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I did some more research. Turns out the childhood friend was called "Sabra" Here's an excerpt from the interview: "When it came to naming Sabrina I decided to name her after a woman I recalled from my junior high school days ... who was very active in school affairs, and who assigned a number of us to interview prominent people in the media. In addition, the woman's name had a New England ring to it. Some years later I recalled the woman's name was not Sabrina, but actually Sabra Holbrook."
My dude, HOW did you miss that Grant also shares his name with Alan Grant, the paleontologist from Jurassic Park??? Grant's team is *_EXCLUSIVELY_* made of Fossil Pokemon!
This channel is lacking Mystery Dungeon Content. Much so. I mean, Theorys, Lore, Designs, and open questions, all that could be discussed. Also, the Pokemon there have, in the City, specific personality (that players of the games will forever remember, in fact), so WHY do these specific pokemon have those specific personalitys and quirks? Thats just the first specific Topic for a video i can think up.
Basically every parent in the Pokemon world is either clairvoyant, knowing what type of Pokemon their kids will use in the future, or super controlling, making sure sure they grow up using only one type of Pokemon.
Fun fact! It's a not so commonly held belief that what you name your child can actually affect what kind of person they will be, or what kind of life they will lead!
Whose to say these people don't change their names? It would be funny as heck for someone to be like "wow I love grass types, gonna name myself grass real quick"
In the anime we did see Brock’s dad was the original rock type gym leader,and Misty’s sister took over the gym when she was with Ash. And I know the animes and games aren’t connected,but I think it’s safe to say that it’s some sort of “Passing the torch” with each generation of the next kid
It could just be a crazy coincidence, too. My name is George, I tend to prefer Rock types, my mom and I share a fascination with geology, and my father was a construction worker when I was young. They actually planned on naming me 'Alan,' but my sister, who was three at the time, threw a fit because she wanted my name to be "George." Lucky roll of the dice, i suppose.
I thought Marnie’s whole name thing was cus it sounded like “meanie”, which is a contrast to how she acts in game (being really kind and helpful), kinda like how you said Piers’ name contrasted his punk aesthetic
Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade! Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons; what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down... with the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
the reason why Allister's name is Onion in Japanese is probably because of Oni, a kind of yōkai, demon, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. basically something spooky and ghastly. just like ghosts. ghost type gym leader.
Eh, it could be a reason but I believe that Piers was just Gamefreak telling us “Guys, the dark type is not just evil type, dark type trainers aren’t all just evil” so they make a good guy train dark type mons
“Opal is old, like GIGA old” Clearly you must be mistaken. She is 16 years old because that is the correct answer that raises a stat in her gym battle.
Cilan, Chili, and Cress have a really cool etymology in Japan. Their names are Dent, Pod, and Corn, which are all types of corn, continuing the plant names, however, if you put the prefix tri on each one, they become a seperate word, Trident, Tripod, and Tricorn (a type of hat) which is because tri means three and they're a set of three gym leaders.
@@vutava8292 It's a stretch. His name actually means Frigid. Honestly reading comments like this is hilarious because you look so stupid trying to put ice in his name because he's gen 6. Grow up honestly.
So this inspired me to come up with some names for the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 of my own Pokemon region. I'm thinking Bormal, Blyinga, Byre, Brass, Barry, Bhosta, Barka, Bighting, Bectrica, Beela, Bsychic, and of course, Brock 2 Edit: figured too many of them were dudes so I added some A's to the end.
As far as I know, Melony's name is just melon, because Japan relates melons with cold, and I suppose that because in Zelda BOTW melons are used to make cold food.
its mostly likely a reference to the asian wintermelon. as well as the fact that melons are associated with fertility and she is a mother and has a very round appearance
I named my competitive Lowkey Toxtricity "Homika" (Roxie's original japanese name) Not only is it a punk rocker, poison but it's color scheeme also fits.
Liza and Tate are named Tell and Pat in Italian, which reminds of the word "telepatia" (meaning telepath). Kinda interesting how the concept of psychic powers remained even after the translation
Korrina could be a pun, because in portuguese we have the verb "Corre" that's means running, and that's her whole thing with running with her rollingwheel shoes, also Korri has the same pronunciation lol.
Was also thinking it could be linked to "quarrel" which is synonymous with "fighting". I guess kind of a stretch but the "Kor" and "Quar" sounds are somewhat similar.
Fun fact:Claire's name in japanese is Ibuki,that can be roughly translated to breath. When she gives the player the TM for dragonbreath,she says "No,this has nothing to do with my breath" though,this was changed in HG/SS and so as the TM given out,but she still makes a small reference to it before being embarassed. It was in the japanese version of G/S/C,and it was a pun lost in translation Edit:Forgot to mention she says that in the *japanese* version,the english version was different -That's why I love her-
Parents discussing what to call their child Wife: Aight what should we call our child? Husband: i dunno but i want our child to be a gym leader, rocks are dope ngl
Wulfric's name, specifically the "wulf" part could be in reference to the wolf of nordic mythology fenrir and is seen as a symbol of strength and stamina, which you kinda need to endure the cold. Fenrir is also known for their huge size and based on his appearance in the game and anime I would say Wulfric fits the bill nicely
My mother's maiden name is Roark, and they pronounce it as ROW-ark. Probably because we have the southern twang on it, but I always mispronounced Roark as a kid because of it.
a former actor, who, after recklessly injured himself during an action scene, had to retire. Seeking advice from Alder, he became a Gym Leader. Years later, he was able to return to the silver screen.
I think melonie is actually based off "melody", like a song related word, because her main user is lapras, when it gmaxes it has connection with melody, the lines, and the gmax move, "gmax resonance" i think.
