Well technically, in the question about moves the pokemon cant learn, you say what ABILITIES your pokemon can learn. Abilities are passives introduced in generation 3, while moves are the moves you were talkin about. So none of those are abilities, and also in red blue, they didn't HAVE abilities. I know its semantics, but its also um actually

@Scuuurbs

2 жыл бұрын

One of the few places where pedantry is celebrated, lol

@thephantomdecidueye5329

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to post the same thing

@RoderickEtheria

2 жыл бұрын

Um, actually, you are supposed to say um actually, not well technically.

@simpleChoas33

2 жыл бұрын

@@RoderickEtheria Well Technically, the section of the show in which the audience submits corrections to the show is referred to as "Well Technically" in flash screens. However host Mike Trapp never actually says it out loud. So it's nebulous whether or not the singular rule of Um Actually applies to audience corrections

@anthonypaparo

2 жыл бұрын

Umm actually, in the question about moves the pokemon cant learn, you say what ABILITIES your pokemon can learn. Abilities are passives introduced in generation 3, while moves are the moves you were talkin about. So none of those are abilities, and also in red blue, they didn't HAVE abilities.

The realization that Vullaby isn't in an egg but using a human skull for a diaper broke me. My laughter went inaudibly high.

@tiastus

2 жыл бұрын

yea that small detail when over my head to

@sailordaigurren8225

2 жыл бұрын

"Big enough to shit in your skull"

@picklenik9658

2 жыл бұрын

We all really were fooled for the past 10 years by Vullaby

@sonman3694

2 жыл бұрын

So you didn't laugh out loud?

@oscarwhittlestone8923

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, and yet it makes a lot of sense with the Vullaby line being based on vultures. Scary stuff

Um, actually, both scenes where Pikachu talk are very specific to the person hearing them. In Pokemon I Choose You it's implied that Pikachu isn't speaking but rather Ash just understands Pikachu to the point that he knows exactly what it's saying and what it means, like a pet who you know is hungry because it nudged your hand. In Detective Pikachu it's stated that Tim is the only one who can hear the titular detective, because of the aforementioned Mewtwo in fact. Basically, neither of them are actually technically speaking English/Japanese/any language a typical human can understand. We would only hear them say "pikachu!" if we were there, but hear them as a viewer out of convenience. As pedantic as it is, this game is all about little pedantic things like that, so...

@JoshEssex

2 жыл бұрын

I love this response

@LeifEricsonYT

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say, even in the rest of the anime Ash's Pikachu does have a small amount of words you can understand. For instance, "Pikapi" = Ash, "Pipipi" = Togepi, etc.

@NoThankUBeQuiet

Жыл бұрын

@@LeifEricsonYT Sure but all are variations of his name

@Jason_Ultimate

Жыл бұрын

@@LeifEricsonYT Also, I remember this from when I was a kid, "Pikapikapika chupi" = Electro Ball.

@danniluxgarbe429

Жыл бұрын

@@LeifEricsonYT That really just suggests that all pokémon speak what amounts to the heavily-accented language(since nearly all pokémon can understand each other perfectly, as evidenced by the bonus short from the first film, and all the times Jessie and James' Meowth Buddy has translated for another pokémon).

Um actually, there is a difference between 'ability' and 'move'. Everytime the word 'ability' is used in this episode you refer to a move. But since generation 3 (ruby & sapphire) Pokémon have an ability that have some benefit to the Pokémon. These range from the boring ones like Torrent on all the water starters to the meta breaking ones like Parental bond & Gale wings. ( I do know there are some hindering abilities too like Slow start and Klutz)

@doctorbepperisvods4536

2 жыл бұрын

Defeatist

@theywalkinguptoyouand4060

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually if you'd take a look at the other comments, so many already pointed that out.

@ghartman56

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually there are old sources (like some old officially-licensed game guides) that call moves "abilities" before actual abilities were introduced in Gen 3. It's pretty dumb but it exists. Sorry to be that guy haha

@biratebryan5479

Жыл бұрын

Um actually, Klutz, is not a hindering ability, but niche when it comes to Trick or Switcheroo Strats. Klutz Lopunny with Switcheroo is very good at giving an opponent holding a good item, a bad item.

@salvador6182

Жыл бұрын

um actually, gale wings has been heavily nerfed starting in gen 7 and is no longer meta breaking

Um actually you referred to all Meowth being able to speak English, however Team Rocket Meowth is actually the only Meowth in the entire world that can speak English. He practiced speaking English and walking upright like a human in order to impress a female Meowth he fell in love with, but she fell for a local Persian which is why he hates all Persians and refuses to evolve.

@engineering_guy

2 жыл бұрын

I came down for this. Thank you.

@VVheeli

2 жыл бұрын

Also does Mewtwo ever speak? I thought it only communicated telepathically with Ash and others, so saying it speaks English is sorta incorrect.

@crimsoninsight97

2 жыл бұрын

iirc, It also takes up a move slot and he forgot how to use pay day (which wouldn't matter anyway since you have to win a battle to receive the rewards of pay day, I think)

@ivanchen5802

2 жыл бұрын

@@VVheeli came here to point that out specifically.

@ferretpsmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@VVheeli also technically doesn't Entei use telepathy to speak in the third movie?

Oh boy, I love it when I’m knowledgeable enough about topics to get annoyed when something is wrong that isn’t the thing they’re looking for. It makes me feel like a proper nerd that gets annoyed about semantics.

