
Maybe it isn't Pikachu targeting and 'throwing' his stored negatively charged ions but part of the move is creating, at a small distance, a positive area at the move's 'target point' as well and of course that bit is just as invisible to human eyes as the spot on the ground with the biggest charge difference that lightning will strike? The visible part is just the byproduct of the exchange. That could work out for the times the electricity seems to come from Pikachu's personal stores vs him baiting a bolt to hit his opponent from the sky?
@captnbassbeard3222 4 жыл бұрын
Me: looks at comments before video starts. Me: what the hell happened here? Me watches 1:40 in the video. Me: oh, hot wings
@arielcamhi3994 4 жыл бұрын
SAME DUDE but during the ad
@DoktorDry 4 жыл бұрын
"Most controversial in Game Theory history" Sans is Ness: Am I a joke to you?
@PitchBlackLaser 4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't even say this is controversial anymore... its just flat out wrong XD
@Katt-- 4 жыл бұрын
He did say in the pokemom theories tho
@happycamperds9917 4 жыл бұрын
BlackLaser I actually liked it... unlike Sans is Gaster IMO.
@Zero-pe3iq 4 жыл бұрын
Sans is Ness only offended weak people. The fact is either you thought it was really cool or dumb, but only weak people insulted Matt for making it. They might make jokes with their friends but they wouldn't be highly triggered. This is actually another stupid pokemon episode where Matt applies real science to a show about magically fictional creatures.(which I get is a thing he does, but it doesn't make it less stupid the theory is directly not canon and can be rejected on the plot of the games and anime alone.) The differnce is I think it's stupid, but I don't think Matt is stupid for making it. I think it's a waste of time, but if it gets him views and new subs then it was probably worth it for him.
@PitchBlackLaser 4 жыл бұрын
@@happycamperds9917 I usually like his theories too... or else I would not watch them XD but he has a way to make me angry on videos of topics I know in and out myself.
@somekindofplayer2765 2 жыл бұрын
now i understand how "aim for the horn" technique works, thx :D (i needet it for my test)
@Artemix4137 2 жыл бұрын
How did I learn more about electricity, volts, and amps and stuff in a Pokémon KZfaq videos then the entirety of my electrical unit in my actual mechanics class
@katnightingale9707 4 жыл бұрын
“Hot wings” I don’t even remember when I got here. You had about 20 episodes and I binged them.
@alanwolf313 4 жыл бұрын
Thunder Fang, Thunder Punch, Wild Charge, Volt Tackle, etc.: "am i joke to you?"
@yooooooooooooooo696 4 жыл бұрын
*v o l t s w i t c h*
@kaitokobayashi6394 4 жыл бұрын
Thunder fang seems to be the deadliest move pikachu can use
@thatguyphlex 4 жыл бұрын
Alan Wolf the maximum volts are still 100,000 so everything else falls under that. Meaning, even if they get physical contact, the damage would be significantly low.
@foxtrap86flame 4 жыл бұрын
Is no one going to mention Pikachu's Z-Move
@kenty1405 4 жыл бұрын
With electric pokemons having miniscule electric range attack damage, they would be at a disadvantage against other pokemons that have range attack. In theory, they would be fainted before even touching the enemy. The enemy wouldn't be there standing knowing that they have an opponent that can kill them in one touch.
@NaudVanDalen 5 ай бұрын
16:38 Ash would have absolutely died right here at the beginning of his journey because he held Pikachu in his arms so there's no air in between. Also at 16:41 when he's holding Pikachu's tail.
@scorpius3302 3 ай бұрын
I like how his logos from all his Chanel's show the player icons for xbox 360 like this one is player 1 film theory is 2 food is 3 and fashion is 4
@MrJChristianz 4 жыл бұрын
Raichu's own Pokedex entry says "Its long tail serves as a ground to protect itself from its own high-voltage power"
@calebhess3298 4 жыл бұрын
That wouldn't help him since that's not how grounding works.
@thecrazycapmaster 4 жыл бұрын
Saul Goodman and that’s why Pikachus evolved 🤣🤣 they were tired of zapping themselves
@jplayingminecraft7446 4 жыл бұрын
@@thecrazycapmaster Pikachu evolves through a thunderstone. It's not exactly a choice for them.
@randomgamer9926 4 жыл бұрын
JPlayingMinecraft Im not trying to start an argument but its a joke jeez
@bowmanc.7439 4 жыл бұрын
I think there might be a translation error. I don’t mean Japanese to English, I’m talking about the fictional universe of Pokemon’s language to real world earth language translation error. Their universe obviously have different laws of physics, for all we know, their world might not even be made of particles at all. So electron might not be a thing in the “poke-verse”. We just translate it to electricity because it looks like that.
