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  • @RajeshKK72
    @RajeshKK72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1771

    Ditto Into Eevee is the most unique I have ever heard

    • @avalencia9628
      @avalencia9628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      As a kid I thought Farfetch'd evolved into Doduo

    • @therealriddlemaster
      @therealriddlemaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I thought I could evolve charmander with a fire stone

    • @noyatori
      @noyatori 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@avalencia9628 i think its dobbs?

    • @LitKing3k
      @LitKing3k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@noyatori lmao us

    • @daphenomenalz4100
      @daphenomenalz4100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@therealriddlemaster i used to try that with every starter, but it never worked and i used to think that it wasn't high level that's why, so sometimes i even gave them the stones as an item 😂

  • @markoproto8467
    @markoproto8467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3205

    Me as a child: Mashing the A button increases your chances of catching a Pokémon

    • @ootfan7882
      @ootfan7882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      I actually tried the same concept but with the B button, and I actually caught a Pokèmon, but it was probably just conveniently timed. XD

    • @Dusty9680
      @Dusty9680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      It's only with the B button and still works

    • @cappyishere
      @cappyishere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Me when child: Mashes A for bigger catch chance
      Me now: Mashes A for bigger catch chance

    • @lilyb2497
      @lilyb2497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@ootfan7882 same! I still do it out of habit lol

    • @ootfan7882
      @ootfan7882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lilyb2497 same XD

  • @turntsnaco824
    @turntsnaco824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    When I was a kid, I heard about the trade glitch you could do in Gen 1 where you turn off one of the Game Boys mid-trade and it sends a duplicate copy of a Pokemon to another game without losing it in the original game. I had gotten a Mew from a Toys R Us event, and one day I realized I could just use the duplicate glitch to give a copy to a friend.
    I told him to just trade a Pokemon he didn't care about so he grabbed a Gloom from his box and we started the trade. I turned off one of the Gameboys, and we checked to see if it worked. When I went and looked in my game, I now had a Gloom, but no Mew, and he still had his Gloom.
    I had done it backwards. My Mew was gone forever.

    • @wubbers662
      @wubbers662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      At least you didn't trade away 4 shiny level 100 Sinnoh Pokemon and a Greninja because they are Level 100

    • @serenitywingss
      @serenitywingss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      oh my god that's so tragic, i will mourn him for you (also happy to see a fellow gg fan)

    • @cursedstarflight
      @cursedstarflight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wubbers662 so ur telling me that you did that

    • @user-tr8cq6dm4n
      @user-tr8cq6dm4n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I once thought Cloyster evolved into Gastly

    • @Cherubim666999
      @Cherubim666999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats what gameshark was for

  • @jacobhill3251
    @jacobhill3251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    My Step brother traded me a Haunter. It evolved of course. I was so excited to use it. What I didn't realize is it was level 80. I had two badges. Therefore it refused to obey me in battle (the first time I experienced this). I was convinced that Gengar had corrupted my game and was haunting my Gameboy color then.

    • @kj_usa2987
      @kj_usa2987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lol

    • @johnm.castillo3163
      @johnm.castillo3163 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      :( sorry. Similar thing happened to me in silver. I in fame trades my Drowzee for a Machop, wiped out Whitney and eventually my female machoke HATED me and I'd actually feel guilt feelings and dread. Not the coolest experience as a 9 year old lol

    • @lechonkthelegod4945
      @lechonkthelegod4945 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnm.castillo3163let’s just be glad nuzlockes weren’t a thing

  • @TheBigRedskull
    @TheBigRedskull 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2501

    The best thing about an Aura Guardian Video is determining if it’s a serious video or a hilarious joke one.

    • @bananacat3109
      @bananacat3109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      And both will be amazing

    • @mr.eldritch1589
      @mr.eldritch1589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yeah...he doesn’t bother confining to April 1st does he?

    • @geometryemperor
      @geometryemperor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It is a serious video on a hilarious topic.

    • @krimorant
      @krimorant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I can never tell

    • @johnathan9830
      @johnathan9830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's always a nice surprise either way.

  • @cool3dd
    @cool3dd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +411

    The Ditto evolution to Eevee
    And dobbs thinking Farfetched evolved at lvl 100 are both the most unique I've ever heard

    • @BlindJedi
      @BlindJedi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dobbs is a freaking idiot, so that checks out.

    • @cdoggo3352
      @cdoggo3352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BlindJedi yet you didn’t a catch a shiny buizel

    • @BlindJedi
      @BlindJedi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdoggo3352 no, I went blind. Horrifically and traumatically. Thanks for bringing it up.

    • @mizusenshi8172
      @mizusenshi8172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There was some video where Dobbs thought Togepi was a Gen 1 Pokémon. I think it was a collab with AuraGuardian too.

    • @lisiastar8441
      @lisiastar8441 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mizusenshi8172 and it wouldn't be too farfetch'd as togepi appeared in gen 1 anime and as such that was the impression that many people had at that time and for many years afterwards aswell

  • @shadowandluigifan989
    @shadowandluigifan989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    One time during one of my Diamond playthroughs as a kid, I used the master ball on an Abomasnow thinking that other balls wouldn't work because Abomasnow was too big lmao

    • @Elentrium
      @Elentrium ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lmfao

    • @ConnorDrawss
      @ConnorDrawss ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LMAOO

    • @ashensage7968
      @ashensage7968 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I used to use Great Balls on Onix in Silver because I thought it was too big to catch in normal Pokeballs xD

    • @aaronvarela89
      @aaronvarela89 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      When I was a kid I used to sometimes play on my sisters Pokemon save on Fire Red. She was pretty far into the game and I was surfing around looking for water Pokemon and decided to use the master ball on a Tentacool. Needless to say she was pissed and restarted the Game bc she wanted to catch Zapdos

    • @MirageUchiha
      @MirageUchiha ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rofl

  • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
    @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Ahhh, everyone had their own "way to increase catch odds" thing. None were as humiliating as mine, I was *convinced* that shouting "Gotcha!" into the mic made it easier to catch Pokemon.

    • @richardjared960
      @richardjared960 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I did that too.

    • @AceMercado10
      @AceMercado10 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mine was holding B lol

    • @orirune3079
      @orirune3079 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mine was worse, I had a little song I would sing that I knew rationally didn't do anything but it seemed to so I would sing in my head "it's gonna pop out today, it's gonna pop out hooray". Like some weird reverse psychology on the game.

    • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
      @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@orirune3079 The cringe is eternal. May whoever spread these rumours receive a mild inconvenience.

  • @nixuniverse5240
    @nixuniverse5240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +667

    "Do you remember your first ever shiny hunt ?"
    Yes, and I remember running out of patience each time about 10 minutes in as well.

