A Punk Primate Pokemon in Portugal is Perfect! 🖌️🐒 Grafaiai Origins! - Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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NEW POKEMON! What is Grafaiai based on? Is Grafaiai an aye-aye? is Grafaiai a Lemur? Why is Grafaiai Poison Type? Why is Grafaiai in the Paldea Region? Like... What is a Lemur doing in Spain or Portugal? What do they have to do with graffiti? That's this video!
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Chapters:
00:00 What is Grafaiai?
01:04 Why is Grafaiai in Paldea?
04:04 More Grafaiai Origins!
06:00 Portuguese Punks!
07:17 The Painted Forest!
Thumbnail art by CRANTIME:
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Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out! - เกม
RIP my globe. The pins holding it in place both snapped completely. Gonna need another one...
F for Lockstin’s Globe
Get a flat one next time
Lockstin i have one question about the snogooi plushie
sorry for your loss. but i'd like to note the reveal was just like h zorua
I like having a spray paint Pokémon
Smeargle: " You took everything from me"
Grafaiai: " I don't even know who you are"
Grafaiai, the first Pokémon to publicly give everyone the middle finger
Glad I’m not the only one who thought that.
Toxicroak tho
@@alexandergotze3323 they both give the middle finger.
@@alexandergotze3323 toxicroak has a middle finger under that claw meaning the claw doesnt count as the middle finger
@@Articfoxgamez It is coming out of the middle of the hand, therefore, it is a middle finger
The whole paint-in-the-mouth thing combined with the poison typing made me think of how old timey painters used to wet their brushes with their tongues. This was a terrible thing to do though since all the paint was lead-based and therefore toxic. Van Gogh was one such painter to do this. I wonder if there is a special connection between Iberia and lead paint?
I know there was a story about Europeans believing Tomatoes (from the new world) were poisonous because the acidity of the fruit was absorbing the lead out of the plates the royalty were using and thus was killing them. Maybe this has something to do with the berries used to produce Grafiai’s poisonous paint.
Either way, this little dude is pretty dope.
It's also similar to how the indigenous Australians did some of their rock art, specifically the iconic hand silhouettes; take a bit of ochre in their mouths, press a hand to the rock face, and blow.
Did a little research. Turns out their were large lead mines in Spain that had been active since 3000 BC. Additionally, lead was used as a sweetener for wine in the Roman Empire which Iberia was of course a part of. This further connects to the note that Grafiai’s paint is sweet scented instead of sweet tasting. Of course the food was still toxic because lead.
Smart regardless
I'd never heard of that reasoning for why the tomato was thought of as poisonous. I had always thought it was because it was a member of the nightshade family, which was known to be poisonous. Though I suppose the lead plate explanation would have solidified their fear of it's toxicity.
@@Thekoodie kind of three parts;
Nightshade connection
Acid in the juice leeched lead out of pewter plates (note that the peasants, who had wooden plates or trenchers of stale bread, were 100% eating them) and the chemical reaction of tomatoes cooked in copper pots, which is poisonous.
Grafaiai is now my favorite Gen 9 Pokemon! It also gives artists a perfect excuse to use its middle finger for laughs 😂.
As a artist, I don't need an excuse to give people the finger, it's my go to when dealing with people since I am a introvert but yeah, this is my poison type for my team, was gonna use paldean wooper but this little guy won me over, plus it's a monkey.
Smeargle finally has a friend.
@@Jw87563 or a rival
@@SatireGod If we don't get a turf war between these two, it'll be a missed opportunity for GF.
I really hope that there's like an artist class trainer you know named Goya who has like a bunch of creepy pokémon to reference like Goya and his black paintings. That would be so fun. He's one of my favorite painters
Dark Artist Yago wants to battle!
Dark Artist Yago sends Grafaiai!
@@thegnarledpirate9198 lol
@@thegnarledpirate9198 Yagoo?
Look in the trailers there look like there was a spray painting class or just a different artist Style class
@@tammyerickson9748 does no one remember that we literally just saw a spray painter in the trailers.. clearly this Pokemon will belong to them. Perfect match.
