Lavender Town: overshadowed by Creepypasta
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2020
- Lavender Town is often thought to be one of the most terrifying locations in the Pokemon universe, and for a lot of people, this is because of the rumors surrounding it. But you know that these are just urban legends... right? In this video, I go on a bit of a rant about Lavender Town, and the real information (or lack thereof) surrounding it.
Outro music: • The Smurfs(Gameboy) - ...
With these stores being creepypastas (a creepy variation of a copypasta), meaning they're copy and pasted around the internet, some people will put their own spin on the myth. The links below are the sources I used, but they are by no means an exhaustive list.
The mythos:
creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/L...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...
Did you know that these myths even invaded gaming wikis, in some places?
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
tcrf.net/Talk:Pok%C3%A9mon_Re...
Game Dude footage (guy at the very beginning and end): • Game Dude Archives: Fe...
Spectrogram video: • Pokemon - Lavender Tow...
Seizure inducing videos (PROCEED WITH CAUTION):
Porygon Episode: • Pokémon - Cyber Soldie...
Goku vs Vegeta: • Video - Hry
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Hey bro where do you live in Canada
Every episode of iCarly is personalized.
Oh no
In *my* iCarly, Gibby is the only character because he is the only character who is necessary
My iCarly is actually called iCarlie and instead of a white girl, it is a Jamaican mixed race girl. Maybe this is because I am 1/4 Jamaican myself, then again though I don't watch it too much.
My iCarly started with Gibby eating spaghetti and milk, and just lingered on that for the entire runtime.
I was really hungry.
Fun fact! Dan Schneider has actually wrote abt Freddie having a crush on Gibby and Carly only replies she will make rice
Meanwhile me when I was a child purposefully listening to the "higher pitched death version" and nothing happening and me being disappointed that nothing happened
All that happened to me when I did that was getting a mild headache.
"Huh, no suicide. Lame"
@@hexorth3580 I never knew a kid could so threateningly force their buds to listen to their gameboy
Hol up
Same. The difference is that this is happening right now
The best spectrograph, containing pokemon that didn't exist yet.
Your profile picture scared that shit out of me for some reason.
... That's it...
to be fair, most gen 2 pkmn were planed for gen 1. alot of them even have leftover bits of code in the game! this is also why ho oh, togepi, and donphan appeared in the anime so early
@@Xx_Oleander_xX I believe the leftover bits are why missingno was a thing in the gen 1 games
@@Luke996 yup! there is even a way to trade missingo over to gen 2 to get Pokemon.
@@Xx_Oleander_xX We know by now at least that Unown wasn't planned until around 1998 or 1999. Unown weren't in the 1997 Spaceworld Demo. And because of a manga about Satoshi Tajiri, we do know what Pokemon were planned to be in gen 1 that were cut. I'm pretty sure most of them never made a return, and if they did they were changed drastically.
There were Pokemon based on a deer, elephant, shark, and a cactus for example. They eventually made Pokemon based on those things but the changes are so drastic that you can't really say that they're based on the BETA designs themselves that it's hard to know if they took inspiration from those cut BETA Pokemon or if they just made Pokemon based on those things without thinking about the BETA Pokemon. The Pokemon Missingno. are there for are probably those.
The reason why Ho-oh, Togepi, Marill and Donphan appeared in the anime before the gen 2 games is because the anime was being worked on sometime after the 1997 Spaceworld Demo came out. They were able to have a sneak peek of final Pokemon designs before anybody else so they could work on adding those Pokemon to the anime as a promotion to the 2 Gen games.
If a creepypasta has a suicide plot twist, that is basically the writer saying "I ran out of ideas!"
these was the early days of creepypastas today they are much much better
It's like a Netflix show when they get to the sex scene or gay characters
@@valletas nah there are some great old creepypastas but newer creepypastas are also great
No no hes got a point
or HYPER REALISTIC EYES
One thing worth noting is also that the exact motivations of the creators of Pokemon with Lavender town was to clarify in a serious way the difference between death and Pokemon fainting, and that death was a rather sad thing. Reveling in the creepiness of Lavender Town is the essentially the opposite of their intentions.
Yes and no. I mean, that's a really good point that they are totally trying to highlight that difference, but they themselves were still totally reveling in the creepiness in the original game, way before the internet got their hands on it- the possessed spirit channeler craving blood, the NPC talking about the creepy white hand on your shoulder (which even made it into the Pokemon Origins anime) like... you're right, but they still pushed the creepiness big time, so blaming the fans isn't quite fair.
