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A WORMADAM VIDEO?? I salute you, dear creator. As a Wormadam Wormafan I endorse this episode.

Lots of different insects lose their mouth parts as they metamorphize. It's pretty morbid, but plenty of them use their "adult" stages just to find a mate, lay eggs, and die. Many different moths and especially mayflies are known for this.

What a coincidence, I was looking up for Forretress builds so I can troll my nephew in scarlet/violet and then this video pops up. The world works in mysterious ways

Talk about a suppressed memory surge. When I was a kid, we had a chestnut tree in my front yard, and one day I opened one and swore I saw a bug crawling around inside. It freaked me out and I avoided them for a long time after, and years later, I basically convinced myself I’d imagined it. Now, kid me is completely validated right down to the image. Thanks for that.

I love how Maxill has been showing up in videos lately. I've always found his snark hilarious.

I've always assumed that the trash form was steel type because the materials it uses to make the bag were man-made but this is an interesting way to look at it as well.

12:50 it's also interesting that both chestnuts and some pinecones are known to 'explode' in certain conditions; chestnuts when roasting them without piercing the shell, while some pinecones burst or pop open. Which adds to the hand grenade and cannon ball aspect of the design

I really wish Wormadam had a Bug/Ice form. Sinnoh has a lot of snowy routes to evolve it on and snow actually IS a great heat insulator. Little igloo bug. :3 Also everyone pronounced this Pokémon's name wrong. It's all-female, it's pronounced like the word madame.

Lockstin realizing he’s been mispronouncing a Pokémon’s name will always be a good bit

I always get mesmerized by the amount of research you put into your videos

This video feels exactly like when you start a conversation, then it transforms into a different topic and 10 minutes into that conversation you notice "a yeah, i wanted to talk about the other thing"

I’m surprised that you didn’t mention periwinkles around 5:30, they live in rivers and use pebbles to make their cocoon, just like Burmy’s sand form!

That thumbnail😂 perfect timing tho my friend is shiny hunting for(edit)

Anytime there is a helix sponsor, I always get excited for the cat

I remember finding a bunch of these hanging from a tree as a kid and thinking they were small pinecones til my grandma explained them to me

An unexpectingly entertaining video! Once again, thank you Lockstin and Gnoggin

A lot of Pokémon can seem really basic and uninspired- but you just got to dig a little deep! And you will really realize all the influences that go into any Pokémon! :)

I've always loved Forrtress and am happy they get some attention

My headcanon is when pokemon designs were on the table Mothim was supposed to be in the dustox line originally. Mainly cause it has that sort of "fairy" body with tiny arms and legs the same as beautifly, and at some point dustox and Mothim got switched, sorta like Butterfree and venomoth probably did.

Finally someone who understands what trash wormadam's cloak is made of. I've been telling my friends this for years and nobody would believe me... "no, it's cotton candy"

Ah yes, making a video about Burmy by disguising it as a Forretress video. Now that’s using your gnoggin.

All of these biologically accurate pokemon origins makes you wonder how many employees at gamefreak are specifically just biologists and not at all artists or engineers etc. Pretty cool to imagine

1:31 There was a huge missed opportunity to do Sinnohan Variants in BDSP along with having Hisuian Pokemon appear in the Grand Underground if you had a save for Legends.

I always thought that Forretress was just a bug in a chestnut, glad to know that I was somehow kinda right

Lockstin diving into old-gen designs that probably don't have that much thought put into them will always be entertaining

Another interesting fact about death's-head hawkmoths: they squeak! As a defense mechanism!!! It's adorable! And i freaking love them! I'm hoping to get a tattoo of one eventually

For Wormadam Trash I always just assumed it was Bubble Gum and other waste products cause it had to make its bag out of litter, hence the steel typing.

Lockstin juggles the plushies at as, viewers, like a parent goggles keys to it's infant. I love it

Bagworm buddies! Love to see the variety you cover on your channel! I'm only a minute and a half in but already delighted! 💙

my question is why does forretress' shell in scarlet and violet look like it's made of metal all of a sudden, seems they're really laying into the cannon ball aspect of the design.

If Forretress is a tree nut, then does that mean there are giant tree nuts in the Pokemon universe?

Could you please explain Dondozo and Tatsugiri?

Wormadam and Mothim deserve more love! Thanks for this awesome video

Mentioning that he looks like a Spanish fortress makes me realize how much sense it makes that he's in the Paldea Region, I wonder if it could be a reason for other older pokemon to be there... maybe video idea?

Wait, if Forretress is supposed to be another bag worm/larva, why didn't it get the Mothim/Wormadam treatment and get an actual adult look for its final evo? Maybe in a future gen it would get a third evo?

“The girl isle” really got me. One of my favorite Lockstin lines so far.

