What Happens To The Third Starter Pokemon At Prof. Oak's Lab?

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    ► Have you ever wondered what happens to the last starter Pokemon? When you first start playing Pokemon, Red and Blue, when you visit Professor Oak's Lab, you get the choice of Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. You can take one Pokemon, and your rival Blue (Gary Oak) chooses the starter that is strong against yours. But what becomes of the third?
    It turns out, in the data of Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow, there is an unused fight against Prof. Oak, where he uses insanely powerful Pokemon -
    Level 66 Tauros. Level 67 Exeggutor, Level 68 Arcanine, Level 70 Gyarados and finally, Level 69 Blastoise/Charizard/Venusaur.
    It seems like at some point in Pokemon red and blue, Professor Oak was supposed to take the third starter Pokemon, and use it to battle against you! For some reason this fight was scrapped, however you can see him use the third starter and battle against him by doing a glitch!
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    Make sure you have a Pokemon with a special stat of 226
    Have a Pokemon that knows Fly
    Have a Pokemon that knows Growl
    1 - Do the trainer fly glitch.
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    3 - Encounter a ditto, have ditto transform into your Pokemon with 226 special. Use growl 4/5/6 times, depending on which final starter evolution you want Oak to have.
    4 - Fly back to the location you did the trainer fly glitch. Battle Prof. Oak!
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  • @GeezyDaMack
    @GeezyDaMack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5755

    has anyone else ever wondered how people discovered these Glitches its crazy

    • @whippedalcremie7718
      @whippedalcremie7718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +382

      I would say maybe it's because they data mine the games? Not entirely sure though.

    • @xNegerli
      @xNegerli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +369

      @@whippedalcremie7718 Yea, I also think you have to reverse engineer the code to find the correct code injection via ingame inputs to get the wanted results without just crashing the game. No way someone finds out about all that just by accident. It could also be a trial and error for most of the gen1 glitches though, which had its origin in a glitch discovered randombly by just playing the game.

    • @junehanabi1756
      @junehanabi1756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      1) In the initial year of launch we had gameshark and gameshark codes and magazines to see new gameshark codes. All that combined let us do some wild trial and error with a lot of mixed results.
      2) Sometime later we could delve more into the game as technology became more available to do so and begin reverse engineering through various means either from hardware running on the game or perhaps emulators but the technology was still new to some people or unavailable. Eventually though it became more and more common and standard as did the internet.
      3) When the internet became much more common there were tools that could trace the game code (And dump all the available code into an asm file) as well as projects popping up that could take this a step further but mots of them didn't last long or get very far. Also unless you did any disassembling by hand, unused code was not in the auto dumps and any game assets weren't either. Those were only available when doing it by hand and it required some experience and lots of patience which was the point of the little projects popping up.
      4) Eventually things got really sophisticated, the internet was everywhere, and all the technology was at your disposal. This is probably where we started learning the final secrets to the game.
      5) Now the entire code has been completely disassembled by hand (byte-by-byte) which took years and the efforts of quite a bunch of people on a project called "pokered" available on github. All the assets, images, music, code whether used or unused. Literally any part of the game you can imagine is all right there in the open.
      Was a very long road but that's how we learned these glitches and hacks and stuff from initial launch to present day and it just had to do with the technology and experience available to you and when.

    • @klop4228
      @klop4228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      A couple probably by accident too, tbf

    • @RenzuPlays
      @RenzuPlays 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I was literally about to comment this 😂

  • @firefoxyt6600
    @firefoxyt6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2132

    Oak:*is a complete badass in battling*
    Also, Oak: aRe YoU a BoY oR a GiRl?

    • @CarlJohnson-sm1dt
      @CarlJohnson-sm1dt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I am C.J.

    • @wowditto
      @wowditto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      Oak: I've Studied Pokemon my whole Life
      Also Oak: NOT ONE SINGLE ENTRY IN THE POKEDEX

    • @wowditto
      @wowditto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      its Every Professor too... sad life for them

    • @frootloopthechatot9766
      @frootloopthechatot9766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Technically prof elm started the boi/gril thing and oak only forgets about his grandson for the umpteenth time

    • @firefoxyt6600
      @firefoxyt6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@wowditto yeah... Spent whole life on research for absolutely nothin... F

  • @ShizuruNakatsu
    @ShizuruNakatsu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2875

    Oak: Here's your starters, goodbye!
    Red and Blue: **goes on a journey**
    Oak: Time to sneak around catching Pokémon, building up my own team, levelling them up high enough to beat the champion, and of course evolving this starter Pokémon to it's final form, all while making sure Red and Blue don't see me.
    Red: I think I'll go back to the lab and check on good ol' Professor Oak.
    Oak: Shit! **quickly sprints back to Pallet Town**

    • @CyberDreZ
      @CyberDreZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +381

      This explains how he is able to tell you when to not ride your bike, he’s always just one step ahead of you without your knowing 😂

    • @grnLogic
      @grnLogic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      He tracks them with their poke'dex.

