Evolving Paldea With a Banana

Hello everyone, this is Omni, and I'm here with guest, uh, Ayano Banana, and this is

the first episode of the podcast, Collecting Opinions, um, uh, uh, would, uh, oh my god,

I drew a blank, uh, would you like to introduce yourself, or do you want me to just read off

of your dossier?

Uh, either is fine, I, yeah, I just go by Anna or Banana, and, uh, I, I'm a banana that

exists on the internet.

Alright, now the first episode we're doing is going to be about Pokemon, which, according

to the dossier, they don't really have any expertise in anything, uh, as far as, as far

as, as general, uh, things, but I, I, I am led to believe that might be a mis, a misdirection,

uh, because I think you do know about, you do know quite a bit about Pokemon, um, so.

Yeah, I dabble in Pokemon, I know some stuff about Pokemon and trading card games in general.

Uh, so generally for, so, since this is the first episode, I will explain exactly what

this podcast is and what it's for, uh, it is for collectors, um, those that want to

get into a collecting hobby, those that are, do not want to consider themselves hoarders,

uh, that, that collect the finer things, uh, and just, just happen to, uh, like, like,

collecting shiny stuff, um, uh, and I was thinking about using the, the term shiny key,

shiny keyboard, shiny cardboard, but apparently that's like used very much in other, other stuff.

So it was like, can use shiny cardboard. I don't want to get, I don't want to get,

I don't want to get copyright, uh, lawsuits. Interesting. Yeah. I didn't know that. That's

very interesting because that's what I've pretty much called it like always. So that's

interesting. Apparently there's already, there was already a podcast by called shiny cardboard

and then there's a shiny cardboard channel that does a podcast. So it's the shiny cardboard

podcast. I was like, I don't want to get into that. It's like, I see, I'm not going to get into

that, but as I was saying, yes, collecting opinions is a podcast where I or, and some guests,

depending on the collection that we are reviewing, we will, we will, we will open the stuff. Uh,

we will look at stuff. Uh, this will be more of a visual, uh, podcast. We will try to, uh, for those

that cannot see or cannot, uh, or do not have video because it's, it's, you're listening to it

as audio, we will try to be a little destructive, destructive, uh, descriptive, um, of what we are

looking at. Uh, and, and then we will give our opinions on certain aspects of the collecting,

uh, thing, uh, whether it's, whether it's about the hobby, whether it's about the actual, uh,

content that we are, we are consuming, uh, or the subject matter, which would be today would be,

uh, Pokemon, uh, and trading cards and, uh, booster packs. Uh, those are all the buzzwords

for the episode today. Um, so, uh, but yes, as, as noted, uh, as noted, sorry, I got a, got a

message that that was important, but it was just about Pikmin Bloom for later. Um, um, my, my

background with Pokemon is, uh, it's very, it's very interesting. I actually did start with the

originals, um, and then I had like a long spurt of not doing anything with it and then got really

into Sword and Shield. Uh, and then, uh, I'm kind of trying to get through Scarlet and Violet. Um,

uh, Ms. Banana, what is your, uh, what is your history with Pokemon?

Uh, I have a love-hate relationship with Pokemon. It's, it's so funny because I have attempted to

play every single game, but the only game that allowed me to finish it, and yes, that is the

correct phrasing and I will explain, but the only game that allowed me to finish it was, uh,

Sword and Shield. I believe I specifically had Shield. Now, the reason why I say that is because

every Pokemon game that I have ever started has fatally glitched a portion of the way through the

game to the point where it is, it is, I get hard locked and it's not even my fault.

It's just something will happen in the game to the point where I will have other people come

and play my game and they're, and they will have made it through the game. They know what to do.

They'll go and I'll, you know, watch what they do and they're like, yeah, why isn't the item here

that you need? Or, you know, this particular thing isn't triggering or like something's just

completely missing. It's, it's wild and it happens every time, or like I get shoved into a part of

the map that should not be accessible to me at that point in time. It's a whole situation.

I really don't know how it happens, but it has happened every time. Clearly, clearly Arceus or,

or, or, or whatever. It's just like, you do not belong in the Pokemon world. You are just a simple

banana. We will not allow you to play at all. You cannot live in our world. Leave us alone.

Yeah. Yeah, really. So I, I like Pokemon. I think the funny little guys are, are cute. And I mean,

some of them are, are a little much, right? But I can appreciate the game. I like, I like the game

from a standpoint, but I just, I've never finished a one Intel Shield really. And then now the games

are like, okay, you're allowed to play. And I'm just like, okay, I was kind of, I was kind of,

I was kind of like thinking that, cause so I have, I have a little bit of a story on some of the

in-between games, um, from like X and Y, no, no, uh, yeah, X and Y and then like Sword and Shield.

Uh, I lost the games. Like something stupid happened. I was in the middle of like playing them

and I was in a plane or I had the thing in a hotel and like the, or, or was it school? Like

something, whatever happened. And then like the game would, I would lose the game, whether it was

just the game or the game in the system. And I would be like, are you serious? I don't want to

play this anymore. So I was, I was kind of thinking that you were going to say something like that,

where I was like, oh, oh, I will just never able to finish a game because of something externally.

But that is wild. Yeah, that's just,

that's literally, it's funny, right? Yeah. I don't know how that, I don't,

that is definitely, that is definitely a little fun bit. Um, it is. That's my fun fact for sure.

But, uh, you also, you also have opened packs in the past. Is that correct? Am I, am I,

I think we discussed this pre, pre, pre the episode, but you've opened.

Yeah. I, I love opening packs of cards. It doesn't really matter what it's from. Um,

some I typically use just for the sake of collecting and then others, like I actually

play Magic the Gathering type of thing. So I pull cards for use.

I might need, I might need to buy some magic cards at all.

Hmm. Sure, sure, sure. It's for future episodes. It's content. Yeah. Yeah. But, um,

yeah, Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, I typically, I've played a little bit, but I just prefer Magic,

like as a card game, how it works in general. So whenever I pull like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh,

it's typically just because I want the silly shiny things. Sure, sure, sure, sure. I mean,

I think I'm the same way for the Pokemon. Um, I didn't get into, I don't know what it was. I,

I, I don't remember what it was, but I bought, I bought a pack or something, something happened.

I bought a pack and then, and then it just snowballed. Um, and so I don't, I've,

I have yet to play. Uh, I bounced back in during sun and moon, uh, and I have like cards from,

from, from then, and I never learned how to play. I just look at cards and go,

oh, that looks cool. I guess. I have no idea. So, um. You know what? Fair enough.

I don't think I even played, so, uh, Pokemon obviously, Pokemon trading cards has always been

a big thing, but I don't think even when I started when I was a kid, I don't think I even,

I don't think I learned how to play then. Thinking back on it. So, um, but yeah, I, uh,

uh, never learned to play. So I have no idea. I have no idea what cards are mechanically

good, but as, uh, as you'll find, uh, as we open these packs, uh, I, I can't admire the arts and,

and things. Um, and so that is the format of these episodes, by the way, but those listening, um,

we will open packs and then we will, we will look at which Pokemon we receive, uh, and then we will,

we will talk about them just a little bit, just a little bit. Not, not too, not too much, but, uh,

you know, look at everybody, every, every Pokemon will get like a, like a, like a minute or two.

Um, I have 10, I have 14 packs. We're not obviously going to go through all of these,

uh, in detail, but, uh, we will, we will kind of go over them. In fact, I'm already looking

through the packs. I'm going to take out these energies because we don't need to talk about

energies. That's true. They are an energy. They, they provide sustenance. Because as we pointed

out, we haven't played the game, so, so none of those cards mean anything to us. Um, our first

pack is going to be though, um, actually one of my favorite, this is one of my, was, was one of my

favorite bird Pokemon for the longest time because like, it was an interesting one. Um, and it's,

it's Murkrow with like, I really like this art too. Um, I love Murkrow. Yeah. Murkrow, um, not a

big fan of, of the evolution when it came out that he had an evolution, but you know, uh, Murkrow,

I don't know what it is about Murkrow. I think it's because of his silly hat

or the, the silly hat. Yeah. I think, I think that's what I, what I fell in love with. Um,

and for those that don't know, Murkrow is a duck flying type that was introduced in Gen 2. Um,

and it's, it's based off the crow. It didn't evolve until like, until like Gen, whatever the

hell Hunch Crow came out of. I think that was Gen 6. Or probably when they started doing the,

the item thing. Like, yeah, the item evolutions. Yeah. Yeah. But, um, before then, one of my,

like, it's still one of my favorite Pokemon, but it was like one of my favorite because it was just

a random crow with a hat. Didn't evolve to really do, didn't really do much damage. I don't think

that I know. Yeah. I think competitively people would be, if they saw that on my team, they'd be

like, uh, I don't understand the purpose of this bird. But, um, um, definitely, uh, definitely

one of my, like I said, one of my favorite birds. Um, and I always like that they depict Murkrow

almost most like, like a good percentage in a, in a, in a, in a murder. For those that don't know,

a murder is a, is a group of crows. So a murder of Murkrow. Um, cause, you know, that's, that's

terrifying. Um, but yeah, I, I, uh, that's my opinions on Murkrow. Do you have anything to add?

Oh, I just, uh, personally, I don't mind Hunch Crow. It actually made the Pokemon a little viable,

which is something to be, yeah, it's something to be. But design wise, I can understand the

quirkiness of, of the little guy there. A little emo bird with a cute little witch's hat. And like,

it makes you think of like maybe scarecrows and I don't know. It provokes a lot of imagery.

