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Isn't ironical how the Pokemon that was literally inspired by a Kaiju dosen't have a Gigantamax form...

Fun Fact about Volcarona and Mothra: The german name of Volcarona is Ramoth, it's literally Mothra with the syllables switched

1:04 mentions king kong is a kaiju, but forgets to reconize Clifford the big red dog as one👀👀

Tyranitar using Surf saved me many times while playing Silver/Gold. That was a surprise to me since a Rock/Dark learning Surf reminded me of the iconic Godzilla rising from the ocean scene.

Lockstin needs to edit the bulbapedia already. Also his slogan needs to be “Pokémon can have multiple inspirations”.

Charizard: "I have two Mega Evolutions and a G Max Form!" Tyranitar: "G Max? I only got a Mega Evolution!" Hydreigon and Volcarona: "You guys are getting Megas?"

King Kong isn't "technically" a kaiju. He straight up is a kaiju. America just didn't have a name for the giant monster subgenre. And you know who else is a kaiju without anyone calling it so? The Cloverfield monster.

To be fair, King Kong was summoned by the native people of his home island with drums and he was known as the protector of that jungle. Drums, plants, giant, gorrilla. I think Gigantimax Rillaboom may be partially inspired by King Kong. Maybe a little Donkey Kong too. He did have that rhythm game played with a unique drum set.

Rillaboom is King Kong is such a weak mindset It's clearly DK

I'm so glad that someone finally pointed out the fact that Giratina and Mothra use the same sound profiles.

Here's a small nitpick I wanna correct. Ultraman and Godzilla were co-created by a lot of the same people, especially the legendary creator of the tokutatsu genre: Eiji Tsuburaya. But they are not owned by the same company. Tsuburaya doesn't own the rights to Godzilla like Gnoggin (or however the little skeleton is named) said. Toho owns Godzilla and Tsuburaya Productions owns Ultraman. Both companies do have really close working relationships, to the point they let each other borrow kaiju suits all the time. Because of that there's a lot of Ultraman Kaiju who just look like repainted versions of Godzilla Kaiju. It's most likely that Toho let Tsuburaya use their Kaiju's roar as well. So yeah, it's not that Godzilla & Ultraman are owned by the same people, but that both companies have good working relationships and let each other borrow stuff all the time. (Mainly because some people like Eiji Tsuburaya has worked for Toho before)

The closest godzilla related Pokémon is definitely groudon hands down. His destruction, his ability to walk in water making a large path of magma, etc. mostly everything groudon does is almost as similar to godzilla. We also can’t forget when he’s in primal form he legit looks similar to 2019 burning godzilla. WE ALSO CANT FORGET THEY LITERALLY USED GODZILLA’S ROARS FOR GROUDON IN THE ANIME

Gamefreak: *runs out of ideas* also Gamefreak: "Whelp, time to watch some more Ultraman."

And fun fact : Destoroyah is named like that because he was born from the Oxygen DESTROYER from the original 1954 film. :3

"Godzillante" That's just Godzilla with the "-nte" from Biollante grafted onto the end! How funny!

Speaking of the Anime, Dialga's roars in the DP Era has the roars of Kraa the Sea Monster & Manda, also Palkia's roars despite having Ghidorah and Godzilla's roars also have a cayote howl. Giratina & Lunala has the same roars as Mothra's but Giratina has both the Imago and Larva roars and Lunala only has the Imago Roars. BW: Reshiram combines the Roars of Megaguirus, Keizer Ghidorah & the Wolf's howl while Baragon's roars were used for Zekrom. Kyurem's roars being Monster X and Zilla (AKA the TriStar Godzilla) combined with his Japanese VA and in the dub Marc Thompson (who voices the Tao Trio). XY: Yveltal has the roars of Megaguirus & Anguirus (Pitched-up) and Zygarde in its 50% form has the roars of Mothra and the other Kaiju noises. SM: Solagleo has the roars of Monster X like Kyurem and Necrozma has another kaiju roar. The Dusk Mane form has the roars of Ebirah and a Cayote Howl. The Dusk Wing form has a Cayote howl. Necrozma in its TRUE form has the combo of Ebirah's roar, GMK Ghidorah's roar, and a lowpitched Cayote howl. JN: Eternatus has the roars of Ebirah and another beast. Zapdos has Mothra's Roars (Imago), and Articuno has the roars of many kaijus. Plus Dialga has the same roar as Necrozma in JN89 and JN90. POSTED: 2:59 PM EST Saturday December 10th 2022.

