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  • @MandJTV
    @MandJTV  Před 3 lety +4240

    I have become aware that I hath made some goofs:
    1. Hilbert and Hilda are supposed to have the monkey weak to their starter, not strong. It's been so long since I've played BW not-randomized that I got all the monkey matchups mixed up (oooh fun alliteration)
    2. Victor and Gloria should have Eternatus, since it's canon that they actually catch it and I CANNOT BELIEVE I FORGOT THIS. It can replace...
    3. Boltund. I missed that Hop used one for...one...battle...(dumb Hop changing his team so much lol)

    • @micahthevikavolt1448
      @micahthevikavolt1448 Před 3 lety +51

      Hoi Micahel im a big fan keep up the good work

    • @cloudmon48
      @cloudmon48 Před 3 lety +139

      Doesn't that then give Victor and Gloria 3 legendaries. That's just REALLY overpowered!

    • @paularigolo8298
      @paularigolo8298 Před 3 lety +13

      tru that

    • @zzzaped1236
      @zzzaped1236 Před 3 lety +22

      Daniel Mark I think it was supposed to replace urshifu

    • @luckybisen1131
      @luckybisen1131 Před 3 lety +19

      The way you were deseperate then this mistakes can be counted.Btw no problem

  • @owlxle4794
    @owlxle4794 Před 3 lety +3834

    "What the heck does Silver have?!"
    Daddy issues

  • @fyrecracker7201
    @fyrecracker7201 Před 3 lety +2405

    Michael: the protagonist is YOU!
    Us: Who could have PREDICTED?

    • @nobleshadow4242
      @nobleshadow4242 Před 3 lety +38

      Me: That’s such a hard question! How did he know?!

    • @bunyumie
      @bunyumie Před 3 lety +12

      woah you got hearted

    • @xshardz1172
      @xshardz1172 Před 3 lety +4

      Congratulations I Wish Michael Ever Pinned Me 👍😞

    • @MaggieFox45
      @MaggieFox45 Před 3 lety +6

      Michael: the protagonist is YOU!!
      Me: yeah, no kidding Sherlock. Did you skip every other grade? (BTW I’m jk. This is NOT meant to offend.

    • @diamondassassin1292
      @diamondassassin1292 Před 3 lety

      Wow you got a hearted comment

  • @rusty86_
    @rusty86_ Před 2 lety +677

    Personally I feel like Calem and Serena should have Mega Lucario (due to getting one from Korrina) and Lapras (since you’re given one by a breeder close to Shalour City)

    • @LeDave257
      @LeDave257 Před rokem +23

      I think absol and altaria should be replaced for both of them

    • @sethmartin769
      @sethmartin769 Před rokem +6

      Ture!!

    • @Treeckoboi1
      @Treeckoboi1 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@sethmartin769*true

    • @Treeckoboi1
      @Treeckoboi1 Před 8 měsíci +2

      I think that calem should have ash's team from the XYZ anime because ash looks like a bootleg version of him so I'd say swap out Pikachu with Xerneas and you got a good team.

    • @perrycarters3113
      @perrycarters3113 Před 7 měsíci +5

      What killed me about being gifted a Mega Lucario is that I had literally went out of my way to catch and raise a Riolu I caught super-early in the game.
      And suddenly this lady is like "Hey wanna abandon your Lucario to have mine instead?"
      Like..... no?

  • @Eddrian32
    @Eddrian32 Před 2 lety +794

    Dude, the Adventures universe is insane. The Unova leaders get crucified, Zinnia is impaled by Rayquaza, I'm pretty sure several protags die, it's crazy

    • @christopherpachicano8895
      @christopherpachicano8895 Před 2 lety +127

      Half of them literally get turned to stone

    • @Marblesoda821
      @Marblesoda821 Před 2 lety +182

      The adventures manga is basically Pokémon but for people wanting more story. Because dear God, the amount of deaths in the manga are insane.

    • @Metawire61
      @Metawire61 Před 2 lety +116

      @@Marblesoda821 there are barely any deaths in the manga actually. The ones i recall are lysandre and malva (debatably at that) and the revived norman, steven and marge (courtney). Every other death was a fakeout (yes even the sliced arbok is alive)

    • @Marblesoda821
      @Marblesoda821 Před 2 lety +38

      @@Metawire61 Yeah but either way, it doesn't change the fact that the manga has a lot of deaths considering that it's based on a kid series. Also wasn't one of the protags caught in a pokeball or turned into stone? I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure that makes them dead.

    • @Metawire61
      @Metawire61 Před 2 lety +61

      @@Marblesoda821 5 protags were petrified, they are now free
      1 protag was absorbed into a stone, he is also free.
      Again, barely any deaths. This manga is pretty much a below average shonen manga in terms of it's adultry, it's just labeled under a franchise marketed towards kids, pokemon

  • @SmoothTurtle840
    @SmoothTurtle840 Před 3 lety +3440

    Personally, I think Ethan should have a shiny Gyrados on his team, mostly to reference the fact that the player would’ve encountered it in the Lake of Rage in the Johto games.

    • @DarkDragon1708
      @DarkDragon1708 Před 2 lety +117

      It’s not actually shiny but retained its color through forced evolution

    • @JakeLT64
      @JakeLT64 Před 2 lety +148

      Agreed, not to mention Ethan/Kris/Lyra also get a gift Eevee which could evolve into Umbreon, Dratini, and Tyrogue in addition to the forced Sudowoodo encounter

    • @retaliaterguitar2
      @retaliaterguitar2 Před 2 lety +15

      Totally left our boy CommieChomps out of the running

    • @WizardAmbrose
      @WizardAmbrose Před 2 lety +13

      Lance having it makes more sense as he is literally the champion while you're a 10 year old

    • @darkflmmstr
      @darkflmmstr Před 2 lety +59

      @@DarkDragon1708 so red gyarados isn't shiny, wonder why mine sparkles?

  • @Skooberee
    @Skooberee Před 3 lety +439

    Professor Oak: "Here, you can take one of these pokemon "
    Red: "... ... ..." * no *

  • @batman369able
    @batman369able Před 2 lety +294

    Selene's starter is Rowlett in Masters and the manga which makes sense when you consider her name. Selene is an alternate name for the Greek Artemis/Diana who just so happens to be an archer who is heavily associated with the moon.

    • @aidanmonaghan5494
      @aidanmonaghan5494 Před 2 lety +25

      I personally imagine them as having Rowlet myself, mostly due to the fact that Hau isn't the only trainer affected by your choice of starter, and picking Rowlet just happens to line up to give Kukui the heel wrestler Pokémon... Not to imply any relation between him and that mysterious Masked Royal fella, who said anything about that?

    • @Deathmare235
      @Deathmare235 Před 2 lety +15

      She’s an archer in the manga as well

    • @sethurott9927
      @sethurott9927 Před rokem

      @@aidanmonaghan5494 no Ellio gets Litten. Taking into account artwork and the original trailer for sun and moon.

    • @aidanmonaghan5494
      @aidanmonaghan5494 Před rokem +5

      @@sethurott9927 I meant in regards to the champion battle at the end of Sun & Moon. Kukui has the last stage of whichever starter neither you or Hau have (being the one super-effective against your starter), hence if the player chose Rowlet, the Kukui has Incineroar, and seeing as he has a wrestler alter ego, it just feels kinda neat.

    • @Crxsseyed1
      @Crxsseyed1 Před rokem +6

      @@aidanmonaghan5494 what do you mean? Kukui isn’t a wrestler, the only wrestler guy we know is the masked royale, but we don’t know who he is

  • @itsdantaylor
    @itsdantaylor Před 2 lety +96

    15:14 I don't know why but I like Barry with Chimchar. His weird monkey dance animation when you fight him in the games just seems to scream "I am a Monkey Boy"

  • @maximuscraig8222
    @maximuscraig8222 Před 3 lety +358

    “They don’t have set canonical teams... or do they?”
    I’m on board the theory that you’re Michael from VSauce now

  • @OfficialFailure
    @OfficialFailure Před 3 lety +396

    *no Pokémon at johto lab*
    Silver: I’ll take this bird then.

