@@BoBz013 why even do these runs then? Rather spend the time watching them? I watch jrose and a couple others but to use mimic seems like a cheat... Why not just glitches? Or items in battle?
I love how Jrose reacts to the run as though he's experiencing it in real time even though he's also recapping it in the past tense. It's like he exists in all positions in time at once.
I love how Butterfree begins as a brute forcer with high special and a single damaging move, and ends as a tactician with low overall stats but good status moves and versatility
It feels like the character arc of some kind of anime, where the prodigy or powerhouse moves from their small time origin to a place where they're the small fry and has to develop other skills to compete.
It's less of a tactician and more of a one trick pony. The one trick is just very, very good. Like do a somersault, snap the bad guys neck and save the day good.
The real reason Butterfree is a Bug Flying type is because it cheeses the hell out of the game mechanics in ways that the developers never fully intended, and it looks Fly as hell while doing it
@@pupper55801 x 1 = 2 The square root of 2 then squared repeated is an ever changing number. Until the problem of 2 can be solved then we cannot trust in and mathematics as we currently understand it.
Jrose should make a “How to Solo Challenge”, and explain his exact pathing, items he always gets, and variances like Body Slam, etc through the offscreen bits. I know you can probably piece it together if you watch all the videos, but a succinct piece is nice
It's more or less the pathing of a glitchless speedrun, watch one of those and you'll know 80% of JRose's. He makes some tweaks around the specific pokemon needs, but the rest is pretty similar. There aren't many different ways of going fast through the game, it all comes down to: can this Pokemon beat gyms in the optimal order or do you need to backtrack later?
@@giulioceresini1435 And other people have done Mewtwo runs before Jrose. So poo poo on him for doing a Mewtwo run, right? We should just have watched the other ones, right? Personally, I'd much rather watch Jrose do one than any of the others, since he's the one I'm familiar with.
Comparing quick-evolving bug pokemon that quickly fall off after the early game to Jagen is perfect. As both a Pokemon and Fire Emblem fan, I appreciate it very much.
@@neil5458 what are you talking about? The Community is a Different Beast entirely but Modern FE has not had Jagens mostly due to Different Game design choices. Awakening had Frederick, Which was very stellar. Fates (Depending on the route) Did not have Jagens (Except for Rev), Echoes was a Remake that did not have Jagens in it nor the original (Although Lukas/Levin sword could be seen as one) and Three houses did not. From what Engage has seen, Vander is a Jagen, so That's nice
Just a little something to support the Month of Jrose and thank you for your dedication to provide us with so many hours of entertainment! Also really glad to see Butterfree did so well, it was one of my favourites as a kid, and even carried me through Pokemon Sword/Shield by ways of Quiver Dance + Sleep Powder!
Even in Fire Red and Leaf Green I've done that, same for Beedrill. In fact I've beaten Sabrina's gym in Gen 3 with just a Beedrill and swept Agatha with Butterfree. Often my final moveset for Butterfree in Gen 1 is Sleep Powder, Swift, Dream Eater, and something else I forget:( In Gen 3 it's Sleep Powder, Secret Power, Dream Eater, and Psybeam. My Beedrill has Secret Power, Aerial Ace, Brick Break, and Twineedle.
@@morrigankasa570 My Butterfree (thanks to Gen 4 move tutors and being able to move him to Gen 6) had Air Cutter, Bug Buzz, Sleep Powder, and Dream Eater, with a combo of Compound Eyes and the Life Orb. With proper breeding and EV training, it can actually be a decent, if somewhat frail, special sweeper. Had a lot of fun trolling people with my health-sapping Butterfree back in the day.
@@KamenRiderGumo I have never played any Pokemon game past Generation 3. Mostly due to never having the game systems to do so because of cost. In fact I'm still playing the actual cartridges on a Gameboy Advance SP.
@@ThorsShadow I guess if there’s just the one species of each and they can all hear your thoughts though, wouldn’t that be all of them? Unless there are some real world moths and butterflies struggling to coexist alongside them, ha.
Honestly this was one of the most entertaining runs to watch. The RNG was wild and the plays that Butterfree was capable of were incredible. Gen 1 mimic is so ridiculous I love it.
Dude between the mimic leach life strat and the double psychic strat I can safely say this was the BEST run so far. As someone who plays some of these solo runs myself and has played a ton of competitive pokemon I never expected there to be something you do that makes me go 'are you effin kidding me?' not once but TWICE in one video.
Speaking from recent experience, it’s utterly GOATed in the remakes: Compound Eyes Triple Powder basically gives you the utility of a Parasect with a Jetpack, and Aerial Ace immediately after getting Cut, and later Silver Wind, means you can actually beat Psychic types mono a mono. Silver Wind also has a chance to let Butterfree go Ultra Insect It’s not THE most powerful Pokémon you can use in the game, but my WORD that thing puts in way more work than people are willing to admit
When I was starting my journey with Pokémon, my friend who borrowed me the Yellow copy advised me to get Butterfree to deal with Brock. Little did he know that not only I kept it past that gym but it was actually my main team member for the entirety of the game - my captain with always the highest level. I'm really happy you did the run its justice
Lol yep, butterfree and blastoise were my co captains. I wanted to freeze them with a blizzard or ice beam and then psychic their asses to death was my special one two punch. Obviously not efficient but as a 5 year old, the few times I pulled that off in blue made me laugh non stop
I distinctly remember as a 5 year old being hardstuck at Brock with pikachu. First finding out thundershock did nothing then I tried bruteforcing with quick attack but would die to the Onix every time. think i tried beating brock like 20 times before i randomly caught a caterpie, evolved into butterfree that learnt confusion then I oneshot the geodude and 2 shot the onix
That was definitely a bug brain play (pun intended). If I remember correctly, butterfree and blastoise were in my very first championship team back in like 2000...always felt terrible replacing pokemon and I distinctly remember using max ether before championship gary to run through him with blastoise. When I played through fire red, I needed butterfree since I just love that little bug so much (also I always found trolling trainers with a metapod harden hilarious
Butterfree was one of my first Level 100s! Love that little guy in Pokemon Yellow! Shame it doesn't have ANY STAB moves like Fly or even Leech Life or Twin Needle.