@swordsmancs 3 жыл бұрын
“Pikachu would likely electrocute himself” _glances at Volt Tackle_ “Yeah, and?”
@coneburger9081 3 жыл бұрын
@Edward Piazza isnt that obvious captain obvious
@alenec 3 жыл бұрын
Um u should count "THUNDER PUNCH" as well UwU
@aaronhaggard7683 3 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget Thunder Fang.
@kairorivera9348 3 жыл бұрын
Electric Types is Important for Lorelei
@kairorivera9348 3 жыл бұрын
Because most of her pokemon is 4X effective on electric
@CraziestChaos 2 жыл бұрын
Matpat: “ if you somehow watched those and stuck with me all those years” Me: *feeling twenty years older* yeaaa
@nichmiller4251 Жыл бұрын
Well, 3 years later: Hot Wings, homie.
@solracstormhunter3023 4 жыл бұрын
So basically the most effective electro attacks are: - Thunder Punch - Volt Tackle - Thunder Bite - Thunderschock on full contact
@malp2909 4 жыл бұрын
Thunder Fang*
@4shadow894 4 жыл бұрын
Literally, all of them are suicidal attacks since they dont have resistance to lightning
@Akuma-qv5zi 4 жыл бұрын
I hate it I cant like it always sends me to the comment ugb
@Akuma-qv5zi 4 жыл бұрын
Oh but i can dislike wow
@jmth-li7ew 4 жыл бұрын
69 likes
@gaelic_geek5709 4 жыл бұрын
"A buildup of Negative charge." [I Hate Everything's face]
@Jelly_boba62 2 жыл бұрын
Him: talking about how and what electricity is Me: nodding my head like i understand what he's saying
@emmanstinekaye5296 Жыл бұрын
Togedemaru: what you talking about, man?I absorb electricity
@jennytran2290 4 жыл бұрын
"Hot Wings" I guess that means thunder fang is now scientifically the most dangerous thunder move. Move over volt tackle and thunder!
@pwnchy 4 жыл бұрын
OG Game Theory: *a lot of bad puns and sex jokes* Game Theory: *_hot wings_*
@austinbush7972 4 жыл бұрын
Oh yah yah
@herrbean95 4 жыл бұрын
That id game theory
@zee8929 4 жыл бұрын
Not much has changed just more of the jokes
@victiniplayz1456 4 жыл бұрын
huh
@songchikako2959 4 жыл бұрын
More like Exotic Butter!
@alemspahovic4126 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of which on the topic of electricity and amps, does it exist audio cassette tape type of Pokemon ???
@redstone_guy_yt955 7 ай бұрын
Now I wonder how the move Thunder would work with this since it literally summons a cloud and it’s relatively close to the ground
@eamonbell6378 3 жыл бұрын
Matpat: dissed xurkitree Also matpat: states that connecting a wire to the opponent is the most effective method of electrocution, meaning that the good ol' bundle of wires could easily be the strongest electric type
@ricardomont808 3 жыл бұрын
Thats true
@walker9192 3 жыл бұрын
Hu that’s true
@chocmilk 3 жыл бұрын
So your saying Pikachu's strongest asset is the 'Static' ability, where physical contact may paralyze the opponent? Instead, it would just be instant death?
@ellienugent3120 3 жыл бұрын
Oh dear. NUZLOCKE RULES MEANT POKEMON DIED WHEN HIT OR FAINTED. OHGODDAMNWHHHYYY.
@jackychang9148 3 жыл бұрын
You're *
@shrekinator1882 3 жыл бұрын
mareep has a static so when its attacked the pokemon gets paralyzed . so does that mean it has instant death powers?
@Windja69 3 жыл бұрын
omg it's my brotha!!
@Razorcrusher Жыл бұрын
Xurkitree is an ultra beast, or an alien in the Pokémon universe basically. It is different to the Pokémon we all know and love on earth because they come from a different dimension, the ultra beyond
@Fightingsquidtattoos 7 ай бұрын
So this actually showed me that electric Pokémon are stronger than we ever thought before. Clearly the Pokédex just has the voltage wrong and likely meant AMPS
@axlmagnus 4 жыл бұрын
"Hot wings" -Fatpat, Nov 2019
@sagetheassassin3192 4 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmm, wings!!!
@dirpycatkittymeowmeow9099 4 жыл бұрын
Ayy that preetyy cool wings
@S3PH1RoTH1 4 жыл бұрын
"Hot wings" What about Magnemite/ton/zone? Since they control magnetism they could alter the field around their opponent to make an electric charge.