    • @GrassGrass20
      @GrassGrass20 Před 3 lety +31

      Silver: This is the Pre-God of the ocean
      Gold: This is the Pre-God of The Sun
      Silver: ....How did you ever find that

    • @mewacyboi
      @mewacyboi Před 3 lety +4

      Michel: In Lets go red has only veanasaur so I’ll go with that
      Michel 10 seconds later: I’m not going too count his Let’s go team because he has some of blues Pokémon, Archanine and Machamp

  • @alexandergonyea4642
    @alexandergonyea4642 Před 2 lety +87

    I think the reason why the female protag for Gen 1 was named "Leaf" as opposed to "Green" was because she was only later included in the Fire Red and Leaf Green versions, so as opposed to simply just calling her Green, as some kind of a reference to her inclusion in the remakes, they went with "Leaf" since the remake was Leaf Green.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 Před rokem +5

      I like to think her full name if Green/Blue Leaf.

  • @DummyAccount829
    @DummyAccount829 Před 2 lety +160

    In my belief, Hilbert and Hilda are separate characters, just in another timeline, with Black being more focused on Hilbert and White being about Hilda. In Black 2 and White 2's postgame, you can return to Nuvema town and talk to the previous protagonist's mother, and depending on the version she mentions a different character gender. In Black 2, she says "You look just like him," but in White 2 she says "You look just like her.". The starters won't change between versions, but the legendaries do. Hilbert will have a Reshiram, and Hilda would have a Zekrom, therefore in the sequels Nate have N's Zekrom and Rosa would have N's Reshiram.

    • @agirlinsearchof9057
      @agirlinsearchof9057 Před rokem +11

      …Uh, not to be that person, but according to Bulbapedia, the “You look just like her” line (with no “you look just like him” line) comes after the BW protagonist’s mother mistakes the B2W2 protagonist for her own child. She says “Huh…? Excuse me! How embarrassing! Mistaking a visitor for my own child! You’re [player name]?” If you say yes, she says, “I knew it, you look just like her,” then talks about the B2W2 protagonist’s mother. (In fact, both other lines referencing her child have her referring to them in gender-neutral terms.)

    • @DummyAccount829
      @DummyAccount829 Před rokem +3

      @@agirlinsearchof9057
      Huh... Thought there was a "You look just like him" line. Must've misremembered.

    • @Treeckoboi1
      @Treeckoboi1 Před 8 měsíci

      This made me want more to play black and black 2

  • @bluebro6222
    @bluebro6222 Před 3 lety +407

    Eternatus: hey, I'm a legendary that can be caught in the main story and has to be caught no matter what.
    Michael:... But bolt doggo.

  • @Josh-mm6po
    @Josh-mm6po Před 3 lety +723

    "Since barry is supposed to have the starter that is strong against the protagonist's starter"
    Me who continues to one shot empoleon with Close Combat:

    • @milesandrews6711
      @milesandrews6711 Před 3 lety +63

      Honestly you could argue that infernape hard counters empoleon because it's faster and fighting is strong against steel

    • @icantbelieveyoudonethis4059
      @icantbelieveyoudonethis4059 Před 3 lety +57

      @@milesandrews6711 Infernape counters all of them since it can nuke Torterra with Overheat or Fire Blast. I guess this is what it’s be like if Charizard was Dragon type from the start.

    • @milesandrews6711
      @milesandrews6711 Před 3 lety +6

      @@icantbelieveyoudonethis4059 why would you use overheat on infernape, it's a physical attacker?
      Also I'm pretty sure that ground resists fire

    • @icantbelieveyoudonethis4059
      @icantbelieveyoudonethis4059 Před 3 lety +36

      @@milesandrews6711 ground doesn’t resist fire and Infernape is a mixed attacker. You’d use Overheat on a physically based mixed attacker

    • @matthewroberts198
      @matthewroberts198 Před 3 lety +9

      @@icantbelieveyoudonethis4059 Aside from Empoleon, Torterra and Infernape typing can beat the other two. Not sure if they were trying to do that for those starters. Would have been cool if they pulled it off for all three

  • @therubycaptain9895
    @therubycaptain9895 Před rokem +175

    Red's team for me will forever be the last battle in SS/HG Pikachu, Venosaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Lapras, and Snorlax all in the lv. 80's. It was so iconic for me. I remember training so much to take him down. I remember using a Gengar to try to counter his Snorlax, but that thing had freaking Shadowball and took me out. My favorite battle ever.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 Před rokem +6

      Electric beats half the team.

    • @dyeluke7236
      @dyeluke7236 Před rokem +4

      Reds team need to switch lapras out for alakazam, gengar, or dragonite

    • @jacob2069
      @jacob2069 Před rokem

      For me, I prefer the Pokémon Origins team.

    • @CadillacSevilles
      @CadillacSevilles Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@jacob2069 i would swap persian for snorlax even if it is slow

    • @__Soya__
      @__Soya__ Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@dyeluke7236that wouldn't make sense

  • @benjaminalderson5644
    @benjaminalderson5644 Před 2 lety +83

    I think it’s alright for Dawn and Barry to both have the same starter. As long as Dawn can get a piplup. It’s mandatory and I will not stand for this

    • @jacob2069
      @jacob2069 Před 10 měsíci +11

      I agree, Dawn did get her starter separately from the suitcase. She says in the games, "If you chose ______, we would've had the same starter!"

  • @dogefan12349
    @dogefan12349 Před 3 lety +177

    Red's Rival when he gets beaten:
    *"I'm Blue dabadee dabadie."*

  • @saraldwivedi
    @saraldwivedi Před 3 lety +2121

    *“GREETINGS POKÉFANS”* These lines are keeping my spirits up during this quarantine.

  • @toxicity791
    @toxicity791 Před 2 lety +45

    I always thought Red’s Mt Silver team had all three starters because it was based off of his Yellow personage where you do receive all three of them through various NPC’s

    • @zero-pl3tt
      @zero-pl3tt Před 6 měsíci +1

      Could also just be that he traded with Blue and Leaf/Green.

  • @donduck2723
    @donduck2723 Před rokem +335

    To me, Reds starter will always be Charmander. Pokémon origins really struck me when Red chose Charmander in honor of his father.

    • @Jackson-M408
      @Jackson-M408 Před 10 měsíci +17

      Fr

    • @peternguyen7530
      @peternguyen7530 Před 9 měsíci +14

      The part where Origins Red mentions his father is one MASSIVE plot hole, as the ONLY protagonist(s) that had a father is Brendan/May, while the rival have Professor Birch as their father, because the player decides which former is the MC, and which latter is the rival.

    • @retrogamer3775
      @retrogamer3775 Před 9 měsíci +20

      ​@@peternguyen7530bro origins was made as a tribute to old fans and to promote mega evolution. So I think it's fine.

    • @peternguyen7530
      @peternguyen7530 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@retrogamer3775 I do know this, I watched Origins long ago, and Origin Red's Mega Charizard X reveal is AWESOME! I'm just saying this as of 2023, where in a few weeks, I'm gonna be 21 years old.

    • @whiteshaggyfan23
      @whiteshaggyfan23 Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​@@peternguyen7530nah mate how tf is he alive then if he doesn't have a father and plus it's just a honor to his father like maybe he was a great dad when he is alive or something and he respects him

  • @grimmkingadamtaurus1925
    @grimmkingadamtaurus1925 Před 3 lety +285

    "the protagonist is you"
    A horrible decision really

  • @gammothdraws
    @gammothdraws Před 3 lety +2355

    "Ah yes, my favorite pokemon characters: Red, Blue, and LEAF!"
    Edit: How does this have 2.3k likes? This was just a joke, like, why are there so many people discussing this?