    • @gamerhead473
      @gamerhead473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My very first shiny was a mankey in leaf green

    • @regulusroll-beyblade6126
      @regulusroll-beyblade6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My first hunt was a Hawlucha in X and Y

    • @archiegenesect7996
      @archiegenesect7996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      My first successful shiny hunt was with platinum’s Giratina, and I will probably never do another shiny hunt again

    • @Daniel-tf5ow
      @Daniel-tf5ow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I ran out of patients soft resetting for a shiny starter in about a month or two

    • @shubhamagrawal1802
      @shubhamagrawal1802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My First shiny ever was the ultra rare shiny gyarados in soul silver🙂......................................🥺(and my last one as well)

  • @thouzend16
    @thouzend16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    3:50 omg that finally explains how he got there in his revisiting save files video

    • @blowyourmindscientist6497
      @blowyourmindscientist6497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait... I thought that video was just a joke. He really did trap himself in? Still, the rest of that video is a joke... right?

    • @thouzend16
      @thouzend16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Blow your mind Scientist well we don't know yet if the rest of that video was a joke he's never explained if it was we just now know he did really trap himself lol

    • @Winnie589
      @Winnie589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was like what the heckity heck did you do

    • @kaibadlover
      @kaibadlover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mamta Pathak Isn't it Diamond & not heart gold nor soul silver

    • @hen0botx472
      @hen0botx472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thats what i was thinking (replying to the first comment)

  • @spursnofficial
    @spursnofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    I didnt know about type weaknesses until gen 6 at age 17. In gen 3, I would just attack everything with Sceptile's leaf blade.

    • @kewlman5417
      @kewlman5417 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      fire gym 💀

    • @dumbmonkey1313
      @dumbmonkey1313 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeez were you playing in a different language or something i don’t see how someone can be that dimwitted

    • @MirageUchiha
      @MirageUchiha ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @spursnofficial
      @spursnofficial ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Kewl Man had to revive Sceptile x amounts of times vs Winnona, Flannery and Drake fr

    • @derpizzaman1050
      @derpizzaman1050 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@@spursnofficialwhat did you think it meant when it said "not effective" and until 17??? 💀💀

  • @TigerW0lf
    @TigerW0lf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    When Pokemon Yellow came out, I tried to play the game by only capturing only the Pokemon that Ash caught cuz I thought being Ash was cool 😳

    • @Tahanok2
      @Tahanok2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      To be fair, it's easier to beat Brock with a Pidgeotto than a Pikachu that early in the game. I remember basically abandoning Pikachu the first time I played through.

    • @KodasToyReviews
      @KodasToyReviews ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha yah

    • @eeveefennecfox
      @eeveefennecfox ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that's not stupud,you made your own challenge when you were a kid,I think I did the same thing actually XD

    • @tomfrost6049
      @tomfrost6049 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree that it wasn't dumb whatsoever. Its how you yhlight you should but also how you wanted to play...personally I think it's pretty cool

  • @PkmnMasterNeb
    @PkmnMasterNeb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    When I was really little, I referred to Farfetch’d as “Farfetch Dee”.

    • @dawnsbuneary
      @dawnsbuneary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Me. too! Wow. Small world, huh?

    • @tylermannor4290
      @tylermannor4290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      OH MY GOD ME TOO!

    • @staringcorgi6475
      @staringcorgi6475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We though this because many of us didn't know grammar yet

    • @MHFelem
      @MHFelem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      More worse, I was thinking it is: Farfetch’ Duck

    • @auditorbutabigshot1675
      @auditorbutabigshot1675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SAME BRUH RELATABLE

  • @michaelbell1289
    @michaelbell1289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    The shiny Floatzel fail is even more embarrassing when you remember there are berries that lower EVs when fed to a Pokémon. You could have easily undone the speed EVs by just feeding them Tamato berries, so that way you could have kept the Floatzel and wouldn't have had to reset.

    • @stacyfearlicia
      @stacyfearlicia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      and in super training i’m pretty sure you can reset individual stats

    • @spiggly_digg
      @spiggly_digg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Super training was far easier and more fun, why did he use hordes

    • @LinkNinjaMaster
      @LinkNinjaMaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@stacyfearlicia Actually I think that the white bag reset all EVs and is the only EV lowering item in Super Training, so that's probably why he believed that the only way to remove the Speed EVs was to reset all of them.

    • @alexreid7386
      @alexreid7386 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LinkNinjaMaster Ahh that explains it, I totally forgot super training was a thing. The berries would indeed have been the best solution here!

  • @IntoTheFire777
    @IntoTheFire777 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    One of my dumbest things is I never knew that in Gold/Silver you can go to Kanto after beating the Elite Four, I literally missed out on HALF the game lol I found out 8 years later.

  • @Sam20309
    @Sam20309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I remember playing FireRed for the first time and catching a nidoran female thinking it was a male because my friend told me nidoking was really good. That nidoqueen ended up carrying the final rival fight.

    • @stewsucks5403
      @stewsucks5403 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To be fair nidoking and nidoqueen are basically the same Pokémon anyway lmao

    • @dhans9662
      @dhans9662 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@stewsucks5403 nidoking is better for sweeping, nidoqueen is a wall lol

  • @Patterrz
    @Patterrz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3793

    I thought the pokeball in viridian forest was the only one you could get, so if it failed i'd reset the whole game and try again

    • @LimeDizzy
      @LimeDizzy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      EPIC 1 min ago

    • @najlahalsayed5392
      @najlahalsayed5392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      hey pat there is this person called morepat that steals ur content

    • @poke3209
      @poke3209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@najlahalsayed5392 Thats his second account

    • @najlahalsayed5392
      @najlahalsayed5392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@poke3209 ik it was a joke

    • @rufusgoatman143
      @rufusgoatman143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi pat!

  • @nikolino93
    @nikolino93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    When I was younger I went to the hospital for a surgery, and I was there for a few days, and most of the time I was playing pokemon ruby. There was a kid who looked very sad and so I decided to let him use my game, and that little bastard deleted all my data 😢

    • @nikolino93
      @nikolino93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@aisaka7375 its all good I forgive you 😜

    • @nikolino93
      @nikolino93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@aisaka7375 I know I know I was being sarcastic, that happened in Italy that kid doesn't even know English lol

    • @ItzLynx189
      @ItzLynx189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aisaka7375 wait a minute

    • @ItzLynx189
      @ItzLynx189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aisaka7375 no i meant as in the meme

    • @merdone8121
      @merdone8121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nikolino93 scusa fra, non volevo

  • @metalwiz6868
    @metalwiz6868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    When I was a very small kid playing my first ever Pokémon game (which was Pokémon sapphire) my first try was a shiny Treecko. I didn’t know what a shiny Pokémon was at the time, so I thought that was supposed to be what he looked like. I remember this since I drew so many pictures of him because he was my favorite (mostly because I was too dumb to catch any others) and in all the drawings he was the blue green, and red tail. I started a new game because I hadn’t played for a long time, and got very confused why the color was different than what I remembered. Few years later I realized my mistake, and that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in Pokémon

    • @verylostdoommarauder
      @verylostdoommarauder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That wasn't stupid because you actually kept the shiny. So many other people wouldn't.

    • @localretard3779
      @localretard3779 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@verylostdoommarauder ye

    • @rockettbennett
      @rockettbennett ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oMg I WAs sO DuMB WheN I wAS a kId wHEn I GOt poKEmoN rUBy foR mY bIrThdAy i chOSE mUdkIP aND iT waS puRpLE i thOUght It WAs a GLicth sO I reSTArted THe gAMe aND iT wAs BluE!

