Who is RBY OU's Most Edible Pokémon?

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  • @name6770
    @name6770 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +722

    “why did all the power in the region go out?” *pats suspiciously zaptos shaped stomach* “heheheheh i don’t know dude that’s crazy”

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      *(plot twist: it was 5 bajillion Raichu. The Zapdos left due to getting Raichu cravings due to joining the Raichu eating contest and is currently heading to Unova.)*

    • @jolecaes2517
      @jolecaes2517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      We're all out of zapdos

    • @Oscar-ek2jx
      @Oscar-ek2jx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Aaa-vp6ug what are you talking about

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Oscar-ek2jx that zapdos shaped stomach is actually due to OP eating a bunch of Raichu, and the Zapdos left due to being hungry for more Raichu (thanks to joining a Raichu eating contest {like a hotdog eating contest, but with Raichu instead}), and thus ate all the Pichu, Raichu and Pikachu in Unova.
      Sorry if this came off as condescending, this is just reframing it for clarity.

    • @tigerlover2853
      @tigerlover2853 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am so glad nobody’s referencing what I thought they’d be referencing with this.

  • @XxbelligerentxX
    @XxbelligerentxX 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +492

    My dumb, illiterate, and hungry ass thinking Farfetch’d would make this list

    • @appointmenteer
      @appointmenteer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +178

      farfech'd making it into OU thru sheer edibility alone

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      These comments better get to Ubers.

    • @shytendeakatamanoir9740
      @shytendeakatamanoir9740 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Me, wondering about the ethics of eating Magmar.

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@shytendeakatamanoir9740 isn’t Magyar just fire?

    • @hellofellowbotsss
      @hellofellowbotsss 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Aaa-vp6ugfire duck

  • @qrrbrrbirbel12345678
    @qrrbrrbirbel12345678 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +669

    Louie's notes in Pikmin 2 be like

    • @blueshell4188
      @blueshell4188 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      Louie if he wrote the Pokédex entries

    • @watsonwrote
      @watsonwrote 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And Pikmin 3, as I found out today lol

    • @finderfinder4290
      @finderfinder4290 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      The issue is louie would not have ethical concerns, that lapras is gone

    • @aBlackMage
      @aBlackMage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      As a kid, Half the reason I bought Pikmin 2 was to read those. Fun lore packaged like that really tickles my fancy

    • @Shellboi-j6n
      @Shellboi-j6n 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@finderfinder4290
      "LOUIE NO THAT ANIMAL IS ENDANGERED-"
      -Captain Olimar, probably

  • @thefaz3744
    @thefaz3744 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +281

    Alternative theory on the guy in Silph that gives you a Lapras: He's one of the poachers who hunted Lapras to near extinction. When the rockets invade Silph he goes "oh fuck, the cops will be here at any moment" and tries to get rid of the evidence of his poaching by giving the Lapras to the player

    • @Eta_Hoyimi
      @Eta_Hoyimi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Another example of fan lore making way more sense/being better than the actual written stuff. This is totally my headcannon for it now.

    • @emmadebeer8134
      @emmadebeer8134 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I always wondered what a lapras was doing in the Silph offices, probably an exotic corpo fish tank

    • @BookWyrmOnAString
      @BookWyrmOnAString 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thats hilarious, headcanon accepted

  • @shoogles_
    @shoogles_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

    I genuinely love that you did this completely unprompted and spent the first half of the video discussing how upsetting it would be to eat ANY of these guys lmfao

    • @bigyellow2ndimpact71
      @bigyellow2ndimpact71  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      "I would never do this it would be awful and upsetting! Now who wants to split a fried Starmie"

  • @ruludos1977
    @ruludos1977 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +350

    the idea of chansey being pure cartilage made me physically ill, thanks for that

    • @keksidy
      @keksidy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Shark fin soup but it comes with an egg

    • @Just.Kidding
      @Just.Kidding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      If anything, Chansey is like 50% uterus

    • @Andreecals
      @Andreecals 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I laughed too damn hard about all this video, this was gold

    • @thedoomnegotiator9693
      @thedoomnegotiator9693 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@Just.Kidding Oh lord this was not a pleasant thought

    • @budgetcommander4849
      @budgetcommander4849 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@keksidyShark fin soup needs other things though. That's not shark fin soup, that's just gnawing on cartilage.

  • @fountainihili
    @fountainihili 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1220

    “tauros meat has lethal amounts of testosterone in it” alright count me in im getting my hrt one way or another

    • @bageltime8983
      @bageltime8983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

      Which one would have a lot of estrogen? I need the woman juice dammit!😭😭😭😭

    • @dakoriolf
      @dakoriolf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      @@bageltime8983mayyyybe chansey? Jynx? Miltank if you’re counting later gens I guess

    • @GoldStorm07
      @GoldStorm07 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      @@bageltime8983 Definitely Kangaskhan.