Yeah, for sure. For sure. I, for sure. Fair enough. Then we will, we will, we will agree to

disagree on Hunch Crow. Um, I think, I think my thing with Hunch Crow is just that it's,

I don't know. I feel like it was a cop out when I'm like, oh, so they're, they're, they're a gang

of birds. And so one evolves into being the, the boss of the birds. And they're like, okay.

A bird boss. This is really-

Mysterious. Ah, love.

This is actually, this, this art is way too good for visitors. I mean, I like

Mysterious, but it's, it's like, so it's, it's Mysterious with their gem observing, absorbing

energy and stuff. This is amazing art. Um, uh, Mysterious. Mysterious is also another,

I think they have introduced in gen two. I think so. Maybe. Was it gen two?

That sounds close. Yeah. It's early. It's two or three.

For sure. For sure. I also love, love, love Mysterious. Uh, uh, great design. Um,

great, great, uh, uh, great little, little, little lady. Um, not much, there's not much

to say. Mysterious is one of those Pokemon that there was like not much to say about them.

It's not like I'm like, oh, and then, and then their typing is amazing. And, and they're doing

this, this, this, this, this, and this move. It was just like, I, I, if I was, uh, if I was

going to collect, if I was going to go for a shiny, shiny hunt that I wouldn't be, I wouldn't be mad

about, about having a bunch of Mysterious on, on my, uh, in my, uh, uh, my stable, so to speak. So,

um. Yeah, fair. Um, also the Mysterious shiny is not bad. It's, um, mostly, well, I think you hate

green, so you're going to hate this, but it's mostly green with like pink accents. For those

that don't know where I am, uh, green shinies piss me off. Yeah. But, uh, hey, I don't know. I think

she's cute. Um, I do like, I do like Ms. Magus, uh, as well. I like that, that they gave

Mysterious this kind of, uh, this kind of like witch, uh, that's a Magus, right? That's the whole

point of it. That they gave her that, like that, that clear evolution. Um, and so it made, I don't

know, it made the Mysterious design, uh, more, more like lore based. That it's like, oh, she's

like, she's like a lost soul in the forest. And then she eventually gains enough power to become a

deadly Magus. Um. Yeah. But, uh, definitely, definitely one of my, isn't that a good card?

Sneasel, Sneasel, um, very cute. And I'm going to say something controversial. Um, um, I wish

they did more than, they did more with Weevil, with the evolution of Sneasel. Because the design,

looking at the art, like it's, it's Sneasel running through a forest at night. Um, and they have like

their claws out. Looking at Sneasel, I was like, oh, Sneasel is going to like become like one of

those like big Pokemon. It's going to be like small Pokemon evolves into like a big Pokemon.

And don't get me wrong, Weevil's a, Weevil's okay. But like it, Weevil gets like a, gets like a weird,

a weird, because I always thought this red thing was their ear. When I, when I first, yeah. Yeah.

So it was weird to me because like. Now they have five ears. Yeah. Yeah. And it was just like,

I was just like, wait, it's not near. What is it then? And I was like, oh, I guess it's a,

a bone or a feather, a weird looking feather thing. Um, but I love, I do, I also do like Sneasel.

Sneasel's, uh, Sneasel's up there with, uh, with, uh, with Mischievous or I would say Mercrow,

Mercrow, because I don't, I'm not a big fan of Weevil. Weevil's okay. Um, but I like Sneasel a

lot more. I do like what they did with, uh, Hisuian Sneasel. Um, I don't remember what

the evolution is called. It's the, the taller Sneasel. Um. Yeah. I know what you're talking

about. Like I liked that evolution. I thought that was a natural, pretty cool, natural kind of

evolution, but, uh, I digress. Closer to what you were looking for. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For sure.

Like I was like, oh, that's, that seems, that seems like that, that makes sense. Like it looks

like a, like a big sister or a big brother to the, to the little Sneasels. Whereas, you know,

Weevil's just like, I've got a crown. Like Weevil to me looks like, looks like that, that one kid

in the playground that just like, that just like puts on, like you're playing like sticks.

Cause like, you know, people, you know, when your kids would pick up sticks and you would pretend

like you're playing, like play fighting with swords. And then someone puts on like something

that like looks like a hat or whatever. And they're like, no, I'm the king of the playground. And

you're like, not really. You're just a kid with the thing on their head.

Yeah. Nope. Nope. Here. Sorry.

Yeah. Yeah. All right. We have Gothita. I know nothing about this Pokemon.

Except for it's like a goth Pokemon, I guess. Please, please.

Sure. Yeah. So this Pokemon, it's another three evolution Pokemon and the evolutions make a

little bit of sense, but I find them a bit lackluster because at the end, I feel like,

you know, whether or not you're into, you know, either furry bait or, or what have you,

but I feel like it would have made sense at the end of this evolution, you would have gotten like

the goth mommy, right? Like just out there, like, you know, some of that appeal going on,

but basically all it is, is it is a child that just kind of grows up and you get a little bit

of Morticia, but not the full like appeal of it. For those that don't know. If that makes any sense.

Gothita has a, has a two, yeah, as Anna was saying, two, it's a two tier evolution.

And then I think, was it Gothitella? Yeah. Gothitella. That's what

Yeah. The names don't change a whole heck of a lot, but basically they just get taller and the

outfit gets a little bit like darker each time. Whoa. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. They wasted. It's

such a, it's such a, and like, I just, I don't know what it is with certain baby Pokemon,

like, like Gothita here. It's like, I'm like, I'm always kind of like,

did they need to make it? Did they need to do that? Did they, did they need, did we need this,

did we need this Pokemon? It's a bit child pageant a little bit, but it has cute potential. It has

cute potential. It reminds me of Smoochum, the Jinx, the Jinx baby where I'm like, you know,

okay, I will give you that. If I, if I saw you, I'd be like, oh, you're kind of cute.

But it's definitely, as you mentioned there, it's definitely like a pageant baby where I'm like,

I'm like, yeah, but your mom put too much shit on your face.

Kind of real, kind of real. Yeah. Just, just wear normal clothes.

Also, I'm going to be honest, the typing didn't make as much sense to me. I thought it was

a little different, but you know, to each their own, I guess.

Vespa Queen. I, I, I absolutely, I absolutely, I absolutely love Vespa Queen. I absolutely

hate her evolution. Evolution, mandatory shit. Oh yeah. How to get her. Yeah. But those that

don't know to get Vespa Queen, you have to get a female combi. I think that's, I think that's

technically that's it. And then you just evolve the combi, but like a female combi is like stupid

hard to get. They make them rarer on purpose for sure. Which if you think about how bees work, IRL

makes sense. But from a, you know, Pokedex standpoint, like a completionist standpoint,

totally. Yeah, totally tedious, tedious for zero. I, I think the reason why I hate Vespa Queen's

evolution thing in particular is because like, like I said, I played gen since gen one and there

was the Nidoran line. There was a male, there was a female and like, like there was 50 50 because,

you know, they both existed as separate things. Um, the Vespa Queen thing, like, like the combi,

I think, I think it was technically, I think this was technically the first

gender, was this like the first gender based one, I think?

Could be wrong. Well, well, technically no, because you already mentioned the Nidos and the

Nidos were gen one. But as far as like something working like this, where it's a Pokemon and it

either has an evolution or it doesn't based off of gender, I think it is one of the first ones,

if not the first for sure. Yeah, yeah, because, because yeah, that, that, that,

because I also don't like Salazzle. I'm not, I don't like Salazzle. I don't like the Salazzle,

the Salandit Salazzle thing either. So, but yeah, like this, this is great art of Vespa Queen too.

Like the, the, I like when Pokemon cards do like try to do this like action thing despite it being

like a still art, like they have this little, they have this little cross slash effect in there.

So that's really, really cool. It makes me feel like you're taking pictures of, of like

wildlife in motion, right? That's, that's what it feels like, even though this is art. Yeah,

I would, I definitely, I definitely can see that the, the photographer risked their life

in Pokemon, in the Pokemon. Yeah. It's okay. It's okay. The shot's going to be amazing,

but I'm probably, I'm probably going to need to go to the hospital. I'll find my camera. It's fine.

Found footage. Oh my God. Spigotito. This art is so cute. It's just Spigotito in a forest. Just

looking at you, just looking at you, just a, just a cute little guy. Perfect eye contact, perfect

setting. I am, I am very happy that they didn't make Spigotito grass fighting, or no, the, the

Spigotito evolution grass fighting. Because everybody was very scared that they're like,

when this came out, they were like, Spigotito, your feet must all stay on the ground.

And I actually, I actually like, I actually do like the, the evolution line for Spigotito.

