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I'm actually glad that someone mentioned Genesect. Felt that not only Genesect could've been the first actual ancient Pokemon to receive a Paradox version, but it could've been the first Mythical Pokémon to have a Paradox version as well

Dreepy line’s my favorite, hands down. It’s one of those rare fakemons that could probably fool me if someone told me it was leaked concept art or something. I’d wanna see what Mimikyu looks like under its cloth, but I feel like an important detail that’s lost in the design is that even taking a peek under the cloth could kill you, whereas in order for the design in the video to work, you would have to take its cloth off completely to expose the tendril things

I've got a small feeling that the original Dragon might not even have the same color scheme as its current members. Since the rugged and dark appearance of Zekrom and the more fluff and brighter appearance of Reshiram are supposed to be manifestations alluding to what each symbolize, and then there is Kyurem's incomplete and muted colors. I feel like it might have to be like a Golden color to signifiy unision, a sense of being complete but also divine. I did like the spheres details added on the design you showed, which reminded me of Chinese dragons holding orbs, and Dragons are typically revered as emperor or higher plane beings in Chinese mythology

There is also Forretress who is similar to Mimikyu. its dex entry says its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armour is a total mystery.

I'm kinda surprised you didn't do the Tangela line. Even though it's not as iconic as Mimikyu for being a disguised pokemon, Tangela was the OG mystery pokemon that I personally always felt curious about.

I always thought that Mimikyu was just a little shadow creature that just happens to kill everyone who sees it (it doesn’t mean to), which causes it to doubt its appearance, and this combined with its grudge for Pikachu would be a motive for it to wear a disguise.. idk it just kinda of makes sense. Like just a small ghosty creature with self-doubt issues. (Edit because people won’t stop telling me that the creature in the video is a shadow-creature: the ‘head’ place in the disguise is empty now can you PLEASE leave me alone?)

I liked the Mimikyu design, but at the same time I personally prefer if the true form was actually just the lower part of the disguise, not including the lopsided head part.

the Mimikyu design is cute but I think the Disguise animation shows the neck breaking specifically because the head isnt full of anything

I want past forms of the Galar Fossils so bad. Maybe even future forms where they adapt to what we did to them.

I like to think that the dragon that the entire tao trio use to be was another form for Kyurem, since they said that Kyurem was the "leftovers" of the dragon and can fuse with reshiram and zekrom while reshiram and zekrom are unable to fuse with eachother idk, dumb guess

The tricky thing about Mimikyu is that we can't use its disguised form as a guideline for its shape. Based on its arm/tendril things and the fact that it has some of the more spectral qualities of some Ghost types, it may not even have a fixed form. What I'm more curious about is how it appeared before Pikachu's rise in popularity

For a future video, you should come up with designs for the Galar fossils' complete forms. That, I feel, would be very interesting to see!

I hope to see the orginal Copperajah one day when an India inspired region comes out. Also had an interesting thought of what Oricorio looked like before it drank any nectar and changed forms.

There's a problem with the Mimikyu one: in Sun & Moon when you hit one & its costume breaks, where you put those purple tendrils lolls over to one side. So unless you're implying that Mimikyu take upon themselves grievous physical injury when they... take no damage, I don't think that's what they look like

Mimicu could be a tiny eldrich horror pokemon that makes people die of fear because that's what mimicu could be inspired by eldrich horrors or cosmic beings if game freak ever decide to make a evolution for mimicu it would be explore that aspect of mimicu maybe make them look some what like Nyarlathotep or azathoth or maybe yogsithoth or shogoth or maybe the dunwitch horror but cuter and I love eldrich horrors because since I'm obsessed with this cartoon called villainous one of the characters is actually an eldrich horror

5:20 I could not agree more. Also, Genecect is my favorite Pokémon, and this concepts makes me love it even more!

I think we should get a past paradox genesect. Fatal Hunter or something similar to fill in the details about genesects origin appearance

I wish we could see what cubone actually looks like

Another video on pokemons mystery’s and deep lore! If you need to know something about Pokémon this is the channel! I love this channel ❤

Considering one mimikyu takes damage its neck snaps and it doesn't have any problem I don't think there actually is any part of mimikyu's True Form underneath that part of the costume I think a better explanation for that part is when it was making its costume maybe it's still some stuffing or some other similar things that used to fill up that portion of the costume so at first glance it looks like a Pikachu but if it takes enough damage the cartoon stuffing that part of the costume up snaps so it doesn't actually have any part of the mimikyu in that part of the costume it's just a decorative part two complete the Pikachu cosplay

Great video Hoops! Love the channel. :)

I always think that Mimikyu’s true form behind the cloak could be a legit eldritch horror that must not be seen. Instead of anything like “haha it’s ugly” and whatnot. The same Bidoof and random cartoon character jokes over and over again.

These forms look badass af Also good luck on your game!

I'm not a fan of dragapolt myself but this concept I could get behind, giving me hammerhead shark meets Axolotyl/Salamander vibes & could link the Garchomp & salamance families biology wise being a shark dragon & a plane dragon

I love how you mention your artist so much in the video ❤️

Love this, you love to see what Spiritomb unbound would look like!

