Random Pokémon Facts — Cosmoem: Tiny as a Mug, Heavy as a Car

[Josh and Rowan: recorded by the host.]

Host 1: Okay, wait. Before Pokemon Gold and Silver came out, everybody was talking about a Pokemon called Pikablu. That's not a real Pokemon. Exactly.

Host 1: But it got printed on real trading cards anyway. This is random Pokemon facts. I'm Josh. It's Sunday so it's legends myths and mysteries. Today it's playground rumors. A secret puzzle and a glitch.

Host 1: Okay back to Pikablu. For months before gold and silver, fans saw a mysterious blue Pokemon. It looked a little like Pikachu, so they called it Pikablu, its real name? Marill. Marill. Yep, Marill, Marill, Marill showed up early in the first Pokemon movie, before anyone knew its name.

Host 1: So fans just made one up, and Pikablu even got printed on Topps' Pokemon the first movie trading cards. A fake name on real cards. Bro, okay, next rumor. In Pokemon Red and Blue, a character says the SS Anne visits Vermilion City once a year.

Host 1: So fans had an idea. Enter the Hall of Fame 365 times. And the ship comes back. With tougher trainers on board, 365 times. Did it work?

Host 1: Nope. It isn't true. Once the SS Anne leaves, it never comes back. Okay, now a puzzle that was real. Pokemon Ruby to unlock Ridge Rock Regis and Registeel you had to read a message inside the sealed chamber and it was in braille It said first comes relicant last comes waylord So you needed a relicant first in your party and a waylord last Then the puzzle would open and in sapphirephire The other way around Waylord first Rilacanth last Lots of players had to look up a braille chart to work it out.

Host 1: Would you have figured it out? Okay, now a glitch. The old man glitch from the first games remember the old man who shows you how to catch a Weedle? The game has to show old man instead of your name.

Host 1: So it hides your real name in the slot for Viridian City's wild grass Pokemon. Then you go to Cinnabar Island the shore tiles got coded as grass by mistake So the game reads the letters of your name like a list of wild Pokemon That's so weird it didn't happen in the Japanese red and green and Pokemon yellow fixed it by clearing that data first Wild fact time the episode where Ash beats Leon to become world champion is called partners in time It has 20 human main characters on screen.

Host 1: That's the most of any Pokemon episode ever. It first aired in Japan on November 11 2022 Gigantamax max Pikachu's 10 mils and thousand volt Thunderbolt clashed with Charizard's G max wildfire It was the first time Leon had ever lost an on-screen battle Riddle time who am I?

Host 1: listen close I'm a Pokemon. I'm based on a real person. He's a Game Freak planner. His big build made him my model. The art director said so in an interview with a Japanese newspaper. And he once said I'm like his own kid.

Host 1: Okay, ready? Think about it. I'm Snorlax. I'm based on Koji Nishino. How cool is that? Tomorrow is Monday, so it's collectibles. I can't wait. Be here. See you tomorrow. Bye. I'm Josh.