    • @ThePenguinGod
      @ThePenguinGod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yep that’s oak

    • @whyyoureadthisjustwhyitisn6422
      @whyyoureadthisjustwhyitisn6422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      God:
      There are three people in this world weird people normal people and cool people but this this is not my creation this is some entity above all entity's

    • @em4deley310
      @em4deley310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Me as red : BOI I SAW CHU

  • @rememberda4736
    @rememberda4736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3264

    Imagine finding this out on accident in 1998

    • @danfontaine8179
      @danfontaine8179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +364

      ZetaBear Slayer you'd be the coolest kid in your class easily

    • @xXPumpkinPvPTutsXx
      @xXPumpkinPvPTutsXx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      @@danfontaine8179 but you wouldnt have proof unless you were rich enough to have a camera

    • @nathanelder3446
      @nathanelder3446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      no one would believe you lol.

    • @kathsalazar1114
      @kathsalazar1114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Nathan Elder not everyone

    • @dreamblossoms6659
      @dreamblossoms6659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      i did but i never had a camera that time, my cousin told me to do so, that's why.

  • @unproxified9184
    @unproxified9184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2635

    Gen 1
    Red: Chooses Charmander
    Blue: Chooses Squirtle
    Bulbasaur: *Oh ok I know how it feels*

    • @islarf5095
      @islarf5095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Bulbasaur has the girl though :) he knows what's up

    • @guillaumehomier5038
      @guillaumehomier5038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      ...And in Sword&Shield mr.Fudji of Lavender town takes revenge whit an army of 6 gigantamax Venausures.
      That's what he was dooing all that time at his refuge house!

    • @markvo250
      @markvo250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      dry bones studios She was never given much attention and love by Gamefreak until LGPE

    • @ericowen5305
      @ericowen5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Mark Vo LGPE? Isn't that they game where you and Eevee are wait lifting? LGPE=Let's Get Pumped, Eevee!

    • @markvo250
      @markvo250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Eric Owen I never played LGPE so I have no idea about any weights. OH, LGPE IS ALSO AN ACRONYM FOR LET’S GET PUMPED EEVEE I JUST WOOOOSHED MYSELF

  • @nolongervisible5850
    @nolongervisible5850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Imagine accidentally discovering this and telling all your friends, but nobody believes you.

    • @jayplayday5728
      @jayplayday5728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh no you have a point.

    • @jayplayday5728
      @jayplayday5728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m your 9TH like.

    • @emeraldfinder5
      @emeraldfinder5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you’d definitely have no way to prove it, since you wouldn’t remember every single thing you did to get to that point

    • @CollectingWeekly
      @CollectingWeekly ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is exactly how I felt in 1999 after accidentally finding missingno. Caught it on vacation and it started ruining my save file so got rid of it before being able to show my pals back home

    • @kinasakuraba
      @kinasakuraba 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'd get kids that believed you. Ffs we thought Mew was under a truck 😅

  • @dantheman2078
    @dantheman2078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +919

    Red: I'm the strongest pokemon trainer!!!
    Oak: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career!!!

    • @john9429
      @john9429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Player: pathetic! Has Lv80 team

    • @HarrisonMiner
      @HarrisonMiner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm your 200th

    • @-Tizzy.Goop-
      @-Tizzy.Goop- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Red would more likely say ...!

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oak battle would have been a neat reward for completing the Pokedex.

    • @wonghauwan511
      @wonghauwan511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But red is stronger than oak

  • @ZekuChanU
    @ZekuChanU 4 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    "the level of the pokemon that he uses makes him the strongest trainer in the game"
    *Proceeds to send out a level 100 Dragonite*

  • @unbubbletea
    @unbubbletea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1187

    If you see the level curve of the Elite Four and Champion, Professor Oak's levels are exactly what they would be if there were to be a fight right after the champion fight. Perhaps Professor Oak was originally planned to challenge you right after becoming champion.

    • @Gimas96
      @Gimas96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      Or if you complete the Pokédex,which would have been a far better reward then a useless diploma that isn’t even oak the one that give it to you

    • @junehanabi1756
      @junehanabi1756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I like @bubbletea answer. Given the Professor is what sounds to the the lead scientist and researcher of Kanto it would totally make sense that you've proven your worth with the elite four and the champion. Now theirs no doubt your skills, however it would make sense the Professor may have final word over granting you your title and it may yet take some more convincing to the professor before he allows you to earn the regions title as Champion. Like perhaps the's the one that's given authority to officialize your status to the entire region so before he does that he wants to see your skills for himself in the final showdown.

    • @ThatGuyThai
      @ThatGuyThai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@junehanabi1756 my theory is that he was coming when he heard gary won to battle him, then he saw that you won, so he would have battled you.
      This gives credence to the fact that you are able to challenge Gary as soon as he became champion, barely any break. So oak could have done exactly the same.
      They opted not to because they are nearly identical but if you got charizard, gary would have blastoise and no gyarados, whereas oak would have venusaur no exeggutor. So its slight variation. Or if you start with those, itd be charizard no arcanine.