@@Soumein yeah they really didnt know how to balance movesets. If pokemon didnt have such a fantastic concept, it would probably be forgotten amongst all the other janky Gameboy games
They'd be worse than Psychic and Mega Drain anyways since Butterfree has extremely poor Attack and both types are physical in the first 3 gens. You'd still end up running non-STAB moves.
That rival fival battle was absolutely bonkers. Gen 1 mechanics, chain missing, super luck and super unluck weaving back and fourth, and a sweep with god RNG at the end.
This give me the idea than they put Mimic in saffron and give venomoth to Sabrina just to give the player the chance to beat alakazam with any Pokémon and don't get stock
In my first nuzlocke in pokemon yellow, when I was around 13 years old, Butterfree was definitely my early game MVP that didn't even fall off later on. I considered boxing him after Surge's fight, mainly because I had my team firmly planned out and "one use of PokeCenter every Poke Center" forced me to plan my grinding very carefully, but... this little dude earnt his right to stay in the team after surviving a fookin Selfdestruct from Hiker's Geodude in the Rock Tunnel. Butterfrees are just built different, ultimate little dudes.
I have always said to never underestimate the early-game Bug-types. They can pull through when it matters most. And I feel like it's even better in a real in-game scenario because you're evolving it from Metapod, which has Harden if you caught it as a Metapod (or has it regardless in Yellow), and thus has a consistent means of badge boost glitching. Whether that would make any sort of difference in a solo run, I couldn't say, but as part of a team, I have used Butterfree that kept on contributing to the team's success long past the early stages of the game.
I loved every second of this run. It had everything a Tuesday night needs … suspense, surprise, emotional roller coaster/underdog story. Loved the enthusiasm in this delivery.
So Butterfree did surprisingly okay for itself despite usually being a Pokemon people ditch past the early game. Shocking! Yet vindication for Butterfree too. Nice to know!
surprisingly okay? dude, it did amazing when you remember bug types were/are trash. the fact it was far superior to a starter is proof enough of it being good. sure it has no stab move, and its kinda underpowered, but on the other hand, it has access to ALOT of great moves, that allow it to cheese most troubles. compare that to charizard or scyther, who both required a handfull amount of brute force and luck.
I like how this was one of the few runs to actually do the gyms in the intended order also that ending was amazing who knew Butterfree had it in him/her
@@SonicEndouRed I mean, Butterfree isnt gender-locked like some pokemon or genderless like most legends. So him/her is accurate since those are the genders it can be
I've a real soft spot for Butterfree. In later gens it's surprisingly useful, since Compound Eyes makes Sleep Powder incredibly accurate, which gives it a lot of utility as a catching mon. It also gets some pretty good STAB attacks which makes it really good in certain late-game fights, even when it's stats should say otherwise.
You know, if there truly is an infinite number of parallel universes out there, that means, mathematically speaking, there is a universe out there in which you had a run where every single move the opponent made throughout the entire playthrough got a Gen 1 miss.
Actually not. The number of universes is not infinite, just a very big number defined by David Hilbert I believe. Since the chances for that to happen are so small, it is likely that there is no universe where that happened :/
@@hammerstix5791 Depending where you derive your theorem from. If you just have this idea then ye sure, but there is no evidence or hint in this direction. If you come to that conclusion because of a certain quantum interpretation then there is a finite number, until proven otherwise ,Hilberts theory stands.
You predicted correctly the amount of help Butterfree would need on the end gane and leveled accordingly. I think thats way better than having to retry 50 times the elite 4. Its probably true that a more precise ranking comes from doing minimun battles and then leveling during the Elite 4, but backtracking can be more time consuming. Dunno, I like these videos more this way.
Red and Blue have level 1 Gyarados have Hydro Pump and I think they did that to make him a huge threat if you ever fished one with a Super Rod. Since he is still one of the most feared pokemon in the lore it makes some sense, but they fixed that in Yellow so he gets Tackle instead
I've never seen a lvl 1 gyarados. Never knew you could fish one out in red and blue. I played the hell out of it back in 99. That'd be a hell of a suprise. 😂
Butterfree is fr such a fun Pokémon. All the annoying powder moves, it’s underdog status, and gen 1 psychic is always nice to spam. Definitely my favorite Bug type. Very fun video to watch..
Sorry to tell you but it doesn't learn a new move until level 28, and all it has till then are normal moves. So no easy Brock win, which is usually a death sentence. It does start with disable so he may be able to do something with that vs the Geodude, but onix is a lot less likely to be a win. To my eye, it appears to be a worse starmie
It's very funny that you're right that butterfree is used often, but not for long, because in many games its actually quite good! The combo of compound eyes+sleep powder can be very solid in later games, and personally since I do a lot of nuzlockes, it really helps to catch Pokémon, though I usually lose it to a wild Pokémon at some point honestly. After watching, I gotta say butterfree performed way better than I expected honestly, looks just super convincing as to why butterfree is less of a Jagen and more of an Oifey
I physically cannot wrap my head around the last battle..... what!? All hail Butterfree! BTW that Psychic mimic was actually freaking genius! Nice run.