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And there's Christmas melodies...which...snow..ice..December..c o l d
I always thought Milos name was a reference to silos, things you store crops in. Because he works on a farm and uses wooloo, a livestock animal Edit: forgot to mention that since stereotypical farms grow crops, it would tie back into the grass type
I think Korrina's design being based on a roller-skater might be a reference to roller-derbies, a contact sport played in roller rinks where one player, "the jammer" scores points by lapping the opposing team who try to hinder them by attempting to restrain or block them. But designs are probably for a different video
tl;dr: Well yes, but actually no. It's not nearly as simple as that. Rome had a distinct mythology of its own long before they syncretized their religion with that of the Greeks. They had a habit of doing this thing where when they conquered a region and saw similarities between the Roman gods and local gods, they would sort of synthesize them together. It's why Mercury (the god as well as the planet) isn't just associated with trade and travel, but also with knowledge, craftsmanship, and creativity; traits he picked up when the Romans synthesized him with the Celtic/Germanic sun god Lugh (or about a hundred other names if you want to dive into that; I don't) and with Odin, of all gods. Venus is an especially interesting case, as she seems to have occupied more of a mother/nature goddess role before syncretism with Aphrodite from Greek religion seems to have somewhat overshadowed that. Aphrodite herself wasn't native to Greece, but it seems she was sort of transmitted to Cypress from the Phoenician traders who worshiped a goddess of love and war known as Astarte, who in turn is descended from Inanna, the Babylonian goddess of love, war, political power, and various crafts who they called "The Queen of Heaven and Earth." This happened a lot in the ancient world. You would get a pseudo-state religion with a pantheon that could be expressed myriad different ways in local folk religions until you got a thousand different versions of what can seem at first blush to just be half-a-dozen, maybe a dozen deities. Additionally, when two cultures wanted to ally with each other, and saw similarities between one god or goddess and another, they would syncretize their religions as a way of burying the spiritual hatchet. Of course, it's even more complicated than the slightly less abridged version I've laid out here, but suffice to say: Roman mythology is not, in fact, just Greek mythology with several asterisks. It's actually a lot cooler and more interesting!
The amount of possible explanations he gave for Cress's name before mentioning watercress got me genuinely worried that he didn't know that was the reason for the name
Hi! Actualy Juan gets his name because of an spanish expression, a “Don Juan” is a man who flirts and dates a lot. In Spain his names is Galano, because a “galán” is what we call a Don Juan ☺️
@@robertoalexandermendezmore408 BUT THERE IS A WATER PUN!!! HE DOESNT ONLY LIKE WOMEN, HE AS A WAY WITH WOMEN... that creates alot of "water"... the internet has ruined me...
Fun fact about Candice's name: in Latin, the word 'Candidus' means 'white', which is the colour of snow and ice. So her name actually means 'white, pure/clear ice'
My name is candice, and a lot of websites say it means ‘white fire’. I don’t know the language comes from so I just believed it, but I’m kind of sad it doesn’t mean that. Lol it’s a cool meaning.
@@richardderatte6672 They could have switched tho. Boy Levi and Girl Tati (after an Asteroid, with could have tied in both the fact that their home has a space station and their Team)
Uhhh.... couldn't Piers just come from the word "pierce?" His hair looks like it has thorns, and the spikes on his clothes and all? Seems fitting enough. I think you might have dug too deep and missed the target on that one. Interesting etymology lesson though.
So piers sings.... And has piercings. Piers = pierre = peter = rock (also brock’s name in french) He rocks Can’t wait for another rock gym leader who is also in a band
I can't believe you didn't mention Bede just straight up being "Beet" because of beetroots, and that his colourscheme is beetroot coloured. Also I like the Onion thing for Allister not just because of the Japanese "oni" thing someone mentioned before, but onions really do have layers, and Allister is wearing a mask.
20:17 Meanwhile at Gamefreak: Alright, so we have a new gym leader that uses grass types. Any ideas for their name? How about brock, but grass. Brass we'll call him. eh, not fancy enough. Brassius? ... Perfect!
This channel is lacking Mystery Dungeon Content. Much so!! I mean, Theorys, Lore, Designs, and open questions, all that could be discussed. Also, the Pokemon there have, in the City, specific personality (that players of the games will forever remember, in fact), so WHY do these specific pokemon have those specific personalitys and quirks? Thats just the first specific Topic for a video i can think up. Right?
You didn't mention the fact that "Milo" means literally "Apple" in greek, and he trains an Appletun, so, yeah, apple, plant, Appletun, that's kind of it
An interesting fact that he brought up about them is that their names put together make the word levitate. I find this to be quite interesting because their Pokemon that they use, Lunatone and Solrock, have this ability and are immune to ground type moves; taking this a step further, in emerald, they add a Claydol (which also has this ability) and Xatu (which is part flying type, and therefore also immune to ground) to their team as well.
"like obviously, it's a kids' show, so give every character a perfectly fitting name that fits who they are and what they do across really quick and easily" she-ra has entered the chat
we're not disagreeing with the way he's pronouncing them, he is DEFINATELY pronouncing it wrong, at least for some of them, especially byron specifically, he really said it in 1 syllable....
@@terrariaskeletonpre1.0.39 Yes, thank you! I was wondering if someone else noticed this as well. Byron is an Irish name, and it is definitely not pronounced as one syllable.
Another point for Valerie's name is it's similar to "Valkyrie", which are beings that appear in nordic myth. Also for Raihan "golden rain" could be stretched to be a sandstorm if you consider sand as a golden brown colouration, and "golden chain" could be interpreted as a chain of succession
Erika also just means "heather" in Japanese. I always thought she got to keep her name because it just coincidentally happens to be a name in English as well and the translators went "oh cool we don't even need to change it then." They seem to have gotten more insistent over time on every name being Deep and Meaningful, so I think if the game were released today, they would have changed Erika's name to Heather.