I freaking love Grafaiai and it's design, also who else thinks it can be encountered by interacting with painted trees?
I love the idea of tracking down a Pokémon using your surroundings, like following paint spots on trees to Grafaiai’s location, or following scratch marks on trees to a wild Pokémon. Footprints would be cool to track too.
@@MysteryMusic512 that would be a great concept, cause of pokemon were real, and you were a trainer , then using the environment such as looking for tracks, markings and say skat for instance or even sounds and smell or even patches of fur or scale (like shed skin from a reptile) would be a great way to track and locate pokemon, though not all of that in a game but I love the concept, makes it more immersive.
I think that was the point of the trailer. That way people know what they colored trees mean.
That's probably the case. In the map of the region there is no sign of painted trees, meaning it spawns randomly.
I mean
They said that around Paldean Wooper territory we can find poisoned pokemon so perhaps won't we not only find Grafaiai territory through the paintings but PERHAPS we may also find it DOING THE PAINTINGS
That would be neat
It hurts when people get spooked by Aye-ayes, because they have it bad enough in Madagascar due to the locals believing it to bring bad luck, especially if they point their special finger at you. This is likely why they are critically endangered
Yeah but if people didn’t know it just does that then I guess getting flipped off by a monkey would be bad
“Monkey thing”
Just because an animal is flipping you off, doesn’t make it evil!
@@emanuelrojas2 Does make it a jerk, tho
@@NovaMaster375 If someone wants to kill me because they think I am a bad omen I would flip my finger towards them too.
Watch out! ...W-WATCH OUT the FINGER!!! It's gonna FINGER ya!
When I was a kid I was in a young biologist's program. We got to spend a day going out and meeting all sorts of interesting animals at a conservation program. There were lemurs and we got to meet them. These ones were mostly seized animals that couldn't be rehabilitated, but could be used to preserve the species.
All we need now is a mouse lemur Pokémon, a Pyroar, a Zebstrika, Girafarig, Slowking, a couple Chimchar, some Piplup…
Nice reference. I'd say swap out Slowking with Hippowdon, but, overall, a nice reference.
We even have a NYC region too. This is too perfect.
Also a Passimian.
I think Dedene could work well enough. Sentret or Zigzagoon too perhaps?
Madagascar?
"The Slow Loris is the only toxic primate" I don't know, man. I've met some people that might prove otherwise 🤣
This got a startled laugh out of me😂
Are you talking about [redacted]?
Twitter
Literally the entire Pokémon fandom lol
In my headcanon smeargle and grafaiai are rivals always covering up each other's markings/paintings.
That’s the weird thing because the website and documentary short make it sound like the paintings are just the after affect of its preying strategy
As a portuguese i like seeing a Portugal related pokemon being shown before the game
Respect 😎
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ESTIVE À ESPERA TANTO TEMPO POR MAIS UMA REFERÊNCIA PORTUGUESA NESTE JOGO 😭😭😭😭😭
@@antoinemj1713 BORAAAAAAAA
The game is about Spain, not Portugal. Everything is about Spain, nothing is based on Portugal.
@@BerryStraw15 That's not fully correct. Paldea is the Iberain Pensula so there would be some Portuguese influences, like how Galar had some Scottish and Irish influences despite being mostly English
There's actually a really neat detail in Grafaiai's cry. There's a distinct *ksh* sound in the background of its cry, a sound reminiscent of a can of spray paint
I hope this mon is competitively viable. He has really good abilities. And he's adorable. And he seems to be taking inspiration from all sorts of poisonous/venomous animals. The poisoned saliva reminds me of lizards more so than anything else, like Komodo dragons, or gila monsters, who have a dangerous bite. The sweet scent saliva that attracts and incapacitates bugs reminds me of Pitcher Plants which have a way of luring in prey. IT COULD also take inspiration the slow loris, a lemur relative that is one of the few (or maybe only) poisonous mammals. What a unique Pokémon.
