Okay, GameFreak went to the next level of the “jerk rival” for Klara and Avery. To the point where they try to convince Honey that you aren’t joining the dojo and straight up cheating in battle.
Expectations: oh this is more post game stuff, so everyone should have lots of fully evolved Pokémon with powerful moves, and they should know how strong we are since we’re the champion Reality: ok venipede and slowpoke go kill him wait why isn’t he dead and why does his dog have a sword omg I can beat him I’m sad
I think its a subtle jab to the toxic idol culture in japan and Asia in general, and if there gonna go full toxic they might as well jab at some of the most toxic things in there own country.
Fun Fact: In the german version the second option of that dialogue was translated to "Yeah sure, if you need them so badly". So it makes sense for Klara and Avery to get mad at you and fight you anyway.
Yeah it makes snese in ONE language, otherwise it makes the character actually fun because they just get pissed all the time, and I kinda like that ngl
The thing with gen 5 is that it was unnecessarily hated practically universally at launch. I personally grew up with Black 2 so it was my favorite generation. It was quite disheartening to see everyone hate on gen 5. But, as time went on, people saw all the good in gen 5 and started making memes about it. I doubt it will happen with gen 8; Gen 5 has some questionable stuff such as the designs and gym battles, but its positives definitely outweigh the cons. In my opinion, Gen 8’s flaws just show the pinnacle of Game Freak’s laziness and definitely hinder the gameplay much more than any issues gen 5 had.
I thought they were gonna go with the simple cute obstacle type for Klara and Avery. But no, they made them genuinely heartless and kept trying to sabotage you throughout the story. And I love that. Also Klara has a Scolipede which is one of my favorite mons
@@ArendAlphaEagle friends can be rivals. They compete with you in different areas but all of them attempt to battle with you to see who is the farthest along in training at some point in the games
@@barrybend7189Roxie's also a Poison Type Gym Leader. Original Commenter is onto how Game Freak is hinting at brightly colored beasties = yucky tasting beasties. Remember, Pokémon was made because the creator of it LOVED bug collecting, and most likely knew brightly colored animals are the Karens of nature.
I think every dlc pass you get different rivals like in pokemon sword in shield you get Hop and bede and in the dlc you get Klara in sword and Avery in shield
I love how her theme accsually does sound like someone toxic is pretending or trying to be cute, or like someone cute is hiding their toxicity, and i love that i can even hear that in her theme.
Can I just mention how I love the amount of expression boost this DLC gives?? You got surprised faces, a music cut, more use of the "..., ?, !" bubbles, and even the pupils move instead of their bodies turning a full 90°. I love this DLC.
If they improve full body turning animations (for both people and Pokémon) then I will understand their initial argument on why the cut the dex. But hey, they’re improving. Won’t deny that. Hopefully they just keep it up
I just hope those improvements mean that the Sinnoh remake will look amazing, at least in the animation department. I really want to see Dialga or Giratina doing cool stuff in Mt Coronet.
Nearly 2 years later, Game Freak shows off Legends Arceus, and within it we are shown body turning animations. As you can see, this is where SwSh's budget went.
Not gonna lie, I would've liked Klara to be our rival in the main game. This is the definition of every encounter being a different one. She's nuts, toxic, crazy, yet a bit cute. How the heck did they do that? Lol And this theme just reflects how insane she is, with a bit of cuteness added in.
On her league cards it says how she was an Underground singer, but failed to sell a bunch of her debut albums. She decided to be a poison gym leader because of how much she likes the type, but never wanted to put the extra effort in until the MC arrived.
I don't care much for SwSh but I absolutely love these new rivals. Not only are they a return to the antagonistic rivals of Gen I and II, but they're antagonistic in a way that we've never seen before. Blue was a smug asshole and Silver was cold as ice, but they both knew it and never made any pretensions of being otherwise. Avery and Klara on the other hand are completely two-faced, acting innocent and nice one moment and absolutely toxic the next. They kinda remind me of May's old rival from the anime Harley. Also at least Blue and Silver were honorable in battle, unlike Miss "How did those toxic spikes get here?" and Sir "Let's just agree that this move is banned".
@@pkmnproductions7461 Eh. I didn't care too much for Bede and Hop. They're both functional and inoffensive characters, but that's about all I can say. I feel like I've seen both these characters before, and done better as well.
Coming from a Briton myself, they’re antagonistic because it’s Britain and we all know how it is with British people when you slightly bump into them, or not hold the door open for them 😆
Best character in the DLC by far. I love how she reacts to you with even more hostility if you're nice to her. Me: Sure, by all means take those Mushrooms. Her: WTF did you just say? You wanna go?
Klara (clearly physically larger than your character) : Listen you... If you dare tell Ms. Honey about what happened at the station... I'll melt you down to size. You understand?! Your character: *o k*
@@Superfan109 oh no she's absolutely psychotic, she just isn't obsessively trying to beat you anymore because you beat Mustard, she said so herself, she didn't have a chance if you're even stronger than Mustard, which actually means she managed to both take losing well while also simultaneously calling bull on all of your victories because it just wasn't fair of you to fight her
I love how in her animations there are subtle hints to Klara’s true nature, best shown with the angry face she does when throwing her pokeball and the way her battle intro animation goes. We all knew she was a jerk rival but I appreciate Gamefreak’s attempts at being subtle and “foreshadowing” (it’s in quotation marks because Klara never goes anywhere with her true nature aside from saying she’ll improve at the end of The Isle of Armour)
She actually improved but still has those animations for quirks. You can rematch her several times and she mixed up her team a bit from the final story battle with her.
2:08 - 2:17 I might be tripping, but does anyone else hear the Gen 2 poison sound effect? You know, that sound that you hear in Heartgold and Soulsilver when you take a few steps with a poisoned Pokémon in your party. Anyone else hear that?
Yeah, that actually made everything with her much funnier for me. Her: I'll be a poison type trainer! There's not much competition there! Me, on a mono poison run and the Champion: Bruh.