    • @johnruhd5917
      @johnruhd5917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I like to believe Oak's battle was removed for both difficulty and plot reasons. Difficulty because "are you fucking kidding me" after Gary would've sucked for eight year-olds around the world, plot because an old man who gave up on catching Pokemon leads with a rare find in the Safari Zone? No.

    • @Don-uh4ry
      @Don-uh4ry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lvl 60+ Tauros with Tail Whip? Srly? No wonder Oak is a Professor haha

  • @rishilalwani9878
    @rishilalwani9878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    "His team is incredibly strong"
    continues to one-shot everything

    • @TheBloodsuger150
      @TheBloodsuger150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Rishi Lalwani with a level 100?

    • @nutella_wewerehere
      @nutella_wewerehere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oliver Payne point still stands. a joke is a joke

    • @David-ud9ju
      @David-ud9ju 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except he didn't one shot everything.

    • @Goro_Maj1ma
      @Goro_Maj1ma 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@nutella_wewerehere🤓

  • @pokepearl
    @pokepearl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2437

    Imagine who discovered this.
    Oh my god wait- I don’t wanna fight you!!
    My controls aren’t working.. maybe I’ll start a battle and it’ll work again?
    Aw, I lost!
    Okay, they are working! Yay!
    Let’s do more!
    A ditto! I was waiting for that.
    Ugh, it copied my Abra..
    Charizard is super effective against Abra, right?
    Charizard, use Growl!
    Ugh, it isn’t working. I’m running!
    I guess I’ll go to Route 24.
    Augh! Why did my menu pop up!
    I gotta check my Pokemon anyways.
    W-WHAT

    • @anthonymacas407
      @anthonymacas407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      XD you made my day

    • @parkourguyyy
      @parkourguyyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      as much as i want to believe this is what happnened, i dont think thats how this worked lmao

    • @Heavylicious
      @Heavylicious 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      "Charizard is super effective against Abra, right?"

    • @thomasmattsson8802
      @thomasmattsson8802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @heavylicious jupp

    • @bossboy191919
      @bossboy191919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Even if so, how would someone know and remember all the unintential steps he did to activate this

  • @leepicccboigamer5376
    @leepicccboigamer5376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +721

    You: *sees camper Shane*
    Shane:*sees u*
    Shane:hey Les fight---
    You:*flies away*
    Shane:ey wtf come back

    • @hache4329
      @hache4329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Prof Oak: *knocks out Camper Shane and steals his outfit*
      Red: *comes back*
      Prof Oak: disrobes like a comic book villain

    • @MimiSimps
      @MimiSimps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      HACHE 4 disrobes like Jesse James and meowth 😂😂

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Focken SHANE!

    • @gengar6666
      @gengar6666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like Team Rocket blasting off again lol

    • @gameboygreat5626
      @gameboygreat5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nathangamble125 w a t?

  • @jennasloan396
    @jennasloan396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    I was always curious how the professor managed to get from their lab to the hall of fame before you.

    • @gmanthegrey
      @gmanthegrey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Fly.

    • @bamweasel
      @bamweasel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      man he's had the badges and been the champion for years. All he needs to do is fly there.

    • @aldilanovrizal9432
      @aldilanovrizal9432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      No, he takes real taxi, not the fake one

    • @ericowen5305
      @ericowen5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You're all wrong. He uses the teleport anywhere cheat

    • @sazuna4024
      @sazuna4024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Actually not that hard of an answer at least in the anime. In Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon he actually uses a Dragonite... And a real one not a mirage. Well as far as I know these 2 or 3 was it? episodes are not canon but yeah that is one of his Pokemon! If I remember right it is also the only Pokemon we ever see him use in the series. Correct me if I am wrong and he uses others in the Pokemon anime. The most powerful Pokemon in the whole first game if you don't count the legendarys... Not bad Professor, not bad at all... + Dragonite can learn flying. Wasn't so sure for a moment on that so I looked it up. I would never mistreat a Dragonite with flying. Only my Crobat. But Professor Oak does whatever Professor Oak wants I guess...

  • @Kevironio
    @Kevironio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    Trainer: *Causes glitches in the reality of their binary existence*
    Prof Oak: "I already told this man there's a time and place for everything."

    • @jujujumbie6383
      @jujujumbie6383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Underated comment

    • @TheSapphireLeo
      @TheSapphireLeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jujujumbie6383 Omfg, yes!

    • @DJFilthy
      @DJFilthy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the best comment.

  • @bitter-bit
    @bitter-bit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    This is absolutely amazing. I love knowing that Professor Oak trained up the starter with his old team. That's so great. It's so heartwarming. They should have left this in!

    • @chimuoma390
      @chimuoma390 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Professor Haruhiko Kogure SWEEPS HIS ENTIRE TEAM With Just His Chronomon Holy Mode!Holy Flare!

    • @win_ini
      @win_ini 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      what ending would you prefer, though? fight the rival, who's a huge dick to you throughout the game, or fight oak, who is constantly nice to you? it's more satisfying to see someone who is a dick to you get beat rather than oak.