@@Stathio I'll admit I might be overstating it, they definitely played up the creepiness to a notable degree. To clarify, I don't think fans are doing anything wrong by playing up the creepiness even further, just that one should keep in mind that isn't necessarily what the game was going for.
For what it's worth, I'll say at the very least the music is easily one of the creepiest songs I've ever heard and I did forget that part about the lady saying they need blood.
@@MatthewCampbell765 Same here with the music.
Lavender town is just a coverup. Nintendo doesn’t want you to know that every copy of Super Mario 64 is personalized
"gamefreak could barely program the rest of the game" Lmao truth right there.
first time i actually laughed at a CZcams video in a while
They needed the coding WMD that was Iwata tp even make it fit
6. If the Lavender Town Syndrome incidents actually did happen, then Pokemon wouldn’t even be a thing outside of the 1st game solely in Japan due to the tragedies.
In addition, the remaining copies on store shelves would immediately get recalled, destroyed and/ or taken in for government investigations, anyone who still owned the game would be highly advised to hand it in to the authorities or destroy it themselves, and Game Freak & Nintendo would be held guilty of essentially creating a digital child killer on a national scale which would at the bare minimum permanently tarnish their reputation and legacy worldwide.
Pokemon red and green would then go on to be some of the most valuable game cartridges of all time.
Sources?
Callum Sparrow --- THANK YOU, I hate how many people simply ignores this fact.
@@falendemo546 SOURCES?
@@luigionsoap9592 It's a "what if" scenario, dude. It didn't happen.
When I was a very young child I was TERRIFIED of “Lavender Town Syndrome”... because I was like 7.
I can relate to this comment and I'm low-key judging younger me, i think I was exactly that age too maybe a little younger.
i relate to this heavy and the song itself still gives me shivers even though i am already fully aware of it not being real.
Same
I watched Candyevie's video on creepypastas... i wasn't afraid of the lavender town glitch, nonono, I needed a Japanese cartridge for that.
The fuckin original cemitary boss though...
Dear god, I couldn't sleep in my room for 3 days, and slept with my light on in my room the night I had to.
Yeah
I was once an admin on a Pokémon glitch site and one day there was this kid who read this "Glitchlett" creepypasta about a haunted glitched Diglett and convinced himself that it was real, and wanted us to hunt for it alongside him. He wouldn't really a no for an answer even after all of the technical explanations about how there's no such Pokémon in the code or in the game's data. Pretty funny but it got annoying at some point because he just wouldn't let go
I have the theory that when people are stupid, ignorant or kids (whic are both), they simply will believe anything that sounds interesnting because they don't know anything interesting about the world.
Like, if you know about the intrincated program of a game, all creepypastas wyll only sound boring.
Same with the conspiranoics that believe shit because they doesn't know anything about, idk, history, biology or physics.
TRS?
@@HAL-iv2kd kid and stupid are different things, ya know
@Cactus Dragon I like to imagine that if a ghost tried to posses a Pokemon cartridge it's consciousness would get immediately overwritten by corrupt data
Glitchlett was a alright creepypasta, for the most part
Considering how much the Mario 64 video gave you a boost in viewership, let's hope a lot of them like me will stick around. You got yourself a unique content charm which I think people'll enjoy.
Im sticking around for sure! I love those type of 2012-14 creppy video type lul
I agree
he gives me CyberShell vibes. rip to my homie CyberShill
fun fact, the reason the strobing effect was so common in anime was because making frames of an animation costs money, and every frame that is completely blanked out reduces the cost of the whole animation by a little bit.
Thats also why animes have long openings and endings as well as "in the next episode!!!" segments
Animation in general its just a game on how much you can save money without compromising the experience too much
"Suicide due to listening to Pokemon music is not a thing, obviously"
Yeah, let's pretend "I Love Reshiram Married To Reshiram" doesn't exist
LUBBY CHUDDER
JustinRPG is the GOAT
Most of these arguments can easily be countered with "The beta was haunted."
Gameboy couldn't make noises like that? Ghost inside the sound chip.
Game Freak didn't intend it? Ghost possessed the devs.
Saying a ghost possessed the dev is a cop-out, IMO. A ghost making hardware do something it isn't supposed to be capable of, I can see but the rest of the story better be good.
I made this comment? That wasn’t a ghost, it was just me doing random crap on the internet
This may be a very spooooooky video, but every time I see 'Go! Boob!' appear on the screen i just burst out laughing
Its like WWE. Theres going to be a few kids that take it seriously but everyone knows its all fake. Its just a good bit of nice, clean, fun.