I really hope Klara and her counterpart Avery make their way in future games Maybe they don't become gym leaders in Galar but in some other region Or perhaps Klara specifically focuses on her career and makes it big and whatever gen we see her in next I guess Avery could be a Magician, maybe he just accepts he's just not as strong as his family wants him to be so he just goes his own path Both characters have their cheesiness to them, but they do have really fascinating backstories that could make them interesting characters if properly developed
I liked her character development, going from a cheater who despises to into someone likable who wants to do better because of you. Even growing to be a gym leader. I don't have Shield so idk much on Avery's character, but to have a tag battle against him and Will would be good. With the passing of the torch theme this gen has, they could be a mentor/student team up.
@@jacek4423 Yeah but unlike just getting rid of the hazards it has a better utility of redirecting them. But Defog does reduce enemy evasion so I guess its good if you have low accuracy moves
@@MedicalBillz anyways, when a Poison (and I think it happens with Steel-types too) enters a battle with Toxic Spikes on, those disappear, unless they are immune to Ground-type moves, a.k.a Flying-type or have Levitate.
the funny part in my playthrough in the last battle was the fact that she prepped poison points but I did a monotype challenge and it just so happened that I chose to use only flying pokemon. she sucks so hard at cheating that her entire plan got destroyed by the flying type.
Definitely when I battled her I had a heads up from discord that she was cheating. Once I saw the purple glow I knew what she did. Best part. I still wiped out her team with inteleon and use gmax corviknight as my finale XD.
Didn’t expect klara to be like how she was at all, also because this theme is “vs Klara” does that mean Avery has his own theme, I’m hyped to hear it If that’s the case Edit: Thanks for letting me know and Thanks for all the likes!
I just battled Avery. The theme sounds the same. Edit: It would appear that I have Amnesia Like Avery. He does in fact, Have his own theme. Sorry for the misinformation.
@@nerdyfalco408 If you skip dialogue (like I did) hop's a trash character but I replayed through sword and he's an alright rival imo but his battle themes push him to *good-ish* territory
I have the chance to buy shield and have my previous save data when I borrowed the game, or buy sword and start from scratch and I'm buying sword so I can wear her shirt.
Hands down one of my favorite Rivals. Its so refreshing when they make rivals that are kind of jerks. Also she actually improves over her journey. She's someone I'd love to meet again in later games hopefully as a crazy overpower Elite Four or even Champion after all her training.
I do think it would be fun to learn she made it to major league gym battles in Galar. Plus it would be an excuse to also include Roxie the only other notable poison gym leader since Koga.
Klara is unironically one of my favorite Pokémon characters of all time now. She's a poison type user, and the way they showed this in her personality is to make her as toxic as possible. Like she genuinely fucking hates you and it's so god damn funny, and its a nice change of pace compared to the overly cheesy "pOkeMOn aRE mY friENds" type of personality literally every other character in the game has. She's even willing to cheat to get what she wants and it's shown in the gameplay. Not to mention her design is super well thought out, and her theme song is BAD ASS.
Literal only other character IN THE FRANCHISE who shares a similar sentiment is Larry. But he's a tired, overworked business man working a Gym AND is an Elite Four member.
@@flamingoodness4923 Larry is ironically the least normal character on Pokémon, because Game Freak made him. I remember hearing or reading somewhere lost Normal Type Gym Leaders make up for their Pokémons' overall lack in flavor by going over the top themselves, but GF made Larry SPECIFICALLY TO CLEAVE SO HARD INTO NORMALITY. He's also highly likely a candidate for Tumblr Sexy Manhood due to his looks
@@The_Darke_Lorde Larry is the goat. Everyone else is basically high on crack with how looney they act meanwhile you have Larry working his respectable 9-5. What a fucking legend
@@TheChazzyC I've only seen a bit of splatoon dialogue so I could be mistaken but don't some of them talk with a pssh pssh pssh noise like in this track?
Klara: Your first time getting damaged in the Isle of Armor, consider it a gift! Me with my Lv.100 Cinderace: *That's funny, I don't remember that happening. Oh, watch your step, there's Venipede ashes in the floor.*
They should've made it so every trainer has Pokémon on the same level as your team (or a bit higher) so this doesn't happen, they dropped this DLC at a time where everyone already had a pseudo-competitive team full of level 100 legendaries lmao
She only had a short while to get to the arena before us. She couldn't exactly do anything else when story wise she and the MC were heading straight to the arena after Mustard revealed that the final trial was a battle. She literally ran there so she could toxic spike before we caught up.
Me: /*defeats some inter dimensional demon god dragon thing, becomes champion, has caught the legendary sword Pokémon, was endorsed by the previously unbeatable champion, all of my Pokémon at level 100*/ Klara: “YOU’RE NO MATCH FOR MY LEVEL 50 VENIPEDE!”
We talk about Bede's theme, we talk about Marnie's theme, we talk about Gladion's theme, we talk about the Gym Leader theme, we talk about Driftveil city, but why doesn't anyone say ANYTHING about this ABSOLUTE BANGER!?!?
@@catalyst539 I mean- for a fact most of the early part of the song is just a sound efect going up and down the scale... It kinda feels to empty in my opinion
You think base on the bow being white, G-Dustox could be poison-ice planned for the Crown Tundra. Isla of Armor was more focused on new Gigantimax than Galarian forms.
The contrast between Klara and Avery is always funny to me Klara wants to be a gym leader for the clout Avery wants be a gym leader to prove to his emotionally abusive family that he is not a failure
And yet they both just seek validation from society because they both perceive themselves as failures deep down, whether in psychic power or in musical talent.
toxic look, toxic personality, toxic behavious, poison type pokemon, wants to be a poison type gym leader, throws a wrench in your direction every step of the way, literally poisons the playing field...so yeah, all in all, great jerk rival that's doing a VERY proactive job at trying to surpass and DEFINITELY the best rival we've had in years. Certainly than all those "fRiEnDlY" main rivals we've gotten these last 3 generations
I agree about getting too many "friendly" rivals, but could ya at least not be too harsh with some of them? (except the XY gang, THEY ARE THE IRRELEVANT BANE OF MY EXISTENCE AND THEY SHOULD NOT EXIST)
@@inhale2851 hmm not really, what about you guys? My Mewtwo: ._. My Toxicroak: 👁👄👁 My Eternatus: All I hear is emptiness My Venusaur: Ew, I stepped in sh't My Corviknight: .... My Pikachu: My time has come...