  • @veethebeaniest
    @veethebeaniest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I think I might know why Prof. Oak said ‘Ow! That’s tragic!’ after you beat him.
    The bird keeper you fought with had the same fail speech line and it might of been stored in the game’s data somewhere, waiting to be used. Since Prof. Oak’s fail speech line was probably undefined, the game might’ve used speech from the last trainer you fought, that being the bird keeper in Route 15.

    • @doctordestructo3360
      @doctordestructo3360 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you're correct. In MissingnoXpert's Let's Glitch Pokemon Yellow, part 27, when he defeats Oak he also has the same dialogue of the trainer he fought beforehand, this time being a Youngster.

  • @K4R0SH1
    @K4R0SH1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    Mike: "Four out of five of prof. Oak's pokemon are the same as gary's"
    Me: uhh, Grandpa like Grandson?

    • @firefoxyt6600
      @firefoxyt6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      He doesn't know his grandsons name but can remember his grandsons team... Wow

    • @garionprak7961
      @garionprak7961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      FirefoxYT his grandson could look up to his grandpa tho

    • @firefoxyt6600
      @firefoxyt6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@garionprak7961 yeah

    • @ashsgamingworld1571
      @ashsgamingworld1571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait who took the last Pokémon In the anime so ash could get pikachu

    • @firefoxyt6600
      @firefoxyt6600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ashsgamingworld1571 squirtle was taken by Gary... Gary mf even took an Eevee probably lol... Bulbasaur and charmander were taken by two loser trainers who gave up in just few days and weren't even mentioned later on... Let's be real, the writers were too lazy to make more rivals...

  • @monster.4144
    @monster.4144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +758

    Oak uses last starter to rub his back when noone sees😂😅

    • @meowmaro
      @meowmaro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      or rub something else 👀

    • @ericowen5305
      @ericowen5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      azsunaa There's a Pokémon hack where he says he got raped by a Rattata

    • @cherryred6804
      @cherryred6804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      R/curcedcomments

    • @m1cra848
      @m1cra848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oak kills the last starter

    • @monster.4144
      @monster.4144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@m1cra848 no way, Pokémon don't die, they just faint

  • @farofa2843
    @farofa2843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Oak's deleted text: *you've riden your bike inside a house for the last time*

    • @asheeriii
      @asheeriii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *Noice*

  • @AriTheMothQueen
    @AriTheMothQueen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    "Now it sounds like im making this all up"
    **checks date to make sure this wasnt released on april first**
    Ok were good

  • @depressedvitfan3315
    @depressedvitfan3315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +716

    "Level 69 Starter"
    Nice

    • @Nagito1169
      @Nagito1169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Nice

    • @uuaupa9288
      @uuaupa9288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ( ͡ ° ͜ ʖ ͡ ° )

    • @Rick-kb
      @Rick-kb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nice

    • @Jasmine-pc4qp
      @Jasmine-pc4qp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ( ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡° )

    • @Roofgeese
      @Roofgeese 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nice.

  • @foxythunder481
    @foxythunder481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    The “ow, that’s tragic” line is pulled directly from the first Trainer on the Nugget Bridge.

    • @daisyrodriguez3076
      @daisyrodriguez3076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I beat him and he said "Ow! Stomped Feet!"

  • @HofTheStage
    @HofTheStage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Strangest part of the whole video is that he has a lv 100 Charizard that STILL uses Growl

  • @darkfang932
    @darkfang932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    6:47
    The trainer that's on the edge of the water and land: Uh....I can explain.

  • @Ariverfish
    @Ariverfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Oak's words echoed... There's a time and place for everything, but not now... Now face my wrath.

  • @angjer8382
    @angjer8382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Shane: Hey! wanna bat- Red: aight, imma head out

    • @lamusico7746
      @lamusico7746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rejection do be like that 😞👊👊

  • @TophatE
    @TophatE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The third starter is level 69 when you fight Oak. Seems fitting.

  • @vincentf1487
    @vincentf1487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The Professor euthanizes the third Pokemon and leaves the empty ball on the table, then he has a BBQ afterwards.

  • @guillaumehomier5038
    @guillaumehomier5038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "Prof Oak was suposed to be the champion" and in Sun&Moon Prof Kukui is the champion!

    • @yasinn9492
      @yasinn9492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Actually, you are the first Alola's Champion, not Kukui. Even in the very game they say: "Alola's first Champion". He even has the battle title "Pokémon Professor Kukui", not "Champion Kukui".

  • @scorpole1457
    @scorpole1457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I'm confused as to why I wasn't notified for this, but found it in my recommended.

    • @prismoth
      @prismoth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Scorpole same

    • @generalgunner
      @generalgunner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      TH-cam has been doing a lot stupid things like demonetizing random videos, destroying smaller creators, delaying notifications, etc.

    • @Plaegu
      @Plaegu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @dgsezu
      @dgsezu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

  • @kakitoceng
    @kakitoceng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I'm still curious on how the first person discovered this. How on earth did he even get this idea to trigger the glitch

    • @deadacc6338
      @deadacc6338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      probably code mining

    • @fritz9260
      @fritz9260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@deadacc6338 in the 1990s?