Um, um, um, just because it's, it's, it's very, it's very like, um, someone was talking about

evolutions before and they're like, the Pokemon evolutions are like them growing up and like,

and like, I can see, this is like baby, right? So we were both saying it's, it's the, it's the

baby, right? And then like the middle one, it, you can see it's like the teenager Naruto, uh, anime

watching, uh, teenager, and then the graceful, uh, the graceful adult. Um, but, uh, yeah,

I think- Yeah, the furry bait. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think they did, I think they did really well

with Spigotito, actually. I, I, I was impressed because like, you don't see, like, for me,

like, I thought it was always a dumb thing. Like Bulbasaur gets a pass because it's gen one,

but I, I always found it really annoying that like every grass Pokemon, uh, or grass starter

had to have like some stupid grass thing, like, like, uh, like, uh, like a grass, uh, like, uh,

like how anime characters have like, uh, the, uh, hoge, which is like the hair that, that, that,

that hangs out. Like every grass Pokemon, like had to have some kind of, like even if they didn't

have any other way, like even if, like, for instance, like, um, for Chikorita, for instance,

uh, uh, actually- Yeah, the leaf. Yeah. And I was like, okay, so like the, the little, the little,

uh, the little studs on the, on the, on the neck are like, are like contracted vines, but I was like,

okay, that just seems like you're just making that up so you could make sense of that stupid leaf

that grows out of its head. Um, yeah, like there's that. And then there was, um, there's, uh,

there's, uh, Snivly's, uh, Snivy's, uh, uh, grass, uh, oh, grass tail. Uh, the, the,

I just always thought that was dumb. I was like, you don't need to do that. Just make it,

just make it a normal Pokemon. Just make it a, just, just a normal Pokemon with grass type. Um,

I started out with Spigatito, so, um, I have, uh, very, I have a very, very, very, uh, very

nice soft spot for, uh, for, for our friend here. Wait, which Pokemon did you, did you start with?

Oh, I'm, I'm just a water loyalist, so I, I had to go with the afro duck

and I had to suffer with it. Oh my gosh. Um, um, so funny story about quote unquote suffering

with these Pokemon. Uh, Scotland and Violet is so open world that I completely forgot that, uh,

that it, that it's nonlinear. And I ended up fighting my gym, like, like four first,

because I'm, for some reason, uh, I had really stupid luck with throwing pokeballs and then

them just catching the Pokemon. Like I wouldn't even bite them. I would just throw the pokeball

and I would get the Pokemon. So now I have like a level 20, whatever. Um, so I'd never had to,

I never understood the suffering thing. I never, I never, I never know, knew what that was all about,

uh, as far as like gym leaders, because I, I skipped ahead.

That's fair. I mean, that's the fun part about it being open world, right? Is you can do the

objectives in literally any order and there's nothing really stopping you. Um, the only thing

that I have to fill out the decks, like every time I have to fill out the decks,

so to be able to gain experience, you do have to fight with the, the funny, the funny guy,

at the very least in your party, right? So I had to watch that little Afro duck go through

the most awkward puberty I've ever seen in a Pokemon. And there's been some cringey stuff

going on. Yeah. Yeah. The second, the middle evolution for that Pokemon is weird. So,

uh, and then, uh, we have a Full Art Clawzire, which is the, uh, the Peldean

Wooper's evolution. Uh, yeah. Mad Woop. Yeah. I know Wooper was like a, was like a meme,

like Pokemon before this, like when it was, when it, uh, not like when it came out,

but like afterwards, like the, the, the subsequent, uh, generations. I knew Wooper was like the thing.

So when, when, when, when, uh, as some people call it, Pooper.

When Pooper came out, yeah, everyone was like, oh my God. Oh my God. It's, it's like, oh,

Pooper is so adorable. And I was like, I was like, I don't, I don't, I, I get where they're

coming with this, but I, I don't know how I feel about, uh, Clawzire and, uh, and, uh, and, uh,

friend Pooper. Um, and this also terrifies me. Um, for those that don't know, Clawzire is just like

this big clump of, of, of, of, of, of an amphibian with like three holes that actually end up becoming

spikes. Um, I don't, I don't understand that part. I, I'm not exactly sure what they were going with

because I feel like they were meshing almost like a catfish vibes because it looks like

it could like swallow your arm whole, like when you're noodling, you know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah.

So it's, it's like catfish meets maybe like a salamander and then the spikes. Spikes,

I always go to like sea urchin first, but it's, it's not exactly, so I'm, I'm not quite sure.

I would also, because I was like, that was also what confused me because the spikes go straight

up, right? They don't even go like to the side or like, they go straight up. And I think that's

what confuses me about the spikes. I'm like, I don't, I don't understand. I don't understand.

I don't understand like how that works. Like, so what if the, so what if the attacker's like,

is it like, is it like, is it like, is it like an anti-air attack or something? Because like,

what if the attacker is-

I don't know about that!

Yeah, because you know what I mean? Like what if it's attacks in the front? Like

that's going to do nothing, right? Like it's just, it's just like, it's just going to,

it's just going to be flailing its little spikes or spines.

Yeah. It needs homing spines, heat seeking spines.

Heat seeking spines. Oh my God. You know, I would, I would say that that's ridiculous,

but then we're from when we're in the world of Pokemon, where there's a Pokemon that actually

shoots their children at you. So-

Yeah, I was going to say they definitely started running out of ideas a long time ago. I don't

think he's seeking spines are that far out of the question.

Speaking of Sea Urgent, we have a little Pinchurin. Electric type, not at all water type.

I also love this clay. These, I always love that the clay, clay Pokemon in the-

Yeah, these spell cards are cool.

Yeah, but I have words about Pinchurin. I have words. My words are, why are you,

why are you an electric thing that lives in the ocean?

How, how was it, how was it you haven't just caused mass murders?

Like- Right. Yeah. Yeah. Cause I'm very OP.

Cause it'll just conduct everything, everywhere. But how do you, yeah, I don't know.

No water.

It looks like it's a SpongeBob with a fire underneath the ocean. You know what I mean?

It's fine.

Yeah. You know, they never explained that at all. I like how they just kind of,

they just passed over that. It's the fire and you bring that up. Yeah. They never,

they never really go over that. But Pinchurin, very, very similar, very simple, similar vibe.

Just this electric thing that for some reason is in the ocean. Not a water type at all, but you know.

Uh, all right. What do we have here?

Makuhita!

Um, I, I, I like Makuhita. It's an interesting, I like the,

the vibe they're going with. Um, I love, especially in this like watercolor.

This is not watercolor. It's like colored pencil. Sorry. Colored pencil art.

Um, my favorite thing is that Makuhita's head is a, um, is a bento box.

For those that don't know that, uh, if you notice that the tie on the head, it's like, it's like,

um, when you, when you, when you tie up the, the bento box to send, send the skull,

it's, it's, that's, that's Makuhita's head. That truly is amazing. Yeah. Um,

I think the evolution design was a bit lazy, but as a Pokemon, I love Makuhita. I love the viability.

I love the fact that like, it's kind of like a sumo, sumo, sumo wrestler sort of like situation

going on. Yeah, I would say so. I, I think that, um, I think that they, they went a weird direction

with, uh, Haruyama, uh, for being Makuhita's because they went with, oh, look, we'll have

the bento head because like, you know, it's like, it's the school kid. It's like this chubby school

kid and stuff, you know, basically like the, with its round cheeks and then went totally like, oh,

now it's just sumo wrestler. I feel like there should have been a middle evolution in that.

I feel like that, that was missed. Maybe, but also the thing is like, they kind of switched

martial arts, right? So here, Makuhita has boxing gloves and then it switched over to

basically open-handed karate choppers. Yeah. Yeah. I guess, yeah, I can see that. Like,

fingers almost, but it's just like, it's, it's very interesting. So I don't know. I think they

could have gone like the, the, you know, how the, you know, the training pads that like, uh, they're

like big circle, circle, circle gloves. They could have done that. That would have been,

that would have been accessible. I see. I see. Yeah. Uh, magic card, magic card.

This art is, this art is nice. It is cute. This is, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hayago Onosuke, which is,

they're great at art, but I always find it funny that they give them these, like, I think,

cause I think that they had like a Bidoof or something like that or other like, they always

have these dumb little Pokemon and they make them look like this really cool thing. Like I'm like,

oh, Magikarp. Like if I didn't know Pokemon, I'd be like, wow, that's a, that's a cool fish.

That's a, that's a really neat, neat fish Pokemon. Yeah. What a fish. But for those that don't,

cause it's like, it's a waterfall and it's Magikarp jumping out. Um, but Magikarp in the

Pokemon world is, is, so it is awful. Actually, I was going to say it is, it is, uh, it is

simultaneously awful and actually detrimental to, uh, fishermen. Um,

because Magikarp, uh, Magikarp, uh, uh, Magikarp, uh, is, is a, is a victim of, of Pokedex entry,

uh, uh, ignorance. Most people, cause most people don't even look at Magikarp. It's like,

you know, it's Magikarp. Here's the stupid fish that you want to like level up to 30

with zero attack. Oh, sorry. You might get lucky. You get one Pokemon, then we get one Magikarp

that has tackle, uh, that has tackle and you need to get to level 30 for it to be anything.

But if you read the Pokedex entries, this Pokemon has like, and it was, it was also,

it was also presented in the anime. Um, but this Pokemon has scales that are unbreakable. Like you

can't, I, they talk about making Magikarp fillets, but they don't explain how they get

past the scales. And like James, uh, from team rocket breaks his teeth or something.

So there's that. You're like, okay, whatever. This is just dumb. Then it's like meta. It's like a,

it's like a weird fish metapod. But then I'm like, yeah, yeah, yes. It's like, okay, that's not bad.

But in the, in, in the original Pokedex, they mentioned that like these things can splash

like, I think like something like 30, like, like 10,000 feet in the air or something stupid like

that. Um, yeah, that's pretty much the only thing they can do is just jump really, really high.

Someone did the math on this. I was, it was on a, um, it was on a noticed thing. Um, and like,

it was, uh, it was the, the, the, the science guy that was talking about it. He's like,

Magikarp has the strength to basically kill you, splash out of the water, land on you and you die.

