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  • Bug Catchers! Bird Keepers! Scientists! SUPER NERDS & naughty words!
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    There are at least 14 different Pokemon trainers in the Pokemon franchise, and each one has a class. In this new video series we're going to go over and explain EVERY Pokemon class by the generation they were introduced. This video covers the first two generations of games, the Gameboy era of Pokemon! Some classes are straightforward and have obvious rules like the Psychics use Psychic-type pokemon... But others are significantly more interesting or have... troubling history. I of course mean no offense at all with any of the words I say in this video. But I DO mean offense with this next statement: racism is for poopoo heads.
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    Chapters:
    00:00 What is a Pokemon Trainer Class?
    00:45 Sponsored by Warby Parker
    02:14 DISCLAIMER!
    03:06 Bug Catcher
    03:44 Youngster
    03:57 Camper & Picnicer
    04:38 Lass Miniskirt
    05:02 Tamer
    05:27 ...The Juggler
    06:20 Channeler
    06:38 Biker
    07:13 Cueball Roughneck
    08:21 Black Belt
    08:47 Beauty
    09:38 Bird Keeper
    09:52 Hiker
    10:08 Sailor
    10:18 Swimmer
    10:29 Fisherman
    10:41 Scientist
    10:57 Super Nerd
    11:28 Psychic
    11:38 Poke-Maniac
    12:10 Rocker
    12:20 Engineer Old Electrician
    12:36 Gentleman
    13:05 Gambler Gamer P.I.
    14:19 Burglar
    14:56 Cool Trainer
    15:30 Z-A2Z3!Z Trainer
    16:19 JACRED Professor Oak and Silph Chief
    16:38 Moving to Pokemon Gold and Silver!
    17:17 Twins
    17:50 Teacher
    18:07 Schoolkid
    18:21 Pokefan
    18:38 Kimono Girl
    19:00 Medium
    19:35 Sage
    20:14 Officer
    21:03 Guitarist
    21:32 Fire Breather
    21:42 Boarder and Skiier
    22:06 Mystery Man
    22:45 That's All Folks!
    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
    @Gnoggin  Před 2 lety +178

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  • @dihzmahl7032
    @dihzmahl7032 Před 2 lety +527

    neat detail about the Officer is that they only become active battlers at night. Approach them in the daytime and they have generic phrases but if the game is in nighttime, they battle you. Likely under the notion that you're sneaking about to cause trouble.

    • @ARandomMinecraftVillager
      @ARandomMinecraftVillager Před 2 lety +43

      I think that's only true in gen 2, or at least not in gen 7 (I don't remember many officers in the other games), since just outside Diglett's Cave there's a police officer

    • @cybersoul2809
      @cybersoul2809 Před 2 lety +49

      @@ARandomMinecraftVillager they also do that in gen 4

    • @Ditidos
      @Ditidos Před 2 lety +13

      @@ARandomMinecraftVillager They change from game to game. But I think it also changes from trainer to trainer too in later games.

    • @MarzaButTube
      @MarzaButTube Před 2 lety +1

      Huh, all this time I just thought they were a rare trainer type, I only remember fighting a few of them

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MarzaButTube There's only like 2 or 3 in Johto

  • @Dinomatrix21
    @Dinomatrix21 Před 2 lety +688

    I saw the pokemaniac less as a "furry" and more of a "the guy in a godzilla suit". You even point out how it uses specifically the big kaiju-esque pokemon.

    • @TheArceusftw
      @TheArceusftw Před 2 lety +31

      Probably a bit of both really.

    • @Beefaroni_Bert
      @Beefaroni_Bert Před 2 lety +63

      well theyre called monster maniacs in japan and monsters being "kaiju" in japanese would make sense

    • @zephyreus
      @zephyreus Před 2 lety +46

      they actually use pokemon in the monster egg group, he mentioned the pokefans using fairy egg group mons but not this

    • @hughmann9568
      @hughmann9568 Před 2 lety +6

      Godzilla is a lizard monster. Lizards are animals. Furries are animals. BOOM! 😂

    • @Dinomatrix21
      @Dinomatrix21 Před 2 lety +14

      @@TheArceusftw Yeah that slowpoke dude... now THAT GUY'S a furry.

  • @DTRIGGS
    @DTRIGGS Před 2 lety +616

    I think Roughneck Kirby with his Cleffa is a reference to Kirby, the videogame character. A cute, rubbery, short and pink being with a connection to stars, you could easily be talking about either Nintendo beings. And the trainer's name is the exact same

    • @nonamer6621
      @nonamer6621 Před 2 lety +69

      I would like to add that in a lot of advertisement for Kirby (mainly outside of Japan) they like to portray Kirby as this badass hero who's ready beat up anyone any time.

    • @pichuperez9037
      @pichuperez9037 Před 2 lety +16

      Ain't Kirby's backstory that his previous Pokémon died?

    • @justinrazon7200
      @justinrazon7200 Před 2 lety +17

      @@pichuperez9037 Yeah the real Kirby ate his pokemon, now he worships it.

    • @pichuperez9037
      @pichuperez9037 Před 2 lety +22

      @@justinrazon7200 gotta love how Kirby is both the cutest and most horrifying Nintendo character at once.