Volcarona is 100% mothra even going as far as finding it in a cave depicting murals of it being a benevolent god to the people

As a Godzilla fan and in a community with many other Godzilla fans, we are also Pokemon fans. NONE OF US have ever heard the comparison between Rayquaza and Manda. Manda is an ancient sea serpent guardian for an undersea humanoid race. Also... Manda has four legs.

Lockstin: Kaiju's are super cool right? Me: Yes, that is indeed a fact..

The most notable thing about Tyranitar, in my opinion, is that it is a classical dinosaurish kaiju that reaches its adult phase by PUPATING. Even weirder is that the shape and markings of the pupa are visible on its body, implying that the pupa itself mutated into an adult phase, rather than breaking like an insect's. That is such a strange, unique, and fundamental quality that I find it difficult to really consider it as having any one single inspiration unless said inspiration also does that.

"Gamara is a just a big turtle that stands upright." ... that could fly using jet in his retracted shell, was the protector of nature and protected all children.

Tyranitar, Hydreigon, and other obviously kaiju-inspired mons not getting Gmax forms is a crime against humanity. Gamefreak excels at missing opportunities.

I remember making a Tyrannitar that had moves that mimic Godzilla's powers. Dragon Pulse :: Atomic Breath Screech :: His roar Crunch :: He has been seen biting Earthquake :: He would probably cause small ones if he was in the real world Edit: This was back in UsUm

They have many godly earthen powers, such as digging rapidly Groundhogs: I AM GOD

“Most kaiju’s are from space, the ocean or suddenly mutated creatures” *Laughs in Rodan*

i'm surprised he didn't mention Hedorah and its connections Muk and Garbodor

So, hilarious add placement in the video was hilarious. You had just said 'Let me show how how Eleking dies', and it cut to a Verizon add. And my brain's response to this was. 'Yes, this kaiju died because of Verizon. Sounds legit.'

"Kaiju" literally translates as: Mysterious creature How are Pokemon described at multiple times throughout the franchise?

"We are not going to add robot pokémon" Magearna: What?!

Now I want a new Pokemon based on my favorite Kaiju: Clifford the Big Red Dog

I should note that Jet Jaguar also resembles ultraman, and most of the time is an ally of Godzilla. And I remember reading somewhere what he was also supposed to be a stand-in for Ultraman in the show. In other words, The fact Godzilla and Jet Jaguar are allies can be interpreted as Toho saying that Godzilla and Ultraman wouldn’t fight, per se.

Technically, The guy responsible for the special effects for the first few Godzilla movies quit Toho (the company behind Godzilla) and went on to form his own company, that ended up creating Ultraman. Outside of selling some of the Godzilla suits to his company, Toho has nothing to do with Ultraman.

Starfish purple sounds like a jojo stand name

Anyone remember that one scene? "Run! Its Godzilla!"

After returning to this video, I realized Lockstin did NOT do his research. 1. Ultraman is owned by an entirely separate company than Godzilla. Yes the creator of Ultraman worked on Godzilla, but he had left Toho when he went to create Ultraman. 2. Bemular is not the first monster Ultraman caught in a capsule. It's the first monster he fought.

Ultra seven is filled with insane deaths like that one with Eleking. It's my favorite from the Ultra series

15:25 fun fact: Volcarona’s german name is literally “Ramoth”, can the reference be more obvious?

"Kaiju often come from space, deep in the ocean or are mutated species." Oh dear you haven't see KOTM and the Monsterverse. :3

Dynamax in Japanese is called "daimax", perhaps in reference to the term "daikaiju", which is applied to kaiju of exaggerated size.

