“I forgot I had Hypnosis.” If only you could have remembered the name of the Pokémon you were doing the run with!

You know this run is going to go well when he's halfway through the video and _isn't_ at the elite four

i honestly cannot believe i’ve watched this man run Gen 1 so many times and every time it’s still so entertaining

Waiting patiently for the starmie run, has all the tools we'd expect from a top tier gen 1 run

Would honestly be curious how Aerodactyl would do with its high critical-hit rate yet terrible movepool.

The extra bulk makes it way less of a glass canon so overall its a much easier time. To be able to boost with meditate surely also was a big plus.

Keep this up Jrose, you've been on fire recently.

“Military gift shop manager surge” just skipped private surge to something even funnier

"You see, Hypno only starts off with Confusion" *stares at Hypnosis and Disable* I know you know how broken those moves are Gen 1.

The luck in this run was like a pendulum, constantly swinging back and forth

I love how Lt. Surge has become the punching bag of the run now that Bruno has given him trouble a few times.

Barb and Poo reference = man of culture. Great video as always Jrose.

This is gonna be good, the drozee & hypno line is my favorite. Thanks JRose. And and BTW he can learn body slam lol

We appreciate the increase in videos Jrose, keep up the good job

14:18 - To clarify something about the badge boost from a software developer's perspective, I think when you level up the game won't be realizing the stats are wrong, it would run some code to recalculate your stats as you said, from your base stats and anything else that would apply including the single badge boosts that you're supposed to have. I guess when the developers implemented the badge boost they would have put it at the point in the code where stats are altered, not realizing this code also runs whenever stats change, or maybe forgetting to put a condition there so that the badge boost only applies at the start of battle or on a level up. Even if the devs were aware of this "bug" before the game was released, it would have been seen as a minor issue and not prioritized. Given how many bugs there are in the game I'd assume they were really up against it to complete the game before release so they would have focused on fixing more serious bugs.

I always felt like Gen 1 Hypno was nuts. Bulky, great typing, and gets outstanding benefits from the combined Special stat.

While Hypno performed exceptionally well, this run is also a great showcase of how screwed over some Pokémon were by the Special stat split, another one being Dewgong (which should receive better stats or an evolution in a future generation IMO － perhaps Ursaluna-style, which doesn't make it so that only a regional variant can evolve). I'm interested in seeing how a run with Seel or Dewgong would go!

Fun Fact: Hypno is the only pokemon that sees/saw play in RBY Ubers, OU, and UU. The tiers are determined by usage, and by usage Hypno is in UU, however it saw niche but respectable usage in OU and Ubers as a psychic type counter, since psychic is the only good type that can take a hit from psychic types, and Hypno has access to hypnosis with gen 1 OP sleep mechanics. It saw play in OU as a potential counter to Exeggutor and Alakazam, and in Ubers as a potential counter to Mewtwo (for reference: the only real Mewtwo counter in Ubers is another Mewtwo, so this is actually a fairly useful role). In UU it operated as both a standard sweeper and a psychic counter again. Source: False Swipe Gaming

I love Hypno. When I played gen 1 as a kid I usually caught Drowzee instead of Abra. Hypno quickly became a staple in future playthroughs. The reason I had Hypno was because all the other kids in my class had Alakazam. I wanted to my own person, not the twentieth kid with an Alakazam.

After letting it go for a few episodes to see how I feel, I wanna offer my opinion on the new intro spot in the video. And personally, I love it. I feel the cold open explaining the run flows great into the intro.

8:51 Actually Tangela has really high Special. What it lacks, is HP. It has rather low to very low HP, depending on how you view it. So that's why it's still easy to knock out. It can take resisted hits like a boss though. I honestly feel funny about putting Hypno below Gengar. Gengar has Speed, but it's also Psychic weak and has to bend the knee to anything Psychic since its movepool is just Special moves, Hypnosis (which Hypno also has), and... that's about it. The typing also grants it a damn near immunity to the early-game due to Normal immunity, though, so...