    • @risky2166
      @risky2166 Před 2 lety +6

      Yea, justl like that Rica trainer in XY, which is a reference to Rica Matsumoto, Ash japanese VA

  • @agooddaytofish2736
    @agooddaytofish2736 Před 2 lety +686

    The fisherman who uses underleveled magikarp is a reference to Bitterling fishing where the point is to catch the smallest fish you can.

    • @spicybeantofu
      @spicybeantofu Před 2 lety +24

      Oh that's a neat idea.

    • @cecillewolters1995
      @cecillewolters1995 Před 2 lety +10

      Oh, thought he was using Magikarp as bait for bigger fish ^^'

    • @mcgoldenblade4765
      @mcgoldenblade4765 Před 2 lety +15

      I always thought it was some sick running joke at Gamefreak. "Haha let's put one trainer that has 6 Magikarp just to waste the player's time, that'd be funny".

    • @Al-ir6vb
      @Al-ir6vb Před 2 lety +1

      @@mcgoldenblade4765 *Pokemon challenge guys doing an 'impossible' challenge*: free exp👀

  • @FixTheWi-Fi
    @FixTheWi-Fi Před 2 lety +981

    I'd love to see a Bug Catcher in the lategame sometime, using some of the not-so-pushover Bug types.
    Aaron tried but he was before gen 5 so RIP. Guzma was actually a pretty good example but he never referred to himself as such.
    Oh... I thought "skinhead" was just referring to them being bald... like a common insult... nevermind.

    • @NickTheCryptid
      @NickTheCryptid Před 2 lety +104

      Maybe bug catchers have an adult version called bug collector who uses actual good and high level bug types

    • @nautilus2342
      @nautilus2342 Před 2 lety +84

      Gen 3 has Bug Maniacs, which sort of achieve the same thing.

    • @william_sun
      @william_sun Před 2 lety +63

      "Skinheads" *is* just referring to them being bald (or, more accurately, shaved). The Japanese word doesn't have the Neo-nazi association that it has in English, so translating it back into English as "skinhead" is not exactly accurate.

    • @onijester56
      @onijester56 Před 2 lety +30

      "Skinhead" is a reference to their being bald, and that's where the use of the name derives from...but given the real-world source of that name it's literally not "just".
      The way to think of it is that the "common insult" is 'Cueball'. "Skinhead" is a specific (racist/white-supremacist) type of 'Cueball'...which kinda seems like the opposite of what most people would probably assume. But America loves doing things the stupid way.

    • @wikiuser92
      @wikiuser92 Před 2 lety +11

      There's actually one Bug Catcher who uses a Pikachu.

  • @thiggikitty
    @thiggikitty Před 2 lety +280

    Love how you slipped Toby into the bird keepers 🤣

    • @MarkBonneaux
      @MarkBonneaux Před 2 lety +12

      Watching on my phone and almost didn't see that it's literally a picture of Toby's face lmao

    • @aaronlefebre5060
      @aaronlefebre5060 Před 2 lety +12

      Yes! As soon as he mentioned Bird Keepers, I knew there was gonna be a pic of Toby in there somewhere. It was too perfect a joke to pass up!

  • @nidohime6233
    @nidohime6233 Před 2 lety +408

    11:40 The Pokémon used by Poke Maniacs aren't choosed out of nowhere, all of them are from the Monster Egg Group. Many of them are based on dinosaurs and kaijus like Tyranitar (Godzilla), Nidoking (Baragon), Rhydon (very kaiju like), and Tyrantrum (is a T.Rex, of course), indicating there are fans of kaiju movies or dinosaurs enthusiasts. Not only that but many of them give hints on how to get rare Pokémon such as Lapras in G/S/S, and all of them stop appearing after gen 3 came out, sugesting there are the first Pokefans who outgrew the series when Pokémon became less popular overtime but still love the first generations, in other words there are the in universe Genwunners.
    19:25 There are based on itako, blind seers of north Japan which are said to go through a hard training to channel their powers.

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo Před 2 lety +8

      I assumed that was the pattern, but I did no research, so I thought I could be mistaken.

    • @priestesslucy3299
      @priestesslucy3299 Před 2 lety +3

      How do Slowpoke factor into the theme?

    • @Mikescool444
      @Mikescool444 Před 2 lety

      @@priestesslucy3299 what is it?

    • @foisopracurtir6389
      @foisopracurtir6389 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Mikescool444 A pokemon. /s Specifically, a fat looking quadrupedal pink thing, water/psychic who fishes with its tail.
      Alternativily, what the guy on the left on 11:40 is dressed as

    • @ghaniKSW2
      @ghaniKSW2 Před 2 lety +1

      @@foisopracurtir6389 dunno a kaiju that would fit Slowpoke most people usually use a reptile or bird as a basis for kaiju

  • @cliffland7250
    @cliffland7250 Před 2 lety +179

    Once I actually fought a glitch trainer when the link cable failed during pokemon battle with my cousin. I was obliterated by a Feraligatr that was like 123 lvl. Also he was asleep, poisoned and paralized simultaniously. Weird.