And I'm like, yeah, Jesus. IRL, it would be problematic as, as a Pokemon. It's the worst,

like, like easily bottom, bottom, bottom tier Pokemon until it evolves. Like you're just

praying that thing evolves. Like you're XP sharing to the gods, trying to get this thing to evolve.

Yeah. In, in game, uh, in, in all world, I would never pick a Magikarp, but in Pokemon world,

I might actually be that guy that might just be like Magikarp and then like,

what is it all there? Splash all the way to 10,000 feet in the air.

Yeah. Just the sheer momentum from that. Like something hitting you from that height

was gravity pulling it back down. And again, mind you, indestructible scales.

Yeah. Dead. Just gone. Unalived. Not your choice. Sorry. Um, you had a large fish dome you that day.

Unlucky. Yeah. There goes, there goes, uh, there goes your, uh, your, uh,

Charizard not locked permanently dead. Not alive. Yeah. Not alive. Um, which we, which we, we

wonderfully, uh, have the, uh, have the coincidence of, of, uh, running into a dumb Pokemon in game

and, and, and in real life.

Nothing in that head. Head empty. I like Slowpoke in regards to being like

just this dopey Pokemon that they really kind of like played around with. Um, uh, but I will say,

um, I don't, I don't understand why they went with the evolutions that they did. Um,

with the, the whole Shellder lore and things. The other thing that I was going to say is that, uh,

uh, and I'll have you, I'll have you, uh, uh, uh, respond in a sec. Is that, is that,

like Slowpoke and Psyduck are clearly, clearly two of the, two of the same.

But Slowpoke got two evolutions that, that actually kind of make it viable. Whereas Gold Duck

doesn't even get a second psychic typhoon.

Yeah. So I hear one for sure. Yeah. I don't, I don't know. I don't know why Slowpoke got all the,

all the, uh, is it just because it looks stupider? Um, by the way, the artwork is, uh, is Slowpoke at

a fountain just looking dumb. Just looking absolutely mesmerized by this stream of water.

It's the coolest thing that Slowpoke has ever seen in its life. Um, yeah. So I like the lore

behind Slowpoke. So they did a lot of like really genuinely kind of messed up stuff with Slowpoke.

Slowpoke is literally like the, the dummy for how dark can we make this derpy things

lore type of situation. Because the Slowpoke is edible. It is like one of the few Pokemon that

is like openly talked about as to being food. The tail, right? The tail. And the tail is used

for fishing as well. And bait, which is how you get its evolution, where it is essentially

another Pokemon lash onto its tail.

And there you go. And that's the first one. And then, um, Slowking is, has another lore. I don't

remember exactly what it is, but it's another, again, like how they get to the story of how this

Pokemon evolves. It's just abuse. It's just pure abuse for this derpy little guy who never did

anything to anybody. You know what's really funny though, is that like they didn't do anything for

like after the, after the second gen, right? They didn't do anything. They were like, all right,

he's, he's, this little, this little doofus is, is, has been through enough. And then Galer,

and then, and then Galeria. Uh, then, and then Sword and Shield comes around. And for whatever

reason, they were like, hey, you know that character in Marvel, Venom? Yeah, Venom. What

if we had like a weirdly, what if we turned Slowpoke into like that? Because like, yeah, because

they did make Slowpoke purple and then give it a different evolution on top of that. Very

interesting the amount of attention this Pokemon gets, honestly. Because like the two evolutions

are it either it's getting its arm eaten and it's, and it's like, you know, it's using its arm as

like a Mega Man gun, or it's getting completely eaten by the, the, the cloister. And it's like,

literally just, it's just its head popping up. And I'm like, wow, that's, that is a,

that is a poor boy right there. It's literally so gruesome. All right, skip loom. Skip loom.

Um, there's nothing, uh, I don't, I don't hate this line, but there's just nothing, there's nothing,

there's nothing intriguing about this line. Um, I think, I think they were trying to go for like,

uh, a flying type shrew, uh, not shrew, a flying type, uh, Oddish gloom, um, thing. You know what?

I had the same feeling. Yeah. And like, Oddish gets the, gets the gen one pass, right? But like,

yeah, I don't think that they could do this a second time. Um, I think that's the problem.

They tried to do it and then, and then they're like, this isn't whatever this is because like,

that's how, yeah, it's, that's how I feel about skip loom here. Yeah. And the third

evolution really isn't that interesting because at least with Oddish, they changed its form.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. Like, and you either got a vile plume or you got a blossom,

right? And both are radically different and have something about them. It goes from, you know,

hop it to skip loom and it's like, okay, something happened there. And then I feel like it regressed

again when it gets to the third one. And it's just like a little blue ball with three, like

cotton balls attached to it. It's like, and then, and then they made it even more irrelevant

by making another cotton Pokemon. And I'm just, I'm just like, yes. Pointless. Yeah. No reason

for you to exist. Um, I don't know anything about Dendra. So I'll, uh, uh, uh, I think I've ran into

her a few times in the game, but I know that she's like a waifu character for some people,

but I, I, I'm going to, I'm going to skip because I have no thing. I don't want to call that

character. Uh, Palisade. Um, funny, goofy, love the artwork of how it makes it look very innocent.

Just like, just like he's in the game. Do you know the law? You know the, you know,

the Pokedex entry in this one, right? It's kind of dark because isn't it like

some, like, I want to say it's some kid died or something in the ghost. Like, well, am I,

am I close or am I like off? You're not, you're not off. Um, um, the, the artwork of it being like

this, this, this sand castle in, in, in the, uh, in the, why is it in the desert? Anyway,

usually not in a desert, but on, on like a nice, uh, populated beach is that, is that the sandy

ghost, the, the one before it is, yes, you'll correct on that one. It's the, it's like the kid,

kids that, um, died on the beach or whatever, which is pretty grim, but, uh, it evolves,

when it evolves into Palisade, it suddenly becomes one of those, like, vengeful spirits.

And, uh, and it makes it everyone else's problem. It eats souls. It eats the souls of it, like acts

like a castle and then eats the souls of like kids that pass by. And I'm like, that is,

I'm never going to the beach. Yeah. It just nibbles on their feet. It's like, oh wow. What a sand

castle. That's nice. Yeah. Um, if I, if I lost my kid on the beach in, in Pokemon world, I'd be like,

you know what, it must have been in Palisade. I'm sorry. We're just going to have to get another kid.

I'm just going to have to get another kid. Just get another kid. Yeah, real. Um, that one got

devoured. I guess we'll just get another one at the kid's store. Yeah, at the kid's store. Uh,

Nimble is a newer Pokemon. Uh, it's a tiny, tiny bug, tiny little bug. Um, I, I, I,

this is a weird one. I don't, I don't know where the lore is from this one. Do you have?

No, it's a bug. Yeah, cause it's just a, it's a bug and then it comes and then it evolves

into a bug that can kick you in the, like kick you in the face. I'm just like, okay. I, I get the,

I get the Nimble part. Like it's a funny, it's like, it's a Jack V. Nimble. Like you can jump

around and, and, and, and stuff with that. But I'm like, I don't, is that all they did with like,

cause they got, they ran out of bug ideas. They're like, it's a bug that can, that can jump around

and it's very Nimble. We're going to call it Nimble. I'm like, okay. It's not really, uh,

very creative. Mimikyu. There's no art. There's never art. It's just Mimikyu in there in the

forest, but there's never going to be art where I'm going to be like Mimikyu is, this is, this is,

this is, this is, this is, this is a, this is a mid tier Mimikyu by far. One of my favorite Pokemon

of the newer generation. Um, great skill where it's, uh, with the disguise thing.

And I think that the lore, they really, they really, um, they really went, they really went

for it with the lore, right? Cause it's like, yeah, it's like little sad boy hours. Like you

just want to root for the little guy. Yeah. And like, and like granted as any, as with any of the

ghost freaking ghost Pokemon, they always have to be like terrifying. Like, so there's like the

whole thing that if you see the true self, you just, you're dead. Um, you're unalived,

you're unalived by it. But like the whole lore of it is that, is that it's this little guy that's

like, I want to be loved by everyone. And then one Pokemon that's loved by everyone, which I would,

would love to change. I would love to say that that's not the correct thing, but it always will

is that, you know, it's Pikachu. So it finds like sticks, it draws the little face. It puts a lot

of effort. It's like, it's actually a cosplayer Pokemon. So true. Um, and it's just a little guy.

Uh, and it's like, um, there's a, there's one of my favorite little true YouTube meme,

anime animations is Spark from, uh, Pokemon Go. Like, like dresses up as a, like, like makes a,

makes a person size version of the Mimikyu, uh, of the Mimikyu, uh, costume. And then basically goes

and, and like goes, Hey, I'm, I'm just like you. And then they become like fast friends.

Um, but that's my, that's my take on Mimikyu. Uh, I did, I feel like that, that, that the,

that the, uh, that the, uh, the fact that they, they, they went with the, the,

they went along with the Pika clone kind of like mentality, but like, yeah,

lifted on its head, I think is really, really cool.

It's really nice. It's just good character design. Like if you're going to do that,

where you're going to blatantly rip off another one of your Pokemon,

give it a good reason. And that is a good reason. Yes, I definitely agree. Um, all right. Uh,

uh, we have the most, uh, the most, it's love disc, you know, the heart shaped fish that has

no purpose except for they wanted to make a heart in the ocean and they needed an item that was

called heart scale and they needed to figure out a way to link that. So they love disc. That's

literally, I think that's literally all love disc is because it doesn't evolve. It doesn't do anything.