    • @itsisaiah6784
      @itsisaiah6784 Před 3 lety +180

      Her name is GREEN

    • @Denji_Hayakawa
      @Denji_Hayakawa Před 3 lety +67

      @@itsisaiah6784 you're right i mean their names are colors

    • @itsisaiah6784
      @itsisaiah6784 Před 3 lety +55

      @Miku Mouse Stan it wasn't for sure but then let's go pikachu came out and now we know

    • @itsmiracle5158
      @itsmiracle5158 Před 3 lety +49

      @@itsisaiah6784 I’m pretty sure leaf and green are two different people

    • @itsisaiah6784
      @itsisaiah6784 Před 3 lety +8

      @@itsmiracle5158 there's no way of proving that

  • @casey475
    @casey475 Před rokem +126

    By your own story-based logic, I would’ve gone with one of the Hitmons for Red. With it more likely being Hitmonlee since he was seen using it in Origins. And for Victor, I think Eternatus would’ve worked better than Urshifu since you’re story-required to catch it.

    • @gothxm
      @gothxm Před rokem +1

      Required to catch it but not use it.

    • @willowheart6590
      @willowheart6590 Před rokem

      I just watched the red timeline and he explains how it's a different universe, so I can definitely see the reason why not to.

    • @paxtonmyers5195
      @paxtonmyers5195 Před rokem

      That and his team is based on Pokémon yellow

    • @kingteddieP4
      @kingteddieP4 Před rokem +2

      @@gothxm he said if you’re required to catch it it’s on the team🥲

    • @randomguy6909
      @randomguy6909 Před 9 měsíci

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@gothxmYou’re also allowed to not equip Urshifu if you want
      The guy suggests against doing it but you can literally just do it without him and skip so much of it meaning all you need to do is just get him and that’s it you don’t have to use him or anything

  • @lohanmicahtv6684
    @lohanmicahtv6684 Před rokem +35

    crazy how in japan his name Green but he’s been wearing blue since the beginning. also i can only see blue with squirtle/blastoise.

  • @misticalnebs2222
    @misticalnebs2222 Před 3 lety +272

    The fusion trio: is Zapmolcuno
    Me: I’ll just call it Unodostres

  • @jacobhunt278
    @jacobhunt278 Před 3 lety +686

    Counter argument for Ethan from HGSS. There is actually a perfect amount of gift/storyline pokemon for him to have.
    - Typlosion (it’s canon that Ethan chooses cyndaquil as shown by the semi-recent music video)
    - Togekiss (gift egg)
    - Dragonite (from dragon den dratini)
    - Eevee that turns into espeon or umbreon (gift from Bill)
    - Sudowudo (the one you have to encounter to get past goldenrod)
    - Red Gyrados (from the Lake of Rage)
    Edit: yes I understand Ethan is also shown with tyranitar and ampharos in the music video, I’m basing this team off of the most relevant pokes you encounter in game, if you really like you can sub dragonite for tyranitar

    • @gabrielbrito7328
      @gabrielbrito7328 Před 3 lety +37

      I agree with you pal
      v i c t o r y s c r e e e c h

    • @hakasehakase
      @hakasehakase Před 3 lety +11

      I like that, but Lance is seen with red gyrados as well

    • @NeroAngeloTH
      @NeroAngeloTH Před 3 lety +43

      *-Dragonite (from Dragon User Challenge Gift Dratini in Dragon's Den in Blackthorn City)
      Fixed that for you. Easier one to get than the Game Corner one in HGSS.

    • @fransbezuidenhout485
      @fransbezuidenhout485 Před 3 lety +16

      In the official pokemon music video when he is facing red he is showed having a typlasion , trynatar and antaroos

    • @Martinxo51
      @Martinxo51 Před 3 lety +7

      @@hakasehakase only in the anime tho

  • @fireypiranha3931
    @fireypiranha3931 Před 2 lety +187

    I would replace Mewtwo with Aerodactyl or any of the fossil Pokemon, at least until he beats the Elite 4 and Blue. I say Aerodactyl because they do not overlap with Lapras, he used one in the Manga, and Red needs a flying type.

    • @doge31981
      @doge31981 Před 2 lety +4

      Him catching mewtwo was iconic yet you decided it shouldn't be there yet is Canon? Sure he a flying type, yet Michael didn't give charizard, mewtwo
      Does not need to be replaced

    • @fireypiranha3931
      @fireypiranha3931 Před 2 lety +16

      @@doge31981 oh no Im saying that up until after he becomes champion he has Aerodactyl, because he canonically catches Mewtwo after he wins the Indigo League

    • @doge31981
      @doge31981 Před 2 lety +1

      @@fireypiranha3931 ok

    • @warriorcharizard3404
      @warriorcharizard3404 Před 2 lety +3

      Red having aerodactyl instead of mewtwo would basically be the team I picture red using.

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 Před 2 lety

      @@doge31981 gengar

  • @DocDevious23
    @DocDevious23 Před 2 lety +79

    Huh, no Lucario on the Kalos protag team?? Weird, that feels like a lock

    • @drmazeda1974
      @drmazeda1974 Před 2 lety

      Yea it does

    • @antsteel18
      @antsteel18 Před 2 lety

      i think the reason that he didnt choose lucario is because the kalos protag already have 1 pokemon that can mega evolve and adding lucario in their would have a few problems even though you get lucario in pokemon x&y

    • @Metatronio
      @Metatronio Před 2 lety

      @@antsteel18 But Mikey gave them mega absol so that's clearly not an issue

    • @EnriqueLaberintico
      @EnriqueLaberintico Před 2 lety +2

      Since their team ended up so flexible, I can imagine one of them having Lucario instead of Absol.

    • @achyuththouta6957
      @achyuththouta6957 Před 2 lety

      I boxed that lucario. Always hated the Pokemon itself

  • @markerpurplemarker1901
    @markerpurplemarker1901 Před 3 lety +1116

    Nobody:
    Literally nobody:
    Not even a single soul:
    May: *Chooses two starters in an anime trailer*

    • @sovietdoge1554
      @sovietdoge1554 Před 3 lety +26

      strange...

    • @dia5981
      @dia5981 Před 3 lety +102

      Well I guess it's just one of the perks of being a professor's daughter(in the manga not anime)

    • @NicoFlame9
      @NicoFlame9 Před 3 lety +5

      czcams.com/video/PD8nuCAMCC4/video.html

    • @millenaalves9603
      @millenaalves9603 Před 3 lety +13

      2 MEGA starters

    • @aso1894
      @aso1894 Před 3 lety +4

      bruh right

  • @woopsloops7382
    @woopsloops7382 Před 3 lety +240

    Johto protagonists:
    Takes the three starters
    Silver: but what do I get
    Ho-oh: sup
    Silver: *gasp I’m taking it

    • @DarthMolgy
      @DarthMolgy Před 3 lety +8

      actually, before he got Ho-Oh he used his Sneasel. As for his starter - it was Totodile. The sync pairs seem to be brought to Pasio from different timelines or points in time, so it's entirely possible that Kris is from a different dimension.

    • @isaacleillhikar4566
      @isaacleillhikar4566 Před 3 lety +1

      He had also stolen that sneezl. So je shouldn't be wyning

    • @woopsloops7382
      @woopsloops7382 Před 3 lety

      Isaac Leillhikar je?

    • @isaacleillhikar4566
      @isaacleillhikar4566 Před 3 lety

      @@woopsloops7382 He*

    • @kensa1280
      @kensa1280 Před 3 lety

      takes lugia

  • @Cat.In.A.Wig.
    @Cat.In.A.Wig. Před rokem +17

    Actually, I think Red more heavily represents Yellow (weird) as you can get all the starters in that game. Also, Pikachu is far more of his ace than the starters, so it makes it a bit more likely.

    • @ian-hq8pn
      @ian-hq8pn Před 4 měsíci

      And his counterpart in the anime is Ash, so that makes even more sense

  • @LordAyuyu
    @LordAyuyu Před rokem +34

    Actually, Leaf is Green from another timeline because the multiverse exist in Pokemon. I think we should call her "Green" and not "Leaf" anymore because of her last appearance on the game. Also, the manga is not canon so i'm not base on the Manga

    • @gamerdude7800
      @gamerdude7800 Před rokem +5

      If the manga isn't cannon, neither is literally any of the posters and the points from the anime which Mikey used.