  • @karlotty
    @karlotty Před 2 lety +488

    This has got to be the cutest video you made. I love the slow zoom in on trainer classes. Plus the music. OMG. it makes me so happy. So Harmonious✨

  • @hanakoisbestgirl4752
    @hanakoisbestgirl4752 Před 2 lety +257

    I did NOT expect Jeremy Dooley to appear in an episode on channel at any point but here were are I guess. Honestly Super Nerds should have pokemon that have higher IVs and EVs than other trainers if they dont already. The ace trainers should as well

    • @OmegaQuinn
      @OmegaQuinn Před 2 lety +21

      Seeing Jeremy when he was referring to QBalls surprised me too

    • @manyabrana
      @manyabrana Před 2 lety +16

      I suppose Jeremy is a big pokemon fan, so it's only appropriate.

    • @TTYDpapermario
      @TTYDpapermario Před 2 lety +6

      @@manyabrana and he do be bald a lot of the times

    • @sonicplague3643
      @sonicplague3643 Před 2 lety +11

      LIL J

    • @OmegaQuinn
      @OmegaQuinn Před 2 lety +1

      @@manyabrana idk why I forget that all the time. He always talks about being a Pokémon fan and I always forget

  • @M_Alexander
    @M_Alexander Před 2 lety +49

    One of my favorite NPCs is the first Youngster you battle in Alola who can show up later to challenge you for the Champion seat.
    I mean, it makes sense; you started at about the same time

  • @reecelovatt5343
    @reecelovatt5343 Před 2 lety +50

    The cultural background of the burglar class is actually super interesting, I never understood before why a bunch of thieves would randomly be hanging out together in the cinnabar mansion

  • @forevermasteri4330
    @forevermasteri4330 Před 2 lety +478

    Some of the trainer classes, besides the "boss-battle" ones, have developed advanced AI and/or more competitively-viable Pokémon too, like Ace Trainers and Veterans. On the flipside, some juvenile classes have less of a clear AI, one that is closer to a generic wild Pokémon choosing its moves at random. These differences in battle ai are even present in a few post-game battle facilities.
    Come to think of it, I have *never* found a detailed source explaining the trainer AI systems. There are apparently IQ values in the code that range from 0-255. If this is true, then Cynthia would undoubtedly be very close to the top.

    • @aSh-pi1in
      @aSh-pi1in Před 2 lety +29

      I think all Champions are close To the Top. Not just Cynthia.

    • @samhobbs9116
      @samhobbs9116 Před 2 lety +17

      @@aSh-pi1in but she is 254 lol

    • @Baltaczar
      @Baltaczar Před 2 lety +7

      Don't forget that the ai downright cheats sometimes(or most of the time) I have tested this a few times

    • @kylefreeburg9353
      @kylefreeburg9353 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Baltaczar nah, they used to, but as of hen 4 (or maybe 5?) They no longer do so

    • @NerdKing2nd
      @NerdKing2nd Před 2 lety +12

      Don't know about for later generations but for atleast Gen 1 there is a video that breaks down the AI for all the trainers as well as pits them against each other. czcams.com/video/8yUPhRJtNJM/video.html

  • @friedpinnapple
    @friedpinnapple Před 2 lety +101

    I think its funny that gamblers in let’s go were changed to gamers. Especially since the gamers in lets go use one over leveled pokemon and only OHKO moves.
    They are literally gambling to win the battle

    • @jamiedoesstuff5871
      @jamiedoesstuff5871 Před 2 lety +10

      pokemon predicted lootboxes ig

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety +4

      The name change has been a thing since FRLG.

    • @vee8101
      @vee8101 Před 2 lety

      Well yeah they don’t wanna be a tryhard about it

  • @Nellamin
    @Nellamin Před 2 lety +42

    9:45 I love how Toby is just sitting there with a Rowlet

  • @verbugterherrderdunkelheit6086

    5:00 He called Maractus cute.
    That made my day

    • @monsieurgb497
      @monsieurgb497 Před 2 lety +10

      Maractus is cute, in its way, but cute at the end

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety +4

      I mean, he's not wrong. Maractus is a cute lil' rabbit cactus.
      (those are supposed to resemble rabbit ears, right?)

    • @verbugterherrderdunkelheit6086
      @verbugterherrderdunkelheit6086 Před 2 lety +4

      @@robertlupa8273 According to Pokewiki, they do.
      Btw. Im not ironic, Maractus is my favourite.

    • @monsieurgb497
      @monsieurgb497 Před 2 lety +2

      @@verbugterherrderdunkelheit6086 I wasn't ironic either, I really like Maractus, but also know that is not a common taste, so I explained it as "cute in its own way"

  • @catriamflockentanz
    @catriamflockentanz Před 2 lety +16

    11:26 Super-Nerd: "So you are proud of your Alpha Lopunny? Well, I have an Omega Lopunny and you ain't getting it!"

  • @brendaneichler5244
    @brendaneichler5244 Před 2 lety +27

    9:20 You missed the best part about the trans Beauty: Her name is Nova (From Latin, meaning "new"). She *literally* made a new life for herself.

  • @32-bitcloud
    @32-bitcloud Před 2 lety +51

    There's a bug catcher in Viridian Forest in Heartgold/Soulsilver version that has a Pikachu on his team along with bug types.
    I thought that was a neat touch since it's the only place to find one in Kanto. lol

    • @JamesDavy2009
      @JamesDavy2009 Před 2 lety +3

      Some games have them at the Kanto Power Plant.