I used a Hypno in my pokemon Yellow playthrough, and I was honestly amazed at how good it was. I mean, sure, it's a psychic type, but its movepool leaves a lot to be desired. I ended up using Psychic/Hypnosis/Dream Eater, with its last slot used for flash. While only have 1 type of move on a pokemon might seem odd, it worked effectively - the Psychic type was very op, and I managed to bully my way past Sabrina using Hypnosis + Dream Eater as well.

I've never been a fan of Hypno either, so it was awesome seeing how well it performed in a solo challenge~ Excellent work, as always!

I played pokemon blue kaizo recently and i really appreciate that bruno lost his spot on the elite 4. Would love to see a kaizo run from you in the future as well, you've got some of the most impressive gen1 knowledge and strats of any youtuber I've seen and it'd be awesome to see

Thanks for the run! Mr. Mime will be extremely good when you get to him.

Love the rival and player names :) great video again! Love seeing some of the less used evolution lines have time to shine!

Now it's interesting to think how Drowzee and Kadabra would do. Love these shorter videos at times. Having runs where there isn't like 30 mins at the E4 is good.

While you have definitely improved with these runs, it’s the little things like not being quite so stubborn regarding minimum battles, instead taking on easy trainers you can defeat very quickly, and as a result of that, grabbing Body Slam which has been tremendous in the runs you’ve chosen to get it. Thanks for another great video!

I was not expecting Hypno to be placed where it was looking at the total time for the video. Great job on the video!

I unironically love Hypno. It was always my Psychic mon as a kid and I still often play with one, especially when I replay Gen 1. EDIT: I wasn't expecting the exact brand of demotion for Surge, and I just about lot it at his new title.

I wonder how well starmie will do when you get to it. It's a strong, fast psychic type, and it actually has a good movepool unlike Alakazam. In fact, I'd say it has one of the best movepools in the game with access to Psychic, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Surf, and even Harden if you want to try to badge boost your way through some fights. The only potential hurdles will be Misty and Surge, but after that things should be really easy. And at least Brock will be really easy since it learns water gun at level 1. Sadly, the same won't be true for Staryu, which has to wait all the way until level 17 for water gun...

I thought the “Yatta” was a little out of the blue and then I noticed the player and rival names. You love to see it

Probably below Gengar and Alakazam, but pretty fast given psychic type and good stats

I liked Hypno because you can't get an Alakazam in a normal playthrough. My favorite Psychic pokemon, Non-Legendary, was Starmie. Great move coverage.

5:11 “ this time with a crit” Kadabra crit both times. Love the run by the way

Staryu or Starmie could absolutely clean house on these runs (STAB surf, STAB psychic, recover, harden and a huge move pool. Nuff said)

I very much appreciated the names being Barb and GPB. :)

Holy crap we are getting blessed with all these videos!! This is awesome

I was so happy seeing you finally talk to that one sleepy guy in Viridian; my favorite move, and the one I leaned so heavily upon in my first ever playthrough of the game, had been waiting in the wings for precisely this moment! ...Okay, no, you're right -- gotta save it for a really dramatic moment. It's gonna be _so rad._ ......Ah. Alas.

YESSSSS HYPNO!!! over the years ive grown to love hypno. those lil ears, the big ol shnozz, that fluffy lil ruff... absolutely friend shaped, and im delighted to see it do so well 💚 also: military gift shop manager made me laugh irl, ahaha

Just finished rewatching this entire series and now a new episode drops. :)

Was a bit skeptical when you named your character Barb....and the pokemon you are using is Hypno....but thankfully you named your rival GPB. I couldn't be the only one that thought these references were going that way xD

I really like Hypno. I don't know why but I think he is pretty neat. He's always my MVP in Crystal runs.

Been catching up...huge fan! You finally taught me why my double team mewtwo crushed with swift and psychic

Hypno did great. You did great too! Such a fun run, you're honestly doing amazing. Thank you for all the awesome videos, I'm always excited when I see the next one to watch.

