With the release of Scarlet and Violet,
the new “gimmick” Pokemon of this game are the paradox Pokemon. These are basically the
ancestors or descendants of existing Pokemon, with a major focus on version exclusivity.
Scarlet gives the player a glimpse into the past where monstrous beasts and… angrier
mushrooms thrived. But the focus of this video is the future variants introduced
in Violet. And… these are honestly… kinda… …disappointing? Don’t get me wrong, most of
em look cool! But… They’re just robots. I get we don’t have a lot of deep lore on
the future since… well it's the future. But there are plenty of futuristic
sci-fi concepts that aren’t robots, think mutated post-apocalypse, or far-future
speculative evolution, SO much more. Not to mention each of their names begin
with Iron and becomes a monochrome silver when shiny. Overall, they just feel like an
afterthought. Simply Imposters of the originals. And if all calculations are correct, past me should’ve just made a
terrible & overused among us joke. Oh I guess we’re doing this again Right you are! I figured you could use some
help from a guy who already did the research Oh? I mean sure, but they’re just
robots, there’s not much to explore. Nonsense! There are TONS of different kinds
of robots out there, it's not like one size fits all. There are bots for building
machines, providing lifesaving health care, and yelling at you on Twitter en masse.
So even if they are from the future, each has their own rich lore and inspirations taken from
various robots of both pop fiction and reality. I’m not so sure about that rich lore
part. Have you seen their dex entries? Yes, they’re certainly lackluster compared to
other Pokemon, but the dex entries aren’t our only source for info on these machines. If you
visit the academy’s library, you can find some more info from the violet book and paranormal
occult magazines scattered around. Admittedly, those sources arent verified, but neither are
half the dex entries. And im sure there are still plenty of mysteries that’ll probably
be answered in DLC. But what we do have is enough to form a solid diagnosis
on them. Let's begin with this one. The first paradox Pokemon Violet players are
introduced to is the quaking Earth titan - Iron Treads. A highly-modified version of the Pokemon
you know as Donphan. It keeps the recognizable elephant elements like the tusks and ears.
And I especially like what they did with the trunk. It's a piece of tank treads! And while the
Pokemon itself doesn’t roll around like Donphan, the “trunk” curls across the body, creating the
treads to do the rolling instead. Its pokedex claims it can travel so fast it leaves a trail
of its path permanently scorched into the Earth. And that’s the most important aspect to its
design. If you remove the bottom part of a tank, it resembles the body shape of Iron treads.
Just round out the turret and give it two main guns to represent the tusks and wallah- a
really really scuffed version of a war machine… elephant. And the pokedex
backs up this tank connection Of course, it could just represent
a futuristic war machine in general. now that you mention it, Plenty of scifi
franchises love making sci-fi wheel machines. Like the monocycle from wolfenstein. It's
technically an old invention that never caught on, but plenty of sci-fi shows bring them up,
especially in the context of alien worlds where I guess they DID catch on, Even
the iconic Star Wars has a couple. But How are you supposed to see when driving one of
these? I guess some sit their dudes on the side? Now considering this is the PAradox mon
they made the Titan, I could also throw the Q-ship from infinity war in that mix.
A UFO manned by Thanos’ army. Trust me, we’ll get to aliens in a moment, but I
don’t think there’s an Elgyem crawling around in Iron Treads or anything. Instead,
these paradox pokemon are possibly drones. I can see that, Drones are remote-operated robots,
either by a controller or navigation programs like gps. In either case, a human pilot is not
physically traveling with it. These days, most drones are aerial vehicles, but the definition
includes any remote-controlled autonomous vehicle. Most people think of Amazon delivery drones
when you mention the word. But the militaries of the world also use drones. Unmanned
combat aerial vehicles resemble what you’d expect an aircraft to look like. The only
difference is there are no people in there, Making them more compact and less complicated to
make, thus almost all warfare in some versions of the future is done with drones. Drones maximize
reward while minimizing risk: if the drone dies, no humans die, of course this is assuming
a future where human life still has value, but either way; worst case your machine gets
blown up with no casualties for relatively cheap… Now that may be what it costs to house and
feed 1200 homeless people for a year… and it gets blown up instantly. But context!
That’s also just a Big Mac in my time. Regardless, While on the topic of war. Elephants
have been used in many battles during the early years of human conflict. War Elephants have been
used in classical India, China, Persia, Rome, and even Alexander the Great himself owned 150 in his
armada. A large chainmail cover would be placed over the elephant to protect it from weaponry,
as they proved to be effective before the time of firearms. Their large size meant they could
barrel through opposing forces’ defenses, while multiple soldiers could ride atop the beast and
attack from above with spears and bows. However, once guns were invented, it was pretty much game
over for them. Suddenly these unstoppable forces of nature became extremely slow and large
targets, so their use died out with them. But their legacy lives on! Media still
uses war elephants in fantasy settings like in Lord of the Rings and
Adventure Time. And In some ways, Iron Treads is like the ultimate war machine.