    • @biga7682
      @biga7682 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fritz9260 this was probably discovered later

    • @fritz9260
      @fritz9260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@biga7682 i mean was code mining a thing in the 90s as I’m a 2000 kid.

    • @xn85d2
      @xn85d2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well you don't have to go through all the steps to get the glitch to happen, just the fly away from a battle part. After that you'll have an immediate encounter no matter what when you go back to Route 24 and people worked out the rest from there as to how to manipulate it to get the fight they wanted.

  • @lorie6049
    @lorie6049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    ah yes, professor oak, the skilled trainer who has been doing this for years and is also the man who keeps forgetting his grandson's name

    • @goldi9032
      @goldi9032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And achieved an empty Pokédex and 3 Pokemon level 5

    • @YaBoiMcLovin
      @YaBoiMcLovin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Alzheimer's is a pandemic boys

    • @claytonweyl4135
      @claytonweyl4135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alzheimer's patients may not be able to actually remember things, but if they were highly skilled or well rehearsed with something earlier in life, they are still able to do it. Ballerinas, pianists, who knows what other skills are retained by these unfortunate people.

  • @presidentfueben8226
    @presidentfueben8226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Professor Oak uses Lethal Injection!... It's Super effective!

  • @dannysmi7162
    @dannysmi7162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Speaking of Mew, he’s really OP if you get him.

    • @ericowen5305
      @ericowen5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Daniel Smi if you get him via a cheat he will NEVER obey you

    • @cruzikin3116
      @cruzikin3116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eric Owen that’s Fire Red and Leaf Green. Same for Deoxys

    • @ericowen5305
      @ericowen5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glitched Boi oh! thanx for reminding me. now to get Mew in TRE (Team Rocket Edition Red hack)

    • @popcornab
      @popcornab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It*

    • @theopoldthegamer4284
      @theopoldthegamer4284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      **OH, REALLY? I DIDN'T KNOW!**

  • @andresgc770
    @andresgc770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I could definitely see Oak being the final battle, since I also thought those last 2 rival battles were weirdly close to one another.
    I also think it makes sense that the more satisfying final battle is the rival. But in that case, they could’ve just made you battle Oak before the Elite Four. Something like Oak wanting to make sure you’re ready for the strongest trainers in the world.

  • @seungkirishima7558
    @seungkirishima7558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Red: Im the strongest pokemon trainer in the world!!
    Oak: Come back once you reach my age kiddo

    • @wonghauwan511
      @wonghauwan511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But red is stronger than oak

    • @luigirea5755
      @luigirea5755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Red:ok boomer

  • @bradster1320
    @bradster1320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    it's amazing that someone actually found this glitch

    • @danfontaine8179
      @danfontaine8179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      RSN Bradster it's a pretty simple game and probably got 100s of billions of hours of play over the years

    • @TheSapphireLeo
      @TheSapphireLeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saame!

  • @mjdxp5688
    @mjdxp5688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I think in HGSS, the last starter goes away after a while, and it's implied someone else gets it.

    • @abrahamgonzales1888
      @abrahamgonzales1888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MaddieMJD he was only taking about gen 1-3

    • @mjdxp5688
      @mjdxp5688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@abrahamgonzales1888 Was just sharing an interesting fact, sorry if you are against the sharing of facts.

    • @abrahamgonzales1888
      @abrahamgonzales1888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MaddieMJD sorry,sounded like you where trying to argue with the point o the video made

    • @abrahamgonzales1888
      @abrahamgonzales1888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MaddieMJD and it’s not really interesting if it happens in other games like black/white

    • @animetrash9110
      @animetrash9110 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abrahamgonzales1888 ye she's a bitch

  • @TamptheChamp2
    @TamptheChamp2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Prof. Oak's dialogue at the end is definitely pulled from the last trainer battle in the game you had before you fought him. Here, it sounds like something one of the trainers (possibly a cue ball or a biker) near Fuchsia City may have said after being beaten. Great vid!

  • @grafton2
    @grafton2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    8:56 the 2nd trainer you encounter on RT 15 after leaving Fuschia says that line

  • @saltytilt
    @saltytilt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    It is sent to a dungeon for which it will never see the light of day again.

  • @SongOfStorms22
    @SongOfStorms22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    ‘and a level 69 blastoise, charizard or venusaur’ nice

  • @RoseSupreme
    @RoseSupreme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such a shame this Superboss was removed. Imagine if they still had the code for the games - they could add the Oak battle back in after doing something like beating the Champion or catching Mewtwo. They included the previously Japan-only Celebi event as a permanent feature in the VC version of Pokémon Crystal, so... surely something like that could've been possible.

    • @bberg9942
      @bberg9942 ปีที่แล้ว

      yA exactly, and why didn;t they add this in pokemon firered and leafgreen

    • @chimuoma390
      @chimuoma390 ปีที่แล้ว

      Digimon World Dawn/Dusk's Superboss Is A Professor Too,Versus Prof.Haruhiko Kogure And A Max Resistance,Max Stats,Level 99 Chronomon Holy Mode!Holy Flare!