*WELP* Looks like I won't be sleeping tonight. Don't want Hypno haunting my dreams.

Sleep moves have been big in the last videos, just proves how good Sleep is in Gen 1. Also, to me it feels like you've been super hyped in the last videos and seem even more motivated. Very very excited for the output in the next weeks.

"we got some pretty abysmal luck" My dude, you landed back to back to back hypnosis.

fun fact, despite the hit hypno's special attack took in generation 2 (down to 73, from 115 after special was separated into two stats), in generation 6, it was alakazam received a small base stat buff to its special defense. hypno still remains untouched since it received its hugely undeserved nerf in generation 2.

Even though I like Kadabra more, I still really like Hypno a lot. Awesome run as always, Jrose! I can’t wait to see the Cubone or Marowak run though.

Another great video, JRose! Shout out to Junichi Masuda, who, as legends tell, saved Pokemon Red and Green from being scrapped when the 3 developers all quit at the same time and he learned to program (better, he primarily did music but programmed a little for fun) so that Pokemon could be finished. He left GameFreak this week after being there since 1989! Without him, these videos wouldn't be possible! Fortunately, he's headed to The Pokemon Company so he'll still be around, but the GameFreak story is pretty amazing. That's also probably why it's so buggy! 😂

Jrose you are BRINGING IT this past month! It’s like Christmas every couple days seeing a new upload from you!

So, how about that true solo run with Surf, Strength and Cut Krabby (or Kingler)? 😄 Loving the regular videos Jrose, and if this request is getting annoying, let me know!

Just in time... I really needed this. Thanks jrose. Long, emotionally heavy day at work. These videos brighten my day, and have great rewatch value to them.

Great channel and great run! A couple advices from a Hypno user/fanatic, just in case you want to try to get it done at an ever lower time and level: 1) Hypno learns Psychic at level 37. If you can hold on with Confusion a couple levels more and/or add another powerful psychic attack at this point in the game (see 2), you can save TM29 for later. 2) When you get Fly, you can also have Dream Eater. It's as accurate as Psychic and has more power and PP. It does need a sleeping rival but A) Hypno is bulky so he can handle a couple hits until Hypnosis works; B) You'll be one-shooting most of the game so you don't need a lot of sleeping turns; C) You'll be getting HP back, therefore reducing your chances of losing; D) You'll be reducing your dependence on Badge Boost Glitch, which could eventually make your battles shorter.

I’m sitting on a ferry. Bored. Middle of nowhere. And as if an oasis in a desert I get enough signal to watch a JRose video. Life is good.

Pre-watch guess: This is going to be fairly easy. It's a psychic type in gen 1, it has _fantastic_ base special and its other stats aren't awful. It isn't very fast but since you'll be outleveling your opponents that won't matter as much. You start with Confusion so you don't have to grind to beat Brock and won't have trouble with other rock types in Mt. Moon. By the late game you'll have Meditate to take advantage of the badge boost glitch, you'll have psychic, and if you keep Hypnosis long enough you can grab Dream Eater too so that you have a healing move for endurance in longer fights. I'm not saying there will never be difficult sections, but this seems like a pretty clear-cut "good" pokemon that will speed through the game without much difficulty.

I really like how in your later runs you do consider doing more battles then doing the least amount of training as possible.

"Military gift shop manager" had me chuckling. 😄 Also, I like the new format of an intro, then the opening theme once you've set the stage, then into the gameplay. Feels really polished.

"Military gift shop manager Surge" oh my gods, my sides. This has to be my favorite running joke on youtube, period. One heck of a run, tho!

Would love to see a Mr Mime run to see how he does

EARLY SQUAD WHERE YA AT; LOVE THE VIDS JROSE

Next time you beat Surge he'll be the assistant to the gift shop manager.

Haven’t even finished the video yet but I already know this made my night. Much appreciated to see hypno. One of the top psychics to run through the game with if you couldn’t find someone to trade kadabra with back in the day. Starmie is also very good but takes campaign progress to catch normally. My gen 1 campaign team is usually venosaur, nidoking, fearow, hypno, starmie, X. Just an easy team to acquire that can use all HMs too. Nice and easy walkthrough with these guys.