    • @LordAyuyu
      @LordAyuyu Před rokem +5

      @@gamerdude7800 Usually, you're right but we have some exception, like Dawn in BDSP has her anime team ( when you fight against her ). For me, the anime is in another timeline because May (rival) travels with Brendan but also Ash

    • @mecen8
      @mecen8 Před rokem

      I like to imagine that in the Let’s Go universe, Leaf is a member of team rocket, (like in the manga), which would explain her all-black outfit and wanting Mewtwo. Best bet is that she got the Mega Stones via stealing them.

    • @gamerdude7800
      @gamerdude7800 Před rokem

      @@mecen8 green wasn't a member of team rocket in the manga tho?

    • @mecen8
      @mecen8 Před rokem

      @@gamerdude7800 huh. Thought I saw that in one of Mikey’s videos. Guess I was wrong.
      Edit: yup, I checked. Remembered wrong, green is a thief in the manga. Works with my theory though, since team rocket does steal.

  • @novawise5198
    @novawise5198 Před 3 lety +459

    The Red in G/S and HG/SS seems to be based on Pokémon Yellow's Red, where he's given the three Kanto starters from 3 different NPCs, and his Pikachu, being his highest level Pokémon, was probably his starter

    • @nightmarechevalier2529
      @nightmarechevalier2529 Před 2 lety +17

      That would make sense, if Green (Blue Eng) didn't lose his starter as a Gym Leader while retaining the rest of his Kanto team. He has no reason to lose his if Red is getting his own via other means, and Gym Leaders can use starters.

    • @PhantomOfficial07
      @PhantomOfficial07 Před 2 lety +23

      Then that would mean Blue should have Eevee

    • @custardyboi6951
      @custardyboi6951 Před rokem

      That was debunked in let’s go

    • @EpiclyEpicGamer
      @EpiclyEpicGamer Před rokem +18

      @@custardyboi6951 lets go isnt canon to the mega or original timelines

    • @custardyboi6951
      @custardyboi6951 Před rokem +2

      @@EpiclyEpicGamer it’s still a main series game and could be canon to mega timeline

  • @HushPuppy-be8it
    @HushPuppy-be8it Před 3 lety +706

    I always thought Reds team was based on Pokémon Yellow because you get all of those Pokémon in the story in some fashion

    • @SerDerpish
      @SerDerpish Před 3 lety +15

      Wouldn’t it be the other wat around? The anime debuted before Yellow was released, so I think it’s more likely that turning Pikachu into a starter and then spreading the other three into the world to entice children who already saw Ash having all four at once to follow suit 😊

    • @michaellogozzo2073
      @michaellogozzo2073 Před 2 lety +40

      @@SerDerpish that is what Yellow is

    • @demi-femme4821
      @demi-femme4821 Před 2 lety +29

      Bulbasaur in Cerulean, Charmander on Route 24, Bulbasaur in Vermillion, Pikachu the starter, the Eevee in Celadon Mansion, the Lapras from the Silph Co. employee, and Snorlax blocking off routes. I guess that explains why they replaced Espeon with Lapras instead of Glaceon for the Hail-immune pokemon. Lapras is more relevant to the story.

    • @goldph5395
      @goldph5395 Před 2 lety +5

      Maybe because in the manga. Red was able borrow greens squirtle and blues charmander for the combine powerful something tri type thing to attack the 3 combined legendary birds. If i remember it right🤣

    • @christopherfleetwood5252
      @christopherfleetwood5252 Před 2 lety +8

      Yeah, yellow is canon.

  • @skeletonentertainment4201
    @skeletonentertainment4201 Před 2 lety +14

    1:33 i read somewhere that Red's team in that show was the same team the creator of pokemon (Satoshi Tajiri) used to beat the original pokemon game for the first time

  • @masonfoster619
    @masonfoster619 Před 2 lety +45

    Well now I want to see you beat the game with each of the protagonists using only the Pokemon you put on their team. Gonna finally hit that subscribe button in hope that this happens.

  • @duckduckinator3185
    @duckduckinator3185 Před 3 lety +439

    To everyvone: silver STOLE his starter which means he could have simply snatched one from a protagonist

    • @amberknight7301
      @amberknight7301 Před 3 lety +55

      Except we know he stole it from the lab. Given the whole scene when you return and Elm and the Police Officer asks who it was that was the thief. Therefore it can be implied that no one took the Pokemon beforehand, it was taken straight from the lab.

    • @duckduckinator3185
      @duckduckinator3185 Před 3 lety +1

      Amber Knight
      I meant later into the adventure

    • @Slasher-hx4vn
      @Slasher-hx4vn Před 3 lety

      @@Mychannel-sp6lt oh ho no
      get it

    • @bubbykins4864
      @bubbykins4864 Před 3 lety

      @@Mychannel-sp6lt Well, his sync pair has him with Ho-Oh, so...

    • @Airkong423
      @Airkong423 Před 3 lety

      @@bubbykins4864 yes he proved his worthiness and grew as a trainer and become one of the very bests in the world

  • @heath4741
    @heath4741 Před 3 lety +290

    Actually, in the manga Lyra isn’t even there( it’s just kris dressed like Lyra) and kris gets meganium. You could make the argument that kris is Lyra and vice versa, leaving room for feraligatr for silver.

    • @MB-po2or
      @MB-po2or Před 3 lety +30

      i thought he was going to pretend Lyra and Kris are the same person

    • @screamb0ii559
      @screamb0ii559 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeeeaaaahhhh

    • @0127sasuke
      @0127sasuke Před 3 lety +17

      Or just let lyra start with marill as the npc friend. She doesn't need a starter because she already has a pokemon likely given to her by her grandparents, leaving the other 2 for silver and kris who need them more

    • @emilstoqanov3270
      @emilstoqanov3270 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MB-po2or but They exist separately in the anime and Masters

    • @SunnyCress
      @SunnyCress Před 3 lety +1

      Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hah

  • @Supreme_Rage
    @Supreme_Rage Před rokem +6

    For Florian/Julianna
    Skeledirge (due to Florian being portrayed with Fuecoco when facing Grusha)
    Perrserker (Gift Galarian Meowth from Mr. Salvatore)
    Oinkologne (tutorial gives you the option to catch one, gender can match protagonist)
    Koraidon or Miraidon due to version of events
    Palafin (I havent seen any major trainer use one)
    Great Tusk or Iron Treads depending on version of events (Paradox Pokèmon is a big part of the game so i think using the Paradox titans works well)

  • @loganbrown5070
    @loganbrown5070 Před rokem +9

    Over two years later and I’m still waiting for the follow up video where he gives “canon” teams to the rivals

  • @Rvsegold
    @Rvsegold Před 3 lety +493

    Imagine a random 10yr old trainer walks up to you , challenges you to a battle, and throws out a Rayquaza as the first Pokémon ....RIP

    • @kohinoorbanerjee4009
      @kohinoorbanerjee4009 Před 2 lety +31

      In the league gate battle against Brendan in radical red, he has attack form deoxys, galarian zapdos, serene grace jirachi and incarnate landorus. He also has a mega sceptile. And all of them are EV trained and hold competitive items.

    • @the_username_is_taken
      @the_username_is_taken Před 2 lety +4

      I just wanted to say that Brendan and May are 12 in ORAS.

    • @starlight0313
      @starlight0313 Před 2 lety +17

      Youngster: Our eyes met! Lets battle!
      Protag: *pulls out the god of time* sure…

    • @_EllieLOL_
      @_EllieLOL_ Před 2 lety +4

      Lass Robin sends out Jigglypuff
      Go Rayquaza

    • @Crxsseyed1
      @Crxsseyed1 Před rokem +1

      @@kohinoorbanerjee4009 but that’s a fan game, so it’s not canon

  • @Dark_Side_Productions
    @Dark_Side_Productions Před 2 lety +18

    On Elio/Selene’s team, Dusk Lycanroc would be replaced with Midday Lycanroc in the Sun and Moon version of events since Dusk Lycanroc is exclusive to the Ultra games. It’d be Midday as opposed to Midnight form, as they have another Sun exclusive in Ninetales, which you could replace with Sandslash if you wanted Lunala and Midnight Lycanroc for a Moon version team.
    That was kind of a long comment. I hope it makes sense.