It has terrible stats from what I understand. Um, and it's, it's, it's just a, it's just a heart.

Like it's not even, it's not even a creative looking heart. Like it's just, all right, skip

that, skip that. Goodbye. We don't need to talk about, we don't need to waste more time on that.

Uh, Snova is, uh, is an interesting Pokemon. I, I,

I don't hate it, but I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't love, I don't love it, uh, enough for me

to, uh, to want to, uh, to want to like encounter this Pokemon. I don't know what it is. I think

it's just, I think, I think, I think, I think it's like lazy design to me. It's just, it's a tree.

Uh, so we're going to skip that. I will say that its evolution is a source of many a meme.

Really? Yeah, because it's, uh, Obama snow. And so that sounds a lot like Obama. Oh my God.

People ran with it. Oh my God. I'll have to look that up later now because I did not know that

actually. I did not know that. I just, I did not know that. Um, Fletchling, very cute, very cute

boy. Uh, uh, just, uh, yelling, yelling in the forest. It's definitely, definitely. Um, I like

Fletchling because it's, it's, it's great. It's a great, uh, it has a great evolution form, but I

also just like the, um, the design of the bird. It's like, it's, it's basic enough. Like they went

back to being like just a basic, it's basic bird. It's a basic bird. Um, it's, it's basically a

Robin, right? Um, but it's like, it's like cool enough. Like it's just, there's like slight

variations in the, in the, in the design that it makes it cool enough that I, I don't know. I think

I like, uh, as presented in this art, Fletchling is just very much like that, uh, that underdog

tail. Like I am, I'm, it's like Captain America. It's like Steve Rogers, skinny,

skinny Steve Rogers in bird form. It really is. Cause that was going to be my one comment was

that it gets such a bad-ass evolution for zero, but I'm okay with it. It goes from this cute little

bird to a whole Falcon. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. And it's just really, really nice. Yeah.

It's just really, really nice. All right. The king of, uh, the original, the original, uh,

lazy design Pokemon, Volto, who I also absolutely hate because like,

my God, going through like going through the, uh, the power plant, uh, in the game, uh,

always was like the mo- I hated that. I hated it. Cause I'd always, I'd always. Any Pokemon was

self-destruct as a pet. And that's basically all Voltorb was. And every time, I don't know what it

was with gen one, but like, it seemed that like that was all the moves that they had. And uh- Yeah,

Voltorb, Geodude. Yeah. And one with, yeah. Abra runs. Abra wants nothing to do with anybody.

I don't mind that. I don't mind that. I'm like, all right, fine. Fair enough. But like the fact

that you're like, you know, like, you're like running, walking around like a freaking power

plant or whatever, or, uh, or mentioned, you're like, Oh, it's an item. And then Voltorb just

like, I'm going to blow up. It's like, it's like, excuse you. I didn't, I'm not, I am a 10 year old

child. I just thought you were a shiny thing. Why am I, why am I now needing to go to the

hospital? That being said, this art makes it look so like badass. Like it's a very serious face and

like, just the setting is really, really nice. On the side of a hill with like the rocks falling.

Yeah. Yeah. I definitely, I definitely make, I can definitely feel the menacing of Voltorb. So

I'm going to go to art. Vigoroth, oh no. This is weird because Vigoroth. This is like curious

George goes to the city or some, some nonsense. So it's art of Vigoroth, not even like doing like

super energetic things. It's literally just standing there in front of a, in front of a,

in front of a gateway, in front of the entrance of a city. Just, you're right, it is curious George.

Oh no. Yeah. Slakoth, Slaking, nothing crazy there. Slaking, super viable, decent Pokemon,

but I just, I can't. I, I wish that, I wish that that the evolution thing is like weird. I just,

I don't understand, I didn't understand it. I still don't understand it. Like I don't know

why they're like, okay, so it's like, it's like super energetic kid and then becomes like a lazy

adult. I'm like, I'm like, wow, why don't you just, why don't you just like, just strike through the

heart of your, your adult fan base, you know, shit. But like, it was very weird. We've talked

about Pinchurin. So we're going to, this artwork though is pretty cool. I will say like the,

it's a better artwork, I think between the two, I like the clay setting stuff, but this is a very

like active, like draws your eyes to it sort of artwork. It's very rock and roll. Definitely.

It's definitely very rock and roll. It's super cool. Um, oh my God, this Croc-O-Lore art is

hilarious. It's Croc-O-Lore dashing while trying to grab a blueberry or warrenberry,

I think it was what they're called. I'm going to say it. I, I, I kind of, I kind of felt offended.

Like I don't, not, not for me per se, per se, but I kind of felt like this was an offensive

evolution. You don't think this captures the essence of the Pokemon?

Like this does, this does, but the design, right? I was like, okay, so it becomes like, it's like

this little guy. And then it's like this guy with a hat. Like, I don't know. It's like, I felt that

same way with like Ludocolo. I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, you know, you don't have to have, you

don't have to give everything like sombreros. You know what? That's, that's true. Yeah. They

definitely, I mean, I don't know. They did it a little dirty. Yeah. I mean, I mean, great, great

Pokemon, Pokemon lion stuff. But yeah, I was just kind of, I was just kind of like, this is a Ludocolo

thing all over again, where you're just like, all right, he's, he's Latin. He's got a hat on his head

and I'm like, okay, okay, Pokemon. Okay, Pokemon, you went there.

Um, but I do, yeah, I do like the, I do think the art captures that Pokemon very well. Uh,

good old Dunsparce, the meme, the troll Pokemon, the troll Pokemon. Yeah. Dun into dun dun.

Um, um, yeah, I like, like the whole, like, I feel like looking at this art too, this art is

beautiful by the way. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's Dunsparce, like just chilling in a, in a puddle.

But like, I feel, you look at Dunsparce, right? And you're like, oh, there's wings. Oh, there's

like a, there's like a, there's like a drill tail thing. There's like little tiny little spikes on

its chin. And you're like, that means it's got to evolve, right? It's got to evolve, right? Yeah.

It's going to turn into something crazy for sure. Um, I'm going to, I'm going to, yeah, I think,

I think I literally, the first time I had this Pokemon, because I was, you know, this is before

the time of like people already leaking the game, like three months in advanced. I had this Pokemon

and I leveled it to something ridiculous. And I was like, is this not evolving? This is really

so. Yeah. It was weird that it didn't evolve. And then it was weird how much time passed.

And then suddenly it did evolve. And it went from being probably like the worst Pokemon. Like it's

hard to think of a worst Pokemon to like something that's useful. Yeah. Yeah. I lost my mind. I lost

my mind at how lazy it was. They just stuck two right on top of each other. Like they just added

an extra nub and it was the exact same Pokemon, but they added an extra nub and suddenly it's good.

And the name too, they just added another done. So it was done, done sparse. And it just, now it's

good. Now it's good. And it don't know why. And I'm so angry about it. Well, I think it's because,

I think it's because it's, it's, it's, uh, it's like, it's like the, it's like the perfect response,

right? Right. Pokemon just like getting like, getting like hate mail and getting like all this

like, like, like, uh, getting all this, this bad, bad press about done sparse. And they're like,

no, wait, done sparse, done sparse does evolve. It, we've finally given it an evolution. And then

you get, you know, and then it, yeah. And then it releases and you're like, wait, seriously? And

Pokemon just like, yeah, yeah, that's what happens when you ask for stuff. This is what happens when

you, when you're, when you're, when you're, when you're, uh, you're spoiled brats about it.

We're just going to, we're just going to make it the stupidest thing.

So you're saying that we brought this upon ourselves. This is the child of our own undoing.

Yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's definitely. We need to start complaining about other Pokemon. Like,

God, it would be so awful if Eevee got every single typing known to Pokemon universe.

It would be awful to have an Eeveelution for every single typing and then just let them just give it

to us for free. Yeah, but it'd be a done sparse situation. So they would be literally just like

Eevee in different colors. That's kind of how it is now. Like, they're subtle. There is subtle

design things, you know, like Vaporeon gets the fish-esque things like fins and whatever and

Jolteon is spiky. Yeah, Vaporeon has some flames, you know, the Leafeon has a leaf.

I will say, I will say, I think, I think as much as people love Umbreon,

and don't get me wrong, I like, I like me some Umbreon, but Umbreon to me felt a little bit,

a little bit like it was something like that because it has the ring. But other than that,

it looks like just like a grown-up Eevee, like without the fur collar. So I'm just kind of like-

Yeah, both Umbreon and Espeon have the laziest, like they're just recoloring of an Eevee that

went through puberty. Yeah. 1000%. Great Pokemon. Yeah, for sure. Like, lazy, lazy design. Lazy,

lazy design. I was kind of scared that I was like, oh my god, is that what they're going to do with

the following Eeveelutions? They're just going to be like, here's the thing. It's just,

it's not really, it's just, it's just like slightly different. Yeah, give it a color

that makes sense with the typing. So I'm glad, and also I don't like Espeon because it's shiny as

green. So I mean, I like Espeon as a, as a Pokemon as regards to like having it on my team, but I,

definitely, I'm like, they could have done more. Um, Meryl, I love Meryl as like, as like the design,

and like, like, I like this art being in like a wave thing, but there was something about Meryl.