It incorporates the earliest technology and the most advanced, so it's prepared for
any conflict throughout all of history. It's definitely more than just a war machine
though, remove the treads and tuck the legs in like they do, and it's clearly a spherical
robot. Loved for their great mobility even without anti-gravity. Haro from Gundam has the
same “ears” as iron treads. But again, sci-fi has taken it to an extreme, and you can find MANY
examples of hovering spherical robots and such in the context of aliens too. Perhaps the shape got
this association because of our first satellite, Sputnik. Heck aside from the “flying saucer”
UFO style, spheres are the 2nd most common. All great points about Iron Treads, and it
makes sense to follow up with Iron Moth, Right, according to its dex entry:
This Pokémon resembles an unknown object described in a paranormal magazine
as a UFO sent to observe humanity. Notice, that it emphasizes its an
alien ship versus an alien weapon. The magazine clarifies it CAN attack people,
but its primary purpose is to observe, which is typical for UFO reports. Just hovering
there, not attacking or anything, just… watching. Like a galactic safari.
“And here we see the humans, still fighting over melanin and
hormones, hence our lack of contact.” oooOOOOooo! Alien surveillance drones are another
huge trope. Don't want to fight the humans until you know everything about
them. Or maybe they do just see us the same way we see animals in nature documentaries. But either way, I like how Iron Moths wings
resemble space telescope satellites. The recent James Webb especially. And thats
VERY fitting of it being an observer. And Considering Iron Moths' body shape, a moth? Yes, but the black knight
satellite also comes to mind. A mysterious object was observed by NASA within
Earth’s atmosphere in 1998. Nobody knows what it is or why its here, but it first appeared at
Earth 13,000 years ago and sends out mysterious messages of unknown origins. We also know its made
out of a material stronger than diamonds and has never been replicated on Earth. To this day, the
satellite continues to watch over Earth, revealing little about what it has planned. Literally
a 1 to 1 with Iron Moths Scarlet dex entry. Right, but it's all fake. It's just one of the
more popular UFO conspiracy theories, but Like the only thing real is the image. Certainly spooky
and mysterious looking, until you realize it's just a folded-up thermal blanket lost by the ISS.
However, NASA has addressed the rumors and come to the conclusion that the conspiracy is a collection
of a bunch of different alien stories that got tied to this image through the grapevine. A common
occurrence in tons of UFO conspiracies. But I suppose Iron Moth is a sort of representation
of what the black knight would be if real. But actually, this isn’t the only UFO it
takes inspiration from. During World War 2, American aircraft pilots reported large
glowing orbs trailing their jet at night, dubbed foo fighters. These orbs were believed
to be made of fire and would fly in formations as if operated by intelligence motivated to
toy with the pilot. Yet, whenever confronted, the orbs would vanish into thin
air… and they could not be shot down or directly interacted with in any
way. And this separation goes both ways, no hostility was shown by these objects,
tying to iron moth’s behavior even closer.
Now, you may be expecting me to say Foo Fighters
were in the same boat as the black knight, but it's a lot more complicated than that.
Other countries have also observed these UFOs, in Europe, they called them “Kraut fireballs”
and German forces have sightings as well. So with so many sightings, some
scientists think they were indeed real, but rather than interdimensional aliens, they were a natural phenomenon similar to
St. Elmo’s fire. A rare weather phenomenon. To this day, we’re still not
sure exactly what they are, but this is definitely where it gets the fire type
from. Aside from it being a Volcarona, anyway. Now what about the poison? Thats definitely odd, the majority of moths are not venomous or even poisonous…. By
the time they become moths that is. Right, metamorphosis. moths start their lives out
as caterpillars or worms, and MANY of these are in fact poisonous
and even venomous. This includes the main one Larvesta is based on, the
worm of the sycamore tussock moth. Most lose the trait when they become moths,
but some like to still carry some poison with them. Never enough to cause serious damage to
humans -unless you ate it for some reason-, but enough to irritate the skin
if they even just crawl on you. And then it being a robot from the future, that could just imply that its made of
poisonous metals, of which there are plenty. Arsenic comes to mind. It can come in a bright
orangy yellow like Iron Moths wings too. And for a time it was one of the most common ingredients
in pesticides. Its still in use today but not as heavily, SPECIFICALLY because it turns
out moths have a slight resistance to it, They eat it up! “UMNUMNUNMUNMUNM GIMMIE THE POISON!” And now its in their bodies, and they are
fine, but then, a bird or a spider later eats them and oopsie whoopsy! Now there's
a load of arsenic in the food chain! There's even an instance of a large gathering
of Bogong moths living in a cave together, it rained, water poured out of the cave, and
washed a TON of arsenic from the moths out into the wilderness outside the cave, killing
all the plants! As its also a great herbicide. its poison, it just kills everything. And
Think of the aliens from Flowdram’glawawa. what? oh They haven't made contact in your time yet. oh. but its a media trope too. Aliens that live
in or breathe things that are poisonous to us, Heck, xenomorph blood IS acid to us… Or vice
versa, things fine for us being poisonous to them. Like oxygen. Thus them being
merely observers for quite some time. Sending observational satellites
to watch us from afar. I like how Iron Moth's satellite wings also
resemble solar panels to capture the sun’s energy, hence it retaining the fire type, but also
All six combine to form the image of a sun, absolutely perfect for a futuristic
Volcarona, with its sun mythology and all. And even though the bug type is gone now, bugs are still an important part
of robot and computer technology. ah! Null pointer exceptions! …software bugs. oh yeah, and Fun fact! They’re
called bugs because ALL THE WAY BACK in 1947, Harvard was building an
EARLY computer called Mark II. Just a relay calculator, reporting the trajectories
of artillery missiles. But for some reason, its calculations were always slightly off.