    • @lilweedle6013
      @lilweedle6013 Před 8 dny

      Tbh Elio over Powered bro gets Solgaleo and Nercrozma

  • @pooppooper9033
    @pooppooper9033 Před 2 lety +8

    The reason there’s depictions of Red with only a Charizard is because the Pokémon company likes it more (2 megas and a Gigantamax at launch), so sometimes they try to retcon his Venusaur.
    I don’t have proof of this, I’m just basing it off the fact that all the stuff where he only has a Charizard came out much later.

    • @homebaked1731
      @homebaked1731 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Yeah this makes sense. I’ve noticed gamefreak prefer to pair Red with Venusaur and the Pokémon company prefer paring him with Charizard. It’s 100% marketing

    • @nate6394
      @nate6394 Před 3 měsíci +1

      It's in the fing name red like fire and the fire startee

  • @mikethelightbender6955
    @mikethelightbender6955 Před 3 lety +297

    Him having all 3 starters & a pikachu perfectly represents Trainer Red from the Pokémon Yellow version of the game.. in this game Trainer Red can obtain all 3 starters as well as Pikachu.. so in my opinion it makes perfect sense he has all of them.

    • @jackrivera4398
      @jackrivera4398 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes me agrees

    • @Juan_deep
      @Juan_deep Před 5 dny

      Incorrect yellow is different from red and blue

    • @mikethelightbender6955
      @mikethelightbender6955 Před 5 dny

      @@Juan_deep what are you talking about? The main protagonist is trainer red & the story is the same.. the only differences is In the available Pokemon

  • @bunga_6104
    @bunga_6104 Před 3 lety +296

    “Boltund, found on an early route and not used by other main characters”
    Hop route 7: am I a joke to you?
    More goofs include: gift porygon, and bulbasaur/squirtle

    • @MandJTV
      @MandJTV  Před 3 lety +145

      I blame him for not keeping it around on his final team

    • @ghetoknight7801
      @ghetoknight7801 Před 3 lety +11

      Lul

    • @Undrave
      @Undrave Před 3 lety +18

      It's also Sonia's signature Pokémon... I bet she could be an Electric specialist if she had kept up the gym challenge!

    • @ryanditto6720
      @ryanditto6720 Před 3 lety +6

      Don't sleep on Boltund.
      It can ohko Primal Kyogre with wild charge.

    • @Mychannel-sp6lt
      @Mychannel-sp6lt Před 3 lety +3

      Ryan & Ditto you can’t battle Kyogre with Boltund though

  • @rosesandviolets1558
    @rosesandviolets1558 Před rokem +12

    Somehow I imagine building Serena's team based on the Pokemons she has in the anime. While she didn't have six on her during the course of the storyline, the three she had were pretty type diverse and solid, and we can fill out the rest with Pokemons that might have some sort of connection to her. Therefore, this is what I believe Serena's team should be:
    Delphox (her starter fully evolved), Sylveon and Pangoro (as seen in the anime) and the other three are possibly:
    1. Rhyperior (her mother trained her to be a Rhyhorn racer, despite not liking the sport, she would have access to Rhyhorns back home and it's possible that she has a Rhyperior on her battle team)
    2. Talonflame (we can see her mother's fletchling waking her up in the beginning of X&Y so we can probably assume that there are a lot of them where she lived and possibly catching one for her team)
    3. Klefki (because of her whole thing with contests)
    4. and last, Politoed/Poliwrath (this one is a bit more creative but since she was startled by a Poliwag right before her and Ash met for the first time, she might thank the little creature for having her meet her future love interest, and possibly keeping one for her team)
    As you can tell, I was bored but that's just my opinion.

  • @aguywithalotofopinions412

    My monkey brain screams Red-Charizard/Blue-Blastoise but I understand your reasoning
    Since Hilbert seems to be the ''canon'' MC (seems that the male is the canon one in all regions except Sinnoh and Kalos) and from what little we see of him, he seems to have a more playful personality, and that's how fans usually depict him too, I can totally see him picking Oshawott just cause he's the ugliest of the 3
    Also, in the GOTCHA music video Victor and Gloria have Cinderace so it checks out

    • @Hooliganpunks
      @Hooliganpunks Před rokem +2

      Dude. Tepig is the ugliest

    • @zakigharbi200
      @zakigharbi200 Před rokem

      Same here lol

    • @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214
      @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 Před rokem

      But Hilbert has a Tepig in the Manga

    • @Naggfruit
      @Naggfruit Před rokem

      You call Samurott ugly when Emboar, a fat pig, is right there

    • @ObrigadaJim
      @ObrigadaJim Před rokem +1

      @@aguywithalotofopinions412 Venusaur was always the starter that more fits red personality i think, cause like, Venusaur is a slow powerfull tank and in the games red is this silent and reclusive trainer who slowly defeats everyone, exacly like a slow unstopabble tank.
      And Green (the Rival, wich u guys call Blue on america) its a more cocky trainer, running around telling everyone how better than them he is, wihc fits more Charizard i think, a faster, brighter and cokier starter that sure catch the atention of everyone, just like the Rival loves to do.

  • @lapzidorus1786
    @lapzidorus1786 Před 3 lety +67

    "To my knowledge, we never see Red have just a member of the Blastoise line and no other starters..."
    *sad Subspace Emissary noises*

    • @DarthMolgy
      @DarthMolgy Před 3 lety +1

      but he still got Ivysaur and Charizard later

    • @lapzidorus1786
      @lapzidorus1786 Před 3 lety +9

      @@DarthMolgy Indeed. My point is, though, that Squirtle was shown as his beginning starter in the story while he had to catch the other two.

    • @biljanaperisic4932
      @biljanaperisic4932 Před 3 lety +3

      is this some super smash bros brawl reference?

    • @lapzidorus1786
      @lapzidorus1786 Před 3 lety +4

      @@biljanaperisic4932 Eyyup! Pokemon Trainer only has Squirtle at first in the Adventure Mode, aquiring Ivysaur and Charizard within some deep cave/ruins-like place.

    • @biljanaperisic4932
      @biljanaperisic4932 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lapzidorus1786 good ol times

  • @Etheralist.
    @Etheralist. Před 3 lety +92

    Profesor oak:which starter do you want?
    Red: *YES*

    • @Oscarus4250
      @Oscarus4250 Před 3 lety +10

      Correction:
      *Red:* ...!

    • @wovercomet9412
      @wovercomet9412 Před 3 lety +4

      Prof. Oak: ... Well, since your name Is Red, keep Charmander.

    • @thezootycooner
      @thezootycooner Před 3 lety +2

      @@Oscarus4250 this comment is gold

    • @ohno4112
      @ohno4112 Před 3 lety +1

      Why do I hear boss music

  • @Supreme_Rage
    @Supreme_Rage Před rokem +11

    I think Red should have a Flareon because Espeon wasn't available till Gen 2 and it would give him a type he doesn't have on the team

  • @alfieheffer4213
    @alfieheffer4213 Před rokem +17

    I swear you fight Hilbert and hilda in bw2 when you completed the dex and went to the nature reserve

    • @ryuuronin9852
      @ryuuronin9852 Před rokem +5

      Welcome to your Mandela Effect. The only things of note in the Nature Reserve is the possibility of fishing up a Lvl 100 Magikarp/Gyarados as well as a fixed Shiny Haxorus.

    • @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214
      @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 Před rokem +5

      @@ryuuronin9852 Its not Mandela Effect if only one person remenber this, its Just shitty memory

  • @MkDuckman
    @MkDuckman Před 3 lety +65

    Says meganium looking at chikorita.
    "A foolish miscalculation!"

    • @lbdude
      @lbdude Před 3 lety +2

      Tooney Birb i never noticed that, lol. It appears that i made a foolish Miscalculation!