@YourPalJamieEllis

2 жыл бұрын

Watching their Magic: the Gathering episode was figurative torture. I guess these entertainment types are a little busy becoming successful to really fall into the quicksand of these hyper-deep hobbies.

@CoopShuggo

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god yes, I cringed everytime they said "abilities" instead of "moves." I usually dont care about semantics but its very important in this instance cause abilities are a whole other thing

@ettinakitten5047

Жыл бұрын

@@YourPalJamieEllis The most rage-inducing one for me was the episode that featured Stranger Things, because they claimed the Stranger Things mind flayer is similar to its D&D counterpart and demogorgon isn't. In reality neither are similar to D&D, but demogorgon is closer because at least both demogorgons are bipedal, physical entities.

@morgang.5734

Жыл бұрын

they said dynamax changes the form and gigantimax makes them get bigger, while both make them get bigger but only gigantimax makes them change their appearance

@morgang.5734

Жыл бұрын

and mew two doesnt actually talk (uses telepathy) and pikachu only talked during a type of dream/hallucination thing and when ryan reynolds was possessing him (the pikachu made normal sounds after ryan reynolds was freed)

It feels good to finally beat all the contestants in an episode of this show

@Tatianna1143

5 ай бұрын

Same

Um, actually, I'm pretty sure that eternamax only happens in the "final battle" against Eternatus and can't be used by the player. After the player catches Eternatus it can't dynamax or gigantimax. So, technically, while eternamax is a thing in the game, it's not something the player can do at all to any of their pokemon.

@gamersgamestorm8291

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually, it can be seen when using Eternabeam

@ryanstewart5727

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamersgamestorm8291 That's not it's eternamax form though, is it? I thought it's eternamax form is the giant hand thing you fight at the end.

@WMDistraction

2 жыл бұрын

DAMMIT, I was going to say this! Eternamax isn't something any of "your" Pokemon can do. It's only something "wild" Eternatus is able to do.

@mlmn3080

2 жыл бұрын

That question was super poorly worded

@nerosoul2506

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanstewart5727 You may be confusing eternabeam with dynamax cannon, eternabeam is only learnt at level 100 and the animation shows E-max eternatus (Very clearly E-max not regular), therefore we can conclude that It can be used by the player via technicality, the show was right but vague

Um, Actually, Mewtwo is capable of understanding human speech, but he only communicates telepathically and therefore does not speak using any sort of motor function. Also, relating to Smeargle, here's a neat tidbit: though all the moves that were listed are indeed ones that can't be learned using his Sketch ability, Assist is one that Smeargle can learn, which is the signature move of Skitty from Generation 3, and works sort of like Metronome, but only based on the moves amongst your party roster.

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you, that makes me feel better. Never got into Pokemon, so it's a mild relief to know the one fact I surprised myself by knowing, was incorrect.

@NicolasClark7732

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if they see the questions the same way we do... but in the speech question, they could have done an Um, actually on how Victreebel was spelled. In a "normal" game show, it wouldn't matter, but in a show about being pedantic, that can easily be called out.

@aaronm7112

2 жыл бұрын

I came here just to make the Mewtwo point. Guess that’s what happens when you’re a few days late to the party.

@SuperiorPosterior

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronm7112 Um, actually, I'm three months late and have my own fun fact (not a correction, but I wanted to share) to add about that question: Other than the times Pikachu has spoken English, dedicated viewers have picked up on repeated phrases that Pikachu says which can actually be translated to mean things such as "Ash," "Misty," "ketchup," "really??", "I'm okay/alright," and a few others. Only Togepi and maybe three or four other Pokémon have ever had a large enough pool of repeated phrases for similar inferences to be made.

@IbbickYT

Жыл бұрын

I commented this same thing about mewtwo

Um, actually: Struggle can be used even if you haven’t run out of power points. For instance, if a pokemon is locked into a move via Encore or a choice item or some other means and then that move is disabled through Disable, Torment, Cursed Body, or something else. It can also happen if you have a pokemon with only status moves is Taunted or is holding an Assault Vest.

@laosvegas7494

2 жыл бұрын

he speaks da true true

@Sagemel

2 жыл бұрын

@@laosvegas7494 is that a funhaus reference out in the wild???

@lory3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sagemel no

@Sagemel

2 жыл бұрын

@@lory3771 I wasn’t talking to you

@lory3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sagemel oh sorry

I love how the real life skills question about dangerous plants was like "This'll give you a bit of a rash. This one too. This one also. Oh this one? *Can strip the paint off a car.* Oh, and this one will make you _WISH_ you were dead."

@tomneilson9501

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen it yet but Gimpy Gimpy?

@Bomber679

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomneilson9501 It's Australian.

@tomneilson9501

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bomber679 i know, i am as well, I just love that from this comment i was able to go "oh suicide bush?"

@tomneilson9501

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bomber679 i know, i am as well, I just love that from this comment i was able to go "oh suicide bush?"

We really need an ep with people who know more about Pokémon this was fun but there’s a lot of suuuuper basic stuff that was missed

@hunbi1875

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they really went and chose 3 dudes who played red and blue and call themselves pokemon fans

@bryanmora2047

Жыл бұрын

An episode with Mikey from MANDJTV, John Pokeman7 and TrueGreen would be amazing!

