Pokemon Mythology! 🐢🐒🐧 The Lore and Design of the Sinnoh Gang

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Why is Piplup so perfect? By which I mean: What are the Gen 4 starter Pokemon based on? What is their lore? what are their origins? Well, watch and learn!
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Chapters:
00:00 Sinnoh Starter Pokemon
00:48 Piplup Explained
10:35 Turtwig Explained
17:40 Chimchar Explained!
23:36 Gen 4 Starter Theme?
This video aims to answer the below questions:
What is Piplup based on?
What is Prinplup based on?
What is Empoleon based on?
What is Turtwig based on?
What is Grotle based on?
What is Torterra based on?
What is Chimchar based on?
What is Monferno based on?
What is Infernape based on?
Is Empoleon based on Napoleon Bonaparte?
Is Torterra based on the world turtle?
Is Infernape based on Sun Wukong?
Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!

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@Gnoggin Ай бұрын

Piplup is def my favorite starter overall, how about you? Also BIG THANKS to Zenmarket for helping us continue to make these awesome videos. Sign Up with code "LOCKSTIN" to get 1,000 ZenPoints: rb.gy/ilpkkq. In April, you can use the shipping code "ZEN10SHIP" to get 10% Off your first parcel.

@J.S.R.Berendsen Ай бұрын

My favorite starter is the Snivy line followed by Scorbunny line. I hope Snivy will be in Pokémon Legends Z-A!

@Razor-dd3sf Ай бұрын

Turtwig 100%

@Gunter4life Ай бұрын

And for that answer you get a golden star 🌟

@pensador6953 Ай бұрын

Quaquaval pushing a woke agenda? Yep i can see it. Thanks for telling. By the way did you know the girl trainer in pokemon go now looks like a guy?

@justerik2 Ай бұрын

@@Razor-dd3sfcorrect answer

@DucksAndCatnip Ай бұрын

I think the three starters are based on different myths from across the world: Infernape: Sun Wukong Torterra: the World Turtle Empoleon: French people

@dynojackal1911 Ай бұрын

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about Napoleon Bonaparte which have spread not unlike folk tales.

@DucksAndCatnip Ай бұрын

@@dynojackal1911 Yes! The myth of his height was spread partially maliciously by his opponents, and partly by confusion between converting French Metric and British Imperial units

@ghifariasoka8272 Ай бұрын

Ratatouille is a modern fairy tale

@TheMonkieKing4 Ай бұрын

Empoleon could be based on Poseidon

@DucksAndCatnip Ай бұрын

@@ghifariasoka8272 So true

@Geostelar4920 Ай бұрын

While I get that the "Mythology" Theme isnt super strong I think that there could be some argument about the Trio being based on beings that defied the World's Natural Order, which also plays into the Creation theming of Sinnoh in general. Napoleon tried to conqure Europe. The World Turtle is a representation of animals(maybe humans) shaping the world around them and changing its landscape beyond what it should be. As well as representing nature in a controlled, docile form and the Monkey King is Famous for Kicking the Ass of all of Heaven so hard they had to call big daddy Buddah to control him

@CabiriousGames Ай бұрын

I like to think it's just the three kinds of "hero" stories that use cosmic forces or divine intervention. Torterra is nature vs. technology, I root for earth to win and the earth is usually protected by somekind of omnipotent overseer. Empoleon could be war stories, how we tend to idolize real people that participate in war, the terrible realities of it often giving weight to divine mantles hoisted onto the average person. And infernape being the Hero of 1000 faces. Heracles, Sun Wukong, and Thor are all Rude, flawed entities that are disgruntled by their current world. Then they're foverever changed for the better by the end of their journies. That, or it's just king of the sky. Emperor of the sea. And the Ruler of the world. Made into characters, but that's no fun!

@dejaypage1575 Ай бұрын

I do think there is a light myth theme because this is the generation with the literal *God of Pokemon* introduced.

@Psychomaniac14 Ай бұрын

you could argue that the Sinnoh starters' theme is "Heaven, Earth, and Man" it's a theme I've seen in more than one chinese novel

@AceDestro Ай бұрын

I'll never be able to look at Monferno the same way ever again...

