My favorite thing about Gardevoir is the art including it…the good kind. This is a Pokémon that has some of the most beautiful pieces of art associated with it from both official and fanmade sources, particularly ones that portray it as what it’s based on: an elegant guardian. The added fairy type and amazingly beautiful mega really help this category of art come to light. In addition, the contrast between Gardevoir’s grace and Gallade’s coolness is something I really like about the line
Gardevoir when they react to fanart “What the %$!# am I looking at” “The consequences of our actions, and it’s only going to get worse from here” “Oh, oh no”
My most treasured Pokemon memory is when I was around 10 years old finishing Omega Ruby, I was a very shy kid so when I first saw Wally I instantly related to him, and liked seeing him when he popped up. However, like almost everyone playing Hoenn, I forgot about him for most of the game, he didn't show up enough and I had my own story to make, especially because I took a lot of detours and took my sweet time progressing But then, I got to the end of Victory Road, thinking about finally getting to fight the League... but then he showed up, and everything else stopped in my mind The passionate way of speaking, him challenging me to a full fight just before the League, the sheer fact of him being even further than I was, his upright stance instead of the nervous one he had at Mauville, the serious look he gave his first Pokemon before throwing his Pokeball, the scenery, the flying roses, and of course, the music, such a display of confidence, epicness, but most of all, growth The cherry on top was Gallade, the tiny weak Ralts I didn't think much about is now a bladed psychic fighter, with the power of Mega Evolution, a power that I believed only I had (I didn't think much of Maxie's Mega Camerupt), to show his flowing white cape, with Gallade's cry enhanced with the Mega effect (Gallade's cry is one of my favorites ever)... I was shocked, and Wally's words of hope after losing only reinforced that idea that Wally is now way more than a tiny kid I helped, he is my equal, but, looking inside, I felt he was my superior, as I was still this shy kid that could barely stand up for himself, while he is promising that this won't stop him. He gave me a Dawn Stone as a gift of gratitude, and I instantly knew what I had to do And so I continued, beat the game and all of that, maybe even the Delta Episode, I don't know what came first, but at one point I felt compelled to do one thing: I went to the same route Wally got his partner, and I caught my own Ralts, I trained it, I evolved it with the very stone Wally gave me, fulfilling my unspoken promise, and raised that new Gallade into Lvl. 100 Wally stayed in my mind as someone I wanted to be, representing what I was and what I could become, and Gallade, coming from the shy and weak Ralts that barely shows his eyes, turning into the noble warrior capable of protecting others, Gallade (in fact, something that I believe is a coincidence, but still means a lot to me, is that Gallade's ability was Steadfast, becoming faster after every flinch, as a way to show that every fall will only make me stronger, and then in Mega, he gets Inner Focus, as a way of finally stating that nothing will make me flinch ever again) I have said for years that I don't have a favorite Pokemon, but I always knew Gallade was special, and for a good while now I know that no Pokemon will even top Gallade for me
@@Zoroark_Master I like too many special attacking fairy and psychic types for me to just always use it but it's one of my favorites so it's a hard decision
@@njivwathomassilavwe2056 well it’s my sixth favourite Pokémon of all time (and the five before it are all legendary/starters and zoroark, so rarely available for an in game team over gardevoir)
I am actually astonished Gator ex didn't even mention this game. It's like THE Gardevoir game and the possibly the whole reason this whole deal started, and yet Gator failed to mention it in a video solely talking about the whole Gardevoir deal.
Gardevoir is one of the most elegant Pokemon ever created. Combined with it's protective nature towards a Trainer it truly loves, it's easily one of my favorite Pokemon ever. It's a shame that the Internet has tainted its reputation so much to the point you can't even say that without people immediately assuming you're weird.
Riddle me this: So you have six Pokémon in real life, five of which are cuddly little dudes like wigglytuff, eevee, altaria, etc. You also have a gardevoir. Are you going to only cuddle your five cuddly Pokémon and leave your gardevoir out? Not fair, she might feel less loved. What if instead of a gardevoir it was a machamp? Then what? Not gonna give him the same snuggles you give your zigzagoon? We live in a society.
The first time I discovered this Pokemon was through its card in the Delta Species extension of the TCG and my first impression was "a ghost with one eye and no mouth" due to the perspective of the art. I think the early, immobile sprites definitely made Gardevoir look as this ghostly guardian that can feel your emotions but doesn't look anything human, always being oriented in such a way its "face" is just a single eye. But look up its sprites and you will see how they began humanizing it, starting by making its legs visible in its summoning animation in Platinum, then changing the angle of its visible eye in gen 5 to make it appear less stern. Then finally in Gen 6 you could see it from the front so you could clearly see the mouth and the other eye (and the legs, definitely). It always had these elements but the perspective and the support played a huge role on how we saw Gardevoir at the time, and how we see it now.
to add to your comment that Gen 3 had a 3d model for Gardevoir made for Pokemon collosseum and XD on the Gamecube, and Gen 4 for Battle Revolution on the Wii. In these games, gardevoir model had everything visible, gardevoir was standing on both legs instead of floating and had a mouth visible on its face texture, so I would say that gardevoir was already what she is now during that era, its just with the popularity it got, they got more into that humanized idea of gardevoir instead of its ghostly original appearance in the main series. Even in Gen8, they gave Gardevoir the Egg Group "Manlike" while its original one was Amorphous, which supported the initial design.
Gardevoir legit pulled an anime moment with me when I played BDSP for the first time. I was losing to Cynthia and when my Gardevoir came out, not only did he tank Cynthia’s Garchomp’s Poison Jab, but at 1 HP….twice. So he ended up soloing Cynthia’s most powerful Pokemon xD As a result, I named a Shiny one Persephone in honor of that moment, even commissioned some Bond Phenomenon fan art with my OC.
I understand that Gardevoir is a massive target for a waifu mon, but it’s more than just its human appearance that makes it special. Though a Pokémon, Gardevoir isn’t exactly an anthro furry. It has an elegant design that shows a more beautiful Pokémon wearing what appears to be a dress. White gives off a sense of purity and the helmet resembles a scene woman’s hair. The fan art speaks for itself. But we can’t forget that Gardevoir’s Pokédex entry also states how loyal Gardevoir is. Add mystery dungeon, and you have a Pokémon that has qualities of an ideal wife for most. It’s no wonder that’s Gardevoir is so popular for rule 34. But gardevoir appeals more for non furries in comparison to its other poke waifu competition. The mega evolution feels like Gamefreak caved in and accepted that Gardevoir’s appeal is being feminine and waifu like. I know some people don’t like Gardevoir’s raunchy fan base and want to love it for being a Pokémon alone, but it can’t be denied that Gardevoir has qualities that are desirable for a loyal life partner.
If certain people don't like that side of the community they can just simply stay away. Be with your own social group you're comfortable with and don't harass the other.
I personally believe this video is a failure without mentioning the original Pokemon Rescue Team Red/Blue. Apparently Gator never played this game so I don't blame him, or else this game will 100% be mentioned and take at least 5 minutes in this video. I blame the whole Gardevoir fetich theme starting from this exact game, where Gardevoir is a very important figure in this game. See, in this game, you keep seeing a Gardevoir spirit in your dreams telling you have an important role to save the world. It is implied that this Gardevoir once had a human trainer whom she was very close to. In one occasion this human trainer angered a Ninetales, and the Ninetales was about to put a curse on this human. This is when Gardevoir came in and protected her trainer, took the curse in place of him. I won't spoil the whole plot of this game so I'll just leave it here (yes there's more further on this topic in this exact game) At the end of day, Gardevoir claims that she never regret this decision of giving out her own life to this trainer, even if everyone thinks this decision is not worth it. She literally will do anything for the sake of this human trainer, even after she took this curse and became a spirit form that can only talk to you through your dreams.