@Gallifreydrummer

Жыл бұрын

@@bryanmora2047 or Wolfey, although he may be too powerful

@bryanmora2047

Жыл бұрын

@@Gallifreydrummer I think Mikey can absolutely handle Wolfey, cause his knowledge is broader and not only focused on the competitive side of Pokemon, in that regard Wolfey is the expert of course

@lavenderwalrus9875

Жыл бұрын

@@hunbi1875 were you guys wathcing the shame vid as me? yeah two of them were fairly limited outside of first gen but terrence was pretty well versed

Um actually, dynamax does not give pokemon different forms, it only makes them bigger. Only gigantamaxed or eternamaxed pokemon are counted as different forms in the pokedex.

@baileyp_

2 жыл бұрын

Also, um actually, gigantamax doesn't actually make them even bigger, it only gives the g-max pokemon a deferent form and a special g-max move, it is still the same size as dynamax

As someone who played these games too much it hurts me to see them struggle on the easier questions

@runawayfaeIX

Жыл бұрын

As soon as they said they had a thousand cards but never learned to play the game, my tension skyrocketed

@komaytoprime

Жыл бұрын

I got the first question about Eternamax perfectly and I could only cringe at their answers from there.

@user-tg3jl1mt4e

Жыл бұрын

I've played every gen, lots of side games, and watched a sizable portion of the anime but I dont think I got a single one right

@emilysmith2965

Жыл бұрын

Recoil equal to 1/4 of your max HP to be exact

@PeachCrusher69

Жыл бұрын

@@user-tg3jl1mt4e how

One of the possible reasons that Farfetch'd could be region locked to Japan is because of an old japanese saying that roughly translated to, "A duck approaches, carrying a leek on its back." Which refers to a thing that would never happen, but is surprisingly convenient.

"Big enough to shit in your skull" is the greatest line ever uttered on Um Actually.

Um actually, the pikachu in Detective Pikachu isn’t speaking English as he can only be understood by the protagonist. To everyone else he sounds like a normal pikachu.

@themagicalonionfairy7455

2 жыл бұрын

the one in i choose you speaks english though

I really want to see this with Pokémon fanatics. Not with people with passing Pokémon knowledge.

@bodenking

2 жыл бұрын

And it has to be in person. I wanna see them fighting each other to answer first

@nickreynoso1329

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The dnd and simpsons episodes had diehard fans who knew the trivia back to front

@461weavile

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was drawn in by the title and pretty turned off by the lack of interest in the subject by any of the people in the episode.

@pattyofurniture694

2 жыл бұрын

@@461weavile me too. It's the only um actually ep that I had to stop in the middle

@s3cr3tpassword

2 жыл бұрын

I know right. They’re doing this virtual, they could have easily asked the myriad of pokétubers out there to participate in this.

Startyu is both inspired by a starfish and shaped like a star, would that have been an acceptable answer next to Spheal?

@BeeTheBee

Жыл бұрын

No. As the 2 things aren't distinguishable from eachother unlike Spheal.

@eligould3996

Жыл бұрын

Orbeetle for sure should have been an acceptable answer

@BeeTheBee

Жыл бұрын

@@eligould3996 it's a hemisphere not an orb...

@battle188883

Жыл бұрын

@@eligould3996 pretty sure the orb in its name isn't referring to the shape orb but instead wordplay between orbit and beetle.

@daneroberts1996

Жыл бұрын

that's what i thought the answer was

Can't believe that they didn't do Who's That Pokemon as a shiny Q! Super fun overall and I definitely got stumped on a few of them!

Um actually, Dynamax doesn’t change Pokemon’s form, it just makes them bigger.

@Korulisk

2 жыл бұрын

There are actually pokémon that look different when dynamaxing, not gigantimaxing but some have special dynamaxing forms

@benh2339

2 жыл бұрын

@@Korulisk um actually, the opposite is true. Dynamaxing just makes pokemon bigger while gigantamaxing makes them bigger and changes the way they look.

@kevinmurphy1012

2 жыл бұрын

@@Korulisk that is incorrect, the special Dynamax forms are what Gigantimax is. Dynamax is just bigger.

@RazeAndSew

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually, Pokemon don't get bigger, their spirit is projected as larger, making it into what would be considered a hologram of sorts

What a lost opportunity to make a "Who is that Pokemon?" shiny question. But it was fun anyways, good episode! Is Owen the voice of Rusty from Pokmon Rusty?

@markoutlaw9571

2 жыл бұрын

What they should have done is shown multiple shiny forms of Pokémon and had to tell which one was the actual shiny

@WukongTheMonkeyKing

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Yes he is. I think.

@JFLEstudios

2 жыл бұрын

Owen is the creator and voice of Rusty, yeah.

@18bluecat

2 жыл бұрын

@@JFLEstudios one of three creators, the others being Caldwell Tanner and Kevin Corrigan.

@geoffreypeterson8903

2 жыл бұрын

Only if they include the "Jigglypuff, seen from above" sillouette. XD

I really wish you did an episode like this with people who were fanatics of the series because it just feels kind of weird seeing the contestants not know the answer to a lot of the questions that most fans would be rushing to answer. There's tons of awesome KZreadrs and Twitch streamers who had a vast knowledge about Pokémon. I think they would be a great fit for an episode like this one. Like most of the other people in the comment section, I would have said "Um actually, abilities are different from Pokémon moves and in generation 1 there are no abilities. They don't get added until generation 3 in Ruby and Sapphire."