    • @AvalosTokyo
      @AvalosTokyo หลายเดือนก่อน

      This recent hack from a very talented team put it together and fixed everything wrong with Gen 1.
      th-cam.com/video/jTH2fVqHPwc/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUWcG9rZW1vbiB5ZWxsb3cgbGVnYWN5IA%3D%3D

  • @lucassantiago6051
    @lucassantiago6051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    1:25 that arcanine has literally ember?😡silly oak for not waiting until groulithe gets flamethrower

    • @ohmeohmicah
      @ohmeohmicah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      either he had his growlithe forget flamethrower or he only caught growlithe when it was an arcanine

    • @Zazzylike02
      @Zazzylike02 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a Koffing that has flamethrower, lucky me then, I have my favourite Pokémon AND a good move!

  • @communityguidelines876
    @communityguidelines876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Everyone: picks charmander and squirtle
    Me: Bulbasaur is the best :D

    • @ignaciogonzalez2929
      @ignaciogonzalez2929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Also, bulbasaur has a type advantage on the first 2 gyms

    • @snakeorbreak6258
      @snakeorbreak6258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Agreed, Bulbasaur is great :D

    • @communityguidelines876
      @communityguidelines876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Snake or Break he actually is! He is the most underrated, and best starter.

    • @snakeorbreak6258
      @snakeorbreak6258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@communityguidelines876 Indeed. Not only is he (or a 12.5% chance to be she) strong,
      he/she is also a p l a n t y b o i
      and that's a bonus

    • @Sahrul-qr2nm
      @Sahrul-qr2nm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Every starter is the best on their own...

  • @penperry5347
    @penperry5347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    R.I.P. Squirtle... Me and my rival have chosen Bulbasaur and Charmander...
    Oh yeah btw 0:46 look at the top left corner.

  • @jakemorgan999
    @jakemorgan999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me: oak is so smart, also oak :WhAt WaS My GrAnDsOnS NaMe???

  • @LambentLight00
    @LambentLight00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the Bird Keepers says "Ow! That's tragic!" so possibly it was pulled from them.

  • @yifuyin2178
    @yifuyin2178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    PROF.OAK: HOW DARE you escape a trainer battle!
    PROF.OAK wants to fight!

  • @TomsSauce
    @TomsSauce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This cut Oak battle is part of the reason why Kukui is my favourite champion, its such a clear reference to this and it's amazing.

  • @Deus_Auto
    @Deus_Auto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Ow! That's tragic!" is from Trainer Bird Keeper 09.

  • @Jelly-qv1sq
    @Jelly-qv1sq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "-and a level 69 blastoise, charizard, or venusaur."
    me: "........nice."

  • @Nisi1
    @Nisi1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My theory is that Red would simply become Champion after defeating Lance. Oak walks in to take you to the hall of fame after you beat Blue at the end, but instead of doing that right away he would be the one to challenge you to one last battle
    It makes sense with Oak's team being so similar to Blue's and Oak not really having a good reason to be there in the final version

  • @MyCierzo
    @MyCierzo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Level 100 dragonite has a wrap skill. Let that sink in.

    • @wileyjp1
      @wileyjp1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro. I said the same thing

  • @divinecircularflow
    @divinecircularflow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This blows my mind. Figured everything about these games was discovered by now.
    As an aside I am very appreciative of your production quality, your patient, easily understood speech/enunciation and vocal cadence when narrating. It's great for teaching moments like these and kept me interested all the way through! Keep it up. :)

  • @admrfq41
    @admrfq41 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Lvl. 69 Blastoise, Charizard and Venusaur"
    Nice

  • @ender3960
    @ender3960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:30 Nice level on that Pokemon there!

  • @ThatGuyThai
    @ThatGuyThai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My theory is that he was coming when he heard Gary won to battle him, then he saw that you won, so he would have battled you, immediately after the champion battle. Developers found this to be too difficult for american gamers and scrapped it.
    This gives credence to the fact that you are able to challenge Gary as soon as he became champion, barely any break. So oak does exactly the same.
    If you got charizard, Gary would have blastoise and no gyarados, whereas oak would have venusaur no exeggutor. So its slight variation. Or if you start with either of those, itd be charizard no arcanine and etc.

  • @datniggawalter7971
    @datniggawalter7971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I want to point out that venusaur was at level 69...
    Noice

  • @EKOxL3G3ND
    @EKOxL3G3ND 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think this works because when you fly away from the trainer it starts to load the code that determines the battle, but once you leave the route it stops. By then doing everything you do in the video it changes variables in the code that when reloaded (by going back to the route) it spawns the battle with prof. Oak (take with a grain of salt, idk coding lol)

  • @webs2099
    @webs2099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    It stays forever never being free forever staying starving and alone

    • @flarexero2161
      @flarexero2161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly nothing wrong with that. Charmander will always be my number 1, but Bulbasaur is my second.

    • @Jellyman4
      @Jellyman4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      & Knuckles

    • @Jellyman4
      @Jellyman4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@flarexero2161 Squirtle is my 1st ;-;

    • @webs2099
      @webs2099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jellyman4 me to

    • @unusedacc300
      @unusedacc300 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      69 likes *nice*

  • @edgeskeleton9528
    @edgeskeleton9528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Professor Oak: Time the take this grassy boi.

