@@mehriotime1100 Me: Don`t worry, bro, I`m not gonna shout ``NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO`` at the top of my lungs dude. So chill... pops.
No joke, Team Skull is fantastic. After four teams in a row that have had global sized goals...it is so refreshing to have Team Skull. They don't want to blow up the universe, or terraform the planet..they are just a bunch of punk dorks who steal Pokemon. And honestly, that's all they need to be.
@@SombraSST It's great that this game lets you switch the language. It really annoys me when a game's translation sucks and it doesn't let me play it in English.
I love how the entire purpose of team skull is to shit on the stereotypes for the traditional evil teams. Their grunts are *literally* named "Grunt." They have no real evil plan, they just steal Pokemon because they can. Nobody takes them seriously or acts as if they were an actual threat. Team Skull is so silly it's perfect.
It's weird though You can find some grunts hanging out in the poni gauntlet after team skull was disbanded and they all have actual names. Like Troy and s c o o p
_Before Po Town:_ Lol, I freaking love them! They're the most halarious team ever! Probably my favorite! _After Po Town:_ ...Can I please hug every and each one of them? Please? They really need it.
In 4th grade, I hated team skull, because "they were evil" back then, I didn't understand the seriousness of how they practically have no home, but now I really enjoy them; all the other teams before sun and moon just wanted to kill us all, and team yell is just every fanbase, team skull, though? All they really wanna do is steal pokemon so they can be better trainers. Even Guzma is (kind of) insane, but in the ultra beast realm, he understood how evil aether really is...plumeria just keeps them together, and in conclusion, they deserve more attention from people in alola that can help them...
Trying to take the grunts seriously ruins your experience. Unlike Team Flare grunts, which most people dislike because they look serious but act retarded (that uniform is truly stylish though), Team Skull grunts are memorable BECAUSE they are supposed to act retarded, and I'm going to sound weird, but it's a job they do perfectly. If you understand this, you'll appreciate some of the most hilarious lines in the whole series.
These guys are just so quotable. Sure, they're possibly the easiest team to beat in the series history, but damn if they don't have some of the most hilarious interactions.
@@Blackheartzero yes I imagine that as well and it seems to be the most likely case but my heart still adores team skull but I am so peeved about team yell
@@Blackheartzero Literally in the demo, Plumeria has a higher level than in the final combat of the game lol (just Sun & Moon, but my point still stands firm)
The jump from gen six to gen 7: Team Magma/Aqua: we are going to summon a primal being that could kill us all. Team skull: your bus stops. Hand em over.
People ain't realizing how fitting this song is. Hardly any members of Team Skull have Pokemon past their first stage of evolution, even well into the late game. And yet, they constantly hype themselves up as the single greatest threat to the peace in all of Alola, even though, being in cahoots with Aether, they know isn't true. They can't get by through their battle prowess, they're fairly easily beaten. Not by lack of trying, though; their Pokemon are almost all stolen, and the likely story is that they're given these Pokemon without any preparation or planning. Hell, they probably don't get a choice; it's all they can get their hands on. They aren't tough enough to beat stronger trainers to steal _their_ Pokemon, so they have to prey on weaker trainers with meeker Pokemon for their supply. All they _have_ is bravado. Intimidation. A sense of danger. They hype themselves up so much, because if they have to battle, they'll lose. So they want to avoid it at all costs. Property damage, defacing public property, running away when confronted, and only tossing out their team when they feel 100% confident they'll win... which, due to that arrogance of theirs, leads to them getting wiped. This song, this theme, is that bravado. That intimidation. That sense of danger. It tells you "oh, you're in trouble now!" While the battle that takes place is simply not that big of a deal. They are tough trainers, boss battles, threats to society at large, when they simply _aren't._ They're petty criminals at best, and that's the case for the rest of the game... ... until you arrive at Po Town. This is where this theme actually feels like it fits. Because now you finally get to bear witness to two things. Firstly, how much damage Team Skull has, and can actually, do. They successfully ran an entire town out, and placed themselves as the only residents, so they could have a semi-comfy home base. But secondly? You get to see the dire straits Team Skull is in. The power's out all over the town, because they can't afford the bill. They live in squalor, due to not being able to upkeep most of the town. They're walled off from the rest of the world, so they only have one way both in and out. And so does everyone else, ultimately. Even in their home base, their sanctuary, the quality of Pokemon doesn't increase. In fact, one could say it's worse than most of the grunts you've fought so far, given that at least in those cases they were up against weaker targets. The few WITH evolved Pokemon only have ones like Raticate and Golbat. The only person with a strong Pokemon is an office worker with a Metang, and he's optional. This really is all Team Skull has. Their threatening side is on full display in this town, with the graffiti and desecration, but it's depressing to think that this is how these people, these folks who failed their Island Challenge, have to live. This theme takes on another meaning in Po Town. It DOES present danger; danger to Team Skull. They're now fighting to protect their home, and the Pokemon that they managed to steal from the Aether House, the only real easy target they could find. Someone's in there now, infiltrating their refuge, and now they have to fight tooth and nail, hopelessly, to protect the boss, who can handle himself just fine. And yet? They still put on their facade of being tough and dangerous, in some hope that it'll help.