    • @unhappyninetales
      @unhappyninetales 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      ​@@bageltime8983 Sylveon will be here soon

    • @cyruscrompton8221
      @cyruscrompton8221 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      @@bageltime8983 Amoongus based on recent events

  • @Magic_Ice
    @Magic_Ice 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1007

    this is how i found Articuno was banned from UU 💔

    • @gangstaspongebob243
      @gangstaspongebob243 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      Sorry you had to find out this way

    • @aggressiveavocado
      @aggressiveavocado 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      shit me too

    • @redacculous
      @redacculous 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same here

    • @mochiman6307
      @mochiman6307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I asked big yellow about it and all they said was to wait for it

    • @blastoiseddr
      @blastoiseddr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Same and I'm devastated it's only a legendary. Tentacruel won't stop until it stands alone in UU with beedrill.

  • @LadyBernkastel92
    @LadyBernkastel92 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +149

    Re:Chansey: Don't forget she'd just give you the egg if you wanted it, Chansey just hand those out if someone needs them for some reason.

  • @ariestimleck9608
    @ariestimleck9608 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +223

    'I think it would be really easy to take one bite out of Gengar'
    But Big Yellow, you forget. Bite is a normal move in Gen 1. 😭😭

    • @Rainbro359
      @Rainbro359 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      who cares about gen 1

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      @@Rainbro359big yellow

    • @MitoNova583
      @MitoNova583 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      @@Rainbro359asking in the channel that covers primarily Gen 1

    • @Rainbro359
      @Rainbro359 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      this is a Lego channel

    • @PrincessFelicie
      @PrincessFelicie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Rainbro359 touché

  • @MitoNova583
    @MitoNova583 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

    I wanna add that while Hypno is mostly A Guy, it evolves from Drowzee, which is based off the Malaysian tapir
    Tapirs are not only endangered, they're *also* related to horses and you think horses are really scary

  • @TealOpal
    @TealOpal 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +291

    Just finished watching. One thing to note about the methodology for this incredibly important study is that the Pokemon would likely be processed in some way to be made cookable and edible. For example, a Zapdos would probably be (ethtically) deceased and have its electricity stuff removed by the time you were going to prepare it, or a Cloyster meal would likely only consist of edible non-face parts. When humans eat chickens or pigs, we're obviously not eating every part of them and are only having the processed edible sections. I think it's safe to assume that in this hypothetical eating Pokémon hell world, procedures and processes would be in place to make each Pokémon as safely and enjoyably edible as possible.
    TL;DR I don't think you'd be Kirby inhaling an entire still-electric Zapdos or chomping into a still-breathing Rhydon.
    Either way, this was a fun video! I'd love to see more little yapisodes in the future.

    • @bigyellow2ndimpact71
      @bigyellow2ndimpact71  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

      This is a good point, my list is just kinda from the perspective of like a really angry chef going around preparing and eating random mons but if that caught on and we had Chansey ready-meals on our hands we'd have a VERY different situation on our hands
      And thank you! I might do more stuff like this in the future this was a nice lil break for me

    • @speedypichu6833
      @speedypichu6833 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I honestly had a flash take, I just came from the mort the chicken video. It’s neat to see, also yeah I agree with that.

    • @iamlordapollo
      @iamlordapollo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@TealOpal the visual of Kirby inhaling an entire still electric Zapdos got me dead 😂😂😂

    • @russianbot8576
      @russianbot8576 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      humans CAN eat every portion of an animal. we don't because we find it unsightly from privileged positions, but you _can._ it's only really recently-like, in the past 40 years recently-that meat came to a grocer already cut and packed and completely removed from the context of the bodies it was cut from. before then, the animal was delivered to the butcher, and you would ask for the cut you wanted-and *a good many* people would wait for a carcass to be picked apart and then offer to buy the unfavourable bits (bones, cartilage, etc) because they can be used for making bone broths, the marrow can be carved out to enrich some dishes, preserving some parts in some fashions solves the 'inedibility' problem (pickled pig's feet comes to mind; supposedly this is also possible with chicken feet but i have no idea). 'chitlins' was the order name for the internal organs. i know plenty of elderly men who will still swear on scrambled eggs & cow brains as the most enriching breakfast ('it's brain food' being the dad joke of all time).
      almost every part of most animals are edible or otherwise usable. _we in the west_ are picky because we have the privilege to be so.
      (also i am absolutely not convinced that half the delicacy of zapdos would not, in fact, be from leaving some electrical impulses which makes your mouth go partly numb, mostly silly feeling, similar to strong horseradish or genuine wasabi.)
      anyway, without the factory farm precision and standardisation, and assuming the large variety of species on the table, it is unlikely that the 'conveniences' of modernised meat distribution would exist in pokeworld, assuming most species are able to be eaten culturally? the only reason pre-butchering is possible as it exists in industrial factory farming today, is due to extreme standardisation-animal sizes are pretty strictly monitored for uniformity; when the 'ethical' shocks and 'ethical' brain bolts fail on animals that are hung from chains, it is usually because they deviated from the standardised sizes.
      [i am actually ethically vegan in real life, but i know way too much about food logistics to not leave a reply to this comment.]

    • @peacedustinc.7108
      @peacedustinc.7108 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The electricity is the only practical difference between a zapdos and a spearow. If I am going to kill a majestic legendary beast I am going to eat the entire majestic legendary pokemon.

  • @GoldStorm07
    @GoldStorm07 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +247

    Finally, the ultimate background noise video courtesy of Pinsir's enby friend.

