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I just don't get why "whitey" gets called out for stuff literally every race is guilty of. Hell in many cases "whitey" was the fist to shun many of humanities more egregious practices.
I believe Froslass could be a reference to Frozen Charlotte. Charlotte was the name of a popular toy in Victorian England, a porcelain doll to be exact. She came with a story attached. Charlotte was invited to a Winter’s Ball, and needed to ride a sleigh to get to it. Her mother told her to wear a thick fur coat, but Charlotte was vain and decided not to because it would cover up her expensive dress, which she wanted to show off to anybody who saw her on her journey. When she arrived to the ball, her skin had become ice and “as fragile as porcelain.” So Frozen Charlotte dolls were intended as both toys and warnings, against vanity and staying out in the cold.
Also likely a reference to Snow Queen. The story goes that a little boy and a little girl were friends therefore, they were having fun but one day, the Snow Queen visits their village. To cut to the point, she kissed the boy and freeze him alive and took him away. Similar to Froslass's pokedex entery isn't it?
Or....just made new pokemon that reflected that stuff I wouldn't be surprised if the some of the Pokemon mentioned were gonna have a regional variant, but GF scrapped them and just added in the old forms
But perrserker has a nice reason to be in galar, i mean yea sure you could do it probably with any other mon too but imo perrserk looks nice on meowth🤷🏾♂️ 🤔 is pure ugly(intended) alyo i galar?! I hope so, it looks like the typical antagonist-whitecat
@Mapy xapy if youre from america, or the americas. flat is a department. or shared home. I aint british but did had the unfourtunate opportunity to live in the island. (PS it wasnt that bad really) i guess the "flat" form of calling a home is from a single floor house? idk just thought of it
As an English person, I'd like to give my two penny's on these pokemon being in the galar region: Centiscorch: it is well known that british people hate the cold. Can't stand it. We require heat to survive. Hot insect provides the warmth. Frosslass and glaelie: it is well known that British people hate the warmth. Can't stand it. We're picky bastard like that. Nice cold pokemon to make the summer bearable. Shiftry: England is full of trees. The trees do not like us, if the amount of twigs that have fallen in my wellys is anything to go by. Shifty is a shifty tree, like the rest of the English trees. The Ludicolo line: they look like ducks. England is practically owned by the ducks. Ponds are an essential In an English countryside, and the ducks come free with them like a buy one get fifteen free deal. Baltoy and claydol: they are about as physically attractive as you're average English person. We aren't exactly known for being lookers. It's a subtle jab at the fact that under our moustaches and bowlar hats we all secretly have five extra eyes. Dunsparce: it's name sounds like dunce. Victorians kids loved the word so much they made hats out of them. Mawlie: English people have tempers on them, so a crocodile mouthed child fits the attitude of most british playgrounds and their kill or be killed attitude.
Hey look be grateful, my house has been “modernised” periodically and lost several in the changes. Now we’ve got blankets and fires. Bc we’re modern now
Hey look be grateful, my house has been “modernised” periodically and lost several in the changes. Now we’ve got blankets and fires. Bc we’re modern now
Just realized unova having the majority of returning Pokémon references (although most likely accidentally) reference America's colonisation. Wonder if any unovan mons could be considered to be originally from galar.
I think its less a reference to American colonization and more like America CAME from England, so they have similar pokemon as a result. England colonized America after all
Every gen has a lot of Japanese Pokémon Probably to homage where Pokémon was made Why is there a polar bear in New York and a koala in Hawaii Who knows
The pokemon versions of Raijin and Fujin (and whatever Landorus is supposed to be) are in the region based on New York so pokemon have always been in weird places.
What about the vespiquen, roserade, serperior, empoleon, escavalier(and accelgor) lines they are all very french inspired along with the chandelure line as well.
It’s not a big world because one10-year-old can make the whole thing and also Can catch gods and catch every Pokémon If they try hard enough Not to mention traveling through dimensions
6:03 as someone who lives in Scotland there’s actually very little snow anymore it doesn’t even come every year sometimes you won’t see it for a few years at a time
The Lake and Peak Districts, as well as north-western Wales are also mountainous, and therefore also get snow. Also, Scotland is the northern third, not half.
We also don't get all that much snow in Scotland usually (relative to other countries as northern as we are). With the exception of up the top of mountains, obviously.
@@YujiUedaFan The only people that care about the south are southerners and americans who dont know what they're talking about. Going with the first comment though: in the north of england we dont get much snow especially in north yorkshire since were in a valley
@@jonathanhunter8076 the Midlands, which divides this "northern hafl of england" does have a fun fact. its always fckin cloudy. but not snow, no. would be nice tho. dont know where he gets this idea from having snow. The only parts i can think of, which could contain snow are the highest points of scotland like literally north north of scotland and its isles
One thing that also influences Centiskorch's design could be Arthropleura, the massive ancient centipede that lived in the Carboniferous and Permian eras. IIRC it was first discovered in the UK.