@sinnohperson8813 Ай бұрын

My guy stetched it way too hard to make it uncomfortable It's like saying combusken , alleged ahem shape carries over to blaziken , with no fat thighs he looses balls 💀

@RJS2003 Ай бұрын

I mean, I can fully understand why they'd move away from the FIRE STARTER of their region having BUTTS as a main focal point of all their designs. Best to just leave that at the door with Chimchar, now everyone can say it was just a cute first stage quirk.

@niqoe.7997 Ай бұрын

I didnt expect it to be a hemorrhoid monkey too...

@coreDesignix Ай бұрын

Son Goku is literally the Japanese reading of the characters for Sun Wukong. Iconic move by absolute legend Toriyama

@andrewtabery Ай бұрын

So with the whole thing around 20:40 about Monferno's weird tail flame issue, I believe it could be that the tail is just a pipe to burn off those gasses further from the body, like a gas flare on oil well sites. They're pretty common here in North Dakota, its basically just a big pipe with a flame at the end to burn off excess or unusable natural gas while extracting oil.

@pokechatter Ай бұрын

There is also a sizable natural gas field in Hokkaido too, so that checks out.

@loopsjam4713 Ай бұрын

25:18 considering Quaquaval is somewhat based on a peacock, and male peacocks have vibrant colors to attract female ones. Quaquaval is the straightest one here.

@KubickQ Ай бұрын

with a 1/6 chance of being female

@loopsjam4713 Ай бұрын

@@KubickQ Quaquaval looks like someone who'd play the game despite the odds

@pandoratheclay Ай бұрын

@@KubickQ 5/6 chance of being straight as hell 1/6 chance of being the bird equivalent of a makeup artist or smth lol

@Baltaczar Ай бұрын

I don't know if I'd say straightest, but certainly the manliest

@ryomahoffman6803 Ай бұрын

4:27 Gentoo penguin, also know as delibird

@Gunter4life Ай бұрын

Also known as Gunter

@ClaimSuit Ай бұрын

thought that was Iron Bundle, the Gentoo-Gen Two Penguin?

@gamemasteranthony2756 Ай бұрын

@@Gunter4life I can never see the name Gunter without thinking of Gunter Hermann from Deus Ex - Conspiracy.

@ArthAPint Ай бұрын

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS Hahaha

@noahberan6498 Ай бұрын

Any gen with a bird starter makes the bird starter my default choice. Empoleon, Decidueye, Blaziken, and Quaquaval are my favorite starters. Bird Pokemon are the best

@J.S.R.Berendsen Ай бұрын

Don't forget the little bird on Skeledirge's nose!

@noahberan6498 Ай бұрын

@@J.S.R.Berendsen oh he's definitely included too, I love that little guy

@ChocoboKid216 Ай бұрын

Birb Gang

@sinnohperson8813 Ай бұрын

Ayo, one of them is a human(blaziken)

@noahberan6498 Ай бұрын

@@sinnohperson8813 nah he's a Shamu chicken, they are upright like that lol

@rukeyazu8669 Ай бұрын

I find it funny that every time he talks about the world turtle, he shows it carrying four elephants that are carrying the world, without mentioning them at all. I feel like if you didn’t know about Discworld, you’d be confused as to why the elephants were also there…

@RebelliousTreecko Ай бұрын

Even though Fire/Fighting was repeated twice in a row, we got Grass/Ground and Water/Steel, two new type combos in a single starter trio. Pretty nice!

@ghifariasoka8272 Ай бұрын

Still surprised that Grass/Ground isn't as common as it should be. Someone can make an earth golem piloted by carrots and I'd dig it

@pokechatter Ай бұрын

⁠@@ghifariasoka8272Imagining growing vegetables on a golem and then cooking them in a meal within a dungeon?

@gamemasteranthony2756 Ай бұрын

@@pokechatter Was that in an episode of "Delicious in Dungeon" by any chance?