  • @boxedfoxstudios6479
    @boxedfoxstudios6479 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

    My issue with tauros is that it's a safari zone pokemon, meaning it's probably protected due to low populations.

    • @gsuaveyt
      @gsuaveyt 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I mean they let you just catch them, idk if theyd do that if they had low populations

    • @censoredterminalautism4073
      @censoredterminalautism4073 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      The fact that it's endangered doesn't make it not delicious. In fact, it's probably an indicator that it is. Hmmm, Tauros steak.

    • @ThatGuyNamedJoe
      @ThatGuyNamedJoe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      ash caught 40 of them, theyres enough tauros

    • @tangerinepaint3643
      @tangerinepaint3643 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@censoredterminalautism4073 Tauros ribeye

    • @oof5992
      @oof5992 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nah the Safari zone is meant both as a Foreign pokemon place and a literal African styled safari when it comes to terrain allowing certain species like Tauros to live there. Pretty sure Tauros would just be expensive outside of Paldea.

  • @ave-taka
    @ave-taka 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +164

    another bonus for Starmie: since it's only made of ten arms it's very easy to share in a group

    • @Hydro_Aero
      @Hydro_Aero 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Yee! It's like those pull apart garlic bread dodads!

    • @RailfanJunction
      @RailfanJunction 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Starmie is tier king of the half off apps metagame

  • @redcactus66
    @redcactus66 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +146

    Getting fucked up off that Gengar vape

    • @GoldStorm07
      @GoldStorm07 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      He could live in there like it's his genie lamp.

    • @DemRise1999
      @DemRise1999 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      They laced my Gengar joint with Koffing smoke smh my head now I'm in the distortion world

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That bit about Gengar made me recall a Gastly humidifier someone made, which was super cool.

  • @margerinethacker6499
    @margerinethacker6499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

    i imagine trying to "eat" gengar would either result in instant death or lifelong paralysis

    • @prof.reuniclus21
      @prof.reuniclus21 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Or possession probably tbh

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@prof.reuniclus21”WE ARE WARIO!! WE ARE NUMBER ONE!!” - Gengar probably

    • @barriertrio4456
      @barriertrio4456 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      couchlocked

    • @thetreyceratops
      @thetreyceratops 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Also the chance you give it full access to your body

    • @PhazoGanon
      @PhazoGanon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dang a permanent 75% decrease to speed

  • @theblahtaco
    @theblahtaco 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    "Victreebel is just leaves covered in acid" sounds like a delightful vinaigrette!

  • @pacmanboss256
    @pacmanboss256 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +411

    why is this on the second channel this is peak big yellow content™

    • @bigyellow2ndimpact71
      @bigyellow2ndimpact71  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +342

      Simple. I am too scared to tell 90k people I think tauros is yucky to eat

    • @UntoTheBreach24
      @UntoTheBreach24 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      Yes. I legit thought it was regular channel content. I see the thumbnail, and less than a stream vod in length, my brain fills in the blank.

    • @kingkingo1841
      @kingkingo1841 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fair enough​@@bigyellow2ndimpact71

    • @marcelomelo9977
      @marcelomelo9977 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bigyellow2ndimpact71 it's definetly not that big of a deal

    • @philiphunt-bull5817
      @philiphunt-bull5817 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@bigyellow2ndimpact71
      coward

  • @username5155
    @username5155 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +192

    7:17 “I wonder if you could smoke Gengar” -Big Yellow, 2024

    • @bluegum6438
      @bluegum6438 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Smokin' that Kantonian shadow garden grown Ghost/Poison purple ass sticky icky dark evil pack
      Smokin' on that shit that gives you nightmares for a month

    • @theschnozzler
      @theschnozzler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@bluegum6438smokin on that shit turns you into a gengar

    • @brunop.8745
      @brunop.8745 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@bluegum6438 this shit ain't nothing to me man

    • @Fadsy
      @Fadsy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Broke down crying hearing that, but would totally be willing to try

  • @GoldStorm07
    @GoldStorm07 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +230

    You neglected to bring up the most important ethical part of Starmie's edibility: as a starfish-based creature with recovery abilities, it can quickly regrow its tasty limbs while you continue to feast. The most I could say against that is Starmie probably gets annoyed after a while.

    • @bigyellow2ndimpact71
      @bigyellow2ndimpact71  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

      waittt this is a game changer that's incredible

    • @mmpsp693
      @mmpsp693 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      frfr

    • @iamlordapollo
      @iamlordapollo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@bigyellow2ndimpact71 shit you beat me to the comment by like an hour!

    • @walugusgrudenburg3068
      @walugusgrudenburg3068 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's like slowpoke but better! (Just... try not to Bikini Bottom Horror it.)

    • @LakituAl
      @LakituAl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      This is some Prometheus shit, I feel bad for this drawing of a starfish

  • @MishKoz
    @MishKoz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +161

    I would EAT alakazam, not for taste or nutrition, but to rid the world of that foul beast 💔

    • @theschnozzler
      @theschnozzler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Would you eat the spoons too

    • @MishKoz
      @MishKoz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      @@theschnozzler I'd use the spoons to eat it

    • @shytendeakatamanoir9740
      @shytendeakatamanoir9740 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That thing is way smarter than you, so you only eat it if it allows it.
      So, my point is Alakazam definitely has a fetish about being eaten.