12:30 Fortitress just DISMAN'D his way in

Forretress's metal shells in SV are really cool to see.

a video about forretress and wormadam ???? THANK YOU I LOVE THESE FORGOTTEN UNDERRATED BUDDIES

Is this vid’s title a Treesicle reference? That was my first thought after seeing it and was certainly nice to see

And with their ability to learn Spikes, let's not forget about exploding caltrops. After finding one that reminded me of it the other day, I feel that Forretress could also pull inspiration from iron-oxide concretions. Formed in layers and sometimes containing soft red or yellow minerals, it's not uncommon for these rocks to be mistaken for fossil nuts or shells. This ties into Forretress' red (or yellow if Shiny) core as well as its resemblance to a walnut/chestnut and clam, and could explain why Brock has one in the anime. There are also concretions known as "cannonball concretions," tying it into your cannonball theory.

After seeing the Forretress plushy, I can only think of Chuggaaconroy's LP of Pokémon Coloseum complaning that there was no merch of it that he could find... 10 years ago! I can't believe that it's been 10 years since then, but I digress.

Are we sure this isn’t a Burmy episode?

Since Forretress is a chestnut and it’s weakness is fire, I see we can roast our chestnuts over an open fire!

14:24 That Nutshack reference made me do a double take

What is Forretress? It's goss, that's what it is. Those fleshy "cannons" gave me nightmares as a kid. I'm glad this video was mostly about another evolutionary line tbh.

OMG FINALLY idk why but I’ve always loved pineco and forretress

Hey, just wanna say I love your video’s, they always give me a boost in eagerness to learn and energy. Keep up the fun and educational content, they certainly keep me, a bored student, more curios and help me better than most teachers. Thanks ❤

The plant moving on its own made me HOWL

14:07 Now I want a regional evolution for Pineco that looks like that

I’ve always loved burmy, probably my favorite bug line. In a brilliant diamond nuzlocke I used a mothim and it almost made it all the way to the elite 4, also found a shiny alpha one in legends arceus. I’m currently using a trash wormadam in a platinum nuzlocke would have been screwed against Jupiter without it.

Hey Lockstin, love the videos, curious question that just popped into my head, do you happen to suffer from colorblindness? This isn't a dig at all, I just happened to notice that around 10:55 when you were eluding to Mothim's color being an orange much like its real-world counterpart, the photo shown in the top left looks distinctly green in tone to me! I suppose it could just be the saturation of the picture and a whole new white/gold or blue/black dress situation, but I just thought that it might be neat to uncover a little Lockstin lore. Sorry if you've mentioned this in the past before if you do happen to be colorblind! Keep up the great work and thanks for the informative vids as always!

0:14 the fact that you used Jake and the neverland pirates ship for the boat reference makes this even funnier than it needs to be! Props to the original thoughts you had as a kid honestly!

And I was just thinking about the Pineco line a week ago to potentially do some art about. Does a week ago count for coincidence? For an obscure pokemon like this, I think it does.

I actually have a different explanation for the trash burmy. The trash the burmy collects some soil along with it and when combined the metal and soil create a reddish-pink color. To me that makes more sense for a trash form and gaining steel type compared to just insulation.

1:08 "It was a time when game freak was significantly more known for putting in programming mistakes... I see not much has changed" lol the shade! that line killed me... i am now a ghost type.

My theory about trash cloak burmy is that it’s bubblegum, a common type of litter. it’s steel type because litter is very common in a city, a very steel type place

Will there be a pyroar episode?

This is the most cursed thumbnail from this channel for a mile.

When will be the next legends neo video and what if there was a gas masked wanderer

I enjoyed the add read transition today lmao Clever use of Burmy

the nutshack motif playing after you said nuts gave me heart palpitations

That scream of fear when the plant falls being perfectly cut hit my funny bone. Thanks XD

I always thought the pink on trash cloak Burmy was chewed up gum and the little metal pieces were like broken pieces of a paperclip.

New Lockstin arthropod video, today is very gud :) I actually love the Wormadam line so I’m hyped to see this! I remember Wonder Trading Dream Ball HA Burmy in Gen 7 since they were only possible to get through breeding, and snagging a few fun wins with Sucker Punch Trash Cloak!

Burmy fuses with plants and becomes grass type. Floette fuses with a plant and stays fairy. It just seems odd, but it is the only 3-stage monofairy besides the cleffa line.

"You see, plants kind of don't move on their own- AHUUGGH!"

That thumbnail is incredible

Everyone talks about how Forretress looks like a giant clam, so I'd love to see a convergent form that *is* a giant clam, they could call it Mollustress. (And instead of Pineco, its pre-evolution could be some bivalve that resembles a pinecone, and it shall be called Marineco) XD

"The 10 year old completing the pokedex doesn't know that" Now that's, pretty funny.