    • @32-bitcloud
      @32-bitcloud Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@JamesDavy2009 True that, all the gen 2 games and their remakes however do not.
      I guess people using the power plant again scared away all the Pikachu from that general area. lol

  • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
    @SergioLeonardoCornejo Před 2 lety +71

    For context. The Japanese name of the roughneck has a specific context. While the term is used in America for a very specific kind of person, the term originally preferred to any shaved head working class tough guy. The kind of man who often joined other similar men in groups.
    And such men often have a narrow minded world view which led to the American ones having a very specific mindset about people outside their demographic.

    • @shirokurosaki9022
      @shirokurosaki9022 Před 2 lety +15

      Yes thank you! I really liked the video but this bothered me a lot! People need to stop throwing people in the same boat because of a fashion style that is sadly often adopted by Nazis! Doesn't mean a skinhead is one tho.

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo Před 2 lety +6

      @@shirokurosaki9022 Correct.

    • @nidohime6233
      @nidohime6233 Před 2 lety +3

      In spanish there are just called bald guys (calvos).

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo Před 2 lety

      @@nidohime6233 despite being Mexican, I never played the Spanish version. I just can't stand the Spain made translations.

    • @NightWing1800
      @NightWing1800 Před 2 lety +5

      ​@@shirokurosaki9022 Yeah, it's an unfortunate overlap. It's the same thing with the stereotypical Viking aesthetic. It's a cool aesthetic, but because one of the more well known Vikings had a lot of far right ideas, the aesthetic got real popular with white supremacists. Now if I see either, there's an assumption.

  • @ragetheeliteechidna159
    @ragetheeliteechidna159 Před 2 lety +40

    This is good education if anyone plans in expanding the fakemon world. It will help out on what type of trainers exist in each region as they continue to plan on the routes, caves and towns.

  • @francescganau7679
    @francescganau7679 Před 2 lety +96

    I love how GF put so much effort in creating trainer classes back in the old days, with nice tricks like jugglers switching frequently or gamblers using KO moves. Details like those in such limited hardwares shows how much love and care they had for their Pokemon project

    • @dyppityjoop5912
      @dyppityjoop5912 Před 2 lety +21

      yeah also love how gf actually made a transgender trainer, though it was censored in translation, it was still really cool of them to do that

    • @vee8101
      @vee8101 Před 2 lety +4

      @@dyppityjoop5912 truly the representation we need. Transition goals

    • @librathebeautifulwarmonk1283
      @librathebeautifulwarmonk1283 Před rokem +2

      @@dyppityjoop5912 Well it wasn't fully censored in America thankfully, it's just a bit more subtle about the medical transition

  • @BirdKeeperToby
    @BirdKeeperToby Před 2 lety +10

    OI! .....I saw that!

  • @jackkahler2116
    @jackkahler2116 Před 2 lety +38

    "There's also Golduck and Sandslash for some reason."
    Sandslash evolves from Sandshrew, so it's a literal "Taming Of The Shrew".

    • @meevs
      @meevs Před 2 lety +6

      It's a cute detail but almost definitely a coincidence, seeing as the team compositions would have been decided by the japanese team where 1. The reference is way less likely to be appreciated by anyone and 2. Sandshrew's name is just "sand" lol

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety

      The what?

  • @SKsuprakirby
    @SKsuprakirby Před 2 lety +21

    I would smash that like button!
    Roughneck Kirby use a pink ball.
    I think it's intentional.
    9:48 I'm glad you thought of Bird Keeper Toby!

  • @sampanna6983
    @sampanna6983 Před 2 lety +6

    20:14 Another fun fact, in the most games, the police officers don't fight you unless it's the night. Probably because it's not normal for kids to be around forests and routes at night.

  • @hutmacherer418
    @hutmacherer418 Před 2 lety +24

    that skinheads in later gens more often have cute pokemon plays well in to the part that skinheads original are from the oi and punk scene, that is something else that more plays rough and this stopped mostly to be used because it got a bad reputation.

  • @cymraegandconfused9721
    @cymraegandconfused9721 Před 2 lety +15

    I think Channelers using Ghost-types (at least in Gen I) is because they're all possessed by the spirits of Pokemon Tower. Which is actually a thing in Shinto; objects (and occasionally people) being used to attract and house kami.

    • @RichieTheTotodile
      @RichieTheTotodile Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, a few of them claim to be possessed and don't even remember battling you. There's a suggestion that the Ghost Pokémon are controlling them.

  • @acehealer4212
    @acehealer4212 Před 2 lety +37

    The Rocker class has a cool sprite in FireRed and LeafGreen! I’m a little bummed this class didn’t stick around. The class is called “Denki Group” in Japanese, which is apparently a reference to a music group in Japan. Maybe the reason this class never returned is because the reference is dated now? Ah well.
    For some reason, the Tamer is a class that tends to use Pokémon exclusive to one version of the game. That explains why they use Golduck and Sandslash - Sandslash is even a counterpart to Arbok. Maybe the idea is that, as Tamers, they’re in possession of “rare” creatures? I dunno. The Collector class from Ruby and Sapphire onwards also uses version exclusive Pokémon, and I think that makes total sense for them.

