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Finally a non-biased comparison to these two franchise's.

That Evangelion bit has me DYING every time 🤣 glad to be back on the channel!

I love the transition bit between the Jins and Djinns to the Sovereigns and the Perils, especially since I just learned of the Four Perils this morning.

I can't believe you talked about Mimics without mentioning the Foongus and Voltorb lines.

I absolutely love how different mon can be from the same inspiration, I definitely would love to see digimon and pokemon work together just once lol, probably will never happen but I can dream

10:37 Let's get another 90s monster franchise in on this one. The components for Gate Guardian in Yu-Gi-Oh, Suijin, Kazejin and Sanja also share this origin! Raidenmon and Gate Guardian both also being fusions of the three is interesting to note as well!

Justimon is the Kamen Rider Digimon past present and future. Loved that you gave the Kamen Rider Digimon the praise he needed

This was so interesting, and as a lover of both Digimon and Pokemon, thank you for this video. Also, another interesting fact about Zygarde, deepening the Norse origin even more, is that its 3 forms are equivalent for Loki's children. The 10% form, a dog, represents Fenrir, the giant wolf, the 50% form, the lizard/dragon, aside from Nidhogg, reprensents Jormungand, the World Serpent, and the 100% form, the Giant, reprensents Hel, goddess of the hell, with half her face in life and the other half in death, and the 100% form having the blue of Xerneas on one side of its body, and the red of Yveltal on the other

Appreciate the Kamen Rider one a lot. I knew Stingmon and Justimon were references but didn’t realize Blitzmon (Beetlemon) was part of that too.

Xerneas and Yggdrasil was something I could never make a connection between but its so gooooooood

I want them to make a Legends game for Unova so they can show the Original Dragon, but I think they could also make the Original Dragon be the Yellow Dragon, like Huanglongmon.

Recently been playing Survive for the first time, and I’ve been loving it! I love Ryo since I’m just a big fan of bugs.

Justimon specifically is based on Riderman, an amputee Rider from Kamen Rider V3 that swaps out his arm for various weapons.

I am a very happy nerd knowing all about the references and connections all of these monsters had to their respective origins I love both these series and basically everything these specific mons connected to

I’ve been naming every Yveltal I’ve caught "Velgrmon" ever since X & Y era without even knowing their origin, lmao thanks to Karn and Brendan, now I know both share the exact same origin, so my naming sense actually unintentionally aligned with the lore? lmao

The 4 Perils make for great dark digivolutions for the 4 Sovereigns and them Jogressing to become Fanglongmon Ruin Mode.

Honestly a digimon series where we get a new team of ultimate level digimon to rival the royal knights all based on the 9 realms would be amazing. Jotunmon Vanamon Midgardmon Asgardmon Svartalmon Muspelmon Alfheimon Niflmon Niðavelmon Maybe it can end in a fusion to make Valhallamon

Imagining Raijinmon,Fuujinmon,and Suijinmon fused with their pokemon counterparts. It would look awesome!!! Although Suujinmon is where the trend breaks.

Okay now I want to see a movie where the Digimon Sovereigns face off against the treasures of ruin. The amount of destruction would be truly horrific. Better yet have the digimon seek out and release the treasures because all they see is power, and have the pokemon journey to notify the Sovereigns because they know exactly how bad this is.