That ending was one of the most entertaining ends to a run I've seen. Clutch double Psychic, with multiple special drops and Jrose losing his mind was fantastic.
Butterfree is great, always carries my gen 1-3 nuzlockes for atleast the first few gyms then becomes the perfect sacrificial lamb whenever i need him. Honestly if it somehow learned explosion or self destruct itd be my favorite pokemon to use ever
Yes! Finally a Butterfree run! I remember using a Butterfree during my first run of Pokémon Blue as a kid, and I liked it a lot although I can't remember why. Same thing happened for me in Pokémon Gold with Quagsire.
One thing I always look forward to in these runs is what you name the rival, I love that you usually think of some specific joke about the pokemon and then find its counterpart. For this run I was expecting the rival to be named "Slavery" or something like that , but "Free defeated Quality" is even better.
I was expecting butterfree to do about that well. Confusion is a very good skill at the start of the game, it can learn psychic and has enough special to use it reasonably effectively.
@@justinmadrid8712 It's literally a Bug-type, so yes it's an insect. Besides, who says that the definition of "insect" is necessarily the same in the Pokémon world as it is in ours? Also: what the hell were you thinking telling a *literal Entomologist* what is and isn't an insect?
@@AhsimNreiziev I may not be an Entomologist, but as a kindergarten graduate, I can tell you for a fact that insects have six legs. Also, 'real' insects exist in the Pokemon world. For example, there is a mosquito in the Old Amber item, and 'real' butterflies can be seen flying around in Sword and Shield and X/Y. Multiple Pokemon are stated to prey on bugs, such as Horsea. I really don't think they mean Horsea is eating Caterpie and Weedle in the ocean. In the anime, you can see Pidgey eat a worm in the first episode, so 'real' animals exist, meaning Pokemon are not insects, they are Pokemon. 'Real' insects exist along side of Pokemon. Butterfree is not an insect. It is a bug-type Pokemon. Also, I was just making a stupid joke lol.
@@AhsimNreiziev it's ok. Just let them have their fun. If they get enjoyment being all technical on a CZcams comment about a Butterfree let them. I still approve this run.
Loved your energy and excitement through the video. Watching your reactions to the numerous close calls was a whole lot of fun, and it's so heartwarming to know even though Butterfree is only consistently good in early game can still hold their own in a solo run as someone who used one in many runs back in the day
"But becomes useless in the endgame" Laughs in 'absolutely carried my team through the E4 and Champ at lvl52 WITHOUT Sleep Powder' Commenting at the start here, I've been watching through the playlist in order and have been so excited to finally get to this one. Butterfree is easily my favorite gen1 Pokemon and one of my favorites of any gen. Its movepool in gen1 drives me bonkers, though. It really feels like they wanted to make it a Bug/Psychic but didn't for whatever reason. I would assume for balance reasons, but, uh... Looking at the rest of gen1, that seems unlikely, so your guess is as good as mine. Hearing you express concern over Koga was absolutely HILARIOUS for me seeing as in the same run with that Butterfree, I was able to completely no-sell Koga, likely at a lower level too since I was still using my starter. He did manage to poison me, but because of how poison works in gen1, I still didn't take any damage from it. I really don't think you should've bothered with trying to put the Muk to sleep, not with Sleep Powder's garbage accuracy. You only need a single dodge/useless move, after all, since it's a two-shot. Yea, okay, that e4 run was absolutely hilarious. Butterfree is truly blazing it there lol. Boooooooo on that placement. I mean you're probably right but also I'm incredibly biased.
Butterfree is one of the biggest cases of Pokemon defying expectations. It’s actually quite strong in later gens with Quiver dance/sleep powder. Love you Butterfree, never change.
This thing was my goto for half the totems because Compoundeyes = 97.5% Accurate Sleep Powder into basically anything I wanted. Swept Hala's team with Quiver Dance Air Slash. Wasn't too helpful vs the champion sadly *cough*stealthrock*cough* but it was still great. tbh I didn't think it would last all game but it worked just fine. Also I didn't understand why people thought Guzma was so hard but then realized not everyone has a x4 bug resist with a setup move and Air Slash :)
Your strategy against Alakazam in the last battle was either the top of the Galaxy brain meme, or the bottom of the Galaxy brain meme, can't really figure out which
I love having a Butterfree on my team, especially when I'm trying to catch pokemon for my pokedex. I just put them to sleep and they're way easier to catch.
I love that the #2 solo runner in the biz, the dude responsible for developing so much of the metagame and community around it, is just chilling down here, barely noticeable.
I remember leaning heavily on Butterfree on my first play through of Pokémon Blue back when I was a kid discovering Pokémon. This was so validating to see Butterfree do so well over 20 years later
These are probably the best solo runs on CZcams. I really like how it’s not just clickbaity random challenge. It’s actually really fun comparing each Pokémon wondering where it will come in on the tier list Being shocked where a Pokémon comes. Like gastly for example and how just because a Pokémon is unable to learn one move it can be the difference between A and C or even D tier.