I love the name too that's fun. Graffiti+aye aye = Grafaiai. I hope it evolves maybe into a poison/fairy type THAT would be unique (and we need more poison/fairy mons aside from Galarian Weezing and more fairy dual types in general) and it would fit considering the slow loris has A TON of myths around them curing people, BUT fairies being fairies it could still fits the poison type. A Dark/Fairy type would also fit and be better for competitive. All of these Paldea Pokemon are SO FRICKEN GOOD what the heck GameFreak.
Imagine if it learns Sketch...
I think the slow loris might be the pre-evolve inspiration for this Pokemon.
@@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions it would be unstoppable lol
an absolute menace.
DO IT GAME FREAK YOU COWARDS lol
I can name another poisonous mammal, the platypus, but yeah.
@@Thunor93 oh yeah I can't believe I forgot about Perry.
WhenI first saw Grafaiai, I wondered why its eyes were flat green with no pupils. I think they are meant to reference night vision goggles which many street artists use because they paint at night.
I love how this is our first poison/normal type such a cute/creepy design
FINALLY a Portuguese pokemon. Super hyped about this mon.
Considering olives grow a lot in Portugal, second
Same im so hyped that my culture helped design pokemon…
@@Serena13 That is true but this one has a lot more specific Portuguese elements to it
@@miguelfrancisco7325 Hey brother I feel you on that
@@pufferfishboi4686 fair enough
I really like how Grafaiai gives some attention to Aye-Ayes, like Maurice from Madagascar. In fact, if I ever catch one, I may name them Maurice/Mauricio or Sascha.
i’m def naming mine maurice too lol. every time i say it’s name i’ll do the voice of the lemur guy
I really like how Grafaiai uses its mouth as a paint reservoir bc yeah thats something a real animal would have.
Nature is weird but beautiful
When I first saw Grafaiai the first thing that came to my mind was Locksin's Neo-K Smeargle, they're even both poison type. I was expecting some mention about it
Same, I was even thinking "oh man, Lockstin going to have a field day with this. It's literally his Neo-Smeargle" and here it is, not a mention.
God I love its design so much. It's going straight into my team I love looking at it
I was so shocked when Grafaiai was announced - aye-ayes are one of those animals people tend to look over when it comes to weird and creepy creatures. To see Game Freak notice this animal and turn it into a Pokémon is really great. Actually I think lemurs as a whole aren’t really appreciated when it comes to weird and funky animals. Aye-ayes are one of those animals I read about a lot growing up (since I loved books about all sorts of creatures) so to see it pop up in mainstream media made me unreasonably happy. (Funnily enough, I found this Pokémon first announced on Instagram and I didn’t see the name, but the long middle finger immediately made me think “Is that an aye-aye? DID THEY MAKE AN AYE-AYE POKÉMON?!”).
Also sad fact about aye-ayes: because of how freaky they looked, lots of people killed them thinking they were demons.
In Madagascar, it is believed that if an AyeAye points that creepy finger at you, you have to kill it or else you'll die.
It's a large part of why it is critically endangered.
As for the joint thing, it sounds confusing but everyone has one, it's called your shoulder.
I see Portugal in Title, I click in the video.
I am a simple Portuguese man.
Thank u for the video, continue the amazing Work! 🇵🇹. Fun fact, Portugal Took Control of the Indian Ocean in the 1500s (if I am not mistaken) that’s why we had many influence in the Indian Asian areas at that time. And that also explains why we had so many things in our country from other different countries. 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
I feel like Paldea sounds like Pangaea, which was earth before the continents split. Which is why I think there will be Pokémon in it that you wouldn't expect in the Iberian Peninsula. This Pokémon for me is one of those, but combined with actual Iberian culture
I’m so happy there’s a new poison type
Growing up in Madrid and then moving to New York made me realize how big of a problem graffiti tagging was in Madrid and other parts of Spain. This Pokemon could also be a reference to this. Even now when i got back most places are littered with very sh**** graffiti tags
yeah, that happens pretty much everywhere in the Iberian Peninsula, trust me, it's a problem in Portugal too. At least some graffiti is cool looking, but a lot of it is pretty lame, like just people writing "blank was here" and stuff like that.