@tuan-chan Ай бұрын

@@pokechatteris that... A DUNGEON MESHI REFERENCE?

@ghifariasoka8272 Ай бұрын

@@pokechatter That was unintentionally a Dungeon Meshi reference, but a Dungeon Meshi reference is always a welcome one

@LucyRoseLuna Ай бұрын

penguins can fly in water!

@leahluostarinen Ай бұрын

How 🤔

@TheHammerGuy94 Ай бұрын

@@leahluostarinen if you go to the most basic definition, Flying is having an extra dimension of movement. on the ground, non flying animals can move in 2D space on the ground. and the only time you have vertical movement is when you climb stairs or trees. but swimming though, if you can hold your breath long enough, or you are an aquatic animal then you have access not only to the surface of the water, but also the depths of the sea.

@TheFirstCurse1 Ай бұрын

Gen 4 easily had the best Starter Trio. Never have I loved all 3 so equally. Unova is a close second though.

@4restFinders Ай бұрын

Collectively, the gen 4 starters are my favorite. Not individually, but overall together; great designs all around.

@mattwo7 Ай бұрын

21:48 I learned about this guy from the Persona series. Fittingly enough in SMTIII Nocturne, he even evolves into Seiten Taisei (aka The Monkey King aka Son Goku aka Sun Wukong. it's the Japanese translation of Wukong's self-proclaimed title of "Great Sage Over Heaven" ) .

@chip-toons Ай бұрын

im pretty sure it was "great sage equal to heaven"

@Gloomdrake 28 күн бұрын

@@chip-toonsdunno. I can tell you that Chinese words usually don’t have just one English translation, though

@chip-toons 28 күн бұрын

@@Gloomdrake fair enough, thats just the one i see most often

@mattwo7 Ай бұрын

12:46 "A turtle made it to the w- wait, that's a _tortoise!_ What are you doing?!"

@jordanbutler8530 Ай бұрын

My favorite starter trio. Infernape was my first Pokémon. Always has a place in my heart. Plus, anime awesomeness. I have grown fond of torterra after using it in Legends Arceus. Plus, the Detective Pikachu movie with the torterra garden was awesome. The regular ones are cool, but the mountain sized ones are awesome. I just want there to be a myth about a giant torterra mountain range somewhere of the coast of sinnoh in the main series games. Empoleon is not a top starter for me, but it gets points for unique typing and coolness with wing blades.

@Randallroks Ай бұрын

You can tell Lock loves Piplup when nearly half the entire video is dedicated to its evolutionary line.

@owenbridgers Ай бұрын

Probably my favorite group of Starters They’ve ever done

@brianmoyachiuz905 Ай бұрын

I love how all the starters can be super effective against their weakness type, Torterra can use ground to counter Infernape's fire, Infernape can use fighting to counter Empoleon's steel, and Empoleon though isn't flying or ice but it can still learn those two types to counter Torterra My uncle taught me this

@hecatia666 Ай бұрын

I can't stop seeing Piplup as Nick from the Party Crashers now... Also I always picked Turtwig on Sinnoh games because i love the fact that a cute turtle can evolve into a litte piece of land awesome tortoise that is Torterra

@heinshaaine8153 Ай бұрын

Same and because in the one episode of Pokemon ive seen turtwig evolved and had to deal with the fact that he is now slow and bulky instead of fast and nimble and that resonated with my pubertarian me..

@ultimate_pleb Ай бұрын

18:25 "Japanese macaque is japan's only primate species" bro forgot about humans 😂

@islammehmeov2334 Ай бұрын

That's racism 😢

@adamthechao9519 Ай бұрын

@@islammehmeov2334 Humans Are Literally Primates Though.