  • @rusticbb8
    @rusticbb8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Me: *choose squirtle*
    Rival: *choose bulbasaur*
    Me: "so who tf gonna pick Charmander, can i have then"

  • @drewgagneaux5193
    @drewgagneaux5193 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's why I loved Pokemon Yellow.
    My grandma bought me a Game Boy and Pokemon Yellow while I was in the hospital. I was 8 years old and we were playing football, we ran in the street and me and my friend were hit by a pick up truck. My friend broke his legs in 3 places.
    I had a crushed femur, fractured skull, broken tailbone and 3 broken ribs, one of which broke off and punctured my lung. I was in ICU on a constant morphine drip. Had multiple surgeries and blood transfusions in those 3 days. After I was to a regular room after 72 hours in critical care. I stayed in that room for another 14 days. During these 2 weeks I got a gift in a box. I pulled it out and there was a brand new Game Boy and Pokemon Yellow. I was ecstatic.
    Being in a hospital for 17 days, followed by 5 months in a wheelchair while being homeschooled, Pokemon Yellow helped me keep my sanity. I loved the fact that I started with Pikachu and as the game progresses I was given the other 3 starters. By the time I was almost healed up I had a complete dex. My hall of fame 6 was a level 100 Pikachu, 100 Charizard, 100 Blastoise, 100 Venusaur, 100 Mewtow and 100 Gengar. With all the free time I had I was able to grind a lot.
    So other than the awesomeness of getting 4 starters in this game, Yellow really helped save my sanity during the worst point of my childhood. For that reason, even for all it's faults, Yellow will be my favorite game. Thank you mawmaw for introducing me to the world of Pokemon. Love you mawmaw and may you r.i.p.
    08/03/1932 - 10/16/2009.
    Sorry everybody for the long post, just wanted to state how my love for the Pokemon world started.
    #Pokemon #JurassicPark #NewOrleansSaints.

  • @MikachuXD
    @MikachuXD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In Sun and Moon, the Teacher in the trainer school has the 3rd Starter Pokémon, its nice to know it has a lovely trainer xD

  • @Fourfingerssixtoes
    @Fourfingerssixtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I once experienced a glitch in Pokemon Black 1 where I went on land after using surf, and during the animation where my character "jumped" on shore, an npc walked onto the same tile. The result was a really weird overworld sprite with elements from both. Iirc, the trainer sprite was layered over the npc, but the pixels from the NPC sprite that weren't also filled in on the trainer sprite, would now appear outside the trainer sprite. Haven't been able to replicate it though sadly, but this type of stuff makes me wonder if it would somehow be possible to utilise it for an intricate numbers manipulation glitch or similar.

  • @apotatoguylikesdogs6761
    @apotatoguylikesdogs6761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gen 1 Exeggutor looks hilarious.

  • @dr.greene1996
    @dr.greene1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    anyone else notice that the bird keeper said "ow! that's tragic!" before the screen blacked out

  • @spaghetti6781
    @spaghetti6781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always imagined that it was eaten, it's the last of its kind someone's got to has wondered what it taste like

  • @ericowen5305
    @ericowen5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool glitch, I'll never remember all the steps to set it up though. I always thought the 3rd starter just kept sitting there, thinking "wtf guys!", and plotting it's revenge!!

  • @shinylugiagames270
    @shinylugiagames270 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh and the dialogue "ow! thats tragic!" comes from birdkeeper chester on the way to fuchsia city. which is weird bc cerulean city is no where near fuchsia city.

  • @zentendoxn8955
    @zentendoxn8955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    8:57 It’s the latter. The place it’s pulled from Camper Shane on Route 24, the Trainer you started the glitch with.

  • @Thron2111
    @Thron2111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Video description: You take a starter. Your rival takes the opposite starter. Who takes the grass starter?

    • @ericowen5305
      @ericowen5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      EpicDuty no one. It sits there plotting revenge. This would be a good idea for a Pokémon hack! The third starter gets out of the pokeball and goes on a rampage! Gotta kill 'em all!!

  • @MasterOfViewership
    @MasterOfViewership 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've heard (in non-glitch plays) he uses an ever stone to keep it from evolving so the next trainer can use it when they choose it. Then again, it's a fan theory, so, who really knows?

  • @lolichan7778
    @lolichan7778 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This explains why you can hear his voice everywhere he's secretly training near you out of view

  • @zzzodiac4896
    @zzzodiac4896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the Indigo League series, when Ash tries to pick all 3 starters, Professor Oak said that all 3 were chosen. So this implies that the Professor keeps the third one left for someone else to claim it

  • @rja62b
    @rja62b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    im a professional programmer and i still dont know how looking at a game’s code tells you how to trigger glitches

  • @Cadialvaro
    @Cadialvaro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Professor Kukui kept the last Pokémon and trained it secretly

  • @jorgedelgado5292
    @jorgedelgado5292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Exeggutor looks frikin terrifying🤣

  • @obsoleteobsession
    @obsoleteobsession 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't believe they took out the Oak battle. That would have been legendary.