Cute!🎶
This is amazing, I love it! Can you do Avery or the Fast Slowpoke next?
Sure but she is so annoying
Yes she is ;) 🎼🎼🎼
wow
How?, its only been hours, how fast do you work!?
Okay, GameFreak went to the next level of the “jerk rival” for Klara and Avery. To the point where they try to convince Honey that you aren’t joining the dojo and straight up cheating in battle.
"How did the toxic spikes get there? I have no idea!"
Klara says AFTER STANDING IN THE FIELD FOR HALF AN HOUR
I like these guys just as much as Bede. A jerk rival that has a hilariously expressive face when something unexpected happens
@@matthewwilliams8267 She was probably playing dumb so Honey and Mustard wouldn't notice.
@@grassfish01 I know.
Is it also cheating to have gone into the battle with a steel pokemon without knowing about the cheating?
Klara: “what is with this kid?!”
MC after being champion for 6 months: *pulls down shades* “am I a joke to you?”
Do you not see the Zacian ma'am XD. Here it is right in front of you.
Me with my level 100 ev trained rillaboom: *screw type matchups imma smack you round and round*
Expectations: oh this is more post game stuff, so everyone should have lots of fully evolved Pokémon with powerful moves, and they should know how strong we are since we’re the champion
Reality: ok venipede and slowpoke go kill him wait why isn’t he dead and why does his dog have a sword omg I can beat him I’m sad
Me with my lv92 Zoroark I transferred up: *_Try me bitch_*
Charles Brown jr true who else in the game has a Zacian/Zamazenta?
Klara: “oh my how did those toxic spikes get there”
My lead scolipede: bonjour
Corviknight: Yo
My Gmax garbodor : NO U
My Toxtricity: Hello there
Why you leading with poison type lmao
@@eikpaker1273 Because they negate toxic spikes
I love how she feels the need to badly photoshop her trainer card
I think its a subtle jab to the toxic idol culture in japan and Asia in general, and if there gonna go full toxic they might as well jab at some of the most toxic things in there own country.
@@mk_gamíng0609 So, it was a *Poison jab* ?
@@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941 haha, well done
Her rare league card shows her doing “secret training” with no makeup or photoshop. Her Slowbro is just napping lol 😂
The slowbro in the normal card looks like it is traveling between Dimensions on some weird mushrooms
Klara: "Oh, my! How did those Poison Spikes get there?"
Me: *Roserade absorbed the Poison Spikes.* "If you're going to cheat, at least do it right."
Me with my toxtricity lol
Me too xD
Me and my scizor: What poison?
My Claydol: “Toxic Spikes, huh? Thanks for the tip.”
XD I did the same with Avery's Misty Terrain, Rillaboom jusr went and replaced it with Grassy Terrain.
Klara is the most literal example of someone who is cute on the outside but toxic on the inside
She IS a Venon Pokemon centered character so we have to admit it is on point :shrug
@Bucket with A gun And Avery.
Toxic femininity who uses her looks to manipulate snd play the woman and victim card?
@Bucket with A gun @Solar Past Runner I meant like poison types as well, but she is also toxic in the common sense of the word.
_toxic_
Your player character: You can have these mushrooms if you want because I'm nice.
Klara: *Oh, you wanna go?*
Fun Fact: In the german version the second option of that dialogue was translated to "Yeah sure, if you need them so badly". So it makes sense for Klara and Avery to get mad at you and fight you anyway.
Yeah it makes snese in ONE language, otherwise it makes the character actually fun because they just get pissed all the time,
and I kinda like that ngl
@@yoshidaaimi34 better than hop who’s biggest problem is being majorly depressed
@@brokenspike2768 I mean you'd be depressed too if your childhood friend stole your dreams right out from under you
@@Aureline_ true
Remember how we thought that there was going to be a Galarian Dustox because of the bow Klara wears?
I'm still salty G-Dustox doesn't exist and we only got more KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOO pandering instead. Fuck
That would have been cool, I love Dustox.
@@thestarfromyugioh what is this username I-
@@averagechannelname9969
I initially changed it to spite someone at another comment section.
Imagine thinking game freak knows what effort is
9 years from now people are gonna be posting vids like “Gen 8 music hit different”
Gen 8 music is really great. But... everything else?
The thing with gen 5 is that it was unnecessarily hated practically universally at launch. I personally grew up with Black 2 so it was my favorite generation. It was quite disheartening to see everyone hate on gen 5. But, as time went on, people saw all the good in gen 5 and started making memes about it. I doubt it will happen with gen 8; Gen 5 has some questionable stuff such as the designs and gym battles, but its positives definitely outweigh the cons. In my opinion, Gen 8’s flaws just show the pinnacle of Game Freak’s laziness and definitely hinder the gameplay much more than any issues gen 5 had.
@@zememerr2329 Gen 8 was awful yes BUT, dont you dare call them lazy after making this blasts
Ennyo Harimoto the sound department is one of the best of any company’s.
@@zememerr2329 what was bad about gyms in gen 5?
Klara: *Cheats with Toxic Spikes*
The poison type I send out: helo
The shiny flying/steel gmax corviknight I send out: Was that supposed to work?
steel types and pokemon with ability "magic bounce": bruh
my 3ft 11in blue punchy doggo: is this some kind of poison joke that I’m too steel to understand
@@Pain_tami lolol
my Buneary I put on the team to level up: hehe, I'm in danger!
The way she presses her finger into the pokeball. It's as if it's a stress toy.
It could be symbolic of a needle acupuncture ??? Maaaaybe? ._.idk tho lol
To me it’s kinda weird why does she do that?
She’s holding her Pokémon at gunpoint
@@MeboDotExe Yes! X)
@@MeboDotExe *You'd better win*
Klara is the kind of e-girl to have a secret discord where she speaks exclusively in racial slurs
Doja Cat 👁👄👁
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Pokimane
@@DingDongDood I know
Even more of a reason for her to be bestgirl
Store Clerks: "Welcome, Champion! Here to do a spot of shopping?"
