(heart beating) - Oh, God. - What? - I missed a Fury Swipes. This Tentacool confused me. - Oh, no! - Well, let's see how this goes. There's nothing I can do, right? I don't have like
a Persim Berry. - I don't think so. - Crap. Greetings, Poke fans! Michael here, and today, I
am joined by my lovely friend John aka PokeMEN7 who, as
of recording this video, is very close to
100,000 subscribers. So, go subscribe to
him, if you haven't, regardless of whether
he's hit it or not, and maybe congratulations. We'll find out. But regardless, today, he and I are gonna be playing Pokemon,
but we only have one HP! We have each given
ourselves a Shedinja. His is GlassBones,
mine is PaperSkin. Leave a like on the video
if you get the reference, and it's over leveled, just
'cause that's kinda necessary. And how Shedinja works is
that it only has one HP. Look at that, one out of one. However, it can only be damaged
by super effective hits. The idea is that he and
I are going to progress through Emerald
as far as we can, and the last person
standing is the winner. And you stop standing
once your Shedinja has fainted three times. - We have identical, oh,
I cannot say Shedinja. - Yeah, you cannot
say "Shedninja," John. There's no N after
the D. (laughs) - For this challenge, we both
have identical Shedinjas. They have Silver
Wind, Shadow Ball, Confused Ray, and Fury Swipes. They have 31 IVs in
every single stat. No EVs. We'll see which ones
we get along the way. And of course, we had
to have leftovers, as that is just the best
item for this Pokemon. - Yeah, I was gonna say it
makes us take more damage from knockoff, but
like, then I remembered anything kills us. Okay, here we go! Three, two, one, go! We're doing a
gentleman's agreement. You just have to
keep progressing. No, dawdling about, not
fighting trainers, and such. - Do we have to battle
every wild battle? Is that part of this? - Ooh, we should've
figured that out first. - Well, we're here, so. (laughs) - Yes. - Okay, I like that. That's what I thought, I
just wanted to make sure. - Oh, winner! John named us both winner. So, one of us will
be the actual winner, and the other one will be sad. I got 69 experience! One of the best
parts of gen three. So, we have to catch
other Pokemon, right? - Do we? - I mean, no. Okay, eventually yes, but-- - Yeah. - Not until Rock Smash. - We should just like,
don't catch a Pokemon unless you need one, 'cause
that's like such a lame way to just dawdle about. - Yeah. - We're making it so if
you want to skip trainers or if you want to go
against trainers, you can. But obviously, the
more trainers you skip, you're getting closer
to stronger trainers,
which is scary. And you know, if you
go against too many, maybe you go against the
person that ruins your life. - Oh, wait. I'm just about to
buy an antidote, and I was like, "Wait, no,
that's not gonna matter." You know, it's kind of funny. I think when a Shedinja's
Facebook, Facebook entries? What just happened? (laughing) - I haven't friended a
Shedinja on Facebook yet. What's he talk about? - One of its Pokedex
entries, I think says, if you look into the back of
it, it will consume your soul. And it's just like, this
back sprite every battle. Either my soul's gone, or
the Pokedex is full of crap. I think I still have my soul. I'm not seeing any (yelling). (laughing) Well, he closed his eyes
when he threw the Poke Ball. How have I never noticed that? Well, keep your eye on the ball! - Well, he's terrified. A man wet himself, mid-throw. (laughing) - Before he recorded I was like, "All right, John, I'm gonna
go pee before we get started." And then John says, "Go off." (laughing) It also sounds like you're
instructing me to miss. - Hey, you know what? Go off the script, right? Come on, man. You're 26 at this point. You've gone to the bathroom
normally so many times. It's not my problem
if we mess up. - All right, John. Which one of us do you think
is gonna get the Omniboost from Silver Wind first, and really appreciate
the defense buffs? - Ooh. (laughs) That is a really good question. I mean, I'm hoping for
a nice special defense, or a special offensive