"I'll do anything for a quick buck! Like let's see... Wanna see me get hit in the face with a hydroblast?" Team skull accurately represents our generation
-Yo DuDe ThIs KiD iS sTrAiGhT uP dAnGeRoUs!!! -Let's go get that totem pokemon -Yo this totem pokemon is mad strong yo Love these guys, everything they say is gold
Team Skull is easily my favorite team. They’re not flashy, they don’t have some world-ending ideal that will cause you, a ten year old, to stop, and their boss is an excellent character. I’ll say, once X and Y pumped out their team, I sort of thought that the teams from then on would be shit... but then came Team Skull. I was like “Ooh boy, I like these guys. Let’s see what the next game has in store!” “...” And then came along Team Yell...
@@smashmallow1012 to be fair Team Skull wasn’t really the evil team either, the Aether foundation was. Still doesn’t mean that it gets team yell off the hook for being (in my opinion) very bland, annoying, and generally tedious feeling
Team skull will always be something i love the most in pokemon. Besides being goofy as hell, they all had so much heart and respect for eachother and actively express a family kind of love, even playfully teasing eachother but having that "never back down" vibe. Even Guzma being apparently abused having such a strong "get back up" vibes. I couldn't love the whole rainbow rocket arc anymore what with them trying to redeem themselves, and the coolest way to tie in some classic faces. I hope for their return
You have to admit it at some point. Out of all of the "modern" pokemon games, Gen 7 was the best one. And even among the older games, it's still at least A tier.
In terms of story writing, music and customization i think sun and moon were amazing Pokemon games. Unfortunately after you finished the story the game quickly dried out and i ran out of things to do. The battle tree was cool, but its still essentially the same as the battle tower in the end. Wish someday they would just bring back the battle frontier
It's too bad that the only time this theme can be fully heard is against the last Grunt battle in the game since that's the only moment where a Skull grunt isn't beaten in 10-20 seconds.
Team skull was a step in the right direction. They were by far the best “evil” team purely for their comedic reasons. Now that we had our fun with Team Yell and Team Skull, I want a truly diabolical and evil team, like, worse than galactic or plasma
I love how every Team Skull theme has the exact same opening. They have strong bonds with each other - they're all people who became the family's black sheep one way or another who decided to stick together and do some not very morally correct things to live.
Team yell is at least unique and creative while Aqua, magma, galactic and flare grunts are all basically the same. No personality, just boring and all brainless controllet characters no one is gonna care about. Rocket got personality mostly from thr anime, Plasma had several good characters (like flare but more interesting and less dumb looking). Gen 7 and 8 introduced more unique teams, even if they aren't people who are going to recreate the world etc. They are way more interesting and fun compared to the rest. Like a hooligan team that tries everything to help one character to win the gym challenge, in a stadium? Thats actually a great idea.
MY HEART STOPPED AND THE LAST 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES, AS THIS MUSIC PULLED ME AWAY TO THE NEXT WORLD. Gods they hit me right in the nostalgia.
PikaPlayzHD Some people think it's okay and others think it doesn't fit too well with the region. The rest of about 90% of people think it's pretty good though.
Team Skull grunts though... Let's see, they rhyme their sentences, they move their arms like they took lessons from Col. Vangarre from Xenoblade. They act like their tough but are not and EVERYONE in Alola knows it. I love this villanous team!
Don't forget their hilarious dialogue: "Just because we switched places you can't recognize us?" "Why is he waving at me? Can't he see that we're being invaded?" "Hey! I already have self-esteem issues without you beating me!" "But we're both named Grunt!"
Just realized how quickly you got this uploaded. The demos been out for like five whole seconds, and you already got all these extracted and uploaded. You wasted NO time lol. And I love the bits of r/b/y they stuck in.
PlasmaSix red blue and yellow? I'm not that good with Pokémon. I got into it some months ago after i decided to replay mystery dungeon (i didn't lnow about moves, items and stuff essential for playing the game back before that).
+L33t agent I gotcha. thats fine. just for future reference, first gen is called r/b/y, second is called g/s/c, and so on and so forth. you just take the first letter of the games or in HG/SS or FR/LG 2 letters, but once you figure it out, it's not that bad.
These guys are just a bunch of goofy delinquents I can't help but love. Cosplaying a Team Skull grunt would be really fun. (I'll get to show my shoulder wolf tattoo and people would never think I'm actually a medical student.)
That they had an excess of Kanto references like we didnt had enough on Pokemon XY targeting a nostalfags audience. Thats the only thing I dislike about Pokemon Sun/Moon.
I love this team SO MUCH that i visited Po Town's Pokemon Center a lot just to donate. Poor grunts can't pay rent :( And their response to me paying them always warms my heart❤️
I've been so obsessed with Guzma's theme over the years that I forgot how much of a banger the regular grunt music is. Also low-key reminds me of Crash Bandicoot music at times.
This game had a lot of great moments, huh? It felt like every sidequest or non-story interaction was brimming with humor. Pyukumuku chucking, The man who wants to see the *sun* and *moon* pokemon, The guy who talks about how the magmar in your party looks like his mom, the magmar not in your party that gives you a "quick ball", The guy dressing as a machamp to get chicks, The ditto 5, Hau trying to finish his damn question, every interaction with Team Skull... I could probably write another paragraph of this kind of stuff, there was just so much...