Klara & Avery: *HoW DiD I LoSe?!*
I mean the only tv on the isle is owned by mustard and all he does with it is play pokemon quest
When you're a God of a trainer but no one outside of central Galar knows who tf you are.
[Ignis Spiritus Tenebris] in B/W2 I had the join avenue call me champion, and they all said they were fans, I laughed my ass off when I saw this.
@@ignisspiritustenebris7137 oh so the DLC is set in Ireland
@@ryancostello2003 the shape of the isle of armor is 99% the same as hong kong's, and all of the influence is chinese so... don't think so...
I thought they were gonna go with the simple cute obstacle type for Klara and Avery. But no, they made them genuinely heartless and kept trying to sabotage you throughout the story. And I love that. Also Klara has a Scolipede which is one of my favorite mons
Yeah, I actually like them for how realistic(ish) they are.
I love it too. I feel like these types of characters are WAY more relatable compared to the Buddyized constant smiling 😊 characters without a soul 😂😂
JustYour AmateurTH-camr Absolutely I do! I’m a self proclaimed team buddy member myself 😊
The poison type fits Klara. She's toxic as heck.
No pun intended
Ender Lachy I’m fine with that pun
She looks like a pheonix wright character who is secretly the culprit or an acomplice
April may's sister
April May lmao
and she uses poison type... dahlia and kristoph, watch out
@@milktea3710
That just made realize, Avery looks almost exactly like Kristoph.
She looks like she likes a dude with a big
vocabulary
The cool thing os that they actually gave a T-shirt of her in the game. They knew we would love her
Equivalence my dear. Equivalence.
Much Bored dang what did Avery do to u
Yes, that is how fan service works.
@@wibraith You might think Avery is rubbish, however, I disagree!
Rule 34 sure loves her.
*The amount of pressure she is pushing into the button of her Pokéball makes me nervous.*
I've seen you before, you commented on mystery dungeon stuff
Almost every youtuber I've seen as commented on her intro animation
You seen her stomping after you refused to give her mushrooms? She's a sick woman.
I wouldn't fall asleep around this woman
she's holding them at a metaphorical gunpoint
Klara: Heh. Kinda funny how those toxic spikes just happened to be there right
Me who just happened to be leading with venusaur: ._.
I had my never before used eturnatus
Boy was I glad I kept Rapid Spin on my Blastoise lol
Me but with Gengar lmaoo
Anybody leading with a poison type: what Toxic Spikes?
I lead with my new favorite pokemon, Toxtricity so...
I also may have swept her with said Toxtricity...
Klara: uh-oh how did those toxic spikes get here?
My guts Obstagoon: *To sweep or not to sweep?*
@Icyxx That is the question
Murder-Badger doin' a murder
Well y'know it's just a facade
My Obstagoon has Reckless with Double Edge. He's also a god dang tank of a pokemon
@@Sullytheskelly yeah I used him on smogoon he is a damn good mon
“Nooooooo you can’t just do that to my adorable poison Pokémon!!!”
*Haha Pyro ball go WOOSH*
*Noivern Used*
*_B O O M B U R S T_*
No it goes dut dut... dut, dut... WOOOOOSH
LOL CAN RELATE
Or in my case: haha charizard flare blitz go wooooosh
Haha steel wing go slam
Bede: I’m the best and only mean rival in sword and shield
Klara and Avery: amateur
Lol
I mean Bede still would have been the best rival if he didn't get kidnapped and brainwashed by Opal.
Hold my beer
Hop: *cries in the corner*
Amateur?I Think You Are The Amateur Klara!Amateur Cheater!
I’m surprised that these two games alone have 5 rivals in total, and they all have themes that slap
Pokemon X/Y which has 4 rivals: I USED TO RUUUUUULE THE WOOOOOORLD
Axdan 8 yeah in Europe you hate everyone
@@_toge_ I think america is getting to that point but for a different reason.
EmeraldDemaru Except Calem/Serena, Shauna, Trevor and Tierno are your FRIENDS, not your rivals.
Also Hop is a friend, and so are Hau and Lillie.
@@ArendAlphaEagle friends can be rivals. They compete with you in different areas but all of them attempt to battle with you to see who is the farthest along in training at some point in the games
I like to think Klara's outfit is bright and pink because bright colours in nature on animals mean that they're poisonous
No that's actually a holdover of theming from Roxie's Gym from Gen 5.
@@barrybend7189 But Roxie was also a Poison-type trainer, so I think the first commenter might be onto something.
@@barrybend7189Roxie's also a Poison Type Gym Leader.
Original Commenter is onto how Game Freak is hinting at brightly colored beasties = yucky tasting beasties.
Remember, Pokémon was made because the creator of it LOVED bug collecting, and most likely knew brightly colored animals are the Karens of nature.
"Oh, How did those spikes get there?"
My Mewtwo: "..all that for a drop of blood?"
Hidan would like to say otherwise
Nice amount of likes
Perfection
My corviknight: oh no, anyway
Mewtwo is immune now?
Klara’s personality caught me off guard, and I like her a lot. I hope we see more of her in crown tundra maybe?
Hate to burst your bubble, but I don't think so. I mean, we don't see more of Marnie in IoA, and Bede's just a cameo there.
JustYour AmateurTH-camr where do you see bede?
@JustYour AmateurTH-camr I actually found Marnie in a cave there once but she didn’t have much dialogue
I think every dlc pass you get different rivals like in pokemon sword in shield you get Hop and bede and in the dlc you get Klara in sword and Avery in shield
With that Galarian Dustox
What an unusual theme. She’s so cute. But it fits the battle bending, twisted aura that she and poison pokemon give off.
She's a poison type user. Avery is the psychic type user and hé has his own unique battle theme
LouRob Baydeng omg ur so right I meant to type poison 😔 I even got her little outfit thing bc I love poison types the most. I’m dumb
@@stickyjumping Poison are also my favorite.
@Merciless Freak You're just inviting the Klara Krusade after your ass. Then again, it's expected you'd give that answer, looking at your name.