  • @SonicDraco
    @SonicDraco Před 2 lety +40

    I like the reference to Bird Keeper Toby at 9:48. You and BKT are my favorite two poketubers.

    • @aquaticchaos1717
      @aquaticchaos1717 Před 2 lety +1

      He also included a picture of Jeremy Dooley (former member of AH, big Pokemon fan) when first explaining “CueBalls” aka Roughnecks

  • @ArwenAragon70
    @ArwenAragon70 Před 2 lety +108

    funfact about the burgler. they apparently have a Chance of throwing a pokeball at the Players pokemon in the first two Generations. but it fails because you cant catch another Trainers pokemon that includes NPCs too

    • @maskofthedragon
      @maskofthedragon Před 2 lety +26

      You just made that up

    • @DanielPereira-ey9nt
      @DanielPereira-ey9nt Před 2 lety +22

      @@maskofthedragon I almost want to believe them

    • @ghaniKSW2
      @ghaniKSW2 Před 2 lety +24

      @@DanielPereira-ey9nt I DO want to believe them because that's hilarious

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 Před 2 lety +129

    Ooh, it's awesome to see you finally do a deep dive into Trainer classes - and their censorships! 🥰

    •  Před 2 lety +2

      Should’ve done less censorship to the swimmers
      Especially the female ones **wink wink**

    • @melbapeach162
      @melbapeach162 Před 2 lety +3

      @ gross.

    • @bl6973
      @bl6973 Před 2 lety +1

      @ ew why

  • @Mushezable
    @Mushezable Před 2 lety +65

    The real question is how would one decide what Trainer Class they become. I can't be an ace trainer because even though I like having a balanced team, I'm pretty bad at Pokémon battling against other people. But would I be one of the monotype classes? I'm not sure. In fact come back to me in a few months I might have some answers.

    • @MarkBonneaux
      @MarkBonneaux Před 2 lety +15

      I've genuinely wanted to make a spreadsheet of every pokemon type used by each trainer class through all the generations but it very, VERY quickly turned into a lot of research that i was never 100% certain of

    • @CaptainObliviousV
      @CaptainObliviousV Před 2 lety +5

      @@MarkBonneaux I’ve been wanting to do something similar, in my case compile every evolution line used by every antagonist/evil organization grunt and what lines I’d add to their roster, I just haven’t had the time. I do remember looking at the BW1 Plasma Grunts a month or two back though, and surprisingly they only use 5 or so evolution lines (Patrat, Lillipup, and Trubbish being a few lines that I can remember off the top of my head).

    • @Dobbie.
      @Dobbie. Před 2 lety +2

      I can't decide if have a colossapede or a crustle in my team because I like both but I don't want to repeat the bug type in my PW2 team

    • @AbsolXGuardian
      @AbsolXGuardian Před 2 lety +7

      What do you do IRL? Very few people have the resources to become a full time trainer, allowing them to have a large team with varied needs. The player characters basically go on a gap year and discover they're a prodigy.

    • @jemm113
      @jemm113 Před 2 lety +2

      We’re basically the “trainer” class like the early rivals were called. And like how the champions have very balanced (in composition, not fairness lol) and powerful Pokémon they’re basically Pokémon masters. The trainers are basically the pre-condition to becoming an actual Pokémon master.

  • @ExploDjinn
    @ExploDjinn Před 2 lety +5

    Poor Lopunny... First they were kept out of Galar, then they were let in, only after confiscating their Dizzy Punch, High Jump Kick, and Mega, and now, they get the jar.

  • @garorade
    @garorade Před 2 lety +4

    one thing you missed (not a pokemon exception): the tamers use sandslash and golduck because of a reference to the anime, an unofficial gym leader owns a circus and he has a sandshrew and psyduck. I didn't do my research. I just remembered the episode

  • @murasakinokami9882
    @murasakinokami9882 Před 2 lety +15

    There's a psychic trainer in Sinnoh with my name, and I've never been quite so spooked by these games before or since.

    • @kendragramley6243
      @kendragramley6243 Před 2 lety +2

      Me too! And her battling partner has the middle name of my fiancé. I didn’t remember her battling partner’s name when I battled them again recently and I got so excited to see that. Crazy how some things happen.

    • @ghaniKSW2
      @ghaniKSW2 Před 2 lety +1

      of course it was a psychic trainer

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo Před 2 lety +10

    10:52
    When I was a young kid my online handle would always reference Tyrannosaurus: being Tai, Tyro, Tyrone, and Tyrant. Whenever I would answer pokémon's "what's your favorite pokémon" quiz I always put any of the fossil Pokémon, for the sake of wanting to be a paleontologist. I would also breed and trade fossil Pokémon a lot.
    I like to feel this was kid me getting a chance to influence Pokémon, especially since it was Alola and I'm from Hawai'i. This one's a reach, but I like to believe it.