Great video! As someone who loves to look into the origin of designs, I loved seeing the side-by-side comparison of how these franchises interpreted the same or similar things in their own way. I'm pretty sure there were other Pokemon that were pointed out to have roots in Tokusatsu and specifically Kamen Rider, but I can't remember any clear example and of course none of them are as clear references as Lokix. As for the Mimic, for Pokemon you could also bring up Voltorb and Electrode, and Foongus and Amoongus, as both of these lines were obviously made to resemble Pokeballs, which acted as basically treasure chests in the games since Gen 1, and have played the role of Mimic in the past. On the topic of Thundurus and Tornadus, according to some interview, the Pokemon Sawk and Throh were originally planned to more so resemble Japanese Oni/Ogres, referencing the common motif of the "red and blue Oni", but as there was thought to be too much visual overlap with Thundurus' and Tornadus' Incarnate forms, they were ultimately made to be just regular martial artists. In Digimon, the motif of the "red and blue Oni" is referenced through the red and blue variations of Ogremon, Fugamon and Hyougamon, although Fugamon noticably lacks the horn that is typical in depictions of Oni. Lastly... I feel like for Zygarde, it's important to bring up that it is theorized that Zygarde, especially taking into account its various forms, is based on the 3 children of Loki that play a role in Ragnarök, the dog Fenrir, the poisonous snake Jormungandr and the giant ruler of the realm of death Hel. It might also reference Niddhog, but that is very much just fan-speculation, and seems less likely after the theory of it referencing the children of Loki came about. On the other hand, that would mean Zygarde would have a relation to Sleipmon, since Sleipnir was also a horse birthed by Loki. As for Xerneas... it is also less so based on Yggdrasil itself, although its resemblance to a tree, especially in its dormant state, is definitely noticeable, but a quartet of stags, if I remember correctly, that is commonly depicted as gnawing on Yggdrasils bark, which is also in constant arguement with the eagle in Yggdrasils crown, Hresvelgr, caused by the squirrel Ratatöskr (which Yveltal has also some design-elements of imo) that mediates between them intentionally incorrectly. On that note, Frosvelgrmon also would share inspirations with Yveltal going by name, although its lore definitely more so matches Articuno, which itself is theorized to be based on the Simorgh iirc from... Arabian myth I think? Anyways, Norse mythology, amirite? Just a complicated mess of hard to remember and spell names and figures that are only partially understood because of a lack of sources. Although all in all, I'm a bit suprised there's... so little overlap between Pokemon and Digimon in regards to major mythological creatures, on one hand major deities, like, Pokemon only really has one Pokemon that seems based on the Olympians, and that is Empoleon with its trident-beak referencing Poseidon, while Digimon has the entire group, meanwhile neither seem to really reference the big Shinto-trinity of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, with only Digimon having Susanoomon (although Giratina also has some aspects to it that could reference Susano'os myth, even though most see it as a reference to Lucifer... which then is ironic considering Susanoomons appearence was to defeat Lucemon), or even their parents, the creation-gods Izanami and Izanagi... and I doubt it's for the same reasons media would generally like to avoid Christianities big G and such. Although even on a smaller scale, outside of major mythologies, there's little overlap, with Pokemon, at least in the first few Gens, loving to reference Yokai like the Futakuchi-onna with Mawile or the ever popular Yuki-onna, while Digimon feels like it only rarely bases things on Yokai imo.

The Digimon vs Pokemon debate is as annoying as the Star Wars vs Star Trek. Love both because they are awesome! (I do have my biases though. Digimon and SW rules). So seeing quite a few more Digimon and Pokemon with similar inspirations was neat.

I believe Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde also have another Yggdrasil connection. We've already established Zygarde as Nidhogg, but I believe Xerneas is also supposed to be representative of deer that dance around Yggdrasil and Yveltal an eagle that lives on top of Yggdrasil. If we want a non-Yggdrasil Norse basis for Zygarde we can also go with Jormungand, sometimes written as Jormungandr, a snake in Norse Mythology heavily involved in the Ragnarok story. All that said, I don't think any of that necessarily translates to Digimon, so I understand why it wasn't mentioned.

6:37 Piggy-backing on that, Justimon is not just a reference to Kamen Rider, but one specific Rider in particular - Riderman. The evidence being that his primary trait, his different arm modes, was based on Riderman's similar trait of swapping his bionic arm out for different weapon attachments.

I may have my own biases over what fictional monsters I prefure..but I love being able to nerd out over both and especially love seeing others share their love for these series together with smiles and happiness and not needless anger and arguments

I didn't know Yveltal was based on Hraesvelgr. That gives me a new appreciation for him.

For Xerneas having anything tree like, it's form it takes when going into a slumber is an actual tree

If you do another one of these, and want a bunch of information on Quetzalmon and Rayqueza (I know some people think he's based on the Ziz, but I believe there's some Feathered Serpent influences too)'s basis, let me know! I already have like a 3 page writeup on mesoamerican feathered serpent symbolism.

The nostalgia with Brother my Brother works too well for that cold open

Hey karn, what would you like to see in a digimon Pokémon crossover? For me,I want to see Pokémon that are transformed into digimon due to a digimons influence. Like the pikachu line,eevee line, and froakie line.

idk if this has been done before but this vid made me think, it’d be cool to see combined designs for pokémon/digimon that are either similar in origin or seem like counterparts of each other from both series

Why is it that I never realized the four auspicious beasts had negative counterparts. I fell kinda dumb now. I always loved the four beasts, heck anytime they're represented I always want all four and or the golden dragon at the end.