    • @haztac5973
      @haztac5973 Před 3 lety +2

      I also apparently made a foolish miscalculation, I didn’t realize

    • @MkDuckman
      @MkDuckman Před 3 lety +1

      He also does it with every other gen 2 starter

  • @BradKarmour
    @BradKarmour Před 3 lety +210

    I'm surprised that you don't notice the reasoning for Red having Arcanine and Machamp in Let's Go.
    Let's Go takes places before the other games when he's a boss battle, so he's simply yet to trade for the other two starters at this point. As for who he trades with, it's Blue.
    Blue has Charizard, and also Tauros (a Pokémon he's not usually shown with). So Blue presumably trades Green for her Blastoise, giving her his Tauros. Then Red trades his Machamp and Arcanine to Blue in exchange for the other two starters, giving both him and Blue the exact teams we later see them with. It's a really cool detail.

    • @ubercow6611
      @ubercow6611 Před 3 lety +6

      Nice name and comment

    • @leecrawford6560
      @leecrawford6560 Před 3 lety +5

      That makes sense

    • @8-bitblitz
      @8-bitblitz Před 3 lety +2

      Actually no bc lets go isnt cannon and red nor blue are champion but mew two is still in the cave and blue is mentioned to be strong

    • @rdaug3110
      @rdaug3110 Před 3 lety

      Yeet very correct

    • @8-bitblitz
      @8-bitblitz Před 3 lety +2

      Anthony Jose Angeles that’s what I said he said it’s not cannon but they said it takes place before the other games but you can’t place it before any other games bc when talking about the timeline it doesn’t exist

  • @sleepyrosy4220
    @sleepyrosy4220 Před 2 lety +5

    The gifted Lucario from Korrina is crying in a corner somewhwre

  • @kael4987
    @kael4987 Před 2 lety +5

    10:26 also there's a call from Ethan/Lyra in HeartGold and SoulSilver where Ethan/Lyra literally says that he/she saw his/her Marill evolve

  • @DatPolarBearRobin2NightWing
    @DatPolarBearRobin2NightWing Před 3 lety +285

    I feel like May/Brendan would have one of the Latis instead of the weather trio

    • @person5975
      @person5975 Před 3 lety +1

      LATIAS

    • @person5975
      @person5975 Před 3 lety +1

      But that’s just my bias

    • @pn2294
      @pn2294 Před 3 lety

      Why not both?

    • @person5975
      @person5975 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pn2294 I like the idea of having both, but I prefer Latias over Latios, but no shade to Latios

    • @pn2294
      @pn2294 Před 3 lety

      @@person5975 who would have what?

  • @KodasGarden
    @KodasGarden Před 3 lety +32

    "I'm not going to take the manga into account for this video"
    Proceeds to talk about the manga a lot throughout the video xD

  • @BattleFrontierSV
    @BattleFrontierSV Před 2 lety +3

    I always loved pokemon and I love your videos man! Me and my kids watch them together! Keep up amazing content!

  • @zacharymohammadi
    @zacharymohammadi Před rokem +10

    Actually the FR/LG Female Protagonist does appear in one other game, Smash Ultimate

  • @ubercow6611
    @ubercow6611 Před 3 lety +111

    In X and Y you get 5 gift pokemon: Your starter, a Kanto starter, that Lucario that thinks you're pretty cool, a lapras, and a fossil
    Edit: You can also get an Old Amber from using Rock smash for an Aerodactyl, making for a full team of 6 without catching

    • @ronswanson7371
      @ronswanson7371 Před 3 lety

      Phem See static*

    • @8bitty192
      @8bitty192 Před 3 lety +1

      Lucariothinksyourprettycoolius by its Latin name

    • @its_saber1525
      @its_saber1525 Před 3 lety

      Can you beat X and Y without using a single pokeball

    • @ubercow6611
      @ubercow6611 Před 3 lety

      @@its_saber1525 These days you can only be given those five during the main game, and in the post game you can breed a couple of your Pokemon so you can trade for your final member you don't need to catch: a starter pokemon you didn't pick from Shauna

    • @ubercow6611
      @ubercow6611 Před 2 lety

      @Nawfel Nuhin I stand corrected, you can totally beat X and Y without catching anything, using event Pokemon, or breeding while still having a full team

  • @Unknown-gn8gn
    @Unknown-gn8gn Před 3 lety +245

    “Ethan can talk to Lyra and vice versa, but only one them ends up defeating Red.”
    Anyone who lost the battle- ‘Sweats nervously’

    • @JadenT_VA
      @JadenT_VA Před 3 lety +9

      I'm going to go with Ethan because he was the only option in the original Gold and Silver

    • @yeon_ster
      @yeon_ster Před 3 lety +1

      @@JadenT_VA wait I thought Chris was the female counter part there and then got replaced by Lyra in Crystal

    • @bungis877
      @bungis877 Před 3 lety +10

      @@yeon_ster Chris was only in Crystal. Gold and Silver had no female option.

  • @randomlyselected8998
    @randomlyselected8998 Před 2 lety +7

    I think giving Red Mewtwo is a stretch since yeah he catches it but who says he actually uses it I like the last one being poliwrath since it's such a big part of reds backstory in the manga.

  • @cullenellerbee8461
    @cullenellerbee8461 Před 2 lety +3

    Just watched this video and now starting an emerald play through with this team!! This is going to be fun!!!!

  • @ganyuwanter3852
    @ganyuwanter3852 Před 3 lety +60

    I bet when Michael is on his deathbed PokeMoses will come and say:
    Greetings Pokéfans
    PokeMoses is watching above you all for thou may have been blessed with a shiny

  • @Rebateman
    @Rebateman Před 3 lety +137

    Another reason for Red having all 3 kanto starters: He played Yellow.

    • @sandskrit13
      @sandskrit13 Před 3 lety +17

      I mean... He DOES have an unevolved pikachu

    • @hydra3007
      @hydra3007 Před 3 lety +5

      When it comes to main series he chooses charziard that's y his name red and blue chooses water and leaf chooses grass this guy doesn't have brain

    • @MayhemEverFree
      @MayhemEverFree Před 3 lety +4

      @@hydra3007 Yeah maybe, but originally in Japan the rival was Green and the girl is Blue, so picking starters specifically based on their names becomes weird because of different localizations

    • @bryanmanuel4945
      @bryanmanuel4945 Před 3 lety +3

      @@hydra3007 Aparentley, that's just an Origin thing (But it became more popular and Iconic for Red to have his Charizard), in the Adventure Manga he has a starter Poliwrath, in the other Manga I think he has a Venusar, Leaf a Blastoise and Blue a Charizard. But I personally like Red with a Charizard as his starter

    • @OogaBooga-sq4xg
      @OogaBooga-sq4xg Před 3 lety

      @@hydra3007 that doesn't make sense though, you see in japan "blue" is "green" so if what your saying is true that would mean your rival would have venusaur but that would be impossible unless the female was the main protagonist and as you may know, red is the protagonist

  • @ericwalsh2954
    @ericwalsh2954 Před 2 lety +6

    I always assumed static encounters where considered cannon as its a mutual experience across games

  • @Legithiro
    @Legithiro Před rokem +5

    I think the Kalos protag would have a Lucario, after all it’s a gift pokemon that is shoved pretty directly in you’re face, other gift mons include Lapras and Flibebe (although that’s post-game)

    • @intergalactic92
      @intergalactic92 Před rokem +1

      It must be the version of events where you say no and it just stands there waiting for you to come back for the entire game, and I’m not sorry about it either.

  • @cadekoala7104
    @cadekoala7104 Před 3 lety +38

    Michael: Says a bunch of stuff about Green and Leaf being the same people
    Me: Green and Leaf, Leaf and Green, Leaf... Green...
    *HOLD UP*

    • @travisscottburber5719
      @travisscottburber5719 Před 3 lety +2

      I like your Ash Greninja profile picture

    • @alkaupadhyay7650
      @alkaupadhyay7650 Před 3 lety

      I like yo cut G

    • @sylvyboi
      @sylvyboi Před 3 lety

      If one of the game is Fire Red and the male protagonist is Red, it's fair that the female is called Green in my opinion

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 Před 3 lety

      @@sylvyboi He ignored Fire.