Yeah. I think, I think it was because- Well, because it was the first. Yeah, but I'm,

for me, I think it was because it was introduced in the Pokemon, uh, in the anime. Um,

um, and it was one of the Pokemon, cause like, I don't know how they even decided that the

Pokemon is going to have a cry that's its name, or a cry that's just like a normal, like a weird,

weird animal sound. But Meryl had said its name as its cry, and it was so annoying.

Like, I, I, for me, it was annoying. Like, I thought, I thought, I thought, I thought that like

every time, I was just like, oh my God, like it was just, I don't know what it was. The sound of

it like saying its name was annoying to me. I do like the Pokemon though.

That's, that's fair. I mean, they, they make a lot of like,

intentionally annoying Pokemon sounds, so. That's true. So.

Wow. Oh, this, this beast.

Oh, this is such good art to make this look crazy. This goes hard.

Yeah. It's just like, it's like Hydragion in, in the sky. This is another thing. This is like

another artwork where it's like, if there was the Pokemon photographer, they're definitely,

they were definitely, they're definitely unalive after this photo.

Oh yeah. They're gone.

Like, thank you for making such a beautiful photo. Uh, sacrifice,

sacrifice yourself just for this photo.

I bet it would be such an honorable job in the Pokemon universe. You know what I mean? Just to

be that documenter so that we can get this information. And they go up on like this wall

of like, you know, brave souls that did it for us.

Yeah. Yeah. It's, I feel like there'd be like, like somewhere right here and to be like dedicated

to the photographer, photographer Tracy. Uh, for those that don't know, that's an anime reference.

Um, but photographer Tracy, who sacrificed their, their being to get this photo.

Um, Hydragion, I, I think it's an interesting design to me because

it's clearly supposed to be, uh, uh, King Ghidorah from, uh, from, uh, Godzilla.

Godzilla. But like, I can see that. Yeah. Yeah. But like, but like it took me the longest time

to realize that these were actually heads. Um, because they look interesting. Yeah. Cause you

can see, you can see in the art, that's like an eyeball right there. It's like an eye and stuff.

But like the, the little, I see what you're saying. Yeah. The little, the little, like,

the little like hood it has, like, I was like, I was like, what's up with its hands?

What's up with its hands? No, that's, that's fair. I will say it is one of the like derpier

looking dragons for me. This is a personal opinion for sure, because like the whole Hydra

take very, very cool. I just think like, they almost did it a little derpy. And I, for me,

I think it's the mains that it gave them, like the wispies that are sticking out. Oh, okay.

It almost makes them look a little more flower-esque. And so it takes away some

of the seriousness for me because the rest of the design as well doesn't have very many sharp edges

that would typically depict something that's like strong and like dragons tend to have, this is like

more of the cartoony, like bubbly shaped dragon. And, you know, there's a place for those as well.

I love all dragons. It's just, this is the one where I was like, huh, that could have looked a

little more menacing, but art like this really brings across like the feeling that you're supposed

to have while looking at this thing. And I appreciate it. I would say, I didn't, I didn't

even think about it, how flower-esque it looks. Cause that with the, with the, with its little

flappies or whatever you're calling it. Yeah. Well, cause you know what it looks like is it

looks like Cradle Lily and like Lileap to me. That's terrible. When it came out, it looked a

little bit and I was just like, huh, all right, we run it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can definitely see it.

I can definitely see it. But yeah, are you good to continue or are we ending the episode here?

Um, I can, I'll leave that up to you. Cause like, I can do a little bit more.

All right. We'll go for a little, a little bit longer, but obviously there's a lot of

facts here. So I don't want to do that, do that to you. Um, cause I, I, I ideally would like the,

the episodes to not go more than two. So we want to set a precedent. So we definitely don't want

to go over like an hour and a half might be, I think would be a good, be a good point.

Okay. So probably like one more pack than you think. Cause unless we get a bunch of look at.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'd say so. Um, get that out of the way. Get that out of the way.

Uh, get that out of the way.

All right. I'm just quickly, quickly going through and seeing what is not Pokemon.

Um, okay. This is a Cufant galloping in a city, which, uh, holy shit. That, that's a, that's a

heavy ass Pokemon for like three feet. It's 220 pounds. Um, so I don't know how, how frolicky that

is. Um, the artwork makes it look like it's perfectly fine. But I'm like, that's like,

it's like, that's like, it's a, it's, it's a, cause it's only like, it's only like three feet tall.

So I'm like, all right. Yeah. I'm convinced gravity works differently in the Pokemon

universe. And it's very selective. Like it's constantly in flux. Like some things that way,

absolutely nothing have the density of like mercury. And then, and then like there's other

things that are massive, but just light as a feather, like could not be tethered to the ground.

If you tried, I don't know, couldn't tell you. Definitely, definitely could see that. Um,

I think Cufant's a cute design. I think Capra is neat. Um, but if, if I had to, if you had, if you,

if you told me that you could only have one elephant character, Cufant would not win.

Yeah. I would probably go for like the Don fan. Yeah. To me. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Yeah. To me,

I feel like Cufant was not necessary. Like nobody asked for another elephant.

Fair. But I also don't hate it. Yeah. Yeah. Like I'm not, I'm not going to be like, I'm not,

I'm not like, Hey, I'm not a hater. Right. I just, it's kind of like how we ended up with far too

many sheep Pokemon. I feel like they're probably just going to give us probably too many elephant

Pokemon. I'm waiting for the next elephant Pokemon. Maybe that's going to be like the new thing.

It's just elephants in every type. Oh, spicy elephant. Oh my God. Oh man. That'd be,

that'd be hilarious. Cause then you'd have to do Dumbo, right? For the, for the flying,

like a Dumbo looking Pokemon. Yeah. Well, I already feel like, um,

what's the one before Don fan? Help me out here. Fan fee, fan fee, fan fee. Yeah. Fan fee, fan fee

to me already looks like Dumbo. So it'd be just like quite a bit. I would be honest. Yeah. Maybe

it's a divergent evolution. Like it's a, it's a, it'll be a regional form. Yeah. That would be

a really weird reason, but yeah, maybe. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe it's your gravity thing.

Maybe they'll, maybe they'll actually bring that into, into, into the cannon.

By the way, Pokemon, Pokemon company, you heard it, you heard it first. Uh, uh, uh,

banana, banana, banana Z Z 41, uh, said that first. So you, you do need to, uh,

do you need to credit her? Yeah. 1000%. Um, um,

um, uh, again, going off of that whole, we have too many sheep Pokemon. We have too many frog

Pokemon. Um, and crow gunk, crow gunk would be like, he's okay, but crow gunk would have

been for me. I'd be on the list of like, if I had to get rid of frogs, crow gunk is definitely on

that, uh, on that list. Really? I would say crow gunk's a good one. So who's, who's your top frog

then? A poly, poly, poly world or poly wrath and a poly toad, I would say. Yeah. I see that. But

does that count because it's an evolution? Cause it doesn't start as a frog. It doesn't, but it,

for me, the reason why they, that that's my top frog is because it's, it's because it's natural.

Right. It goes from like tadpole to, to, uh, a bigger, non bigger froggy kind of thing. Um,

so that's, that's for me. Um, that's for me. That's why poly toad go. I don't know. I don't

know. It's, it's just, uh, I just feel like I, I feel like I, I feel like that's more of a natural

like evolution. That makes sense to me. Crow gunk. I just, I don't know what it is about crow gunk

that I don't like. I wish I, I wish I could be like, Oh, it's because he's like this, like,

he's just like a throwaway character, but there's something about him. I just,

I'm like, he's fine. He can stay, I guess. But like, if I had to get rid of some frogs,

crow gunk would be like on the first list. Um, uh, seismotode, uh, is, is above, is, is, is,

would be above him in, in, in the frog tier. But explain to me then, explain to me,

cause clearly, clearly we are in a disagreement. Uh, yeah. So I, you know what? I think a lot of

my fondness comes from the show because crow gunk was the one that was constantly keeping

Brock in line when Brock was being an idiot, drooling over women and harassing women. And

crow gunk would just poison jab him and knock him out on his butt and then drag him off. And I

thought that was so funny as a kid. I was just like, yeah, I get him out of here. So I guess,

I guess I never got that connection. So that makes a lot of sense. Like I think that's,

I maybe that is what it is too, is that I don't have, I don't have that link. Yeah,

it gave the personality for me. Like it gave me the crow gunk personality and I was like,

I can vibe with that. That's funny. That mischievous smile. That's borderline creepy

that you have going on. Makes sense. I love it. Fair enough. Fair enough. Um, we're moving,

moving on. Um, this Pokemon, this Pokemon can't do any wrong. Uh, it's a toddle. Um, it's a little,

little, little ice, ice, ice toddler. Um, I thought they would weigh more. Okay. So looking

at the stats, um, it's the artwork is, uh, just the toddle catching snowflakes, but at the bottom,

it looks like the, the weight is reasonable, reasonable. It's, it's still pretty, it's still

pretty, like it's still a small, it's still a large dog, but 99 pounds. I, I, what I thought

I was, I thought it was heavier. I know that. Yeah. Especially something that's like winter

themes. Cause I feel like winter coats intentionally make things heavier than,

heavier than they are. Right. So yeah, I can see that. I can see wanting a little more density

there probably. So toddle, so toddle. I like the design and I think what's the, what's the,

uh, it's a Titan. That's what I was like, what the hell's the fricking, this is a Titan thing.