@@phantolmao lapras isn't really a sound based pok'e mon. yeah it learns sing and perish song, but sound isn't it's primary inspiration. if it was, it'd learn way more sound based moves by level up, like the whismur and noibat lines do.
@@phantolmao not really? It's a luxury liner cruise ship. G-Max resonance isn't even classified as a sound based move since soundproof doesn't block it. so while it does have a music scale surrounding it, and music does play a design aspect, it's definitely not sound based. if anything, you should be saying her name might have part of it's origin in melody because her ace has music inspirations.
Me: Can't wait to hear about Giovanni cause that's my name too Lockstin: Giovanni?! What a bad guy name *also mocks how it's pronounced* Me: I guess it really do be like that sometimes
did... did i think that this whole time jasmine was actually a kind of mineral? like a jasmine bowl? did i just make that up? because apparently it's a flower and i thought it was a kind of gemstone
For Lenora, I’d have to mention as well that the word Linear could also be a factor here, as in both “normal/predictable” or not divergent, and also as in time lines of history which as you mentioned she is a huge fan of.
Additional etymologies: - Surge: sounds like sarge (sergeant) - Chuck: nanchaku/nunchucks? - Clair: (a dragon's) lair - Korrina: cornichon (pickle/gherkin, to complement her grandfather Gurkinn) - Wulfric: frigid - Onion (Allister): oni (demon) - Bede: beet (guessing it's more of a colour thing) - Melony: winter melons specifically maybe? - Piers: pierce (cuz Dark is edgy). Japanese name "Nezu" is temple juniper, which I guess fits that holy name juxtaposition thing.
GF's Jasmine: She is a steel gym leader and she is so kind that she doesnt open her gym because a sick Pokémon that is important to her city. Lockstin's Jasmine: YAAAS Mine.
Another point for Valerie’s name is the valkyries from Norse Myth The dark type Gym leader, could be a play on Peter, Spyro’s original name when he was much more of a punk (we’re talking near Bart Simpson levels before he was tone WAY down for the game) in the OG Spyro 1 from 1998
At first, i thought Misty was a *flying* type gym leader, because "mist" is in the air and looks similar to a cloud. When i heard that she was a Water type gym leader...my face looked like the *suprised pikachu face*
Hold up I’m guessing you have never played they games and battled her because her Pokémon definitely are all water type but hey it’s okay you like Pokémon that’s all that matters
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They are the closest thing to boss battles
B O K K S U
Do Japanese gym leader names explained. Will likely be more interesting :)
The video came out 17 seconds ago, and this comment says 3 minutes, what are u a time lord, space magic, what is?! Explainnnnnn!!!
@@GustavoJua15 Yes,it's gonna be cool
"hey so why did you call her Sabrina the teenage witch?"
"Oh, she's named after a childhood friend"
"You had a friend called Sabrina then?"
"Lol no"
Shes named "Morgane" in French
I did some more research. Turns out the childhood friend was called "Sabra"
Here's an excerpt from the interview:
"When it came to naming Sabrina I decided to name her after a woman I recalled from my junior high school days ... who was very active in school affairs, and who assigned a number of us to interview prominent people in the media. In addition, the woman's name had a New England ring to it. Some years later I recalled the woman's name was not Sabrina, but actually Sabra Holbrook."
@@petermarsella6537 I kinda wish they reunited if they were close friends to name something after them lol
@@petermarsella6537 I just learned that Sabra is an actual name and I feel good
I can't belive he didn't mention the fact that Sabrina contains an anagram of brain aswell. Kinda the whole schitck with psychic powers is the brain
My dude, HOW did you miss that Grant also shares his name with Alan Grant, the paleontologist from Jurassic Park??? Grant's team is *_EXCLUSIVELY_* made of Fossil Pokemon!
Wait how have I never caught that
oh my god
me, a Jurassic park fan who has never caught that: *impossible*
Life uh Finds a way.
This channel is lacking Mystery Dungeon Content.
Much so.
I mean, Theorys, Lore, Designs, and open questions,
all that could be discussed.
Also, the Pokemon there have, in the City, specific
personality (that players of the games will forever remember, in
fact), so WHY do these specific pokemon have those specific
personalitys and quirks? Thats just the first
specific Topic for a video i can think up.
Basically every parent in the Pokemon world is either clairvoyant, knowing what type of Pokemon their kids will use in the future, or super controlling, making sure sure they grow up using only one type of Pokemon.
Or Maybe you're legally obligated to change your name after you become a gym leader
Fun fact! It's a not so commonly held belief that what you name your child can actually affect what kind of person they will be, or what kind of life they will lead!
Whose to say these people don't change their names? It would be funny as heck for someone to be like "wow I love grass types, gonna name myself grass real quick"
In the anime we did see Brock’s dad was the original rock type gym leader,and Misty’s sister took over the gym when she was with Ash. And I know the animes and games aren’t connected,but I think it’s safe to say that it’s some sort of “Passing the torch” with each generation of the next kid
It could just be a crazy coincidence, too. My name is George, I tend to prefer Rock types, my mom and I share a fascination with geology, and my father was a construction worker when I was young. They actually planned on naming me 'Alan,' but my sister, who was three at the time, threw a fit because she wanted my name to be "George." Lucky roll of the dice, i suppose.
"Every ice type gym leader is named after ice"
Melony: ... What
Lol
He will probably get to her
melony : what about me
Melony is part of his boob theory videos I guess.
I mean WINTER Melon is a thing
Alternate title: Lockstin talks about puns and wordplay for over half an hour
I mean... your not wrong.
And yet we still watch it because he's that good
Are not all name videos like this? Its fun to learn and laugh though :)
Just a regular lockstin video
Isn't that a large portion of videos of his tho?