    • @joshs3775
      @joshs3775 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@rockettbennettok

  • @piratelady8771
    @piratelady8771 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    One time I caught an Onix and was super impressed with its high defense stat. Back then, I didn't really know how stats worked so I just saw a big number and added it my team, expecting it to be a really good tank. You can imagine how well that went.

  • @isc8900
    @isc8900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    I thought there was a evolution line:
    Shellder>Cloyster>Gastly>Haunter>Gengar

    • @LadyLeomon
      @LadyLeomon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Vile Runner given how much a Cloyster’s “face” resembles a Gastly I don’t blame you 😂😂😂

    • @mochi9672
      @mochi9672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      i thought that for the longest time too wtf man

    • @everythingpizzaandknuckles6268
      @everythingpizzaandknuckles6268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Shellder evolves into Cloyster after learning Withdraw, then into Gastly after learning Shell Smash, then into Haunter at level 33, and into Gengar after trading

    • @willyp1347
      @willyp1347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I didn’t know dragonite evolved from dragonair and just thought it was was a goofy other version of charizard

    • @snakeattacker2857
      @snakeattacker2857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I thought it always went geodude, graveler, golem, onyx, and steelix because they were all together in the sinnoh pokedex

  • @VaporYTVideo
    @VaporYTVideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    When I was 7 years old, I was given 2 Pokemon cards from a teacher who would use them as prizes for doing really good in the classes. I got a Venonat and a Gastly and would constantly tell my mom how rare they were.... In 2 years I had at least 20-30 each of the exact same ones

    • @romeorodriguez7588
      @romeorodriguez7588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      They are rare. You can only get them from a teacher

    • @nikolaksan7771
      @nikolaksan7771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Its rare the teacher card very little have them...

    • @lil_wildboar
      @lil_wildboar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Aww soo cute Venonat looks like Kurubo in Yugioh

    • @OfficialAshArcher
      @OfficialAshArcher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Still a cool teacher!

    • @Noah-xq9no
      @Noah-xq9no 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man, I had like 3 binders of cards including my favorite Pokémon, Yveltal and Charizard. I came home one day and my brothers destroyed and ripped up all my cards.

  • @swagmessiah37
    @swagmessiah37 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    i used to do the pokeball rocking motion with my fist whenever i was trying to catch a pokemon cause i thought it might have some psychic connection and make the pokemon stay in the ball. not stupid, just really, really weird

  • @LizzieNya
    @LizzieNya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Okay hear me out: My first Pokémon game was Sapphire. I got engaged with the story real fast and took everything the NPCs told me very seriously. I even gave my Pokémon letters to hold with love words written on them (didn't know held items were actually useful)
    But what still haunts me to this day was when I had to "calm down" Kyogre so that he wouldn't destroy the world. I fought him with my entire team (dear Swampert clutching the team) and defeated him because "I can't catch him, he's the god of the sea, you're not allowed to own him as your Pokémon".
    I had grabbed the Masterball but never used it, mostly because I thought you were unable to catch a legendary Pokémon.
    And then my cousin caught him a week later in her own playthrough and I felt like an idiot 🙂

    • @lucasjaramillovargas9422
      @lucasjaramillovargas9422 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "He's the god of the sea, you can't use him as your Pokemon"
      LMAO that's the best comment I've seen

  • @shwoompy2702
    @shwoompy2702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    The first time I played Pokémon I was scared shitless that Caterpie would poison me

    • @guthzammysara
      @guthzammysara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      DUDE, ME TOO. AND WEEDLE

    • @justcallmedaddy6977
      @justcallmedaddy6977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I laughed way too hard at this

    • @matthewkuscienko4616
      @matthewkuscienko4616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@guthzammysara Weedle CAN poison you, though

    • @Winnie589
      @Winnie589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your character or your Pokémon? I was way more paranoid because I thought that the ghosts in Pokémon tower would make me faint like my character faint

    • @-t_.
      @-t_. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@guthzammysara weedle can poison you

  • @tord4336
    @tord4336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    At my school there were a a rumor that Ledyba could evolve into Entei.

    • @ethnictendo
      @ethnictendo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      If it could, then Ledyba would no longer be called useless.

    • @rafy.h.3108
      @rafy.h.3108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ethnictendo on its own it still was

    • @ethnictendo
      @ethnictendo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rafy.h.3108 Eh, true.

    • @badoongy6362
      @badoongy6362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yeah that happens when kids have nothing to off of then their own thoughts and not really any evidence proving it and there is no internet to prove them wrong
      also "the L is real" was a big thing that lasted for a long time and that was said by elementary aged kids
      same with mario punching yoshi in super mario world exept that was actually true

    • @ethnictendo
      @ethnictendo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@badoongy6362 Mario didn't punch Yoshi. He was pointing at where Yoshi needs to eat the enemies.

  • @brandonschreiber6403
    @brandonschreiber6403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Back when I played Pokémon Gold, I didn't automatically find HM Waterfall in that one ice cave towards the end, so when I arrived at the waterfall that would eventually lead to the Kanto region, I just assumed that's where the game ended. About a year later, after having explored every nook and cranny in the Johto region, I finally found the MacGuffin to my story, and connected the dots. Imagine my utter amazement when I realised there was a whole chapter left to be explored. Felt like I had hacked into the mainframe.

    • @rjd-kh8et
      @rjd-kh8et ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wonder if that's why the remake won't let you proceed without the HM.

  • @FlopsoTheClown
    @FlopsoTheClown 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    my first pokemon game was X, and i mostly understood everything that was going on so i dont think i ever did anything particularly stupid, all i remember is getting stuck at the power plant section because i didnt read what the flare grunt said about the keycard and spending like, a month stuck in that area, somehow getting to the elite four without knowing how levels worked so i got really frustrated when my mostly underleveled team couldnt properly face off against any of the four, and i think when i was a bit younger id only known about the black and white anime so when i watched an episode of indigo league my brain automatically thought "why did they change cilan and iris' designs" even though it was clearly an older piece of media

  • @blameitondanny
    @blameitondanny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    As a kid, I thought if I attack a zigzagoon with water gun, it's fur would be wet and would weaken it 😅

    • @psuedonym9999
      @psuedonym9999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      That's actually sounds like a good idea, like a Breath of the Wild type interaction. Speaking of BotW, there actually *is* an interaction sort of like that. In the Gerudo Desert, it's quite hot, and if you don't wear proper clothing or eat/drink chilly food/sliders, you'll take damage over time. Standing in the shade also helps. But you could also carry ice weapons like you can carry flame weapons in cold climates. But I didn't know this one until recently: if you're wet, say, after just getting out of the water, *or* after striking chuchu jelly, you'll stay cool for a bit. That chuchu jelly part I had no idea about until recently. It's kinda like getting Zigzagoon wet to make it's fur stick together instead of being puffed out and spiky. But sorry for the wall of tangentially related text.

    • @itzjustme6431
      @itzjustme6431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don’t blame you wasn’t that Pokémon like a cat Pokémon or something

    • @psuedonym9999
      @psuedonym9999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@itzjustme6431 No, Zigzagoon is a raccoon.