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@shytendeakatamanoir9740that Alakazam specifically.
      Why and how it keeps coming back, idk. Maybe it’s Afton with minorly severe brain damage

    • @Just.Kidding
      @Just.Kidding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Alakazam's brain would be the only edible part.

  • @llllllppppppppp8618
    @llllllppppppppp8618 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    "lost media" is a fantastic euphemism for cutting something off my gosh

  • @ellasorellabrella
    @ellasorellabrella 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +148

    saving this to my phone in case i end up in a survival situation with nothing but my RBY OU team

    • @bigyellow2ndimpact71
      @bigyellow2ndimpact71  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      Nightmare scenario where you're thrown into a survival situation in the middle of your Rhydon solo run

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You’re probably going to get nuked before you get the carving knife out.
      Those Gen 1 Tauros Hyper Beams are OP
      Maybe settle for a ZU team
      Edit: Nevermind, Bottom of Little Cup

    • @hankboog462
      @hankboog462 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      In a survival situation you have to take into account how useful they'd be as teammates too. Like snorlax would be such a hassle to feed that it's probably worth offing for food if things get bad but Pokemon like starmie could aid you in ways more useful than just eating them

    • @tunnelsnake420
      @tunnelsnake420 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@hankboog462 starfish can regenerate so keep it around and just cut off pieces the eat as a snack

    • @hankboog462
      @hankboog462 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tunnelsnake420 for sure, I thought of this after I made my comment

  • @misterbadguy7325
    @misterbadguy7325 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    For the record, Staryu and Starmie are suggested to be aliens because they're in part references to Ultraman. This is evident in a few things:
    - Staryu's Japanese name is "Hitodeman" (literally "Starfish Man").
    - Staryu and Starmie have multiple dex entries explaining that those gems in their center will blink if they're harmed--Ultraman has a light in his chest that starts blinking if he's about to run out of power.
    - They can learn a lot of "beam" moves and energy attacks (i.e. Thunderbolt, Signal Beam, Swift), which Ultraman makes heavy use of.
    - In the anime, instead of saying their names, Staryu and Starmie make kung-fu noises with a reverb effect, like "HYAAAH!" or "HUUUH!" Those sounds are basically identical to the ones Ultraman makes.

  • @Just.Kidding
    @Just.Kidding 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Its worth noting that Snorlax eats SO MUCH that eating it could be considered a service to the local ecosystem.

  • @rusticdebris8021
    @rusticdebris8021 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

    I could see a small family having a slowpoke around like livestock, harvesting the tails and caring for the slowpoke/slowbro while the tail regrows, feeding it fish and making sure the regrowth happens properly.
    I also imagine fake/vegetarian versions of real Pokemon being very popular in the Pokemon world.

    • @cheesemanmaster
      @cheesemanmaster 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      slowpoke farmin', yeehaw.

    • @Zyrdrakyll
      @Zyrdrakyll 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I mean if they can make new pokemon they can probably make lab grown meat

    • @glitchedoom
      @glitchedoom 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Zyrdrakyll What is Mewtwo if not a slab of lab grown steak?

    • @Zyrdrakyll
      @Zyrdrakyll 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@glitchedoom you got me there

  • @smob0
    @smob0 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I love the idea that Zapdos wasn't really a wild pokemon, and they had to build a bunch of generators in gen 2 because red stole it.

  • @hi-i-am-atan
    @hi-i-am-atan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    while the ethics of eating slowpoke tails seems p. unfavored in gsc, the nature of it is expanded upon in the alolan games where it's revealed that there's a non-problematic way of doing it: just ... picking up _discarded_ slowpoke tails, because as it turns out a creature that sticks its regenerating tail into water so that its prey can _bite_ it doesn't really have the expectation of said tail lasting forever. so over the course of its life, a slowpoke will have its tail break off naturally or just shed it after a certain amount of wear, at which point you can just pick it up and dry it, smoke it, or even just start chewing on it raw for the sweet excretion it uses as a lure. it's potentially a form of meat that's unambiguously vegetarian-friendly, though it does come with the caveat that the silver pokedex says it's not actually all that nutritious. might just be because it's high in collagen and not exactly edible without cooking it down, though
    either way, as long as you're not getting your tails like team rocket and just plunging into a slowpoke den to tear off their tails, you're probably fine

  • @ThatGuyNamedJoe
    @ThatGuyNamedJoe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    i swear to god, big yellow brings up jynx's pokemon stadium feet at every possible opportunity

  • @MasterScrub
    @MasterScrub 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    "Rocks aren't edible" the local Goron community will not stand for this

  • @jimothycool
    @jimothycool 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Nobody eat Muk please. It's Monday

    • @bennysahli923
      @bennysahli923 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Is iron mugulis considered edible by technicality?

    • @Shellboi-j6n
      @Shellboi-j6n 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Who is the most edible pokemon in ADV OU?