I also like how the version of Wally in Masters is from ORAS (i.e. he has Gallade) but they still managed to make him have a Gardevoir later on. And it's shiny too! Then they used that as the basis to have an entire story event about Diantha mentoring Wally. Aside from characters from different regions interacting, I also like stories in Masters that involve trainers acknowleding other trainers with the same or similar pokémon to them (e.g. Penny gushing over the Eevee and Eeveelutions of other trainers, Zinnia wanting to see who has the better Rayquaza between hers and Steven's, etc.)
As of recent it's become one of my favorite Pokémon. I think Gardevoir (and the Ralts line as a whole) has so many aspects to appreciate. Elegant designs and cute lore, the aspect of it being a gentle guardian that sticks with you no matter what is a particularly favorite aspect of it for me, it's heartwarming and perfect for Pokemon. Though likewise I wouldn't say the fanon perception of this Pokemon has ruined it for me it is a bit sad as a huge fan of this Pokemon that it's the thing people tend to bring up the most about it, specially as someone that's not a fan of that type of content. There's so much more to the Ralts line beyond that, to me personally it represents so many personal things. Loved to see a video discussing this, it was very nice!
I agree but I also just thought about it this way. If the degenerate parts of the fandom hadn't sexualized it, then we probably wouldn't even be talking about it rn, because it would be nowhere near as popular as it currently is lol.
I kinda loves how Gardevoir is portrayed as this protective ghostly figure in the Mystery Dungeon games The Pokédex describes Gardevoir as loyal to their trainer and they are so loyal that it protected their trainer after they touched Ninetails' tails and would have lived through a 1000 year curse And honestly Gardevoir seemed to still not harbor any hard feelings for the trainer seeing who they actually turned out to be, it is, as so often in that franchise, genius use of a Pokémon's traits
5:10 You say that Gardevoir's additional fairy typing seems odd, but here's how I see it... There's enough fairytales about knights slaying dragons, so I think it's a pretty neat detail and that it wraps itself up really nicely! ^^
I'd say that's more or less accurate. Because Gallade is male-only, and Gardevoir has a somewhat more decidedly feminine appearance, I know that me and at least a few of my friends back in the day began to view Gardevoir like that because of Gallade specifically
@@matthewkuscienko4616 They should have allowed us to have female Gallades, too. If not, that then have any male Kirlias evolve automatically into Gallade at lvl. 30 without a Dawn stone.
@@sonicmanic2556i feel like the only reason gallade is male only is because its the gen that introduced gender evolutions so they just used it out of novelty, theres no other reason i can think of
Yeah they could have just made all female kirlia into Gardevoir and all male kirlia into gallade. I guess you could keep the male gardevoir from gen 3 too
Gardevoir was my favorite pokemon back in XY and I went insane when I met a Ralts in the tall grass and discovered that it can mega evolve thanks to Diantha at the league. It didn't have any nicknames back then but I recently came with the name Garry for my boy. It saddens a bit that me that Gardevoir is mostly love for it's fantasized appearance rather than it's personality and it's powers
Batman, I caught a second Pokémon, Batman. I swear if you say it’s a Gardevoir, Joker- Batman, you already know exactly what I’m gonna- *No Kill Rule has been struck down.*
Paraphrase: "i don't understand why she became fairy type." Maybe because Gardevoir is basically Pokemon's equivalent to your typical fantasy elves, and elves typically had a close association with fairies? Because her japanese name sounds like "Sir Knight" and knights slay dragons? The romanticization of Gardevoir was inevitable. Game Freak definitely knew this!
The Ralts line is my favourite, but mostly because of Gallade. But god Gardevoir is based too, I love the way the line progresses from a weak kid in need of your protection to a powerful mage or warrior protecting you instead. Also, Iron Valiant is sick.
Gardevoir is my favorite Pokémon, 1st I breeded as a competitive player and I still have him today, he'll be a young adult on October this year (20 yo).
I don't know if they intended for Gardevoir to seem feminine or not, but that was my impression seeing it. It looks like it is wearing a dress and the hair being a helmet never crossed my mind. I'm actually quite happy with the way that line evolved. I liked it for high special attack and good defenses. The fairy typing made it even more useful. We also got Gallade, which is friggin awesome! I run both in my team! I also really like the shiny forms for both.
What if in an alternate timeline, Kirlia and Gardevoir were female-only Pokemon? And if Gallade existed sooner in Gen 3 as a level-based male-only evolution? And if Raltz had a male-only mid-stage resembling Pawniard? How'd that have been like? Imagine growing up in that parallel universe with altered memories, experiences, and POVs.
I thought it would have been kind of cool if the middle evolution for ralts and gallade was a taekwondo kid as of juxtaposition to Kirlia being a ballerina.
I love how Gardevoir can be either male or female despite possessing some feminine traits. Bulbapedia mentions that it’s based on a principal ballet dancer and a knight, as well as the concepts of chivalry and empathy. And there should be a spinoff with Ralts as a starter.
Gardevoir should have a *built-in Shadow Ball* [(as primary move)], because from the pokedex entries that tells that it will protect its trainer with its life and summons a black hole.
Gardevoir is probably my favourite Pokemon (alongside Magmar) and the rep it has is rather depressing. Glad the official stuff is never raunchy or anything like that. It's elegance yet knightly honour and loyalty really makes having one feel like you got a new friend. I just find the species neat and it's my main in Pokken. In summary, Gardevoir is awesome and doesn't deserve to be treated as the "fanservice" Pokemon. Wait...I haven't even talked about the X factor as to why I love it so much. Well, I'll just say that I wasn't born the same gender as I am now. Gardevoir stuck out to me and I didn't know why for a long time. I thought I had to just ignore it because it's a "girly" Pokemon. But after certain relevations and accepting that anyone can enjoy it, I've grown on Gardevoir. Just having one in my team or owning a plushie of alongside my other Pokemons made me feel more valid in a way. I like that, I really do. Heck, I got an idea for a story a year ago where a trans woman meets and grows up with a Gardevoir as friends. Maybe one day I'll make that idea into a full-on story, who knows. Wonderful video btw.
"I wish Wally was more involved in the games so we can see more of him." Yes, so I can thoroughly give him a beating after encountering Ralts right away as his first Pokemon. I seethe in anger when I see him.
I think they wanted to make Gardevoir as Gallade but nearly everyone and their mother saw a feminine figure in it so they decided to make Gallade and make it clear with the male only requirement. I liked Gardevoir from very early on, my first pokemon game was FRLG but I was never able to beat it, then I broke my gameboy trying to catch Moltres and that destroyed all the games it had inside it. My next game was Sapphire and it was also the first pokemon game I beat. Since it was 1 of the few games I had I beat it dozens of times and loved it very much; as a kid though I didn't really play the way I do today, where I know and research exactly what team I want before even booting up the game so I doubt I ever had a Gardevoir back then. Regardless I always thought of a lady whenever I saw Gardevoir, it was beautiful and elegant. Then puberty hit, I got introduced to R18 stuff and Gardevoir fanarts (R rated and otherwise) and I do view her that way more now, I wish they retconned Gardevoir's gender ratio and made Gallade a gender based Evo at lv30 with him being what male Kirlias evolve into and Gardevoir, what female Kirlias evolve into. I now nearly always want a female Gardevoir on my team whenever I play a new game with Gardevoir in it and I never catch a male Ralts for the party unless I can evolve it into Gallade. As for Wally, I didn't really care much about him when I was a kid, he was just the guy who replaced May ( who I really liked ) to me. But as I grew up and especially with ORAS I understood more about his situation, the themes being clearer and I sympathized with him a lot more; I quite like him and wanna protect him, how he grows and is basically seen overcoming his illness is amazing. He was always meant to have Gallade with him but as I already stated, the majority of people didn't view Gardevoir that way so they made it clear in the remake. I also think that Max was supposed to represent Wally to some extent in the anime and I would've been cool to have him get that Ralts to be with him.
