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Okay, now I’m thinking Druddigon should have gotten some love in Sword and Shield. Imagine how dope a G-Max Druddigon would have been if it had some of the old Red Dragon aesthetic to it!

Quick correction for 1:58! Endothermic creatures are those that can regulate their body temperature internally, such as by their metabolism, making them warm blooded. Ectothermic creatures are those that have to rely on external factors, such as the sun, to regulate their body temperature, making them cold blooded. From what I can tell, “exothermic” only refers to chemical reactions that produce heat, which would then be pared with endothermic reactions that absorb and store heat, which may be where that confusion came from.

Also, Druddigon is supposedly meant to symbolize the semi-ugly (but also kinda funny and cute, in an ugly-cute way) gargoyles that were often perched on cathedrals and castles. Of which there are MANY in Wales. Its head being a separate color to the rest of its body being in reference to its unfinished, unpolished state, like the mason who carved it couldn't be bothered to add more definition to the face, said it was good enough, and just unveiled it as is. Likewise, the whole endothermic thing applies to gargoyles in folklore too; if it's too cold out, or if it is during the night of a thunderstorm (and they get hit by thunderbolt midflight), then they become paralyzed, and fall to the earth, breaking into stone pieces on impact.

If that's true then a Grass/Dragon regional variant would be neat to see.

The three non legendary Unova Dragon lines are so good, it's unreal.

Even though it fits the self joke about being dyslexic, which honestly same here, you mixed ectothermic with exothermic and endothermic with ectothermic. It even made me second guess myself because exothermic is a chemistry term. 💀

2:45 I saw that. You cannot hide that logo for me. Well that Dragon does go into caves I guess...

So Druddigon is a thistle dragon, that sounds like the perfect opportunity for a regional variant.

A regional variant or a new evolution of Druddigon would be cool.

FUN FACT: Gargoyles are specifically stone statues that spout water from their mouths; the non-spitting ones are known as “grotesques,” which is a common observation of Druddigon’s appearance… 😅

Some Gargoyle lore says they absorb the sun's rays during the day like plants to be so energetic at night.

With all that said, wouldn't that mean that the Druddigon in Unova are an invassive species and their real place of origin is in the Galar region?

You know how everyone has that one Pokemon everyone else finds ugly but you really like? Druddigon is that for me. I don't know why, but I love this dope. Might be my favorite Dragon type.

I love how much fun Lockstin has turning his research into humour- equal parts informative and entertaining 😁

Apparently in Welsh, the "dd" double consonant is pronounced the same way as the "th" sound in "Mouth" or "Month." A good example of this is Blaidd from _Elden Ring_ , whose name is pronounced "BLAY- _th_ " as opposed to "BLAY- _duh_ ." Also the etymology of Blaidd is the Welsh word for "Wolf" so his name means... "Wolf the Half-Wolf." Redundancy. So, I always pronounced its name as "Druth- _Y_ -Gon." ... Hope that clarifies. 🤷

As a Welsh person it's beautiful hearing you attempt to pronounce the Welsh words 😂 thank you for not pushing us aside like GF did for Galar :')

I'm sad we didn't get a Tarrasque Pokémon in Kalos, it is a neat story from what I know of it.

5:02 the wings remind me of Holly leaves. Honestly, the entire aesthetic of Druddigon reminds me of the Common Holly bush.

I can only imagine how many bugs he brought inside without knowing because he had the huge plant and moving it a bunch lol. AMAZINGLY IN DEPTH AS ALWAYS AMAZING VIDEO!

When I saw that title, I believed you were going to say Druddigon is some kind of "wood dragon". In french, its name Drakkarmin is a combination of the color Carmin with Drakkar, the classical Viking ship with a dragon head. Honestly I would love if you added name analysis of other languages in videos like these or made a short video as addendum because there's also interesting things in the translations from other languages!

You thought I wouldn't notice the bad dragon logo at 2:47

druddigons shiny kinda reminds me of a dandelion, but like slightly a different coloured head

5:22 “In order to keep your dragon hapy, feed it plenty of happy meals! Never attempt to breed a dragon type yourself, only breed it with another dragon type!”