@ultimate_pleb Ай бұрын

@@islammehmeov2334 no im not trying to be racist primate is a classification of animal that includes humans i understand the confusion but that's not how i meant it

@Andre-zz4hv Ай бұрын

Humans are not natives of asia They are migratory species that came from Africa

@potatoefanner2098 Ай бұрын

Lockstin’s got Pipplups like Jaiden’s got Chiikawa’s

@shockburst569 Ай бұрын

1:51 I’ve actually heard that there are people that believe penguins are mammals not birds which is hilarious

@thedragonwarrior5861 Ай бұрын

Wow, that is definitely one of the dumbest takes I've heard in a while

@Gunter4life Ай бұрын

As a penguin, I'm offended

@J.S.R.Berendsen Ай бұрын

In the Middle Ages people thought that Penguins where fish.... so they could be eaten during Lent and Easter. Happy Easter everyone!

@TheFirstCurse1 Ай бұрын

I can kind of see it because their feathers are so dense that they appear to have fur but even that doesn't make sense because many baby Birds have down which is fluffy.

@sinnohperson8813 Ай бұрын

Oh they can't fly, they ought to be mammals Reminds me of those , oh we can't understand your science , earth is flat

@TylerPerry827 Ай бұрын

“And Quaquaval is pushing the woke agenda” I almost spit out my drink lmao

@TheHammerGuy94 Ай бұрын

what about meowscarada?

@Sublime4217 Ай бұрын

@@TheHammerGuy94what about it?

@noahberan6498 Ай бұрын

My favorite water starter

@purpleblah2 Ай бұрын

The Monkey King also has an affinity with fire, he got stuffed in a furnace as punishment for causing mischief for the gods but survives the fire for 49 days without being burnt. Also he can breathe fire? At least in the old CCTV cartoon he does.

@cobaltprime9467 Ай бұрын

I had the idea of the Sinnoh Starters being Legend Game Starters. It’s pretty obvious that Empoleon will be in ZA with a Kalos form. Kalosian? Kalosi? And it’ll be water/ice. Its name is based on Napoleon! But for Tortera I thought a Unovan form based on Native American burial mounds and would be grass/ghost. Its back would just be a burial mound. Infernape would be right at home in Johto as a fire/flying type. It would use the power of the wind to make a nimbus to fly on. Like its inspiration, the Monkey King. And Goku. It could work in another Japanese region like Kanto and Hoenn, but in my Legends Johto imagining, I thought it would be perfect in the lineup with a grass/steel Grovyle and a water/poison Greninja.

@TheFirstCurse1 Ай бұрын

These ideas sound awesome.

@voidastralbirth Ай бұрын

Pearl was my first game. Piplup was my first Pokemon. Empoleon, my final Pokemon standing against Cynthia’s Garchomp, is the best starter, period.

@user-wd3zs9cp7l Ай бұрын

Even if they aren't part of an overarching theme, I really like each of the Sinnoh 3's designs individually. Each of them is a complete, coherent story, just a distinct one.

@Armund_Wolffe Ай бұрын

Piplup was my first starter, and the line remains my favorite to this day. in every game i can, i have an Empoleon on my team.

@Steve-fy5zr Ай бұрын

Torterra is my favorite final form of any starter line. Just such a banger design!

@nobodyinparticular3982 Ай бұрын

It's worth mentioning that Sun Wukong is also fire related, in that all of the five main characters of Journey to the West are associated with one of China's five phases and Wukong is the one associated with fire. Also, Wukong lends huge support to the fighting type since, after the titular journey is completed, he achieves the status of Buddha and is specifically called the "Victorious Fighting Buddha"

@themeraldsword1630 Ай бұрын

Torterra was the first starter I ever had so it was great to get a video on it... And it's partner Pokemon I guess

@PokeMasrerJ Ай бұрын

That's why I'm glad Platinum fixed the Fire type shortage. With at least Flareon, Houndoom, and Magmorter.

@sinnohperson8813 Ай бұрын

It's dumb when people don't even acknowledge existence of platinum when talking about the pokedex People ALWAYS consider emerald while talking about gen3 then why not sinnoh :(

@cesarflamenco9484 Ай бұрын

Still can't make a full team of 6 out of them though (unless you repeat a previous Evo from the ones mentioned).

