Dudunsparce is actually the middle evolution. The final evolution is called Dududusparce and will be introduced in gen 16

I'm not gonna try to convert you into loving dudunsparce, but I will say, the fact that it sort of transcends the boundaries of the games and exists purely to get a reaction out of the players feels so genius and is part of why I'm fully on board with it

I kind of feel bad that Jynx never got an evolution yet Electabuzz & Magmar did

For me, my favorite cross gen evolution is Mammoswine. I always thought Piloswine seemed incomplete. Seeing it become Mammoswine filled me with such joy. And it helps that it is soooooo good too

Annihilape really makes me want a third stage for Hypno. I always saw Primeape and Hypno as counterparts, both being the B-version of better mons, Machamp and Alakazam.

Tbh I'll just never get past how they gave Mr Mime an evo with a mustache cane and top hat and went with Mr Rime for a name when Mime Sr was right there.

I really don't know why people expected so much from Dunsparce, of all Pokémon. Making a comically disappointing evolution to an already comically disappointing Pokémon seems like a perfect fit

One thing worth mentioning on Electivire is the head horns. Elekid is a plug. Electabuzz is an antenna. Electivire is tesla coils.

The only one I am missig is Crobat. He is a huge upgrade from Golbat. But the I hate the most is Rhyperior. Well... Not Rhyperior itself. I used one for a long time, and I grew close to it, but it's just so far from the original stages. Rhydon is one of my absolute favourites, it really deserved an evoultion that is really an ubgrade in design too, not only in power. Maybe a Steel type evolution one day...

Honestly, I did feel that Dunsparce needed something. But the fact that GF made it a big joke with Dudunsparce, just made me love it and I think is great that the evolution is literally just, an extra segment or two. 11/10, can’t wait for Dududunsparce.

Honchkrow single handedly got me back into pokemon games in gen 4.

I always loved Scyther and took a while to like Scizor. But Kleavor amazed me from the first look, it's so epic! About the Mr.Mime line, I surprisingly liked the Galarian form and evolution. The connection of mimes, clowns and tap dancers or movie actors is the idea of entertainers and it feels a good progression imo

I like Smoochum! Ever since getting the Odd Egg as a kid and hatching a Smoochum with Dizzy Punch it’s always held a spot in my heart. I’m still holding out for that jynx evo. Maybe in a couple more decades.

Say what you will, while it's not what anyone may have expected I love my giant silly segmented cryptid serpent Dudunsparce. 🙂 That it is actually useful in battle helps too.

I love my dundunsparce. I think people overhyped themselves into thinking that it'd be some kind of crazy strong awesome looking serpentine pokemon a la gyarados and milotic but it didn't end up like that. I've been a fan of dunsparce since gen 2 and now I can use the bigger form to perfom much better in battles.

I wish we had more Scizor styled evolutions where the stat total is the same but the stats get moved around, making it feel less like an evolution and more like a form choice. I could see one for Shuckle.

The fun thing is. Dudunsparce(just like Annihilape) has a lore for existing. Dunsparce is based of a Tsuchinoko, a snake like creature that is pretty much just a disappointment. So it makes sense it would evolve into something that is still a disappointment (think reverse Magikarp -> Gyarados)

It's funny that while almost totally useless in all other aspects of the franchise, Smoochum has found a niche as being a really good/borderline OP Pokémon to use for the level 1 dungeons in the Mystery Dungeon Series

Honestly the only thing I expected out of an Dunsparce evolution was that the stats would be fine and that it looked more like a snake and not like a sandbag, nothing more, so I'm happy with the evolution. I mean you could say that it can be made better but you can say that to literally everything, I mean Garados never got the Dragon type. I think people just had too high expectations, were I just had the few mentioned. So all in all I like Dundunsparce no matter what you say.

I really liked the new Gen 4 evolutions, but I never understood why they were so hard to get, and basically not obtainable for a playthrough. Also, Jinx really needs some evo love, doesnt even need to be made OP, it could just get a design overhaul like Obstagoon and just be a new thing. Smoochum grosses me out, Jynx needs something else

Magamar line is actually loosely based on the Karura, a Japanese Buddhist transliteration of the Hindu divine creature Garuda, having the head of a bird and body like a human. Its fire typing and head come from the "karura clouds," a flaming nimbus or halo often adorning behind the statue of Buddhist deity Fudo-myo. Mr. Ryme is definitely a mix of tapping and ENGLISH actor Charlie Champlin during his silent film days. Also, I always feel bad for Jynx as the controversy between its yukionna/yamababa roots and the accusations of black face have tarnished an otherwise interesting character that could have gotten a cool more wild form that could lean it to its mountain hag inspiration.

I kind of love Dudunsparce though. It's such a derpy Pokemon, which is great because Dunsparce is already a giant derp. Definitely not going to be for everyone but I really love the weirdoes in Pokemon and Dudunsparce just works for me.