It would be cool for a new evolution of Druddigon to wholly embrace its gargoyle inspiration, becoming part rock type. And I'm not the only one, fangames have actually done this idea before

Not going to lie first time I saw Druddigon I legit thought it was a weird Christmas themed dragon because the red head and the shape of the wings made me think of holly. 😂

After he mentioned the "world empires" theme, I just thought it would be neat to see a video going over all of the Unova pokemon that represent empires. The only other one I can think of is Braviary representing the US, so I'd love to see a list of them

I never imagined my favorite pokemon getting its own episode here

Finally, Druddigon is getting some love.

Imagine a regional grass dragon Druddigon that evolves into Druiddigon 0:27

I actually really like druggion, it looks so colorful and not saying that because I rest on it’s warm tough body. Also to be considered a princess whenever Champion Iris allows me to borrow it sometimes…

I'd like to throw in the Holly plant as a possible influence too, the leaves and red berries speak for themselves- but also they're associated with Christmas, which the colours of the shiny still are, and have some representation in wicca and harry potter, magic... arcane.

I feel like Lockstin videos videos are an equal share of tactical analysis and acid trip. And it couldn’t be more perfect.

1:58 I think you got the terms mixed up here ^^; endothermic refers to being warm-blooded, while exothermic refers to being cold-blooded

Y'know, gargoyles ARE pretty underrated Halloween creatures! Druddigon's neat, maybe one day we'll get a Rock/Dragon RF?

Druddigon is my all-time fave pokemon, so you can only imagine how excited I was seeing someone finally picking him up and talking about him after being buried and forgotten for so long, Thank you so much ;o;

How dare you give me such appreciation for this monster. I think I... like Druddigon now? How did you do this??

I just caught shiny drudiggon yesterday

A neat detail is the Red and White Dragon legend is brought back in Galar with the rivalry between Leon's Charizard (the "king" of the league) and Rohan's Duraladon (the attempted usurper). With that in mind, Charizard was not the worst pick for Leon's ace, but an even more Welsh Dragon inspired Druddigon evo would have been better (though unlikely given it's not a particularly popular Mon). Or maybe just a new red dragon mon.

Druddigon has always been one of my favourite Pokémon. It deserves so much more love.

2:45 if you go frame by frame, you'll see the Bad Dragon logo

Either I've been having false memories or this video gets the technical terms for warm-blooded and cold-blooded backwards. They're pretty similar-sounding, so it's understandable to mix them up. Also, now I'm picturing a druddigon getting eaten by a particularly melancholic mudbray. Thanks for that image.

I always loved Druddigon for its Shiny. It reminds me of Tabaluga, the good luck dragon by author and singer Peter Maffay.

I always looked at Druddigon as a vulture dragon, with the red head being like the bald head of vultures!

"Druddigon is many things, one of them is ugly!" That absolutely killed me. The way you just said it so casually. 😂

Not what I expected for a halloween episode, but appreciated nonetheless

I had thistle in my yard and it brought in so many beautiful bugs and birds such as bumblebees, hummingbirds, hummingbird moths and butterflies. And so me and my dad kept them in the yard. Sadly they haven't grown back this year but were hoping it will grow next year as we really like seeing the bugs and hummingbirds it brought in.

8:23 Quite a dapper Towering Pillar of Hats.

tbh I always thought Druddigon's color scheme was basically just like Braviary. American lizard

I never understood the hate towards Druddigon as it's actually my favorite dragon type. Maybe I'm just crazy.

2:46 You thought you were slick-

Loved the editing in this video

I saw that 'black and red' dragon. A very bad one, innit?

2:46 “Western dragons” 👀I see you editor.

I always liked Druddigon when i was a small boy who watched the Pokemon Black and White anime, i like the colors, and the spikes aswell **Even though they look like crayon tips** and I still like it to this day and I hope it gets more love in future generations

Only tangentially relevant, but honestly? I really like thistles. They're genuinely one my favourite plants.