As a huge Godzilla fan, I was always dissapointed with Tyranitar's design. It just doesn't scream "Godzilla" to me so I like the idea of it being *also* inspired by Bemular from Ultraman. It explains a lot about Tyranitar. But I like how you mentioned that Pokémon can be inspired by several things. There's just too much obvious Godzilla influence in Tyranitar to ignore it and say it's just a Bemular Pokémon. Since both Godzilla & Ultraman are super iconic in Japan, it makes sense that Game Freak decided to mix both franchises into one Pokémon.

8:03 “Let’s put Tyranitar next to classic Godzilla.” *puts in a picture of Hiesei era Godzilla *

2:50 3 categories actually -kaiju -JRPG enemies or -Yōkai (like Ninetales is straight up a kitsune Yōkai)

"Alright, to be fair, stag beetle battles have been a thing in asia since the year 700 so of course it's gonna be referenced in all sorts of battle focused media" Jobin vs Josuke Beetle Tendency intensifies!

"They decided against having a robot Pokémon (in Gen 1)" Magnemite, Magneton, Voltorb, and Electrode are all robots and Porygon is an AI, basically a disembodied robot soul.

"Its name is really Destroyah, isn't it?" Only if you remove the first O in Destoroyah. But yes, its name is just Destroyer plus an O and a H

Doctor Who: I am the longest running TV show StarTrek: See, thats where you are wrong, I am. ... : Amateurs! StarTrek: What did you say, punk? UltraMan: AMATURES! Doctor Who: *chokes on tea* StarTrek: °o°

Fun Fact: When I reversed the roar, it stays the same roar, just like how your reverse the word "Racecar" and "Radar". Also the roar is high pitched so I slowed down the pitch and I get the classic Godzilla roar.

When he said that Godzilla was mutated I was like “Danget he’s thing of zilla” Godzilla is a ancient creature that was awakened by nuclear bombs in most stories

"No robot pokemon in gen 1" Magnemite, porygon somewhat, arguably voltorb...

Once he started talking about plushies I looked into the background and there ludicolo was starring back from the void, looking deep into my soul

So fun thing about Mega Tyranitar; I'm pretty sure it's more based on Burning Godzilla from Godzilla vs Destoroyah Ultra Sun Dex Entry: Due to the colossal power poured into it, this Pokémon’s back split right open. Its destructive instincts are the only thing keeping it moving. Considering Burning Godzilla is literally melting down due to his own power and will die in a radioactive explosion with the only thing keeping him alive is just his will to live a bit longer and the fact that Mega Tyranitar own power is so great that it splits open its back, meaning it will die soon . . . yeah. I feel the inspiration there.

Actually Bemular was never caught in a Capsule by Ultra Seven. The Capsule you show is from Ultraman Geed and is actually Five King. Ultraman also didn't really catch Kaiju in capsules either. The capsules in Geed were made by Ultraman Belial.