I used to be a wwe fan and I found the best part about it was that it was fake. When things are fake you can go beyond the mundanity of the real world. However, some people like to ruin this by saying it's real, forcing people to explain it's fake thus ruining the effect.
You mean your dad?
thats a really good analogy underrated comment!
Well, again, the suicide thing is kinda in bad taste, but im not gonna get on a high horse here
Wait,wait,wait.... You're telling me that those people in i-carly didn't die?!
Yes, in reality they all survived their injuries and made full recoveries.
@@MatthewCampbell765 well at least we all know that the lavender town creepy pasta is totally factual and doesn't have any flaws whatsoever!
help my godzilla monster of monsters rom is cursed!! scary makes me go eEk!1
2:30 What!? YOU made all known deaths on iCarly (2018)?? I'm a huge fan
No you aren't
I always liked the lavender town music.
It was so catchy
Yeah! It's so catchy and spooky, I love jokingly dancing to it.
I like how it's both spooky in a fun way and in a sad/melancholy way. It's like one minute you're having a fun Halloween party and then the next, you're reminded of the tragic,sad events that people have gone through and their lost loved ones.
I envy you...
Even at 18yrs i still get Heebiejeebies
@@TheBuster0926 Same, but I'm 20.
I love it so much to UwU
I remember reading the first 'creepypastas' like 13-14 years ago and its honestly been fascinating to see which ones stuck around and which ones became much more than a simple story.
SCP-173 is definitely the most influential
I always figured the internet sorta spoiled the mystery of games, because everything to know gets typed into a wiki, but its interesting to see that even with google the rumours never go away
Even video game creepypasta has some legs at times. Petscop is some good shit.
Shoutouts to Simpleflips.
Simpleouts to Shoutflips.
I remember being pissed as a kid at my mom and i said i would listen to the music. my mom, not knowing the creepypasta because shes a mom said "okay" and i started crying because i thought she actually hated me.
You're horribly underappreciated. I hope the algorithm graces you more and I hope you keep making good content.
Dude I love how relatable your content is. This is the same feeling I had watching theory and creepypasta videos when I was like 12, but updated to my current tastes. Not to mention the sense of humor and use of music that brings me back. All hail Kevin MacLeod's Ice Demon.
I'm glad you came to your senses about Wario. He watches us all.
MY CALCULATOR EXPLODE WHEN I TRY TO ADD 1 AND 1 AAAAAAAAAA
Butters: *listens to Lavender Town theme”
Butters: “Kill John Lennon!!”
Came here from the mario 64 video, the yume nikki music should have tipped me off that you have impeccable taste. So you’ve earned yourself a subscriber, I’m excited to see what you do next.
When I was younger, I used to watch JWittz and Tamashii's videos about Lavender Town. Scared shitless of the town music, along with GHOST sprite. I'm 18 now, years later and I still get scared with the sprite. While typing this, you even put the town music in the background and I freaked out and turned the volume down. I can't watch videos like these at night because I know I'll get some bizarre dreams. Great video overall.
1:13 Holy shit, I was not expecting Boyle to be in this video
5:20 legend says that looking at the game's source code may cause slight headaches and a sudden desire to stop breathing
I think that's the case for most game source code.
No, no, that's just an instinctive reaction to YandereDev's code.
Feels like we recovered your channel from a 2014 time capsule. Keep up the good work dude
Man I've had the exact same experience that you had with that icarly video. About 5 years ago I made a parody of those old how to find Luigi in SM64 videos that was similarly filled with intentional spelling errors and ridiculous claims, including me implying that the game is satanic and attempting the unlock might send you to hell and splicing in footage of Minecraft that I claimed to be a lost level. Then about 6 months after I uploaded the video it the views sky rocketed from like 10 to 100,000 and I got over 1,000 comments by 12 year olds trying to expose my web of deceit.
After a while it died down but because of renewed interest because of this whole personalization/Wario apparition/ice burg thing being passed around I've started getting 3 or 4 of these comments a day again. So that's fun.
Good choice of music, decent editing skills, humour is on point, definitely underated wtf
this is a very entertaining channel which has alot of effort put into it
i will hope to see more videos from you
Please continue to make this style of content. You’re literally like tech rules, underrated gaming Chanel that makes dope videos
The real shit is that through the leaked beta/demo of Pokémon, you can get good guesses about a Konami franchise.
- In that beta/demo, the play area is called "Silent Hill". The creators had the Shizuoka prefecture in mind when building the levels and just literally translated 静岡 in English for the area name.
- There's almost nothing called "Silent Hill" in the USA, yet Team Silent decided on that name for their take on a low key American resort town in some flyover state.