“Mad at non electric vehicles, I mean, madatgascars” 💀🤣🤣
I think the big eyes may be a reference to the tarsier, which have the biggest eye to body ratio in mammals. Also they do live on Sulawesi which the Portuguese also were the first Europeans to get to. They had a base there until 50 years later when the Dutch came along.
I get the distinct feeling that these Grafaiai would fit into Neo Kanto like a glove.
My love for this Pokemon skyrocketed once you pointed out the hoodie. This Pokemon is Antisocial, artistic, nocturnal, and wears a hoodie, I have so much in common with it its honestly creepy...
i love aye-ayes, so im really happy they made an aye-aye pokemon!! i dont get why people think theyre creepy, theyre super cute!
I really love how different the artist trainer class has changed thru the regions. Gen 4,5, and 6 has them paining usually with a pallet, Gen 7 has them as a carver holding the giant Pikachu carving, and Gen 8 seems to have them be a spray painter. Or it could also be the punk trainer class, either could work honestly
If every Pokemon has a good reason for being in it's region since BW, mind explaining Pangoro and Hawlucha in Kalos? I've always wondered about those.
Cool stuff with the trade route between Madagascar and Portugal! Very interesting. Also Duke Lemur Center footage! Love to see it!
Wait imagine if Grafaiai evolves to have a paintball gun tail 🤣
Edit:Also Ring Tailed Lemurs will mark their territory using stink glands so there’s a connection
There's actually more to Grafaiai's look than just the hoodie and mask. It's leg and tail marking resemble ripped jeans or leggings and the different colouration of the feet makes them look like trainers.
I also think they're eyes are meant to look like a thermal vision mask, and they can see a difference in temperature or chemical signature unique to each grafaiai
Love to see some artists and grafaiai doing work together be they street artists or painters with a canvas and such. Imagine giving them various berries as snacks and getting different paints!
Grafaiai is my favorite Gen 9 pokemon until now, I absolutely loved his design and his trailer. And now that I know portuguese history could've played a big role in his design, I love him even more. I never thought I'd see a Pokémon inspired by my country, it's such a cool feeling.
Those are real amaizing Portugal street art you must go see them in person they are huge!!!
Thanks for reminding me why, as a Portuguese, I must have a Grafaiai in my team.
I didn't like its design at first. Now, it's my son.
I'll call him Malandro, which means rascal or scoundrel. Because he's a little punk. :D
I see people saying the portuguese references are wrong or come out of nowhere and that Paldea is based on Spain and Spain only and like...
I think only a "cortiça"-based Pokémon (the thing corks on wine bottles are made of) will convince those people Paldea is based on Iberia, and not JUST Spain. Because Portugal makes more than 50% of the worldwide production of cortiça. It's like, a third of the country is used just to make that. And it is a tiny country.
Actually Portugal makes around 70% of the world's cork. :) so yeah ! Also people keep forgeting that before Spain, Portugal was the biggest empire and it is even older than Spain itself. I really dont get the butthurt comments of some people who refuse to believe the aiberian peninsula is composed of both these countries 🙃
@@goldkim7464 I don't think it's older than Spain, though... Or, maybe it is?? I mean, Portugal became its own country when its people basically said "we ain't what you are, we're our own thing", but I don't know since when Portuguese culture was a thing... And it's even weirder that we are a Thing, because there is no natural border between Portugal and Spain, no river, no moutain, nothing. So, like, why?? How?? X'D
And yeah, we were the biggest empire until the whole "let's share America" debacle... but I can't think of it as a "Great Thing We Did" because of colonialism...
At least, I don't think my Brasilian cousins are taught to be proud of being Brasilians because some of their ancestors absolutely did not invade and eradicate a whole indigenous people. (Yes, I'm tackling all the Proud Americans who forgot their ancestry is European, not American.)