I used gardevoir a lot back in gen 3. I started with gen 1 and catching ralts was a lot like getting abra. I also played mystery dungeon where gardevoir played a big role. I really liked it at the time. Later on I stopped liking psychic type pokemon like the abra and ralts lines as much since they're fairly one dimentional. I luckily remained oblivious of gardevoir's new image for a long time.
@@antitheist3206 Their lore masters know what's going on. Hell, the Ralts line has been in every consequent mainline Pokemon game since X and Y, meanwhile we've got Pokemon like Crobat being recently chopped from Paldea! I won't be surprised if Gardevoir makes another appearance in the next installment of the series with just how popular it is
I don’t think it would’ve matter if Gardevoir was added to the Human-like group or not. I still remember that old lady from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire that has. Mightyene as her boyfriend. Or was it Pokémon Colosseum?
Gardevoir is my favorite psychic type pokémon; I really like the elegant, mystical design, and its lore of being essentially a guardian angel. I will argue that giving it the fairy type is actually rather fitting, as fairy is essentially a combination of the fan-made light and magic types into an official typing, and gardevoir fits pretty well into the magical side of that. The fairy typing also fits gardevoir better now that we have another emotion-detecting psychic/fairy type; hatterene is similar in many ways, but *heavily* plays into the parts of fairy lore that Pokémon usually ignores. I would recommend Gnoggin’s old Fairy Month videos for anyone reading this; they’re only up through Gen VII, but do an excellent job explaining what the fairy type represents, and reasons for why it was given out to the pokémon and moves it was.
Gardivor is, hands down, my favorite Pokémon. Always has been and always will be. I got omega Ruby as my first ever Pokémon game, and when I got the ralts encounter I spent awhile just trying to capture one without it fainting. I was so excited when I did, and coincidentally it was also a male gardivor. Maybe me and Wally swapped lmao. Anyway prized memory’s from my childhood 😌
Uh oh…. But in all seriousness, I was first introduced to Gardevoir by Pokémon Colosseum. And I finally got to get my own in ORAS. My Gardevoir Bella had been with me from the beginning and at the end when I beat the elite four this year. I’m glad that I raised her well 😊👍🏽 Also I think Wally is an awesome character/Rival. Kid deserves respect for how far he came.
Most people's first experience with Gardevoir was in Ruby and Sapphire at the end of the game in Wally's victory road fight. Fortunately I am not most people, and my first experience with it was in Colosseum where it not only had one of the worst 3D models in that game, but it was in the Nascour fight, one of the coldest final bosses in the franchise (so cold that it didn't even have any music). Most Pokémon I first met there left an intimidating impression on me, including Xatu, Dusclops, Walrein, A METAGROSS THAT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE TO CATCH, and of course, Gardevoir
I've relied heavily on my Gardevoir, Lily, for the past twenty years and I couldn't be prouder of her; she is a good girl who is never to be lewded nor lusted after
Ralts evolution line is my favorite from all the franchise, so if Ralts is catchable, I HAVE to have one in my team as a personal rule. I alternate between Gardy and Gallade per each game I play also based on my team’s needs, but it’s usually a Gardevoir since the fairy typing just made her broken. and I HATE the Rule 34 and whatever damages the image lol
i can tell everyone about my relation regarding Gardevoire, i was first introduced to it throe the TCG, i did not know it was a gen 3 pokemon at the time... or so i believe i didn't know at the time. when i first played gen 3 i played Emerald, when i saw wally captureing a ralts it all clicked for me, this is the generation where gardevoire was introduced, for all my time all i knew gardevoire as was the friendless guys alakazam, so i cought a Ralts, disowned my starter (Torchick), got a Gardevoir and had it become a consistent top 5 and most times top 3 favorite. in gen 6 with the fairy type, Gardevoire quiclky became my absolute favorite for all the advantages Fairy brought with it, fairy is generally my favorite types with Gardevoire and Galar Rapidash both my 2 favorites share the Psycic/Fairy typing which i do not believe is a coincident... anyhow around gen 6 i also became THAT type of Gardevoire fan, but that part IS unrelated EDIT: want to specify that that first Ralts i cought was female and my like for Gardevoire made me seek out fact about it
Honestly I still think of the knight more than anything. I just think it's such a cool idea, and I love all of the evolution line, even if I've taken a bit more to gallade than the others. I think all of the designs are just very creative in how they integrate the knight motif, and I don't think the 'princess' negates that, just kinda makes me think about Zelda in Twilight princess, a princess but still ready to take sword in hand.
I wish Gallade wasn’t gender locked because it makes me not like it honestly it feels like an unnecessary masculinisation of the Ralts line because Gardevoir was “too feminine”. If it was 50/50 like Gardevoir then that wouldn’t really be such an issue
Gardevoir was one of the Pokemon that stuck with me in terms of design, Pokedex entries and abilities in battle, ever since I first played Ruby. I never played much Pokemon after Ruby, but got back in with Black/White…Just in time before the XY announcement and that Gardevoir was coming back as a Fairy, which got me super hyped. After that, Gardevoir has been my partner through many generations. Sorry for the ramble. I just really love Gardevoir.
I remember when I was a new kid on Pokemon Emerald. I really hate seeing Ralts because it looked like an alien mushroom so I always kill it with my torchic or Conbusken I dunno I forgot. Out of spite and curiousity, I caught one and decided to see what will be its evolution. It turned into Kirlia, lol god damn the damne brocoli turned into a cute pokemon, now I was more interested on its final Evolution. I wasted my whole day grinding it till lvl 30. Here comes the evolution animation. God Damn my alien mushroom turned into a Fine Lady! Gardevoir introduced me to pokemon waifus lol. So whenever I saw a Ralts on newer game I will capture and level it up first haha
Hope you do a video on Gallade in the future. He's criminally unrelated compared to his counterpart. Sure, he's not the best in competitive, but man, I love that elbow blades gallant knight
I think gardevoir got the fairy type because of its angelic inspiration, it has always been pretty clearly a guardian angel, and when the fairy type got added, sweet kiss which is angel kiss in japanese got turned into fairy-type, so the fairy type is also the type for angels, justifying the type change of gardevoir.
I always got myself a Ralts in my RSE playthroughs. I just liked it and the whole line. I did think it looked female myself, but I know for a fact I never looked at what gender my Pokemon had. I do dislike how the fandom has treated Gardevoir and Lopunny though, as they are 2 of my favorite Pokemon overall.
tbh in my personal experience, this ride the ralts evolution line has now, started, partially, because of mystery dungeon (don't get me wrong, i LOVE that game), in that game, gardevoir had a, sort of, "girlfriend-like" story with you, is literally the whole reason you became a pokemon to start with, and it becomes a motivator along the way, i never though of gardevoir as a female character up until that game, which also make me feel a deep bond with (guess who has like... 6 different gardevoirs, yeah, me), before this game, gardevoir was just a cool pokemon edit: add more context
If we can have "tough" and "cool" Pokémon we can have "beautiful" and "elegant" Pokémon. The variety in designs is what makes Pokémon in general so great
I have so much history with Gardevoir, I had one on my team in Gen 3, And Gen 6 I actually defeated Diantha using a base Gardevoir against her Mega Gardevoir but mine had shadow ball, lol!!! And The second Pokemon I ever got to a Level 100.
Sapphire was my first main series game. Seeing Wally get that Ralts inspired 8 year old me with so much wonder and curiosity. What's that pokemon? I've never seen that one before, what does it do?! Went the whole playthrough without catching one, then was taken aback by Gardevoir and how powerful it was in battle vs Wally in victory road. Then when I played Mystery Dungeon, the Gardevoir who guides you through the story in dreams, who sacrificed herself for her trainer... It all filled me with so much appreciation for Gardevoir. Hard for me to pass em up if I have an option to add one to my team ever since.
Gardevoir is my second favourite Pokémon. From its elegant design to its lore,to its battle properties. I use it every single time I play through Hoenn and I always have the biggest smile on my face when it joins the team,evolves or when I win battles😊.