I think the, so looking at this artwork, it's, it makes sense. Okay. So there's like

little tooth here, the horns here, and then like the mouth is not too like,

like that. I don't like that about the Titan. I don't like that they take the toddle's mouth

and like go, okay. Now it's just like this, like terrifying. It's like the, it's like,

I don't know, I don't know how to describe it, but the jaws, the jaws of the Titan,

um, this, this middle part becomes suddenly like the mouth. Um, and I am not a, I'm not a fan of

that, but the toddle, so toddle, I don't think that there was anything wrong with that Pokemon.

That's fair. The, the feeling of like when the mouth is not placed in a humanoid way or like

something that you've seen in nature and it looks like it's ripping the Pokemon in half and it's,

it's a little like uncomfy. Yeah. Yeah. I think, I think that's, I think that's definitely what is,

what throws me off about, about the toddle. Uh, Shroudle. Shroudle is an interesting one

because Shroudle's super, super tiny. Like in this, in this artwork, which is Shroudle in like

on the base of the forest, like it makes Shroudle look, and Shroudle look like normal size. Um,

so I was very, very surprised. Power perspective. Yeah. That does say eight inches.

It's eight inches. Eight inches seems like a lot. I don't think it's that big.

Eight inches is almost a foot. I don't know about that. Yeah. I don't,

I don't think that's correct. It's definitely like a pound. It's definitely, that, that makes sense.

It's definitely like a bag of coffee,

but it's definitely, I don't, I don't think that's accurate. I think, I think that,

I think that might not be, that, that doesn't seem right. Cause like in the game,

for those that don't know, in the game, it's super tiny. Like it's, it's almost,

it's almost at the level of, you can't see it. Yeah, really. You're constantly running into it

in certain areas that it spawns because you don't know it's there. And you're like, what the heck?

Please. Yeah. I am, I don't know. And I don't, I honestly, I don't know what they were going

with. Oh, it's a mouse. Okay. That, that makes, that makes sense with the shrew. I thought the

name Shroudle was at least cute. Not, not knowing necessarily what they wanted. I just think Shroudle

is cute, but now it makes a bit of sense. So I don't know. Um, I do. I think, I think, I think

if Shroudle actually was a little bigger, I think I would, I wouldn't, I would like it a little more,

but the fact that they made Shroudle like so, so small, like I was like, okay, that's like really,

that is like insane. Like, I mean, I get it. Shoes are not that big, but like so small. Um,

but it's not a bad design. Like I see where they're going with it. And then it becomes a,

it becomes like a- I just wish we could see the design outside of like blown up art like this.

Yeah. Um, yeah, that's, that's definitely, uh, that's definitely, uh, I, I am in agreement.

Uh, this stupid thing. Uh, Bramble, Bramblecast. Please. Uh, which involves some Bramblin.

It's, this is, okay. So, so, so, uh, we were talking about lazy Pokemon designs before.

Umbleweed ghost.

Yeah. This, it's, it's got a face.

It does. It looks more like a pumpkin, right? Like, like a jack-o-lantern. That's the face that it

gave it. Yeah. Um, I don't know why this exists.

You know, I feel like every generation has to have that Pokemon where you just look at it and

you're like, I don't really know why you, but all right. Yeah. I mean, there's,

there's about a thousand Pokemon after, you know, so I get it. After a while, you're like, okay,

we need to, we need to have a hundred Pokemon. We need to have a hundred new Pokemon. So what

else design we're going to do? What about a tumbleweed? We haven't done that.

And it's not even cool. Like it's literally like, I feel like one of the character design,

I was just like, it's tumbleweed. What do you want from me?

What I can appreciate is that the design is clean. I feel like if it was on the messier side,

like messy art, I would have a harder time visually, but because it's clean, I'm like,

okay, I can see a face here. I can see it's minimalistic bare bones. And I'm like, okay,

sure. You know, just to give it a point. Yeah. In a category. Fair enough. Fair enough.

But the character designers knew what they were doing. Character designers, that was,

that was like, that was like, it was like on a holiday weekend. They're like, I like the

weekend before golden week. I mean, we're going on vacation. Here's the, here's another Pokemon.

It was, I don't care. I'll be back. I'll be back in a week. I'll be back in a week.

Sudowoodo. This one was actually really, it was very characteristic of Sudowoodo.

Sudowoodo. Another head empty. Yeah. Sudowoodo is definitely, you know what Sudowoodo actually

reminds me of. And that's why I kind of connected with Sudowoodo. And I was like, that's okay. It's

a rock tree. Sudowoodo reminds me of, if you've ever played Zelda, Link's Awakening, you can like

sprinkle like magic dust on like, on like a certain, on a certain little, little, little dude.

And it becomes like a dancing like toadstool thing. Yeah. Yeah. But you still can't hit it

without like it just, without it just like devastating you and like you losing like hearts.

It reminds me of that little guy except for just grown up, just like bigger.

Yeah, a little bit bigger. So yeah, I've always loved Sudowoodo. Like it's dopey. Like just,

it's dopey, stupid. Just, it's just, it's a tree. It's a, it's a rock trying to be a tree.

Yep. They pulled a fast one on you. You thought it was a tree, but it's a rock.

Yeah. I also found it funny that like water was like its thing, which I mean, I guess it makes

sense because of the weakness, but like, it's just, it's just funny that you like, you like,

you have to get, you have to get a pot of, you have to get like a water, watering can to like

get it to move. Yeah. These things, this, this artwork is cool. Don't get me wrong,

just like being like under, under the sea, like totally making a whirlpool. No vortex. Yeah.

Yeah. Super awesome. I hate this guy. I hate this guy. So real. Yeah. Because like he,

you'll be swimming around and like, like he's not, his speed stats, not like, I think that

someone was showing, was showing, was showing it on, on, on a, on a thing, but like it actually

doesn't have a very high speed stat, but, but if you are surfing around in, in the, in the water,

in, in, in Palladea, this motherfucker,

you come from like, you come from like, yeah, you come from like two meters away and you're like,

I just listen, man. I just wanted to, I just want, I just, I'm just, I'm just here for,

for a good time. And I'm shiny hunting. I just leave me alone. Leave me alone.

We'll literally hunt you down to the ends of the earth until you leave its terrain, which is any

shred of water anywhere. Yeah. I feel like, I feel like this guy, this guy is like,

he's like the, he's like the water is like the water version of Voltorb.

A little bit. I was going to say it's actually a lot like Sharpedo because Sharpedo really,

really will just hunt you down too. So it's just, it gives me better those waves.

Now that just, okay. So now that you've mentioned that, I was like, actually,

I actually have a better comparison. It's the freaking Zubat of the, of the, of, of,

yes, of bodies of water. Oh my God. Yes. I'm just like, leave me alone. Like, listen, man,

I just, I, I don't, I don't, I'm not, I just work here. Please. Yeah. I'm just cool. I'm just,

I'm just, I'm just traveling through. Nah, nah, you're in my territory. I'm going to

beat the shit out of you. I'm just like, no, man. I don't know how many times I've run into

this stupid thing where I'm like, oh cool. I'm, I'm, I've got like a Tatsugiri, uh, uh, uh,

a swarm. And this guy, every time I'm like, I'm like, I don't even, I was like, you can't,

like, if you're surfing, this is the reason why in, in the game, you can't, you can't leave

yourself in the water. Like you have to press pause when you're doing something. Um, because

there was a time that happened to me. I was like, I was like, I'm already, I need to, I need to,

I need to go to the bathroom. Are you serious? I'm in a Pokemon battle. And like, and like,

it's one of those ones that also, it's one of those Pokemon that also have like a high,

a high stat that you can't run away from it. And you're just like, I just want to go home.

Yeah. You're, you're stuck in here with me. Damn. Um, uh, we already went up at Sneasel,

the same exact art. Uh, this is actually really cool. This is actually really, really nice art.

Um, this is Oricorio, the bird that has like three different types, uh, based off of the colors,

uh, in a, in a nice little tree. Um, that, that obviously is not about to kill the photographer.

Uh, no, it looks very like could not be bothered. Uh, so I, you say that and I'm,

I'm looking at it here. I'm looking at the other way around. I'm like, I'm like, it's like,

definitely, it looks like it's striking a pose, like a lame pose, but not, but a pose nonetheless.

Interesting. Like a little, it likes the camera. Yeah. A little sass. I see. I see.

Um, I think Oricorio is an interesting way to make a bird, uh, with the different typings,

but not actually making different birds. Um, cause I think it has the, uh, it has the yellow one,

which is the, the electric one. And I don't know. It's a, is it blue?

I mean, I would probably, I would probably either go, if I was designing it,

I would probably either go blue or green, right? Yeah. I think, oh man, I'm going to look this up.

This is, hold on. I'm going to do a quick, quick, quick goggle, goggle search. Yes, the goggles.

Cause I think you might be right. It might be green.

So it would be nice if they went blue. And my reasoning behind A is because it would match the

original, like, EVs, right? Where they did water, electric, and fire. So there is, so there is,

so it is, oh, and I completely forgot the pink one, but it is blue. It's the Senzu style.