After looking through it for potential repairs, they found a dead moth lodged in
one of the relays. And sure enough, its math was perfect after it was removed.
Thus us calling computer errors, bugs. Just wait until you get a nanomachine infestation. I’ll probably die before then, but now that
we’ve covered two aliens from beyond the stars, surely the next future paradox Pokemon will
be…uh… Iron Hands … who is pretty much just a guy… without arms… Hey does Rayman ever
become a proper franchise again? who? oh… well, in-game, the Occulture magazine
explains that Iron Hands was born when a great athlete became mortally wounded. But thanks
to the advancements of future technology, they were transformed into a cyborg
and kept alive. Cyborgs are biological creatures whose bodies and abilities
have been modified through mechanical and technological advancements. And it wouldn't
be the first time a human turned into a Pokemon. Though maybe This mystery athlete isn't
a person but rather is just a Hariyama, maybe they were dying out
because of future pollutants. we've got a lot of those.
' and now as a cyborg it's been gifted floating
hands, which is perhaps the best bodily modification it could have received because
Hariyama itself is based on a sumo wrestler. The sport involves two individuals engaging in
full-body wrestling with the goal of pushing the opponent outside of the circular arena. As
such, it's pretty much impossible to fight from a distance, otherwise, you’d be inviting the
other fighter to chase you down with built-up speed. Therefore, the best strategy is to stay
close. That is, unless your hands happen to be detached. Suddenly, a great disadvantage is
now a massive strength. The hands can push without the threat of the user being pushed
themselves, all advantages no weaknesses. Its a lot like real robot fighting sports,
which we have legitimately in my time, but your primitive attempts at it work
too, both in the forms of boxing and sumo-like pushing each other out of the ring
fighting, which is literally called robot-sumo. The glowing hands were seemingly an odd choice at
first, but then I remembered its fighting ELECTRIC type, and it learns plenty of electric moves,
considering the way it attacks like a sumo slap, it's like its hands are defibrillators!
Sending big jolts of electricity through them! Almost like the Burning Finger
attack Gundams use, but more electric. Heck, a LOAD of anime mecha can launch
their hands, thats a big trope too. And while on an anime trope note, it's also like
when a character punches or slaps so fast that there appear to be several hands floating around
them. E. Honda is a perfect example of this. And come to think of it, it was the Honda company
that made one of the first humanoid robots, ASIMO. Here's a fun thought for you. Think about Chess engines, highly sophisticated
AI that can process thousands of chess moves and determines the best move to make next. When
they first started popping up they weren’t that great. But now it's pretty much impossible
to beat one, even for chess grandmasters. oh I see where you’re going. Yep, Robots take over many sports down the line.