I've never made tea on a stove top, but that was how it was historically done so you're partially right. It's now just boiling a kettle until it's done, then pouring it into a teapot with a teabag (if brewing for multiple people) or directly into a cup with a teabag in it (if brewing just for me).
Every reason given for Pokémon before baltoy and claydol (11:55) is very believable and convincing. Every reason given for Pokémon after 11:55 sounds somewhat weak and conspiratorial. Not that I'm complaining tho, just something I noticed.
I really enjoyed the casual interactions with your sponsored products. Instead of scripted compliments you just get distracted by the snacks in the middle of your show. I thought that was very funny :)
Considering Galarian stunfisk is there as a nod to bear traps Im not quite sure thats the reason for Mawile being there, but everything else mentioned seems to fit well enough! Great vid as always man!
I don't undersatmd how a Red Panda (Stufful and Bewear) got in over a Brown Bear (Teddiursa and Ursaring). Pancham and Pangoro kinda make sense since they are the closest thing to a black bear in the base game.
They put a lot more thought into their games than this rash statement gives credit for. I mean just listen to all these awesome multi-cultural designs all these games are full of. Just because they wanted to make the game more streamlined doesn't mean they are lazy and/or thoughtless when designing their games.
It's also worth noting that Kabu is from Hoenn. Considering a Gym Leader is from Hoenn and how Galar is so focused on battles, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that, from an in-universe perspective, importing of Pokemon happened at some point.
In Japan, the whole “closed country” thing is certainly a significant part of history taught in school, and so is the alliance that existed afterwards between Japan and England. Most people in Japan know this part of history, and to me, feels normal that Japanese-ish Pokémon exist in Galar.
So basically Froslass had a good reason for being in Galar, but couldn't just ditch her family, so she hauled her husband, Glalie, and their kid, Snorunt with her.
Here's a list of pokemon of galar that'd be wierd in Kanto: Perrserker wooloo Stonjourner Johto: Corviknight Hoenn: Orbeetle Runigregeous Sinoh: wooloo
Honestly I wanted more British pokemon. Who wouldn't love a pokemon based on a castle or a train. Also I would have loved a pokemon based on Alice in Wonderland or Sherlock Homes.
Kabu came from Hoenn ( Japanese ), so his Centiscorch may have come from there.... Also, for Mawile, it could be because it’s back - head eats iron and England is quite industrial.....
The Bounsweet line is based on Mangosteen, a tropical fruit. I highly doubt they can grow in the UK without a greenhouse. The Joltik line is based on tarantulas. They shouldn't be able to live that far north naturally. (Sure, New York wouldn't work either but at least there are native tarantulas in the United States further south.) The Manectric line is based on a combination of raiju and the maned wolf, neither of which belong in the UK. The Munna line is based on the baku which in turn is based on tapirs. Malaysia was part of the British Empire at one point but I think it's a bit of a stretch. Maractus is a cactus. That's about it. It really doesn't belong in such a northerly environment and it's a pretty underwhelming Pokemon, too.
There are also Mexican pokemon in Galar (Hawlucha, Maractus, and Ludicolo) and Kalos (Hawlucha and Ludicolo) And also there are Japanese Pokémon in Alola, some of the UBs could be based on yokai (Stakataka and maybe Blacephalon)
I would absolutely love to see the people at game freak react to your theories. To see all “holy crap he figured it out” and “nope we just did it cause we thought it’d be cool, no deep meaning here” Is there a way to make this happen?!?
Not only are lilies common in england, so are trolls. And kappa are like trolls because they both reside in rivers and under bridges and are known to attack travelers for various reasons, usually to eat them.
This is the same company that was like "Ok, we're making an expansion to our British region. It's going to be an island, not as large as the full region but pretty similar in size, it should ideally have some spirituality and mysticism baked into it, and of course, needs to be a great place to put lots of pokemon, our resident spiritual creatures! Since nothing anywhere near England even slightly matches the description of a large, culturally relevant island with a long history of myths and legends not far off the coast, I suppose we'll just have to base it on Kung Fu..."
IKR. They don't care about British culture at all. I'd rather someone who knew what they were doing re-made Galar from the ground up and gave us Pokémon that made more sense, like Swanna and Sawsbuck.
and on top of that calling it the 'Isle of Armor', its almost as if they didn't even care in the slightest to keep the 'u' in the word instead of redactingg it like in American English :l
There was a British sailor called Will Adams, and he was captured by the Japanese for some reason or another, and became a shipbuilder for them. He was considered so useful to the Japanese, that they made him a samurai!