    • @cmoore1369
      @cmoore1369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@psuedonym9999 Monster Hunter has been punishing hunters in the desert for YEARS. Cold drinks, and Hot drinks are a thing lol.

    • @peggyswigert3708
      @peggyswigert3708 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s reasonable

  • @poggersman5497
    @poggersman5497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Whenever I was hunting for a rare Pokemon in wild grass, I thought killing/fainting the more common ones would increase my chances of encountering the rarer ones as the common ones would die.

    • @clintonbuxton5471
      @clintonbuxton5471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hahahah I did the same thing

    • @cloverra3243
      @cloverra3243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Logic

    • @npc4416
      @npc4416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      they should implement this tbh

    • @spartacus1329
      @spartacus1329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did the same

    • @Astralpaladin7955
      @Astralpaladin7955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Pokemon Sword And Shield Implemented That

  • @twixieshores
    @twixieshores 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Ah yes, the left-right mash. I did it so much as a kid, when I started playing again as an adult I found out I had it committed to muscle memory.
    Good news is it's a harmless stupid thing

  • @emblemblade9245
    @emblemblade9245 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I tried weakening Ho-oh before using the master ball because I thought the guaranteed catch factor only applied if its HP was in the red.
    Of course I OHKO’d it and had to save scum a retry

  • @luketurner6449
    @luketurner6449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    Mine was thinking that if I caught every zubat in the cave I could walk through uninterrupted. 😅

    • @johngancarcik5682
      @johngancarcik5682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      If only that were true but the kanto safari zone has no more tauros thanks to ash and brock

    • @waylamowo3597
      @waylamowo3597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hah I did that 2

    • @gavinjudy9687
      @gavinjudy9687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How many did you catch b4 just going through

    • @broadts2396
      @broadts2396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you catch 69 shiny zubat then you walk through unharmed xd

    • @AdentuAlt
      @AdentuAlt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yooooo so me

  • @Sezenian
    @Sezenian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    As a kid I didn't know how to spell Ash, so I named my first character "Es"

    • @solarium-z8230
      @solarium-z8230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The name sounds like a character from 'ALTER EGO'.

    • @bewearstar9462
      @bewearstar9462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @laeva495
      @laeva495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@solarium-z8230 Ah, I see, you're...

    • @solarium-z8230
      @solarium-z8230 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@laeva495 ???

    • @laeva495
      @laeva495 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@solarium-z8230 ...sorry I was referencing the game after the tests you take

  • @gooberbunchofrandomnumbers
    @gooberbunchofrandomnumbers 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I used to think the poison effect on gba games outside of battle that made your screen kinda glitch and stuff meant there's mewtwo somewhere nearby

  • @Locket.L
    @Locket.L 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I always thought that Pokémon would fit in a Pokeball with the same main colour as theirs, so I would get upset running into an Abra and not having any yellow Pokeballs

  • @mockingmicah5045
    @mockingmicah5045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    the dumbest thing I did as a kid was putting nidoking and nidoqueen in the daycare expecting an egg

    • @akshaykarthik928
      @akshaykarthik928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      Honestly this isnt even dumb, this makes total sense

    • @thorwhoisacat
      @thorwhoisacat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Thats not dumb, its dumb that it didnt work

    • @ethnictendo
      @ethnictendo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Out of all the "dumbest thing I did as a kid" stories I've ever heard/read, this one's the most understandable.

    • @deadmonsterhead4507
      @deadmonsterhead4507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      No that is the dumbest thing GameFreak did not having them be able to breed

    • @peptobismolveins
      @peptobismolveins 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deadmonsterhead4507 yeah exactly.

  • @LitKing3k
    @LitKing3k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    My first ever shiny was a Gyarados


    Yeah, Lake of Rage, that's correct…

    • @vanshgarg5514
      @vanshgarg5514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My first was a random Lairon in Emerald, and that was before I knew what a shiny is😂😂
      Edit: I forgot to mention
      I stopped using my lvl 86 Aggron, booted an exp share to the shiny Lairon, put it at the end of my party, and beat the elite 4 17 timws to evolve it to Aggron😅🤦🏻

    • @vegetalover9297
      @vegetalover9297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same I named it Redrage

    • @sweethheart
      @sweethheart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mine was a Trapinch, I only learned what a shiny was at that point.

    • @tylermannor4290
      @tylermannor4290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      my first shiny that wasn't gyrados was a weedle. I thought both it and the shiny gyarados were one of a kind

    • @xBloodxFangx
      @xBloodxFangx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought this was a boss or something as a kid so I always KOed it thinking it would give me something special or more exp... noooope... its a shiny.

  • @hotwing38
    @hotwing38 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    In the original diamond and pearl, my friend and I were stuck at the same point in the story for a good month. We didnt realize you needed to talk to the galactic grunt by the safari zone 🤣

  • @zetafish7347
    @zetafish7347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I was one of those kids who thought speed was based on how fast you could click the button. Child me couldn't possibly comprehend why Burgh's Leavanny would always go before my Patrat.

  • @octojova
    @octojova 2 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    I used to think that the only way you could evolve Slowpoke into Slowbro was by having a Shellder bite a Slowpoke’s tail during battle. I proceeded to spend hours killing Shellders in the Slowpoke Well wondering why it wasn’t working.

    • @lil_wildboar
      @lil_wildboar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Lol a lot of Shellders lost their lives because of the pokemon series.

    • @thesnorlaxagenda
      @thesnorlaxagenda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      That would be an awesome mechanic though

    • @oleboybanks
      @oleboybanks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did the Same thing lmao

  • @TheFawly84
    @TheFawly84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    I once tried my masterball on a trainers pokemon. As it never missed I just assumed that it would catch the trainers pokemon. I still remember the trainer swatting the ball away. I was so devestated.

    • @shamz._1
      @shamz._1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      LOL I DID THIS

    • @BLZRDD
      @BLZRDD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shamz._1 I’m assuming you lose the Masterball too??

    • @gizmodahamster3389
      @gizmodahamster3389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BLZRDD that would suck

    • @BLZRDD
      @BLZRDD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gizmodahamster3389 I’ve never threw a Masterball at a trainers Pokémon and since it’s a special ball with one in game only to obtain, I’d figure that they would code in where you keep the ball until you catch something. Tho I’ve never tried so not completely sure lol

    • @kahyogama8639
      @kahyogama8639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I used it on a klefki

  • @loganrogers1071
    @loganrogers1071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I used to ALWAYS play with just my starter and over level him. It wasn’t until my 2nd attempt at Pokémon Diamond that it might be a good idea to catch different Pokémon 😂. I would get so mad when I’d get to the 5th gym and be 15 levels above the leader and still get one shot because of typing (which I had no idea existed 💀) and never advancing so I’d just start over with a nee starter.

  • @STEELZ2000
    @STEELZ2000 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One time when I was hunting Pokémon as a kid, really at night. I saw a Kadabra that looked really weird, color wise. So I figured there it was a glitch, and promptly restarted the game. Only then did I remember that shinies are a thing.