  • @Metawire61
    @Metawire61 Před 3 lety +58

    "lucas doesn't have a team outside of the main games"
    Pokemon manga, where he has multiple pokemon with the starter being turtwig: am i a joke to you?

    • @rajt9996
      @rajt9996 Před 3 lety

      @Owen Wheeler probably because of that ugly hat lol.

    • @ObrigadaJim
      @ObrigadaJim Před 3 lety +2

      Lucas starter in the manga isn't turtwig... His starter is a munchlax.. He just gets the turtwig a lot before munchlax

    • @Everythingbagel196
      @Everythingbagel196 Před 3 lety

      I mean... Dia technically isn’t the same as Lucas, ( since the manga isn’t in the same world as the games) but yeah, he’s probably the closest your gonna get to finding out what Lucas’ team is.

    • @IAmMissingnoMaster
      @IAmMissingnoMaster Před 3 lety

      He said earlier in the video that he wasn't gonna be taking the manga into account as much due to it being so wildly different.

    • @shamimyounis6922
      @shamimyounis6922 Před 3 lety

      Can't you battle him in platinum

  • @hello-7008
    @hello-7008 Před rokem +10

    Barry needs infernape and Lucas needs tortera they all fit the looks

  • @DoodleDanielYT
    @DoodleDanielYT Před 2 lety +5

    Imagine he just went through every conceivable team you could ever have, and the video was 100 hours long.😂

  • @MaxWelton
    @MaxWelton Před 3 lety +92

    13:56 May having Blaziken makes sense, with its type advantage over Sceptile.

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 Před 3 lety +2

      As does the reverse.

    • @dudebro2535
      @dudebro2535 Před 3 lety

      Agree

    • @kingofmoney6165
      @kingofmoney6165 Před 2 lety

      What does type advantage have to do with anything? Just asking

    • @MaxWelton
      @MaxWelton Před 2 lety

      @@kingofmoney6165 traditionally, the rival character would always pick the starter with the type advantage over yours. However, if May picked Mudkip, then Brendan would be the rival instead of the player, so I guess it doesn’t really matter.

  • @skylarlee9691
    @skylarlee9691 Před 3 lety +107

    Me: *Waits for Snom*
    Michael: No Snom
    **Quietly fumes**

    • @IAmMissingnoMaster
      @IAmMissingnoMaster Před 3 lety

      Same for me, but replace Snom with Weezing.

    • @kitsunelynchwood5637
      @kitsunelynchwood5637 Před 3 lety

      Frostmoth: *cries in corner*

    • @zEr-ne5ri
      @zEr-ne5ri Před 3 lety

      You cannot defeat Regis we are Regis!

    • @kirin1230
      @kirin1230 Před 3 lety

      Snom is too powerful. If a protagonist had Snom and Zacian/Zamazenta they'd be too strong. That's why he didn't include it.

    • @skylarlee9691
      @skylarlee9691 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kirin1230 Makes sense. If Victor or Gloria had Snom on their team, we would've faced World Snomination centuries ago. Even PokeTips knew Snom's strength, which is why he's still using it to dominate Leon over and over again.

  • @seankilfoyle2191
    @seankilfoyle2191 Před 11 měsíci +1

    "Not sure why Leaf and Green have different names"
    Marketing and branding.

  • @michaellogozzo2073
    @michaellogozzo2073 Před rokem +4

    Also for Eleo and Selene you could have used either other fossil Pokémon rather then Aero, they still overlap with the team but with Blastoise instead of Charizard but they’re encountered more often

  • @ghost_underscore
    @ghost_underscore Před 3 lety +84

    “Boltund is not used by other main characters...”
    * sad route 7 hop noises *

    • @batooldalloul9397
      @batooldalloul9397 Před 3 lety +1

      Copy

    • @rosas5014
      @rosas5014 Před 3 lety +1

      Doggo go woof woof my homie

    • @lordofgeese6437
      @lordofgeese6437 Před 3 lety +1

      I mean you could replace Boltund with either Venasour or Blastoise considering that they are both gift Pokémon on the isle of Armor

  • @krackkbc8242
    @krackkbc8242 Před 3 lety +46

    I really loved the emphasis on '*YVELTAL*' making a reference to pokemon talk.

    • @cheezy1647
      @cheezy1647 Před 3 lety +1

      Hes said it so many times

    • @notanactiveaccountina
      @notanactiveaccountina Před 3 lety +4

      Mukesh Kumar it’s not even a reference at this point it’s just a thing on his channel lol

    • @ZigZagZak
      @ZigZagZak Před 3 lety +1

      Yaveltal

    • @colddekstar
      @colddekstar Před 3 lety +1

      Yes, cause he's never done that before, nope not Mikey, nada

  • @SugarSpice07
    @SugarSpice07 Před rokem +4

    If Mikey ever does another video like this like 3 years in the future I bet he is going to have a lot of fun trying to make Juliana and Florian's teams.
    They don't appear anywhere except as your character, they aren't depicted with specific starters most often, from what little there is to go off, they don't seem like they'll appear in the anime, hell, they don't technically even look the same most of the time! Plus, I don't know how accurate this is, but I poked around and the only gift pokemon in S/V seems to be Galarian Meowth? And its an optional side thing in the game. So basically, the only set pokemon they ever get are the unknown starter and the legendary.

  • @brawlgasm56
    @brawlgasm56 Před rokem +3

    Pedro Araujo on CZcams has what I consider to be the actual canonical version of red. Very much worth the watch

  • @zefil2864
    @zefil2864 Před 3 lety +219

    Don't sleep on the manga you, P.S. the elite four in the manga literally tries to kill red, and the Pokemon championship is a tournament (the elite four is just titles of the most powerful trainers)

    • @luminescentpearl4126
      @luminescentpearl4126 Před 3 lety +15

      Yes its amazing

    • @novemberninth4392
      @novemberninth4392 Před 3 lety +13

      YES, THE MANGA IS FREAKING LIT

    • @mccrock2820
      @mccrock2820 Před 3 lety

      I wish I could read it

    • @janiakapoor8611
      @janiakapoor8611 Před 3 lety +6

      So would that make ash part of the elite four of multiple regions and he’s just ignoring his duties because I think that’s great

    • @zefil2864
      @zefil2864 Před 3 lety +1

      @@janiakapoor8611 ash would never be part of the elite four

  • @harshrajsingh4338
    @harshrajsingh4338 Před 3 lety +79

    You should have given Mega Lucario to the Kalos Protagonists.

  • @intergalactic92
    @intergalactic92 Před rokem +3

    2:23 the adventures Manga is definitely weird in places, and much more mature than any other universe, but it is all derived from the games (ok, maybe not Zapmolcuno and the whole Gold/silver/Crystal Mask of Ice arc) and in fact the series creator has endorsed this series, stating it is "the comic that most resembles the world I was trying to convey".
    I always find it a little weird when the anime is put on a pedestal and treated as near canonical, while stuff like this, which is more accurate to the core series, gets ignored.

  • @SuperMuskett
    @SuperMuskett Před rokem +3

    Yknow... it would make alot more sense to say that red's team is based off of a playthrough of pokemon yellow, since all of his pokemon are gift pokemon you recieve in pokemon yellow, other than the snorlax which is a static encounter, the fact that the team he uses in hgss is the team he uses most often is a good indication of this

  • @josephstone2112
    @josephstone2112 Před 3 lety +37

    4:58
    Mikey: ... let's go Red...
    Game Freak: Write that down! Write that down!