Ah yes a "history of japan i guess" reference. Also Nintendo missed a good pokemon inspiration with Ebenezer. They coulda done like a three spirits deal.
All those Yokai Pokémon, but not Mismagius, an actual witch. You know, like the innocent women who were hunted in medieval ages. Like all the evil witches in European fairytales. Like the many uses of witchcraft still present in modern day practice.
A lot of these were honestly a massive stretch (especially the radiator and stove thing, neither of those are particularly british imo), but I was honestly surprised that with Mawile the Irish Potato Famine wasn't mentioned?? That'd was a much more obvious and likely explanation
Everytime. Everytime he says "I really like this next video" on Twitter, you can be 100% sure, you can bet your first-born to the fact that it's gonna be a very heavy episode with a lot of historical references. I love this channel precisely because of these videos. That said... How D A R E you teach me about Britrish imperialism using pokémon?
I started watching exactly 59 seconds after you uploaded, that means I'm a great person, right? Also for the radiator thing, J. Turner said that the MC's house was made to look exactly like a generic british house, and it has a radiator, he also designed centiskorsh, so maybe that explains why the british-ness (pun pretty much intended) is less british history and/or myths inspired and more generic british stuff
When I was living in Scotland, 'Tea' was just another way to say dinner, so that might be one reason why you feel like the British talk about tea so much, but then again my household was filled with more coffee drinkers then tea drinkers so I can't say for certain.
i don't belive Gamefreak puted any thought in at all about which pokemon would be in Galar. i believe they planned to add all pokemons but realized they wouldn't make the deadline
@@munch4007 England is famous for taking over 65% of the planet and pre WW1 Japan became an empire by invading a bunch of neighboring islands and parts of China
Can we talk about the mons that should have been in Galar? mainly Sawsbuck and Castform. Weather is a huge mechanic in the game and neither of the two most weathery pokemon are in it. And the UK is full of deer species, also where is Stantler?! Also where is Mismagius and Honchkrow? Witches and crows are both very British. Then theres Granbull which is basically a British Bulldog. Other common animal looking pokemon like Swanna which has a very famous mythology story in Ireland with the Children of Lir, and Pyroar, lions are like one of the major symbols of the empire!
And then theres a whole bunch that shouldnt be there. Why does Lickilicky get included but not Stantler? Lantrun and Xatu dont really fit. Also no Pyroar but they put in Hippowdon? A few others like Zoroark, Beeheyem and Bouffalant dont really fit the theme. I would have left out Hawlucha, Salazzle adn Turtonator as well.
I feel like you over think different reasonings about pokemon and that some of the things that you say the pokemon company might have not even thought of
Quagsire is a weird one. As far as I'm aware, only Japan and the US have giant salamanders. I don't recall such a thing in England. Should anyone wonder where in the US, Okiefenoki. I probably misspelled it. It's a swamp that borders Georgia and Florida, iirc. Not as scary as a Manchineel. I only say that because I would live a Manchineel inspired Pokemon. The apple dragons aren't close enough.
Me: how many times have you shown me pokemon’s origins and inspiration, it gets repetitive very quickly TH-cam: How many slices of bread have you eaten in your life
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Umm... Lockstin.... How did you time travel on this video? Also wtf happened to your left eyebrow?
TIME TRAVELER
Waaaaazzzuup Lockstin And Gnoggin I Guess.
I'm confused was the radiators supposed to be a joke? Because we do have them in pretty much every room, but we don't often have stoves
kabu is originally from hoenn its on his league card which explains the samurai
Flannery’s dad doe
@@madas1435 thats what I was thinking. Espically since Torkoal is his lead
That explains why he has a connection to it. But it's not like Kabu brought Sizzlipede with him and introduced the species to Galar.
Max Meigel im talking about the gym picture with the samurai theme
Am I the only one who thinks Kabu looks very similar to Darth Thanaton from Star Wars the Old Republic?
"Xenophobia is funny when whitey is not the one doing it."
- Lockstin (quote taken out of context)
I hope lockstin doesnt get murdered for that line
Bruh he calling everyone out.
I just don't get why "whitey" gets called out for stuff literally every race is guilty of. Hell in many cases "whitey" was the fist to shun many of humanities more egregious practices.
I WILL QUOTE THIS FOREVER
Lockstin’s, white guilt was showing.