Look at the ASIMO, or the Boston Dynamics bots, far from perfect for now… but still seeing LOTS of
progress. And also consider the special Olympics, sports for the differently abled, In the future
might there be cyborg Olympics? Sports for those who are cybernetically enhanced? It wouldn't
be fair to have them in the same competition as non-modified humans, but its also not
fair to exclude them entirely. And where does the line get drawn? A dude with two
full robot legs? How about a guy with all robot limbs and a brain implant? What about
a full-on robot with a brain inside of it? what about just straight-up
a robot with no organic parts holding it back? I mean we already
have that! they are just still…. …Still learning. Iron Hands is a representation of what a
perfected sumo wrestler would look like. Remember, Iron Hands is a cyborg, which is defined as a
person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical
elements built into the body. It's still a biological creature at the core. In fact, it's the
only future paradox with organic components. So in some ways, even as technology advances, humanity,
or I guess poke-manity, still reigns supreme! Oh, right. This one’s technically
biological too, but it's complicated. But before getting to that, we should
talk about its name first. I mean Out of all the paradox Pokemon, this
is the only one whose name deserves some explanation. Like “iron hands” is
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from Jugulum, which means neck in Latin. So Really it's Iron Neck, or necks. Straightforward,
but not nearly as catchy as Jugulis. And of all the paradox Pokemon… this one probably
has the worst design. Don’t get me wrong, it looks amazing, just like Hydreigon, but
that’s the thing… its just Hydreigon. If you blurred both Pokemon and asked me to tell you
which is which. I probably couldn’t do it. And if you could it's just because iron jugulis’
mane is slightly more neon. If I dimmed the saturation, you got nothing. Regardless,
there’s a pretty big reason for this. Clearly, Hydreigons three heads
are a reference to the hydra, a mythical multiheaded dragon
monster from Greek Mythology. But what business does it have becoming a robot? Not much as it turns out. The main reference seems to be Mecha-King
Gidorah; one of the main antagonists from the Godzilla franchise. Unlike other
hydras that typically have nine heads, this one specifically has three as well,
making it fit for a mecha Hydreigon. And the number of Godzilla references
in Pokemon is only growing each gen so…. Well technically, calling it a mecha isn’t
correct. This thing’s origins… Are strange, by your standards. It is said that it
was born when a Hydreigon fell in love with a robot… and just like Maushold, the
evil robot thing just showed up one day… Oh… so… its canon that in the future, the Pokemon
world has diddly-doodly robots? … FOR Pokemon? HEE HOO PEANOT IN ROBOT! HAHAHAHAHA! I’ll bring him back later, but if it is a
combination of organic matter and machine, fused through unholy matrimony, This would make
Iron Jugulis a xenobot, a synthetic lifeform designed by computers and built by combining
together different biological tissues. Scientists still can’t agree whether they’re robots,
living organisms, or something else entirely. And despite how crazy sci-fi sounds, they aren’t.
we’ve actually created a few xenobots of our own. They aren’t anything spectacular, just a
few stem cells harvested from frog embryos combined to form a moving object. This movement
is achieved through heart muscle cells that are capable of expanding through contractions,
propelling the mass as a result. However, despite being less than a millimeter in
length, they’ve already been designed to walk, swim, push & carry objects, and
even organize crumbs into piles. Perhaps that’s why Iron Jugulis looks so similar
to Hydreigon: its unfinished. Maybe the robot in the room with Hydreigon scanned it, and
started the process of making one itself. Sure, a murderous dragon monster is
a step up from glorified Roombas, but compared to the other future paradoxes,
it's clearly lagging behind. This thing was just born. That might also be why its
base stats are lower than Hydreigon’s, though other counterparts experience
the same thing so maybe not… …But still, it would’ve been nice if they could’ve
changed something more in the design. But I kinda get its origins, a fun fact I love is that
thanks to interviews, we know beta Zweilous was already a mecha-dragon on its own originally,
having actual tank treads and stuff before they realized robot Pokemon would be kinda dumb…
and now we have an actual robot-ish Hydreigon. Neat. So next up would be this thing! Ohh! Its kinda cute! N00T N00T I’m taking this one. This thing is
CLEARLY here because of nostalgia. Hisui and Paldea gave SO much love to
Johto through regional variants and new evolutions. And the Santa birdy Delibird
was always deserving of something more. Also, I love how this thing is technically the
only past paradox in violet, as it supposedly came from an ancient civilization. Think
about the Star Wars thing, future scifi tech, but it takes place a long long time ago…. Or maybe
this blurb about it being from the past is from the perspective of someone in the distant
future, and WERE the ancient civilization!? Or maybe this has to do with the “real world”
hyper-advanced ancient civilization, Atlantis. I mean we know from data mining the games
code, the region is code-named Atlantis so…. Well, why don’t we ask someone who knows the past? huh? Where me at?? hello again, past paradox me. Tell
me, do you recognize this thing? uhhhh. Bird. I can’t believe it, he knows! That’s incredible! N00T N00T Tell me, what secrets does it hold? I dunno, to me just look like soulless
embodiment of post-modernist capitalist Christmas. Move and look like creepy
animatronic santa. He substitute gift bag with presentz for good little boyz and
girlz for cheap snow globe you dont really want but are scammed into buying. and break
easy like cheap material so corporation can raise profit margin by less than one
percent point. Is greed Incarnate. Well there goes my love for
it. And my childhood innocence. Robot penguin is animatronic like Freddy
Five Night. He not have free will of own, only move off pre-programed path and TWO
double A batteries. That why fall apart when faint and look cheaply made.