As a Portuguese, I didn't know anything that is in this video. Also, Grafaiai is beautiful and I hope that it's florests have different and colourful Pokémon like Smeargle.
I really hope graphaiai has different variations depending on which berries it eats
Grafaiai and Pokemon like Copperajah reminds me that it's okay to add Pokemon to your region whose origins is not that region. I'm designing Pokemons and a new region based on my own homecountry, and I often struggle to come up with consepts for new 'mons, because I take it too seriously. I'm trying too hard to make every Pokemon have deep roots in the culture, like with Galarian pokemon had with brittish culture. I like Grafaiai 'cause it reminds me to think that it's okay to have "imported" pokemon in your region. To broader your thinking and digging deeper and deeper in history, while trying to connect it with something from modern times. Designing your own region should be fun after all, no point to take it too seriously.
Also I love the fact it's an Ai Ai, an animal that's a long overdue as a Pokemon.
I didn't know how to feel about Grafaiai when I first saw its reveal, but it's grown on me after starting to understand its design and concept and watching this video. As a Portuguese person, I think it is fantastic and I love them now.
Lockstin’s explanations of Pokémon just make me appreciate them and Gamefreak’s work even more.
Lockstin: “Graffiti Pokemon would be cool! So I designed some!”
Pokémon: “Say less.”
I'm Portuguese and I absolutely love this video ❤ didn't know a few of these points so thank you for sharing it with us! Amazing video and excellent research dude!! 🙏🇵🇹
Love this video Lockstin, especially cause I was pronouncing Grafaiai’s name wrong in my head lol!!! And to hear all of the info about Portugal and Madagascar was so interesting. Makes you really love the history and lore Pokémon puts into each creature.
Modern Pokémon are so well designed I love them so much
I love Grafaiai, it's so cool. I love the Lemur aspects behind it, and the Aye-aye is fi-fine (bad pun). But this is easily in my top 10 favorite pokemon I think.
I’m so glad you touched on the slow loris inspo, no one else’s videos have mentioned that so far, and it immediately stuck out to me so I was hoping you would bring it up, and as always, you deliver. The giant eyes, while also resembling a painters mask, might also further draw from the slow loris inspiration, as they have famously massive eyes too.
Oh my gosh, it took me a bit to understand the “angry at non-electric vehicle-I mean Madagascar” joke but holy crap that was hilarious!
I think Grafaiai would fit well in Unova
Unova remake confirmed?! hopefully so
I bet it's shiny form has brown paint on it's finger 🙈
Oh god...
i didnt even know that was an official design at first, for a hot minute I thought this was a neo gheist lokemon. i love its design tho
I'm glad there's a "Graffiti Pokémon" but I kinda wanted what you did : a regional variant of Smeargle, who's a Pokémon I think deserves more attention.
But I guess it's the next best thing!
I! LOVE! THIS POKEMON! the more i look at it and it's inspirations thrown into it i love it even more! like the way it's eyes give it that "Nocturnal Eyes" look and look like a pair of shades or goggles from using spray paint or the fact it's darkened fur around it's head and torso look like a hoodie is the best! I love him so much!!!
Love this lil weirdo, so unique
Glad you took suggestions to heart and made the video a bit cleaner with just including the title and image to identify it with your channel. I definitely think it’s a positive change
Keep up the good work, Lockstin. I love pokemon but don't really keep up on the latest news so I tend to see the new reveals through your origin/breakdown videos.
@Lockstin & Gnoggin Amazingly astute and accurate alliteration about an artistic aiai-themed animal, amigo! 👍🏻
Aye aye aye
5:56 is that makoto naegi? From DR? The BRUNETTE? The classic good guy that does good things for the sake of being a good person?