Yeah, it really is, feels like they're taking all of the good elements of the old games, adding on to them with new ones, they just keep on getting better and better, while still holding on to the older elements
Definitely favorite evil team. I liked team plasma and the recent team star too for how they played into the story, but team skull are by far most hilarious and entertaining characters in this franchise to me. The way they move, their faces when you destroy them, the TOP TIER dialogue. And they have a banger of a theme (most teams do but this is one of my faves)
gen7 had some of the best music in my opinion. People dislike them for the handholding and too much dialogue and I agree, but they were unique and had cool music so I don't care. I should replay them
At first I wasn't too sure about Team Skull, but as I played more of the game they started to grow on me. And now I've reached the point that I'm actually looking forward to fighting against them. After Team Rocket and Team Galactic, these guys might become a solid #3 or perhaps even higher...? Job well done, Game Freak =)
When I first encountered Team Skull I thought to myself "this must be a joke, Game Freak"... ... then I realized they indeed were a joke, and I absolutely adore them for it. Team Skull easily #1.
For me, they're number 1. They have so much depth and style compared to the previous, stoic hardasses, and they deconstruct some of Pokemon's big cliches.
I feel like Gamefreak realized they struck gold with the "Actually, the main antagonists are not these overtly stereotypical thug types but this big evil company people already know!", and I'm scared they'll try to make more Team Skulls just as they did with Team Yell. Team SKull should really be one of those one-time-only deals, because a plot twist isn't a plot twist anymore when you keep twisting it in every subsequent story (*ahem* Disney *ahem).
"do you remember us?"
"yes"
"thats actually really impressive, because we're all identical"
"no"
"oh, right"
*swaps places*
"Just cause we swapped places you can't tell who we are anymore?"
I always answered no
This game had the best humor
BAHAHHA
truffi krusty
Hau: Hey did you know?
>Yes
No
Hau: I didn’t even finish the question.
Shoutout to that grunt at the Aether Foundation that doesn’t battle you because he doesn’t fight battles he can’t win
+100 respect
Oh, hi Ephraim.
Ephraim if he joined team skull
He does battle you but when you beat him he says exactly that lmao
@@farahahmedkarim377 Actually he doesn’t battle you, they are taking about that grunt right before the Guzma fight.
Citizens of other regions: "Oh no, it's team !"
Alolan citizens: "ayy its team skull lmao"
Omg this is actually funny why is no one liking it
Galarian citizens: "hold my beer"
@@Abra391 "what a mild inconvinience, it's that "evil" group of some adults fanboying over a young girl, not pedophilia at all."
@Gyvs7 [Yeah I was waiting for someone to tell me that]
yo yo
Grunt: “You here to join Team Skull, or come to laugh at us?”
Me: “...can i have an initiation, yo?”
there should be an alternate ending where instead of becoming champion and all that you join team skull
@Abbi Dembiec Guzma: "I am your father,Yo."
the "or come to laugh at us part" kinda breaks my heart a little I dunno why
@@frogman9753 everybody minding there own business until a ten year old pulls up with every legendary
@@mehriotime1100 Me: Don`t worry, bro, I`m not gonna shout ``NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO`` at the top of my lungs dude. So chill... pops.
No joke, Team Skull is fantastic. After four teams in a row that have had global sized goals...it is so refreshing to have Team Skull. They don't want to blow up the universe, or terraform the planet..they are just a bunch of punk dorks who steal Pokemon. And honestly, that's all they need to be.
they asked to steal a pokemon and the guy said no and they were like aw shucks nevermind then
Team Yell: *U P W A R D S S P E C I A L*
Who real care for each other
More like 5
and stealing a bus stop (at least they tried) xD
bruh, my favorite part has to be the random guy saying "yea" in a tone that sounds like he just had a sip of the best beer in the world
A cool thing is if you look at the song in a certain visualizer you see the word "YEAH" briefly
Yup
LOL I'm still wonering who said "yea"
Tupp or Rapp? XD
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I come back just to read this comment
"So, what? I'm lower than a Pokémon?! I already got self-esteem issues, man!"
A lot of likes, but not a single comment so first...
Literally me
oof
Guess so I say something too
"I've done zero squats!"
LOL when the grunts started saying things like "homie" and "b" I knew they would become my favorite villians.
Man... I have to play the game in english to see that XD
@@SombraSST It's great that this game lets you switch the language. It really annoys me when a game's translation sucks and it doesn't let me play it in English.
And Crip walking
And throwing up gang signs Everytime they talk
I fucking love em
*vicious hand gestures*
*aggressively waves hands*
@@SombraSST You haven't seen Team Yell Yet, have you?
"You are using my tank top"
"So that's why it smells"
"Let's write our names on it"
"Our names are Grunt"
The best bruh moment that I recall
“I see a bag moving right in front of my face, am I suppose to just ignore that” GRUNT 2016
Well no. Good point
When in this game was that line spoken?
@@alxcus2962 Just before you go to Po Town, when the grunts and Plumeria confront you and Lillie outside Aether House.
Yes, you are. But you're the "villian" so that's ok
Me: "I wonder if the villains will have some sort of crazy, organized plan."
Gamefreak: "Nah, they're just gangsters."
Me: "Works for me."
isnt the BW team plasma royalty?
David Zuercher ohhh ok XD
Actually the sun game is really dark. Dunno about moon tho
Team Plasma is PETA.
David Zuercher where's Team aether?
Gen 1: Mafia.
Gen 2: Remnant Mafia.
Gen 3: Ecoterrorists.
Gen 4: Space Cult.
Gen 5: PETA.
Gen 6: Scientology.