  • @Chromatrice
    @Chromatrice 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Something about Starmie's gem feels like it'd leech a pleasant flavour into surrounding ingredients if cooked alongside them, even if it needed to be removed once cooking is done.

    • @BynineStudio
      @BynineStudio 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it tastes like a ring pop

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Similar to those "Chinese people cooking rocks" videos that went around last year?

    • @leaffinite2001
      @leaffinite2001 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like a giant rocky basil leaf

  • @coolnatu424
    @coolnatu424 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    I just can't stop staring at Stinger Flynn in the background. Why is he there.

    • @ellasorellabrella
      @ellasorellabrella 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      edibility ranking of banban characters coming soon

    • @usernametaken017
      @usernametaken017 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      GARTEN OF PEAKPEAK!!!

  • @matthewpelletier4485
    @matthewpelletier4485 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "I wonder if you could smoke Gengar" had me dying. Just picturing someone ripping a fat bong toke of this pokemon 🤣

  • @tea3154
    @tea3154 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Porygon has a niche in this tier list by being made of code 🥰

    • @LakituAl
      @LakituAl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Holographic meatloaf, my favorite!

  • @prthedisaster
    @prthedisaster 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    You know how the inside of a walnut looks like a brain? Thats whats inside exeggutors head i believe, so perfectly edible

  • @Mrdonjuliothewicked
    @Mrdonjuliothewicked 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Ive come to realize i watch these videos for Yellow cause not once have i ever wanted to know what pokemon could be edible, but if Big Yellow is talking about it? Absolutely.

  • @Pacca64
    @Pacca64 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Bit spoilery, so I'll hide it under a few lines:
    Starmie I've always assumed was like, entirely solid. The gem is obvious of course, but the decorative part around the gem is clearly metal, and I've always seen the rest of starmie as rigid, like rock or very firm cartilage. I know stadium shows it like flexing the arms a lot, but I never really took that too seriously, and the 3ds era models give them very, very limited flex. It might be the anime influencing my ideas here; pretty sure it's animated as very static there. Something about the way it moves in my view usually gives me the impression that it's like two very solid sections on a pivot, and would be really unpleasant to disassemble, and would require intense preparation to even remotely start softening.
    Welp, that video was wild lol. Subbed to the second channel too now, looking forward to more deranged nonsense X3

  • @Axo_Real
    @Axo_Real 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    "i do not advocate for the eating of fake animals that are made up"
    big yellow is a fake pokemon eater day ruined

    • @CallN0w
      @CallN0w 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      more for me!

    • @jakegomez2111
      @jakegomez2111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@CallN0w Sounds like Nepeta for sure

  • @aadey149
    @aadey149 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I'd also argue that Starmie is probably very abundant, it's probably possible to ethically fish them.

  • @LunaroseClaire
    @LunaroseClaire 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I've had a horrible night, but I burst out laughing hearing you talk about Snorlax and how he'd satiate the vikings. Thank you for being your wonderful self.

  • @NecroMageTV
    @NecroMageTV 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Hypno may be humanoid, but its body is composed almost entirely of sponge toffee.

  • @theforesttroll
    @theforesttroll 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The great viking chieftain Göran Snoreater. Who always wore his snorelax pelt when battling

  • @theduh1011
    @theduh1011 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Bigyellow: "people can't eat rocks"
    Salt:

  • @akiraita
    @akiraita 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    according to slowpoke lore in sun and moon their tails fall off harmlessly from time to time and people use them in cooking!! in galar though you can cook curry with slowpoke tails and then feed it to your slowpoke so that's kind of fucked up

    • @bigyellow2ndimpact71
      @bigyellow2ndimpact71  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      Idk why but going "oh no guys don't worry the slowpoke will be ok!" and then ruining it one generation later is very funny

    • @hi-i-am-atan
      @hi-i-am-atan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i mean frogs 'n lizards will eat their own skin and birds will eat their own unfertilized eggs and rabbits will _eat their own babies,_ so feed a slowpoke some other slowpoke's tail is proooobably not all that fucked up in the grand scheme of things
      like, animals gotta make do with what they've got, especially when their bodies suddenly relocate a chunk of their necessary mass for no immediate benefit. that's just nutrient recycling, baby!

    • @bluegum6438
      @bluegum6438 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If my ass fell off every once in a while I'd probably be curious to try the meat tbh
      I wouldn't want it served to me without my prior knowledge though

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@bigyellow2ndimpact71”I’m delicious.” - Slowpoke

    • @brasilballs
      @brasilballs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      eh, dogs eat their own shit sometimes, i don't see how eating your own tail could be worse

  • @johnmendez9525
    @johnmendez9525 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    This is how I find out articuno is banned from UU

  • @jessrocha8313
    @jessrocha8313 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    anyone who would unironically love to eat jynx needs to have their search history inspected

  • @LazKoal
    @LazKoal 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Your yapping skills are genuinely unmatched.

  • @austinfletchermusic
    @austinfletchermusic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    This is the second video I've watched today where it's been mentioned as a key point that eating brains fucks you up

    • @megatennepster3833
      @megatennepster3833 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's the first one

    • @fe_three_rosses
      @fe_three_rosses 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Coney viewer?