@rwolfheart6580

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Some episodes do get people who know the nitty gritty (the episode with Matt Mercer answering D&D stuff for example) but it seems like they go for more casual fans most of the time :/

@TotalyNotTony

Жыл бұрын

Seeing them struggle with spheal hurt me physically

@hurricanemk8dx

Жыл бұрын

@@TotalyNotTony I just recognized Cufant quickly and didn't put thought into it :/ whoops

@hurricanemk8dx

Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree, I went in expecting that but I'm kinda disappointed! The point of this should be nerds being nerds lol. Kinda misleading

@trans-ruffboi4605

Жыл бұрын

yeah seriously the fully evolved shiny question harmed me physically. the concept and all the questions were all SO easy

31:02 this card was banned from tournaments because the officials got sick of asking every kid for a birth certificate to verify that it does to its extra effect.

@redgyrados2000

Ай бұрын

Thanks for this, as soon as I saw that question I wondered "is this tournament legal?"

Um actually, in the question about PoGo (even though this was filmed in 2020), there was an event prior to taping that rotated the region-specific Pokémon to the other regions, allowing you to catch all the region-specifics without having to travel to those regions.

@893049004

2 жыл бұрын

Double Um Actually Tauros is available throughout North America, not just the United States.

@lifotheparty6195

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how I got my Kangaskahn

@HomestarRunner20X6

2 жыл бұрын

@@893049004 Um Actually, Tauros isn't available on certain islands in North America, like Newfoundland.

@SurfTheSkyline

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually, there are several regional exclusives that have still never been made available outside of their home region.

@BearWith_You

Жыл бұрын

Um Actually they didn't rotate they were all available

Um actually, Mewtwo doesn’t speak in the traditional sense. He communicates via telepathy.

@stonehousetales6954

2 жыл бұрын

Speak can mean communicate in any way. We're speaking right now. It doesn't only mean verbally talking.

@danielzimmerman7281

2 жыл бұрын

Also um actually, only Team Rocket's Meowth can speak human language. Other Meowths only say their name.

@Outlawzero

2 жыл бұрын

Beat me to it.

@faillingUppwards

2 жыл бұрын

@@stonehousetales6954 I do agree with you, but in the spirit of the show, I was just being as pedantic as possible. Hence the “traditional sense”

@stonehousetales6954

2 жыл бұрын

@@bacchusacolyte you didnt even argue the definition of the right word. speak, not speech. there is a difference.

Sketch can also learn a move from an ally in a double battle, as opposed to only an opponent's last used move.

Um actually, Smeargle can also use Sketch to copy the last attack used by an *ally* (not just by an opponent) in a double or triple battle.

For the pokemon speech question, I think that Mewtwo doesn't actually ever talk, he just uses telepathy.

@cpilkey2010

2 жыл бұрын

Came to the comments to say the same thing.

@donovanfaust3227

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but what is speech but a form of telepathy.

"Charizard could not learn fly" "They should change that" Gen 2: You're in luck!

@biratebryan5479

Жыл бұрын

Um Actually, Charizard can learn Fly in Pokémon Yellow

Umm actually: I know lots of people have already pointed out the move vs ability thing, so I won't dwell on that, but also, Tauros is not only catchable in America (regardless of whether you meant the country or the continent). If you meant the country, you can catch it in southern Canada below the 52nd parallel (I believe), and in parts of northern Mexico (I don't know the cutoff line for that one), as well as not spawning in Hawai'i or Alaska or the Southern tip of Florida (as well as various other US islands). If you meant the continent, then it doesn't spawn North of the 52nd parallel, south of whatever latitude the cutoff is in northern Mexico, anywhere else in North America or anywhere in South America at all.

@shockanova

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he did specify the US so it’s just like completely wrong

@lequinow

8 ай бұрын

If you say "penguins can only be found on Earth", you’re not saying that penguins can be found everywhere on Earth. Saying Tauros are only catchable in America is true even if you can’t catch it everywhere in America.

In addition to Spheal as a pokemon that has both its shape and the animal in the name there's also Orbeetle, which is one of the weirdest looking pokemon out there

@SocialistStrike

Жыл бұрын

Um actually, I'd argue that Orbeetle isn't named in reference to an "orb", but rather an "orbit" as it is shaped like a flying saucer, along with being a mad scientist. In any case, I don't think an orb or an orbit are technically shapes, an orb would be in the shape of a sphere and an orbit is in the shape of an oval/circle/ovoid or some other shape depending on the path it takes - some orbits irregular. And super technically orbits on a flat plane in reference to the thing that they're orbiting are only that shape in 2-D, but most objects orbiting the center of mass of a solar system are orbiting in a somewhat helical shape following the path of the star which is likely spinning around the center of mass of a galaxy which is entirely being flung into a direction determined by the gravity of other celestial objects which I will not go further into for this Um Actually. I did check the definition of "orb" though. And it can technically be synonymous with sphere, but arguably better definitions say that orbs are OBJECTS or things that are in the shape of a sphere.

@jerodast

Жыл бұрын

@@SocialistStrike An orb is a shape synonymous with a sphere. But appreciate the point about orbit, which I guess could be used as a synonym for "circle" but I would say is way more of a stretch :)

@SelfPlusPlus

8 ай бұрын

Also Staryu / Starmie technically describe both the Star shape and Starfish. Their names don't have "fish" in them but if Spheal counts as describing "Sphere" then this should count too.