buff, but that's just me. - Oh yeah, that
doesn't help us either. It's literally just
a booster or attack. That's the only
thing that helps. No, speed! - Speed. No, speed's even more
important, honestly. - Yeah. - 'Cause this
thing is very slow. I mean, it's kind
of, yeah, it's dead. It's just possessing
like a husk. - My thing is like,
it's floating, so it's like why can't
you just float faster? I'll never forget, John
that video you made that was like ranking
all the gen four Pokemon you could beat in a fight. (laughing) And you did Bronzor, and said
that you could just throw it like a frisbee. That made me so mad,
because I'm like, "What are you
talking about, John? "The thing is a psychic
disc that floats. "You throw it, it just
stops itself in midair." (laughing) What? - I'm taking it to a wall. I'm just throwing it
really close to the wall over and over again. - Is your arm stronger
than its psychic force? - I don't know. Pokemon aren't real. I'm just making
stuff up. (laughs) - Wrong stuff! - See, we'll eventually
do fifth gen, 'cause I know you
said you wanted to. I think that would be fun
to do a followup of that. And I think half
of the fun will be, I'm just gonna say
outrageous things that I think would
just be funny, and you're gonna be
like, "God dammit, man!" (laughing) "That's not realistic at all!" - What are you talking about? (laughing) - It's so interesting
doing these things where I don't know what's
happening on your side, because I always go between, I don't want to be
lagging behind on-- - Oh, oh! Sorry to interrupt, but
I got the Omniboost! - Oh, man. - Does that mean I
get an extra life? - Nope. - Dang it. - The interesting thing
is the only reason to go against trainers
right now is for the EVs. 'Cause it's not like at
the level we're at now, you go against the
gym, or you don't. Nothing's gonna change. So, it is interesting of
like, do you want to go against the trainers
before or after the gym? - Yeah. Unfortunately, the
thing about EVs though, is that they don't come into
play until you level up. Have you gotten the Omniboost
from Silver Wind at all yet? - I haven't really used
a lot of Silver Wind. I kinda try to save those. if I can use Shadow Ball,
I always use Shadow Ball. - I've only used it four times,
and I've gotten it twice. (laughing) - Oh, wow. - Yeah. (upbeat music) We need to make
TikToks more often. They're just never a priority. - No, no. I'm actually, I'm trying
to be better with that. I think like every... Now we're just
doing conversations that would never make a video. (laughing) - I mean, I think it
might make the video. I just beat the gym! (laughing) And I leveled up! (laughing) ♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo-loo,
doo, doo, doo-doo-loo ♪ ♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo-loo,
doo, doo, boo-dah-loo ♪ ♪ Boo, boo, boo-dah-loo,
boo, boo, boo-dah-loo ♪ - So, we're gonna go
through Granite Cave in the dark, right? - Oh, I guess so, yeah. - 'Cause we don't have
to catch flash to do it. (gasping) What was that noise? (laughs) - I missed Fury Swipes. (laughing) But it's worked out fine. - No, man, that was you
getting your soul sucked out. - Any thoughts? You lost yours first. How's that been going? - I feel a sudden
urge to consume K-pop. (laughing) I was trying to think
of something (laughs), and that was the first thing
that came into my head. Oh, I shoulda just said
I don't like (mumbling). No, that's dumb. I give up. (laughing) - You know what? Hey, the beauty of
a video like this is we got a billion tries to
say something entertaining. - That's true. - And also, we never
know when the editor's just gonna be like,
"You know what? "They're not really funny,
but I can make fun of them." (laughing) Ooh, Mikey, so we're at
this point of the game where I have two different ideas of different held
items we could have that would be more beneficial. I am not going to tell
you what they are. I'm gonna let you-- - Oh, wait! I know one of them! - Right, but that's,
yeah, I'm giving you those context clues, but
I just want you to know I'm changing my item