JustYour AmateurTH-camr do you think she’s cute? She’s so extra, and not in the good way.
I love how her theme accsually does sound like someone toxic is pretending or trying to be cute, or like someone cute is hiding their toxicity, and i love that i can even hear that in her theme.
Can I just mention how I love the amount of expression boost this DLC gives?? You got surprised faces, a music cut, more use of the "..., ?, !" bubbles, and even the pupils move instead of their bodies turning a full 90°. I love this DLC.
Goes to show GameFreak is improving its DLC more for the game. Makes us hope CT has better stuff than IoA
If they improve full body turning animations (for both people and Pokémon) then I will understand their initial argument on why the cut the dex.
But hey, they’re improving. Won’t deny that. Hopefully they just keep it up
I just hope those improvements mean that the Sinnoh remake will look amazing, at least in the animation department. I really want to see Dialga or Giratina doing cool stuff in Mt Coronet.
Nearly 2 years later, Game Freak shows off Legends Arceus, and within it we are shown body turning animations.
As you can see, this is where SwSh's budget went.
And yet the actual Pokémon are still expressionless.
Not gonna lie, I would've liked Klara to be our rival in the main game. This is the definition of every encounter being a different one. She's nuts, toxic, crazy, yet a bit cute. How the heck did they do that? Lol
And this theme just reflects how insane she is, with a bit of cuteness added in.
I know she’s much better than hop
On her league cards it says how she was an Underground singer, but failed to sell a bunch of her debut albums. She decided to be a poison gym leader because of how much she likes the type, but never wanted to put the extra effort in until the MC arrived.
She's hot af
@@jockson7574 how old is she
Kha0s Games _”probably 18”_
Klara: the most toxic rival in the entire series
I see what you did there
Terrible joke... I FOKIN LOVE IT!
And we love her for it 😂😂♥️♥️♥️
@@Yuuerin 100% agree
eyyyyyy
I don't care much for SwSh but I absolutely love these new rivals. Not only are they a return to the antagonistic rivals of Gen I and II, but they're antagonistic in a way that we've never seen before. Blue was a smug asshole and Silver was cold as ice, but they both knew it and never made any pretensions of being otherwise. Avery and Klara on the other hand are completely two-faced, acting innocent and nice one moment and absolutely toxic the next. They kinda remind me of May's old rival from the anime Harley.
Also at least Blue and Silver were honorable in battle, unlike Miss "How did those toxic spikes get here?" and Sir "Let's just agree that this move is banned".
Absolutely *toxic*
You're gonna ignore BEDE!??
@@pkmnproductions7461 Eh. I didn't care too much for Bede and Hop. They're both functional and inoffensive characters, but that's about all I can say. I feel like I've seen both these characters before, and done better as well.
Sometimes, because of everything that you said, I like to call Harley, "Harley Quinn" for old time jokes.
Coming from a Briton myself, they’re antagonistic because it’s Britain and we all know how it is with British people when you slightly bump into them, or not hold the door open for them 😆
Best character in the DLC by far. I love how she reacts to you with even more hostility if you're nice to her.
Me: Sure, by all means take those Mushrooms.
Her: WTF did you just say? You wanna go?
Avery is also like that
I'd still simp for her even if she tries to toxic my poor Snom.
Me: Sure, you can take the mushrooms. I don’t mind.
Klara: :(
Klara: >:[
Klara, the anti-simp.
I said no to Avery and he said: EXCUSE ME, GAL, IMMA BREAK YOU!!!
And I said: Zoroark, use nasty plot and then use night daze.
Klara: oh my how did those poison spikes get there?
My guts obstagoon: AAaahh call an ambulance call an ambulance. But not for me
That battle must have been a “facade”
@@chickentender49 That pun is making me Struggle to keep a Calm Mind.
@@jellybeantree713
I wish I could *Counter* that pun.
@@Shell5272 Just try not to be a Copycat
Exile is right, don't Mimic others!
Klara (clearly physically larger than your character) : Listen you... If you dare tell Ms. Honey about what happened at the station... I'll melt you down to size. You understand?!
Your character: *o k*
At that point I thought she was crazy like Avery lol. But at the very end...both misunderstood. And eventually became half decent friends.
@@Superfan109 oh no she's absolutely psychotic, she just isn't obsessively trying to beat you anymore because you beat Mustard, she said so herself, she didn't have a chance if you're even stronger than Mustard, which actually means she managed to both take losing well while also simultaneously calling bull on all of your victories because it just wasn't fair of you to fight her
@Rammie Tell that to all your over leveled pokemon who've accompanied you, (unless you decided to use something like Dunsparce for no reason).
I mean even if your physically stronger than your rival, you’re not physically stronger than their doggo with a sword in their mouth
i wish she would effortless throw me across the room
You know, it's stated that Klara is an idol, right? ...what if this battle theme is one of her songs.
I like this idea.
A idol toxic gem leader that sounds like a good/bad idea for people anime
She has expressions
She has popularity
But most importantly..
She has photoshop
Hehe
Glad I want the only one that noticed!
I d u
She edited her picture to make her butt bigger.
What about her thighs ?
This theme sounds so eerie yet upbeat at the same time. Almost like it's telling you to have fun while warning you of something. I like it.
It’s krazy how she felt like more of a rival than your actual rival
haha I get it
Nice! XD
Krazy
There was a rival in the game??😂
You could say it's Kla-razy.
I love how in her animations there are subtle hints to Klara’s true nature, best shown with the angry face she does when throwing her pokeball and the way her battle intro animation goes. We all knew she was a jerk rival but I appreciate Gamefreak’s attempts at being subtle and “foreshadowing” (it’s in quotation marks because Klara never goes anywhere with her true nature aside from saying she’ll improve at the end of The Isle of Armour)
She actually improved but still has those animations for quirks. You can rematch her several times and she mixed up her team a bit from the final story battle with her.
@@barrybend7189 That is really cool. I love when there's tiny details like that in this franchise.
Avery is a nice rival that acts like a jerk, Klara is a jerk rival that acts nice. Fun little dichotomy.
Klara: wants cool armor.