@sinnohperson8813 Ай бұрын

@@cesarflamenco9484 that's nothing new , right? A lot of gen has type shortage

@uchu1700 Ай бұрын

I always see them as: Gen 1: Pets Gen 2: Extinct Animals Gen 3: Evolution / Adaptions Gen 4: Mythology Gen 5: Royalty

@noahberan6498 Ай бұрын

Honey badgers and alligators are very much alive though

@uchu1700 Ай бұрын

@@noahberan6498 Volcano, Dinosaur, Cave Man are dead or can be considered dead. Volcano - Killed off most the Dinosaurs but did not affect mammals. That's why gen 2 is Extinction animals.

@ArtsyJet Ай бұрын

@@uchu1700The caveman thing is kind of iffy to me. Cavemen were still human and humans aren't extinct, obviously--

@DarkBanks3 Ай бұрын

@@ArtsyJetactually no, most “cavemen” are an extinct species called neanderthal that was outbreed by homo sapiens, or humans

@uchu1700 Ай бұрын

@ArtsyJet The caveman part comes from the whole line concept, and think about this if Cavemen were alligators they would differently be different like the totdile line because during the time of the great extinction, only some small creatures survived like our ancestors that later became Caveman. Also, Caveman were not human they were a subspecies the difference is that human lived in Africa.

@drakered Ай бұрын

17:09 Fun Fact, this artwork is done by Paul Kidby and is for the Discworld book series. The turtle is the Great A'Tuin

@liammcdevitt6917 Ай бұрын

Gen 4 was my first gen with Chimchar -> Infernape being my first starter ever. To this day it remains my favorite Pokemon. from its inspiration, design and how it fairs competitively, it'll always have a spot in my heart.

@TheFirstCurse1 Ай бұрын

It was also my first Starter. Platinum was my first game. However Gen V is my favorite Gen and my favorite Starter is my girl Serperior.

@JeezAlax Ай бұрын

10:59 I may be the only person to get this reference, and I fuckin' LOVE IT!!!

@omnimon1996 Ай бұрын

What’s the reference? :D

@Heratic_ Ай бұрын

@@omnimon1996 history of the entire world, i guess

@omnimon1996 Ай бұрын

@@Heratic_ Awesome! ^^

@JeezAlax Ай бұрын

@@Heratic_ That wasn't what I was thinking of, but idk if that video also referenced what I was thinking of or not. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLCRjJan2cibZmQ.htmlsi=9LbSyqHPWuYVqIu6

@miguellopes7627 Ай бұрын

When I bought Diamond I chose turtwig purely because of how Torterra looked, and for young me a turtle becoming a dinosaur was awesome

@wystellia Ай бұрын

Infernape's design also always gave me vaguely Ancient Greek vibes and it saying the fire on its head never going out reminded me of the Olympic flame.

@cesarflamenco9484 Ай бұрын

Torterra will always be my favorite Sinnoh Starter. Turtles being my favorite animal was already an easy pick for me, but it proved to be an absolute unit in my run, being one of the few things that can survive attacks from Cynthia's Garchomp and respond accordingly. I put so much care into it that it became my first legitimate Pokemon I trained to Level 100.

@omnimon1996 Ай бұрын

1:22 to 1:25 I was not mentally prepared for this scene and lost my sh*t for 10 minutes straight! 🤣

@WolfKat091 Ай бұрын

I will agree with the tree vs shrub idea. For example the Texas Liliac or Virtex plant. It grows naturally like a bush with multiple trunks but if as it grows you cut the small side branches to make a single trunk then it becomes a tree.

@deceptionz_ Ай бұрын

Gens 3-4 had the most goated starter pokemon.

@Rexred09 Ай бұрын

Most valid opinion ive seen in a while.

@Rackz437 Ай бұрын

@@Rexred09fr

@deceptionz_ Ай бұрын

@@Rexred09 preciate you brother.

@slowazzd2165 Ай бұрын

@@deceptionz_children

@deceptionz_ Ай бұрын

@@slowazzd2165 what??