I actually quite like Mr. Rime compared to the other three members of his line but to each their own I guess. And also with Dunsparce. Yeah it's kinda of letdown but it's the most Dunsparce thing to do by evolving like that.

TBH I usually forget about Chingling too but whenever I'm reminded of it I just think about how cute it is! It's round!

I still think that Bisharp into Kingambit is an extremely cool Evolution, I love that your Bisharp has to prove itself in order to evolve.

Dudunsparce is hilarious lol

Agreed with everything except Dudunsparce, i will not accept this slander!!! It is the perfect troll pokemon and I love it for that

Now that I think about it, there is no Normal type Paradox Pokemon. How about a past form for Snorlax? It can be called Slumbering Wrath or something like that. It would be a Normal/Fighting type.

Lickilicky would make a good #1 for a top 10 most uncomfortable names list.

Magmortar is a top 5 Pokemon for me. He looks like a Pokemon the bad guys would use and I love it.

Lickitung should have evolved into a normal/poison type called Ickitung.

To this day, I still forget which one is the evolution between chingling and chimecho because they both look like pre-evo’s to me Edit: also, I literally learned in this video that chimecho was a gen 3 Pokémon. I’ve never seen it in any hoenn game and they were so common in sinnoh that I assumed that’s when it was introduced, which is another reason why I didn’t know which one is the first form

So um… recently I started to use a Shiny Annihilape for Tera Raids and I see why I always feared it… it's very scarily strong… using one at my disposal makes me feel less afraid

I wanna see if there is a chance to save these lines with new forms

I hit the like button before I even got past the intro. Keep up the cool videos Emperor Cubone!

I do agree that if Dudunsparce was normal/ ground then I honestly wouldn’t have any problem with it

Dudumbsparce could've at least been part ground...

Thanks as Always for the great Video

Hot take: I legitimately like Dudunsparce more than ANY fanmade Dunsparce evolution. Why? Because literally all of those fan evos are just slight design variations of ONE concept: "BIG COOL EPIC AWESOME SWAG DRAGON." Which without fail completely abandons any semblance of Dunsparce's original inspirations or themes such as the tsuchinoko, sphinx moth, digger bee etc. Everyone followed the exact same formula to the point where giving Dunsparce the least unique evolution in Pokémon history *was what made said evolution unique* because it WASN'T the same giant Dragon/Flying/Fairy/Ground-type Awesomesparce a million fanartists had already voiced their support of.

But Dunsparce wasn’t “made” into a joke, that was the intention from the start. It’s inspiration, the Tsuchinoko, is literally a joke cryptid, being a fat useless snake who’s only supernatural quality is that it can double jump and is only cared about because it’s rarely seen due to its cowardice. I won’t lie, I also used to be one to wish Dunsparce evolved into fierce dragon, but over time and a good while before SV came out the the prospect began to bore me. If Dunsparce did evolve the way the fans expected, would I be satisfied or would I just be left sitting there thinking “Ok, we got exactly what we wanted, now what?”. It started to feel like having the dream of an evolution was better than having that wish granted. When Dudunsparce was revealed, it took a minute to click, but after that I loved it, how it kept Dunsparce’s quirkyness and how it doubled down on the joke that Dunsparce always was and I respect whoever made that decision.

Fun fact: Mr. Rime is my favorite Ice-Type and are in my top 10 Pokémon-list of all time! I had a hard time with Mr. Mime in the past and sure Galarian Mr. Mime don't really look good either but Mr. Rime has become a great gentleman with a hat and stash so I can't complain!

That dudunsparce part feels like a blow to the stomach but I do agree that it should have gained the dragon ground type somewhere, I say it's an evolution to say the most.

Weavile is one of my favorite cross gen evolutions. Sneasel was very underwhelming back in its debut so seeing them fixing this was a nice touch. Too bad Chien-Pao basically just made Weavile obsolete.

I unironically love Dudunsparce just because it’s funny and makes people upset.

Great list! I’ll still never understand why they greenlit Lickilicky in the first place - like, who is it for? Why did they think people wanted it 😭

You didn't love or understand Dunsparce to begin with, you just cared abut what fans speculated of it. Dudunsparce is perfect.

My favorite thing about Annihilape is that, if you evolve your Primape rather than catching an Annihilape in the wild, YOU are responsible for its inability to find peace in death. YOU turned it into a wrathful spirit by forcing it to use Rage Fist until it died. Pokemon may stand for Pocket Monsters, but in this case, YOU are the monster.

I still think Porygon2 should be a branching evolution. One where it upgraded correctly and one where it glitched out.

Primeape has a base stat of 455 and you called it respectable like, it needed all the help it can get. Annihilape was the right call and it look and battle awesome 😊

These 6 Best & Worst videos are your bread & butter in terms of content, so thank you for continuing to make them! Been watching for a long time Emperor!