In Yellow it starts with Tackle only. In Red/Blue it starts with Bite, DragonRage, Leer, HydroPump, which is its full moveset prior to Hyperbeam at 52. This also means you could delete a move and relearn it later
Butterfree? More like GOATFree. How the hell did this even happen? It absolutely mangled almost every fight it had! I also didn't know Mimic could copy a move you already had. Really awesome run.
Using Mimic to learn Psychic while you already have Psychic is one of the most Gen 1 things I’ve ever seen, I love it.
My small brain thought he was gonna mimic Psybeam to gain another damage dealing move with PP. Gen 1 said not so fast my friend
first time ive ever seen that! (except for missingno having two of the same move)
That's a cop out move. It shouldn't be allowed.. like double team.
@@billydorsheimer4371 i’m sure everybodys gonna lose sleep about that 🥱🥱🥱
@@BoBz013 why even do these runs then? Rather spend the time watching them? I watch jrose and a couple others but to use mimic seems like a cheat... Why not just glitches? Or items in battle?
I love how Jrose reacts to the run as though he's experiencing it in real time even though he's also recapping it in the past tense. It's like he exists in all positions in time at once.
That's why he's so popular with his sexual partners!
Omnipresent
He actually records voice over first.
just wait tell he start uses future tense
I think of this every time I watch these
I love how Butterfree begins as a brute forcer with high special and a single damaging move, and ends as a tactician with low overall stats but good status moves and versatility
It feels like the character arc of some kind of anime, where the prodigy or powerhouse moves from their small time origin to a place where they're the small fry and has to develop other skills to compete.
the brilliant strategy of "Psychic and Psychic 2: Electric Boogaloo" lool
It's less of a tactician and more of a one trick pony. The one trick is just very, very good. Like do a somersault, snap the bad guys neck and save the day good.
butterfree is symbolism of life
I guess you could say they begin as a caterpillar and develop into a beautiful butterfly
This run can be summarized as: Gen 1 Psychic is a fair and balanced move.
That gives off big spiffing brit energy
Sleep Powder + Psychic + Mimic = not broken at all
With no exploit
The real reason Butterfree is a Bug Flying type is because it cheeses the hell out of the game mechanics in ways that the developers never fully intended, and it looks Fly as hell while doing it
@@093Megaman I love how I know exactly what you're talking about, and I never expected that on a pokemon solo run. xD
those mimic plays were insane. Fully unironic use of leech life and double psychic, just amazing
I'm really glad we're in the month of Jrose. A new Jrose video every day is exactly what I need to unwind from all of this extra stress.
Yo, same
Gonna miss it when he goes back to his normal schedule
On the other hand, depression is gonna hit hard when the month ends.
I would have honestly preferred to get a weekly jrose video instead.
I am dealing with a lot of various life stress right now and these videos are just a nice way to unwind.
Wow, doubling up on Psychic with Mimic during the Champion battle was such a big brain play that worked out super well!
He literally doubled the mind powers his Butterfree could use, it’s mathematically impossible to make a bigger brain play
Huh... fancy meeting you here.
On the side note: "How many Psychic moves do you want Jrose?"
Jrose: "Yes."
44:00 shoutout to the Butterfree for getting 3 STRAIGHT special drops on Alakazam AND 4 STRAIGHT special drops vs Exeggutor, clutch af
Jrose doesn't understand the true power of being a fun cutesy early game pokemon: Anime-protagonist plot armor.
7 psychic special drops in a row is 1 in 4000.
@@pupper55801 x 1 = 2
The square root of 2 then squared repeated is an ever changing number.
Until the problem of 2 can be solved then we cannot trust in and mathematics as we currently understand it.
Jrose should make a “How to Solo Challenge”, and explain his exact pathing, items he always gets, and variances like Body Slam, etc through the offscreen bits. I know you can probably piece it together if you watch all the videos, but a succinct piece is nice
I think that would make a nice rap up/end of the gen 1 series video.
@@wickederebus that will be ages from now though.
@@lenkagamine4145 he's a third of the way done, and has a month of videos he's uploading
It's more or less the pathing of a glitchless speedrun, watch one of those and you'll know 80% of JRose's. He makes some tweaks around the specific pokemon needs, but the rest is pretty similar. There aren't many different ways of going fast through the game, it all comes down to: can this Pokemon beat gyms in the optimal order or do you need to backtrack later?
@@giulioceresini1435 And other people have done Mewtwo runs before Jrose. So poo poo on him for doing a Mewtwo run, right? We should just have watched the other ones, right? Personally, I'd much rather watch Jrose do one than any of the others, since he's the one I'm familiar with.
Comparing quick-evolving bug pokemon that quickly fall off after the early game to Jagen is perfect. As both a Pokemon and Fire Emblem fan, I appreciate it very much.
I wish fire emblem wasn't going in the direction it is currently
@@neil5458 why is that relevant here?
@@neil5458 And what direction might that be?
And Pseudo Legendary are Ests.
Obtained generally super late, and take forever to evolves, but become extremely strong if you trained them.
@@neil5458 what are you talking about? The Community is a Different Beast entirely but Modern FE has not had Jagens mostly due to Different Game design choices. Awakening had Frederick, Which was very stellar. Fates (Depending on the route) Did not have Jagens (Except for Rev), Echoes was a Remake that did not have Jagens in it nor the original (Although Lukas/Levin sword could be seen as one) and Three houses did not. From what Engage has seen, Vander is a Jagen, so That's nice
Just a little something to support the Month of Jrose and thank you for your dedication to provide us with so many hours of entertainment!