I think Lockstin may have conflated two famous dragon-versus-Christian-saint stories in his summary of the George myth. The part where the princess throws a leash around the dragon's neck and leads it around seems derived from the legend of Saint Martha and the Tarrasque. In every version of the Saint George story I could find, George slays the dragon he fights.

well in Disney's Gargoyles it was scientifically proven that gargoyles uses the stone sleep state to use the sun as a way to store energy for the next night so the theory goes

Something else you left out while not her father, Drayden is Iris' Grandfather making that connection even deeper, and while Haxorus is both their signature Pokemno a lot of people do associate Drayden with Druddigon.

I've always thought Drugrdidionn looks like a child make a dragon out of legos, and that creation came to life.

One would think that a plant dragon would have grass type

Blacephelon is definitely not based on a dandelion in any way, shape or form. It's fireworks and a clown. Where and how do you see a dandelion in it's design? because I don't.

For those who want to know, the crests on a crested Gecko aren't pointy or spikey at all. They're soft and you can squish their cheeks when you pet them. They're very nice to pet, 10/10.

The fact that Austin and I share a last name makes me extremely happy lol

No wonder why its wings remind me of plant leaves and also its shiny reminds me of a carrot.

Druddigon has always been a favorite of mine. Why? Because cool dragon (and also Gen 5), that's why. Or at least I think that's why, honestly not too sure.. I've just always liked it. This video definitely made me appreciate the design even more than I did (and hopefully others will too, please it would be great if there were more than four Druddigon fans). I hope one day it gets an evolution or at least something to make it more worth using, right now it's just not since most of its stats are kinda meh (when it's even in the games at all..)

I absolutely adore Druddigon so it's nice to be able to learn more lore about it

I like that happy mudkip in the background.

I love Druddigon ❤️

There’s one thing you forgot to mention about bearded dragons: they’re the goodest of boys, which, by the transitive property, makes Druddigon a good boy.

I never noticed the crested gecko inspiration. I have one, and now I love my little druddigon even more

Huh. I’ve been following your channel for years, but I never expected this… I love it.

druddigon more like druddigoaway lol haha got em

As a furry, I see and dang well know what you put there and I am laughing about it. I applaud your ballsy move to do that XD

2:00 Endotherms are animals that generate their own body heat, like mammals and birds (warm blooded). Ectotherms are reliant on outside heat sources, like reptiles (Cold blooded)

Prob my favorite vid from this channel. This is very cool!

3:10 I have a pet bearded dragon! They are so adorable. I have to say, you’re somewhat wrong. Beardie’s aren’t aggressive, but territorial. However, if you aren’t considered prey or a rival (such as a medium-large herbivore), it will ignore you. If you are massive, such as a human, it will be wary but will not attack even if you pick it up in the wild until all countermeasures fail. This is quite obvious with pet “Beardies”, who sometimes actually _enjoy_ being held. They are mostly insectivores, but majority will also happily dine on veggies and small fruit, as well as rodents big enough for them to chew (such as small rats used to feed snakes). But for 90% of the day, they will happily sit on their rock, in the sun, basking. The most recognizable feature on a bearded dragon, is, well, the beard! While other lizards may be able to puff out their chest, chin, and/or throat to make themselves appear larger, beardies are able to push it out and turn it deep black, which both warns the target and makes it appear larger. This is simply a defense mechanism, and should be taken as a warning to not get any closer (well, for animals. A human can get up close and it will run away instead of attacking). But the beard trick is actually a bit reminiscent of their cousin, the Frilled-neck lizard, which has massive frills that can pop out (like the dilophosaurus in Jurassic Park), but it is simply a defense mechanism to ward off attackers. It cannot spit venom or anything like that. But bearded dragons are part of the “dragon family”, or the “Amphibolurinae subfamily” which, as you can probably guess, is filled with many lizards that are nicknamed “dragon”. Though there are some exceptions to this family, such as the Frilled-neck Lizard or Thorny Devil. Most notably is the locations of these species. Being a subfamily, all these species are actually biologically super close. However, their habitats vary across the world. Most of them come from around Australia, but some are _native_ to southern USA/northern Mexico, Asia, and (I may be wrong) Europe. Somehow, these species which live so far away are extremely related to each other (still unable to usually produce viable offspring, but I am sure in super rare cases it can happen). But for druddigon, I’d say there are other reptiles that fit it better than the Bearded Dragon. I’m not a reptile expert, so I don’t know of many beyond Bearded Dragons, but there are plenty of species that are even spikier than the Bearded Dragon, such as the Horned Lizard (can shoot blood out of its eyes) and the Thorny Devil (is 90% spikes, 9% cuteness, 1% devil)