  • @TheGibber
    @TheGibber Před 2 lety +12

    Just wanted to say the reason why tamers hold a lollipop and a whip, is because in japanese the idiom equivalent to "Carrot and stick" is "candy and whip", as in they are using positive and negative reinforcement for training pokemon

  • @DMBLaan
    @DMBLaan Před 2 lety +24

    I'd love a video about who is the strongest Psychic Trainer lore wise, and not their pokemon but the actual trainer. Sabrina is strong, but IS she the strongest?

  • @niharg2011
    @niharg2011 Před 2 lety +42

    "Super effective on Dark types, like the police are supposed to be" We see what you did there 😭😭😭

    • @sethstoll8525
      @sethstoll8525 Před 2 lety

      Bruh 💀💀

    • @einjunge4534
      @einjunge4534 Před 2 lety +4

      He said: *as Police tends to be

    • @aleksabanjevic8316
      @aleksabanjevic8316 Před 7 měsíci

      Im p sure it was just cuz dark is the "evil" type, and criminal in pokemon often use dark types and not cuz of..... That....

  • @MrKlausbaudelaire
    @MrKlausbaudelaire Před 2 lety +25

    My favourite detail was in Pokemon XY, all the tourists and Honeymooners were japanese, in name and design, considering the game was in France, it just made the ALREADY utterly delightful XY even better.

  • @PantaroParatroopa
    @PantaroParatroopa Před 2 lety +5

    22:29 Don't forget the most significant of all Pokemon ever used by a Mystery Man; a human giantess.

  • @PCubiles
    @PCubiles Před 2 lety +11

    0:36
    I was thinking about Pokemons like Makuhita, like the action of smashing bricks and all that

    • @JamesDavy2009
      @JamesDavy2009 Před 2 lety +1

      It was them that inspired the move Brick Break.

  • @luckykitty1740
    @luckykitty1740 Před 2 lety +5

    "what pokemon would the smasher trainer class use?"
    Me: mhm... Oh no...

  • @grinbrothers
    @grinbrothers Před 2 lety +4

    The awkwardness of the juggler section was a thing of beauty!
    Lovely video this was with some interesting titbits of trivia. The various designs and team rulings of the trainer classes are fun to know about and it's surprising that I haven't seem more challenge runs on the basis of playing as trainer classes (I know I've been tempted to play through a game as a Bug Catcher before).
    0:41 - A bit odd that the tennis player has a Lilligant. With her long dress, you'd think Lilligant would be far from ideal to play tennis (though looking it up, she's far faster than I remember).

  • @Lapman95
    @Lapman95 Před 2 lety +15

    Fun fact, in Italian channeler and medium are both translated into "medium" (a latin word). I would never expect that a gen 1 channeler is something different than a medium 😅 (it's always good to learn something culturally useful in your videos)

  • @Kazuma11290
    @Kazuma11290 Před 2 lety +5

    "Take a guess what type the psychic class uses.... moving on"
    That's a lowkey 4D joke right there. I see it, and I appreciate it.

  • @MousaThe14
    @MousaThe14 Před 2 lety +19

    Oh man, I’ve been wanting to do a casual essay on the trainer classes for years, so this is pretty awesome. In fact I was even thinking about it again recently because I was playing FireRed for the past few months and asked myself “Why are Bird Keepers almost always in the mid-to-late game? Surely trainers like that would be found in all stages? It’s not like bird Pokémon are exclusively power houses?” And other questions that may or may not deserve analysis.
    Another interesting aspect of the Ace Trainers worth talking about is that they’re most like the player character. They tend to have more type coverage, some of them talk about being League contenders, and most of them are found in the mid-to-late games usually before and in Victory Road.
    Also perhaps a little too much use of the G-word there. Like maybe once for context and then calling them by their proper name would’ve been more appropriate.
    Anyhow, happy about This series, can’t wait to see more of it because it has been a special interest of mine for a while. Probably started when I played Colosseum and was completely baffled by the completely generic non-specialized nonsense “trainer classes” like “fun old guy” and “bandana guy” and “glasses man”

  • @seantheroyalknight6932
    @seantheroyalknight6932 Před 2 lety +4

    9:40 i love how one of the bird keepers just looks like he lost a bird
    "oh fu-"

  • @abloooper
    @abloooper Před 2 lety +6

    that dark type joke at 20:55 was absolutely uncalled for man

    • @hhh1234h
      @hhh1234h Před 2 lety +1

      Exactly I was shocked 💀💀

  • @MiguelGonzalez-du8de
    @MiguelGonzalez-du8de Před 2 lety +5

    There's also the fact that Lasses grow up to become Beauties, and in Gen 6 they also imply Schoolkids become Scientists

  • @009_Ghostly_Systematic
    @009_Ghostly_Systematic Před 2 lety +5

    Wait lockstin... roughneck KIRBY? Having only klefa? Might be a reference.

  • @Lumberjack_king
    @Lumberjack_king Před 2 lety +4

    12:20 scientist is a real job

  • @Sam-lf3hn
    @Sam-lf3hn Před 2 lety +7

    My favorite trainer class is the motorcyclist class, specifically Charles, he's a heart breaker.

  • @mintteafresh5558
    @mintteafresh5558 Před 2 lety +7

    I can't wait for you to get to Gen 3, because the Orre games have some great trainer classes... mainly "Fun Old Man"

  • @user-hs1xb9tv6e
    @user-hs1xb9tv6e Před 2 lety +11

    Gotta love how poorly aged some of those classes names are.