  • @tinyexpectiduck718
    @tinyexpectiduck718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    quitting the scouts to watch pokemon is swag af lol

    • @tahirahd1
      @tahirahd1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100th liked here’s some choccy milk

    • @tinyexpectiduck718
      @tinyexpectiduck718 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice, My first comment to get 100 likes, ty for choccy Milk

    • @icymiles
      @icymiles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fax i'd do that

    • @brendanreilly4675
      @brendanreilly4675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would’ve done the same, Boy Scouts is boring as hell lmao

    • @futurized_
      @futurized_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, who wouldn’t do that? It’s dumb if you stay in the scouts.

  • @pixelpudding3914
    @pixelpudding3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    “I quit the scouts just so I could watch Pokémon”
    That’s iconic

  • @bast4rdlyreaper
    @bast4rdlyreaper ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The dumbest thing I did was believe in Minusle. It was a theory that you could breed plusle and minun together to get a Minusle. It was a gray color with one cheek being a plus and the other cheek being a Minus. The breeding pair needed to have held items, and know helping hands, low chance to breed of 1/50 eggs could be Minusle, etc.
    There were rumors that it was a a hidden unintentional pokemon like the Mew spawn teleport glitch and Missingno in generation one. That's why it wasn't in the Pokedex. The sprites were very convincing, and this was in ruby sapphire, before the sprites moved like in emerald.
    I bought it hook line an sinker, and attempted to breed them for weeks before id attempted all possibilities, and finished that section of the Pokedex.
    This was in the early 2000s, before TH-cam existed, and internet hoaxes were much harder to disprove, plus I was a dumb kid.
    I just tried looking it up, and it seems that the hoax has been washed from the surface web of Google, cants even find the hoax fanart sprites on image search.

  • @nikomgames2888
    @nikomgames2888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Dumb thing I thought as a kid: because I wasn't aware that the box existed, I thought that only the first 5 pokemons you catched + your starter would stay with you, and the pokemons you catched after these would just vanish. That's also why my HG team was Cyndaquil, Sentret, Rattata, Zubat, Caterpie and Metapod.

    • @faefly9383
      @faefly9383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lmao i thought the same thing. in my ss file, I couldn't get past the "take this egg" because I had quilava (who I couldn't figure out how to evolve) and some others that I forget. I remember quilava though. And getting lost in ruins of alps or whatever it;s called.

    • @itzl2124
      @itzl2124 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HAHAHA im sorry i laughed a lot when i read your team😹😹😹😹😹

    • @Toe-collector
      @Toe-collector ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bro i just bursted out laughin in school ☠️

    • @ShintaroShadow
      @ShintaroShadow ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Toe-collector 💀

    • @spiritbaki108
      @spiritbaki108 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      SAME

  • @silverslayer6262
    @silverslayer6262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Guardian: I used a poke doll on the ghost.
    Me: You too, huh?

    • @laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978
      @laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I didn't even know that you could do that until this video.

    • @silverslayer6262
      @silverslayer6262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@laurenchinsphealsupremacis9978 I didn’t know you needed the silphscope till a month later

    • @nicocchi
      @nicocchi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      chiming in as one of the dumbasses (or perhaps actual genius) who got past with the Pokédoll because I had no idea there was a whole dungeon under the casino

    • @cdoggo3352
      @cdoggo3352 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn’t this also used in the speedrun?

    • @silverslayer6262
      @silverslayer6262 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdoggo3352 That’s where everyone got the idea from, some speed runners that basically cheated by using this glitch?!

  • @RicoHarding
    @RicoHarding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    I always thought the weaker attacks i used, causing the battles to be longer, gave me more XP.

    • @rossvistamail
      @rossvistamail 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      That would be a great mechanic

    • @shikabaneconga
      @shikabaneconga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      that kinda feels true judging by how longer gamed in gen 1 seemed to give you more exp

    • @wisecicero8199
      @wisecicero8199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I still believe this. More turns = more exp

    • @Zyuk07
      @Zyuk07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same Lol

    • @jaydengames8532
      @jaydengames8532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought the exact opposite lmao

  • @robynhoodie
    @robynhoodie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So I also caught a Ditto with a master ball. The reason was I heard a rumor that because ditto is basically a liquid it could seep though the edges of any other ball and escape. It’s interesting to hear that false rumor was more wide spread.

  • @fluffin3922
    @fluffin3922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I thought special attack and defense were the backup stats in case your opponents lowered your regular attack and defense to the point where it said "----'s Defense can't go any lower!" but I was confident in my starter so I fed him special attack and defense-lowering berries to be best friends

  • @JasonDS64
    @JasonDS64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    When I was a kid playing Blue for the first time I got my feelings hurt by the bird trio because the Pokeball kept missing so I just fainted them saying something along the lines of "if they don't want to be caught, then I don't want them." I then used my Master Ball on a Level 3 Weedle.

    • @Sen-dh9mk
      @Sen-dh9mk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      the last part came so random i started laughing

    • @fist-of-doom487
      @fist-of-doom487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Back when I played Pokémon Crystal I didn’t know what the Pokéball symbol next to Pokémon names meant. I knew they appeared next to Pokémon I already had but it somehow didn’t occur to me that these are wild Pokémon of the same species of Pokémon I had. So I assumed it was a combination of the Wobbufet and Charizard problem in the anime and that my Pokémon kept coming out of their Pokéball’s and wanted to fight me.

    • @autograph415
      @autograph415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fist-of-doom487 what

    • @sweedra7899
      @sweedra7899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fist-of-doom487 Wow, even my 6-year old self had more logic than that. The worst thing I did when I was 6 was accidentally trap myself on an island. It had some hiker or something, but I'm glad I was able to get out of there by fishing.

    • @Han_Niche
      @Han_Niche 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "I don't need the legendary birds, i have self respect"

  • @gentai1046
    @gentai1046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    Pikachu: the mouse Pokémon
    Alex: Ayo thats a cool rabbit

    • @beavers123Gaming
      @beavers123Gaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a pika not a mouse tho, pikas closest relatives are rabbits. He was closer than mouse so 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @GoncaloDCa
      @GoncaloDCa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@beavers123Gaming the pokedex still says that he is a mouse pokemon

    • @beavers123Gaming
      @beavers123Gaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GoncaloDCa it's probably a translation issue

    • @GoncaloDCa
      @GoncaloDCa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@beavers123Gaming sorry but it's not, pikachu might be inspired by the pika but he definitely is the mouse pokemon, you can check by yourself in japanese he is the nezumi pokemon and from what I found it can be used for mouse or rat

    • @beavers123Gaming
      @beavers123Gaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GoncaloDCa what if they use the same word for pikas

  • @mystc7081
    @mystc7081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    6:06 This is part of the reason I used super training in gen6, on top of not being rng reliant, so it would usually be faster anyways. Too bad you forgot about the friendship berries lowering EVs.

  • @kolby125
    @kolby125 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember doing a stupid thing in my copy of Ultra Sun when I was little.
    When I was trying to catch Mespirit, I used regular pokeballs.
    You can imagine the rest.
    And whenever I tried to catch a pokemon that I have failed at many times, I would put my 2DS on the ground, Bend forward at it, and stare right into its soul.
    I was stupid.