It simple type of robot to make. I’m impressed, pretty much got it! It's
an embodiment of mechanical Christmas. That snow globe on its back operates just
like a snow machine, using it as a form of propulsion to skate around on its snow-ski
feet. But the Christmas connections don’t end there. Its head pops off like a jack-in-the-box
and it marches around like little wind-up toys; two Christmas classics. But the LED
lights and general digital elements to the pokemon also incorporate newer popular
gifts. Which are mostly just electronic. Remember the iDog from the early 2000’s. I wanted one SO BAD! I remember thinking it was
the most futuristic thing in the world! It certainly incorporates that sleek
Y2K futuristic style everything had going on back then. How fitting
the oldest future paradox would incorporate the past’s ideas of
what the future would look like. Come to think of it, while I wouldn't exactly
describe Edo Japan as “Ancient,” it does kinda make me think of Netsuke. Kimonos didn't have
pockets, so instead people carried Sagemono, essentially small hard purses hung by
cords. And then to fasten those cords together and keep it closed, wealthier
people used Netsuke, little statuettes that fastened them together. And
while they could depict anything, birds were extremely common. And what is
Delibird if not a bird that holds a pocket? Now Iron Bundle is an artificial bird that holds
a pocket on a “cord.” Just like the Netsuke. UG! BIG STRETCH ME BORED! Now cartoon
you should Click button on it stomach, will probably play music like eye doggy thing! Oh-uh-okay… N00T N0000000-
UNEXPECTED ERROR OCCURRED- SYSTEM REBOOTING
-N00000T yea this isn’t nostalgic at all Oh! It worked! Did you summon this thing?!? Yes! This is Iron Thorns, cool, isn’t it? I never
would’ve thought we’d bring back dinosaurs in the future, but I guess seeing is believing! It's
kinda like the opposite of Sandy Shocks in a way: two electric-type Pokemon misplaced on the
timeline but continue to exist anyways. They even inhabit the same rocky cliff environment in
area zero. It's no coincidence in my book. And I for one am glad they brought Iron Thorns into the
game as, in a way, its iron thorns version two. oh yeah, In Black and White 2, there was an area
in the game called Pokestar Studios that let you star in your own movies. It's one of the only
times in the games you can fight non-pokemon in battle. Demonic doors, robots, aliens, …a
giant woman, for some reason? And of course, MT, the mecha Tyranitar, its the most well-known of
these! It's basically a prototype for Iron Thorns, though a black MT known as MT2 also exists,
so I guess that makes Iron Thorns MT3 huh? This is clearly a reference to mecha Godzilla, a
giant mecha created by either humanity or aliens, depending on which movie you’re watching,
to eliminate all kaiju from Earth, especially Godzilla. WAIT! No! Tyranitar is based on Bemular! Look at
this, we did a whole video on this two years ago! And Even Bemular has a mecha
variant! Did you learn nothing! Oh shoot is that what I used
to look like?? Cringe, I’m out. is that…. What happens to my
body?? Where does my body go? Maxill’s right, you did a whole video on all
the Godzilla and kaiju references in pokemon, which heavily featured the vanilla Tyranitar
line, describing how Belumar from the Ultraman franchise actually acts as a better fit
for the Pokemon’s design than Godzilla, I forgot about that, link here! HOW YOU DO THAT!!!??? AAAAHHHHH! I dont know how he keeps getting back. But
to quickly apply Belumar to iron thorns: the Ultraman 2011 reboot redesigned this
character from a scaly draconic kaiju to a mysterious mecha humanoid.
Two completely different design directions that- kinda meet perfectly
in the middle with Iron Thorns. So yes, in part this paradox is a representation of the
fusion between both Belumars. But it's definitely fair to say a lot more Godzilla references
were thrown into the mix this time around. Really I think the reference speaks for
itself. Even the name MT is a reference to mecha-godzilla’s codename: MG. And Iron
Thorns is just a more advanced version of the original MT design, ironing out all those
rough edges and joints for a sleeker design. I don't even feel like I need to say “it just
looks more advanced” because LOOK AT IT! I mean it even gets glowing future-spikes on its back,
which I guess is where the “Thorns” part of its name comes in. These green crystals shoot out
during battle and start to flow with that starry liquid seen in every other future paradox mon…
They are almost like a reference to Fusion cores or power cores in all sorts of robots and machines
in media. typically an indicator that someone or something is powering up, Or unleashing an
ultimate combo! The cores start to overheat, or know that they are about to, so they stick
out to help cool off, and it glows with power! They are common weak points on powerful robotic
or armored enemies in games, which is why they tend to sink into the main armored body when
they aren't overheating. Gotta protect ‘em. Though they also make me think of
the glowy bits in a lot of mecha anime, new parts just materializing to
give them a new ability. Like charging a big huge attack! Or extending wings. Or
just glowing out the back with insane power. Iron Thorns is advanced even among
paradox standards. After all, it's supposedly from a BILLION
years in the future, beyond me even. MG also has retractable missile launchers &
rocket boosters that come out of its back. Even classically. And its missiles stick
into Godzilla like thorns or stingers even. Alright, but… why such a big focus on those
anyways? Like I know the thorns are cool looking, but Unlike Tyranitar, this thing learns
pin missile and I don’t know- “thorns”. Gamefreak REALLY likes those thorns for some
reason & This isn’t the first time they’ve done it. Mega Tyranitar looks basically the same
except its thorns EXPLODE across its entire body, the pokedex even says its back split right
open. I Just think I'm missing something here… Well the spines could be a reference to
a real-life phenomenon called “induced metamorphosis”. Basically in certain
species of amphibians and insects, humans can create an artificial environment
that forces organisms to reach adulthood faster, or even reach a life stage not
normally possible within nature. The best example comes from the axolotl.