@vexmythoclast9476

7 ай бұрын

Also Voltorb?

@teeweezeven

4 ай бұрын

I know it wasn't out yet, but I couldn't help thinking of tarountula

Um actually, in Detective Pikachu they explain that pokemon can all understand one another and that Pikachu still sounds like he's just saying his own name, the main character can just understand him; he also loses that ability after the climax of the movie where we see Pikachu fallowing Ryan Reynolds around saying "pikapika".

Much like blizzard in hail I never miss

@LuxOnFiyah

2 жыл бұрын

The episode for me

@obi-wankenobi7041

2 жыл бұрын

@@LuxOnFiyah exactly

@lory3771

2 жыл бұрын

Thunder or Hurricane in rain…

Man, I wish Nathan Yaffe was on this episode

Um Actually there are other moves that smeargle can't sketch, probably because the article that Michael used is outdated, because he stopped at gen 5, we're currently in the middle of gen 8, and it seems like he was only doing a quick fact check (I'm also gonna include the ones he did mention to say why they don't work and to clarify the gens in which they aren't able to be sketched, since I think Michael misspoke a bit). Also keep in mind that this comment is written on New Year's day (January 1st) of 2022, so there might be eventual changes The unincluded ones are: mimic, mirror move, sleep talk, Z-moves; Partner pikachu exclusive moves; Partner Eevee exclusive moves; All new moves released in pokemon Sword and Shield(except for Life dew and only in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl) and lastly if you want to be incredibly pedantic Trading Card Game specific moves Clarifying generations (I will explain why these are the case below): Explosion, Mirror Move, Sleep talk and Self Destruct can be copied in gen 3 and later. Mimic, Transform, Metronome can be copied in Pokemon Ruby and Saphire, as well as gen 4 games onwards. Here are the reasons(I've ordered them in order of mention, though I have grouped some moves that have similar reasons as to why they are unavailable): Struggle: as mentioned by Terence, it's cause struggle is a move that only exists as like a placeholder move, that your pokemon use when it is unable to use any of it's regular moves (another comment details reasons as to why Pokemon Struggle other than PP reasons). Since it is not a normally selectable move it can't be traced Chatter: signature move of Chatot and this was probably because Chatter was a move with a feature that allows you to record audio with your DS mic in old Diamond and Pearl, in which when Chatot was sent out or used the move, it would repeat the audio, since Chatot is a parrot. Since it had such a unique and quite complicated feature, they might have restricted Smeargle from sketching it since it would probably be a hastle, hence they hard restricted it to nat allow the use. Although, this feature was removed when Pokemon moved to the DS era, Smeargle is still unable to learn it, probably because you can teach it to Smeargle, then trade said Smeargle back to the old games where it still had that feature. Fun fact this is also why Chatot was banned from competitive play during the DS era, because you could record ANYTHING. Self-destruct and Explosion: for sketch to work the pokemon must have used the move you want to sketch and be targetable. Since Explosion and Self-destruct will kill the pokemon using it , when Smeargle tries to sketch it, it will find that it's target is no longer there for it to sketch the self KOing move, because it died ("fainted'). The reason why you can sketch it in gen 3 onwards, is due to the introduction to the ability 'damp' which passively makes sure that if any pokemon on the field tries to use self destruct or explosion, the ability will make it fail, hence as long as you get into a double battle (2v2) where one pokemon on the field has damp and another pokemon uses explosion, the user won't self KO itself after using the move, so the Smeargle can target and sketch it Transform and mimic: Transform makes it so the user of the move transforms into it's target with all of the target's stats, except HP and replacing all of the users MOVES with the target's moves. Mimic makes it so the moveslot that has mimick on it will be replaced by a move of a chosen target. Since the moveslot with mimic or transform is replaced with another move, it can't copy said moves. The reason you can copy it in Ruby and Saphire is because you can make the target pokemon sleep. When that target pokemon tries to use mimic or transform it will fail since it's sleeping, so the moveslot isn't swapped, however the game has already noted that those moves were used, even if it did fail due to sleep, so smeargle can copy the move. This trick was fixed in the other gen 3 games. Pokemon has changed it starting from gen 4, so that you can now copy transform/mimic normally without trickery. Metronome, Mirror move, Sleep talk. These 3 moves are all moves that cause the user to use another move(metronome makes the user use a random move, mirror move makes it use the last move the target used and sleep talk makes the user use one of it's other moves at random when asleep). Since all of these moves make it so the user uses another move directly after, when Smeargle sketches the other move rather than metronome/sleep talk/mirror move. Metronome is the same case as transform and mimic with the sleep trick, then just normally being able to be sketched after Pokemon made changes. Sleep talk and mirror move can fail normally, so they didn't have to rely on the sleep trick, the user just has to be awake when using sleep talk(ironically) for it to fail and for the case of mirror move, the target just has to either not have used a move, fainted or switched out to fail, so you can mimic these 2 moves in all gen 3 games. Youy couldn't do this in gen 2, because the move failing in that gen, was counted as not being used. (I'm honestly not 100% certain about sleep talk and mirror move, so please correct me if I'm wrong) Shadow moves: Moves that only modified pokemon in the spin off games pokemon colosseom and pokemon XD are able to use, signifying that it is still impure. Since they are not normal moves but instead only temporary moves that get replaced as the pokemon get purified, Smeargle can't sketch those moves Sketch: for obvious reasons Z-moves: a mechanic added in gen 7, in which with the use of a Z-crystal of a corresponding type, you get a one time per battle move that deals a lot of damage if it's an attacking move, or increases some stats if it's a status move(moves that don't deal direct damage). This is because it is a move that pokemon don't normally have access to, and if smeargle were to just be able to use super powerful Z-moves without the use of the crystal, it would be OP Moves that only the partner Eevee/partner pikachu learn from the let's go games: These refer to moves that only your starter in the let's go games can learn, not even Pokemon that share the same species as said starters from the same game can learn them. Smeargle doesn't exist in the let's go games, and you can't trade those partner pokemon to other games where smeargle do exist. Even if it did I doubt that they would allow it Sword and Shield moves(except Life Dew in BDSP): This is because Smeargle does not exist in Sword and Shield at all, thus it cannot sketch anything due to it's non-existence. Life Dew is an exception, because it is the only move(as far as I know) that was introduced in SwSh that can be learned by Pokemon that do exist in Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl, like Togetic, without the use of a move Tutor (an NPC that allows your pokemon to learn moves), hence since Smeargle does exist in BDSP it can Sketch it. Smeargle will probably be able to sketch all of the moves if he is put into SwSh, or those moves are added to future games where Smeargle except, other than the Max moves (moves that that are used while a pokemon is Dynamaxed, Gigantamaxed or Eternamaxed) for the same reason as Z-moves TCG exclusive moves: Refers to all of the moves that are only found in the TCG, which is a lot of the moves in the TCG(my favourite is Everyone explode now). Smeargle doesn't even have Sketch in the TCG, so obviously it can't copy those moves