My level 87 cinderace: _NO_
My level 89 Pikachu: *laughs in Light Ball*
My lv100 cinderace: did something hit me
My level 95 cinderace: hehe pyro ball go WHEEEEEEE
My level 100 team consisting of Aegislash, Toxicitry, Rillaboom, Milotic, Snorlax and Talonflame: *hehe super effective moves go pshhhhhh*
Same with Avery. Except I beat him with a level 57 Zoroark XD
2:08 - 2:17
I might be tripping, but does anyone else hear the Gen 2 poison sound effect? You know, that sound that you hear in Heartgold and Soulsilver when you take a few steps with a poisoned Pokémon in your party. Anyone else hear that?
*HOLY SHIT*
BRUHHHHHHH
If this is true than thats actually so cool and this is now one of my favorite tracks in all of pokemon for that one reason
BRO TRUE
I hear it
Me, doing a monotype poison challenge in Sword: *spiderman pointing*
Yeah, that actually made everything with her much funnier for me.
Her: I'll be a poison type trainer! There's not much competition there!
Me, on a mono poison run and the Champion: Bruh.
I also did an poison monotype challenge but i have shield so that's my battle theme now
Same I'm in progress of a poison type only run of sword
Basically me with my Psychic-type team meeting Avery.
I've done a mono bug type and I literally rekt Avery with bug buzz and moonblast
1:57 Cinderace's pyro ball move goes really well with the music!
I agree
Kinda
4:36 this too!
THE theme of the Best rival in dlc. Just loses to Master Mustard final battle theme
Ehhhhh I think Master Mustard's theme is just stereotypical kung fu fighting music
I like bedes theme better, it just slaps
@@TsukumoYatsuhashi Even so, Kung Fu music usually slaps
Mustard does not mess around I had to use recovery items just to win my first time much to my dismay
@Merciless Freak wait he?
We can fight a pastel goth in SwSh. I think GameFreak understands me a little too much.
You're definitely not the only one
"Pastel Goth"
W-what
@@NicoNicoNessieSub I know they exist, but Klara is not one
Shes more of a Kawaii girl
@@Goomenstein Did not know that was a thing
This song fits her so well as a literally and figuratively “toxic” pop idol
I really hope Klara and her counterpart Avery make their way in future games
Maybe they don't become gym leaders in Galar but in some other region
Or perhaps Klara specifically focuses on her career and makes it big and whatever gen we see her in next
I guess Avery could be a Magician, maybe he just accepts he's just not as strong as his family wants him to be so he just goes his own path
Both characters have their cheesiness to them, but they do have really fascinating backstories that could make them interesting characters if properly developed
I'm back from the Galarian Star Tournament, and mannnnnnnnn, are you in for some news.
@@Okata150 she's a gym leader now
Maybe, depending on where in the timeline the Galar saga happens, Avery and Will (gen 2) become an iconic duo?
I liked her character development, going from a cheater who despises to into someone likable who wants to do better because of you. Even growing to be a gym leader. I don't have Shield so idk much on Avery's character, but to have a tag battle against him and Will would be good. With the passing of the torch theme this gen has, they could be a mentor/student team up.
I thought they were already Gym Leaders, it's just that they're in the minor league.
She's a nice jerk rival, she even said "See you never!" similar to Blue's "Smell ya later!"
People : We are sick of friendly Rivals
Gamefreak : Mh take this Dlc Rival who Cheats in battle and is extremly rude to you, you happy now ?
Elemental Glitch yes
Thank you Gamefreak now I have a rival who I really want to murder for trying to kick me out of the dojo
People: yes
Yes. We are all happy now
Very.
Klara: Heh lol i have toxic spikes get reccccked
Me: Oh uhh i have cinderace.
*Cinderace:* Court Change
It just sounded like defog with extra steps
@@jacek4423 Yeah but unlike just getting rid of the hazards it has a better utility of redirecting them. But Defog does reduce enemy evasion so I guess its good if you have low accuracy moves
@@MedicalBillz anyways, when a Poison (and I think it happens with Steel-types too) enters a battle with Toxic Spikes on, those disappear, unless they are immune to Ground-type moves, a.k.a Flying-type or have Levitate.
@@MedicalBillz Rapid Spin removes hazard , also in gen 8 it can boost Speed so your faster than other Pokemon's.
Cyber rb25 only poison types absorb t spikes, steel types are immune just like flying types are
Klara: "I don't know how those toxic spikes got there"
Me with my Corviknight and Perrserker: "there are toxic spikes out here"???🤔🤔
Pokemon with Levitate ability, Steel Type, and Poison type:
*Oh? You're approaching me?*
@@AXAND3R Galarian Slowbro: I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer.
Deep 99 dynamaxed metagross😳😳
@@AXAND3R zacian be like
Other people: WHY DO YOU HAVE TWO STEEL TYPES?!?
Rose: We can
the funny part in my playthrough in the last battle was the fact that she prepped poison points but I did a monotype challenge and it just so happened that I chose to use only flying pokemon. she sucks so hard at cheating that her entire plan got destroyed by the flying type.
I was doing the same, except for me it was all steel types.
i swept her with my level 100 cinderace, i thought level scaling was gonna be a thing
Everyone knows that if you're gonna use a trap move, Stealth Rocks are the one and only lol.
Definitely when I battled her I had a heads up from discord that she was cheating. Once I saw the purple glow I knew what she did. Best part. I still wiped out her team with inteleon and use gmax corviknight as my finale XD.
My “UnderTAIL” (Steelix) had an Air Balloon.
Didn’t expect klara to be like how she was at all, also because this theme is “vs Klara” does that mean Avery has his own theme, I’m hyped to hear it If that’s the case
Edit: Thanks for letting me know and Thanks for all the likes!
He does have his own theme!
I just battled Avery. The theme sounds the same. Edit: It would appear that I have Amnesia Like Avery. He does in fact, Have his own theme. Sorry for the misinformation.
@@Noname-kh8in lmao no, they have different themes
Avery's theme is the shit!