    • @azouzd
      @azouzd Před 3 lety

      he means red that shows in pokemon let's go

    • @essenkillerthezombiektz5026
      @essenkillerthezombiektz5026 Před 3 lety +2

      Me: hey umm game freak if you’re going to keep making re makes of games don’t you think you should maybe do something other then Kanto? Like it’s getting to the point where at this rate we may end up having more kanto games then all the other regions I mean if you’re going to make the re makes kanto doesn’t need the updates other games like dis.....
      Game freak: NO WEE NEED KANTOOOO AND MORE CHAREZARD
      KANTOOOO AND CHARIZARD FOR LIIIIIFFFFEEEE THEY ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT MATTTERRR!!!1!1!1!!11!!1!-!-!!2

    • @sasukegaming8289
      @sasukegaming8289 Před 3 lety +1

      @@azouzd r/woosh

    • @chrismondheng3543
      @chrismondheng3543 Před 3 lety +1

      @@azouzd r/woosh

  • @yellow0st
    @yellow0st Před 3 lety +123

    I still believe
    RED: CHARIZARD
    BLUE: BLASTOISE
    LEAF/GREEN: VENASAUR
    ASH: PIKACHU

  • @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy
    @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy Před 2 lety +3

    The real reason why red has all the starters is because it shows his bond with Pokémon as the starter is usually the one you bond with the most. Also he completed the Pokédex so it is possible for him to have them.

  • @juliusc.8711
    @juliusc.8711 Před rokem +7

    It strikes me in such a bad way seeing Silver with Ho-Oh... Like, bro, he is called SILVER, LIKE THE GAME WHERE LUGIA IS THE MAIN LEGENDARY. HE IS PRIDEFUL AND ROUGH, KIND OF LIKE LUGIA (though Ho-Oh is also quite prideful but not as much) they fit so well...

    • @Go-OnR
      @Go-OnR Před rokem

      Sneasel would've been so much better too. And Morty got SHINY Ho-oh? Masters is a mess

    • @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214
      @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 Před rokem

      But Lugia has a motherly personality, he was literaly created for the Anime and Shudo created him as a Female

    • @jakiru8783
      @jakiru8783 Před rokem

      Haha, Masters EX certainly has some good ideas but other things come completely out of left field! Ethan and Silver should have switch legendaries in that game...

  • @phoenixa4212
    @phoenixa4212 Před 3 lety +208

    Vid is 25 mins long
    Uploaded 6 mins ago
    11 people: Im gonna dislike it for no reason

    • @bad8136
      @bad8136 Před 3 lety +1

      It becuse prewiew(maybe).

    • @cheezy1647
      @cheezy1647 Před 3 lety

      Phoenix A I approve of your profile picture

    • @rainbowsubs2
      @rainbowsubs2 Před 3 lety +1

      @@hitesh9431 how is that fair-👁️👄👁️

    • @leandromendoza5835
      @leandromendoza5835 Před 3 lety

      maybe because he picked the starter almost know one picked for Red xd

    • @ThumberBulls6
      @ThumberBulls6 Před 3 lety +3

      @@leandromendoza5835 lol no, Charizard might be the most loved mon but Red's Venusaur is the official correct choice. Also, Venusaur(/bulbasaur) is probably the most loved grass type in all of pokemon.

  • @NosstheBoss
    @NosstheBoss Před 3 lety +40

    Michael: The Isle of Armor is Cannon, ok I'm desperate.
    Me: *raise's left hand to ear...* You hear that... It's the Winds of the Tundra.
    Michael: *facepalm*

  • @jeffreygao3956
    @jeffreygao3956 Před rokem +8

    4:08 But that would be unprecedented. I'd be interested in seeing the pairing of Charizard's 'rivals.'

  • @RaxusPrime29
    @RaxusPrime29 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Good vid. Very logical teams.

  • @lecurve5248
    @lecurve5248 Před 3 lety +24

    Feels like the Gen 6 protags should have the Lucario that’s literally thrust upon you by Corrina

  • @ArielSubotzky
    @ArielSubotzky Před 3 lety +45

    Michael: Blastoise and Venasaur were never version pairs
    Squirtle's floor: *So you have chosen death*

  • @unpopularopinions6752
    @unpopularopinions6752 Před 2 lety +1

    I had a thought. You should do a video with someone. Have a tournament with all protagonist team chosen by random. Love your content.

  • @magicwandstudio3141
    @magicwandstudio3141 Před 2 lety +1

    “Hilber Hilda same person”
    Pokemon Master: im gonna ruin this man’s career

  • @snorlaxative6658
    @snorlaxative6658 Před 3 lety +68

    Michael: so this one's a bit tricky
    Me: so you'll use the manga!
    Michael: let's refer to the anime!

    • @LoieGoose
      @LoieGoose Před 3 lety +3

      ahh yes the anime where ash used a pikachu against brock, and still won

    • @iamjoker4281
      @iamjoker4281 Před 3 lety +2

      To be fair doe the anime has way more influence on the games and is way more well known than the manga. Still love the manga doe

    • @lunerblade13
      @lunerblade13 Před 3 lety +2

      @@iamjoker4281 still its a pain in the neck to see how undermined it is when people ever refer to it.

    • @lunerblade13
      @lunerblade13 Před 3 lety +3

      @Henry Ludwig this is also the same series that has the main protagonists of the diamond and pearl arc being a professional comedy duo trying to go pro.
      labeling the entirety of pokespe as just dark is a massive misnomer. by this same logic the anime can simply be labeled as stupid as it took 20 years for ash to actually win a regional league, an accomplishment that is borderline trivial for a trainer that traveled to 7 different regions battling hundreds of pokemon yet people inflate this accomplishment as if ash hadn't been failing league after league in the past.
      and when it comes to story telling it is just undeniable that the pokemon manga is king among all the pokemon mediums in this department since this manga has been making original stories of the scraps of story that are contained in the pokemon games for DECADES.
      heck gen 5 the gen so many game fans consider to have the peak quality of storytelling is just retelling the story of the pokemon manga's yellow arc. a story of two sides with differing views on protecting pokemon (one of which plans on separating pokmeon from humans to protect those pokemon from human abuse and manipulation) both fighting over the power of an all powerful dragon.
      czcams.com/video/PPeUP9PlBic/video.html

    • @meshkathossain9167
      @meshkathossain9167 Před 3 lety +1

      @Henry Ludwig so even though it's more accurate to the game, because it's not "child friendly" it isn't a reliable source? Even though none of the game protagonists are main trainers in the anime.

  • @roaringlions7252
    @roaringlions7252 Před 3 lety +29

    Silver: Uh professor? There are no starters left! What do I get??
    Professor: You get... THE LEGENDARY OF THE REGION: HO-OH. Completely fair to Ethan, Kris and Lyra!

    • @Naga......
      @Naga...... Před 3 lety +2

      Lol

    • @sethmichel6138
      @sethmichel6138 Před 3 lety +2

      Actually silver stole his starter so it be more like this
      Silver: Dang it, there aren't any pokemon left.
      Sees pokeball on the professor's desk
      Silver: Guess I'll take this.
      Turns out to contain Ho-oh
      Silver: Why in the distortion world would you leave this unguarded

    • @Naga......
      @Naga...... Před 3 lety

      Don't ruined it

    • @Naga......
      @Naga...... Před 3 lety

      This what happen he found a pokeball and challange Ethan/gold/anything and summon ho-oh against a chikorita

  • @echo8844
    @echo8844 Před 5 měsíci +2

    for unova, i personally went with bianca, cherin, and MC's personalities the most. snivey is regal and it seemed to suit cheren's academic personality. then tepig being overexcitable suited bianca. that left oshawott's energetic personality to the protagonist. perhaps not the most lore-accurate but it feels right in my head. especially the opening sequence where bianca claims tepig impatiently and cheren just goes "wtv i wanted snivy anyways". it mirrored the personality of the pokemon perfectly 😄

  • @hondaaccord1399
    @hondaaccord1399 Před rokem +3

    Weird hearing that Viktor has no Pokemon in his canon when he's shown to have Grookey and Sirfetch'd from the beginning of his presence in the manga

    • @darkfiredragon3410
      @darkfiredragon3410 Před rokem +1

      As he said multiple times, the manga is a weird alternate universe with very different rules from either the games or even the anime, yet another weird alternate universe; using them as material messes up a lot of things (see the MANY contradictions between starter choices), so he chose to just ignore them.

    • @hondaaccord1399
      @hondaaccord1399 Před rokem +1

      @@darkfiredragon3410
      I was just saying it was _weird_ to hear, not that I was upset