I feel like gamefreak made dudunsparce just to have the fandom shut up about wanting dunsparce evolution

Great job, Emperor Cubone. I think we can agree that as much as I love this region, Johto is a really odd case when it comes to the type of Pokemon it introduces. On one hand, we get brilliance like Scizor, Crobat, and Kingdra. On the other hand, we get Bellossom, that’s not only a total downgrade and a waste of a stone but didn’t get a stat buff Vileplume would get in Gen 6.

Good video! I liked the part when you completely missed the point of the Dunsparce line and proceeded to get mad about it.

I myself adore Dudunsparce, it's so stupid that it just works and I used one on my team for the first time and I am happy I did!

I have to disagree with you on Dudunsparce. Aside from the Type combo - which I agree should have been changed - the only legitimate reason for disappointment is the massive expectations people had for it , and that's a flimsy one at best. Dudunsparce is a perfect Evolution for Dunsparce, and no-one can tell me otherwise.

The reason why Dundunsparce failed is because people’s expectations were unrealistic after all the Fanart. There’s only so many designs you can do before it feels samey to someone else’s design. And GameFreak and Pokémon could only do so much after years and years of Fanart taking over designs. Could they still have done better? Maybe, but after all this time and all this hype, they wouldn’t be able to please the fans anyways. I would have liked to have its BST be at least 30+ points higher overall, but what are you going to do?😊

I had a Porygon-Z in Platinum that was amazing on the battle frontier

Ya know.. I never noticed the stomach face before.. thanks a lot, man. 😂

I do agree that Electivire is a vast improvement on Electabuzz, although ever since playing PLA, I really wish it had been dual electric/ice. The interpretation of it as a sasquatch-like creature also fits that.

If you do make another video about this topic, I’d love to see Crobat, Kingdra, Togekiss, and Weavile. These guys are incredible upgrades to their pre-stages and some of my favorites! Also, thought I’d share my thoughts about Dudunsparce (my opinions entirely): Dunsparce has been around for almost 25 years, and some of its pals like Yanma or Sneasel have gotten evolutions that vastly improved their capabilities (arguably Yanmega deserved some more upgrading), so it’s no surprise that over the years, power creep, pure Normal, and other gen 2 Pokémon getting evos, Dunsparce had become less and less useful than back in gen 2 when it could be considered a tank. Naturally, Dunsparce needed an evolution to catch up with the times, but I think people’s expectations were too high. What should Golbat evolve into? A more athletic bat. What should Tangela evolve into? A larger mess of -Haribo Sour Spaghetti- vines. What should Yanma evolve into? A larger dragonfly. What should Dunsparce evolve into? A magnificent dragon? No. (Well, the Dragon type can stay, I’d say Dunsparce deserves at least that.) Now, yes, Dudunsparce’s design has room for improvement (notably those tiny wings), but it’s far from terrible. In fact, it’s fitting. Dunsparce was a snake that evolved into a larger snake. Most evolution changes haven’t been very extreme, which is fine. Why should Dunsparce receive an evolution that changes so much when the others got simple evolutions? And no. Dunsparce and Magikarp are not comparable. Magikarp’s stats are garbage, it needed Gyarados. Dunsparce’s stats were ok, but not horrible. Yes I’m aware that gen 1 was almost 30 years ago and Pokémon has changed a lot since then. But Dunsparce getting special treatment with an evolution that drastically changes its design when compared to other previously mentioned evolutions is just unfair. I won’t say Dudunsparce is perfect, pure Normal is very lackluster, but Dudunsparce is not a bad Pokémon. It got what everyone else got: an evolution that’s comparable to the original with a stat change slight enough that it’s strong, but not OP (unlike Annihilape, seriously, that thing is BUSTED.). Not sure what else I can say, Dudunsparce isn’t perfect, but it’s a great evolution for a great Pokémon.

Funny you say "nobody wanted this" for Dunsparce, if you look at Bogleech's Pokemon reviews, they basically literally described Dudunsparce as the exact kind of evolution they'd want for Dunsparce way before Dudunsparce actually happened because... they actually understood the origin and basis behind it

I love your content

While a lot of the other Beta baby forms (like elekid specifically) weren’t that great, Beta Magby is superior to the Magby we got

Dudunspacre is a meme Pokémon and I love it. People hyped up over something they made up and got mad when it didn’t happen.

its funny i was watching this video while sweeping a team with my own scyther after 2 sword dances, which happens to be my favorite pokemon

Chingling is one of my favorite Pokémon ever and I adore its design. Maybe it shouldn't have been related to Chimecho, but Chingling is such an adorable baby Pokémon with so much charm and such a simple, but expressive design.