I love you goofballs. Glad to have you two together cause these pokemon-digimon collabs are fun. And you and Brandon have such fun together. Great video

This was a fun one! I'd love to see Digimon's take on the Four Perils especially because we've had the sovereigns for so long. My GF and I made the connection between Mimikyu and Betsumon a while ago - monsters who both dress as another monster from their franchise - but they do it for different reasons, and Betsumon ofc changes its "clothes" while we haven't seen Mimikyu do so yet (though a Charizard or Eevee themed Mimikyu would be fun.) Also, Karn, you have a pretty good singing voice! and this is coming from someone who took voice training lol

9:50 i think Voltorb is also a mimic since pokeballs were the equivalent of rpg chest in the overworld

I feel how Voltorb/electrod or even amoongus in more recent games are a better comparison to mimics, being they act the same way in the games as mimics do in classic rpgs

Always learn something new with Karn

I didn't know I needed Karn to sing Cruel Angel's Thesis but here we are and all I can do is ask for more.

Born from an egg on a mountain top! The punkiest monkey that ever popped! I don't know if I loved that Journey to the West show because I watched it at like 5AM while hopped up on coffee after completing my college finals (I ddi the same with most of the Pokemon anime at the time), but it was awesome.

Loved this! Especially when people harp on Digimon being a rip off but then pokemon copies Digimon designs and calls it a day

@PragMagik and @Karn_EX colabs are trully the best of both fandoms! Love these Didimon/Pokemon videos, guys!

Man, I really wish Pokemon and Digimon will do a crossover someday

It's also worth noting that the beast forms of the 4 djinn also share the same basis as the original 4 bit beast dragoon, dranzer, driver, and draciel from the original run of beyblade.

Pragmagik: mentions possible gen 5 remakes Me: No! No more remakes, no more reboots, no more sequels, no more prequels! It's gotta STOOOOOP!

13:51 OH GOD THAT VISUAL XD

12:45 The Dark Masters would be Digimon’s version of the four perils since they sealed away the Four Beasts

It’s funny how Pokemon seems to like putting these legendary Mons based on certain mythologies in regions that don’t match their country of origin, so you got Chinese deities and symbols in America and Spain and Norse Creatures in France

the four perils had me screaming because I've seen a certain scientific accelerator and never knew that these four were from actual mythology

Justimon is more a reference to Riderman. Its customizable arm is exactly like Riderman's left arm as both switch out weapons for appropriate situations. Riderman is the fourth Kamen Rider.

Oh this is a fun one! I always love when you two come together to show there should be harmony among the fandoms. Though yeah i often do notice that pokemon fans tends to go off on other mon games or franchises for "copying" when they simply just took the same base concept of animals or mythological creatures or other cool ocncepts you can make a cool ass monster from. Maybe this can be helpful to ease up on that attitude a little. Great work as always gentlemen!

Well, Zygarde has more ties with the three calamity children of Loki with its three forms: Jormungandr (50%), Hel (100%) and Fenrir (10%). Curiously enough, there's a new Digimon connected to Fenrir (Fenriloogamon).

Funny about the Auspicious Beasts inspirations, the first time I heard about their mythical origins was through Bakuten Shoot Beyblade. Dragoon, Dranzer, Driger and Draciel are based on those Beasts, and Dragoon in the Anime had a more Chinese inspired form before becoming Tyson/Takao’s Bit Beast.

Man, at 7:00 we have the Super Sentai Pokémon, like these new legendaries are based on the Momotaros story and got revealed just when the Momotaros super sentai was ending

You owe me a keyboard since the neon gen parody made me spit my tea all over it. I'll make an amazon wishlist for you to order from

That's a really cool video! Can't wait for the next one! Speaking of future videos, I'm still waiting on your video where you fixed armor Digivolutions for the Digi egg of sincerity. I was expecting you to do it for March, but you didn't. Also, I have an idea for a future video. Since you have Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury in your intro, I think it would make sense that you should do a video where you figure out what kind of Digimon partners certain Fatal Fury and King of fighters characters would have.

9:00 Meanwhile, I'm over here like "Mega Evolution? I don't know her! The Digivolution is up and runnin'!"

You shouldve mentioned Voltorb and Electrode are also based on mimics but more in line of the overworld item sprites of the RBGY games

Ledian is also a tokusatsu reference.

Frosvelgrmon are also the closest for being hresvelgr, due to being an Ice bird. Also Lucemon and Necrozma are basically reffered from Lucifer.

Well, this was very interesting, I didn’t know that about the Cages, I appreciate that. I wonder if you do another or something similar at some point?

This was a good video and also I have another similar two Torterra and Eldradomon are based off the World Turtle myth.

You also have the Musketeers! I forget one Digimon, but Beelsatrmon and, I think, Beelzemon and the Legendary Trio of Unova, Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion! Pokémon has their own D'Artagnon in Keldeo, but my memory jus isn't there with Digimon today for some reason... I think there may be some Yu-Gi-Oh! counterparts here as well, with the three that make up the Gate Guardian, Suijin, Kazejin and Sanga of the Thunder (yeah, that last name makes no sense, huh?), for example, as well as the Zoodiac, all of which I have a playset cuz of the 12 Devas, all of whom I am trying to collect in the Digimon Card Game as well, cuz, as you can probably tell, Tamers, and Pokémon also has a Chinese Zodiac theme going with the Fire-Type Starters!