Btw fun fact: Kabu’s league card states that he comes from hoenn
@@Untitwled18392 that's what i thought as well, but then i thought, "where's his hoenn pokemon like numel, torkoal, camerupt?"
@Gar a bbq?
@@MisterMuffinut doesn't he have a torkoal in the cup?
@@MisterMuffinut Becuase torkoal,numel,camerupt isnt in the pokedex
@@Betteranimal Torkoal is
raihan is canonically tall so he probably mastered weather due to so many "hows the weather up there" jokes
raihan is the real protagonist of tall girl.
@Nadia Blue Excuse me, he's how tall?
*responds by throwing sand*
@Nadia Blue *laughs in 4’11* (and to clarify im a grown ass woman. I’m 26. I’m not getting any taller. 😭)
I was gonna add that his pokemons alternate form is a skyscraper which goes with the height theme
Wanna know a secret?
What does Piers do? He sings
Soooo Piers sings… piercings
👌
What's next? Edge?
Yeah and Piers... pierce... spike-muth... the man is pointy
Also, Pierce The Veil, fairly well known rock/punk rock band
I feel like I walked into a TH-cam alleyway to learn this secret XD
I thought Marnie’s whole name thing was cus it sounded like “meanie”, which is a contrast to how she acts in game (being really kind and helpful), kinda like how you said Piers’ name contrasted his punk aesthetic
Add on to Clemont: All his inventions fail, so their "lemons."
Also clementine, a type of citrus fruit.
@@Retro_Red So Clement is named after a lemon and a mandarin/orange
Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade! Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons; what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down... with the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!
Also another thing, Clemons’s hair colour is even lemon yellow.
Bonnies Iconic Line
Another one goes boom
the reason why Allister's name is Onion in Japanese is probably because of Oni, a kind of yōkai, demon, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. basically something spooky and ghastly. just like ghosts. ghost type gym leader.
i think Onis are more dark type but yeah makes sense
@@CocoLocoToco demons are often portrayed as spirits.
I lost it when lockstin said “YAAaAaS MiNNeEE”
I thought Piers' whole name stuff was because "Pierce" like, stabbing someone. Because that's evil or something
I thought that too! Also cause the band Pierce the Veil, he has their vibe
Eh, it could be a reason but I believe that Piers was just Gamefreak telling us “Guys, the dark type is not just evil type, dark type trainers aren’t all just evil” so they make a good guy train dark type mons
I thought it was Piers as in Pierce or Piercing, cuz like, punks often have lots of Piercings...
Peers into the darkness.... Or pierce like piercings like a punk
@@f.b.iagent3971 but... Dark is literally called the Evil-type. That's why Fighting is strong against it: it's the Hero-type.
“Opal is old, like GIGA old”
Clearly you must be mistaken. She is 16 years old because that is the correct answer that raises a stat in her gym battle.
Piers says 88-year old when paring up with her in the Galarian Star Tournament.
thats makes her the oldest gym leader to date
Beta Togekiss as poketips says “You never tell a woman her real age so Ill pick sixteen.”
@@TheRedSmarty how dare he
And thats what i did pick 16
” *Hello i am Bpsychic, the psychic type gym leader of hell.* ”
Lol i legit died when i read this
"You killed my father, prepare to die"
Damn, is psychic the tm of the gym?
@@thebrickinquestion Definitely
@@hypnoticpaw psychic badge name is psychic badge?
Cilan, Chili, and Cress have a really cool etymology in Japan. Their names are Dent, Pod, and Corn, which are all types of corn, continuing the plant names, however, if you put the prefix tri on each one, they become a seperate word, Trident, Tripod, and Tricorn (a type of hat) which is because tri means three and they're a set of three gym leaders.
"Every ice-type gym leader is named after ice"
Wulfric: Am I a joke to you?
Everyone: Yes, you are a complete joke.
"-ic" is ice without the e.
@@vutava8292 sure, but it's still a stretch
Melony: Blame it on him!
@@vutava8292
It's a stretch. His name actually means Frigid. Honestly reading comments like this is hilarious because you look so stupid trying to put ice in his name because he's gen 6.
Grow up honestly.
@@PinkGoldAbby "Honestly reading comments like this is hilarious because you look so stupid" "Grow up honestly." Bit of a tone shift there.
So this inspired me to come up with some names for the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 of my own Pokemon region.
I'm thinking Bormal, Blyinga, Byre, Brass, Barry, Bhosta, Barka, Bighting, Bectrica, Beela, Bsychic, and of course, Brock 2
Edit: figured too many of them were dudes so I added some A's to the end.
I like Brock 2 the most
Ok, but bosta (without an h) means crap in some languages (mainly latin based ones)
Brass is a sound type gym leader... right? RIGHT?!
Well brassius is grass so I think gamefreak is stealing your genius idea
@@lukeladin wait, I didn’t see you
As far as I know, Melony's name is just melon, because Japan relates melons with cold, and I suppose that because in Zelda BOTW melons are used to make cold food.
Idk if its a Japan thing. Whenever I think of melons I think of cooling off on a hot summer day hy eating so cool crisp melon.
the melons aren't really a "cold" food in botw rather they are something juicy to cool you off hence why they are found in gerudo
I am now confused about japan, melons grow in the summon so WHY
its mostly likely a reference to the asian wintermelon. as well as the fact that melons are associated with fertility and she is a mother and has a very round appearance
I thought it came from “melody” because her ace is sound based
If Toxtricity existed before this, it would Roxy's partner pokemon
True
Agreed
I named my competitive Lowkey Toxtricity "Homika" (Roxie's original japanese name)
Not only is it a punk rocker, poison but it's color scheeme also fits.