Honestly, I remember playing Sapphire and always finding Gardevoir, Raltz, and Kirlia, as a very feminine Pokemon and thinking that it seemed too soft for Wally thematically for that line to be his signature. That’s also why I feel like fairy fits it. Fairy type generally has had a very girly air to it since introduced, so adding it to Gardevoir in gen 6, while Gallade is a fighting type instead, doesn’t feel out of place at all.
When I played through ORAS for the first time, I had already decided on my team, that being Blaze the Blazekin, Voir the Gardevoir and Sol the Absol, and the idea was that they were all pokemon I had as a part of my rescue team in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. When I caught my Ralts, I grinded out encounters with the pokenav to get one with good IVs.
I usually end up with a Gardevoir on the team. I like to have a check for Dragons, and the only Fairy-types I like are Gardevoir and Sylveon. Gardevoir has much better coverage, so it gets the spot. Plus, it's pretty. Sue me for wanting to have a team of Pokémon that I like looking at.
Gardevoir is Lucario done right, Because its the main Pokemon for a rival-type character and not forced on you by the plot you grow to revere it. Its rare like Pikachu was in the Viridian Forest, but not a one time thing like Riolu. And again the plot doesn't force it on you, it lets Wally do his thing and makes Gardevoir into this badass Ace for another trainer
Yeah, what is it with GF and throwing eggs into the mid-game (even though that probably wasn’t your point)? Like, bro, I’ve already built my team and I’m on a roll like Miltank; I’m not gonna take out a week or something to hatch an egg, tediously grind it, and then stew over who to replace. This thing’s going in the box! Eggs should either stay in the homestretch/postgame, or have a (more consistently) high leveling rate.
Gardevoir is based on a guardian angel, that's why it's Fairy-type. I've also heard some people don't get why Gardevoir is a Psychic-type, forgetting that an empath is also considered as a psychic.
Gardevoir is a situation of a character being retconned because of the fandom because gardevoir was supposed to be a more masculine character and based on how princes and knights dressed in the Middle Ages it’s Japanese name is even SIR KNIGHT but then the fandom personified it as a female character so then they gave us gallade to fulfill gardevoir’s original role
I got a ralts on my first playthrough of ruby, and got blessed with ridiculous luck so that it got a pretty high hitting fighting type Hidden Power. Which made large parts of the game completely trivial because it basically covered 90% of all pokemon types with Psychic, Shadow ball, and that Hidden Power. It was pretty great.
At least prior to Gallade, Gardy was such an icon to me as a queer person; looking feminine yet can still be male? Their Japanese name being literally "Sir Knight"? Yep, became an instant fav for me.
Gardevoir has been my favorite Pokémon since its debut in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. The gender change of Fisheye in the Cloverway dub of Sailor Moon was unsettling, so I chose a male Gardevoir to move past that discomfort. It's understandable why some might prefer a male Gardevoir, especially those who found Fisheye's identity crisis troubling. Despite its feminine appearance, Gardevoir's elegance is what crowns it as the beauty king.
@@AD_RC It might be difficult to accept, but I chose a male Gardevoir to move past the identity crisis that Fisheye endured during Cloverway's English dubbing of Sailor Moon Super S. As GardevoirBoy1991, I believe male Gardevoir are the most charming Pokémon because of their delightful appearance, and I greatly admire men with feminine features. In my eyes, Gardevoir is the ultimate beauty king of the Pokémon world. Some may think I'm mistaken, but it doesn't bother me. Despite Gardevoir's feminine appearance, I find them even more endearing as males. I'm aware that my opinion might draw criticism and ridicule, but that won't bother me.
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Black-Hole him, Gardevoir.
Love that electrode pfp from the Wii era
"Gardevoir, twist his balls counter clockwise"
@@luckyinky7849 with the blackhole?
Getting sucked into Gardevoir's "black hole" doesn't sound so bad 🥵
*Gardevoir used KILL HIM its super effective
My favorite thing about Gardevoir is the art including it…the good kind. This is a Pokémon that has some of the most beautiful pieces of art associated with it from both official and fanmade sources, particularly ones that portray it as what it’s based on: an elegant guardian. The added fairy type and amazingly beautiful mega really help this category of art come to light. In addition, the contrast between Gardevoir’s grace and Gallade’s coolness is something I really like about the line
Also the fairy type gives it the ability to beat dragons up, so the type actually served really well (dragon slayer)
basically the best gardevoir art is the ones where she's a Disney princess
@@Milk_Drinker420that’s where you’re wrong kiddo
@@BillSchrader best Gardevoir art then is...yuri?
Could you explain the meaning of the word "grave" when you were talking about the contraste between Gardevoir and Gallade?
I do not comprehend
Gardevoir when they react to fanart
“What the %$!# am I looking at”
“The consequences of our actions, and it’s only going to get worse from here”
“Oh, oh no”
it's a toy
It’s a good thing they can create black holes at will😅
It’s a fictional species made into a toy, I had thought.
@@king_of_rats_Monfernep Then why is there a hole in it? What did you do?
@@JosephShemelewski Extrasensory toy,maybe.
My most treasured Pokemon memory is when I was around 10 years old finishing Omega Ruby, I was a very shy kid so when I first saw Wally I instantly related to him, and liked seeing him when he popped up. However, like almost everyone playing Hoenn, I forgot about him for most of the game, he didn't show up enough and I had my own story to make, especially because I took a lot of detours and took my sweet time progressing
But then, I got to the end of Victory Road, thinking about finally getting to fight the League... but then he showed up, and everything else stopped in my mind
The passionate way of speaking, him challenging me to a full fight just before the League, the sheer fact of him being even further than I was, his upright stance instead of the nervous one he had at Mauville, the serious look he gave his first Pokemon before throwing his Pokeball, the scenery, the flying roses, and of course, the music, such a display of confidence, epicness, but most of all, growth
The cherry on top was Gallade, the tiny weak Ralts I didn't think much about is now a bladed psychic fighter, with the power of Mega Evolution, a power that I believed only I had (I didn't think much of Maxie's Mega Camerupt), to show his flowing white cape, with Gallade's cry enhanced with the Mega effect (Gallade's cry is one of my favorites ever)...
I was shocked, and Wally's words of hope after losing only reinforced that idea that Wally is now way more than a tiny kid I helped, he is my equal, but, looking inside, I felt he was my superior, as I was still this shy kid that could barely stand up for himself, while he is promising that this won't stop him. He gave me a Dawn Stone as a gift of gratitude, and I instantly knew what I had to do
And so I continued, beat the game and all of that, maybe even the Delta Episode, I don't know what came first, but at one point I felt compelled to do one thing: I went to the same route Wally got his partner, and I caught my own Ralts, I trained it, I evolved it with the very stone Wally gave me, fulfilling my unspoken promise, and raised that new Gallade into Lvl. 100
Wally stayed in my mind as someone I wanted to be, representing what I was and what I could become, and Gallade, coming from the shy and weak Ralts that barely shows his eyes, turning into the noble warrior capable of protecting others, Gallade (in fact, something that I believe is a coincidence, but still means a lot to me, is that Gallade's ability was Steadfast, becoming faster after every flinch, as a way to show that every fall will only make me stronger, and then in Mega, he gets Inner Focus, as a way of finally stating that nothing will make me flinch ever again)
I have said for years that I don't have a favorite Pokemon, but I always knew Gallade was special, and for a good while now I know that no Pokemon will even top Gallade for me
That is so motivating
When you said "10 years", I turned to ashes.
Truly wholesome. Thanks for sharing your story mate!