I believe Froslass could be a reference to Frozen Charlotte. Charlotte was the name of a popular toy in Victorian England, a porcelain doll to be exact. She came with a story attached. Charlotte was invited to a Winter’s Ball, and needed to ride a sleigh to get to it. Her mother told her to wear a thick fur coat, but Charlotte was vain and decided not to because it would cover up her expensive dress, which she wanted to show off to anybody who saw her on her journey. When she arrived to the ball, her skin had become ice and “as fragile as porcelain.” So Frozen Charlotte dolls were intended as both toys and warnings, against vanity and staying out in the cold.
the more you know
Also likely a reference to Snow Queen. The story goes that a little boy and a little girl were friends therefore, they were having fun but one day, the Snow Queen visits their village. To cut to the point, she kissed the boy and freeze him alive and took him away. Similar to Froslass's pokedex entery isn't it?
@@adam.n-steveIsn’t the Snow Queen from Denmark?
Ok, but instead of Japanese pokemon, they should have had Stoutland. Or some others that were already based on things from the UK
The game has stoutland
@@madnessarcade7447 He should have been in the base game, and shouldn't be in a tropical zone
They fixed that with the Isle of Armour.
@@arcticdino1650 True. But at least they brought him back.
Or....just made new pokemon that reflected that stuff
I wouldn't be surprised if the some of the Pokemon mentioned were gonna have a regional variant, but GF scrapped them and just added in the old forms
another reason for centiskorch's japaneseness could be that fact that kabu himself is actual from hoenn (which is based on a part of japan).
Hoshiden Lycanroc - blood vomit I don’t get it
N64 Memeface hoenn is based on japan
@@n64memeface76 Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are based on regions in japan
Isn't he actually related to flannery or something? Ex e4 or something?
James Robson not confirmed but implied that he is
The queen owns all of the Swans in England
So where the hell is Swanna
Lincoln. we have too many swans
The queen removed swanna
I see; no one can own a Swanna as she owns all of the Swanna
The queen has cormorants now
They're all with the queen, of course. They would never be in the wild with other pokemon
WHY ISN'T GRANBULL THERE IT'S A FREAKING BULLDOG
They already had the corgi Pokemon, and each game needs a new dog Pokemon.
TheGreyEevee * we can do all the dogs! i mean we did get liepard back as well as perrserker. we even have wolf manetric, another electric dog
But perrserker has a nice reason to be in galar, i mean yea sure you could do it probably with any other mon too but imo perrserk looks nice on meowth🤷🏾♂️
🤔 is pure ugly(intended) alyo i galar?! I hope so, it looks like the typical antagonist-whitecat
@@JacobLoveless23 But they kept Manectric, not only another dog, but an electric dog with similar stat distribution!
If its not in the Crown Tundra we riot.
9:44 Can't say I was expecting you to quote bill wurtz in this. Nice.
So Mt. Saint hellen is about to go crazy
Can we go outside?
NO
Why?
CORONA IS A DEADLY VIRUS
@@galladesamurai2380 *puts on mask*
not anymore, theres a blanket
When I saw the flags I was hoping it would be and my mans did not disappoint
@@kellenoconnor4396 *2020 end*
Not anymore there's a vaccine
4:02 As a brit myself, I can confirm we have many radiators in our houses.
I have 7 personally.
There is probably at least one in each room of my house
what do they do?
I can also confirm that Swans exist here, so do Starlings and 70+ other Pokémon that would have fit in Galar, if GF weren't so incompetent.
@Mapy xapy if youre from america, or the americas. flat is a department. or shared home. I aint british but did had the unfourtunate opportunity to live in the island. (PS it wasnt that bad really)
i guess the "flat" form of calling a home is from a single floor house? idk just thought of it
As an English person, I'd like to give my two penny's on these pokemon being in the galar region:
Centiscorch: it is well known that british people hate the cold. Can't stand it. We require heat to survive. Hot insect provides the warmth.
Frosslass and glaelie: it is well known that British people hate the warmth. Can't stand it. We're picky bastard like that. Nice cold pokemon to make the summer bearable.
Shiftry: England is full of trees. The trees do not like us, if the amount of twigs that have fallen in my wellys is anything to go by. Shifty is a shifty tree, like the rest of the English trees.
The Ludicolo line: they look like ducks. England is practically owned by the ducks. Ponds are an essential In an English countryside, and the ducks come free with them like a buy one get fifteen free deal.
Baltoy and claydol: they are about as physically attractive as you're average English person. We aren't exactly known for being lookers. It's a subtle jab at the fact that under our moustaches and bowlar hats we all secretly have five extra eyes.
Dunsparce: it's name sounds like dunce. Victorians kids loved the word so much they made hats out of them.
Mawlie: English people have tempers on them, so a crocodile mouthed child fits the attitude of most british playgrounds and their kill or be killed attitude.
Bravo, amazing comment!