Gen 7: Y E A H
Gen 8: Annoying fan club
I’d call Team Flare Ecofascists tho
Gen 8: Marnie
@@skittles536 and *OI MATE YUH WANNA AVE A GO AT ME?*
Gen 9:
I love how the entire purpose of team skull is to shit on the stereotypes for the traditional evil teams.
Their grunts are *literally* named "Grunt."
They have no real evil plan, they just steal Pokemon because they can.
Nobody takes them seriously or acts as if they were an actual threat.
Team Skull is so silly it's perfect.
In one trial they asked if you reconigse them if you say yes
They say
" Wow even thought we look the same they reconigse us"
The only person scared of team skull was Lillie.
@@soulhoney1908 and when you say no they switch places and say just because they were swapped means that we didnt recognize them
It's weird though
You can find some grunts hanging out in the poni gauntlet after team skull was disbanded and they all have actual names. Like Troy and s c o o p
@@DragonQueen-ox8dk That’s beautiful. Leaving team skull allowed them to form their own identities. I’m tearing up in the club rn 😩😭
_Before Po Town:_ Lol, I freaking love them! They're the most halarious team ever! Probably my favorite!
_After Po Town:_ ...Can I please hug every and each one of them? Please? They really need it.
Honestly....I really wanted to just give them all a warm blanket and some tapu-coco. Specially Guzma.
In 4th grade, I hated team skull, because "they were evil"
back then, I didn't understand the seriousness of how they practically have no home, but now I really enjoy them; all the other teams before sun and moon just wanted to kill us all, and team yell is just every fanbase, team skull, though? All they really wanna do is steal pokemon so they can be better trainers. Even Guzma is (kind of) insane, but in the ultra beast realm, he understood how evil aether really is...plumeria just keeps them together, and in conclusion, they deserve more attention from people in alola that can help them...
THEY ALL REQUIRE HUGS
SAME.
No
What I thought: They are going to be Team Rocket 2.0
What happend: They want the busstop
Despicable...
Also they're kidnappers
I love how the game doesnt take the grunts seriously at all
Their animations crack me up everytime
You say that, but...
Mizu My favorite reaction is Illima's, he's just so fabulous.
Trying to take the grunts seriously ruins your experience. Unlike Team Flare grunts, which most people dislike because they look serious but act retarded (that uniform is truly stylish though), Team Skull grunts are memorable BECAUSE they are supposed to act retarded, and I'm going to sound weird, but it's a job they do perfectly. If you understand this, you'll appreciate some of the most hilarious lines in the whole series.
Nick Miruko
I still say that it's hard not to take them some degree of seriously after you reach Po Town. There's nothing funny about that place.
imo this theme makes team skull feel like an actual threat and i absolutely love it. team skull didnt steal my pokemon they stole my heart
Jesse Pires they kinda did the same thing to me as well right when I first saw them
Yup and can't you change your username?
You can, but there's a two month lock or something.
Game Theory 1.) i genuinely thought fucking game theory was replying to me for some reason 2.) im gay for every single girl in team skull so yes
Jesse Pires kek
-plumeria is ash's dad!?-
the girls are cool but guzma is daddy
''Yo, for real?'' - Team Skull Grunt 2016
"That mist...? Boss, it's the Skulls!" -Kazuhira Miller, MGSV
raiiny-skye “Yo, Spinda spin it!”- Team Skull Grunt 2018
ROW, ROW, FIGHT THE POWAH... Oh, wait.
* soft but deep voice * yeah...
Ryuji who?
These guys are just so quotable.
Sure, they're possibly the easiest team to beat in the series history, but damn if they don't have some of the most hilarious interactions.
*laughs in the team flare with only the leader having more than 2 or 3 Pokemon*
guzma and his first impression golisopod tho...
"The easiest team"
Team Yell: Allow us to introduce ourselves
@@Lizron *PIERS
@@allingbrodniak8819 piers is too easy for being the 7th gym leader
“Yo, what’s up? You wanna join Team Skull?”
The devs knew I’d say “yes” so they didn’t put in a response prompt at all.
"But we're both named Grunt."
traps when I saw that in game I died laughing
"Sorry, who are you?"
"Just because we switched places you can't recognize us?"
"Why is he waving at me? Can't he see that we're being invaded?"
Thats MY skull top!
OH ME GEE
Demo: "Oh no! It's Team Skull!"
Game: "I'm sorry, who are you guys again?"
The Demo was set in an alternate universe where Team Skull was actually feared. Maybe. I could just be talkin' outta my ass...
@@Blackheartzero yes I imagine that as well and it seems to be the most likely case but my heart still adores team skull but I am so peeved about team yell
@@Blackheartzero Literally in the demo, Plumeria has a higher level than in the final combat of the game lol (just Sun & Moon, but my point still stands firm)
Team Skull will forever be better than Team Yell by miles after miles after miles.
Team yell is a joke. They are just fans of goth girl
@@bluetoad2813 simps
bruh moment lol yes
Even tho i really love Swsh, i can agree with that
the only interesting aspect of team yell is pier but guzma is way better imo
"Oh, couldn't recognize us from earlier because we switched places, huh?"
_They look exactly the same._
Das racist, yo.
@@Shogunelite *IF YOU SAY YES THEY ACTUALLY MENTION IT*
The jump from gen six to gen 7:
Team Magma/Aqua: we are going to summon a primal being that could kill us all.