  • @velvetbutterfly
    @velvetbutterfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    It was actually quite common for people to think Kanto was called Indigo, due to the english version never mentioning it in game

    • @Pokemazda
      @Pokemazda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In the Netherlands they also never mentioned it!

    • @velvetbutterfly
      @velvetbutterfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rowin Hofstede that's not too surprising. The way a lot of media translation worked is English people would translate it because of course, and then the english versions would then be retranslated into all other languages

    • @updfdrakkell143
      @updfdrakkell143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it mentioned it in the og ones when you get the map from garys sister after you get the mon from oak

    • @velvetbutterfly
      @velvetbutterfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      UPDF Drakkell not in english, I know it does in Japanese copies.

    • @jamie36
      @jamie36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Pokemazda is there a dutch version?????? WTF I need it

  • @askmeaboutsugma
    @askmeaboutsugma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    When I was a kid a buddy of mine told me that mashing the “A” button would increase the odds of catching a Pokémon. I believed this. So much so that, to this day, I still instinctually mash the “A” button knowing it does nothing.

    • @cooper9099
      @cooper9099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It may not work but goddammit does it feel like it does work.

    • @askmeaboutsugma
      @askmeaboutsugma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cooper9099 ikr 😂 every time I catch a Pokémon I’m like “definitely because I was mashing”

    • @jrking3812
      @jrking3812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same and I cannot help it. Its almost as if I’m fighting whats second nature. Deep down in my heart I feel like its working.

    • @Darlomon
      @Darlomon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      B for me

    • @reptileguy5607
      @reptileguy5607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When your down to you last pokeball trying to catch a legendary from second gen best believe your mashing for dear life

  • @rosenrot234
    @rosenrot234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I still remember my first shiny ever. A rattata in Johto near where you start in silver / gold. I can't recall my first ever dedicated "hunt" for a shiny though.They're more fun when they're random and just something you wouldn't expect

  • @LuisGonzalez-lf5dc
    @LuisGonzalez-lf5dc ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My first shiny encounter was Zapdos in Firered. I didn’t know what it was at the time but I remember seeing the sparkles and I was like what was that. Zapdos shiny almost looks identical to its non shiny variant so I didn’t even noticed it. I only had like 10 Pokeballs so I obviously didn’t catch it. Years later I realized my first encounter with a shiny Pokémon was a shiny Zapdos which I failed to catch. Still haunts my dreams.

  • @badoongy6362
    @badoongy6362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    "I quit the scouts just so I could watch an episode on pokemon"
    This is true love for a franchise

    • @misticornart
      @misticornart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amazing

    • @kobayashinisalahs7673
      @kobayashinisalahs7673 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah

    • @pixelpudding3914
      @pixelpudding3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s an absolute power move

    • @thealmightyone6461
      @thealmightyone6461 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did it for dragonballz😅

    • @lattemeowcchiato3767
      @lattemeowcchiato3767 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I quit choir to watch pokemon aswell. Never thought I'd hear of someone.. like-minded..
      My excuse is that I'm a terrible singer anyway and 15 years ago streaming wasn't really a thing so I had to set priorities I guess.

  • @Zoggosh
    @Zoggosh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    I remember using one of those tiny keychain flashlights and holding it an inch from my gameboy when I got to Rock Tunnel. Didn't know where flash was so I just assumed that they wanted you to flash a light on your gameboy screen in order to be able to see. I spent a few days inside there before I managed to make it to Lavender town, and subsequently outleveled the rest of the game by 10+ levels because of how long I spent mindlessly walking around in there.

    • @aplainbagel6619
      @aplainbagel6619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s hilarious

    • @wisecicero8199
      @wisecicero8199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The amount of times iv reset my game due to getting lost without flash xD

    • @ce7624
      @ce7624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Task failed successfully I guess 🤣

    • @Tahanok2
      @Tahanok2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I learned to navigate that tunnel by sound as a kid because I refused to teach Flash to a pokemon. By "sound", I mean walking until I heard the sound for hitting a wall or trainer. And I say "learned" because I did it 3-4 times, rather than lucking my way through once.

  • @spongebabe27
    @spongebabe27 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh also when I was younger I messed about with WTW (walk through walls) and in Gen IV there's a glitch that sometimes happens when you do this where you lose the walking animation and the screen suddenly gets a bright white filter and honestly you 100% feel like a ghost and I got incredibly scared and had to stop using Action Replay for ages lmao

  • @Panikdemet
    @Panikdemet 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember using my first master ball on a ditto too!
    I didn't know the value and rarity of legendaries in gen 1 lol

  • @capitalistpropaganda9165
    @capitalistpropaganda9165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    “I thought ditto evolved into eevee”
    It’s fine I thought cryogonal evolved into absol

    • @Mickelraven
      @Mickelraven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      You think that's bad. I thought Noctowl evolved into Spiritomb!
      I'm not joking!

    • @user-hj5lr7yf6z
      @user-hj5lr7yf6z 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Mickelraven
      the
      what

    • @Mickelraven
      @Mickelraven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@user-hj5lr7yf6z You heard me!

    • @EVELYNEV13
      @EVELYNEV13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I always thought that the baby bell evolved into hariyama pre-evolution

    • @idifeisnormal
      @idifeisnormal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I never look in the Pokédex

  • @emielcaudron6470
    @emielcaudron6470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    The dumbest thing I did as a kid was when a friend told me that if you talk to Spiritomb's stone enough times in D/P/P then it'd appear, so I spent like 2 full days just constantly spamming the A button... yeahhh

  • @pocketmonsters1996
    @pocketmonsters1996 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    THE DUMB THING I DID IN POKÉMON IS THAT I KEPT FORGETTING THAT GROUND TYPE POKÉMON ARE IMMUNE TO ELECTRIC TYPE MOVES.

  • @g3gad352
    @g3gad352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    5:04 This isn't stupid, this is a big brain

  • @reedwada6257
    @reedwada6257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    In Pokemon Diamond, I thought that you needed String Shot to climb the Rock Climb paths.

    • @ethnictendo
      @ethnictendo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I can see your logic. It'd be like a grappling hook.

    • @Keb1c
      @Keb1c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Spiderman!

    • @nashfesik7062
      @nashfesik7062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I see how you can get confused from that

  • @ravenhorn3148
    @ravenhorn3148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    When Pokemon Red and Blue came out I got completely swept up in the hype, even convincing my dad to drive me to the local mall to get the games where there was a giant release event for it. Now when I did get the game I was TERRIFIED on the way home I was going to be arrested. Why? Because I was under 10, and the show clearly explained that you needed to be 10 to start your Pokemon journey so I was so scared that I was going to be arrested for playing this game I refused to play it outside of my house for weeks.

    • @cringee21
      @cringee21 ปีที่แล้ว

      same, but i got omega ruby at 9
      guess i’m a criminal now

  • @marcogypaetus9607
    @marcogypaetus9607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought Farfetch'd was the first stage of the Dodrio line for pretty much the same reason. I once threw a masterball at a Rattata. In my defense it was a shiny one and I thought that made it harder to catch. To this day I forget that Lickitung is a gen 1 pokémon. I thought only dittos could be left in the daycare to get an egg. There is probably more, but these are some things off the top of my head.