Just got done battling Avery earlier and yep they have different themes. I prefer Klara's though
Older players: hop’s a rubbish rival and is too soft for older fans
Game freak: _watch this_
He ain't rubbish
@@vgc0307 how he emo lmao
@@vgc0307 boi that wasn't emo, it was just sad :(
Hop is just depressed, actually he's one of the best written rivals in the history of pokemon, if you don't count the 5 gen ones (N and Belle)
@@nerdyfalco408 If you skip dialogue (like I did) hop's a trash character but I replayed through sword and he's an alright rival imo
but his battle themes push him to *good-ish* territory
The sheer fact this lady has a Scolipede almost makes me wish I had Sword instead...
I have the chance to buy shield and have my previous save data when I borrowed the game, or buy sword and start from scratch and I'm buying sword so I can wear her shirt.
@@FlappyCat-ef6oq anything that isnt in your shield party can go to your sword if you get pokemon home. Even if you only get the free version
@@katonnor Yeah I can transfer through home, if I couldn't I wouldn't even think of restarting lol
I got shield but I’m definitely getting Sword soon because I WANT KLARA.
Hands down one of my favorite Rivals. Its so refreshing when they make rivals that are kind of jerks. Also she actually improves over her journey. She's someone I'd love to meet again in later games hopefully as a crazy overpower Elite Four or even Champion after all her training.
No, I don't think she should be champion for the same reason I don't think how Karen wouldn't be able to become champion, they can't take an L.
I do think it would be fun to learn she made it to major league gym battles in Galar. Plus it would be an excuse to also include Roxie the only other notable poison gym leader since Koga.
You could say that, given her personality and her dialogue, she’s quite _toxic._
Yeah, you can really feel the *venom* in her dialogue.
And avery is *psychopath*
A*
Brittany, stay in the god damn corner
Klara: “Oh my how did those toxic spikes get there?”
Me, who forgot to delete rapid spin on my Tsareena: "This move could finally shine for once."
Klara is unironically one of my favorite Pokémon characters of all time now. She's a poison type user, and the way they showed this in her personality is to make her as toxic as possible. Like she genuinely fucking hates you and it's so god damn funny, and its a nice change of pace compared to the overly cheesy "pOkeMOn aRE mY friENds" type of personality literally every other character in the game has. She's even willing to cheat to get what she wants and it's shown in the gameplay. Not to mention her design is super well thought out, and her theme song is BAD ASS.
Too bad we don't have a post main game version of her dialogue where she freaks out that the new champion just showed up.
Literal only other character IN THE FRANCHISE who shares a similar sentiment is Larry.
But he's a tired, overworked business man working a Gym AND is an Elite Four member.
@@The_Darke_Lorde exactly
That’s why he’s the second best lmao
@@flamingoodness4923 Larry is ironically the least normal character on Pokémon, because Game Freak made him.
I remember hearing or reading somewhere lost Normal Type Gym Leaders make up for their Pokémons' overall lack in flavor by going over the top themselves, but GF made Larry SPECIFICALLY TO CLEAVE SO HARD INTO NORMALITY.
He's also highly likely a candidate for Tumblr Sexy Manhood due to his looks
@@The_Darke_Lorde Larry is the goat. Everyone else is basically high on crack with how looney they act meanwhile you have Larry working his respectable 9-5. What a fucking legend
This theme sounds a lot at a Splatoon theme but I am still waiting for the Squid Sisters to sing.
Annan Brew-Arthur or something out of Paper Mario
So that's why it sounded familiar to me
*Dedf1sh remix or riot*
It reminds me of a hightide era song
Now that you pointed it out, it *does* sound like a splatoon song. I like it a lot better than Avery’s now.
This really sounds like a Splatoon theme...
if I hear one more wacky game track being called “Splatoon” I’m going to lose my goddamn mind
She sounds like Lusamine
It...really does, doesn't it?
Vc tá me seguindo mesmo kkkkkk
@@TheChazzyC I've only seen a bit of splatoon dialogue so I could be mistaken but don't some of them talk with a pssh pssh pssh noise like in this track?
Klara: Where did all those poison spikes come from?
Toxtricity: What spikes?
"If you ever say what happens at the station i'll wipe the floor with you"
Me, the current champion packing the strongest pokemon in galar: "Try me"
Klara: Your first time getting damaged in the Isle of Armor, consider it a gift!
Me with my Lv.100 Cinderace: *That's funny, I don't remember that happening. Oh, watch your step, there's Venipede ashes in the floor.*
I had level 70 pokemon in Isle of armour and level 80-90 in Crown Tundra lmao.
If you mean lvl 100 zacian then yes
They should've made it so every trainer has Pokémon on the same level as your team (or a bit higher) so this doesn't happen, they dropped this DLC at a time where everyone already had a pseudo-competitive team full of level 100 legendaries lmao
Comments be like:
88%: Toxic spike memes
12%: Legitimate comments
0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000001 percent someone saying SIMP
@@bababooijones8114 is that 0.000000000000000000000000000001 you?
@@bababooijones8114 Simp
1.7 % legit comments I’ve found like three actually comments and the rest are people copying each others toxic spike jokes
You got that right
Klara: "I don't know how those toxic spikes got there"
Me and my flying type team: "Aww how cute :3 "
Maybe, She didn't evolved her pokemon because she thought that the toxic spikes were enough to beat you
She only had a short while to get to the arena before us. She couldn't exactly do anything else when story wise she and the MC were heading straight to the arena after Mustard revealed that the final trial was a battle. She literally ran there so she could toxic spike before we caught up.
VidyaAntics only for them to be eaten up by the slowbro or venusaur she knew we had access to or ignored by a steel type, flying type, or levitate mom
“How did these toxic spikes get here?”
Me with my level 98 zacian:
Klara: *Pressing the pokeball*
Her Venipede: LET ME OUT ALREADY
At least it wasn't Slowpoke...right?
Klara: i can't! Wait for the player to press A!