All of this is true
I feel called out
Am British can confirm i cant stand heat or cold
This is so true
i just did a radiator count in my house, there are nine. one in every room, even the bathrooms, and two in corridors-
Hey look be grateful, my house has been “modernised” periodically and lost several in the changes. Now we’ve got blankets and fires. Bc we’re modern now
Hey look be grateful, my house has been “modernised” periodically and lost several in the changes. Now we’ve got blankets and fires. Bc we’re modern now
That sounds like a lot (then again I live in America and we don't have radiators so maybe that's a normal amount)
I have 6
Scandinavian here, my dormitory has two in the kitchen, two in the entrance, one in the laundry room and two in each room (bathroom and living area)
Just realized unova having the majority of returning Pokémon references (although most likely accidentally) reference America's colonisation. Wonder if any unovan mons could be considered to be originally from galar.
excellent point!
I could see that maybe being the case with indeedee and audino. Audino could be a regional variant of indeedee instead of the other way around.
Fat ppl need an extra seat
@@oscarsullivan5983 okay
I think its less a reference to American colonization and more like
America CAME from England, so they have similar pokemon as a result. England colonized America after all
Every gen has a lot of Japanese Pokémon
Probably to homage where Pokémon was made
Why is there a polar bear in New York and a koala in Hawaii
Who knows
I mean Central Park zoo is known for polar bears the koala is a mystery though
The pokemon versions of Raijin and Fujin (and whatever Landorus is supposed to be) are in the region based on New York so pokemon have always been in weird places.
I just wanna say. If frozenwoman has the small niche reason for beeing in galar. Then i cant wait for france or german 👀
Princess Kaguya,Mokomokuren and a Nukekubi are in Hawaii.
Kalos already was France but yeah it would be cool to have a german Pokemon region
Real question is where is the welsh dragon Pokémon
Please i need it
I'd say applin has you at least half covered in that area
And maybe Drudiggon?
druddigon could be a good candidate
If your looking for druddigon, it's usually in caves in the dlc
AGREED WHERE IS THE DRAAAAGOOOON
How about covering the Frenchness of Kalos pokemon since the region is based on France?
Ikr
A frilled dragon in france.
Really?
What about the vespiquen, roserade, serperior, empoleon, escavalier(and accelgor) lines they are all very french inspired along with the chandelure line as well.
"It's the world of Pokemon"
It’s not a big world because one10-year-old can make the whole thing and also Can catch gods and catch every Pokémon If they try hard enough Not to mention traveling through dimensions
Woooooosh
@@gruewy4359 kinda destroyed
Maybe Baltoy&Claydol couldve gotten a regional form to better represent these other statues. I think that wouldve been pretty cool
11:03 Another reason shiftry could be in sword and shield because lotad and seedot or counterpart Pokémon ones in shield and the other is in sword
But...
Cottonee was in the base game, but not Lilligant!!!!
But liligant was later added in isle of armor
TheHammerGuy they’re counter part Pokemon? I honestly didn’t know
Jonathan Yep
in BW they were.
6:03 as someone who lives in Scotland there’s actually very little snow anymore it doesn’t even come every year sometimes you won’t see it for a few years at a time
"Northern half of Great Britain" Scotland. You mean Scotland
The Lake and Peak Districts, as well as north-western Wales are also mountainous, and therefore also get snow. Also, Scotland is the northern third, not half.
We also don't get all that much snow in Scotland usually (relative to other countries as northern as we are). With the exception of up the top of mountains, obviously.
They couldn't even be bothered to put in the sound past London. Also, everyone knows the South of England is the main bit that counts.
@@YujiUedaFan The only people that care about the south are southerners and americans who dont know what they're talking about.
Going with the first comment though: in the north of england we dont get much snow especially in north yorkshire since were in a valley
@@jonathanhunter8076 the Midlands, which divides this "northern hafl of england" does have a fun fact. its always fckin cloudy. but not snow, no. would be nice tho. dont know where he gets this idea from having snow.
The only parts i can think of, which could contain snow are the highest points of scotland like literally north north of scotland and its isles
One thing that also influences Centiskorch's design could be Arthropleura, the massive ancient centipede that lived in the Carboniferous and Permian eras. IIRC it was first discovered in the UK.
"Open the country. Stop having it be closed"
What a great hommage to that amazing YT video
Lockstin really just referenced “The History of Japan I Guess”
The original makes me cracked up so much lmao
I've never made tea on a stove top, but that was how it was historically done so you're partially right. It's now just boiling a kettle until it's done, then pouring it into a teapot with a teabag (if brewing for multiple people) or directly into a cup with a teabag in it (if brewing just for me).
Bruh my house doesnt even use a teapot when its for multiple people we just pour it straight into the mugs no matter what. We do be kinda lazy
How do you boil the water without a stove top?
@@blakdeth electric kettles do exist.