@yourlocal.numnut436 Ай бұрын

20:02 Looking at Monfernos tail on the left, it looks like a bunson burner

@s-my-q9618 Ай бұрын

Great to see a new video, been watching your videos and playing Pokemon to relax after work.

@Tamo8 Ай бұрын

22:15 One of the most famous incidents in the Ramayana is Hanuman's tail being set on fire. After the demon king Ravana caught Sri Rama's messenger Hanuman, he ordered Hanuman's tail to be set on fire, the mischievous Hanuman then went on to incinerate Ravana's entire kingdom with his fiery tail. This incident is used as an example of how Ravana's hubris led to the destruction of his kingdom, since in Pokemon evil is represented as dark type s the opposite of that would be fighting, Monferno and Infernape's fighting type also make sense this way.

@silversonic1 Ай бұрын

Gen 4 was when the Pokemon franchise as a whole changed. The theming of the starters of Gen 5 was made clear in the past. There's no real set theming for the first 3 gens. Rather, we have stories like how Ken Sugimori used "painted chicks" as inspiration for Torchic's line or how Pikachu was actually inspired by bunny mochi. Gen 4 having a world turtle, Son Wukong, and Napoleon honestly just makes me think someone heard someone say "The man, the myth, the legend" and based the starters on that. Napoleon is the man, the world turtle's the myth, and Son Wukong's from the legend Journey to the West. A stretch, of course, but it's as close of a theme as I can get.

@Tozo97 28 күн бұрын

I came across a YT poll for the Sinnoh starters, 35k+ votes. I clicked my boi Chimchar and my jaw dropped. It was a perfectly even split. Tens of thousands of votes. Just another testament to how hard these starters go

@Macheman7 Ай бұрын

I've always loved Turtwig's entire line. My best friend is a huge Piplup fan, and my mom always picks the Fire starter, but she really loved Chimchar's line. I think there's just something special about these Pokemon, they're memorable and wonderful designs. They have tons of personality that comes through, not just from Dex entries, but from visual design and their cries.

@aqeelmohammed9997 Ай бұрын

Next video can you do Terapagos Lore PLEASE???

@grey_wind 3 күн бұрын

Torterra is, to me, a perfection of the things I loved about Venusaur as a kid. It's in my top 3 favorite starters for sure, and would most likely end up on my ideal team.

@misterzygarde6431 Ай бұрын

I do think that with it getting a 1/4 x Resistantance to Ice that the Water/Steel typing of Empoleon makes sense. Honestly, I'd say that the Sinnoh Starters are one of the best, I liked Torterra enough that I sent an egg of it into my copy of Pokemon X

@realsalu634 Ай бұрын

An really sad thing about the gen 4 trio is that they are the only trio to not have any "gimmick" for them, no mega, regional, zmove, gmax or signature ability/move, making them the ones that most lack stuff

@josephbulkin9222 Ай бұрын

gimmicks make stuff less special, give me plain ol' battling anyday.

@TriStain69 Ай бұрын

@@josephbulkin9222 Found the genwunner lol

@josephbulkin9222 Ай бұрын

@@TriStain69 Meh, not a genwunner, not old enough for that. I'm a genfourer, if that makes sense.

@TheFirstCurse1 Ай бұрын

@@TriStain69I'm someone who heavily dislikes Gen 1 and I agree with them. I started with Gen 4 and my favorite is Gen V.

@beyond7830 Ай бұрын

@@josephbulkin9222 exactly!

@crylec6534 Ай бұрын

18:22 UMMM Akchually Japan has humans therefore two primate species. 🤓

@typemasters2871 Ай бұрын

I have an Infernape that wears a kings rock because the flame on an Infernape’s head looks like a crown of fire Also I originally thought Infernape was pronounced In-flame-ape

@SharpEdgeSoda Ай бұрын

Lockstin you were so close to nailing the most insane part of Gen 4: Gen 4 is when they picked a FIRE TYPE ELITE 4! In the gen with NO FIRE TYPES!

@MMDAMV Ай бұрын

25:18 made me belly laugh so loud I had to wind it back to hear what you said next

@yoshi-omb4833 Ай бұрын

Turtwigs, my favorite starter line and torterra, is my favorite starter. Torterra is also my 2nd favorite pokemon. He's my favorite big boi! Love any love for the line!!!