  • @XCryssieX
    @XCryssieX Před 2 lety +7

    I died a little inside when I noticed the Lopunny in the jar...
    Speaking of censorship, some class sprites, mainly affecting the beauty (and I think some female swimmers), were covered up in the international versions to be less busty/show less skin. The sages and such were changed because Nintendo of America had a weird "no religious references" policy at the time.

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety +3

      Also the Beauties were originally winking at you in Gen 2.

  • @mintythedemon1785
    @mintythedemon1785 Před 2 lety +10

    It’s weird how the Poké-maniacs in gen 1 and 2 are wearing coats and not Pokémon suits like later on.

  • @DIEGOJEFF
    @DIEGOJEFF Před 2 lety +16

    Great video idea man, hope this becomes a series cause I love this type of binge-able content.

  • @BlackOwlMage
    @BlackOwlMage Před 2 lety +4

    Lockstin: "Hikers . . . All was built like a bear."
    My dirty little gay brain: 😏

  • @kurovah5475
    @kurovah5475 Před 2 lety +5

    11:21 oh no it’s “the jar”

  • @glebs
    @glebs Před 2 lety +2

    A little tidbit you missed on the gambler: in Gen 1 the "gamble" was which type of pokemon they would use. They used fire, water, grass (and maybe electric?) but only one of them.

  • @McGoofy1001
    @McGoofy1001 Před 2 lety +2

    As a firefighter myself I personally would also like to have water types for extiguishment, such as Blastoise and Wartortle. But also an Electric type for times when there is a downed power line and also Ghost/Fire/Fighting type for potential rescue. Some fire types are are immune to fire damage and would be excellent to send in for a search and rescue situation.

  • @davisouzaferreira7894
    @davisouzaferreira7894 Před 2 lety +13

    you should do every pokemon abilities explained next.

  • @AisarthDK
    @AisarthDK Před 2 lety +9

    Seeing all these cool sprite presentations makes me wish Nintendo would partner with Square Enix to make a HD2D game for pokémon. Awesome video!

  • @Slevana5
    @Slevana5 Před 2 lety +1

    12:40 when Lockstin forgets to make the white empty pixel parts near the gentlemen's hands transparent.

  • @TheMrCtoer
    @TheMrCtoer Před 2 lety +3

    I played through BDSP in spanish specifically for nostalgia reasons and the Cueball/Roughneck trainers were specifically translated to Bald.

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 Před 2 lety +4

    8:38 I mean Bruno uses one or two onixes or steelixes and in the rematch in Let's Go bizarrely, an Alolan golem. Even in the Gen 2 remakes he kept an onix until the rematch where he swaps it out with a hariyama and adds a lucario.

  • @indigoblue8600
    @indigoblue8600 Před 2 lety +8

    “Super effective on dark types, as police tend to be…” subtle, yet still pretty blatant. Well done

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety +4

      Well, duh. Dark = dirty fighting = criminals. That's what he meant, right? /s

  • @antoinehenderson1659
    @antoinehenderson1659 Před 2 lety +12

    Learning all of this stuff just makes me love Pokémon even more.

  • @jayfeather1516
    @jayfeather1516 Před 2 lety +17

    It’s interesting to note that bug catchers are absent in all non japan based regions since catching bugs as a child seems to be a more culturally japan thing

  • @lu.pimentel3664
    @lu.pimentel3664 Před 2 lety +7

    I think the Lockstin looks great with and without glasses I can't choose witch I like more.

  • @autumnleaves1672
    @autumnleaves1672 Před 2 lety +11

    I really like the inclusion of the trans beauty >.< As I also used to do Karate and ended up changing trainer types later in life

  • @owenminnich7086
    @owenminnich7086 Před 2 lety +3

    9:46 love the bird keeper toby reference i think it’s so cool seeing how all my favorite youtubers are friends an know each other

  • @liamfollett6099
    @liamfollett6099 Před 2 lety +27

    This series is so cool! I look forward to seeing more

  • @princessaur
    @princessaur Před 2 lety +16

    Lockstin: Says the word "Gypsie".
    Twitter users: *Finally, a worthy opponent.*

  • @Petrico94
    @Petrico94 Před 2 lety +6

    Ya gym leaders and rivals are self explanatory, gyms hire certain archtypes to populate the gym but need to focus around the main type, if you're smart and well leveled they can be beaten, each leader has an ace and a signature TM move to raise the stakes.
    Rivals will have a mix of pokemon and challenge you at key moments, usually it's their own selection of the best pokemon of that region and the starter that beats you.
    Team rocket I found very interesting when researching, there are a lot of poison types and rattatta/zubat, annoying trashy pokemon they found, but also some fighting types and maybe a Hypno. Most are related to crime or the general toxic evil theme. Magma and Aqua however focus more on their specific type or mascots, Camerupt and Sharpedo

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety

      Not sure if it was intentional, but perhaps Team Rocket's poison types (especially Koffing) are referecing rocket exhaust?
      Maybe that's a stretch.