from the joke item. - Okay. I remember the exact guy who gave me the item
that I was thinking of. - I would hope so. Well, I mean I'm assuming you've played this
game a billion times, but I guess I don't
actually know. I just know it's
your first game. - Yeah, I never really was using the particular item
I'm thinking of. You know (people speaking
over each other). It's the silk scarf. - Well, yeah, of course. You didn't want your
Pokemon to be fashionable? - Not when I was little. I wanted them to be powerful. - You don't want them to
take down a gym leader and flip their scarf
around dramatically? - Okay, now, I do. I remember those sleeping
medicine commercials. - The what commercials? - Nowadays, they
say, "Do not drive "or operate large machinery," but I feel like they
used to just say, "Do not operate
large machinery," And I would think to myself,
"Okay, that's not a concern. "I don't know how to
drive a forklift anyways." (laughing) - Wait, does that mean we can
go operate large machinery? - I'm legally allowed to operate a particular kind
of large machinery. - But is it a cool crane-- - No, it's a car, John. - Yeah, but my crane can pick
up your car, and drop it. - Are you legally allowed
to operate a crane? - I don't know. Maybe. - I don't think you are. - So, if I legally find
out how to operate a crane can I pick up your
car and drop it? - No! - Be kind of fun. I mean, you know,
wouldn't bother me, and I'd get to see what happens when you drop a
car with a crane. That'd be cool. - My third channel will be
large machinery destruction. (laughing) I've got MandJTV, MandJTV Plays, then MandJTV Pays for lots of
things, and then breaks them. - Yeah, that was
actually really good. I didn't expect you to come up
with something that quickly. - Sometimes-- - Bravo!
(clapping) - My wit is on my side. Wait, what'd you just clap for? - You. - Oh, thank you. - (laughs) I said, "Bravo,"
and then I clapped. (heart beating) - Oh, God. - What? - I missed a Fury Swipes, and
this Tentacool confused me. - Oh, no! - Well, let's see how this goes. There's there's nothing
I can do, right? I don't have like
a Persim Berry. - I don't think so. - Crap. (heart beating) No! (laughs) No! Ugh! - Wow, I did not think, like, I didn't think it would
happen this early, but I really hoped
this would go that way, where just unexpected
things happened, and it caught us very off-guard. - Oh, okay. Yeah, brutal. - That is a learning experience that one of us was
gonna walk into, and I am going to look
at every Tentacool with fright and terror. - I shouldn't of
said why. (laughs) - Yeah, there's no way. We're not clever enough
in these challenges to ever have
something bad happen, and then be quiet
about it. (laughs) - Yeah, that's true. I also think that it makes it
more entertaining if we're-- - Oh, God, yeah. - Loud about it. (laughs) - Oh, I didn't battle
that second gym. I have no idea what's going on. Going to go do
that, then. (laughs) Oh, speaking of bag fumbling, if you run into an Aron,
everything is sad and scary. - I repelled all
the way through. - Oh, is that
something we're doing? - We never said we
were not allowed to. - Yeah, but that's
just gonna make the recording time
go much longer. - Well, I've been
doing it so far, John! What, do you want
me to stop now? - I don't know! I was just telling you
that you've extended this recording session. That's on you. I'm just gonna go
buy Repels now. - We never specified! I take no blame for this! I was doing the best
strategy available. - Yeah. Well, I mean, the beauty of it is now you've really helped
out the old John guy, as I am on a boat to a
different city to get Repels. I'm on a boat, I'm on a boat. I need Repels, give me Repels. - I need to learn to
keep my damn mouth shut. (laughing) - Are we allowing axe items? - I bought some. (laughing) - John, you should know by now that even if it's a
silly competition, if I see an opportunity to
give myself an advantage, I'm gonna take it. - I know you do. - I'm waiting for the
day when you realize that these decisions you make
extend our recording times by hours sometimes. (laughs) And wondering what