@galih2521

2 жыл бұрын

I spent way too long on making and fact checking this comment

Um actually, while Smeargle is capable of learning the moves Hyperspace Fury and Dark Void (and a bunch of moves cut in the Sword and Shield games), the moves will not be performed if Smeargle tries to use them.

@VVheeli

2 жыл бұрын

There’s also a lot more moves Smeargle just can’t learn like Z-moves, Max moves, and in earlier gens you straight up can’t learn SD or Explosion.

I would've thought for a shiny question they would have implemented shiny pokemon somehow.

Having just played Super Paper Mario for the first time, the ongoing "square pig" joke got me pretty good since one of the generic enemies is a square pig named "Squig" I also would've gotten the Smeargle question wrong since I was thinking Dark Void, but it can Sketch the move, just is not able to use it successfully after Gen 6 (not that you'd want to with the nerf it was given the same generation it was restricted).

Trapp: “If you have anything to be like, oh yeah, I’m pumped to be on a show about Pokémon for XY or Z” *Me realizing the he just made a specific Pokémon reference without realizing it, on a show about Pokémon*

Also about the smeargle question, it was not INTRODUCED in crystal, as crystal came out after gold and silver, where it first appeared

Finally a Pokémon um actually video, I’ve been waiting so long for this moment

I'm so glad to see owen. Hes one of my all time favorite CH cast members. "It's the bad guy logo from wolfenstein"

Um, actually when asking the question to do with pokemon and the noises they make you list mewtwo as being capable of human speech. While I do not doubt it has the intelligence necessary, mewtwo is a psychic pokemon and is communicating directly via telepathy. You also failed to mention the Slowking featured in the movie Pokemon 2000 which does actually speak out loud to Ash Ketchum. If you are including telepathic communication as speech you should also include Lugia, Lucario, Volcanion, Jirachi, and a number of other powerful psychic or legendary pokemon.

7:45 Owen literally hurt himself in his confusion and I can't believe no one made that joke!

Um, actually: Tauros is not exclusive to the U.S., you can also catch him in parts of Canada and Mexico.

@loreleihillard5078

2 жыл бұрын

Trapp said America, which is a continent (or two, depending on how you slice it) containing all three of those countries

@laogon09

2 жыл бұрын

@@loreleihillard5078 He doesn't though, he clearly says the U.S. 24:07

This is the episode I've been waiting for so long 😭😭😭🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Um, Actually, Kantonian Farfetch'd is exclusively available in Japan for Pokemon Go. Galarian had been available worldwide when they were doing promotional stuff for Sword and Shield. But most of the region specifics have been available worldwide for events, such as through eggs, raids, and in the wild for Go Fest, Safaris, and days such as the Kanto and Johto Pokedex completion days.

um actually, they said they when a pokemon dynamaxes it changes form and grows larger, but dynamaxed pokemon only get bigger and do not change their form in any other way

@Markcrazeer

2 жыл бұрын

um, actually the pokemon does not actually grow it is a projection of some sort using Dynamax energy bullshit.

@nerosoul2506

2 жыл бұрын

@@Markcrazeer Since its the equivalent of a physical hologram with a pokemon in the middle, Op is correct, the pokemon takes on a form that is bigger but looks identical in all other ways, Thus Growing

For the Pokémon whose name describes its species and shape, I was thinking Rowlet (round + owlet), and I feel like that’s also correct

18:50 I'm sure this is far from the only exception, but way, way back in the first generation of the anime, there was an episode that featured (I think) a Gastly posing as the ghost of some tragic maiden, but also spoke elegant English.

"Big enough to shit in your skull" hahaha, this is now my favorite quote

I'm mad that the guy who seems to not know a thing about Pokemon after gen 2 (why was he even invited?) somehow managed to tie the guy that is still playing the games and cares about the series. Well, I can confidently say that I would have won this game specifically, which is the first time I've thought that about any episode

Um actually, the second question you said that you can not rely on pictures for abilities and then you preceded to list moves and abilities are a separate mechanic. Like pressure, moldbreaker, etc.