I will say that for my previous playthrough of Pokémon X, I used Dunsparce just because of the hate it got. And it became one of my best fighters in the game - it dominated.

My personal favorite is Gallade, I loved the Gardevoir line in Gen III and Gallade is just such a cool design

Would love to see your list of pokemon that need one

Chingling seemed like it was included in DP because the devs were worried that Chimecho was just too strong for the early game.

Dudunsparce is amazing, probably my #1 cross gen evo. It's frustrating in the most amazing way, I'll die in this hill.

I actually love dudunsparce. GF knew what they were doing, and even the name is a joke, sounding like a sting (the da dum tss sound on drums and a cymbal). It was a huge troll, and mad respect to GF for doing that. I'm definitely in the minority, but I think its genius

My favorites are Gliscor Sirfetchd Honchkrow Alot of my favorite involves the anime and when i first played sword my dynamaxed sirfetchd one shotted raihans gmax duraladon. I named mine scrooge mcduck

What I love most about these cross-generation Pokémon is their ability to get ribbons others from their latest gen don't have. It's great for origin mark hunters as well.

Honestly, I love Mr. Rime. He looks so dapper and dashing, like he's gonna invite me out for some tea. He tore apart many a trainer for me when I needed it

Dunsparce is based on a tsuchinoko, a fat little snake in Japanese mythology. It was always meant to be a joke since tsuchinoko aren't taken seriously by anyone.

You should do a series this year it’s like other series you did in the last few years like gym leader of every type or every Pokémon dual type or 6 Pokémon triple type for this year idk what you would do for a series maybe 6 Pokémon that Should have 4 types or maybe every duel type pokemon with 3 types if you don’t want to do that than think of something else

It’s crazy how your “worst list” goes back and forth from being 100% correct to 100% wrong, Magmar, Mime, and Dunsparce don’t deserve to be there at all, the Magmar line is just as good as the Elektabuzz line, Rime is a cool (pun intended) tap dancer juggler thing, and Dunsparce is literally perfection incarnate. Putting those three anywhere near the Chingling line or (specifically) Smoochum is a disservice to all cross-gen evolutions

"Ending up as a joke is very different from intending to be one". Cool, good thing Dunsparce was the latter. Tsukinoko, "fat snake", was always a joke yokai.

do you have any list with all the music used in your videos?

I never noticed gligar until I seen that episode of Pokémon with Gligar man in it

If Game Freak is all funny and making jokes around, why didn't we get a freaking Paradox Blissey called "Iron Maiden"?????

“Arguably they keep adding unnerving creep pokemon”, I get how the other parts of the Mr Mime line are creepy, but how is Mr Rhyme creepy? Honestly imo it’s closer to cute than creepy

Third today? My Tuesday Yays have been doubled! I’m betting on Lickilicky being Top 3 if not #1, guess we’ll see 😂😂😂 Thanks for the new list Emperor Cubone and go hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙

In defense of dudunsparce, he’s just a funny guy.

At least we know eventually we will have Dundundunsparce with probably a 3 and 4 segment form that’s even larger

How dare you say Dudunsparce is the worst. It's literally perfect. It's the embodiment of Dunsparce. It's not supposed to be majestic, powerful, beautiful. It's supposed to be stupid and a joke.

I absolutely loved Magmortar it was one of my main team and was also my Flame Body Egg Hatcher

Can you make a list of trade evolutions like in Scarlet and Violet we could get a Haunter that evolved after trading with a non playable character. I would love to get a Scizor in a similar fashion in the future.

dudunsparce was funny for about a week and that's the nicest thing I can say about it

technically it's a mantis with ninja human, but with a reptile mask

Dunsparce has been my second favorite Pokemon for years, and honestly I prefer the Dudunsparce we got to the fanart you showed. Personal preference, I guess. There are certainly other fan evolutions of it out there that I do prefer, but I'm happy that they just doubled down on what I already liked about Dunsparce instead of going in a wildly different direction. TL;DR: yes, it could be better, but my simple tastes are still satisfied with it both gameplay-wise and design-wise.

Dudunsparce: *gigachad noises intensify*

I love Mr rime. I have had it on my playthrough team multiple times now.

I disagree on your magmorter take. I think him having flame thrower cannons for hands is dope. Great video tho keep up the good work!

How the Thor didn’t I make the Dora connection with smooching before?

Ok, no lie, I actually genuinely love Dudunsparce and want a body pillow-sized plush of it

I'm curious, where was it confirmed that Primeape evolves by dying? There is an older dex entry that says it sometimes gets so angry it dies, but said entry says it is peaceful in death. Annihilape on the other hand, gets described as achieving even greater rage, transcending the limits of a physical body. It's more like an ascension than a death. But maybe I'm splitting hairs.

It is simply that you can't comprehend the ways of the DUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUN

Dudunsparce needs an Evolution!