  • @Astrealiaa
    @Astrealiaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first Pokemon game I owned was Black, I didn’t know you could run from wild pokemon battles until I reached the 4th gym lol

  • @aura6886
    @aura6886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    I used to argue with my friend over whats pikachu's evolution, and ofc little me thought it was electabuzz

    • @shrek9968
      @shrek9968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What did your friend think it was? Jolteon? lol

    • @aura6886
      @aura6886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@shrek9968 basically i thought it was electabuzz and my friend said raichu

    • @shrek9968
      @shrek9968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aura6886 oh ok lol

    • @hahaIol
      @hahaIol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ultramegalul

    • @dannyosmon4463
      @dannyosmon4463 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i thought it was ampharos

  • @jberdo66
    @jberdo66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    “I quit the scouts to watch Pokémon.” Sounds like 10 year old me quitting football to watch yugioh

    • @trickywickbow5536
      @trickywickbow5536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I really don’t like the scouts of football cos I’m to lazy but at least I can watch Pokémon

    • @EvilSnowVO
      @EvilSnowVO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      For me it was quitting judo to watch the Simpsons. I think it was around the time that the episode about Homer cutting off his thumb was out because I missed it and thought it would be a permanent change to the show going forward

    • @Nekrosoa
      @Nekrosoa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @bewearstar9462
      @bewearstar9462 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EvilSnowVO lol

    • @huss1054
      @huss1054 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EvilSnowVO I remember that ep

  • @t-rexngatokorua8733
    @t-rexngatokorua8733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I did the one where you press the d pad to increase the capture rate. Also I kinda miss the rumor/fake pokemon vids...it added an extra bit of magic and mystery to the games like "just MAYBE I will find new under the truck.." etc etc. That was part of the experience as a child I think.

  • @spongebabe27
    @spongebabe27 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg when you were talking about AR it reminded me of something I can add to this video: it wasn't AR specifically but I found out about the cloning glitch in the Hoenn Battle Tower around the same time I was messing around with AR, it was my very first time trying the glitch and I got one thing SLIGHTLY wrong, accidentally leaving my FIRST EVER level 100 Pokémon (Swampert) in the first slot of my box, whereupon my level 8 Taillow holding a Rare Candy promptly overwrote my Swampert and I lost arguably my most important Mon of all time 😭😂

  • @ericmoon2974
    @ericmoon2974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    That shiny Floatzel thing isn’t a stupid moment, that’s just heartbreaking. We all been there.

    • @obi-wankenobi8927
      @obi-wankenobi8927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Were the ev reducing berries a thing then? Because if so i would say that was pretty stupid idk tho since i started doing competitive in gen 7

    • @TheStarsTwilight
      @TheStarsTwilight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@obi-wankenobi8927 They were; I was thinking that very same thing when he said he HAD to do a full reset

    • @peacethrufire1674
      @peacethrufire1674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve played three games never happened (but I’ve also sadly never gotten a legit shiny random :/)

    • @HanakkoLove
      @HanakkoLove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We all been EV training and found a shiny and gave up the shiny because you were too dumb to use the berries? Cannot relate

    • @bashfulwolfo6499
      @bashfulwolfo6499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve never EV trained once since I still don’t fully understand it and don’t really bother to. I’ve also never found a shiny in the wild.

  • @dylanwormuth1089
    @dylanwormuth1089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    3:44 it’s really funny that Game Freak added an interaction and a text box behind the counter, seeing as you’re never supposed to be able to get back there. Also, Nurse Joy turning to talk to you is so weird.

    • @hahant-expertatunfunnycont9713
      @hahant-expertatunfunnycont9713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's the same dialogue as the counters in the pokemart, so it's probably a glitch

    • @Buhllistic
      @Buhllistic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hahant-expertatunfunnycont9713 or just the same assets

    • @5050ChanceImSerious
      @5050ChanceImSerious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nurse joy thing isn't weird. Characters were programmed to turn an talk to you. They just copy and past it to all every other character, including nurse joy

  • @pyramidofmoos2
    @pyramidofmoos2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I used to think the Machop line was part rock type when I played red and always used surf against them because I thought they were weak to it even though there was no message to that effect. I didn't understand nature's for a long time even after I learned about the masuda method so my first hatched shiny was a shiny charmander with a brave nature because I wanted my charizard to be brave XD

  • @MikeTheCartoon
    @MikeTheCartoon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There’s two that come to mind for me:
    1. Using a Master Ball on a Rhydon in Crystal when I was like 8. Of course I didn’t know any better but whatever
    2. Not knowing until I was I was like 21 that fighting types aren’t super effective against ground types. I guess I just always assumed it was because of Pokémon like Geodude and Onix.

  • @Archadianite
    @Archadianite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Gotta admit, that Poke Doll Strat was genius

  • @cathalhiggins1367
    @cathalhiggins1367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    I can remember playing my brand new Pokémon Platinum for the first time and I chose Piplup as I had already used Chimchar and Turtwig in Diamond and Pearl. However, when I threw my Piplup out to battle I remember it looking an off shade of blue and I was worried that my game was faulty so I restarted and got the normal looking Piplup. Looking back, I failed a shiny Piplup because it wasnt a very noticeable shiny, if it was red I would've known that it wasnt my game acting up if that makes sense

    • @shikabaneconga
      @shikabaneconga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      i dont blame you at all

    • @Vxeyo.forreal
      @Vxeyo.forreal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I did the same once

    • @Mar-iw5ut
      @Mar-iw5ut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Can we get a F in the comments plz

    • @Jonathan-us1qu
      @Jonathan-us1qu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That sucks I don’t blame you at all for thinking it was a wrong shade of blue or something

    • @gooeyking
      @gooeyking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thats all on the developers, ive fainted shinies simply because the differences were so miniscule i didnt even realize it was a shiny.

  • @rusz8182
    @rusz8182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used to think Corphish was a split evolution, like the Slowpoke line. Anyway, I used to think Corphish evolves to Scizor by level up, and Corphish evolves to Crawdaunt when traded holding a King's Rock...

  • @awesomedragon5614
    @awesomedragon5614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My first Pokémon game was Alpha Sapphire, and when I checked the Pokédex to find out where you can catch a Nosepass, it said, “Habitat Unknown”, and I thought that meant it was unobtainable in ORAS, not thinking that it was a Rock Smash encounter. I also thought Trapinch was a one off, and Vibrava and Flygon were also unobtainable

  • @crestonm2174
    @crestonm2174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I accidentally ran away from a shiny Farfetch'd in Heart Gold a long ways back. It still haunts me to this day.

  • @luigiopaf9994
    @luigiopaf9994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Probably the dumbest thing I've ever done as a kid is think that lowering a Pokémon's stats would increase its catch rate.

    • @Awesome-cy2oq
      @Awesome-cy2oq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don’t blame you though

    • @domehammerman
      @domehammerman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      same 😂 lower defense=better catch rate 😅😂

    • @sweedra7899
      @sweedra7899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At least that was smarter than yelling into the mic every single day. I used to hold the belief that ushering a pokemon into the pokeball and being nice to it will make it go in. And if it doesn't go in after 20-30 tries, it should be murdered immediately.