Hooray, Forretress video! I’ve always really lived it, and am glad to finally find out about what it is other than an clam bagworm thing, it’s organism are way more interesting than I thought they’d be

I needed this vid. it always confounded me why a Bug Pinecone turned into what seemed to be some sort of Steel Giant Clam. if Forretress is some kinda nut that makes a lot more sense :)

8:15 it makes sense, but I do have to argue that the fiberglass would still have to count as the steel-type thing itself since they do the same thing with Alolan Diglett and Dugtrio with their fiberglass hairs

5:34 Funfact: There was a wife and husband team "exploiting" plaster worms. She a Goldsmith by trade and he a hobby entomologist came up with the idea to breed the worms in a controlled environment with nothing but tiny gold balls or jewel shards to make their bags with. These were popular for a while before people realized that finalizing these pendants, earrings and whatnot involved poisoning the poor worms and carefully prying their corpses from the bag they had crafted themselves. The two were convicted for animal cruelty. Which was quite significant. As bugs are usually classified as "unable to feel".

1:14 "I see nothing much has changed." Truer words have never been said.

man really 14:24 had me rolling down the stairs, I'm laughing till now in my funeral

4:20 that yelp sounded sincere AF!! I actually shot pineapple grape GLYTCHenergy drink from my snoot! Really unexpected NGL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Forretress is one of my favorite pokemon. Super cool typing and he just looks cool af.

Makes me realize that Pineco is a good mon to have a convergent evo counterpart. A grass type that is actually a pinecone.

12:10 with subs on, you can read talk about a Bug/Dark regional variant.. glimpse at an older version of the script, maybe originally written before Lokix was revealed?

Lockstin, if you’re listening can you please make a Flabébé video? I love Flabébé and I would like to know more about it’s origins. Keep making great content!

i met you at portland retro gaming expo, i brought up my love for pineco and had you sign my psp copy of Big Daddy, and you told me you were making a video all about the bagworm pokemon. very excited to see it finally come out!!

Loved the Owens Corning shoutout lol, that's a staple factory in my hometown and like 20 of my family members work there.

I love how this video gave lots of lore about forretress. Can you do a video talking about what Glimora is?

Some interesting details about the Shellos and Gastrodon forms in Scarlet and Violet: The dex entry for West shellos states that there´s more of them (in current times) than in the past and the one for East shellos says that the east form is currently decreasing in number. However, this situation is reversed with the dex entries for Gastrodon: The dex entry for West gastrodon says that (in the past) this form used to be by far the most numerous one, while the one for East Gastrodon states that this one was less numerous in the past but that now is currently increasing in number. So you have west shellos going up in number but its evolution, West Gastrodon, going down and then East Shellos going down in number but East Gastrodon going up. So, why this happens? Considering that some dex entries (like the ones from SwSh) state that shellos physique is affected by its habitat (warm oceans causes west shellos and cold oceans causes east shellos) the explanation as to why the west pre--evolution is more abundant and why the East evolution is more abundant at the same time is pretty interesting: Either due to Paldea´s natural weather (or even due to global warming in the pokemon world causing more warm oceans), one version doesn´t need to evolve that often and the other one needs to evolve in order to survive in a least favorable weather. So you find more pre-evolutions of the west version by comparison to the east version for that reason. Because the East shellos form (that is the one more suited for cold oceans) tends to evolve more often in order to survive into the (currently warmer) oceans of Paldea/the pokemon world and thus are more common to find evolved as gastrodon while West Shellos doesn´t need to evolve into West Gastrodon that often to survive because it´s already into a warmer ocean. And thus, its evolution is less common to be seen.

It's always good to see Maxill in so many recent videos. I'd buy a plush!

I love forretress so much! thank you for making this!

I really love that you are explaining the design of the most random pokemon xD

Man I wasnt expecting this but Im glad I watched it

FUN FACT!: Remoraid and Octillary are a reference to weaponry advancement Remoraid is a gun(more noticeable in the beta design) And Octillary is a tank(again a bit more noticeable in the beta design) But since pokemon is (mostly, Phantump’s dex entry, I’m lookin at you.) kids’ game, they had to simplify the designs

forretress is one of my favorite pokemon so thank you for this video!

I've never been a fan of bug types AT ALL but this video really gave me a newfound appreciation for Burmy, Wormadam, and Mothim. Thank you for your explanations!

"Trees don't actually move... AAAAH" really got me laughing.

12:29 LOCKSTIN YOU MADE ME DROP A GLASS AND NOW THERE ARE GLASS SHARDS ALL AROUND ME AND I HAVE TO JUST STAND IN MY KITCHEN CONTEMPLATING AN ESCAPE PLAN

This was ridiculously informative, absolutely loved it

You should totally do a video on Aron and that whole line. Even a single young Aron is tough enough to upend an 18 wheel semi truck with ease. And then proceed to eat it!!

There's bagworms in my neighborhood. I've seen them hanging off juniper trees in the treeline. First time I saw one I said "Hey it's a Burmy! 😀" I dont know anything about them, but I love seeing them.

No rapid spin?

Always though trash form was made of bubblegum because of the fact that gum can always be found on the ground and is pink and lumpy but that really does not equate to steel type lol! It would make more sense to be fairy ( not a type at the time) but is typically seen in food pokemon. Or poison because of trash lol