Also really glad to see Butterfree did so well, it was one of my favourites as a kid, and even carried me through Pokemon Sword/Shield by ways of Quiver Dance + Sleep Powder!
Quiver dance is such a fun move, imo. It's just a cool pokemon to use :)
A little something? Those 50 euros would save my entire month lol
JRose isn’t going to slobber on your meat buddy.
Compound eyes sleep powder quiver dance hurricane is a personal favorite set of mine
My bug of choice is Venomoth with Quiver Dance and Tinted Lens.
As someone who definitely kept Butterfree on my team the entire game as a kid I'm glad to see it perform so well.
I thought he was so cool as a kid
Even in Fire Red and Leaf Green I've done that, same for Beedrill.
In fact I've beaten Sabrina's gym in Gen 3 with just a Beedrill and swept Agatha with Butterfree.
Often my final moveset for Butterfree in Gen 1 is Sleep Powder, Swift, Dream Eater, and something else I forget:(
In Gen 3 it's Sleep Powder, Secret Power, Dream Eater, and Psybeam. My Beedrill has Secret Power, Aerial Ace, Brick Break, and Twineedle.
@@morrigankasa570 My Butterfree (thanks to Gen 4 move tutors and being able to move him to Gen 6) had Air Cutter, Bug Buzz, Sleep Powder, and Dream Eater, with a combo of Compound Eyes and the Life Orb. With proper breeding and EV training, it can actually be a decent, if somewhat frail, special sweeper. Had a lot of fun trolling people with my health-sapping Butterfree back in the day.
@@KamenRiderGumo I have never played any Pokemon game past Generation 3.
Mostly due to never having the game systems to do so because of cost. In fact I'm still playing the actual cartridges on a Gameboy Advance SP.
Butterfree is actually broken in any gen where Baton Pass is available and not banned
There it is. The one, the only, "The Carry". The one Pokemon, that carried me through so many Nuzlockes.
This little son of a gun is why competitive battles have Sleep Clause
Ah Gen 1, where all the moths and butterflies have psychic powers for some reason
All the moths and butterflies? You mean the ONE moth and the ONE butterfly?
Butterflies and moths can't hear your thoughts 9Destra, you're just being paranoid.
@@ThorsShadow I guess if there’s just the one species of each and they can all hear your thoughts though, wouldn’t that be all of them?
Unless there are some real world moths and butterflies struggling to coexist alongside them, ha.
@@ThorsShadow technically that does constitute all moths and butterflies in Kanto.
its a reference to mothra. the moth friend of godzilla.
Honestly this was one of the most entertaining runs to watch. The RNG was wild and the plays that Butterfree was capable of were incredible. Gen 1 mimic is so ridiculous I love it.
Dude between the mimic leach life strat and the double psychic strat I can safely say this was the BEST run so far. As someone who plays some of these solo runs myself and has played a ton of competitive pokemon I never expected there to be something you do that makes me go 'are you effin kidding me?' not once but TWICE in one video.
20 seconds in and my guess is Butterfree is gonna be the ABSOLUTE UNIT that I always thought it was. I always catch a Caterpie if it's in the game.
Yep
I wish Butterfree would have gotten a mega alongside Beedrill.
Speaking from recent experience, it’s utterly GOATed in the remakes: Compound Eyes Triple Powder basically gives you the utility of a Parasect with a Jetpack, and Aerial Ace immediately after getting Cut, and later Silver Wind, means you can actually beat Psychic types mono a mono. Silver Wind also has a chance to let Butterfree go Ultra Insect
It’s not THE most powerful Pokémon you can use in the game, but my WORD that thing puts in way more work than people are willing to admit
It turned out to be pretty cheesy but still pretty damn good
@@spindash64 Mano a Mano*
When I was starting my journey with Pokémon, my friend who borrowed me the Yellow copy advised me to get Butterfree to deal with Brock.
Little did he know that not only I kept it past that gym but it was actually my main team member for the entirety of the game - my captain with always the highest level.
I'm really happy you did the run its justice
Lol yep, butterfree and blastoise were my co captains. I wanted to freeze them with a blizzard or ice beam and then psychic their asses to death was my special one two punch. Obviously not efficient but as a 5 year old, the few times I pulled that off in blue made me laugh non stop
I distinctly remember as a 5 year old being hardstuck at Brock with pikachu. First finding out thundershock did nothing then I tried bruteforcing with quick attack but would die to the Onix every time. think i tried beating brock like 20 times before i randomly caught a caterpie, evolved into butterfree that learnt confusion then I oneshot the geodude and 2 shot the onix
that double psychic had me rolling on the floor LMAO this run was so good!
That was definitely a bug brain play (pun intended). If I remember correctly, butterfree and blastoise were in my very first championship team back in like 2000...always felt terrible replacing pokemon and I distinctly remember using max ether before championship gary to run through him with blastoise.
When I played through fire red, I needed butterfree since I just love that little bug so much (also I always found trolling trainers with a metapod harden hilarious
Give that Butterfree TWO spoons after the champion battle. What a legend.
Jrose: Is it possible to beat pokemon red/blue with a butterfree?
Butterfree: proceeds to curbstomp the E4
Cue Beefwee video
It tanked a goddamn Fire Blast from Charizard without even being overleveled. That was just the disrespect.
@@ZorotheGallade No badge boost glitch either. Just straight up tanked it like the little friggin Terminator it is.
Butterfree was one of my first Level 100s!
Love that little guy in Pokemon Yellow!