@@DissedRedEngie I just looked up what an electric kettle is. I've never seen one before. Neat.
tommy flores They are so useful even if you don’t like tea. Everyone needs one
5:47 also you theorized that snorunt is a falinks that got left behind so that too
Everyone else: talking about the video
Me: can’t help but notice his left eye brow is cut in two
Old news
@@SingingSealRiana What happened? I'm curious as well.
Either it’s a look or he accidentally shaved it
It’s a look, chief
It’s become a relatively popular trend amongst males starting around 2017
"Bear traps were made in Canada"
Hell yeah! Someone is talking about Canada!
Eh!
Connibear trap
I don’t care if Centiskorch has a not so logical reason for being in the galar region because it has become my all time favorite Pokémon.
Your profile pic says otherwise
Emerald Hoarder yeah flapple was originally my favorite but Centiskorch overtime became my favorite instead
It could also be based on an arthropleura, that's what I originally thought, and that would be enough reason.
Every reason given for Pokémon before baltoy and claydol (11:55) is very believable and convincing.
Every reason given for Pokémon after 11:55 sounds somewhat weak and conspiratorial.
Not that I'm complaining tho, just something I noticed.
Of course TH-cam gives me this notification 2 minutes late, good old TH-cam. How dare you make me miss an upload of Lockstin.
The bear trap part when explaining Mawile is incorrect as Galarian Stunfisk has features that give it appearance of a hidden bear trap.
I really enjoyed the casual interactions with your sponsored products. Instead of scripted compliments you just get distracted by the snacks in the middle of your show. I thought that was very funny :)
Gnoggin :
Every myth in england is based in forests
Kelpies:
Am i a joke to you
Americans: tea is so gross, why do brits love it?
Also Americans: makes their tea cold and doesn't put milk in it.
That’s because heat and milk are saved for coffee, the superior American drink.
I'm American and I don't like coffee-
Cooled tea is good, but Chilled Milk tea is the best
Don't forget about Sweet Tea.
I hate hot drinks
Calls Mahwile a bear trap.
Galarian Stunfisk: Am I a joke to you!?... Don't answer that!
9:43
I love the bill wurtz reference!
Can we all agree that the quote " oh-ok japan sure" is amazing and so true
16:57, simple quag is amazing and should be treated as such
I just realized they could have made of made a regional variant of Froslass inspired by these snow witches
How would it’s type change ? Ice dark ? Ghost psychic ?
Well this is a really interesting topic
Not something most would think of, I appreciate the work you do ✨
Considering Galarian stunfisk is there as a nod to bear traps Im not quite sure thats the reason for Mawile being there, but everything else mentioned seems to fit well enough!
Great vid as always man!
The true answer:
Gamefreak wanted to.
That and because Junichi Masuda snapped his fingers and wiped out half the Pokemon, so they had to make do. ;)
Lmfao
I don't undersatmd how a Red Panda (Stufful and Bewear) got in over a Brown Bear (Teddiursa and Ursaring). Pancham and Pangoro kinda make sense since they are the closest thing to a black bear in the base game.
They put a lot more thought into their games than this rash statement gives credit for. I mean just listen to all these awesome multi-cultural designs all these games are full of. Just because they wanted to make the game more streamlined doesn't mean they are lazy and/or thoughtless when designing their games.
@@PsychoDiesel48 except they are lazy
I get that the Oddish line are based on Mandrakes, but Bellossom is explicitly a Polynesian dancer. That entire family should not be in Galar.
Love that "History of the Entire World I Guess" reference.
It's also worth noting that Kabu is from Hoenn. Considering a Gym Leader is from Hoenn and how Galar is so focused on battles, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that, from an in-universe perspective, importing of Pokemon happened at some point.
In Japan, the whole “closed country” thing is certainly a significant part of history taught in school, and so is the alliance that existed afterwards between Japan and England. Most people in Japan know this part of history, and to me, feels normal that Japanese-ish Pokémon exist in Galar.
So basically Froslass had a good reason for being in Galar, but couldn't just ditch her family, so she hauled her husband, Glalie, and their kid, Snorunt with her.
I like that the devs bothered adding jiggle physics to his hair.
I find the idea that you can fight off a massive centipede by spitting at it incredibly funny.
Everytime I watch a Lockstin video, I feel so informed!!!...
Here's a list of pokemon of galar that'd be wierd in
Kanto:
Perrserker
wooloo
Stonjourner
Johto:
Corviknight
Hoenn:
Orbeetle
Runigregeous
Sinoh:
wooloo
Honestly I wanted more British pokemon. Who wouldn't love a pokemon based on a castle or a train. Also I would have loved a pokemon based on Alice in Wonderland or Sherlock Homes.