This is how u do a Pokémon inspired on real life, looking at you polteageist , still looking at you
“I hope you’ll think they’re great…” 🥺
Aw… _all_ your videos are great! 😊
Either I'm Impressed or disturb how you took 3 seconds of demonstrating how Grafaiai licking its finger for "Reasons"
2:31 seeing that key have every one be "kingdom of [foreign sounding name]", and then the last one just says plain old "France", is really funny to me
Why haven't you mentioned Neo Smeargle? When I saw Grafaiai I immediately thought of your new Smeargle form/evolution.
I really love the reference to the Olma Forest! I live in the same region. But sadly still haven’t gone. But I’ve always thought it was magical.
There are a lot of forest and mountain art installations around here. Probably due to the modern basque art movement.
I remember seeing the trailer and thinking it was just another Pokémon that I might forget down the line but the more I look at it I honestly really like it and will probably put it on my team
5:56
Naegi Makoto as a school delinquent?
Oh boy, had a good laugh
I really like that Grafaiai on purpose, or not, is always giving you the middle finger.
Interestingly the Aye-aye is one of the few mammals to use it’s finger to hunt grubs and stuff. It uses the sound from the wood it taps to discover where the grubs are. It’s actually using a type of echolocation so I would be willing to bet this guy learns at least one or two sound based moves.
During the video I was thinking in telling you about the forest in Pais Vasco, but you mention it in the end, you did your work
I immediately thought of the slow loris when I saw that Grafaiai was a Normal/Poison type. Considering GameFreak is no stranger to either combining animals that are similar or related to each other, I think it’s fair to say that Grafaiai is a graffiti artist aye-aye with the slow loris’ venom
Always nice to see and hear about Madagascar and I was just waiting for you to explain why an Aye-Aye was in Gen 9.
The fact you can find trees painted by graphieye in the game is one of the single SICKEST pieces world building I've seen in pokemon 💚
This is so perfect
I was impatient for this🥰
Was waiting a video on this mon. Thanks Lockstin.
new video woo!!! very excited
Never thought we'd get an Aye Aye inspired Pokemon. Now we get to be flipped off by a Pokemon lol
So I'm over here chilling with a book in my hand and this in the background when I hear the most peculiar sounds. I look at the screen and Lockstin over here making cheeto fingers blush. Had to pause the video. No worries though, I got through the rest of it. caught me off guard a litten. very good video
I didn't even notice the whole hoodie thing! I love this mon.
3:32 When it comes to exotic-type mammals / Has he got a zoo? / I'm telling you, it's a world-class menagerie!
Street Painting is a HUGE thing in Portugal. I have visit lot of cities there and it ain't just Lisbon, it's literally everywhere. If you open Pokemon Go in any portuguese urban city you will find a pokestop of a grafitti near you, and on your walk to the spot, you will find even more art painted on walls, signs, flats, floor etc... Most of them are very professional drawings but there are some "punk" ones too (naturally). Loved Grafaiai!
Grafaiai and paldean wooper are tempting me to make another pure poison type team.
Smeargle: Vanilla, classical art.
Grafaiai: *spraying noises intensify*
This guy really fits well with neo legends ghetis except the trees but that's easy to fix just his general look
grafaiai looks like a very threatening pokemon, if it gets some good base speed and hp its gonna absolutely be a staple on my team if i can find it, i love the design and im really hoping he can carry his weight with unburden/belch
Okay but between the fingers covered in paint, the buck teeth, and the fact that the "spikey hair" also kinda looks like a baby bonet it's almost certaining a first form and evolves into probably a ring tailed lemur pokemon but also a slow luarace could make sense too. Lemur do spray chemicals with their Tails, although that may be to close to smergel but you never know.
I love how it is a first evolution, so the finger painting fits the kid stage perfectly and I hope it evolves into a Picasso or Dali inspired painter
God for some reason 3 of my favorite youtubers just uploaded at the same day
Love the video as well as the thumbnail XD
The coolest thing ngl also I really love this video
I wish y'all are having a great day
You know, you almost accidentally predicted Grafaiai in your Cyberpunk Kanto series.
I first heard of the Aye aye from the kids show Wild Kratts. It's the only animal that made it ok to flip the bird.
Great video!!