Normally, these Salamanders will remain submerged in ponds and lakes during their early
life, but eventually, make the voyage to land to live the rest of their lives. But these lil frilly
axolotls never make that journey & technically remain baby-larva their entire lives. however
this adult stage is still baked into their DNA, and under the right circumstances can be
unlocked through hyper-precise environment conditions only achievable within a lab. This
is what a terrestrial axolotl really looks like. Not gonna lie it's so much less cute without
the pink hair. And they should stay that way, as this induced metamorphosis is terrible for
the animal’s livelihood, with most seeing a major decrease in quality of life and passing away
shortly afterward. An extremely painful forced transformation… that’s just
mega-evolution isn’t it? So am I suggesting iron thorns is
some sort of secret mega-evolution? No, but its a different form of induced
metamorphosis. And thus has some similarities, Think about Roaring Moon and Mega Salamence,
theres similarities there too, or think about Mega Gengar and Gigantamax Gengar, both phase
through the ground and gain spikes… it seems most ‘extra’ evolutions made to pokemon lead to
overlapping observations in their appearance. And for Tyranitar, that’s bigger & better back
spikes. These ones retract too, kinda similar to how bee stingers act. The Tyranitar line has
always had this weird insect undertone to it, as Larvitar and Pupitar are literally named after
life stages of insects, and remember, it learns pin missile now- a move held almost exclusively
by pokemon with stingers or poisonous barbs. Come to think of it, those being like stingers
could explain its new electric typing. It works similarly to a taser perhaps, shoots some needles,
and unleashes electricity between them. Yeah. Plus how do you keep a giant mecha functional in
the first place, you need to have a CRAZY power supply. That’s part of the reason it needs
those energy cores in the first place- just to keep it moving. All advanced technologies
require a power supply of some sort - whether it be a generator or battery, there’s just
no way to get around that. And It could also be a reference to Godzilla's nuclear powers.
Whenever he fires off his atomic breath attack, his back spines shine in a blue aura
that somewhat resembles electricity. Pokemon’s very own Zekrom possesses blue
electricity, so non-yellow lightning is not a foreign concept to pokemon. And perhaps
then, This energy requirement is also why the rock typing sticks around, too. In some
iterations of the Godzilla storyline, he gains his powers from the energy of uranium
ore found in rocks. Whenever you think of a radioactive element, uranium always comes to
mind first and foremost. And we use uranium to power all sorts of things. So maybe that’s
why it likes to hang out in the rockier parts of area zero, its desperately hunting for
the uranium it requires to keep functioning. Also this new type combo means it loses
the dark type, which makes sense for a full on robot. It has no free will, how can
it be dark or evil? Iron Jugulis keeps its dark type because its theoretically
still partly organic as a xenobot. ugh!? This not evil! But Iron Thorns? If its
piloted by a psychopath sure, but if its piloted by a guy
who runs a charitable pizzeria? it's used to flatten pizza pies
before putting them in the oven Exactly. The opposite of evil. I love me a locust pizza. Me love locust. ah, perhaps we’re more similar than I initially
thought, we find harmony in consuming insects. uh… y-yeah! Haha… uh… theres
only like one left right? Correct, Iron Valient. A robotic mix of
two Pokemon, even in-game the Occulture magazine mentions it is similar to both
Gardevoir and Gallade. But take a look at that dress and those arm blades. Its
specifically based on their mega forms. again just like the similarities some of
the other paradoxes have with the megas! and its typing now, it took fairy from
Gardevoir and fighting from Gallade; the only pokemon with this combination. A neat
accomplishment, but a failure based on the goals, according to the magazine, it supposedly
is a robot built as the product of a mad scientist's efforts to create the most
powerful psychic Pokémon…. And that shortcoming is probably a reference to what
type of bot it's based on: A sort of evil AI. Evil? But no dark! because its also a failure, but again, the
magazine mentions that its a cruel Pokémon, willing to take its shining blade and cut
down anyone confronting it without hesitation. More specifically it represents the
science-fiction side of AI. as we all know AI is super complex, but under the hood, it's just
really complicated math- nothing that special. ah yeah, Like, if I had an AI designed to
identify fruit and I showed it a blueberry, it would just detect the
color and shape of the fruit, compare it to other fruit its seen,
and tell me it thinks its a blueberry GRAPE! Look don’t get me wrong, there’s some
incredibly impressive AIs out there, but that’s because coders spent hours and
hours supplying said bot with information, you have to! Thats what your
picture captchas are for. ooo, try that one! ok, ok don’t panic, you got this. Take a
look at its color,: red. And its shape is round with a point at the top, similar to a
teardrop. But hang on, its bobbing its head every two seconds in a clear 4/4 rhythmic pattern,
so it could be a mouse. But we’re in the southern hemisphere in summer with only a 5% chance of rain
today. Mice hate getting wet so its probably not that. Not to mention mice are endangered here…
somehow. Though lizards appreciate sunlight and can be found in this area of the world. Though
judging on its heat signature, it seems the thing is warm-blooded. C’mon computer, that’s me,
the computer, you can do this, Think, think. It is a grape! see? Isn’t that ridiculous? To
get a fairly functioning AI, you need to pump it full of different
scenarios and how to respond to each. This scientist clearly didn’t
do that. All he did was say “if it attacks, attack back, if it looks like
it's gonna attack you, attack first. Boom, I’m taking my fifteen.”