Or even more Pokémon from past gens that fit a British setting, like Swanna, Sawsbuck, Snubbull and Rattata.
Kabu came from Hoenn ( Japanese ), so his Centiscorch may have come from there....
Also, for Mawile, it could be because it’s back - head eats iron and England is quite industrial.....
Mawhile eats iron bars.... Galar has a lot of mines and is based on the England that has a bunch of steel made from iron... That explains it
Also, Sheffield (one of the big cities of England) is famous for its stainless steel.
I can just imagine mawile going ham in Sheffield's steel mills
The Bounsweet line is based on Mangosteen, a tropical fruit. I highly doubt they can grow in the UK without a greenhouse. The Joltik line is based on tarantulas. They shouldn't be able to live that far north naturally. (Sure, New York wouldn't work either but at least there are native tarantulas in the United States further south.) The Manectric line is based on a combination of raiju and the maned wolf, neither of which belong in the UK. The Munna line is based on the baku which in turn is based on tapirs. Malaysia was part of the British Empire at one point but I think it's a bit of a stretch. Maractus is a cactus. That's about it. It really doesn't belong in such a northerly environment and it's a pretty underwhelming Pokemon, too.
There are also Mexican pokemon in Galar (Hawlucha, Maractus, and Ludicolo) and Kalos (Hawlucha and Ludicolo)
And also there are Japanese Pokémon in Alola, some of the UBs could be based on yokai (Stakataka and maybe Blacephalon)
Maractus and Ludicolo fit, because cacti are popular house plants here and Lotad is a lily pad.
I would absolutely love to see the people at game freak react to your theories. To see all “holy crap he figured it out” and “nope we just did it cause we thought it’d be cool, no deep meaning here”
Is there a way to make this happen?!?
You made me realise that the circles on Claydol's chest are supposed to represent.. Y'know.. I'll never look at Claydol the same way again!
5:29 I didn’t know u were from California
Not all of California is desert unless u live near a desert like Palm Springs
Not only are lilies common in england, so are trolls. And kappa are like trolls because they both reside in rivers and under bridges and are known to attack travelers for various reasons, usually to eat them.
Love the reference to history of Japan(9:46)
9:46 OMG HE SAID THE THING!!!!! HELL YES!
This is the same company that was like "Ok, we're making an expansion to our British region. It's going to be an island, not as large as the full region but pretty similar in size, it should ideally have some spirituality and mysticism baked into it, and of course, needs to be a great place to put lots of pokemon, our resident spiritual creatures! Since nothing anywhere near England even slightly matches the description of a large, culturally relevant island with a long history of myths and legends not far off the coast, I suppose we'll just have to base it on Kung Fu..."
IKR. They don't care about British culture at all. I'd rather someone who knew what they were doing re-made Galar from the ground up and gave us Pokémon that made more sense, like Swanna and Sawsbuck.
and on top of that calling it the 'Isle of Armor', its almost as if they didn't even care in the slightest to keep the 'u' in the word instead of redactingg it like in American English :l
@@YujiUedaFan saying they don't care about British culture is dead wrong and shows you know nothing about the research they put into the game 😭
@@wuhoho4687 yeah that is kind of upsetting
Minor but oh well
@@MM80536 No Swanna... swans are royal birds in the UK...
9:46 I was desperately hoping for a history of japan reference as soon as he started talking about trade
I've never seen Oliver Twist, so that "MOOOOORE" caught me off guard.
There was a British sailor called Will Adams, and he was captured by the Japanese for some reason or another, and became a shipbuilder for them. He was considered so useful to the Japanese, that they made him a samurai!
Ah yes a "history of japan i guess" reference. Also Nintendo missed a good pokemon inspiration with Ebenezer. They coulda done like a three spirits deal.
Lockstin, I ate Bokksu, and now I blame you for having a jar full of it on my kitchen counter.
All those Yokai Pokémon, but not Mismagius, an actual witch. You know, like the innocent women who were hunted in medieval ages. Like all the evil witches in European fairytales. Like the many uses of witchcraft still present in modern day practice.
Yeah... 0 thought was put into Galar.
A lot of these were honestly a massive stretch (especially the radiator and stove thing, neither of those are particularly british imo), but I was honestly surprised that with Mawile the Irish Potato Famine wasn't mentioned?? That'd was a much more obvious and likely explanation
Everytime.
Everytime he says "I really like this next video" on Twitter, you can be 100% sure, you can bet your first-born to the fact that it's gonna be a very heavy episode with a lot of historical references.
I love this channel precisely because of these videos.
That said...
How D A R E you teach me about Britrish imperialism using pokémon?
Me: sneezes
Centiscorch: SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN DEATH.