Such a wonderful story
...top 10 random stories in the comments,nr 1:
I genuinely love this Pokemon. It's honestly a struggle not to include it on teams for playthroughs if it's available
Psychic/Fairy is very good and it got good offensive stars, definitely a good pick
It’s not a struggle for me, i always include it when available
@@Zoroark_Master I like too many special attacking fairy and psychic types for me to just always use it but it's one of my favorites so it's a hard decision
@@njivwathomassilavwe2056 well it’s my sixth favourite Pokémon of all time (and the five before it are all legendary/starters and zoroark, so rarely available for an in game team over gardevoir)
@@AttmozGlaishur heck yeah
The best gardevoir was the one in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team.
Damn that game was a real tear jearker
The Agent of Spirits
I wish DX did more with her and Gengar.
I am actually astonished Gator ex didn't even mention this game.
It's like THE Gardevoir game and the possibly the whole reason this whole deal started, and yet Gator failed to mention it in a video solely talking about the whole Gardevoir deal.
@@hhjan594 he only mentioned gen 3 here , i guess he's going for a gen 3 theme in his recent videos including this one.
@@Sailed_awayPokemon Mystery dungeon Red rescue team is Gen3. It's the first Mystery dungeon game where you can only play as the first 3 Gen Pokemon.
the sounds Gardevoir makes in Pokken is quite something to behold....
Funnily Gardevoir wasn’t categorised as a “human-like” Pokemon until Gen 8 (it was/is in the “amorphous” Egg group)
*she
@@Hichigo.using it or gender neutral pronouns still matches it was androgynous it’s name was originally sirknight after all
@@Hichigo. Gardevoirs can be male too lol
Gardevoir is one of the most elegant Pokemon ever created. Combined with it's protective nature towards a Trainer it truly loves, it's easily one of my favorite Pokemon ever. It's a shame that the Internet has tainted its reputation so much to the point you can't even say that without people immediately assuming you're weird.
I am a fan of elegant pokemon
The reason why I like Gardevoir so much is because of its personality. Not to mention having a very cool shiny version.
Riddle me this:
So you have six Pokémon in real life, five of which are cuddly little dudes like wigglytuff, eevee, altaria, etc.
You also have a gardevoir.
Are you going to only cuddle your five cuddly Pokémon and leave your gardevoir out? Not fair, she might feel less loved.
What if instead of a gardevoir it was a machamp? Then what? Not gonna give him the same snuggles you give your zigzagoon?
We live in a society.
The first time I discovered this Pokemon was through its card in the Delta Species extension of the TCG and my first impression was "a ghost with one eye and no mouth" due to the perspective of the art. I think the early, immobile sprites definitely made Gardevoir look as this ghostly guardian that can feel your emotions but doesn't look anything human, always being oriented in such a way its "face" is just a single eye. But look up its sprites and you will see how they began humanizing it, starting by making its legs visible in its summoning animation in Platinum, then changing the angle of its visible eye in gen 5 to make it appear less stern. Then finally in Gen 6 you could see it from the front so you could clearly see the mouth and the other eye (and the legs, definitely). It always had these elements but the perspective and the support played a huge role on how we saw Gardevoir at the time, and how we see it now.
to add to your comment that Gen 3 had a 3d model for Gardevoir made for Pokemon collosseum and XD on the Gamecube, and Gen 4 for Battle Revolution on the Wii.
In these games, gardevoir model had everything visible, gardevoir was standing on both legs instead of floating and had a mouth visible on its face texture, so I would say that gardevoir was already what she is now during that era, its just with the popularity it got, they got more into that humanized idea of gardevoir instead of its ghostly original appearance in the main series. Even in Gen8, they gave Gardevoir the Egg Group "Manlike" while its original one was Amorphous, which supported the initial design.
>leave Gardevoir alone
The Fandom 🗿: "No. I don't think I will."
“Give it’s life to protect its trainer”
You know like a knight 😅
The meme of do not Google gardevoir name on the internet without safe mode on. 😂
0:08 Spheal is green confirmed
Gardevoir legit pulled an anime moment with me when I played BDSP for the first time. I was losing to Cynthia and when my Gardevoir came out, not only did he tank Cynthia’s Garchomp’s Poison Jab, but at 1 HP….twice. So he ended up soloing Cynthia’s most powerful Pokemon xD
As a result, I named a Shiny one Persephone in honor of that moment, even commissioned some Bond Phenomenon fan art with my OC.
Very coincidental that I drew Gardevoir earlier today.
Normal way or the fun way?
@@MimiktwoFun way is a...unusual way of calling those kinds of drawings.
@rodrigomelim4632 ain't wrong though is it?
@@Mimiktwo ...from a certain point of view, you are right. But it's still dependent of the opinion on the observer.
@rodrigomelim4632 oh then its more than fun :)
I understand that Gardevoir is a massive target for a waifu mon, but it’s more than just its human appearance that makes it special.
Though a Pokémon, Gardevoir isn’t exactly an anthro furry. It has an elegant design that shows a more beautiful Pokémon wearing what appears to be a dress. White gives off a sense of purity and the helmet resembles a scene woman’s hair.
The fan art speaks for itself. But we can’t forget that Gardevoir’s Pokédex entry also states how loyal Gardevoir is. Add mystery dungeon, and you have a Pokémon that has qualities of an ideal wife for most. It’s no wonder that’s Gardevoir is so popular for rule 34. But gardevoir appeals more for non furries in comparison to its other poke waifu competition.
The mega evolution feels like Gamefreak caved in and accepted that Gardevoir’s appeal is being feminine and waifu like. I know some people don’t like Gardevoir’s raunchy fan base and want to love it for being a Pokémon alone, but it can’t be denied that Gardevoir has qualities that are desirable for a loyal life partner.
A very analytical way to look at this Pokémon
@@Victini862they applied science!
@@Victini862agreed
If certain people don't like that side of the community they can just simply stay away. Be with your own social group you're comfortable with and don't harass the other.
@@Aaaa-g6u8e Couldn't agree more. Nothing wrong with liking weird things as long as you aren't hurting anyone.
Or yourself
When I first saw Gardevoir I thought they looked like Marvin the Martian, so whenever I see people thirsting over Gardevoir I just think of him.
I don’t see it personally
And why not? Marvin is a short king. Sure, he may want to blow up the earth, but I can fix him!
I mean, his girlfriend is really hot!
@@marcoasturias8520 you mean the Martian queen..? That’s not his girlfriend.
I can't tell people that lopunny and gardevoir are some of my favorite pokemon, for obvious reasons. I just love cute and pretty pokemon *shrug*
I personally believe this video is a failure without mentioning the original Pokemon Rescue Team Red/Blue.
Apparently Gator never played this game so I don't blame him, or else this game will 100% be mentioned and take at least 5 minutes in this video.
I blame the whole Gardevoir fetich theme starting from this exact game, where Gardevoir is a very important figure in this game.
See, in this game, you keep seeing a Gardevoir spirit in your dreams telling you have an important role to save the world.
It is implied that this Gardevoir once had a human trainer whom she was very close to.
In one occasion this human trainer angered a Ninetales, and the Ninetales was about to put a curse on this human.
This is when Gardevoir came in and protected her trainer, took the curse in place of him.
I won't spoil the whole plot of this game so I'll just leave it here (yes there's more further on this topic in this exact game)
At the end of day, Gardevoir claims that she never regret this decision of giving out her own life to this trainer, even if everyone thinks this decision is not worth it.
She literally will do anything for the sake of this human trainer, even after she took this curse and became a spirit form that can only talk to you through your dreams.
Drunk Oak thumbnail
"Leave Gardevoir Alone"
That won't stop people like Lily Orchard
I hate that I can now associate Gardevoir with that person because of their messed up webcomic
Who's that?
What's the Comic about?@@mathewricafrente5984
Who?
@@eliphas_vlka
It's better that you don't know
A toxic critic is all I'll say
Unfortunetly, rule 34 won't let us do that.
The video used to be "LEAVE GARDEVOIR ALONE" for context.
SFW Gardevoir fans we must stay strong 💪
@@sr.x1338 Both can coexist.