Team skull: your bus stops. Hand em over.
this is gen 3
Spyros Hormovitis, he’s talking about ORAS
Weird that you're referring to it like ORAS were the main games of gen 6
@@blankname3816 that's because team flare was ridiculously worse than team skull
More of a jump from gen 3 to gen 7 but alright, I get the spirit 😂
I love how the male grunts are always moving no matter what.
YannsterMonster I would love a chain like that
We're not bad, we're just hard.
HARD AS BONE, YO!!!
you boneheads
just a couple of boners... wait no that's undertale...
And in addition to all that "boning", the devolopers made it so right before the battle, the male Team Skull grunts gesture to their crotch. 😆
Plumeria gives guys boners.
Guzma has a bone to pick with Kukui.
When will those boneheads reappear in the anime? I want to see more of them.
I loved the idea of annoying evil teams in pokemon.
And then team yell happened.
Shoulda called em Team Scream at least
@@Alex-kp5pq Then Piers couldn't rotate his gym logo and call it a team logo.
Trelior how come?
Turt Turt the team yell logo looks like a Y, for yell
Brigid Flanagan how did I not realize that?! Thanks!
People ain't realizing how fitting this song is. Hardly any members of Team Skull have Pokemon past their first stage of evolution, even well into the late game. And yet, they constantly hype themselves up as the single greatest threat to the peace in all of Alola, even though, being in cahoots with Aether, they know isn't true.
They can't get by through their battle prowess, they're fairly easily beaten. Not by lack of trying, though; their Pokemon are almost all stolen, and the likely story is that they're given these Pokemon without any preparation or planning. Hell, they probably don't get a choice; it's all they can get their hands on. They aren't tough enough to beat stronger trainers to steal _their_ Pokemon, so they have to prey on weaker trainers with meeker Pokemon for their supply.
All they _have_ is bravado. Intimidation. A sense of danger. They hype themselves up so much, because if they have to battle, they'll lose. So they want to avoid it at all costs. Property damage, defacing public property, running away when confronted, and only tossing out their team when they feel 100% confident they'll win... which, due to that arrogance of theirs, leads to them getting wiped.
This song, this theme, is that bravado. That intimidation. That sense of danger. It tells you "oh, you're in trouble now!" While the battle that takes place is simply not that big of a deal. They are tough trainers, boss battles, threats to society at large, when they simply _aren't._ They're petty criminals at best, and that's the case for the rest of the game...
... until you arrive at Po Town.
This is where this theme actually feels like it fits. Because now you finally get to bear witness to two things. Firstly, how much damage Team Skull has, and can actually, do. They successfully ran an entire town out, and placed themselves as the only residents, so they could have a semi-comfy home base. But secondly? You get to see the dire straits Team Skull is in. The power's out all over the town, because they can't afford the bill. They live in squalor, due to not being able to upkeep most of the town. They're walled off from the rest of the world, so they only have one way both in and out. And so does everyone else, ultimately. Even in their home base, their sanctuary, the quality of Pokemon doesn't increase. In fact, one could say it's worse than most of the grunts you've fought so far, given that at least in those cases they were up against weaker targets. The few WITH evolved Pokemon only have ones like Raticate and Golbat. The only person with a strong Pokemon is an office worker with a Metang, and he's optional.
This really is all Team Skull has. Their threatening side is on full display in this town, with the graffiti and desecration, but it's depressing to think that this is how these people, these folks who failed their Island Challenge, have to live.
This theme takes on another meaning in Po Town. It DOES present danger; danger to Team Skull. They're now fighting to protect their home, and the Pokemon that they managed to steal from the Aether House, the only real easy target they could find. Someone's in there now, infiltrating their refuge, and now they have to fight tooth and nail, hopelessly, to protect the boss, who can handle himself just fine.
And yet? They still put on their facade of being tough and dangerous, in some hope that it'll help.
Damn dude, That got real. FAST
Jesus Christ
damn.
im at a loss of words
hehe funny dancing guys have cool theme :]
"I wish I could go back in time and tell myself not to battle you"
"I'll do anything for a quick buck! Like let's see... Wanna see me get hit in the face with a hydroblast?"
Team skull accurately represents our generation
-Yo DuDe ThIs KiD iS sTrAiGhT uP dAnGeRoUs!!!
-Let's go get that totem pokemon
-Yo this totem pokemon is mad strong yo
Love these guys, everything they say is gold
We don’t want your WACK Pokémon liima!
*Y O*
@@teamgalacticgrunt7482 hey wait a sec
Do you remember us?
You: Yes
That’s impressive because we all look identical
@@S3verusMyG
> no
“Oh”
*switches places*
“Just cuz we were in different places?”
*_THE_* most gangsta enemy team ever done in Pokemon.
RemixExtender the one and only
I believe that is what they were going for 😊
[DEFUNCT] RemixExtender Team plasma is better.
Brawl Master Joel well they did it well enough
However! I disagree!
They kinda failed at being gangsta... what about attempted gangstas?
Team Skull is easily my favorite team. They’re not flashy, they don’t have some world-ending ideal that will cause you, a ten year old, to stop, and their boss is an excellent character. I’ll say, once X and Y pumped out their team, I sort of thought that the teams from then on would be shit... but then came Team Skull. I was like “Ooh boy, I like these guys. Let’s see what the next game has in store!”
“...”
And then came along Team Yell...
I believe that is called a diamond in the rough
Team Yell is like if you took team skull and dehydrated it of everything that made team skull good
team yell isn't really an evil team.