Shame it doesn't have ANY STAB moves like Fly or even Leech Life or Twin Needle.
Isn't Beedrill the only Bug pokemon in Gen 1 with a stab move?
Ah, Paras and Venonat, with Leech Life.
@@Soumein what about pinsir? I thought it did.
@@tigeryumyums9407 not 'till gen 2
@@Soumein yeah they really didnt know how to balance movesets. If pokemon didnt have such a fantastic concept, it would probably be forgotten amongst all the other janky Gameboy games
They'd be worse than Psychic and Mega Drain anyways since Butterfree has extremely poor Attack and both types are physical in the first 3 gens. You'd still end up running non-STAB moves.
That rival fival battle was absolutely bonkers. Gen 1 mechanics, chain missing, super luck and super unluck weaving back and fourth, and a sweep with god RNG at the end.
The fact that you encountered a Rattata in water at 31:13 is such a Gen I thing.
he could have saved that poor rat from drowning, and he didn't. What a monster.
LMAO I CANT IMAGINE A LI'L RAT DROWNING WHILE FIGHTHING ME
How tf
@@thorwannabe6810 Gen1 gonna Gen1
@@thorwannabe6810All the half land half water edgetiles have bonkers encounter tables.
The ending was hysterical great run
That ending was perfect. All hail the month of Jrose!
This give me the idea than they put Mimic in saffron and give venomoth to Sabrina just to give the player the chance to beat alakazam with any Pokémon and don't get stock
This Butterfree run comes exclusively from Viridian Forest, and gets the OG Bug Catcher official stamp of approval!👍
In my first nuzlocke in pokemon yellow, when I was around 13 years old, Butterfree was definitely my early game MVP that didn't even fall off later on. I considered boxing him after Surge's fight, mainly because I had my team firmly planned out and "one use of PokeCenter every Poke Center" forced me to plan my grinding very carefully, but... this little dude earnt his right to stay in the team after surviving a fookin Selfdestruct from Hiker's Geodude in the Rock Tunnel. Butterfrees are just built different, ultimate little dudes.
That Mimic tactic in the final battle is the absolute most Gen 1 thing I have ever seen.
I have always said to never underestimate the early-game Bug-types. They can pull through when it matters most. And I feel like it's even better in a real in-game scenario because you're evolving it from Metapod, which has Harden if you caught it as a Metapod (or has it regardless in Yellow), and thus has a consistent means of badge boost glitching. Whether that would make any sort of difference in a solo run, I couldn't say, but as part of a team, I have used Butterfree that kept on contributing to the team's success long past the early stages of the game.
I loved every second of this run. It had everything a Tuesday night needs … suspense, surprise, emotional roller coaster/underdog story. Loved the enthusiasm in this delivery.
So Butterfree did surprisingly okay for itself despite usually being a Pokemon people ditch past the early game. Shocking! Yet vindication for Butterfree too. Nice to know!
surprisingly okay? dude, it did amazing when you remember bug types were/are trash. the fact it was far superior to a starter is proof enough of it being good.
sure it has no stab move, and its kinda underpowered, but on the other hand, it has access to ALOT of great moves, that allow it to cheese most troubles.
compare that to charizard or scyther, who both required a handfull amount of brute force and luck.
@@marcosdhelenoisn't he psychic/bug type? Psychic is his stab move , no?
@@gerboog just checked just to be sure, and nop, its bug/flying. also, cant learn fly.
@@marcosdheleno thats crazy lol
It learns just the right moves for it to work.
This month of Jrose videos has been a blast! Love the content and find myself watching every single video as soon as it comes out!
31:11 I didn't know you could encounter Rattata in the water at the shoreline, I love this game
I like how this was one of the few runs to actually do the gyms in the intended order also that ending was amazing who knew Butterfree had it in him/her
it not him/her
@@SonicEndouRed I mean, Butterfree isnt gender-locked like some pokemon or genderless like most legends. So him/her is accurate since those are the genders it can be
I've a real soft spot for Butterfree. In later gens it's surprisingly useful, since Compound Eyes makes Sleep Powder incredibly accurate, which gives it a lot of utility as a catching mon. It also gets some pretty good STAB attacks which makes it really good in certain late-game fights, even when it's stats should say otherwise.
You know, if there truly is an infinite number of parallel universes out there, that means, mathematically speaking, there is a universe out there in which you had a run where every single move the opponent made throughout the entire playthrough got a Gen 1 miss.
metapod run
How many percent is one in infinite? Or isnt there infinite universes where that happened?
Actually not. The number of universes is not infinite, just a very big number defined by David Hilbert I believe.
Since the chances for that to happen are so small, it is likely that there is no universe where that happened :/
@@jacobreichert836 it is objectively impossible for us to know that there's not an infinite number of universes.
@@hammerstix5791 Depending where you derive your theorem from.
If you just have this idea then ye sure, but there is no evidence or hint in this direction. If you come to that conclusion because of a certain quantum interpretation then there is a finite number, until proven otherwise ,Hilberts theory stands.
I've been digging these daily videos
How does this not have more likes
@@poisondax4771Gay
8 months later and I’m still Earthquaking them.
Same
man i never thought id ever see a level 64 butterfree take down a level 65 charizard with such ease. this just shows how broken gen 1 is
You predicted correctly the amount of help Butterfree would need on the end gane and leveled accordingly. I think thats way better than having to retry 50 times the elite 4.
Its probably true that a more precise ranking comes from doing minimun battles and then leveling during the Elite 4, but backtracking can be more time consuming. Dunno, I like these videos more this way.