    • @austinfletchermusic
      @austinfletchermusic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@fe_three_rosses TRUEING
      Half-relared but I feel Coney would like a Big Yellow fighting game vid

  • @d007ization
    @d007ization 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    "Chansey-shaped throat"
    The wiki tells us Chansey is 1.1m tall, this tells us the camera perspective is hiding how massive Big Yellow has secretly been all along.
    (Never mind that bit about Zapdos, which made me wonder if BY read the same nuzlocke comic(s) I did.)

  • @willdangerfield50468
    @willdangerfield50468 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    18:08 “Spoon?” Is now one of my favorite big yellow quotes

    • @OswaldAurelia
      @OswaldAurelia 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Surely not 😰"

    • @philiphunt-bull5817
      @philiphunt-bull5817 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's so good

    • @xaropevic7918
      @xaropevic7918 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The inevitability of the spoon meme

    • @philiphunt-bull5817
      @philiphunt-bull5817 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@xaropevic7918
      Comically said spoon

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Secret spoon? Demon king?"

  • @pmahcgop6693
    @pmahcgop6693 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    “I think for a lot of people rhydon is going to be a pretty obvious pick for the least edible Pokemon in rby overused” had me dying since it implies that many people have debated this and it’s become a common notion that rhydon is the least edible in rby overused.

    • @NinjaLobsterStudios
      @NinjaLobsterStudios 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Still waiting for Rhydon to drop to NU in the Smogon Recipe Viability Rankings

  • @gallowpole9455
    @gallowpole9455 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Lil homie has been watching Dungeon Meshi.

  • @Dog-999i
    @Dog-999i 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Rhydon is #1 for me because the horn is actually just a waffle cone.

    • @hps362
      @hps362 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rhydon is 4x weak to water. Lick that sucker like a lollipop. He will melt in your mouth.

  • @Glory2Snowstar
    @Glory2Snowstar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    RAAAH I LOVE SPECULATIVE ECOLOGY
    I LOVE THEORIZING ABOUT THE CALORIC INTAKE ONE RECEIVES FROM A PORYGON

    • @hps362
      @hps362 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Porygon is filled with lithium.

    • @theschnozzler
      @theschnozzler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@hps362 no he's a cracker and crunchy

    • @samuelcornwell3949
      @samuelcornwell3949 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      If its made of lithium its a valid bipolar medication

    • @Psycchan
      @Psycchan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@samuelcornwell3949sucking on my porygon for mental health reasons

    • @shiruotakuno28
      @shiruotakuno28 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I thought Porygon was intangible?

  • @LakituAl
    @LakituAl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    7:00 I see, so to coincide with the trip, Yellow decided to remind us of Sweden's most epic contribution to the musical world. A true individual of culture and knowledge.

  • @pyritenightmare
    @pyritenightmare 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I know it doesn't actually make sense, but Rhydon's "plating" reminds me of the exoskeleton of lobsters and crabs, and those are supposed to be delicious. In terms of it's thick and sturdy hide, I enthusiastically await the sequel to this video, "who is RBY OU's most wearable Pokemon?"
    Also, I'm pretty sure you'd be eating Gengar "alive" which is an ethical concern too.

  • @imaginaryboy2000
    @imaginaryboy2000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Okay so on the subject of Rhydon, there's absolutely now WAY that ain't like a crab with a tender inside. Sure, you may have to wait a few years to get a steel tool to break it open but you cannot tell me that guy wouldn't run you thirty-seven bucks at a high-class restaurant for 3 ounces of its meaty interior

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That thing survives having lava in its insides, no way that thing’s ever getting cooked

  • @skinnysnorlax1876
    @skinnysnorlax1876 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "I wonder if could *smoke* gengar."
    A line so unhinged, I'm convinced big yellow actually *did*

  • @applejacks3925
    @applejacks3925 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This was right person, wrong place to find out Articuno was banned from UU

  • @qwert1043
    @qwert1043 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Glad i got to learn Victreebel finally beat the low tier allegations by hearing Big Yellow talk about how they would glug its sulphuric acid

    • @qwert1043
      @qwert1043 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Also the idea of eating the only Zapdos made me think that there might be some Poke-Saxton Hale searching for legendaries so he can be the one guy who ate them.

  • @brycemeade6578
    @brycemeade6578 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Endangered? Simply eat the parts you want and take them to the poké center afterwards

    • @bigyellow2ndimpact71
      @bigyellow2ndimpact71  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      *bringing a Lapras skeleton to the Poké Center* "Yeahhh they got hit by like uh a Thunderbolt I think"

    • @thealientree3821
      @thealientree3821 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Seeing you can revive rocks into Fossil Pokémon, it probably is possible.

    • @finderfinder4290
      @finderfinder4290 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thealientree3821i always assumed the fossils were like, genetic clones

  • @Amistra
    @Amistra 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    regarding snorlax's digestive system, in mexico people eat cow stomach (called menudo) despite how troublesome it is to make edible. As far as i remember, it need to be washed for hours to remove al the gunk. It also takes a long ass time to cook. Its pretty good though.

  • @lunathic
    @lunathic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Please, this can't be the last episode, we need more unwraped episodes!