I started watching exactly 59 seconds after you uploaded, that means I'm a great person, right?
Also for the radiator thing, J. Turner said that the MC's house was made to look exactly like a generic british house, and it has a radiator, he also designed centiskorsh, so maybe that explains why the british-ness (pun pretty much intended) is less british history and/or myths inspired and more generic british stuff
And yet...No Lillipup line. The *Yorkshire Terrier inspired pokemon is not in the Galar dex*
I love to learn about these things that he talks about he's so funny also😂
3:28 hell no the tiny ones are already bad
When I was living in Scotland, 'Tea' was just another way to say dinner, so that might be one reason why you feel like the British talk about tea so much, but then again my household was filled with more coffee drinkers then tea drinkers so I can't say for certain.
i don't belive Gamefreak puted any thought in at all about which pokemon would be in Galar. i believe they planned to add all pokemons but realized they wouldn't make the deadline
Yeah, so instead of caring 1 tiny bit, they made Galar the "best of" region.
12:45 wait so basically they were the original anime characters?
I wish they gave seedot and lotad their own galarian evolution
Seedot is only there for the acorn and skwovet
Galar Weebs bought them over.
The Pokémon equivalent of katanas, sushi and anime.
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🐍 no step on SNEK!🇺🇸🇭🇰
Snakedude4life what?
We all know European weebs are the most powerful foreign weebs. - sincerely a S.E.A weeb
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🐍 no step on SNEK! 🇬🇧🇯🇵
true weebs scare me
-sincerely a Japanese Ainu native
Kartana: ...Noos.
The fact that he smiled after he burped just killed me XD
Lockstin: "Hee, hee, Xenophobia is funny when whitey's not the one doing it."
Me, immediately thinking of the Nanjing Massacre: "Yeah...heh...heh..."
I'm gnot a gnelf
I'm gnot a gnoblin
I'm a gnoggin
and you've been
GNOGGIN'D
I love how he doesn’t mention China when talking about tea being a common drink
OMG!! I just realized that there is an exclamation point on the top of centiskorch's head. So funny 😂
I saw “Japan -> Galar” in the thumbnail and figured you’d bring up imperialism. Good ol’ British cultural insensitivity
How so? Generally curious.
@@munch4007 England is famous for taking over 65% of the planet and pre WW1 Japan became an empire by invading a bunch of neighboring islands and parts of China
I feel like Arcanine should've gotten a Galarian form. Sure it's based on a chinese lion dog, but I feel there is something to be had there.
"Xenophobia's funny when whitey's not doing it." Best thing I've heard all week. 🤣
"What's a KAPPA doing in England?!"
Me:
"Clearly it's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
“Xenophobia is funny when the whities aren’t doing it” .locksten 2020
Can we talk about the mons that should have been in Galar? mainly Sawsbuck and Castform. Weather is a huge mechanic in the game and neither of the two most weathery pokemon are in it. And the UK is full of deer species, also where is Stantler?! Also where is Mismagius and Honchkrow? Witches and crows are both very British. Then theres Granbull which is basically a British Bulldog. Other common animal looking pokemon like Swanna which has a very famous mythology story in Ireland with the Children of Lir, and Pyroar, lions are like one of the major symbols of the empire!
And then theres a whole bunch that shouldnt be there. Why does Lickilicky get included but not Stantler? Lantrun and Xatu dont really fit. Also no Pyroar but they put in Hippowdon? A few others like Zoroark, Beeheyem and Bouffalant dont really fit the theme. I would have left out Hawlucha, Salazzle adn Turtonator as well.
I feel like you over think different reasonings about pokemon and that some of the things that you say the pokemon company might have not even thought of
That’s why it’s all just speculation
Yeah, GF are just incompetent, so much so they don't know that Swans exist in England.
And yet Snubbull, the English Bulldog pokemon, is not in Galar.
Yep and neither are Swanna, Sawsbuck, Starly, Houndour, Rattata, Mismagius or SlaKING,
first
letter of the alphabet is A.
Quagsire is a weird one. As far as I'm aware, only Japan and the US have giant salamanders. I don't recall such a thing in England.
Should anyone wonder where in the US, Okiefenoki. I probably misspelled it. It's a swamp that borders Georgia and Florida, iirc. Not as scary as a Manchineel. I only say that because I would live a Manchineel inspired Pokemon. The apple dragons aren't close enough.
I just realized something, Dhelmise might be in Galar because of the titanic!
Expect Dhelmise is only the kelp. If Avalugg and Wailord were found in the same place, that'd be a reference to the Titanic
9:45 history of Japan, love that video man
Me: how many times have you shown me pokemon’s origins and inspiration, it gets repetitive very quickly
TH-cam: How many slices of bread have you eaten in your life