Finding out "Mareep" is and anagram for "Ampere" is just mind blowing

I really do hate the fact I had to sit and think for a good 5 minutes “Can sketch sketch sketch?”

This show really needs a tie breaker. Could you imagine competing against someone, tie, and then be told, “Well that’s the game”. People come to win!

@OscatJ

2 жыл бұрын

If people want to win then they should make sure to get more points than the other competitors.

@jerodast

Жыл бұрын

Your final statement sort of explains how you are not on the same page haha. This is not the kind of show people come to win most of the time, people come to have fun and joke around about pedantic nerd stuff. So ties actually seem like a perfect emblem of that.

Um actually, Tauros is also available in Canada. Its one of my strongest pokemon currently.

@kylelaforce6754

Жыл бұрын

But only in southern Canada close to the border. I can find Tauros in Banff or Calgary, but not Edmonton

Farfetch'd being Japan/Korea exclusive actually does make sense, because it is a reference to a saying from the region (translated as "like a duck bearing it's own leek for the soup") meaning, well, something far-fetched happening. It's the Galarian variant that doesn't make sense.

Um, actually, Doduo can learn Double Team via TM. Also, in the shiny question of identifying Pokemon via naming, the only one I didn't get was the Purrloin because I did not know before today that purloin meant to steal.

Um actually, Pokemon use moves, not abilities. The abilities mentioned are actually pokemon moves, while Pokemon also have seperate abilities that are different than the moves they can learn.

The response to "How big is this pokemon?" Being "Big enough to s#!t in your Skull" is so goddamned powerful

"Using a human skull as a diaper" is way more brutal than it should be.

Um actually, dynamax can be used by every pokemon they just get bigger, gigantamax can only be used by a few pokemon as their form changes and eternatus can only eternamax in the story fight. Also Mewtwo doesn't talk it uses telepathy to communicate with people it trusts. also many other pokemon can do a version of telepathy as well (typically legendary and mythical pokemon) and some can speak besides meowth, darkrai, entei, arceus, manaphy even chatot can learn human words. And some can speak through people through possessing them.

@nerosoul2506

2 жыл бұрын

UM ACTUALLY, Dynamax doesn't apply to the Sword and Shield box legendaries or Eternatus, Eternatus can only Eternamax and the box legends can't do any variety of Maxing

@SocialistStrike

Жыл бұрын

um actually you can hack the game to have an Eternamax Eternatus

There were two things wrong with the question about talking Pokémon. First of all, in Detective Pikachu, it is not Pikachu that can speak the human language, but it is Tim's father who is trapped inside of Pikachu's body. So Pikachu doesn't know how to speak, it's a human trapped inside of it. Secondly, Mewtwo doesn't speak the human language either. It understands it and knows the words n stuff, but it doesn't SPEAK it, as it communicates via telekinesis.

That intro though! ❤️

"We've had a whole year, I hope you did something with it." I feel personally attacked.

I Love this so much! i wish theres more pokemon themed Um Actually! i would also want to join this ahahha

19:04 Um, Actually Mewtwo does not verbally speak, it communicates telepathically... also pikachu can only speak because it has the mind/soul of tim's dad so it's more like this dad is speaking and pikachu by itself can not in fact speak.

@Malakye1408

2 жыл бұрын

Telepathically, yes, but in English.

@CMZneu

2 жыл бұрын

@@Malakye1408 But in english what? hell i don't even know if the language matters with telepathy, i guess it depends if it transmits general thoughts and concepts or sounds of the english words.

Um actually, Mew could be found in Pokemon Snap without glitches or special events. You go to every area and photograph several landmarks that look like pokemon in order to find Mew.

@461weavile

2 жыл бұрын

That parenthetical was linked to RB, not Snap

@connerrose6116

2 жыл бұрын

@@461weavile What is RB? Also, what do you mean by parenthetical?

@461weavile

2 жыл бұрын

@@connerrose6116 A parenthetical is like an aside. It's a grammatical tool usuallt used for clarity characterized by the ability to remove it and what remains still makes sense. It can be surrounded by commas, dashes, or parentheses, the latter being the origin of the term. The most common example is somebody's name: "My buddy, ch0m, prefers Red." It still makes sense if you take his name out. "RB" is a shorthand; it simply means "Pokemon Red Version and Pokemon Blue Version," but with 2 letters.

The background is so good XD those props are so funny

Um, actually, only one specific Meowth is capable of speech, every other Meowth can only meow.

Um actually, I'd argue that lechonk's name both describes the animal it's based on and it's shape. Making it another acceptable answer.

@hunbi1875

Жыл бұрын

Lechonk didn't exist when this was made

@Lucario9457

Жыл бұрын

@@hunbi1875 But staryu did

@Zooropa_Station

8 ай бұрын

I'd call that an physical attribute more than a literal shape. Similar to Yanmega (big Yanma), Regigas (gigas = giant), or Buzzwole (swole/muscular - the opposite of chonky/fat). But Linoone coulde work. Line shaped raccoon.

Wow! Haven't seen Owen since the olden days of Collegehumor!

I love pokemon heroes so much, it's the only pokemon movie we had on DVD and I watched it all the time!