@@noice2318 Me:Let me Take a Clooooser look at her face.
it's cute
“She’s holding that Pokémon at gunpoint”
she's holding the pokemon at gunpoint
0:10 she really went 👉🏻👈🏻
. 😄💢
👉🏻🔴👈🏻
Klara: "be careful when treading the field, toxic spikes somehow get everywhere"
My Scolipede: Oh no! anyway
Me: /*defeats some inter dimensional demon god dragon thing, becomes champion, has caught the legendary sword Pokémon, was endorsed by the previously unbeatable champion, all of my Pokémon at level 100*/
Klara: “YOU’RE NO MATCH FOR MY LEVEL 50 VENIPEDE!”
I was insulted when she only Dynamaxed instead of gigantamaxing. Perish, mortal
Like at least add Gmax Slowbro man.
*Sirfetch'd punctures her level 50 Venipede with a Meteor Assault*
Me: Just to let you know "Cruella De Vil", Sirfetch'd is merely the vanguard.
I'm not the only one who thinks she looks like the butterfly chick from demon slayer XD
She does
I was about to say that
OMG UR RIGHT
Both of them attack using poison too
This one looks like the butterfly woman while Avery looks like a female version of Zeppeli (minus the checkered hat sadly)
Klara: *cheats with toxic spikes*
Me with my level 100 Solgaleo: this is a bruh moment.
Me with my level 74 Motherfuck: The type chart is inverted!
this is a certified hood classic
We talk about Bede's theme, we talk about Marnie's theme, we talk about Gladion's theme, we talk about the Gym Leader theme, we talk about Driftveil city, but why doesn't anyone say ANYTHING about this ABSOLUTE BANGER!?!?
not a banger
avery’s is better
@@catalyst539 Avery's being 'better' doesn't make this not a banger. :p
@@catalyst539 I mean- for a fact most of the early part of the song is just a sound efect going up and down the scale... It kinda feels to empty in my opinion
@@catalyst539 disagree
@@yesiguess4952Disagree
I'm still salty Galarian Dustox didn't become a thing :(
That should've been the Poison/Psychic type addition, but no! Because Gamefreak can't get enough of plugging gen 1!
Dwane Dibly I’m not defending Gamefreak’s Gen 1 worshipping but Galarian slowbro is actually cool and his signature move is pretty good.
And they set it up so well for that to be a thing too but I guess not
You think base on the bow being white, G-Dustox could be poison-ice planned for the Crown Tundra. Isla of Armor was more focused on new Gigantimax than Galarian forms.
Maybe in a future game Klara will reappear as a real gym leader and have a regional Dustox
I love how her character is a poison type and her personality is toxic af, she is really a whole new take on type leaders
she's a cute but dangerous girlie. my type of people.
*S T R A I G H T U P*
You must like Haru from persona 5 don’t you?
Wolf Pack 79 ah, you mean best girl? (imo)
@@RinZDR All hail the Fluff Queen.
The contrast between Klara and Avery is always funny to me
Klara wants to be a gym leader for the clout
Avery wants be a gym leader to prove to his emotionally abusive family that he is not a failure
And yet they both just seek validation from society because they both perceive themselves as failures deep down, whether in psychic power or in musical talent.
Klara: how did those toxic spikes get here
My level 100 Eternatus: so you chosen death
Gary : I'm the most jerky and mean rival
Avery and klara : Hold our beer
Definitely love the energy for this song. Really does the job at hyping up the fight.
Whoa still listening to this in 2024
Me I love Klara!
toxic look, toxic personality, toxic behavious, poison type pokemon, wants to be a poison type gym leader, throws a wrench in your direction every step of the way, literally poisons the playing field...so yeah, all in all, great jerk rival that's doing a VERY proactive job at trying to surpass and DEFINITELY the best rival we've had in years. Certainly than all those "fRiEnDlY" main rivals we've gotten these last 3 generations
I agree about getting too many "friendly" rivals, but could ya at least not be too harsh with some of them? (except the XY gang, THEY ARE THE IRRELEVANT BANE OF MY EXISTENCE AND THEY SHOULD NOT EXIST)
I liked Hau
Gen3
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Gen5
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Gen8
Expansion pass bede and Marnie : kill hop and no you can’t be us
we get it you hate nice people damn
milk tea they ain’t nice there pushovers and also Barry wasn’t a bad rival it was Lucas
The song of I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU LEAVE IMMEDIATLY AND GET OUT OF THIS DLC.
Her theme is really good
This entire song just makes me think of a psychic type trainer messing with someone, but at the same time it fits Klara so well...
Klara: I put poison spikes on the ground lol.
My Pokémon with full affection: What are these spicy toys?
Maybe Klara was a member of Roxie's band
Even the music matches
I am 110% okay with this idea
Agreed.
RAISE YOUR DOGARS
Klara: *Uses Toxic Spikes to endanger my team and win the battle easily*
My All Steel-Type Team: *Laughs in Metal*
She won't STEEL a win from you bruv
Clink clank, nice prank
the steel brotherhood always taking the dubs brother
This theme fits her perfectly it’s cute but kind of unnerving at the same time
Nice avatar
"I'm sorry I cheated with the poison spikes!"
Me who sweeped with galarian slowbro: Nani???
I love her, great design and more importantly poison represent ; )
Me Looking At Klaras League Card:HMM Very Strange Slowbrow Indeed
To quote a tumblr user: "Babe I love you but there's something wrong with you."
Klara: Spikes
Me, with a Levitating Hydreigon: Huh? There are Spikes here? *Not today, princess.*
Klara: *Lays toxic spikes on the field*. Me, with Noctowl: Y’all hear sumthin?
@@inhale2851 hmm not really, what about you guys?
My Mewtwo: ._.
My Toxicroak: 👁👄👁
My Eternatus: All I hear is emptiness
My Venusaur: Ew, I stepped in sh't
My Corviknight: ....
My Pikachu: My time has come...
My Mawile: *finally, some good fucking food*
Me without switching: what is spike?
R34 having a field day with this one
Does anyone else notice how she's forcefully pushing the button on the Pokeball at the beginning of every battle (0:10)????
I did, I found it somewhat unsettling.
Yea me too I find that strange like what’s the point of that?
Klara: “How did those toxic spikes get there?
My Noivern, Drapion & toxic orb Goodra: “What toxic spikes?”
why would you have a toxic orb goodra..............
@@nintendocollectable Coverage