@antonioaguirre5464 4 жыл бұрын
This guy right here knows.
@zanderoneil3405 4 жыл бұрын
This is why I said "lots" instead of "all" in my comment
@swarley39 6 ай бұрын
So volts are the difference between the negative and positive charges, electric Pokemon seem to be the negative charge and their target is a positive charge. It seems plausible enough in a universe where fish can survive on land, rocks have arms, and creatures can alter their bodies and evolve, that it doesn't take much energy to create a path between an electric Pokemon and its target.
@Justatrainer Жыл бұрын
I find it funny how matpat is explaining this but not how wild animals (after beating up others) change skin color hair color and so much other stuff
@modern5082 4 жыл бұрын
Mat pat: ruining your childhood since 2011 Me: I'm still a child Also me: I'm hungry for some hot wings
@dimitrijames00001 4 жыл бұрын
Now I want hot wings
@seanreynolds7338 4 жыл бұрын
Same
@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676 4 жыл бұрын
Man I love Hot wings
@brokengames9020 4 жыл бұрын
matpat running ad-revenue/sponsored propaganda scam business since 2011.
@poeidon3903 4 жыл бұрын
Sniper Riffle117 so your name is basically "Sniper Riffle Master Chief
@someguy394 3 жыл бұрын
All of a sudden, thunder fang looks like one of the most powerful moves...
@saragenren6139 2 жыл бұрын
No wonder Luxray goes hard
@dko9652 2 жыл бұрын
@@saragenren6139 Oof
@thorn62_yt53 5 ай бұрын
@@saragenren6139aye my favourite electric type
@news2383 Жыл бұрын
I really love rock Pokemon, so many types can't do anything to them and got such powerful moves.
@SportsFan824 3 жыл бұрын
"Science" Oh buddy the fairy type is super effective on dragon types. Nothing like Tinker bell whipping the heck out of a 6 headed dragon
@Riftweaver1981 3 жыл бұрын
that too is science. because the game devs needed a way to slow down the massive overuse of dragon types, so they made fairy immune to it. game balance is science too
@cnmxproductions11 3 жыл бұрын
@@Riftweaver1981 completely true. This is why I get mad at people who wrongly accuse movies of being stupid, or, "fan service".
@Pinanimate 3 жыл бұрын
I laughed more than I should have at this
@hetalthakkar6429 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe because fairy is related to magic
@Riftweaver1981 3 жыл бұрын
@@hetalthakkar6429 in most forms of fantasy, dragons are often highly resistant or immune to magic
@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 4 жыл бұрын
Hot wings “you can't throw lighting at people” Zeus:Am I a joke to you?
@thestevens580 4 жыл бұрын
TheWitch KingofWolfs. Yes
@NxVernxual 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@zhee1236 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@dman98643 4 жыл бұрын
Zeus's shoot lightning from above most of the time
@warrenkemp4004 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Elonmustard675 Жыл бұрын
Hey Matpat how you doing. I really liked the video that you did on the game Inscrypsion. I really love theories with scary back stories
@apanickedseagull Жыл бұрын
In Jurassic Park, when the kid is climbing the deactivated electric fence, wasn’t that 100,000? How accurate was that? He was sent flying and they had to give him cpr. He is a kid though and he was grounded through the fence so he was a completed circuit right? Even if you are ground barefoot to the earth the electricity course through you to the ground will still ruin your day?
@MonaFlowers__ 4 жыл бұрын
Minecraft theory: I have a theory about the blazes. Wither skeletons are made of carbon as they drop coal on death. They most likely were fossilized in soul sand and netherrack and eventually gained the properties that allow netherrack to burn forever. Then some of them got hit by a ghast and they lit on fire as well as gaining the ghasts’ ability to fly and shoot fireballs becoming blazes. due to the fact that they were made of fossilized coal and netherrack they burn forever and can shoot weak fireballs at targets. They also live in the nether fortresses because they used to be the ancient builders. Edit:The spawners could be a result of the builders experiments with life and death. After blazes lived in the fortresses for a while their essence went into the spawners and they started appearing from them. Edit 2: magma cubes could be slimes brought into the nether.
@catalyst9955 4 жыл бұрын
Jackmaster well they could be connected to pigmen which could be the builders
@truckkun7704 4 жыл бұрын
Jackmaster but that’s just a theory a game theory
@commonviewer2488 4 жыл бұрын
That doesn't explain all those Blaze Spawners that are found in Nether Fortresses.
@Flop_Studios 4 жыл бұрын
It's obviously spawners smh my head jkjk lol lmao. That's a good theory!
@strawberryseal1851 4 жыл бұрын
GAIN COPYRIGHT FOR THET IDEA NIW!
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