@@VioletLunaChan 👌
That pokemon masters sword and shield update is looking gr8
Oh and in masters, roxie is a fan of piers.
Liza and Tate are named Tell and Pat in Italian, which reminds of the word "telepatia" (meaning telepath).
Kinda interesting how the concept of psychic powers remained even after the translation
i thought Chuck was just named cuz chuck means throwing something and that's considered a fighting move
I assumed his names is based on nunchuck, those sticks you used for fighting
Juan is named after juan meme
Yeah, he kinda overanalyzed a lot of the names instead of just going with the most obvious meanings.
I was about to say the same thing but I'm always confused if Americans use the word Chuck as much as we do in the UK lol
@@plasma2125 Juan is a "Don Juan" character. IIRC women are infatuated with him cause of pokemon contests.
7:28 Also, 'Chuck' means throw, and throwing is a big type of fighting.
Are you kidding? He started that section with multiple jokes about that
@@danm8004he didn’t outright say it
Korrina could be a pun, because in portuguese we have the verb "Corre" that's means running, and that's her whole thing with running with her rollingwheel shoes, also Korri has the same pronunciation lol.
Was also thinking it could be linked to "quarrel" which is synonymous with "fighting". I guess kind of a stretch but the "Kor" and "Quar" sounds are somewhat similar.
Thats also in Spanish
Game freak: "Erika is like Erica which symbolizes hundreds of flowers."
Also game freak: "So... rock with a b."
In English, maybe. But GameFreak is a Japanese company, and his name is Takeshi.
Fun fact:Claire's name in japanese is Ibuki,that can be roughly translated to breath. When she gives the player the TM for dragonbreath,she says "No,this has nothing to do with my breath" though,this was changed in HG/SS and so as the TM given out,but she still makes a small reference to it before being embarassed. It was in the japanese version of G/S/C,and it was a pun lost in translation
Edit:Forgot to mention she says that in the *japanese* version,the english version was different
-That's why I love her-
Wow
@@andromedabaskoro9013 This was taken from Bulbapedia
@@orangejuice9102 👍
Wow, that is hillarious...
@@kyokyodisaster4842 wo- oh wait nvm
Parents discussing what to call their child
Wife: Aight what should we call our child?
Husband: i dunno but i want our child to be a gym leader, rocks are dope ngl
Bice
Wulfric's name, specifically the "wulf" part could be in reference to the wolf of nordic mythology fenrir and is seen as a symbol of strength and stamina, which you kinda need to endure the cold. Fenrir is also known for their huge size and based on his appearance in the game and anime I would say Wulfric fits the bill nicely
"Wul" can also come from WULrus since his beard looks like Wulrus tusks
@@watertrainer1013
Walrus, unless your talking about something else it's walrus, not wulrus.
Wulfric to me sounds like frigid (cold) for some reason so I’ve always associated that with Wolf “ Wulf” fri- “gid “ ? Idk maybe it just me 😅
Roark... Pronounced R-ORE-K. He’s a miner, he mines ore, ergo, Roark.
It could also be meant to be like ROAR- K, because both of his Pokémon are dinosaurs.
Also kinda sounds like rock if you pronounce it a little weird
G-ORE-DY
My mother's maiden name is Roark, and they pronounce it as ROW-ark. Probably because we have the southern twang on it, but I always mispronounced Roark as a kid because of it.
@@TyzThePhoenix YOURE A GENIUS
7:30 man i remember when internet culture was "chuck norris is badass, now laugh"
I've always felt like "Janine" was a pun on the word "Genin", which is a rookie ninja, Janine being the daughter and apprentice of Koga, the master.
Your version is probably closer to the actual origins of her name.
If you reverse the syllables of her name you get the word "ninja" but it sounds like "neen-ja"
You're probably right
@@stephenhall3356 I mean, the way Japanese pronunciations tend to work I's are pronounced like ee, so pronouncing it Neen-Ja isn't too far off.
Lockstin also left out that the Koga ninja were one of the two great ninja clans.
I get that his name isn't deep, but Brycen isn't a nothing character. He's an actor in samurai movies!
a former actor, who, after recklessly injured himself during an action scene, had to retire. Seeking advice from Alder, he became a Gym Leader. Years later, he was able to return to the silver screen.
And also just straight up fights team plasma's pokémon with his bare fists.
what if he's a samurai in actor movies
@@Jmotist To date, the only trainer I can think of who _is_ the Pokémon.
Given Brycen is a martial artist and a movie star, his name also pays reference to Bruce Lee.
Some of the letters in “Sabrina” can be rearranged to spell “brains” but with an “a” thrown at the end
The A is screaming as you run from her trying to mind control you.
Maybe her brains are A-grade?
I think melonie is actually based off "melody", like a song related word, because her main user is lapras, when it gmaxes it has connection with melody, the lines, and the gmax move, "gmax resonance" i think.
And there's Christmas melodies...which...snow..ice..December..c o l d
I always thought Milos name was a reference to silos, things you store crops in. Because he works on a farm and uses wooloo, a livestock animal
Edit: forgot to mention that since stereotypical farms grow crops, it would tie back into the grass type
I think Korrina's design being based on a roller-skater might be a reference to roller-derbies, a contact sport played in roller rinks where one player, "the jammer" scores points by lapping the opposing team who try to hinder them by attempting to restrain or block them.
But designs are probably for a different video
That would make sense. Lockston has a roller derby cougar fakemon in his Kaskade region. It may have been fighting- steel. I don't remember exactly.
"Roman Mythology is just Greek Mythology with several asterisks."
tl;dr: Well yes, but actually no. It's not nearly as simple as that.