  • @Unregistered.HyperCam.2
    @Unregistered.HyperCam.2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    C'mon, you can't shame me right at the start saying it's not cool to want to eat a Pokemon. I can't be the only one that looked at Tepig and thought, "Hm, pre-fried bacon," right? ...Right?

    • @asher3311
      @asher3311 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      to be honest it would probably be more like a whole slow roasted pork roast. tepigs flames dont seem like theyre particularly hot and the bacon part wouldnt really be directly exposed to heat like frying. that said it would probably be very tasty, im imagining that effectively being slow cooked while kept fresh for the tepigs whole life would lead to like the most tender pork roast ever which is pretty cool

    • @Unregistered.HyperCam.2
      @Unregistered.HyperCam.2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@asher3311 You put a lot more thought into this than a joke of a fleeting thought I had when I first played B/W. It's honestly pretty impressive, so I applaud you. 👍

  • @terrortaste6389
    @terrortaste6389 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love how more youtubers are doing the Schafrillas bit of playing a little memey soundbyte for each top 10 number
    EDIT: Ok i'm gonna contest the cloyster placement. Cloyster's head is, in all likelyhood, more similar to a big pearl because oyster/clam meaning it wouldn't melt like you think it would and it might even be worth something similar to starmie's gem. Cloyster's edible bits are probably the muscles inside the shell that we can barely see and those are probably delicious.

  • @lucasmainhart7788
    @lucasmainhart7788 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    On the topic of Alakazam: We don't *know* that it's fleshy and its arms and legs look very crab-like, so its entirely possible that you could crack those open and it would taste pretty good.

  • @etheweirdo_art
    @etheweirdo_art 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    imagine eating a gengar to kill it, but as it dies you see it give you the biggest shit eating grin. Its final words "gottem"
    On tauros, I'm probably wrong about this, but tauros always reminded me of buffalo more than a bull. And like, buffalo meat is pretty good.

  • @thetreyceratops
    @thetreyceratops 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    On one hand, I don’t think the legendary birds are the only ones in Kanto, because Stadium 1 has numerous trainers that have them (including Giovanni and Lorelei), and Let’s Go lets you find wild ones as super rare encounters in postgame. On the other, don’t eat a Zapdos, they’re super endangered

  • @LiliGasanj
    @LiliGasanj 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    as a hardcore vegetarian, i find it funny that the most edible (and probably only edible) pokemon to me is my favourite pokemon, like im so eatin Paras's shrooms
    i get the best pizza topping, AND im technically saving its life from parasites?? thats not how food is supposed to work but i'll take it

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Make sure to dry-roast the hell out of those mushrooms, or the fungus might spore and infect _you_ next.

    • @LiliGasanj
      @LiliGasanj 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@amberhernandez people use tochukaso as medicine or some shit so surely that shouldnt be too big a barrier to overcome

  • @Giffsen
    @Giffsen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I also believe Alakazam has a high degree of sentience to understand human language and even communicate through psychokinesis so thatd be one of the least ethical to eat tbh

  • @SunsetBear
    @SunsetBear 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    super ghostbusters jumpscare holy shit my goat

    • @clairegrube944
      @clairegrube944 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Tha burger has a GHOST😂

  • @KazeN64
    @KazeN64 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think once you crack rhydon like a walnut, the meat inside is really tender and tasty though

  • @plaguekidd6902
    @plaguekidd6902 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Play RBY OU?
    I can’t.
    I EATED IT ALL!!!

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Including your grammar.

    • @antehman2912
      @antehman2912 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Aaa-vp6ug”I eated it all” is a reference to a particular event and is therefore exempt from regular grammatical conventions. 🚫
      The judges are saying that you are incorrect, and that this is proper grammar.

  • @OswaldAurelia
    @OswaldAurelia 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    "People can't eat rocks"
    Me, who eats salt: sorry garganacl didnt mean to chew off your arm apparently i have bypassed the human limit

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      BREAKING NEWS: Florida man eats Garganacl arm, found in Garganacl’s pantry

    • @caldw615
      @caldw615 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Pretty sure you would die or at least get super dehydrated trying to eat/lick a Garganacl

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@caldw615 absolutely. Its PRE EVOLUTION dehydrates living things at incredibly quick paces.

  • @wingbeltcreations5455
    @wingbeltcreations5455 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Gengar is weak to Bite in the later gens, so he's edible.
    Weatherspoons Jumpscare (14:50)
    Snorlax is super rare, so that'd be my "ethical issue".

  • @skibalovesya
    @skibalovesya 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I heard a SECOND of Super Ghostbusters and my head whipped around so fast. Yellow could not get any more based, but being a Joel fan ups the based meter SUBSTANTIALLY.

  • @Xinnidy
    @Xinnidy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I propose that, while gengar might be mostly highly toxic gas, some clown would find a way to vape gengar and it'd take off with weird teenagers for exactly four years until the guy got hit with a crushing lawsuit for all the long term damage he'd done to the kids' health.

  • @sirtimtim786
    @sirtimtim786 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    23:50 that sounds like a blue ryai clip, never thought I’d hear him here.