@@smashmallow1012 to be fair Team Skull wasn’t really the evil team either, the Aether foundation was. Still doesn’t mean that it gets team yell off the hook for being (in my opinion) very bland, annoying, and generally tedious feeling
To be fair, Yell didn't end up being the main villainous organisation, that would be Macro Cosmos.
Team skull will always be something i love the most in pokemon. Besides being goofy as hell, they all had so much heart and respect for eachother and actively express a family kind of love, even playfully teasing eachother but having that "never back down" vibe. Even Guzma being apparently abused having such a strong "get back up" vibes. I couldn't love the whole rainbow rocket arc anymore what with them trying to redeem themselves, and the coolest way to tie in some classic faces. I hope for their return
the team skull grunts are a joke and I love them for it
Forensicswaifu what did you say they at least don't want any legendary's only sell pokemon
The Story of Sun and Moon is just completely fucking amazing....
MrZer0gravity agreed m8
MrZer0gravity Ikr :o
MrZer0gravity Best story in a long time :)
Best story since Gen 5 :)
Wife goes crazy over husband who lied about dying in wormhole in order to plant beans.
All i can picture while listening to this is the team skull grunt doing his weird movements
Joe Waldren The flex gets me everytime. 😂😂😂
Joe Waldren uhh.. me too.
It’s called dancing
You have to admit it at some point. Out of all of the "modern" pokemon games, Gen 7 was the best one. And even among the older games, it's still at least A tier.
finally
Sun and Moon was kind of lacking in gameplay but amazing at everything else
In terms of story writing, music and customization i think sun and moon were amazing Pokemon games. Unfortunately after you finished the story the game quickly dried out and i ran out of things to do. The battle tree was cool, but its still essentially the same as the battle tower in the end. Wish someday they would just bring back the battle frontier
Sun and Moon was a bit boring but I completely agree in terms of the Ultra versions.
Man i'm so glad gen 7 was when I was introduced to pokemon 😭
Me: "Yo pass the aux cord"
Friend: "You better not play trash"
Me: this
Team Flare disliked because Team Skull has more style than they do.
Team Skull has more flare than Team Flare :P
It's black......*THEY ARE WEARING BLAAAAAACK!* AAAAaaaaah! (*o*) (fangirls)
Jinhunter Slay
Black is the best color, because it's the absence of color, respect the Zekrom.
Marshadow Yes!
+Marshadow
Well absence of color in the additive color scheme. In the subtractive scheme it would be white
That "yeh..." at the start kills me every time.
How many times have you died?
@@Rexius55 yeh
y e a h
Yeh
When is it I may just be deaf because I can't hear the yeh
It's too bad that the only time this theme can be fully heard is against the last Grunt battle in the game since that's the only moment where a Skull grunt isn't beaten in 10-20 seconds.
Or if you was like me and got destroyed by the very first grunt because I kept sitting in the attack menu thinking of what to do
@DarkQuartz0 unless you............. don't?...... Heh...
@@yourknightmanny *HEH*
You can just take 5 minutes between turns if you want to hear this theme.
Team skull was a step in the right direction. They were by far the best “evil” team purely for their comedic reasons. Now that we had our fun with Team Yell and Team Skull, I want a truly diabolical and evil team, like, worse than galactic or plasma
and thats why pokemon insurgence (dark) is my favourite fan game
@Mofter Mof A line from an aether employee: “Now that you kids have seen how sick our company is, you will now conveniently disappear!”
same
How do you get more evil than bending reality by summoning gods of time and space
@@jamclone make a large organization hellbent on terrorism and genocide
I love how every Team Skull theme has the exact same opening. They have strong bonds with each other - they're all people who became the family's black sheep one way or another who decided to stick together and do some not very morally correct things to live.
That... actually explains why every Yell theme opens the same way, as well as every Star theme (Aside from the Bosses).
It wouldn't surprise me if the next antagonists were samurais.
*night slash intensifies*
We've had gangsters, pirates, ninjas, space pirates, cultists, Nazis and now ganstahs. Bout time for some samurai
MrKinglydude Don't forget the crusaders.
I always thought Team Plasma looked way too much like crusaders or "medievalish" to me...
DEUS VULT
I love Team Skull. Their music and motives are the best
JayY_FelixX lol at ghetto hawaii, and yes I love the arm swingin from the male grunts. I just beat moon yesterday morning. #TeamMoon
Well hello there Negan ;p
Don't forget the dialogue "We're not bad, we're just hard"
Cade Wilson What exactly WERE their motives? Throughout the entire game I had no idea. They felt like a really weak villain team.
They're p much just a group of people who failed the island challenge who grouped up to feel strong out of fear that they would seem weak alone
if at least one of these guys doesn't have a zubat, koffing, and skuntank i'm going to be dissapointed
one had a zubat in one of the trailers.
chaw haw haw!
nice reference
ow,right in the mystery dungeon series feels
Samson B They have bats. Everything is gonna be okay.
That dark reprise of the regular trainer battle theme from Red & Blue at 0:55 is so amazingly fitting for Team Skull.
Best team in the game. Compared to these gangsters, Yell is lame beans.
Yeah, despite being a big fan of SWSH i can agree that team yell was probably one of the only parts of the game i didn't like
@@lordmimikyu5815 that's funny I did like them...... more than team flare
@@therunningranger4297 Anything is better than Flare tbh
@@nekrosis6560 true
Team yell is at least unique and creative while Aqua, magma, galactic and flare grunts are all basically the same. No personality, just boring and all brainless controllet characters no one is gonna care about.