Rome had a distinct mythology of its own long before they syncretized their religion with that of the Greeks. They had a habit of doing this thing where when they conquered a region and saw similarities between the Roman gods and local gods, they would sort of synthesize them together. It's why Mercury (the god as well as the planet) isn't just associated with trade and travel, but also with knowledge, craftsmanship, and creativity; traits he picked up when the Romans synthesized him with the Celtic/Germanic sun god Lugh (or about a hundred other names if you want to dive into that; I don't) and with Odin, of all gods.
Venus is an especially interesting case, as she seems to have occupied more of a mother/nature goddess role before syncretism with Aphrodite from Greek religion seems to have somewhat overshadowed that. Aphrodite herself wasn't native to Greece, but it seems she was sort of transmitted to Cypress from the Phoenician traders who worshiped a goddess of love and war known as Astarte, who in turn is descended from Inanna, the Babylonian goddess of love, war, political power, and various crafts who they called "The Queen of Heaven and Earth."
This happened a lot in the ancient world. You would get a pseudo-state religion with a pantheon that could be expressed myriad different ways in local folk religions until you got a thousand different versions of what can seem at first blush to just be half-a-dozen, maybe a dozen deities. Additionally, when two cultures wanted to ally with each other, and saw similarities between one god or goddess and another, they would syncretize their religions as a way of burying the spiritual hatchet. Of course, it's even more complicated than the slightly less abridged version I've laid out here, but suffice to say: Roman mythology is not, in fact, just Greek mythology with several asterisks. It's actually a lot cooler and more interesting!
@@Yggdraseed you just have this in your back pocket or something?
@@tankman1522 Truth be told, I'm a major in History and Anthropology and a big ol' mythology nerd, so I just happen to be equipped to comment on this.
@@Yggdraseed so yes?
@@tankman1522 Well, in so many words: yes. That's exactly right.
Roman Mythology is basically: “Nice gods bro, we’ll just borrow them for a few decades”
The amount of possible explanations he gave for Cress's name before mentioning watercress got me genuinely worried that he didn't know that was the reason for the name
Can you cover the theme names of the player characters and rivals?
(PS we’re all salty that Gloria doesn’t have a Scottish accent in Pokemon Masters)
*Looks back at my rival from Red and Blue
Ah yes, Ass Hat, I named you that because you were an Ass Hat
I personally think her British accent is quite charming.
And he should also include the anime characters as well.
What about the elite four
Yeah I was Disappointed in that... I mean, she was nicknamed "The SCOTTISH Trainer" after all...
9:58
"Flannery, my first Fictional crush"
Not only is Gnoggin a man of intelligence, he too is a man of culture
Ya
she was so nervous and goofy because of it
20:18 Gen 9- Brassius the Grass types leader- *sweating*
Hi! Actualy Juan gets his name because of an spanish expression, a “Don Juan” is a man who flirts and dates a lot. In Spain his names is Galano, because a “galán” is what we call a Don Juan ☺️
But where's the water pun then?!
lol
@@Fighter_53 theres no water pun, he just like womans, thats literally his character
@@robertoalexandermendezmore408 BUT THERE IS A WATER PUN!!! HE DOESNT ONLY LIKE WOMEN, HE AS A WAY WITH WOMEN... that creates alot of "water"... the internet has ruined me...
Uh it's water cuz a person drink water hah
Don Juan is also a character in Ibong Adarna xd
Fun fact about Candice's name: in Latin, the word 'Candidus' means 'white', which is the colour of snow and ice. So her name actually means 'white, pure/clear ice'
Yes, please try and fine whatever excuses you can into making your precious gen 4 ice gym leader pun look not terrible.
My name is candice, and a lot of websites say it means ‘white fire’. I don’t know the language comes from so I just believed it, but I’m kind of sad it doesn’t mean that. Lol it’s a cool meaning.
As a Bulgarian, I want to inform you that "черен" is pronounced just like the name of the trainer Cheren
Yes!
Bianca and Cheren are names white and black in different languages
In French they wrote it Tcheren because we wouldn’t pronounce the t sound
For Blaine, "blain" also means a swelling or sore, as you might get from a burn, hence his iconic line "You'd better have BURN HEAL!"
Allister could also be a reference to "Sinister", as the ghost type is often portrayed almost as dark as the dark type.
Good one, just like Sidney from the Hoenn Elite Four.
20:13 “Next you’ll tell me there’s a ‘Belectric’, or ‘Bwater’, or ‘Brass’.
Generation 9: introduces Brassius
That’s called foreshadowing.
"The Watt, which is normally used to measure electric current"
No.
"The unit of power: the Volt"
*No.*
Ampear , the grass type leader ..... because pear is plant and grass is plant.
Fun Fact About Marlon: in portuguese (and Spanish too) "Mar" means "Sea".
and ramos in portuguese would be like: ramos de uma árvore, that wold be like, branches or roots of a tree.
@@iceburn32014 sim, mas isso ele falou no vídeo '-'
@@TreeckoDX64 achei q n tinha
Foda man 🗿
20:17 The dude just predicted Brassius 😭💀
I always thought Sabrina was supposed to be like "cerebral" because brain power
Nice one peice pfp
her name contains the word "brain" if you rearrange a few letters so that works too. psychic powers involve the brain after all.
GameFreak when naming half of all gym leaders: flower
20:07 pov your name is Brycen and he is just hating on your name
Man they should’ve changed Liza’s name to “Levi” so it would’ve been Levi Tate
That would've been so clever!
@@richardderatte6672 The original was released in 2002
@@richardderatte6672 They could have switched tho. Boy Levi and Girl Tati (after an Asteroid, with could have tied in both the fact that their home has a space station and their Team)
I was thinking Liv, so it's Liv and Tate, which if you say it fast sounds like levitate
@@richardderatte6672 One of the things Gamefreak doesn't change is names
Uhhh.... couldn't Piers just come from the word "pierce?" His hair looks like it has thorns, and the spikes on his clothes and all? Seems fitting enough. I think you might have dug too deep and missed the target on that one. Interesting etymology lesson though.