- Shizuoka prefecture has a lot of terrain that's similar to the game, and also has areas with the foggy resort town vibe, what with Mt. Fuji being either partly in it or at least next to it.
Team Silent probably just also literally translated 静岡 in English, and I'd guess that at some early point in brainstorming it was to maybe take place there but then they decided to make it "international" by relocating it to the USA
That's very unlikely since Konami's goal from the beginning for their next game that eventually became Silent Hill was that it was supposed to appeal to the United States and was going to be Hollywood-like. It's also well documented that the town itself was inspired by Stephen King and David Lynch and even European and Russian depictions of American towns though the actual terrain layout in the first three games is taken from the Towadako and Tazawako areas. Also, apparently the movie Kindergarten Cop was also an inspiration since the school was a recreation of the one from the movie.
The real Spaceworld build (bull)shit is the Hiroshima speculation.
Been binging you content for the past couple days, this channel deserves a bigger audience!
Comment for the algorithm. Good luck with that Wario apparition, he's a tough nut to crack.
actually watched your SM64 iceberg video today and then this and i really like your channel now! just found it today!
The very end got me. “I will spend my remaining money to buy garlic to appease him”
You've earned yourself a new subscriber. I like the cut of your jib. Keep up the good work!
I really enjoyed the Mario Iceberg video and started checking that "Videos with effort" playlist, they are all great, you got a subscriber.
Can’t wait to see what content you’ll make in the future. I can see you blowing up from here!
Dude your content is awesome! So interesting, your voice and timing flow so well! Please keep going!!!
I used to think Lavender Town was scary when I was a kid, but really the song carries more of a melancholic vibe to me now. Like you just wanna close your eyes and sigh while listening to it.
I can't believe you're not a bigger channel, your videos are fucking awesome dude!!
I’m glad that you touched on that subject in this video. Nice work.
I came here from the mario64 video, and I have to say, your content is pretty good!
as for this video, I have to agree. suicide shouldn't be a plot device, especially in creepypastas. not only is it over used, it's also pretty offencive to people who had close ones die due to suicide, I'd say.
my brother still believes in this, despite him being 3 years older than me-
keep up the good work, hope to see more of your videos some time later!
I hope this channel blows up and you make more iceberg vids
Your content is amazing man, congrats on 1k subscribers! Keep up your amazing work!
this channel is gold; gonna share this
Glad your channel is finally get some attention! You'll be at 1k subscribers in no time.
thank you for using the ear destroying note hour long note joke, i completely forgot about it, and i really need to use it for my ringing tone sometime
Tbh I love this content.This gives me huge nostalgia I whould love to see more of this
I used to “lol” at people who said stuff flashed too much in 90s cartoons like DBZ but then I went back and watched old DBZ (not Kai) and almost vomited during the first big Kamehameha. But I was watching it at 75% increased speed though too but still it was flashy af
Holy shit I've done that. You put increased speed and the flashing lights = instant nausea.
Yall have sensory overload, yall got a disorder just like epileptics.
These videos are great!!! Keep it up I love this sort of content!!!
"1. Suicide is not a plot device."
THANK YOU
Dark subjects can be done well, that's like saying murder or rape can never be a plot device because some people screw it up and youtube had shat so much on the screw ups they were the only thing fresh on someones mind when they hear about it.
The lavender town music scared the shit out of me when I was young. I was a kiddo who really was intrested in scary shit. Now I have gotten spooked enough that horror movies that are just blood and gore don't even widen my eyes. It has to be some eldritch bigger than man monstrosity that corrupts the minds of individuals who look at it so they cannot describe it.
Subbed I expect more great content in the future like 5 people who died during the naked brothers band filming
Great content. Your channel is going to be huge soon.
That Smurf outro music is sick though.
It is in higher pitch, just not noticeable to our ears!
Nah, kidding of course. Really good video! Saw your Iceberg one and then this, and your other videos seem interesting too. The iCarly shit is hilarious. Will say though, the Lavender Town theme is actually great and pretty creepy, ignoring the Creepypasta nonsense. Really good theme.
And as a fan of Wario, you've earnt my subscription.
The one content creator who doesn't say "subscribe and hit the bell" is the one person to whom I make sure to do that.
Haha love your content, my guy
thanks for making me appreciate how catchy sm64ds minigames casino song was
I was 12 years-old in middle school and still pretty impressionable when I read these creepypastas, and while I know better now that Lavender Town is harmless, I still experienced the placebo effect in regards to the song making you feel ill. I listened to the “Beta” version of Lavender Town on repeat on a few occassions back then and even at age 21 whenever I hear 8-bit music it triggers migraines and nausea for me now, even though it didn’t when I was a kid.