Lovely lovely, yet I am heavily breathing multiple times at some misinfo here... Excuse my nerdness as I list out a couple FYI-stuff down with no annotations. Plus some fine ol comments on stuff mixed in. Bemular was never caught by Ultraman, he was killed just like the majority of the kaiju that appear in the series. Ahem, Toho and Tsuburaya technically only worked together for like the early Showa series of both franchises, Eiji Tsuburaya can at least be credited for bringing suitmation with the 1954 film. The God of the Earth title for Baragon was only given to the GMK instance of him, plus GMK was release in 2001, waay after Gen 1. Connection to Baragon still fits thought. Angross, not really classical, appeared in the middle of the Heisei era. Those are just flippers on Gazort cause the thing is a space fish-thing. Oh heck, Golem really is just a rocky version of Takkong. Fun Fact, Takkong's name comes from the Japanese word for octopus: "Tako" And like Pestar, drinks oil in the original appearance. Space Eel, that's all you have to see from Eleking. Also.... yeah, Ultraman did do a lot of gore on the monsters, especially with Ace's series, the ultra has multiple finishers that have the word Guillotine in i- Wait is that why Guillotine in pokemon 1-shots 50s to around 70s toys in japan were always so saturated. Sudden idea I got looking between Bemular and Tyranitar, or in this case, Pupitar. Bemular has the special ability to change into a big, blue, space-travelling orb. Which sorta mirrors the chrysalis Pupitar, blue color, shell-like. Tsuburaya has been making a couple Godzilla-look-a-likes a couple of times. Apart from Bemular and Redking using Big-G's roar, there's Astron (or Earthtron, depends on translation) who has a similar appearance. Gomess and Jirass are a thing, both of which reused two Godzilla suits (or mixed pieces iirc), Jirass is just a green Godzilla with a frill. That clip with Yveltal didn't feature Megaguirus' roar. Reminder, high-pitched screech. Also, I think the best pronunciation of Megaguirus is "Meg-a-gear-us", well, for me anyway. The relation with Mothra for Gigantamax Butterfree may be for 2019 version, where... Oh look both have BIG GLOWING GREEN WINGS! Though it may be argued to be a coincidence, both were released in 2019. Done. I dunno.

Wait isn’t Gnoggin a skeleton with blue eyes and a blue hoodie? *now where have I seen that one before?*

Great video Lockstin, impressive information gathering and presentation!

In Toho's appearances of King Kong, whenever he bangs on his chest there would be a large drum sound effect.

Tyranitar is mainly inspired by godzilla, and not bemular You asked for it

Hydreigon needs more love.

Another great video! I really loved this video because I really love kaiju. Also of course I already knew the connections between Hydreigon and King Ghidorah and Volcarona and Mothra, but I didn't know that there were even more kaiju inspired Pokemon. And yeah, I guess people sometimes make connections when they're not really there, but it's fun to make those connections, especially if you want to make fan art.

When I first found Larvitar I was like "Please don't let this be like my level 55 Dunsparce." To my surprise it was my best Pokemon after evolution... (This was 1999 or 2000 on a Japanese Silver Version)

Gezorah isn't an Ammonite, he's a Cuttlefish.

Fun Fact: Kaiju just means stragebeast in Japanese

Turtle bazooka: exists The people who made pokemon: I know what where gonna do today!

Funny how now we have the very Godzilla inspired Baxcalibur alongside this

"I just wanna point out how this thing dies-" "A migraine hope" Thanks, ad

Did anyone just realize that Young Chi-Chi’s head thing was a reference to Ultraman just now?

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet added Iron thorns which is clearly a reference to Mecha Godzilla.

You missed out that Hydreigon is also related to Mecha King Ghidorah since it was originally going to be a Steel/Dragon type, the purple markings are reference to the tank treads it was going to have.

I was about to say "Wow it's exactly 20:00 how nice!", and it was on the sidebar... but now that I'm on the video IT SAYS 19:59 aaaaaaa

4:27 You can’t grasp the true form of Gigan’s attack!

Awesome video, man. Love your stuff

This was a good watch. I always appreciate people diving deep into old kaiju media like this. As my name suggests, I’m more biased to say that T-tar is based on Godzilla, but your argument is very strong. I now think it’s both. Haven’t played Pokémon since X an Y, now I kinda wanna come back.

Did you know that Clifford the big red dog is a kaiju.

"i have too many plushies" I love pokemon plushies, gib

Lockstin these videos are great They help me see how intricate Pokemon are As well as stop others from disrespecting Pokemon with no evidence

And here I am still searching for Dialga's movie cry's origins

“I have too many plushies.” MandJTV: Am I a joke to you?

It's possible that Tyranitar also takes some inspiration from Anguirus. Tyranitar's Japanese name, Bangirasu differs by one character and they're both armored dinosaur-esque creatures with spikes running down their back.

As a resident Kaiju expert I will say I love this video. As for Electabuzz, I'd point towards Toho King Kong. Which had electric capabilities.