BRILLIANT end with the psychic mimic lol bravo Jrose!!
Butterfree could be taught Teleport in Gen 1?!
Dude that’s awesome
Here's a funny one: Shellder can learn Teleport. How does a clam teleport itself, let alone two people?
Red and Blue have level 1 Gyarados have Hydro Pump and I think they did that to make him a huge threat if you ever fished one with a Super Rod. Since he is still one of the most feared pokemon in the lore it makes some sense, but they fixed that in Yellow so he gets Tackle instead
I've never seen a lvl 1 gyarados. Never knew you could fish one out in red and blue. I played the hell out of it back in 99. That'd be a hell of a suprise. 😂
Butterfree is fr such a fun Pokémon. All the annoying powder moves, it’s underdog status, and gen 1 psychic is always nice to spam. Definitely my favorite Bug type. Very fun video to watch..
I love how excited Jrose gets when things so right.
Loving the content. Holding on for electabuzz. Also keen on seeing if Golduck can post a decent time.
Sorry to tell you but it doesn't learn a new move until level 28, and all it has till then are normal moves.
So no easy Brock win, which is usually a death sentence.
It does start with disable so he may be able to do something with that vs the Geodude, but onix is a lot less likely to be a win.
To my eye, it appears to be a worse starmie
It's very funny that you're right that butterfree is used often, but not for long, because in many games its actually quite good! The combo of compound eyes+sleep powder can be very solid in later games, and personally since I do a lot of nuzlockes, it really helps to catch Pokémon, though I usually lose it to a wild Pokémon at some point honestly.
After watching, I gotta say butterfree performed way better than I expected honestly, looks just super convincing as to why butterfree is less of a Jagen and more of an Oifey
I physically cannot wrap my head around the last battle..... what!? All hail Butterfree!
BTW that Psychic mimic was actually freaking genius! Nice run.
Yes! My all-time favourite pokemon. Been waiting for this one.
That ending was one of the most entertaining ends to a run I've seen. Clutch double Psychic, with multiple special drops and Jrose losing his mind was fantastic.
Butterfree is great, always carries my gen 1-3 nuzlockes for atleast the first few gyms then becomes the perfect sacrificial lamb whenever i need him. Honestly if it somehow learned explosion or self destruct itd be my favorite pokemon to use ever
Best video by far I love your laugh towards the end man I’m happy for you on this one
I grew up with Red version and seeing the Blue version color palette is so bizarre lol
Loving your content dude
If this released close to the Beedrill episode you could've done something like "float like a Butterfree, sting like a Beedrill"
I've always loved Butterfree. Good stuff, dude.
The sheer, unbridled joy in your voice as you get Butterfree across the line there. I fuckin' love it dude.
Thank you Jrose. I cant sleep and this brightens my night!
Yes! Finally a Butterfree run! I remember using a Butterfree during my first run of Pokémon Blue as a kid, and I liked it a lot although I can't remember why. Same thing happened for me in Pokémon Gold with Quagsire.
I love when you get a victory off a joke attempt (ie Zubat using horn drill to win) you’re so happy and I’m so happy for you when it happens
One thing I always look forward to in these runs is what you name the rival, I love that you usually think of some specific joke about the pokemon and then find its counterpart. For this run I was expecting the rival to be named "Slavery" or something like that , but "Free defeated Quality" is even better.
I was expecting butterfree to do about that well. Confusion is a very good skill at the start of the game, it can learn psychic and has enough special to use it reasonably effectively.
As an Entomologist I approve this run
Butterfree is not an insect. It only has 4 legs.
@@justinmadrid8712 It's literally a Bug-type, so yes it's an insect. Besides, who says that the definition of "insect" is necessarily the same in the Pokémon world as it is in ours?
Also: what the hell were you thinking telling a *literal Entomologist* what is and isn't an insect?
@@AhsimNreiziev Awckswelly....
@@AhsimNreiziev I may not be an Entomologist, but as a kindergarten graduate, I can tell you for a fact that insects have six legs.
Also, 'real' insects exist in the Pokemon world. For example, there is a mosquito in the Old Amber item, and 'real' butterflies can be seen flying around in Sword and Shield and X/Y.
Multiple Pokemon are stated to prey on bugs, such as Horsea. I really don't think they mean Horsea is eating Caterpie and Weedle in the ocean.
In the anime, you can see Pidgey eat a worm in the first episode, so 'real' animals exist, meaning Pokemon are not insects, they are Pokemon. 'Real' insects exist along side of Pokemon.
Butterfree is not an insect. It is a bug-type Pokemon.
Also, I was just making a stupid joke lol.
@@AhsimNreiziev it's ok. Just let them have their fun. If they get enjoyment being all technical on a CZcams comment about a Butterfree let them.
I still approve this run.
Mate this is was one of your best videos ever. Hearing you enjoy the run is epic!!!!
I love how FUN this run was, a lot of crazy and funny things happened.
I love Butterfree, especially in gen 3. It just puts things to sleep immediately.
Butterfree, my second favorite bug pokemon, perfect!
I'm excited to watch this.