Off topic but good luck with your video game I can’t wait to play it

I do really like how the tao trio turned out, I would love to have a plush version of that to go with my reshiram and zekrom I got from the pokemon center.

Yo dude, I loved this video. I forgot about the Dreapy line and how it would have looked like in the past. Great work dude! 😁 👍🏾 ❤️ 💯

Mimikyu would be perfect if the top part wasn’t there because in the Pokédex it only measures the bottom part of mimikyu for height, so the head on the disguise is just the rag, and the bottom part is the actual creature

Ahhhh you guys did the Dreepy line so well! I love them so much 😭

7:49 I think I like the fangame Pokemon Insurgences take on OG dragon on the name. They called it... Kyurem. It makes sense when you think about it

Love the videos and love your art style

The Dreepy line is an absolute banger! Great design choices.

I think it would be cool if mimikyu's true form was in a future game, they could give it a rare ability to where the moment it gets out of the pokeball it would cut the pokemon's hp in half, or maybe give it a new status condition similar to paralysis or being frozen. Make it evolve into the grim reaper or something keeping it's pikachu disguise. Genesect's form is really cool too and could easily be a paradox pokemon. I would make it a bug/normal though, since it has the similar concept to Type: Null/Silvally and Arceus. Give keep it bug/normal with the ability to change into a different typing that counters the opponent, it would still keep it's legendary status this way. I would love to see another video with Spirit tomb, it's true form is kind of hidden from us since it is held in prison inside that rock, what if it became strong enough to break out, maybe by gathering more evil souls, I want to see a unhinged spiritomb and make it far more powerful while still keeping it's ghost/dark type. In another concept let spiritomb evolve by purifying the evil spirits, let it turn into a fairy/steel type making it into the judging pokemon where it was redeemed and now judges any sins from any pokemon or person does, it would punish those who sinned or even kill them and take the place as the next spiritomb. It can be called "vengeanspirit"

This Dreepy line looks awesome. I also like the idea that Drakloak and Dragapult started using their Dreepy friends as weapons, only after dying because they’re now vengeful against whoever or whatever killed them.

Man I love that Dreepy line! All the designs are so good.

I feel like "if you see a mimikyu, you die" thing is a myth. After all, we know of several characters who have seen at least parts of mimikyu, and are still alive.

I've always loved Mimikyu, and you just made him even cuter somehow.

Mimikyu one looks very Cool!! And also watching after 14 seconds of uploading!!

Glad the editor popped Lokix in the corner when you said Bug/Dark hadnt been used yet as of gen 9 releasing and the video came out 2 days ago.....was about to say "ahhh, think you're wrong one that one" 😅

Been thinking of an evo for Mimikyu if it’s loved for as it is, sans disguise, maybe a high friendship requirement. Would be a cool one to add.

I wanna see The 3 dragons true self again when they can agree something in common and also aside from mimikyu's true form looks nice i wonder how stong is it when its revealed

What a cool concept for a pokemon game gimmick Would be, is a gimmick where Certain pokemon after given a special "Prehistoric stone" or "Futuristic gem" they would evolve into either their ancestor or decendent. I could see a Riolu or Lucario getting the prehistoric stone and evolving into it ancestor Or! Giving Kirlia either item and they would evolve into a different pokemon depending on which item they were given. Its evo probably being a fusion of Gardevoir and Gallade like Iron Valient. Except less robotic!

I feel like for Genesect if they ever did revels the original Genesect, they could have it as the first bug dragon.

Personally I think dreepy's evolution line is actually anorith's evolution line, they have similarities such as body figures, they also lived in prehistoric seas

5:00 It is still kabutops in my heart.

I liked this video a lot I would love to see spiritomb next time 😁

The Mimikyu one is adorable!

Genesect and dragapult is my fav in this video I like their designs alot

Mimiku looks like a cross between a devils tooth mushroom and a octopus stinkhorn mushroom I love it😂

The original dragon's name could be Orinjinal or Orinjinaru, making reference to the particles [ram-rom-rem] used in the other 3 and "original" in Japanese

8:02 this would make a great past paradox form

4:39 that’s not scary, that’s cute. I love mimikyu Edit: 6:33 imagine if the non modified genesect was a past paradox Pokemon. (I know there’s a theory that the paradox Pokémon aren’t actually from the past and future but it still sounds interesting).

Solid designs, this time round. Now that you bring up Dragapult's real form... Maybe it could be a sort of Diplocaulus. 🤔

The true form of Mimikyu could be a Paradox form of Mimikyu!

i dont know if it was intentional, but your mimikyu vaguely resembles the description of elder things in lovecraft, basically main bodies with two wing-life extensions, and a head covered in tentacles. the best part is in the lovecraft lore elder things are known to drive people mad, often to murder/suicide, simply upon seeing them. kind similar to mimikyu in that aspect.

This is a very nice video, but it feels weird you didn't mention Pineco and Forretress. They are like, the og hidden true form pokémons.