Not to mention the town he's from is literally named after the word "spike" in English and Japanese lol
you are smart
So piers sings....
And has piercings.
Piers = pierre = peter = rock (also brock’s name in french)
He rocks
Can’t wait for another rock gym leader who is also in a band
along with that their is a Pop Punk band called "pierce the veil" which are the same genre of music that piers is into? might be a reach aha
Also: Spikemuth...
I can't believe you didn't mention Bede just straight up being "Beet" because of beetroots, and that his colourscheme is beetroot coloured. Also I like the Onion thing for Allister not just because of the Japanese "oni" thing someone mentioned before, but onions really do have layers, and Allister is wearing a mask.
Interesting detail for Fantina. The “Fant” at the beginning of her name is also the beginning of the French word fantôme which means... ghost.
So...
Phantom.
Given the fact that she's French, fantôme was probably the intention there.
@@TheHammerGuy94 I know he mentioned phantom but he didn’t mention the French equivalent.
@@simon-pierredoucet8936 They're the same thing essentially, "phantom" comes from "fantôme".
@@anch95 yeah like almost half of the English vocabulary.
Lockstin: Goes in depth to describe Wulfric's name
Me: Haha, wulfric sounds kinda like arctic
Huh, I never thought of that.
20:17
Meanwhile at Gamefreak: Alright, so we have a new gym leader that uses grass types. Any ideas for their name?
How about brock, but grass. Brass we'll call him.
eh, not fancy enough.
Brassius?
... Perfect!
I always thought Melonie was named after melody, like a song. Especially because of Lapras's gmax move.
This channel is lacking Mystery Dungeon Content.
Much so!!
I mean, Theorys, Lore, Designs, and open questions,
all that could be discussed.
Also, the Pokemon there have, in the City, specific
personality (that players of the games will forever remember, in
fact), so WHY do these specific pokemon have those specific
personalitys and quirks? Thats just the first
specific Topic for a video i can think up.
Right?
Uh, about Piers...
Punk rockers usually wear piercings.
So...
Piers sings?
Piercings?
Fuuuu
20:17 "Next you'll tell me there's a Belectric, a Bwater, a Brass"
~Brassius enters the chat~
Lockstin on Milo's name: "He could be named after many other things"
Me: *Stares at my cup of milo*
U from Malaysia right. Lol
@@chumaniagacniaga833 Singapore actually
@@Raivon same lmaooo
Australian here. Also it's being heavily pushed to mothers in the Philippines.
I like to eat it's raw milk powder
May I suggest that Grant was named after Alan Grant from Jurassic Park, since both of his Pokémon are dinosaurs?
Good point
“Every ice type gym leader is just ICE!”
*laughs in Melony*
"Raihan means Basil"
Basil...
Basilisk
Basilisk could mean dragon or monster.
Hmm...
you tried
and a big chicken
@@artist0154 isn't the chicken a cockatrice?
@@blueblaze27 Basilisk is usually a serpent type creature, or a chicken like creature with some serpent features
@@dorianjareth9198 and it's funny because: 11:18
You didn't mention the fact that "Milo" means literally "Apple" in greek, and he trains an Appletun, so, yeah, apple, plant, Appletun, that's kind of it
It isnt Appletun specifically
Depending on version it's one of Applin's evolutions
But the apple point still stands
And it sounds like “silo” because he’s a farmer
20:16 Lockstin predicts Brassius?! XD
I thought Tate and Liza were “Tantalize” due to their psychic speciality
An interesting fact that he brought up about them is that their names put together make the word levitate. I find this to be quite interesting because their Pokemon that they use, Lunatone and Solrock, have this ability and are immune to ground type moves; taking this a step further, in emerald, they add a Claydol (which also has this ability) and Xatu (which is part flying type, and therefore also immune to ground) to their team as well.
@@matthewkuscienko4616 wow... Just wow. Liza and Tate makes Levitate
In the spanish version they are Levi and Tito
@@marcomarquez1524 Tito? Sounds like a good name. How do you know this, if I may ask?
@@musicalsystem927 theres a list of the translated names for every significant character at bulbapedia
The way you pronounced some of these names killed my braincells.
I can't tell if he's doing it on purpose, which is ABSOLUTELY KILLING ME
@@pokefan69420 if he's doing it on purpose, that makes me actually mad lol
dude im still thinking about how he said "byron" in one syllable it just makes me so upset
@@terrariaskeletonpre1.0.39 the way he pronounced Korrina was the point I said "oh hell no"
He pronounced Bea as bee he has to be trolling
20:13 with the Brass mentioning…. Now we have Brassius (Paldean grass type gym leader)
"like obviously, it's a kids' show, so give every character a perfectly fitting name that fits who they are and what they do across really quick and easily"
she-ra has entered the chat
All ages
My favorite is SCORPIA. GET IT?!! BECAUSE SHE’S A *SCORPION*
@@emailmcgmail4485 they weren't even subtle about it huh
@@PurgatoryProductions1 Yeah, He-Man was way better at it!
Like Skeletor, Evilin, Manny Faces....
*Oh god He-Man was worse*
Yh i mean look at Castaspella: Cast a Spell
Everytime you disagree with how he pronounces a gym leader’s name, take a shot.
we're not disagreeing with the way he's pronouncing them, he is DEFINATELY pronouncing it wrong, at least for some of them, especially byron specifically, he really said it in 1 syllable....
@@terrariaskeletonpre1.0.39 Yes, thank you! I was wondering if someone else noticed this as well. Byron is an Irish name, and it is definitely not pronounced as one syllable.