    • @chimuoma390
      @chimuoma390 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Legendary Tamer Quest In Digimon World Dawn/Dusk Is ONLY Available Via Hacking If You Don't Have A Friend To Link Up With!The Digimon Professor,Haruhiko Kogure,And His Legendary Rainbow Element(All Resistances Maxed At 1100)Chronomon Holy Mode,Is The True Final Boss!When You Win,You Get Chicchimon's Scan Data!!!!AND LEGEND RANK!!!!!

  • @bernddasbrot7244
    @bernddasbrot7244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it dies in an illegal underground deathmatch fight - THE END

  • @clampy7987
    @clampy7987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "You the player character."
    -Poketips

  • @devingamin4547
    @devingamin4547 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Trainer: I see you
    Red: ight I'ma head out

  • @fetusdirt
    @fetusdirt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember in the anime season 1 they always said that "3 other trainers from pallet already came through" like they defeated mistys sisters before ash got there.

  • @cody2819
    @cody2819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This does make since and it's tragic they never went and made him the Red of the remakes. Maybe in a fan game?

    • @TheSapphireLeo
      @TheSapphireLeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welp, we have Pokemon Masters EX, where he has Mew? Giovanni, Mewtwo?

  • @gir6506
    @gir6506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lol
    Professor Oak has a level 69 Charizard, Blastoise, Venasaur

  • @rowanhallam5167
    @rowanhallam5167 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    oak: in my old age, I only have these 3 left. me when i see you battling him: wha??????????

  • @sappyclamp
    @sappyclamp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think i know how this glitch works.
    So basically you find a trainer, fly away at the same time they spot you. Then, you're in a position where the game is about to start a battle. Do a battle, and then warp to cerulean because oak is there. The game will think it started a battle with that trainer but it doesn't because they aren't anywhere near. So it goes to oak since the professor oak battle wasn't completely out of the games code.
    Ez explinations. I think...

  • @williamb5495
    @williamb5495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Huge fan bro great vids

  • @zitayuseo
    @zitayuseo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I felt really sorry for the grass starter in Ultra Sun/Moon when I chose the water starter...Bauz (dunno the English name) seemed kinda sad for me..
    Darn those pixels can hit my feelings to easily

    • @okulusakaly6391
      @okulusakaly6391 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moin

    • @zitayuseo
      @zitayuseo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @O Lobinho Encapuzado No, I meant Bauz' name

    • @name-sg1wx
      @name-sg1wx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah man #ROWLETGANG

    • @zitayuseo
      @zitayuseo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @O Lobinho Encapuzado Yes, that's it!

  • @BlurredTheLines
    @BlurredTheLines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ay, he mentioned glitch city laboratories. That place was my old haunt back in the day

  • @daronhybridgaming3165
    @daronhybridgaming3165 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Red; ok oak ur here to battle? Oak: yes but there’s a time and place for everything but now I’ll be your nightmare

  • @gabejuhasz3743
    @gabejuhasz3743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the trainer fly glitch can also be called the long range trainer glitch.

  • @thunderstarlegends
    @thunderstarlegends 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    A trainer: a person I gonna fight him
    Me: nop I fly see ye
    A trainer: Oh common!

  • @kylefratini5137
    @kylefratini5137 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny thing, I now believe that one joke in let's go about oak being a fake out final boss was directly referencing their original plan to have him be the final boss in red/ blue/ green.

  • @richarddalessandro8527
    @richarddalessandro8527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Trainer: hi
    Your person: nope! Bye Felicia!
    Flys away*
    Trainer: nooo! Come back!

  • @WiscoFisherman93
    @WiscoFisherman93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the content dude. You have awesome videos. Super nostalgic!

  • @ZombieNationLTD
    @ZombieNationLTD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Could you imagine this happening accidentally, you’d be like ahh...? Ahhh.....? What?!

  • @Satoriga
    @Satoriga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Long range trainer glitch" works with fly, dig, teleport, and escape rope.
    Rip missingnoxpert

  • @Peelster1
    @Peelster1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you have run out of trainers to battle (except the one that you trainer fly away from) you can go to the guy in Pewter City who shows you were the Pewter City museum is. Talking to him takes care of the walking animation needed to start the battle. The menu is disabled during the Trainer Fly glitch, so if you need your menu again in the middle of the glitch, change boxes in the PC to save the game. Reset the game after saving by changing boxes and you get your menu back so you can Fly.
    Teleport works to escape the trainer as well if you don't have Fly.
    Using the change box save method and resetting your game also allows you to save right before finding a Ditto that way you don't need to do the whole glitch to fight all 3 teams. You can just not save the game after the Prof Oak battle, reset the game, and then all you would need to do is growl the Ditto again. (Providing you did Trainer Fly, Pewter City museum walk, changing PC boxes, resetting the game, and then Start menu saving just before looking for Ditto of course.) I also recommend for an easier time having your 226 Special Pokemon to know no attacking moves or at least no Special attacking moves as that Ditto will hit you pretty hard otherwise.