  • @RicPendragon
    @RicPendragon Před 2 lety +2

    Fun Fact; in the UK, there was a very old (1922) song called The Laughing Policeman by Charles Jolly, it was so popular it lingered around until at LEAST the 80s, and was even in the 2016 animation adaptation of Ethel & Ernest.
    The image of a Jolly Red Faced Chubby Policeman has faded over time, for obvious reasons...but I do believe the Galarian Officer is based on that old trope over here

  • @topdon.goldist
    @topdon.goldist Před 2 lety +2

    It amazes me how you never run out of video ideas

  • @Phantasmen
    @Phantasmen Před 2 lety +3

    "Yo Bro, how'd you get so strong and good at Karate?"
    "I punch my Pokemon."

  • @The_One_In_Black
    @The_One_In_Black Před 2 lety +7

    Certainly seems like they've put more thought into some of these than I thought they did. Though, I wonder what separates a Medium from a Hex Maniac (and similar distinctions) other than generation.

  • @BlueNinjakoopa553
    @BlueNinjakoopa553 Před 2 lety +1

    Bikers also use Muk and Grimer, a reference to the sludge and oil found in motorcycle engines. And Pokemon Maniacs use Pokemon mainly in the monster egg group.

  • @EderFxs
    @EderFxs Před 2 lety +2

    I like videos that talk about trainer classes and this one have a fantastic editing. My favorite is the Pokemon Ranger.

  • @Moley87
    @Moley87 Před 2 lety +4

    21:05
    Yes.

  • @poke-maniacchris2965
    @poke-maniacchris2965 Před 2 lety +11

    11:37 Holy crap I got featured in this??? Thanks Lockstin!
    Edit: Also Poke-Maniacs use mainly Pokémon from the Monster egg group!
    Funnily enough, a lot of Pokémon that are my favourite are Mons from the Monster egg group, which is an interesting coincidence since I chose the class because I feel that I know a lot about Pokémon

  • @lilharm
    @lilharm Před 2 lety +1

    there’s rarely just a “type” each trainer class uses, more of a deposition, like the punk girls using “dark” (in the sense of like evil), which is mainly dark types but can also include poison types

    • @tetravega567
      @tetravega567 Před 2 lety

      The punk girl with an Arbok was about liking things/animals others find gross/disgusting.
      Like snakes, rats, and spiders.
      Like the opposite of the cute girls with cutesy pokemon. Prissy Princesses...

  • @rogueshaw
    @rogueshaw Před 2 lety +1

    7:24 subtle achievement hunter reference, i like it

  • @erinkarp
    @erinkarp Před 2 lety +3

    5:57 "Slurs aside"

  • @NavyBlueSuicune
    @NavyBlueSuicune Před 2 lety +4

    Sailor is my favorite trainer class. Want to see more out of them.

  • @MrRayhonda
    @MrRayhonda Před 2 lety +2

    the super nerds having Muk is very fitting... I mean Muk backwards is.... you know what I'll just stop right there lol

    • @angeldude101
      @angeldude101 Před 2 lety

      I was hearing that "joke" for years before I learned what it actually meant.
      Sometimes people disgust me.

  • @cryingtomatohead8626
    @cryingtomatohead8626 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm glade that you included the tidbit about the karate king that became a beauty. Its a small but well appreciated detail by pokemon

  • @SapoS3ringa
    @SapoS3ringa Před 2 lety +3

    I Always tink That the trainer classes are some of the most underrated parts of the Franchise, they bring só much detail for the world

  • @HateSonneillon
    @HateSonneillon Před 2 lety +3

    I like that one of the Bird Keepers is a pick of Bird Keeper Toby

  • @thanib7796
    @thanib7796 Před 2 lety +2

    Love this video! So informative and detailed. Would love a video on Spheal!

  • @Moon525
    @Moon525 Před 2 lety +1

    @20:53 ah yes, Metaknight is my favorite Pokémon too
    (Not making fun I had to do a double take to catch that, you’re good!)

  • @gustavju4686
    @gustavju4686 Před 2 lety +6

    That disclaimer makes me wish that Arbok were made into a dark type in Gen 2 even more than I already do...

    • @jerelgayle3625
      @jerelgayle3625 Před 2 lety +4

      I strongly believe Arbok is going to get a regional variant that will be either part dark-type or dragon-type in the future. It’s one of the few Gen 1 Pokémon to not receive an upgrade of some kind: branched evolution, mega evolution, regional variant or Gigantamax form.

    • @JamesDavy2009
      @JamesDavy2009 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jerelgayle3625 If a part of Australia became a Pokémon region, you'll get your Arbok variant based on the inland taipan; or if a part of Africa got that treatment you could get one based on the black mamba. Both are fitting for the Dark type as they are two of the world's deadliest snakes.

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Před 2 lety

      It's a real shame, since no Pokemon were retconned to be part-Dark, unlike the other "new" types, Steel and Fairy.

  • @jakemf9771
    @jakemf9771 Před 2 lety +3

    I think one of the rich gentlemen in fire red had a pikachu,
    Great video!

  • @InameAsOne
    @InameAsOne Před 2 lety +2

    7:24 Unexpected Jeremy Dooley is _always_ welcome

  • @robxholicfoxyfan8552
    @robxholicfoxyfan8552 Před 2 lety +2

    9:50 Bird Keeper Tony Spotted!