Oh my goodness I loved your library animation with the hands reaching for books xD bahahaha

MY BELOVED DRUDDIGON, THANK YOU FOR COVERING MY FAVORITE

Had huge thistles all over the pasture one year. Chopped them down with a machete while riding A three wheeler. The hollow thunk sound when you hit the stem was the best part.

The connection between thistles and Druddigon of all Pokémon feels really weird, especially since Druddigon’s origins are very defined. Druddigon is clearly based on gargoyles and rock monsters, aside from the obvious western dragon. It’s clear from its cave habitat, rocky, craggy appearance, and aversion to sunlight, a trait shared by many rock creatures. Its wings aren’t leaves, but are more rocks or stalactites, while attempting to keep the generic wing shape in mind.

Shiny Druddigon makes me think of Dragon fruit, cause it grows from a kind of cactus. There is yellow fruit variety. We have one at home :D

Fun fact the legendary trio for Sword and Shield share the same origin as Druddigon, Drayden and Iris.

1:59 You've got it backwards, endotherms are warm-blooded and ectotherms are cold-blooded

Druddigon has always been one of my favorite dragon pokemon and now i love it even more!!!!!

You mentioning Druddigon having a hunchback another inspiration could be from the story/movie HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME which keeps the gargoyle motif

Got another dragon legend from Merry Olde England, the Sockburn wyrm. Dragon invaded a town's well and poisoned the water. A knight came out to fight it, but he couldn't get through it's armored hide. It swallowed him whole and he found it was much squishier on the inside, so he cut his way out with a falchion.

No way, Druddigon has DEEP LORE? Cool, I'll keep it in mind as I spray my garden to keep them away.

Also, bearded dragons make wonderful pets. They do like to try and eat my fingers when in hunting mode. Crested geckos are also wonderful pets. They're stupid as all get out, unless they want to be chaotic.

I figured it was partially the red headed lizard, but I thought it had those 3 because well those are the 3 primary colors, then the shiny is... well 2 of 3 secondary colors, doesn't have purple on it, but has green and orange.

Lol omg was that the Bad Dragon logo I saw 2:47?!?! Lol

Druddigon one of my favorite pokemons because when i was a kid i had a team plasma card of him and he looked so cool

Tbh, I quite like Druddigon and now knowing it’s origins, I like it even more

I love Druggion! Sometimes makes me a little sad to see others call 'em ugly..They're great spikey bois and I'd absolutely love to have one, while it's not on my top favorites list I still really enjoy it's design; nice to know it has deep lore and inspirations to it too :]

Druddigon was my 2 fav dragon Pokémon, my 1st is haxerouse

I love Druddidogrodon, he is one of my favourite dragon types!

What I find funny about the thistle inspiration is that Druddigon has made an appearance in every generation and it's accompanying anime in some way since it's introduction in Gen 5 (at least so far). Just like the Thistles are found almost everywhere and spread very quickly.

[2:46 - 2:27] Don't think I didn’t see that dragon logo. I saw that company sponsor the spec e30 in the tt6 nasa championship, quite a big sponsor too. (In more ways then one)

you made me appreciate druddigon. never thought i would ever want to use this pokemon lol

Oh hell yes, a video appreciating my favorite mon. Got gifted one back in Alpha Sapphire in my first ever playthrough of a pokemon game, and i've loved the thing ever since.