Rocket got personality mostly from thr anime, Plasma had several good characters (like flare but more interesting and less dumb looking). Gen 7 and 8 introduced more unique teams, even if they aren't people who are going to recreate the world etc. They are way more interesting and fun compared to the rest.
Like a hooligan team that tries everything to help one character to win the gym challenge, in a stadium? Thats actually a great idea.
I laughed my ass of when they were going to 'attack' the mantine from mantine surf and they were just dancing in front of it
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Coming back to this after the reveal of Team Yell because I feel that _nobody_ will ever be able to top Team Skull.
Sounds like Kanto trainer battle at 00:56
MY HEART STOPPED AND THE LAST 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES, AS THIS MUSIC PULLED ME AWAY TO THE NEXT WORLD.
Gods they hit me right in the nostalgia.
Maybe because your trainer's from Kanto?
I hope we can Battle red or Gary and have accsess to battle frontier
actually...there is a lot of references to previous game soundtrack also in other themes...just need to hear them carefully and u can listen to them
***** and the first 3 seconds sound a lot to the gen 2 wild battle theme
Game Freak nailed with their first comical relief team
As if they didn't have Team Rocket before now...
Unironically the best "evil" grunt theme in Pokemon
Some people think that the Sun and Moon OST isn't that good. However, I disagree!
Who? this soundtrack is the best since BW
PikaPlayzHD Some people think it's okay and others think it doesn't fit too well with the region. The rest of about 90% of people think it's pretty good though.
MudKevin it fits perfectly with the region, that's the point of the ost
PikaPlayzHD I know that, I said others don't think it fits.
MudKevin well they have no clue what they're talking about :P
Team Skull grunts though... Let's see, they rhyme their sentences, they move their arms like they took lessons from Col. Vangarre from Xenoblade. They act like their tough but are not and EVERYONE in Alola knows it. I love this villanous team!
Don't forget their hilarious dialogue:
"Just because we switched places you can't recognize us?"
"Why is he waving at me? Can't he see that we're being invaded?"
"Hey! I already have self-esteem issues without you beating me!"
"But we're both named Grunt!"
Can't forget that either!
Just realized how quickly you got this uploaded. The demos been out for like five whole seconds, and you already got all these extracted and uploaded. You wasted NO time lol.
And I love the bits of r/b/y they stuck in.
Something something username ㅖ
Something something username what's r/b/y?
+L33t agent really? the first 3 pokemon games. seriously. kids these days...
PlasmaSix red blue and yellow? I'm not that good with Pokémon. I got into it some months ago after i decided to replay mystery dungeon (i didn't lnow about moves, items and stuff essential for playing the game back before that).
+L33t agent I gotcha. thats fine. just for future reference, first gen is called r/b/y, second is called g/s/c, and so on and so forth. you just take the first letter of the games or in HG/SS or FR/LG 2 letters, but once you figure it out, it's not that bad.
"Then go right ahead, I'm no numskull. I don't fight battles I can't win"
OMG i love them
I love how one of the grunts in the lair said something like "What kinda parent names their kid grunt anyway?"
These guys are just a bunch of goofy delinquents I can't help but love. Cosplaying a Team Skull grunt would be really fun. (I'll get to show my shoulder wolf tattoo and people would never think I'm actually a medical student.)
Make sure you do the crazy hand movements they do lol
Justin English For sure! That's the best part.
Don't forget the crazy eyes from after you beat them!
Imagine having to do their weird hand gestures
It's become an inside joke in my group of friends now!
at first I was like eh this theme sucks but after listening to it a couple times I was like "yeaaaaaaah....yeaaaaah...."
Just wait till you hear the admin battle theme
I freaking love how they added some of Kanto's battle theme in this; it sounds amazing. That bit that starts at 00:55.
"I'll do anything if you pay me for it!
Like, let's see... Wanna see me get hit with Hyper Beam?"
I really did want to see that
Doesn't feel right without the ghostly swipes of black paint in the beginning of the battle.
0:55 - 1:11 is that the red/blue trainer battle theme I hear
Alcendence yeah it is :)
Alcendence yep pretty much
Hernandez Nestor What?
That they had an excess of Kanto references like we didnt had enough on Pokemon XY targeting a nostalfags audience. Thats the only thing I dislike about Pokemon Sun/Moon.
Thank you so much I've been wondering what it was from for the longest time since it kept reminding me of something x)
"Yo let's get up outta here B"
Me: 💀
Dathorium They did.
That was golden.
We're not bad - We're just HARD!!!
(Some Team Skull Grunt, 18/10/2016)
*what bone might be hard you think*
more like every team skull grunt
I love this team SO MUCH that i visited Po Town's Pokemon Center a lot just to donate. Poor grunts can't pay rent :( And their response to me paying them always warms my heart❤️
I've been so obsessed with Guzma's theme over the years that I forgot how much of a banger the regular grunt music is. Also low-key reminds me of Crash Bandicoot music at times.
dudu du YEAH du du dudududuh
dudu du YEAH du du dudududuh
"du„ is the German Word for "you„
ＹＥＡＨ
Also this is probably my favorite track from the game I've heard so far, great job making it perfect Pokeli 👌
Never have I felt nostalgic to something that isn’t even 4 years old yet.
it is now
This game had a lot of great moments, huh?