So no, terminator style AI takeovers aren’t really going to be a thing anytime soon
because you can crash their system by turning your shirt inside out or wearing your socks on your
hands, or even just wearing this cheesy sleeve. Recently while training, the US Marines beat a military robot just by hiding
in cardboard boxes like Snake… see? So Even if iron valiant
looks like a dangerous foe, it's “brain” is really barebones, which is
why its movements are so sparse and stiff. And that’s really the problem with Iron Valiant.
It clearly has the hardware to carry out these commands with those arm blades capable of
transforming into a double-sided halberd, but there’s absolutely no free will
or emotion behind those eyes. You can’t take a pokemon line whose pokedex
classifications are “the feeling pokemon”, “the emotion pokemon” and “the embrace pokemon,”
and turn it into a stone-cold violent killer. Its implied the Gardevoir line gets its psychic
powers from the emotional bond it creates with its trainer, so you can’t replicate
those powers by robbing it of its humanity Don’t worry I think the internet
did that a long time ago Gardevoir it still looks pretty cool though, even if it is
still just kinda… the same as the rest of them… Yes, Iron Valiant is just kinda the same, and
honestly, it has the least going for it out of all the paradox pokemon besides being a fusion-
but that’s because the design was unfinished. Enter Iron Leaves- the paradox pokemon of
virizion. Design wise… this one might be even lamer than iron jugulis. Its just virizion with
those same LED eyes. But there is one cool aspect to its design. When it attacks, three beams of
light come out of its forehead and neck thingies- clearly a reference to the three sacred swords.
But aside from that, it just… doesn’t really move. Hmm, almost like another paradox
pokemon we just talked about. Yep! Just like the rest of the future pokemon, this one too serves a unique robotic role.
I believe Iron Leaves is a support mount- specifically for iron valiant. Not only do
their color schemes match- but so too does the “move only as necessary” demeanor. As
if both were created by the same inventor. now that you mention it… one of the main areas
we see Artificial Intelligence being used is within self-driving vehicles. Fortunately or
Unfortunately, depending on how you look at it- this is still one of the main areas where
a lot of growing pains still exist. Sure, its nice that 9999 times out of ten thousand
the AI recognizes grandma crossing the road and stops the vehicle… but the only thing
people care about is that ONE time.
Maybe One day, grandma can safely go
to the grocery store without fear of being the latest news story of a Tesla
malfunction, but especially right now, its comforting to see AI can’t
do EVERYTHING a person can. That is until real life Iron leaves comes out.
The ultimate AI battle vehicle of the future. It can recognize EVERY grandma, but consciously
chooses to avoid them or not. The ultimate mount designed to assist the ultimate body guard of
the future. Even the three energy swords look incredibly similar to Valiant’s halberd.
And look! There’s that psychic typing the scientist was after! Iron Valiant isn’t a
failure, its just incomplete! Just plop it on top of its steed and BOOP! There you
go! The ultimate psychic type Pokemon. I love a happy ending about a killing
machine reaching its full potential! yeah! but sadly, this is probably closer to
fantasy than reality. We know next to nothing about this Pokemon. It has no dex entries,
no in-game lore. The only thing we know is it somewhat resembles the Swords of Justice fusion
sketch in the violet book. And even still, not really. Maybe with the dlc we’ll see this fusion
come to be, but isn’t it a bit odd? Its clear the Pokemon somehow came into existence AFTER the
sketch, as its explained the drawing came from the imagination of one of the explorers. And I know
we just talked about how Iron Leaves never moves, but when it does, it does so in an… unnatural hop
that realistically could not exist. Almost as if the movement were pulled straight from pop culture
like Disney merry-go-rounds or the gazelle from Circle of life. Its like whatever’s creating these
paradox Pokemon is doing so from the point of view of someone who doesn’t understand our culture.