This is one of the best channels I've found from recommendations. All hail Wario!
I love your videos! Subscribed :)
I know a lot of people will know you for the Mario 64 Iceberg video, but after watching this one too, I have to say that I love your editing style and presentation. Like how you offer insight to certain topics and give iCarly fans hell.
wow, last time i stumbled upon this channel it was sitting at 3k subs (sometime this week), and now it’s at over 13k; congrats!
Edit: My bad, it’s not there just yet, but still, congrats!
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
Honestly I'm fucking shocked someone is still in a fallout NV character CZcams account, and posting quotes. Made me laugh
Can’t wait for more content!
Please do more iceberg explanation videos, your Mario 64 video was fantastic!
"gamefreak could barely program the rest of the game"
i literally die here
Keep up the great content
Not gonna lie, the Let's Go Eevee and Let's Go Pikachu Lavender town music is fucking bopin' man
good stuff
When I was younger I had that one nightmare where I was browsing youtube in the darkness of the night, I found one video that was titled something along the lines of "Lavender Town Theme (ORIGINAL)". I wanted to make sure that it's safe to listen to, so I checked out the comments before watching it. One of them was "Hey, is this from Sonic.EXE? :D". The familiar casual tone gave me some ease of mind and I pressed play...
Turns out it was some fucking loud earrape thing. It woke me up, obviously.
My recommended really lead me to a gem today.
You make a good point that kids would believe that anything is real with all the Creepypasta's that they think is real knowing it is fake
I’d like to imagine this “Lavender Town Syndrome” rumor was started by one of Pokémon’s competitors to scare parents away from it and steal some of their market share lol.
Still obviously not true, but that’s at least 100x more plausible than Game Freak deciding to kill their own customers in this weird roundabout way for no reason.
The Japanese version of the Lavender Town theme actually is slightly different, but it didn't cause health issues or anything. They likely just changed it because its higher pitch was annoying. That's where the urban legend came from.
Cool video bro keep it up
5:12 that's not the first thing that comes to mind with "Why"s when it comes to GameFreak. Why did they do Pokemon Unite? Why did they wait this long to release Pokemon Snap 2? Pokemon Sword/Shield. The list goes on
Strange…
I only started hearing about the Super Mario 64 Wario apparition within the past seven days, first on Swanky Box, and then a video that covered a few other aspects of it's history. Then it's brought up at the end of this video…
I turned thirty-four three days ago… I know the lavender town rumours, 'pikablu' rumours, 'L is Real', and even about 'super secret characters' in SSB and SSBM, among others.
But I guess I've missed some rumour millings… I'm glad the internet exists, to archive history from even before the internet was conceptualized.
i actually really enjoy listening to the lavender town music and it’s also a catchy beat 🎵
i remember when i was super young, i didnt know what lavender town was and my brothers showed me a remix of it that i thought was really cool. i tried finding the remix later that day but the only videos that i was finding had super creepy thumbnails to me at that time, and ive hated the song ever since, and i get creeped out every time i hear it
Well, the only bad thing that this song can give you is a headache.
As a freshman In highschool I heard abt this creepy pasta. So I looked up a lot of stuff on it and stumbled across a “theme” of lavender town which I heard before but I listened to it for a couple of seconds and sorta did feel sick. A lot of what it is is your brain getting a certain chemical that makes you afraid or it overloads your brain with endorphins and it can cause headaches. I would get migraines before so it causes me being sick. It was just weird hearing the song and immediately getting a headache due to the frequency
The original "1995 Mario 64 Beta". So much nostalgia with Lavender Town Syndrome
0:17
still icarly shitposting huh. also thank you for not putting LE BIG RED ARROW in the thumbnail this time around. good shit as always.
That shit about suicide being a plot device. Thank you. That was so respectable.
i agree that lavender town syndrome exists which could be high frequency sound frequency sickness which is legit where humans can feel nauseous dizziness and vomiting.
In my personal opinion the easiest and most Sure Fire way to be sure that some Horror Story relating to an old video games is false is to try and find any news stories about it. The news has and will always hate video games so they'll report anything that has anything to do with a video game harming someone.
this is a good channel
It sucks that most newer stories that are self-described as "creepypasta" have known author, it makes it way harder to suspend your disbelief.
If this is what your content is gonna be like, I may have to subscribe.
The lavender theme itself gives me headaches
that red video sent off my fight or flight