It felt like every sidequest or non-story interaction was brimming with humor.
Pyukumuku chucking, The man who wants to see the *sun* and *moon* pokemon, The guy who talks about how the magmar in your party looks like his mom, the magmar not in your party that gives you a "quick ball", The guy dressing as a machamp to get chicks, The ditto 5, Hau trying to finish his damn question, every interaction with Team Skull... I could probably write another paragraph of this kind of stuff, there was just so much...
To people saying that modern evil teams are underwhelming & have bad motives...
Team skull took over a bus stop...
*Diabolical*
Kinda surprised you didn't quote Guzma's "Y'all are stupid!"
Actually playing the game! :'D This is beautiful!!!
I change the country to australia because I don't like waiting!
Pokeli how idi you find Australia
WHERE IS AUSTRALIA ON THE 3ds REGIONS???? Sorry, I just really wanna play
Onkar Singh or he just buyed a Australian 3DS and the game
Is it Irony ?
The music is too good in this game, im literally crying rn ;D
But you're always crying.
me too. po twn boiz
What are you gay
I like that there's a hint of Kanto Trainers' battle theme in 0:55 - 1:15.
leon508 Yes mee TOO 😍
leon508 Well, the protag is from Kanto...
Too bad these scrubs die under 55 sec :P
I never noticed but it does!
Me:And what is your evil plan?
Grunt:We are gonna be gangsters
Me: *PERFECTION*
This is actually my favorite villain team in the whole series.
also that GBA base is spine-chilling
OMG SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT
Yeah! It's like they're throwing in stuff from all of the games into this soundtrack!
Yeah, it really is, feels like they're taking all of the good elements of the old games, adding on to them with new ones, they just keep on getting better and better, while still holding on to the older elements
i like how older pokemon still have their original cries
Except for Pikachu, that is.
This is exactly what a grunt theme should be. Hau did they get it so right?!
Kiwi Oc Nice pun
I see what you did there.
Hau is your pun so good
I see what you did there!
*hau* nice of you to make a hau pun
Team Skull may come off as a bunch of tryhards, but at least this theme makes them feel threatening.
I love how you can put in any goofy quote and it’ll still sound like something team skill would say
Definitely favorite evil team. I liked team plasma and the recent team star too for how they played into the story, but team skull are by far most hilarious and entertaining characters in this franchise to me. The way they move, their faces when you destroy them, the TOP TIER dialogue. And they have a banger of a theme (most teams do but this is one of my faves)
I really want that Totem Pokémon theme...
It will come NOW! :D
Pokeli Yooooo thanks man
The Kranando
It's times like these where I wish lord Siivagunner was here to supply us with a higher quality version of this rip
I know, right? It sucks he couldnt have at least stuck around for just the sun and moon ost.
timmyturnersgranddad is the best copycat channel atm, it has some of the old rippers on the team
Tavo H He has returned
Pineapple Takumi chan But Pokemon is weeb trash :^(
Tavo H what the fuck are you talking about
Team rocket alola form
Nods
Pokemon Battle !
But better and stronger
TheTOTODILE You right
But way better written
Yori Gaming you predicted it.
Or gamefreak saw your comment and stole your idea
Still the only team to achieve the feat of taking over a bus stop
Sun and moon is extremely underrated, in general but especially the BEATz
I can't stop laughing whenever they appear. SO DANK. I LOVE THIS GAME.
i kno
That sensual "Yeah" at the beginning is so damn good
This theme is the most savage out of all grunt themes, while team skull is just a bunch of rebelling teenagers with self esteem issues.
"Let's get Figy with it!
Watch while I Nanab me some Berries!"
I love team skull
gen7 had some of the best music in my opinion. People dislike them for the handholding and too much dialogue and I agree, but they were unique and had cool music so I don't care. I should replay them
0:08 Oh shit this is amazing.
my fav part, wish whole track was like that
Haohmaru HL Mine to
Best grunt theme in the entire series?
Easily.
No question about it
Uncle Dolan nah I still prefer Rocket, Aqua/Magma, Galactic, and Plasma over this but it's still good especially the Kanto Trainer battle theme part
Plasma still gets that prize
Normal Team Plasma for b/w, or Neo Plasma from b2/w2?
At first I wasn't too sure about Team Skull, but as I played more of the game they started to grow on me. And now I've reached the point that I'm actually looking forward to fighting against them. After Team Rocket and Team Galactic, these guys might become a solid #3 or perhaps even higher...? Job well done, Game Freak =)
When I first encountered Team Skull I thought to myself "this must be a joke, Game Freak"... ... then I realized they indeed were a joke, and I absolutely adore them for it. Team Skull easily #1.
They are self aware,they know that all of their names are "Grunt"
For me, they're number 1.
They have so much depth and style compared to the previous, stoic hardasses, and they deconstruct some of Pokemon's big cliches.
@@deyvantwo5426 They know too much
These madlads were preventing the coronavirus before it started
(GASP)
HEROES!
I feel like Gamefreak realized they struck gold with the "Actually, the main antagonists are not these overtly stereotypical thug types but this big evil company people already know!", and I'm scared they'll try to make more Team Skulls just as they did with Team Yell.
Team SKull should really be one of those one-time-only deals, because a plot twist isn't a plot twist anymore when you keep twisting it in every subsequent story (*ahem* Disney *ahem).