It's, it's like, it's like, it's like, uh, like fans, like think of Aqua from, uh, uh, uh,

oh my God, Konosuba, Konosuba with the fans and stuff. So it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a,

it's a ghost type actually. It's not a water type. That's interesting, but it has the fans

and dancers that way. Um, there's also the Pau style, which is like a pink, uh, pink, uh, hula

dancer. Is that at least psychic? That's psychic. Or is it fighting? It's psychic. Okay. Uh, and

then you have the electric, uh, pom pom style, which is the cheerleader. So yeah, I would say,

um, that is, uh, my, my, my thoughts on, on Oricorio is I, is it that I feel like that was

an, um, it was a perfect example of like, I want this Pokemon to have different types, but not like

Beevee, right? Where it's like different Pokemon. Right. It's more of like the, the Deerling where

it gets a different chroma depending on the seas. And yeah, yeah. And I think, I think that that

makes this the, the, I think it, I think that that them doing it that way is, makes a lot more sense

too, because like, it's not like wildly different, right? It's, it's still the same bird. It's still

the same bird. It just gives it little flavors. Yeah. Cause it reminds me of, uh, it's, uh, I

believe, I believe that it's supposed to be, um, like finches. Um, but there's like 15 million

finches. Uh, right. I know this from, uh, and they're all different colors and they're all

swarming around. Yeah. They're all like, they're all like a little, little different beaks and stuff.

Um, believe it or not, I, I, I don't know if you, what's the, what's the name of the stupid

show? Uh, I forget what it's called, but it was a, it was a Nick tune. Uh, they make the meme,

they make a meme with a dad. What the heck is this show called? Oh my God. That could be anything.

Do you have any other descriptors? Uh, she's got like a, she's got a monkey, uh, monkey. She's got a

monkey. Dora. No, she's got a Darwin. Oh, Darwin. Oh, the wild dog. Oh my God. The wild

dog. Jesus. That one. Why is it that I couldn't remember the name? That is so funny. Everyone

can remember like the nickname. The name is, uh, very forgettable, but I learned, I learned about

the pinches from that, that cartoon. Actually, I didn't know anything about, yeah. I didn't know

anything about pinches until like, there was that one episode where she's like, Oh, you need a little

little thing to get your bugs out. And like, she ruins the ecosystem in a day. Oh God. Yeah.

Because she gives like all the birds, like, like things and then all the other, the other,

the other bird, uh, the other animals in the different, um, and the different, uh, uh,

in the bio. And they're like, Hey, Hey, you can't, you just, you just let them like, you just gave

them this thing. And now they're devouring everything. We have, uh, we want, we want a

thing that we can devour stuff. And so she ends up like doing that. And then like all of like

every animal on the island, like there's basically, there's no more like the ecosystems wrecked.

Yeah. And, and, and, uh, and that's the, that's what I learned of that finches. There's like a

million of them. Um, some use tools, some don't, some have different beaks. And I was like, that's

really cool. Um, and so when I saw this, like when Pokemon introduced this, I was like, that's

actually really cool. That's a cool way to, to show a Pokemon has like different, uh, different

sides of it, but not having to go full on, like it's a different Pokemon. And I'm sure, uh, I'm

sure that it's, um, it's also a lot easier, uh, to, to just make different birds than to like,

make, uh, like full on like, uh, the Eeveelution thing. I feel like, I feel like if they did

another Eeveelution type thing, I feel like it, the Eeveelutions would lose its, uh, their charm.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I definitely, I, the more, when you gave that

backstory to it and made it feel more special. Cause I think like on the surface, I didn't,

I thought I was fine. I didn't think it was that cool, but I think you're, you're convincing me a

little bit with just the history of finches. I'm like, yup, that makes sense. Cause they have

different personalities and they do different things. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's

definitely, yeah. That's the only reason I, I was like, oh, Rory Corleone was actually kind of cool.

Um, because of that. Yeah. Because of, uh, because I knew about that, knew that about the backstory

of like the, the, the, where, where they were coming from with like the finches and stuff,

but a bit, yeah, I, I can see what if you didn't know. Yeah. I can see if you didn't know about

that though. I can see the, that the, that the different forms are kind of lackluster. It was

kind of like, okay. Um, um, but yeah, uh, it's, it was, it was, uh, I, I saw that and I was like,

I see where they're going with it. That's really, really cool. Um, I will mention though on the flip

side of that squawk-a-billy is kind of dumb. The, the different, uh, cause they, they went with the,

the idea and then they combined it with like, with like the whole, the whole East West side story,

like, yeah. Yeah. And I'm just like, this, like, no, no. I'm like, you know, how many people are

going to get that reference in the Pokemon and the Pokemon fandom? I'm like, and you know,

many people are going to like few theater nerds. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm like, you know what they're

going to, how much they're going to care about that. They're going to, they're not going to go,

oh, I see what you did there. It's like, it's, I was just like, I was just like,

it's the deep lore. It's just, yeah, it's just, I'm just like, oh my God. Like, um,

I do like, I do, I will, I will, I will end the note. I will end, end, end, uh, end the, uh,

the discussion of that on this note though. I do like that they were added in, um, in poke,

in the Pokemon world as, uh, as taxi birds because they couldn't use, uh, they can't use

Corviknites because there is a particular Pokemon, uh, spoilers for those that didn't

complete the Pokedex that will, that literally lives just to knock Corviknites out of the air

and they use their bones, uh, to make weapons to knock out more Corviknites. Uh, that-

Brutal.

Yeah, that Pokemon is Tinkerton. Um, it's, it's like, I just, I just like, that's ridiculous.

Yeah, that, that cute little thing that everyone fell in love with and it's just a brutal murderer.

And it's like, it's, it's the first Pokemon that has a shiny that technically doesn't change colors

because the hammer is what changes and they're shiny. So the Pokemon is still,

yeah, the Pokemon is still the same color. It's just that the hammer that they have

is, is the shiny bones, which is even more terrifying. Um,

Brutal.

But, uh, that was, that was, that was fun. First little episode we had here. Um,

we didn't get through all of the packs, uh, that would be a lot longer. I didn't realize

how long that would be. We got through, we got through a few of them though. We got to talk about

Pokemon, which is, which is just important about it. Uh, this, what the whole point of the podcast

is, is to talk about the things we love, uh, the things we love to collect, uh, and, and everything

in between. Um, what did you think of the first episode? That was fun. Thank you for having me.

Of course, of course. Um, I don't know, I think, uh, I don't know what we're going to do the second

episode. Uh, but, uh, we'll be better prepared. Uh, but I hopefully, hopefully those listening, uh,

enjoyed this enough to watch a second episode of it. Um, and like I said, it will be available on

my YouTube channel, uh, and then, and then on audio stuff once I figure out how to do that. Um,

this is because apparently Spotify doesn't want me to put a podcast on their thing,

or I want to use their podcasts, um, because I keep, I keep trying to set it up and it's like,

no, no, you're not allowed. It doesn't even say you're not allowed. It actually just doesn't do

anything. It goes here, sign up for a, for a podcast thing and it just doesn't go anywhere.

And I'm like, what the hell? Um, so yeah, I'll have to figure that out. But yeah, thank you so

much for, for being the first, uh, of, of, uh, of, uh, hopefully many, um, um, for this first

episode of Collecting Opinions. Um, it was really, it was really nice to hear your, your, uh,

opinions on Pokemon and the designs and other things of that nature. So yeah.

Yeah. And you know, people who made it through the episode, leave a comment because I want to know

what your most memorable Pokemon today was like of the cards. What was it? What was your favorite

art? What was, what was the Pokemon that you're like, Oh heck yeah. I'm glad you pulled that or

whatever. Oh yeah. Cause I'm genuinely curious. This is also, this is also a trading card, uh,

uh, uh, uh, collecting. Sometimes I forget about those, those, those, uh, those, those tags, uh,

in that kind of context. But, uh, but yes, yes, I actually do leave that comment about what was

your, what is your favorite Pokemon? If you saw the cards, yeah. If you saw the cards,

what was your favorite art? If you didn't see the cards, what was your favorite Pokemon lore that

we blundered? There will be more episodes, uh, involving Pokemon. Um, I don't know if the next

episode will also be doing a Pokemon episode. We might, we'll see. Um, but, uh, but, uh, we'll

definitely, uh, uh, we'll have more things like this. Um, but in the future there'll be other things,

uh, um, such as, uh, blind boxes, gotcha, uh, uh, uh, other things that people collect,

not coins. I don't collect coins and I don't know anyone that does, uh, in this day and age,

so I apologize. Uh, most collecting things, uh, asterisk, uh, uh, uh, uh, parentheses.

Modern. Yeah. Yeah. Like I don't collect coins or buttons or, uh, uh, stabs.

Not to say that we're making fun of you. If you do that, we're just making jokes that we don't

actually know anyone that does that anymore. So it's going to be a little hard to do an episode on

those. Fair enough. All right. And then, uh, is there anything you wanna, wanna plug or anything

you want to, other than, uh, you know, uh, uh, the comment about your favorite Pokemon, anything you

want to add before we end out the episode? Uh, no, I'm just chilling. This was fun. Thank you

for having me. Yeah. Alrighty. Well, uh, thank you everyone for listening. Uh, and, and, uh,

for everyone, everyone out there listening, uh, remember that you are worthy. You are loved.

You belong and you can do wonderful things. Keep your star shining and we'll always be looking for

you in the night sky and keep collecting the things that you love because there are others that will

always be there to, uh, support you and, uh, also partake in collecting things. Uh, if not, at least

collecting, uh, your, your happiness and joy. Uh, not like a Pokemon that steals souls in that kind

of set. They're not stealing your happiness. They're sharing in the collecting of, of, of, of, of

happy times. Um, but, uh, all right. We are going to go off air.