Like they technically got the baselines right, but they all feel… uncanny and strange, even moreso
for the two newest ones. What’s going on here?... hush now, this isn’t the video to answer
that, this one is! Whenever its made anyway. Regardless, iron leaves is like an AI animatronic,
and seems like it could be the steed of iron valiant… I mean they're shaped too perfectly
for that, and look so similar… but then again, all of these Violet Paradox
Pokemon look kind of similar… What’s the deal with that by the way?
I get we just spent eons explaining how they could all be considered different types
of robots, but they all look pretty much the same with these LED eyes and weird starry goop
floating around their bodies, them all having the exact same unpainted shiny look, all having
the same ability And their names all starting with “iron” … I mean, I get that Scream Tail
isn’t a particularly clever name, but Iron Treads, Iron Hands? Iron Valiant? Surely there’s
other robot names they could’ve used right? Correct, but considering they’re so
similar, it has to be intentional right? It's no accident game freak designed
the future paradoxes to be pieces of a seemingly overarching collective.
A singularity, if you will. The technological singularity is a hypothesis where
at some point, humanity will reach a level of technological advancements that cannot be
reversed. Technology advances so rapidly, it vastly overshadows the entirety of human
intelligence. famous mathematician John von Neumann describes such a possibility
as “approaching some essential point in the history of the race beyond which human
affairs, as we know them, could not continue". Media takes this in all sorts of different
directions, but for our purposes here think about the example of, Skynet, the AI
that powers the Terminator, its just one representation of what the singularity could
look like. When a human tries to power it off, it sets off a nuclear attack referred
to as judgment day. Ultron is another interpretation of this event; and here too,
all of the robots look similar. The Ultron AI deemed this appearance would be the most
optimal representation of its physical form, given its available resources and therefore
had no more need for advancements. There are countless examples of this idea
in this context, Mass Effects Reapers, Gurren Lagann's Anti-Spirals, Dr. Who’s
Cyberman originally, And Pokemon Violet is perhaps yet another representation of this
event, and quite a unique example at that: What happens when the point of no return
comes early and invades the present? Ooh! You can leave this next part to me, I used
to do theories myself. *Ahem* And that leaves only one question: what IS the Pokemon singularity
specifically? It can’t be the hardware components, because no matter how similar they
look there’s just no way iron bundle is as durable as iron thorns… but what’s the
one thing they DO share? The starry energy. Over billions of years the material the pokemon
are made of can change as more resources become available, but that liquid never alters -
it's reached the point of perfection. It's the only element on the box art- besides Miraidon
itself- that even hints at the future. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the Pokemon singularity-
the substance destined to hijack all Pokemon of the future into its absolute supremacy. Of
course, we don’t know what this substance is or what its made of, but whatever it is,
it has to be some sort of supercharged AI juice or plasma or secret 6th form of matter.
perhaps even the mysterious “infinity energy” occasionally mentioned in Pokemon… only now
its been advanced by sparkly nanomachines… Perhaps thats why each of these pokemon
HAS to be called “iron” something, or I.R.O.N. right? Suddenly, being called
I.R.O.N. hands or I.R.O.N. bundle makes A LOT more sense since most of the paradox
Pokemon aren’t steel type to begin with. Let alone a metal as primitive as iron… so
What does it stand for? I’d like to dub it: Interstellar Reinforced Omnipotence Nectar me call it ‘Ice Rainbow Ounce KNot!’ That too! At least, it might
be something like that, but how does that account for
their names in other languages? uh… to be honest pokemon will probably never
give us a straight answer on this regardless. But who knows? DLC might surprise us. Maybe
they aren't really from the future at all, and are really just manifested
from Professor Turo’s ideas of what the future would look like?
And the time machine is really just a reality-bending crystal device similar to
the reality-bending crystals the Unown make…. Either way, I’m not too concerned
with a technological takeover in my lifetime when our AIs are still
learning to count fingers and toes. And! … I think that wraps up the Violet paradoxes,
which one’s your favorite? Let me know down below Hey, What you doin with hand?
Oh, sorry. Force of habit. Last week my coffee cup randomly disappeared in a flash of
light and I haven’t been able to find it since. Must be these nasty 5g vaccines. Yea, I don’t think too much about
it. I guess I’ll just get a new one. well, its this cup right? I just went back to
when you said you lost it and grabbed it for you. oh, that is… quite convenient, thank you YOU FOOL! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE
CATACLYSM YOU’VE JUST BROUGHT ON?!? A TIME PARADOX WILL SURELY OCCUR! LOCKING
US IN AN INFINATELY REPEATING CYCLE!! Pfft, I mess with time all the
time and everything’s always fine, you need to stop watching conspiracy videos. huh, yeah nothing’s happening, I guess we’re fine yep, as long as nobody refreshes the page and
rewatches this whole video in its entirety…