@TheMonkieKing4 Ай бұрын

What's your favourite Pokemon

@yoshi-omb4833 Ай бұрын

@TheMonkieKing4 My favorite pokemon is girafarig! And know you didn't ask it, but if I had to have a team of my 6 favorites, it would be Girafarig, Torterra, Torkoal, Drifloon, Corphish, and seviper Tho they would of course be evolved if I was using them in a game.

@tygardner1117 Ай бұрын

Amazing video🔥🔥🔥 favorite trio of starters ❤️

@AlexCrabbymass Ай бұрын

Piplup is my favorite little buddy and I would die for him :)

@superflameking03 Ай бұрын

Piplup is my favorite of the three as well, but I will admit out of all the starters, this group was the hardest choice for me to make!

@Popstalgia Ай бұрын

The Sinnoh Starters, the only starter trio I love all 3 lines equally.

@thewritingrowlet2980 Ай бұрын

At last! Love the series, keep it up!

@MNM7700 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this video, Lockstin. Thanks a lot🙏

@silveramyknux241 Ай бұрын

Son Wu Kong is adapted so much, that even the Archie Sonic comics has a character and region based on it too. Monkey Khan.

@dedsecturbotowns6069 Ай бұрын

19:20 You only have yourself to blame for all that overthinking. I've never thought THAT deeply about Monferno's tail flame.

@Slimeade Ай бұрын

Worth mentioning there's a species of Langur that has bright orange babies, and one of the most notable aspects of their appearance (Aside from white sideburns) is a tall pointy hairstyle. It wouldn't surprise me if Chimchar is partially based on one of those Monkey species

@cabilewi5917 Ай бұрын

1:23 that was too funny 😂. Love your videos.

@mattwo7 Ай бұрын

22:48 Son Goku is literally the Japanese pronunciation of the hanji aka kanji characters for Sun Wukong.

@sophiedowds726 Ай бұрын

one of the turtles you showed when you explained turtwig looked like a real version of torkoal

@leafgreen20cruz Ай бұрын

I remember on the "2nd Pokemon Ranger Shadow of Almia" you uses Empoleon riding on him using Aqua Jet too Crash the Iceberg!!

@reddheirwingenjoyer Ай бұрын

"emperor penguin" (keeps showing footage of *king* penguins which are completely different) for those curious, the yellow spot on king penguins is enclosed, while on emperors, it's open into a gradient to its neck and stomach.

@LunaP1 Ай бұрын

Torterra's Pokédex entry plus the myth it was based on reminded me of that scene from the Detective Pikachu movie.

@alternatequartz7224 Ай бұрын

I love these origins videos!

@jalencurtis7222 Ай бұрын

They're eating each other's ears in the thumbnail. Cute.

@Moonsong227 Ай бұрын

10:28 I mean, all the starters are based on a myth that is also the literal king or metaphorical king-size of something, Poseidon--Sun Wukong--World Turtle. Perfect for the region of mythology (cough the best region cough)

@Pika999 Ай бұрын

Infernape is my favorite Pokémon of all-time, it's so much fun to use in game and its story in the anime was so good! Plus I love its design, it looks so cool! I'm not even necessarily a fan of monkeys but this monkey is definitely the best in my opinion.

@natedeanmaan2 Ай бұрын

Gen 4 is my favorite region, and Chimchar IS my starter Pokemon!

@MumboMod Ай бұрын

Quick correction - the macaques are not only found in Hokkaido, they're throughout Japan all the way down to southern Kyushu, they might even be in Okinawa. I saw them in Nagano in central Japan.

@gPudgy Ай бұрын

Piplup is my favorite starter with Treeko immediately behind

@piratekingndoe6772 Ай бұрын

Best starters in my book tortarra is the best

@Ducktherealone Ай бұрын

The terra part in torterra can also play into how the earth’s (as in the planet) Latin name is Terra. This also plays into the whole world turtle thing

@peng1luver259 Ай бұрын

Penguins make me smile a lot! Next Eiscue?