Loved your energy and excitement through the video. Watching your reactions to the numerous close calls was a whole lot of fun, and it's so heartwarming to know even though Butterfree is only consistently good in early game can still hold their own in a solo run as someone who used one in many runs back in the day
"But becomes useless in the endgame"
Laughs in 'absolutely carried my team through the E4 and Champ at lvl52 WITHOUT Sleep Powder'
Commenting at the start here, I've been watching through the playlist in order and have been so excited to finally get to this one. Butterfree is easily my favorite gen1 Pokemon and one of my favorites of any gen. Its movepool in gen1 drives me bonkers, though. It really feels like they wanted to make it a Bug/Psychic but didn't for whatever reason. I would assume for balance reasons, but, uh... Looking at the rest of gen1, that seems unlikely, so your guess is as good as mine.
Hearing you express concern over Koga was absolutely HILARIOUS for me seeing as in the same run with that Butterfree, I was able to completely no-sell Koga, likely at a lower level too since I was still using my starter. He did manage to poison me, but because of how poison works in gen1, I still didn't take any damage from it. I really don't think you should've bothered with trying to put the Muk to sleep, not with Sleep Powder's garbage accuracy. You only need a single dodge/useless move, after all, since it's a two-shot.
Yea, okay, that e4 run was absolutely hilarious. Butterfree is truly blazing it there lol. Boooooooo on that placement. I mean you're probably right but also I'm incredibly biased.
Just what I needed to get through another rough day at the warehouse. Jrose you have been a saving grace this month!
Same here my guy
Butterfree is one of the biggest cases of Pokemon defying expectations. It’s actually quite strong in later gens with Quiver dance/sleep powder.
Love you Butterfree, never change.
Butterfree, Level 69
Sharp Beak
Compoundeyes
- Quiver Dance
- Sleep Powder
- Bug Buzz
- Air Slash
== ALOLAN POKEMON HALL OF FAME ==
This thing was my goto for half the totems because Compoundeyes = 97.5% Accurate Sleep Powder into basically anything I wanted. Swept Hala's team with Quiver Dance Air Slash. Wasn't too helpful vs the champion sadly *cough*stealthrock*cough* but it was still great. tbh I didn't think it would last all game but it worked just fine. Also I didn't understand why people thought Guzma was so hard but then realized not everyone has a x4 bug resist with a setup move and Air Slash :)
Your strategy against Alakazam in the last battle was either the top of the Galaxy brain meme, or the bottom of the Galaxy brain meme, can't really figure out which
I love having a Butterfree on my team, especially when I'm trying to catch pokemon for my pokedex. I just put them to sleep and they're way easier to catch.
The minute I saw Alakazam come out with mimic unused I was like ... "wait ... surely not?"
I can't believe that didn't just break the game tbh
Butterfree is mad good, but that's not really a surprise. Later on you can give it flying/ghost moves for perfect coverage.
Amazing run once again! That champion battle was so epic; like 9 or 10 special drops! 😂
This was the most enjoyable run! I love it! Butterfree is a legend!
Alright! I'm so ready for this. Thanks for doing this run JRose!
I love that the #2 solo runner in the biz, the dude responsible for developing so much of the metagame and community around it, is just chilling down here, barely noticeable.
I thought I'd find you here Scott! Thought of ya the second I saw this lol
Butterfree is the superior gen 1 bug, but man, I don't think anyone would ever use mimic like that in the final battle
really nice to hear you laughing a lot during this one, some can seem a bit of a slog but can tell you enjoyed making this video
I remember leaning heavily on Butterfree on my first play through of Pokémon Blue back when I was a kid discovering Pokémon. This was so validating to see Butterfree do so well over 20 years later
same, buterfree was incredibly effective as a psychic for those who didnt know enough about the game.
I'm pumped for this one! Butterfree is one of my favorite mons.
I have a soft spot for Butterfree as it featured on my team for Yellow for the whole game
These are probably the best solo runs on CZcams.
I really like how it’s not just clickbaity random challenge.
It’s actually really fun comparing each Pokémon wondering where it will come in on the tier list
Being shocked where a Pokémon comes. Like gastly for example and how just because a Pokémon is unable to learn one move it can be the difference between A and C or even D tier.
"here's why I don't go to the Pokemon Center to-- OOH SHINY THING!" This entire commentary, summarized
Why is the juggler juggling his pokemon?
This Rival Fival first try was One of the best battles in the series 😁👏
This channel hits the spot no other youtube channel does. I love jrose content
*This is an absolutely fascinating series. Thanks for your service brosef*
The hell, where's my new Jrose video?
16:21
Hydro Pump is probably a level 1 move for Gyarados. Maybe you should do a Gyarados run and see!
In Yellow it starts with Tackle only.
In Red/Blue it starts with Bite, DragonRage, Leer, HydroPump, which is its full moveset prior to Hyperbeam at 52. This also means you could delete a move and relearn it later
So good! Also you laughing at things that happen in your runs gives me energy 😂
That Fire Emblem comparison was top-notch!
Excited for this one !
GET THE BUTTER, BECAUSE ITS TIME FOR THE FREEEEEE (ok that was a horrible joke but still)
I can't believe it's not butter, free
I love your videos man. your narrative style and genuine enthusiasm make each one a treat to watch
I've literally waited years for you to do this thank you so much for your content everything that you do and you're such an amazing content creator
Curious, is the month of JRose going til the end of December or is it 30 days / 30 videos?
Also dig the FE reference in the beginning too
This is awesome, thanks Jrose!
Any chance you do a 0 Stat Exp run?
Butterfree? More like GOATFree. How the hell did this even happen? It absolutely mangled almost every fight it had! I also didn't know Mimic could copy a move you already had. Really awesome run.
Your videos have been a godsend while I'm recovering from Covid. Thank you and yay for month of Jrose!