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Another point for Valerie's name is it's similar to "Valkyrie", which are beings that appear in nordic myth.
Also for Raihan "golden rain" could be stretched to be a sandstorm if you consider sand as a golden brown colouration, and "golden chain" could be interpreted as a chain of succession
I can't believe Lockstin even tried for ko-ring-a when he had arena.
Who else but Lockstin?
Erika also just means "heather" in Japanese. I always thought she got to keep her name because it just coincidentally happens to be a name in English as well and the translators went "oh cool we don't even need to change it then." They seem to have gotten more insistent over time on every name being Deep and Meaningful, so I think if the game were released today, they would have changed Erika's name to Heather.
Que sera sera~
Whatever will be will be~
Which also makes sense since Heather plants are in the Erica family. Good catch
Bro literally just called brassius. I’m dying. 😂 20:17
I always thought of Melony as “melancholy” and *cold* in personality
except she's a very warm character
I thought it came from “melody” because her ace is sound based
@@phantolmao lapras isn't really a sound based pok'e mon. yeah it learns sing and perish song, but sound isn't it's primary inspiration. if it was, it'd learn way more sound based moves by level up, like the whismur and noibat lines do.
@@oucyan GMax Lapras is sound based
@@phantolmao not really? It's a luxury liner cruise ship. G-Max resonance isn't even classified as a sound based move since soundproof doesn't block it. so while it does have a music scale surrounding it, and music does play a design aspect, it's definitely not sound based. if anything, you should be saying her name might have part of it's origin in melody because her ace has music inspirations.
"I don't like the ice type leader names because they're all variations of ice" doesn't point out the rock type gym leader names all being rock
He does..
It's like the first thing he does though.....
how did 60 people not realise this
31:30 Gordy also has the word “ore” in his name and he’s a rock-type user! :D
*Every gym leader name explained*
Oh, I can't wait to figure out the meaning behind names like Skyla and Candice and Bugsy.
skyla for sky bugsy for bug and candice for ice
@@shalizey1007 congratulations, you missed the joke
But Courage is courageous. He saves his owners inspite of his fear, which is considered courageous behavior.
Me: Can't wait to hear about Giovanni cause that's my name too
Lockstin: Giovanni?! What a bad guy name *also mocks how it's pronounced*
Me: I guess it really do be like that sometimes
did... did i think that this whole time jasmine was actually a kind of mineral? like a jasmine bowl? did i just make that up? because apparently it's a flower and i thought it was a kind of gemstone
Same
For Lenora, I’d have to mention as well that the word Linear could also be a factor here, as in both “normal/predictable” or not divergent, and also as in time lines of history which as you mentioned she is a huge fan of.
23:45
Fully admitting you've never seen the brutality of the rink.
Additional etymologies:
- Surge: sounds like sarge (sergeant)
- Chuck: nanchaku/nunchucks?
- Clair: (a dragon's) lair
- Korrina: cornichon (pickle/gherkin, to complement her grandfather Gurkinn)
- Wulfric: frigid
- Onion (Allister): oni (demon)
- Bede: beet (guessing it's more of a colour thing)
- Melony: winter melons specifically maybe?
- Piers: pierce (cuz Dark is edgy). Japanese name "Nezu" is temple juniper, which I guess fits that holy name juxtaposition thing.
Who tf onion
Just got to that part of the vid lol
Giovanni was going to be a flying type gym leader but they changed it. That is the reason the badge is a feather.
So Lance and Giovanni were both supposed to be birdkeepers. Sounds a bit farfetch'd.
@@dennisheyes4561 there isn't' actually any proof of the giovanni flying claim
The badge is based on Sakaki, a sacred tree in Shintoism, because that's Giovanni's Japanese name.
Fantina is also French in the English Localizations, so her name being French makes sense.
GF's Jasmine: She is a steel gym leader and she is so kind that she doesnt open her gym because a sick Pokémon that is important to her city.
Lockstin's Jasmine: YAAAS Mine.
Lockstin: We can assume that he's a lieutenant, because why would you lie about that? LAW AND ORDER INTENSIFIES.
“Next your gonna tell me there’s a brass” Brassius in the literal next game
For Valerie there is also the Valkyrie of Norse mythology, that could be an inspiration for her name
Knew it
I Like the fact that Brycens pose and animation Makes it look like hes Skating down the wall.
Yeah i was about to say the same. He really dropped the ball on this one, it's a very simple one.
Also Janine is the pronunciation of the word Ninja flipped.
Nin-Ja
Ja-Nine
ok that is cool
When he first said Janine, I thought of genin ("low level ninja") from Naruto ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Another point for Valerie’s name is the valkyries from Norse Myth
The dark type Gym leader, could be a play on Peter, Spyro’s original name when he was much more of a punk (we’re talking near Bart Simpson levels before he was tone WAY down for the game) in the OG Spyro 1 from 1998
At first, i thought Misty was a *flying* type gym leader, because "mist" is in the air and looks similar to a cloud. When i heard that she was a Water type gym leader...my face looked like the *suprised pikachu face*
Huh ? Ig you didn't see water in her gym . Man you are not suppose to focus so much on gym battle that you fail to see surroundings
Hold up I’m guessing you have never played they games and battled her because her Pokémon definitely are all water type but hey it’s okay you like Pokémon that’s all that matters
@@josiahcombellick8559 and also she has a freaking swimming pool in her gym
@@josiahcombellick8559 no, this was before i played the game. it was only when i actually battled her, i knew they were water type
Fortunately your surprised pikachu still does super effective damage
(don't take this too seriously lol)
"Roman mythology is just Greek with several asterisks" is a perfect way to explain Roman Mythology
20:16 bro predicted Brassius