  • @vossboss220
    @vossboss220 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The thing about starmie, so long as you dont damage the gem, the body will continue to regenerate forever, so as long as the meat tastes good you could harvest Starmie's limbs forever

  • @Lex_Quinn
    @Lex_Quinn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Imagine a group of people just passing gengar around like a blunt

  • @fallingskymedia4421
    @fallingskymedia4421 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Zapdos' legs always looked like drumsticks

  • @yobin3711
    @yobin3711 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think it's worth noting that Slowpoke Tails are usable as a curry ingredient in Sword and Shield without any mention of it being unethical. The item description says that "when a Slowpoke's tail falls off, it grows back quickly", which suggests that not only do Slowpoke shed their tails naturally, making them obtainable without just taking a saw to the little guy, but that even without their tails Slowpoke isn't out of commission for fishin' for long enough to starve, which makes it feel a lot better morally in my opinion.

  • @Ratswithnointentions
    @Ratswithnointentions 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Huh I wonder why those paths opened back up."
    My suspiciously Snorlax-shaped neck:

  • @pinguludd
    @pinguludd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    this is hardly even about the video but i feel HONOURED that THE Big Yellow™ is visting sweden, i am proud to be a swede just this once

  • @ammy_baba9609
    @ammy_baba9609 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The most delicious monster from Kanto are the rich billionaires running Silph Co. and the Celadon Game Corner

  • @ayu1470
    @ayu1470 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i dont know if this is the right place to say it but your sprite animations give me life thank you yellow

  • @Vlazeca
    @Vlazeca 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Weird take but I feel like Chansey would vaguely be like poultry. The big egg and whatnot, y’know? I feel it’d be like turkey or something, and those hair bits and the hand nubs? Like chicken wings baby.

  • @BasketOfPuppies642
    @BasketOfPuppies642 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Something that you're not considering- heavy metals and other toxins tend to collect in higher amounts in predators than prey, so Pokemon that hunt and eat others would be less appetizing than prey.

  • @gladoseon4117
    @gladoseon4117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You should make a third channel called Big Yellow’s Third Impact: Bites The Dust and it comprises solely of 1 video, that being a video of you crushing a cookie in your hands, saying “Big Yellow’s Third Impact: Bites The Dust” with the most deadpan voice you can muster, and then eating the cookie, and a few seconds later you’d have a stock explosion effect and the video would end

    • @silver_was_found
      @silver_was_found 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      this is the most shower-thought comment i've seen all day and i love it

  • @odwrksboxedtrash3730
    @odwrksboxedtrash3730 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What you don't understand about Exeggutor is that he is the food, the plate, AND the cooking method all in one.
    Leaves:
    Use them to wrap the coconut heads and the inner meat in so that you can chuck them directly in the fire and slow cook them. Bonus is you can unwrap the leaves and you got something to keep the meat in.
    Outer bark:
    I'm pretty sure that it's only the outer part of Exeggutor that's woody because inside there has to be muscles for it to move. So this wood can be used for Firewood.
    Feet
    Shoes. Those would be some nice clogs. Just hollow it out. You don't have to eat the feet meat.

  • @SpectralT23
    @SpectralT23 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I firmly believe that I can absolutely rip into the flesh of Chansey with my teeth considering the poor defense stat and high hp alongside the egg makes for a full course meal! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @WilliamSyler
    @WilliamSyler หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I agree with the idea that Snorlax as food needs to be carefully monitored, for it eating odd things or having parasites or something. And the problem with that is that there's no good way to make a Snorlax farm financially viable. Snorlax eat so much food that it would be cheaper for people to just eat what it was going to eat, but feeding it on things few others could/would eat increases the chances that the meat gets messed up in some way. I think it's doable, but there are so many caveats that the chances of actually getting to eat Snorlax would be a lot lower than its ranking suggests.

  • @tymunster
    @tymunster 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    My friends and I had the rationale that Hypno is a bad person and does terrible things, so he went in a "eat if based" tier alongside Unown B, Unown A, Unown S, you get it.

  • @drNaranja3606
    @drNaranja3606 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Big Yellow not liking horses was a revelation I was NOT expecting from the silly made up creature video. Truly a master of yapping.

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Magcargo in _SHAMBLES_

  • @josephsweeney9981
    @josephsweeney9981 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "Erm, actually salt is a rock that you eat {nerd emoji}. You clearly need to powder them and sprinkle them on other Pokemon {nerd emoji}"

  • @Eta_Hoyimi
    @Eta_Hoyimi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The title of this video is more out there than my last salvia trip lol Have a sub you beautifully unhinged individual. Edit: This video made me realize that Jynx is wearing "clothing" from it's inception, implying that the clothes are organic vestiges instead of actual clothing. Ergo the lack of legs since it's dress is it's "torso". Kill me.

  • @blastoiseddr
    @blastoiseddr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is entirely unhinged content.
    Keep it up.

  • @BasketOfPuppies642
    @BasketOfPuppies642 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    re: tailless Slowpoke being returned to the wild: there's a kind of crab that fisherman remove one claw from before tossing it back, so the idea of removing a primary way for an animal to get food and returning it to the wild is not unheard of. Especially if Slowpoke tails grow back.