Definitely a more relaxed run than the last two lol

I'm glad to see Hypno did so well, he was on my original team! All I had was psychic types lol.

Jrose: *skips the first rival battle* Me: "Wait, that's illegal."

Oh yeah baby! Hypno's a favorite of mine, ever since my first time playing FireRed and XD it proved to be a great Mixed Attacker. Thanks for the video JRose, keep it up and looking forward to future runs! ^^

"Babe, it's 5 AM, time for your Jrose video!" "Yes Honey"

I feel like Starmie would be really fast High speed, good special, broad movepool, only problem is that it's in the slow leveling group

Yeeeeeeees, my favourite psychic pokemon, and 3rd overall! I have no idea how this will go, but I know its gonna be interesting, what an awesome thing to wake up to in my feed. Cheers dude!

"The back two-thirds of my videos are usually the Pokémon League." >ten minutes of a thirty-minute video left

Jrose videos always be comin in clutch

I used hypno a lot in Blue and Gold playthroughs as a kid. Haven't watched yet but keen to see how well it goes.

Finally Surge is getting closer to the position He is supposed to be in

FINALLY! I've been waiting for Hypno. Such an underrated character, I'm excited for this

Didn’t expect a vid from you today yet alone this run and it was incredible. Looking forward to the next !

Is Rage really worse than Constrict and Focus Energy? There's often some amount of concern on these runs about conserving power points to not have to heal, and rage is also great at conserving power points.

Our BOY! HE BROUGHT BACK THE INTRO!!! Now you can do whatever creative things you want to do with the opening for another few videos

I love the constant shade being thrown at disgraced forever gift shop employee Surge.

Please tell me you are at least familiar with Jake Mcaulay’s weedle only runs

5:10 'Thankfully not confused' I thought in Gen 1 a pokemon can't receive a status as a side effect from a damage dealing move of the same type?

A Barbarous King and Grand Poo Bear call out with the names! Nice!

"Someone has to manage the gift shop and they need an assistant" Got me really hard

The good part about the Military Gift Shop Assistant Manager's Assistant Surge gag is that it's repeated but it's inherently not repetitive. It changes a little every time.

Wow, I can't wait what are the crazy new videos that are coming out soon! Jrose never lets me down.

Next episode, Surge gets demoted from "Assistant Manager" to "Assistant To The Manager"

Don't stop uploading dude, these videos are keeping me sane

Ok I lol’ed at “ military gift shop manager Serge”

That back sprite is terrifying. It looks like jaws that have been unsuccessfully sewn shut

Yesssss went pretty much how I hoped. I didn't think it would beat Alakazam or Gengar but third (fourth) place is super respectable! The only Pokemon left that I think can break into the top five are Jynx, Aerodactyl, and Snorlax, so I'm eager to see how they do!

Hey look at that a video under 45 minutes, this must've felt like a break after the Bellsprout and Oddish runs

Bro you always come in clutch with a video. I was having a bad start to my day until I opened KZfaq and saw a new video from you! Thank you for your content

My two truths in life: 1) bungee gum uses the priorities of both rubber and gum 2) the badge boost glitch which involves certain badges that raise stats by 1.25 including stat reducing moves by the opponent.

Surge getting demoted further every time is starting to be one of my favorite inside jokes.

When Lance is so ashamed he starts speaking to a statue instead of you

There is literally nothing better than coming home from work and seeing jrose has uploaded another pokemom run

And now the fans see that the last few videos where jrose had grown weary of his own theme song were merely a facade for him to come back slamming that piano like it was 2020.

Lt. Surge is the kind of junior officer all the enlisted call 'buttebars' when he isn't around lmao

I love how you're slowly creating your own degrading meme of Surge, just like how Scott has relegated Bruno to "Hiker." :) I like it! xD