@@justinn8541akaDrPokemonbro it was a joke, i don't take this that seriously, it just makes me kind of annoyed and that's it
@@sr.x1338 we shall protect our beloved Pokemon till the end!
@@sr.x1338 TBH, it's hard to know who's joking on the internet.
I also like how the version of Wally in Masters is from ORAS (i.e. he has Gallade) but they still managed to make him have a Gardevoir later on. And it's shiny too! Then they used that as the basis to have an entire story event about Diantha mentoring Wally.
Aside from characters from different regions interacting, I also like stories in Masters that involve trainers acknowleding other trainers with the same or similar pokémon to them (e.g. Penny gushing over the Eevee and Eeveelutions of other trainers, Zinnia wanting to see who has the better Rayquaza between hers and Steven's, etc.)
As of recent it's become one of my favorite Pokémon. I think Gardevoir (and the Ralts line as a whole) has so many aspects to appreciate. Elegant designs and cute lore, the aspect of it being a gentle guardian that sticks with you no matter what is a particularly favorite aspect of it for me, it's heartwarming and perfect for Pokemon. Though likewise I wouldn't say the fanon perception of this Pokemon has ruined it for me it is a bit sad as a huge fan of this Pokemon that it's the thing people tend to bring up the most about it, specially as someone that's not a fan of that type of content. There's so much more to the Ralts line beyond that, to me personally it represents so many personal things. Loved to see a video discussing this, it was very nice!
I agree but I also just thought about it this way. If the degenerate parts of the fandom hadn't sexualized it, then we probably wouldn't even be talking about it rn, because it would be nowhere near as popular as it currently is lol.
You got that right. I especially like Gardevoir’s shiny version because of the color blue.
I kinda loves how Gardevoir is portrayed as this protective ghostly figure in the Mystery Dungeon games
The Pokédex describes Gardevoir as loyal to their trainer and they are so loyal that it protected their trainer after they touched Ninetails' tails and would have lived through a 1000 year curse
And honestly Gardevoir seemed to still not harbor any hard feelings for the trainer seeing who they actually turned out to be, it is, as so often in that franchise, genius use of a Pokémon's traits
5:10 You say that Gardevoir's additional fairy typing seems odd, but here's how I see it... There's enough fairytales about knights slaying dragons, so I think it's a pretty neat detail and that it wraps itself up really nicely! ^^
And Gardevoir is literally called “Sirknight” in Japanese
My man did not mention the copypasta once in a 10 minute video about Gard. Wholesome.
I've waited for 4- no... 5,000 years for this video!
Its a female, "there is nothing we can do" -*napoleon*
But what if its a male? Gardevoir male gardevoir there he is.
@@turkoositerapsidi femboy is a option too🙂
@@hanzo-qo4hf Yes, but are you disagreeing or agreeing?
@@turkoositerapsidi yes.
@@hanzo-qo4hf I see.
I had a Gardevoir named Rogue on my first ever playthrough of emerald. My full team was Sceptile, Crobar, Gardevoir, Gyrados, Aggron and Salamence.
Rogue named after the one from X-Men or just random name?
@@theamazingspooderman2697Literally what I was going to ask.
And so, by the existence of Gallade, Gardevoir was forced feminized.
I'd say that's more or less accurate. Because Gallade is male-only, and Gardevoir has a somewhat more decidedly feminine appearance, I know that me and at least a few of my friends back in the day began to view Gardevoir like that because of Gallade specifically
@@matthewkuscienko4616 They should have allowed us to have female Gallades, too. If not, that then have any male Kirlias evolve automatically into Gallade at lvl. 30 without a Dawn stone.
@@sonicmanic2556i feel like the only reason gallade is male only is because its the gen that introduced gender evolutions so they just used it out of novelty, theres no other reason i can think of
Yeah they could have just made all female kirlia into Gardevoir and all male kirlia into gallade.
I guess you could keep the male gardevoir from gen 3 too
@XpWhister04 i disagree id rather gallade not get a gender diff at all, plenty of pokemon like that already exist like machamp
Gardevoir was my favorite pokemon back in XY and I went insane when I met a Ralts in the tall grass and discovered that it can mega evolve thanks to Diantha at the league. It didn't have any nicknames back then but I recently came with the name Garry for my boy.
It saddens a bit that me that Gardevoir is mostly love for it's fantasized appearance rather than it's personality and it's powers
Batman, I caught a second Pokémon, Batman.
I swear if you say it’s a Gardevoir, Joker-
Batman, you already know exactly what I’m gonna-
*No Kill Rule has been struck down.*
I'm guilty, everyone had celebrity crushes when they were young but instead 7 year old me caught feelings for a Gardevoir instead
Paraphrase: "i don't understand why she became fairy type."
Maybe because Gardevoir is basically Pokemon's equivalent to your typical fantasy elves, and elves typically had a close association with fairies? Because her japanese name sounds like "Sir Knight" and knights slay dragons?
The romanticization of Gardevoir was inevitable. Game Freak definitely knew this!
The Ralts line is my favourite, but mostly because of Gallade. But god Gardevoir is based too, I love the way the line progresses from a weak kid in need of your protection to a powerful mage or warrior protecting you instead. Also, Iron Valiant is sick.
Gardevoir is my favorite Pokémon, 1st I breeded as a competitive player and I still have him today, he'll be a young adult on October this year (20 yo).
I don't know if they intended for Gardevoir to seem feminine or not, but that was my impression seeing it. It looks like it is wearing a dress and the hair being a helmet never crossed my mind. I'm actually quite happy with the way that line evolved. I liked it for high special attack and good defenses. The fairy typing made it even more useful. We also got Gallade, which is friggin awesome! I run both in my team! I also really like the shiny forms for both.
I think that's why gallade was introduced.
Gardevoir is a pretty cool Pokemon since it has a diverse and powerful moveset.
Yeah and also a very unique and elegant design especially its shiny form
What if in an alternate timeline, Kirlia and Gardevoir were female-only Pokemon? And if Gallade existed sooner in Gen 3 as a level-based male-only evolution? And if Raltz had a male-only mid-stage resembling Pawniard? How'd that have been like? Imagine growing up in that parallel universe with altered memories, experiences, and POVs.
I thought it would have been kind of cool if the middle evolution for ralts and gallade was a taekwondo kid as of juxtaposition to Kirlia being a ballerina.
I love how Gardevoir can be either male or female despite possessing some feminine traits. Bulbapedia mentions that it’s based on a principal ballet dancer and a knight, as well as the concepts of chivalry and empathy. And there should be a spinoff with Ralts as a starter.
3:22
Machamp doing the French Girl pose is something I didn't know I wanted but absolutely needed.
LET HIM COOK
Zac! Not surprised you watch Gato xD
Gardevoir should have a *built-in Shadow Ball* [(as primary move)], because from the pokedex entries that tells that it will protect its trainer with its life and summons a black hole.
Gardevoir is probably my favourite Pokemon (alongside Magmar) and the rep it has is rather depressing. Glad the official stuff is never raunchy or anything like that. It's elegance yet knightly honour and loyalty really makes having one feel like you got a new friend. I just find the species neat and it's my main in Pokken. In summary, Gardevoir is awesome and doesn't deserve to be treated as the "fanservice" Pokemon.
Wait...I haven't even talked about the X factor as to why I love it so much. Well, I'll just say that I wasn't born the same gender as I am now. Gardevoir stuck out to me and I didn't know why for a long time. I thought I had to just ignore it because it's a "girly" Pokemon. But after certain relevations and accepting that anyone can enjoy it, I've grown on Gardevoir. Just having one in my team or owning a plushie of alongside my other Pokemons made me feel more valid in a way. I like that, I really do. Heck, I got an idea for a story a year ago where a trans woman meets and grows up with a Gardevoir as friends. Maybe one day I'll make that idea into a full-on story, who knows. Wonderful video btw.
"I wish Wally was more involved in the games so we can see more of him."