I would like to mention that Tyranitar also resembles the original position Tyrannosaurus was thought to have, while Tyrantrum resembles the modern position Tyrannosaurus is thought to have

And thus I realize why Nidoking was always one of my favorite Pokémon, he’s a Kaiju reference!!!🐉😋🥰

"But real quick, I just want to point out how this thing (Eleking) dies." *An ad for Raid: Shadow Legends comes on right then.* Me: Yep, it dies by an ad for a way over-advertised game. And now I'm cringing because Lockstin just said "Hydrei-jon."

The sarcasm when referencing the SNES game is strong enough to vaporize the faint of heart.

I really appreciate the final 3 minutes. Gutsy to say as a Poketuber that Poketubers sometimes try to hard to reach for connections. A+!

I was literally in the middle of a gnoggin video when this popped up!

I feel the amount you got wrong does a great disservice to the legitimate impact of Ultramam on the Japanese entertainment industry. Most of all being that Ultraman was NOT made by the same people as Godzilla. Yes, Eiji Tsuburaya, the creator of Ultraman, was the special effects director for years at Toho, but by the time he started the Ultraman franchise he'd stepped down and started his own company. True, there was industry trading, but that was mostly due to the amazing admiration Tsuburaya had in the industry. After his death in 1970, Tsuburaya Productions became a fully separate company and continued to create the MANY different incarnations of Ultraman which would become a staple of Japanese television. He is not a superhero, there are a bunch of sparsely connected different series with some overarching lore (convoluted at best). Point being, even a show about a giant, spandex clad, superhero is never as simple as it seems. Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai are not the the same thing.

3:02 "Fairies" Stella? When did you leave the train? DQ IX, one of my favorite DS games.

Fun fact: Idk if electabuzz can breed their kids but Eleking is known to Breed their kids, baby Eleking.Its so cute tho.

Dude Ultraman defeated Bemular by killing him, not turn him into a capsule, and the thing about capsule is it's not from the Original Ultraman and it's from Ultraman Geed wich is in 2017 and Original Ultraman is from 1966

So, no one gonna mention how Groudom is LITERALLY Godzilla? Giant bipedal lizard that is like a god

Rayquaza is Shenron confirmed XDDD (Not really but here's my theory lmao) Rayquaza: Green dragon, fix resolves. Mega evolves by "receiving wishes/prayers" Shenron: Green dragon who grants wishes, to fix resolves. Shenquaza, The green dragon who grants wishes, the more wishes he grants the more his form changes. In its spare time it prevents issues between Kygoku and Vegroudon. So basically. I just fused the franchises and didnt realise :P

This is my favorite video cause he talks so much about my favorite topic, kaiju.

Hardcore kaiju fan here, so a small tidbit to point out; Baragon's "god of the earth" idea didn't come until the 2001 film Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack (GMK for short, quite the long name), AFTER Pokemon was already made and established. However Baragon did of course appear in older films (and did burrow as well iirc) so the design for Nidoking is still blatantly obvious. Edit: ALSO GODZILLA IS NOT A MUTATED LIZARD! The 1998 American Godzilla film is the ONLY one to do that idea. The original 1954 Gojira has Godzilla as a giant prehistoric animal risen from the depths of the ocean due to atomic bomb testing to make man pay for the crimes of nuclear energy. EDIT #2: YVELTAL'S ROAR WAS NOT MEGAGUIRUS' REEEEEE

The funny thing about Volcarona is, in German it’s name is „Ramoth“, referencing the Egyptian god of the sun (I believe) and it being an moth. And also Ra - moth Moth - ra ... yeah kinda on the nose there

Never even heard of Bemular before, but this is very interesting. Also, I gotta hear those roars now just so I can notice.

I associate Rayquaza with Quetzalcoatl the most. (For those who don’t know, Quetzalcoatl is the Aztec god of the sky as well as many other things, he looks like a giant green snake with bird wings)

I think that Eliking's antena resembles Raichu's ears.

Is this a hint of Godzilla vs King Kong? xD

Gyarados fits Godzilla more than Tyranitar. It's stated to destroy cities, launches beams from it's mouth, lives in water, even the dorsal plates looks similar.