    • @itsmereem6748
      @itsmereem6748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG SAME I DID THAT SO MUCH

    • @boysdewar2003
      @boysdewar2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i tought that too your not alone

  • @balls_gaming
    @balls_gaming 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have always known this doesn't work, but for me it's like tilting the controller in Mario Kart when playing in non-motion controls. When I throw I pokeball with the joystick I go "down, left, right up" while the ball tilts

  • @hahstogg
    @hahstogg 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    When i was 8 i wanted to get a shiny squirtle as my starter, but for some reason i thought that shiny squirtle had a red shell and when i saw an actual shiny one i immediately reset the game. i haven't gotten another shiny to this day.

  • @apersonuknow9240
    @apersonuknow9240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    The dumb thing I thought as a kid is I thought Charmander evolves into dragonite and Charmeleon evolves into Charizard before I knew he was a starter

    • @sangitakakde465
      @sangitakakde465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Actually charmander face is similar to dragonite so it's not that dum I gess

    • @thorwhoisacat
      @thorwhoisacat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think charizard looks a lot like a dragonite (i meant vice versa but im too lazy to change it)

    • @Samuel-qi7in
      @Samuel-qi7in 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought charmander evolved into charmelon then then charmelon into dragonite then charizard so you’re not alone

    • @jaxc.
      @jaxc. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      charmeleon does evolve into charizard

    • @Samuel-qi7in
      @Samuel-qi7in 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaxc. we know

  • @magicianofd8434
    @magicianofd8434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    When I was younger, I thought Onix was the coolest thing ever (in large part due to the anime), and couldn't catch one for the life of me while playing Pokemon Yellow. So I did the natural thing of using my Master Ball to capture one, and practically never used it afterward.

    • @krysert4552
      @krysert4552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I didnt know Steelix Is onix's evolution😑. I was really dumb

    • @salt7861
      @salt7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same with the eggsecutioner for me and my friends laughed at me

  • @CrazyDiamondAJ
    @CrazyDiamondAJ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had that OG pokemon monopoly as well.. totally forgot about those dope character pieces.

  • @racapoopoo
    @racapoopoo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    me: waits for arbok to evolve
    arbok: what are you doing?
    me: you do evolve into a serperior.. right?
    *stares*

  • @chilln0648
    @chilln0648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    When I played Gen 5 I got to the part of the game where you encounter Cobalion. I never saw it before (duh) so I thought it was a Water type because it was blue, and blue means water, and that’s why I used a Dive Ball and somehow caught it with one. I still have this Cobalion in a Dive Ball on my White 2 file to this day, and it haunts me whenever I see it.

    • @TheStarsTwilight
      @TheStarsTwilight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I mean hey, it worked - I'd call that a win.

    • @ella-jadeobrien5971
      @ella-jadeobrien5971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Those weird random balls always work, I used a fast ball on the level 50 snorlax in crystal

    • @psychie8625
      @psychie8625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When I was young, I thought Riolu was a water type.
      It's a good thing I was quickly corrected.

    • @kildemal
      @kildemal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dive ball only works on dive Pokemon right? Not all water types

    • @psychie8625
      @psychie8625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kildemal Dive Ball works on Pokémon that you find via surfing and fishing post Gen 3.
      You're still right though

  • @ania6118
    @ania6118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    As a kid, I thought that Zigzagoon evolved into Eevee. Well, I ended up with a bunch of evolved zigzagons, and even managed to catch a "shiny" zigzagoon, not being aware what shinies are.

  • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
    @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember my first shiny. It was a Snover in Pokemon Platinum, first time I ever played. I think I was pretty smart kid, I hadn't seen Snover super often, so I knew when I saw it blue and sparkled, this Snover was special. Obviously, I caught it. What I didn't do, was transfer it over when I reset my Pokemon game. That wasn't even the last time I did that. RIP shiny Snover from Platinum and shiny Klingklang from Pokemon Black. Gone, but never forgotten.

  • @vortexoku5570
    @vortexoku5570 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Probably my top dumb thing a kid was that i thought croagunk evolved into groudon, so i leveled it up to about 70 something before the 7th gym in some game, can't remember which one:/ and then to 100 and thought i did something wrong so i did it again

  • @JDoggPokepixels
    @JDoggPokepixels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    when i just got into poekmon my uncle gave me his old gameboy and his copy of yellow from like 7 years from when i became a fan and i thought the nugget was made of chicken not gold and tried to give snorlax a chicken nugget to wake it up

    • @Flygoat43
      @Flygoat43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dang and I thought me running away from a zaptos was dumb I ran because at the time pigeot was my favorite Pokémon I didn’t know is was a legendary I thought it just a bird and I only use pigeot more then my starter

    • @firekip4382
      @firekip4382 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same but i Was playing leaf green

  • @DYNEadvance
    @DYNEadvance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I've done a couple of stupid things when I was a kid:
    - I used my Master Ball on a Zapdos in my first complete run of Yellow. Encountering Mewtwo, I thought without the Master Ball you just couldn't catch it at all, so I killed it.
    - I used to collect the official Pokemon stickers and had the book. In it, there was a misprint that indicated Farfetch'd evolves into Doduo (kinda like your Ditto-Eevee situation) so for a little while I believed that to be true
    - When I first played Crystal and got to Morty's gym in Ecruteak, I tried to walk to him and kept getting teleported to the start not knowing it was a trick path. I thought I did something wrong in the game and it was broken so I deleted my save file and started again
    - When I was playing Blue as a kid, I must have misread or not understood the Handbook and was convinced 'rare' meant like it does with the Legendaries, as in one and done. So, looking for a Pikachu in Viridian Forest which has a low encounter rate (so, rare) I tried to catch it but accidentally killed it. I thought I lost my chance to catch Pikachu forever and got super depressed
    - and yeah, I've used a Master Ball on a Magikarp before

    • @adept27
      @adept27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok don't be depressed, now you know, so just catch a Pikachu if you haven't already

  • @dailybugle2147
    @dailybugle2147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how instead of just not going that night, you went the extra mile of quitting the scouts.

  • @nefariosgliscor
    @nefariosgliscor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've got some even dumber ones.
    My first Masterball was a level 5 Pikachu in Viridian Forest in the original. After I excitedly told my friends about it, they told me how dumb it was and I restarted my game.
    Speaking of restarting my game, that has to be my biggest blunder. Pokémon Blue was my first videogame ever and I was about 8 years old with no friends. For probably close to a year, I'd essentially play the game over and over from the beginning, not knowing any better. But this isn't even the worst part. I'd played it the same way and didn't try anything different, always chose Squirtle, and if I was getting close to fainting or didn't want to lose a battle, I'd straight up shut off the game. One day in Viridian City, I discovered a button I hadn't seen before: Save. "Craig saves the game!" gave innocent little me this sense that I saved the world in the game or beat it. So I turn on my game and start in Viridian City, over and over and over again, powering off at certain wild encounters because I was such a pacifist wuss that got jumpscared. I would get as far as Brock and the cave after, but kept shutting off the game. Eventually, I gained friends in real life who explained to me what happens when you save the game and why you don't hit the power switch before doing that. It was that day that I realized how much time I'd wasted.