Yes, so I can thoroughly give him a beating after encountering Ralts right away as his first Pokemon. I seethe in anger when I see him.
Gardevoir gets sexualised for basically no reason except being human like
But so are jynx and mr. mime
I mean this in the most appropriate manner but things have to be said.....gardevoir's hot.
Bro…
Braixen hot tho
@@g10viwho70 Braixen will now commit arson
@@Sailed_awayany fire poke : im a joke.
Screw Gardevoir my boy Gallade needs more love 😭
That's the plan
For all the flack gen 9 gets at least it gave the main man a good ability
@@Milk_Drinker420 preach. You’re right.
Ha-ha, "screw". Your motives are now revealed.
Amen brother ✊ Mega Gallade is in my top 3 fav mons
When I was a kid, I thought the Ralts line were part Grass because they vaguely resembled a green onion stalk.
I think they wanted to make Gardevoir as Gallade but nearly everyone and their mother saw a feminine figure in it so they decided to make Gallade and make it clear with the male only requirement.
I liked Gardevoir from very early on, my first pokemon game was FRLG but I was never able to beat it, then I broke my gameboy trying to catch Moltres and that destroyed all the games it had inside it. My next game was Sapphire and it was also the first pokemon game I beat. Since it was 1 of the few games I had I beat it dozens of times and loved it very much; as a kid though I didn't really play the way I do today, where I know and research exactly what team I want before even booting up the game so I doubt I ever had a Gardevoir back then. Regardless I always thought of a lady whenever I saw Gardevoir, it was beautiful and elegant. Then puberty hit, I got introduced to R18 stuff and Gardevoir fanarts (R rated and otherwise) and I do view her that way more now, I wish they retconned Gardevoir's gender ratio and made Gallade a gender based Evo at lv30 with him being what male Kirlias evolve into and Gardevoir, what female Kirlias evolve into. I now nearly always want a female Gardevoir on my team whenever I play a new game with Gardevoir in it and I never catch a male Ralts for the party unless I can evolve it into Gallade.
As for Wally, I didn't really care much about him when I was a kid, he was just the guy who replaced May ( who I really liked ) to me. But as I grew up and especially with ORAS I understood more about his situation, the themes being clearer and I sympathized with him a lot more; I quite like him and wanna protect him, how he grows and is basically seen overcoming his illness is amazing. He was always meant to have Gallade with him but as I already stated, the majority of people didn't view Gardevoir that way so they made it clear in the remake. I also think that Max was supposed to represent Wally to some extent in the anime and I would've been cool to have him get that Ralts to be with him.
I used gardevoir a lot back in gen 3. I started with gen 1 and catching ralts was a lot like getting abra. I also played mystery dungeon where gardevoir played a big role. I really liked it at the time. Later on I stopped liking psychic type pokemon like the abra and ralts lines as much since they're fairly one dimentional. I luckily remained oblivious of gardevoir's new image for a long time.
I'm surprised you didn't mention how Gardevoir was grouped in the HUMAN-LIKE egg group in Sword and Shield. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? xD
Considering their line used to be exclusive to the amorphous egg group, I don't know what Pokemon is up to sometimes.
@@antitheist3206 Their lore masters know what's going on. Hell, the Ralts line has been in every consequent mainline Pokemon game since X and Y, meanwhile we've got Pokemon like Crobat being recently chopped from Paldea!
I won't be surprised if Gardevoir makes another appearance in the next installment of the series with just how popular it is
I don’t think it would’ve matter if Gardevoir was added to the Human-like group or not.
I still remember that old lady from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire that has. Mightyene as her boyfriend.
Or was it Pokémon Colosseum?
"batman i- i caught a pokemon batman, do you wanna know what pokemon i caught?"
"What pokemon did you catch, Joker?"
@@jspaceman "I caught a lopunny..."
I don't care anymore joker... just do what you want with it.
I used gardevoir in pokemon sword and shining pearl and it's really fun to used combination of psychic and fariy type and it is the best
Gardevoir is my favorite psychic type pokémon; I really like the elegant, mystical design, and its lore of being essentially a guardian angel. I will argue that giving it the fairy type is actually rather fitting, as fairy is essentially a combination of the fan-made light and magic types into an official typing, and gardevoir fits pretty well into the magical side of that. The fairy typing also fits gardevoir better now that we have another emotion-detecting psychic/fairy type; hatterene is similar in many ways, but *heavily* plays into the parts of fairy lore that Pokémon usually ignores. I would recommend Gnoggin’s old Fairy Month videos for anyone reading this; they’re only up through Gen VII, but do an excellent job explaining what the fairy type represents, and reasons for why it was given out to the pokémon and moves it was.
Gardivor is, hands down, my favorite Pokémon. Always has been and always will be. I got omega Ruby as my first ever Pokémon game, and when I got the ralts encounter I spent awhile just trying to capture one without it fainting. I was so excited when I did, and coincidentally it was also a male gardivor. Maybe me and Wally swapped lmao. Anyway prized memory’s from my childhood 😌
I know what I am. You can't change me.
Uh oh….
But in all seriousness, I was first introduced to Gardevoir by Pokémon Colosseum. And I finally got to get my own in ORAS. My Gardevoir Bella had been with me from the beginning and at the end when I beat the elite four this year.
I’m glad that I raised her well 😊👍🏽
Also I think Wally is an awesome character/Rival. Kid deserves respect for how far he came.
Most people's first experience with Gardevoir was in Ruby and Sapphire at the end of the game in Wally's victory road fight. Fortunately I am not most people, and my first experience with it was in Colosseum where it not only had one of the worst 3D models in that game, but it was in the Nascour fight, one of the coldest final bosses in the franchise (so cold that it didn't even have any music). Most Pokémon I first met there left an intimidating impression on me, including Xatu, Dusclops, Walrein, A METAGROSS THAT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE TO CATCH, and of course, Gardevoir
I've relied heavily on my Gardevoir, Lily, for the past twenty years and I couldn't be prouder of her; she is a good girl who is never to be lewded nor lusted after
Ralts evolution line is my favorite from all the franchise, so if Ralts is catchable, I HAVE to have one in my team as a personal rule. I alternate between Gardy and Gallade per each game I play also based on my team’s needs, but it’s usually a Gardevoir since the fairy typing just made her broken. and I HATE the Rule 34 and whatever damages the image lol
The thumbnail is different than what it was yesterday
Oh shoe, here we go again
i can tell everyone about my relation regarding Gardevoire, i was first introduced to it throe the TCG, i did not know it was a gen 3 pokemon at the time... or so i believe i didn't know at the time. when i first played gen 3 i played Emerald, when i saw wally captureing a ralts it all clicked for me, this is the generation where gardevoire was introduced, for all my time all i knew gardevoire as was the friendless guys alakazam, so i cought a Ralts, disowned my starter (Torchick), got a Gardevoir and had it become a consistent top 5 and most times top 3 favorite. in gen 6 with the fairy type, Gardevoire quiclky became my absolute favorite for all the advantages Fairy brought with it, fairy is generally my favorite types with Gardevoire and Galar Rapidash both my 2 favorites share the Psycic/Fairy typing which i do not believe is a coincident... anyhow around gen 6 i also became THAT type of Gardevoire fan, but that part IS unrelated
EDIT: want to specify that that first Ralts i cought was female and my like for Gardevoire made me seek out fact about it
Honestly I still think of the knight more than anything. I just think it's such a cool idea, and I love all of the evolution line, even if I've taken a bit more to gallade than the others. I think all of the designs are just very creative in how they integrate the knight motif, and I don't think the 'princess' negates that, just kinda makes me think about Zelda in Twilight princess, a princess but still ready to take sword in hand.