10:16 - The attacks on the Mario Pikachu card are: Coin collect: Flip a coin until you get tails, then draw from your deck according to the number of times you got heads. Super Jump: Flip a coin. If heads, deal 50 extra damage.

Um, actually: From how the question at 15:50 is worded, Sharpedo would also be a valid response as (taken directly from Bulbapedia) "Sharpedo is a torpedo-*shaped* shark Pokémon."

The Mareep question has once again reminded me of how furious I am that in Sw/Sh they named the electric puppy Yamper when Yampere was literally right there!

@jonathanlotan8207

Жыл бұрын

Also, Vicavolt

I'm so glad the plants weren't an in studio round, having everyone guess by going up and touching them.

I don't know why I'm watching this on KZread, I have a Dropout subscription

You should do an episode for MTG or Yu-Gi-Oh. I would love to watch people struggle knowing about Garth-One eye's story or the character who has a 100% win rate in Yu-Gi-Oh.

@RabblesTheBinx

2 жыл бұрын

tbf, it's only a 100% win rate that we've seen. She's outright stated to not be very good, so she's probably lost a few duels offscreen.

@runawayfaeIX

Жыл бұрын

Update: there is an episode about MTG now

Um actually, pokemon don’t learn abilities, they learn attacks they have at most 3 possible abilities that they come with

@tinkerer3399

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually some Pokémon have 4 possible abilities. Scolipede, Basculin, Chandelure, and Rockruff all have 4 possible abilities and I think I might be forgetting some.

@alcor3372

2 жыл бұрын

Um actually they learn moves, not attacks

@sammypenguin1257

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinkerer3399 Um actually, Scolipede and Chandelure's abilities were replaced in Gen 6, so those two could only have three abilities in any given game. Basculin's abilities are all the same, except for two that are based on the Basculin's form but I agree, Rockruff can have one of four abilities

@obi-wankenobi7041

2 жыл бұрын

@@sammypenguin1257 yeah forgot about that

@tinkerer3399

2 жыл бұрын

@@sammypenguin1257 Um actually Basculin has one ability that is shared among forms, one ability that differs among forms, and one hidden ability thus adding up to 4. And you can import a Scolipede or Chandelure to have all 4 available in a game.

32:55 Um actually there are other situations in which a Pokemon can use Struggle. One such situation is if a Pokemon is holding a Choice item such as Choice Scarf (which restricts it to using one move) and is afflicted by moves such as Taunt or Disable (which can lock out the use of the chosen move).

Um, actually the clue at 15:48 "My name describes both my shape and the animal that inspired me" could also apply to Rowlet: Round + Owlet (a small kind of owl)

Um, actually you could technically get a Mew without exploiting glitches or special events - by trading. Now you could say that the *original* trainer had to do one of these things, but that is not precisely what was asked ;)

Um actually, Mewtwo has never been shown to be able to SPEAK the English language. He can communicate telepathically, but if anything that would probably indicate that he can tap into every creature's consciousness and communicate perfectly with them. EDIT: it does seem like Mewtwo, like Pikachu in Detective Pikachu, actually speaks when a human takes over its body. Philosophically, however, we can question if we would consider it to be Pikachu and Mewtwo speaking or the humans possessing their bodies.

“Big enough to shit in your skull” is a fucking powerful line

I would love another Pokémon episode with PM7, Mandjtv, and Purplecliffe. Especially if John ends up beating Mikey in the shiny questions 😆

That special opening was great. Any idea on how many more not in person shows there are? It will be great when you guys get to play in person again.

@Skippydogo

2 жыл бұрын

Posting remote ones to dropout still. They are quite a bit behind on you tube so like 30 ish at least here

How many times has the "none of this is true" joke been made? Mike Trapp of course always gives it a courtesy laugh but you can tell he's sick of it lol

Smeargle can also use Sketch on moves used by it's teammates in double battles. So it doesn't necessarily have to be an opponents move.

Wow! A Shiny Real Life question, for the Pokemon ep! Clever.

6:10 fun fact: they wanted to add ekans into the game but they didn't place them in a level

Technically dynamaxing also isn't like mega evolution since mega evolution lasts the Entirety of the battle and requires an mega evolution stone(except requaza) where as dynamax is a max 3 turns and doesn't require any item

@BloodyScythe666

2 жыл бұрын

um actually, you need the dynamax band to dynamax a pokemon that is able to

@nerosoul2506

2 жыл бұрын

The spirit of the show lives on, an um actually episode getting um actually'd and then a new level of um actually occur's

We're on question 1 and I've already determined I will not be able to watch this. I was hyped for a pokemon episode too!

I am using this to study up my gamer Pokémon skills

Great episode. And honestly, yeah, the person who came up with Spheal doesn't need to do more. Spheal has been a favourite of mine since I was a kid, it's so cute~

@Pokechon

Жыл бұрын

Spheal is the best 💙

Um actually, Farfetch’d has a limited range in Go because part of its lore is that it is an endangered species due to overhunting. The Pokémon seen in Sword and Shield is a regional exclusive evolved form called Sir Fetch’d

@shuckyducky5212

2 жыл бұрын

THIS, thanks!

Coming back to this months later, I think having a shiny round of dealing with evolutions is fun but more once centered on HOW Pokémon evolve (like the specific requirements) would be more fun.

Staryu/Starmie grunting instead of saying its name is an Ultraman reference. Also when they're on low health the jewel in their body flashes, just like Ultraman's color timer.