5:24 Hell yeah!

The amount of references, nge, kh, db, digimon, pokemon, Kamen rider and more

The general anime community: pokemon fans and digimon fans must be bitter rivals! People who like both: cap

I believe we technically do have a HunDun Digimon in the form of Dijiangmon, at least in name, since Dijiang is another name for HunDun

Hey fun fact! There already is a Four Peril digimon, Dijiangmon introduced in the Chinese Digimon New Century is based on Hun Dun.

I always loved both so this is all very nice to know and very interesting too

10:29 you forgot to mention Voltorb, Electrode and all the other "pokeball pokemon"... they are also based on Mimics.

Things like this are why I watch videos like this

I named my Lokix "Black RX" because it reminded me more of Kamen Rider Black/Black RX

I had no idea the Therian forms shared that origin, but I totally see it now that Enamorus is part of the group. I still have not finsihed Legends: Arceus, so I will get on that! The new legendary Pokémon have me very interested in Scarlet & Violet also. And imagining them scrapping with Digimon's Sovreigns is just too good!

Ooh source material, my favorite!

i would also argue that the foongus and especially voltorb lines are intended to be pokemon mimics! that's how they're used in-game after all. gimmighoul just lines up the most with the traditional fantasy treasure chest mimic aesthetic, but it's actually the least effective at being one in-universe since items in the overworld look like pokeballs, not chests

It would be cool for a yugioh cross over list. Shukamon (the lamest featured DNA digivolution) is the same as orichalcos shunoros.

Xernias's "dormant" or "sleep" form looks like a tree so there's the more solid connection vs just having branch-like antlers.

Great video i really enjoyed it.

the evangelion part was a masterpiece

I was kind of hoping Mimicmon would had found its way to the anime at some point.

This video coming out I can’t help but think of Elton John’s “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” and now “Saturday Saturday Saturday” is stuck in my head The lore and background was awesome to see. Most the digimon stuff I knew and some Pokémon but Landorus threw me so I didn’t consider the trio based on what they were. And I definitely didn’t see the connection with the genies to the sovereigns!!!

The Sun Wukong Digimon is named Gokuwmon. You have to specifically remember the "w" because there is ANOTHER Digimon named Gokumon in Japanese, who would be renamed Reapermon in English, and that Digimon is VASTLY different from a _Journey to the West_ character. I had those Digimon figures that were shown during the Mimicmon segment, but I never had the cages. I didn't even know there were supposed to be cages for Digimon.

I surprised you didn't mention the Lotad Line and Kamemon Line being based on the same yokai "Kappa"

I once asked out loud "Why do you hate sunflora when it turns into blossomon?" Blossomon is not a pokemon🤦‍♀

We also adapted Ryuki into Dragon Knight, a far better adaptation than what Masked Rider was back in the day

What about the other Gokumon, the mega skeleton with gold blade also known as Reapermon, that also shares Goku's name.

i will admit that to me, some of these feel like a stretch but i am glad that this type of video came up. i love both digimon and pokemon and i dont know why the two fan base fight all the time.

what's the music for the Sun Wukon bit? I've heard that music somewhere else but can't remember! Edit: Forget about it. I just recalled. It's Evangelion's OP!

can you do digimon origin stories, like how the 3 Musketeers came together or how the Journey to the west digimon joined together and what's their goal, ya know, just some fun fanfic stuff

When I saw the picture all I could think was. So it's the same type of stand as star platinum

Baku is also a yokai in yokai watch

Thanks, it is nice to feel seen every now and then.

I was fairly certain that Xerneus was a reference to the four stags (Dainn Dvalinn Duneyrr and Durathror) around the world tree, hence the four colours in its antlers

You should try a video of Yu-Gi-Oh cards that have the same origins as certain Digimon.

That was great i expect this become a series

As I recall, Infernape was inspired by Hanuman from the epic Ramayana, who was famously immune to embers.

make more of these please this is so much fun 😮

5:25 yesss i am one of the kamen rider fan xD although beetlemon im sure is more reference to the metal heroes B-fighter? that came out in 1995 (its the one that was adapted to beetleborgs later on)

interest that the similarities in differents in the pokemon/digimon/kamanrider and history/culture that has some how connect them al togeter

5:36, did you forget about the other American adaptation, Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight?

I think the Justimon changing arm gimmick is coming from Kamen Rider Super-1, Five Hands