I wish Gallade wasn’t gender locked because it makes me not like it honestly it feels like an unnecessary masculinisation of the Ralts line because Gardevoir was “too feminine”. If it was 50/50 like Gardevoir then that wouldn’t really be such an issue
Gardevoir was one of the Pokemon that stuck with me in terms of design, Pokedex entries and abilities in battle, ever since I first played Ruby. I never played much Pokemon after Ruby, but got back in with Black/White…Just in time before the XY announcement and that Gardevoir was coming back as a Fairy, which got me super hyped. After that, Gardevoir has been my partner through many generations. Sorry for the ramble. I just really love Gardevoir.
This line is my ace sins gen 3
1:48 That's my favorite card. This picture of Ralts is impossibly cute.
Gardevior has always been my favorite Pokémon and when I was in the 5th grade I made the mistake of googling searching it
I remember when I was a new kid on Pokemon Emerald. I really hate seeing Ralts because it looked like an alien mushroom so I always kill it with my torchic or Conbusken I dunno I forgot. Out of spite and curiousity, I caught one and decided to see what will be its evolution. It turned into Kirlia, lol god damn the damne brocoli turned into a cute pokemon, now I was more interested on its final Evolution. I wasted my whole day grinding it till lvl 30. Here comes the evolution animation. God Damn my alien mushroom turned into a Fine Lady! Gardevoir introduced me to pokemon waifus lol. So whenever I saw a Ralts on newer game I will capture and level it up first haha
Hope you do a video on Gallade in the future. He's criminally unrelated compared to his counterpart. Sure, he's not the best in competitive, but man, I love that elbow blades gallant knight
his torso is so weird and unnecessary
I think gardevoir got the fairy type because of its angelic inspiration, it has always been pretty clearly a guardian angel, and when the fairy type got added, sweet kiss which is angel kiss in japanese got turned into fairy-type, so the fairy type is also the type for angels, justifying the type change of gardevoir.
I always got myself a Ralts in my RSE playthroughs. I just liked it and the whole line. I did think it looked female myself, but I know for a fact I never looked at what gender my Pokemon had. I do dislike how the fandom has treated Gardevoir and Lopunny though, as they are 2 of my favorite Pokemon overall.
tbh in my personal experience, this ride the ralts evolution line has now, started, partially, because of mystery dungeon (don't get me wrong, i LOVE that game), in that game, gardevoir had a, sort of, "girlfriend-like" story with you, is literally the whole reason you became a pokemon to start with, and it becomes a motivator along the way, i never though of gardevoir as a female character up until that game, which also make me feel a deep bond with (guess who has like... 6 different gardevoirs, yeah, me), before this game, gardevoir was just a cool pokemon
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If we can have "tough" and "cool" Pokémon we can have "beautiful" and "elegant" Pokémon. The variety in designs is what makes Pokémon in general so great
I have so much history with Gardevoir, I had one on my team in Gen 3, And Gen 6 I actually defeated Diantha using a base Gardevoir against her Mega Gardevoir but mine had shadow ball, lol!!! And The second Pokemon I ever got to a Level 100.
Sapphire was my first main series game. Seeing Wally get that Ralts inspired 8 year old me with so much wonder and curiosity. What's that pokemon? I've never seen that one before, what does it do?! Went the whole playthrough without catching one, then was taken aback by Gardevoir and how powerful it was in battle vs Wally in victory road. Then when I played Mystery Dungeon, the Gardevoir who guides you through the story in dreams, who sacrificed herself for her trainer... It all filled me with so much appreciation for Gardevoir. Hard for me to pass em up if I have an option to add one to my team ever since.
Gardevoir is my second favourite Pokémon. From its elegant design to its lore,to its battle properties. I use it every single time I play through Hoenn and I always have the biggest smile on my face when it joins the team,evolves or when I win battles😊.
Honestly, I remember playing Sapphire and always finding Gardevoir, Raltz, and Kirlia, as a very feminine Pokemon and thinking that it seemed too soft for Wally thematically for that line to be his signature.
That’s also why I feel like fairy fits it. Fairy type generally has had a very girly air to it since introduced, so adding it to Gardevoir in gen 6, while Gallade is a fighting type instead, doesn’t feel out of place at all.
It’s actually pretty cool to see a Pokemon line gain new meaning as time goes on.
When I played through ORAS for the first time, I had already decided on my team, that being Blaze the Blazekin, Voir the Gardevoir and Sol the Absol, and the idea was that they were all pokemon I had as a part of my rescue team in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
When I caught my Ralts, I grinded out encounters with the pokenav to get one with good IVs.
7:53 best card art I've seen in a while, I love how the evolution line tells a story!
I usually end up with a Gardevoir on the team. I like to have a check for Dragons, and the only Fairy-types I like are Gardevoir and Sylveon. Gardevoir has much better coverage, so it gets the spot. Plus, it's pretty. Sue me for wanting to have a team of Pokémon that I like looking at.
Gardevoir is Lucario done right, Because its the main Pokemon for a rival-type character and not forced on you by the plot you grow to revere it. Its rare like Pikachu was in the Viridian Forest, but not a one time thing like Riolu. And again the plot doesn't force it on you, it lets Wally do his thing and makes Gardevoir into this badass Ace for another trainer
Yeah, what is it with GF and throwing eggs into the mid-game (even though that probably wasn’t your point)? Like, bro, I’ve already built my team and I’m on a roll like Miltank; I’m not gonna take out a week or something to hatch an egg, tediously grind it, and then stew over who to replace. This thing’s going in the box! Eggs should either stay in the homestretch/postgame, or have a (more consistently) high leveling rate.
You can't make the change...
Gardevoir has always been one of my favorites, ever since I got into Pokemon
5:45 just saying, a calm mind boosted moonblast from Gardevoir for how early you can get one might as well be a nuke or easy win button
Gardevoir is based on a guardian angel, that's why it's Fairy-type. I've also heard some people don't get why Gardevoir is a Psychic-type, forgetting that an empath is also considered as a psychic.
According to Pokémon Masters, not only did Wally get a Ralts on his first encounter, but he also went back and found a shiny.
Nobody don't give him the idea of "Leave Primarina Alone"!
Been my favorite pokemon for over a decade
I feel like Game Freak if they were allowed to, would have had the intro for Gardevoir in the anime being Brock mistaking one for a beautiful lady.
Not WOULD
Already DID
Gardevoir is a situation of a character being retconned because of the fandom because gardevoir was supposed to be a more masculine character and based on how princes and knights dressed in the Middle Ages it’s Japanese name is even SIR KNIGHT but then the fandom personified it as a female character so then they gave us gallade to fulfill gardevoir’s original role
I got a ralts on my first playthrough of ruby, and got blessed with ridiculous luck so that it got a pretty high hitting fighting type Hidden Power. Which made large parts of the game completely trivial because it basically covered 90% of all pokemon types with Psychic, Shadow ball, and that Hidden Power. It was pretty great.
At least prior to Gallade, Gardy was such an icon to me as a queer person; looking feminine yet can still be male? Their Japanese name being literally "Sir Knight"? Yep, became an instant fav for me.
Gardevoir has been my favorite Pokémon since its debut in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. The gender change of Fisheye in the Cloverway dub of Sailor Moon was unsettling, so I chose a male Gardevoir to move past that discomfort. It's understandable why some might prefer a male Gardevoir, especially those who found Fisheye's identity crisis troubling. Despite its feminine appearance, Gardevoir's elegance is what crowns it as the beauty king.
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@@AD_RC It might be difficult to accept, but I chose a male Gardevoir to move past the identity crisis that Fisheye endured during Cloverway's English dubbing of Sailor Moon Super S. As GardevoirBoy1991, I believe male Gardevoir are the most charming Pokémon because of their delightful appearance, and I greatly admire men with feminine features. In my eyes, Gardevoir is the ultimate beauty king of the Pokémon world. Some may think I'm mistaken, but it doesn't bother me. Despite Gardevoir's feminine appearance, I find them even more endearing as males. I'm aware that my opinion might draw criticism and ridicule, but that won't bother me.
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