As a Mimikyu stan, I really love the imagined true form of Mimikyu. It just wants to be loved for itself.

I think that Kabutops and Genesect's true prehistoric form aren't the same. They probably evolved from an earlier Pokemon, and maybe we'll see that shared ancestor as an Ancient form in the future.

I believe that if this Primal Genesect existed, it would be a past Paradox form of Lokix.

You should make a other video about this and put Wobbuffet because it says in a black and white pokedex entries that It desperately tries to keep its black tail hidden. It is said to be proof the tail hides a secret but, that is up to you.

These forms do look pretty cool tbh

I'd love the see the Tao Trio in a game soon 😍 I love Unova

I hope that mimikyu actually just looks very cute and that the reason why its so deadly is because people just get a cuteness overload

I always thought mimikyu would be like an evil ditto. Like it is an Eldritch horror that everyone perceived differently. And turns into everyone's worst fears against it's will. The cosmic horror combined with visual horror stops people's hearts.

9:15 It actually looks like a diplocaulus which is really fitting. Its an ancient amphibian found in North America and Africa with a wide boomerang head and a flat finned tail.

This made mimikyu go from my 6th to me 3rd favorite Pokémon

i love how the unova dragons tail resembles the statue of libertys torch

The Dreepy line could be a regional form where in that region they didn't got extincted and is secretly living under the deepest parts of that region's sea allowing them to survive

I want either the legendary dog trio or any other modified mons

I'm not a fan of the top part of your Mimikyu here. I feel like ince when you break its disguise the top part flops over that it's not a part of it's actual body underneath. I would want it to be a cute little shadow creature that maybe has a toothy look when it gets excited. Something like No Face from Spirited Away. I LOVE the Genesect idea!!! I think this is a great look and I agree that it is most likely its own pokemon instead of a Kabutops. Seeing the original dragon would be cool, but if the last Legends game is anything to go by, we likely won't go back far enough to see it since it's supposed to have happened THOUSANDS of years ago and we only went back a couple hundred at most in the last game. I absolutely ADORE the Dreepy line!!!......and yes, the accompanying Dreepy are somehow cuter than the stand alone illustration.

I LOVE the Dreepy line

9:30 Dragapult’s tail looks like the dragon fossils from Galar

I actually like the theory that genesect was orginally the lost 3rd Evo to parasect its a pretty intriguing idea to me

I kinda see the concept of the Dreepy line as Smallfry, Chum, and Cohock.

Mimikyu probably doesn't have that big thing on top and is just the bottom part because its ability is disguise as when you attack it and its disguise goes away its head flops over meaning that that isn't actually a part of its body.

Apparently the Pikachu head is a stuffed one, that's why when mimikyu is hit that his head falls off, because the twig holding the head up and acting like a neck snapped (giving yhe idea that someone went for his wrong head)

4:31 i think it would be funny if mimikyu is actually just really cute under the cloth, but that the folklore and mythology of the pokemon world have propogaded a rumor. Like its just a big pom pom under there-

Dope dreepy line!!! Torpedo Dreepies!

Well the original dragon has been shown in the Pokemon scarlet and violet paradox forms

The mimikyu reminded me of a bleeding tooth fungus. Good job 🍻

Mimikyu is actually half the size of Pikachu, which means only the lower part is its real body, and the disguise head is just stuffing.

Mimikyu original form could be its evolution where the trainer an it is so friendly that it cover comes off to reveal its true self but here the catch the friendship has to be high extremely high for it to evolve and the trainer not to die meaning it’s the first pokemon where it’s friendship level with it trainer has to be max out before it evolves into it original form. But no other trainers die due to the maxed out friendship level with its trainer. The type I would suggest dark an ghost like I believe it is now or ghost psychic type or dark psychic type.

Just a sidenote, Medusa doesn´t have a death stare, it has a petrification stare. Basilisks have the death stare.

The Mimikyu one probably wouldn't be like that because in the anime it shows as a sort of gas(?) So I think it'd probably be shapeshifting instead

Mimikyu looks like the best ghost pokemon ever if we ever got to see that true form I'll totally catch em

That Genesect design goes hard!!!!

I realy hope There comes a game based on mimicu’s true form, and i think it’s a giant beast

love the og form genesect here

Kinda want to see the fossil mons from the Galar region had they had the correct parts.

The Mimikyu design doesn’t seem to be accurate, I’m staring right at it, and…I’m not dead yet

Genesect still feels like it needs wings, get locust/grasshopper vibes and those buggers fly

We may finally see what Genesect and the original dragon looks like in a future Legends game or BW Remake

I'm Glad to see past Dragapult family

I can confirm the Mimikyu is accurate to the true form. Last week I looked and it look like that

What type would the original dragon be? Would it have an ability to switch typings from drgn ice to drgn fire and to drgn elec?

I'd love to see the true form of Mimikyu and your design is good it's just not quite horrifying enough.

The pikachu head has nothing in it as part of the special ability disguise, for when you hit it, it flops over and they take no damage