@nahidahamed1742 Ай бұрын

Gen 4 was my starting point in playing Pokemon and infernape is my fav starter mon

@mantis638 Ай бұрын

If this gen represented a theme, I would think it would be protectors. Napoleon became the leader of France. Whether he protected them as well as many would hope, I’m not sure. The world turtle literally keeps the land afloat. Sun Wo Kong is the monkey king because he is the king of the monkeys. His whole origin is about rebelling to protect his people. I know it is a streatch, but it works.

@attilaszanto2275 Ай бұрын

19:45 When Chimchar farts on Professor Oak, I can't take it anymore. 🤣🤣🤣

@raymiemiller1455 Ай бұрын

6:36 "Revisiting Emperor Penguins" Shows King Penguins

@slylanders1291 Ай бұрын

I am satisfied that another video set around the Sinnoh Pokemon has come out, I can wait a little longer for Riolu and Lucario to get one. I went with Infernape because I really like monkeys a lot, sure I like penguins too, but I like how the Infernape line is designed well and the choice of colors look great on them! If Gamefreak made a game where you could get all three starters at the beginning instead of just one, that would be crazy wouldn't it? Maybe you can receive the other two choices of either types in the middle of the story kind of like in Legends Arceus. I also wish Gamefreak would re-release the older titles for the Nintendo Switch and the Lite.

@superk417 Ай бұрын

I loved Empoleon since pre-release of dp hopefully we get some buffs for my penguin king

@lythd Ай бұрын

chimchar was my first pokemon ever, though i would reset and my first successful playthrough was done with empoleon, lots of memories in gen 4 and with those starters (even torterra).

@Teeeeeee77 Ай бұрын

The GOAT starter lineup

@timwoods2852 Ай бұрын

If I had to pick a theme for the Sinnoh starters, I'd say history. Add Blaziken to the other two Fire/Fighting starters and you have all three companion animals from _Journey to the West._ Which might even be why we have those three.

@peng1luver259 Ай бұрын

0:33 highly agree 10/10 penguins for the win

@Wolfbane382 Ай бұрын

More lore! Love this series and can't wait for the next set. ^_^ Thank you so much for doing these by the way. Love all the content.

@joeywilczak1468 Ай бұрын

I like todadile mainly because it's a crocodile and is a water type (All water type starters are my favorit)

@jakobthomas1926 Ай бұрын

I appreciate the subtle meme reference in the sponsor segment

@NB_06 Ай бұрын

I didn't get it, could you explain? 😅

@Falconwing66 Ай бұрын

Infernape is my favorite Pokémon ever. The anime was going while I was playing Diamond. While my Infernape was squaring up with Cynthia, Ash’s was proving Paul wrong. It was a magical time.

@spookykatelyn2161 Ай бұрын

I love piplup, its so cute as well i also love as popplio, grookey, squirtle and sprigatito so much when it comes to starter pokemon ❤😍

@TheFirstCurse1 Ай бұрын

I was fine with this comment until I saw Grookey. The Gen 8 Starters (and most Gen 8 Pokemon) are abominations.

@spookykatelyn2161 Ай бұрын

@thefirstcurse3123 well that's your opinion, I didn't have a problem with grookey nor the other starters of sword and sheild, because I just choose to enjoy the game.

@TheFirstCurse1 Ай бұрын

@@spookykatelyn2161 You can enjoy a game and something that you love while being able to recognize how bad it is.

@spookykatelyn2161 Ай бұрын

@thefirstcurse3123 I will admit there were some things I wasn't a fan of in the sword and sheild game, which you have a point there. But I had no complaints when playing the game. If anything I was frustrated on who to pick out of squirtle and bulbasaur during the DLC. Besides that, I have a problem with scarlet and violet I wasn't interested in challenging the pokemon league path. You can say I was burned out and want a different pokemon adventure. At least defeating team star was interesting and i had fun with searching and battling the Titan pokemon.