you care more about. - To be fair, John, I'm not the one
editing my videos. - Yeah, that is very fair. But this sneaky, smart attempt
is blowin'' up in your face because unfortunately, we are
in the one city in Pokemon where you cannot buy items,
which makes no sense. They're landlocked. Like it's you have to
take a boat to this place and they don't have
a store to buy items. - Yeah. - Who allowed that? - And let's not move
to Dewford, John. - I don't want to! I like to buy things. I mean, if we're buying
potions there for a Pokemon I assume there's
food for us there. And if I don't get it
there, do I have to fish? I don't want to do that. - Just fish for toilet paper. - Oh, no! (laughs) Oh, no! - And other necessities. Teach a man to fish. (laughing) - Yeah, that's very true. - And he'll we never
have a dirty butt hole. (laughing) (laughing) How much backtracking
is allowed? - I mean, if you're
backtracking, and like the reason
is actually helpful, you can, sure, go
as long as you want. If the backtracking is just so that you don't do things
for 20 minutes, (laughs) that might be a little dicey. - The purpose would be
for catching an HM Pokemon that is available where I am,
but it's weaker elsewhere, and therefore, is
easier to catch. - I don't know, sure. (laughs) - Okay, well, I'm not
gonna do that yet. The Hipster? Have I heard about
Loser? (laughs) What's it mean? Well, ask your daddy
or mommy, okay? What? - Dude, you gotta fight
them, I think right now. - I think I just got-- - Throw the gauntlet. - I think I just got
insulted. (laughs) Screw the Hipster. (laughing) I wish I could ride
my bike indoors so I could run over his feet. Hold on, can can we
agree to stop our, no! God! - (laughs) I'm overwhelmed! What's happening? - Ugh! I lost another life! You don't have to tell me how. I'm just-- - I'm not telling you how! I'm really embarrassed! - That's fine. Like, I almost had
a heart attack. (laughing) - Why do I have to be the
one learning the lessons about what Pokemon
are dangerous? - I have no- - Both times were because
of Fury Swipe misses. - I think it's because
you're using Fury Swipes significantly more than I am. - Yeah, I should lean
on Silver Wind more. - I will for, you know what? The sake of your great looks and overflowing
amounts of charisma, I'll do something that
I assume could be risky, but could also just end up being
nothing, but you know what? - You gonna do the wind streaks? - Yeah. - All right. (laughing) - All right, you're
not doing anything super important, right? - No, I am, actually. I'm battling the gym. - Hmm. I'll save this comment,
and we will decide whether or not it
should be left in later. (laughing) It's really, actually,
it's not even that bad. It's just something
that is staring at me, and for some reason it's very
funny after all of this time I'm just staring at it. (laughing) - Well, now I
really want to know. - Well, it's just the
fact that I keep looking at the name GlassBones,
and at this point, I'm only assBones. (laughing) We like to have fun here. (playful music) What level is yours at? - 44. - Oh, okay. Mikey, I'm realizing
that I don't know off the top of my head
all of the Pokemon that get Rock Smash. And I don't think I've ever
had a predicament like this where it's like I'm worried
to go into the glass. The thing is I know
we'll have Rock Smash, or gonna have Rock
Moves a lot of the time. - Sorry. This is spicier than I
thought it was gonna be, and we're okay! All right. (sighing) My heart's beatin'. - You're getting all the
spicy things over there. You're gonna give
yourself a heart attack. - Yeah. Why'd you make me do this? - This was your idea! (laughing) This is the one that
you liked! (laughs) - The video is your idea. I wasn't the one who
wanted to do it. (laughs) - I am so stupid. I didn't even go get Rock Smash, and I'm not gonna go
backtrack at this point, 'cause that would just,
I can't have my stupidity helping me, so I'm just gonna
go buy a bunch of Great Balls and make sure I catch
multiple things. - I didn't get Rock
Smash either. (laughs) Looks like I gotta go get that. - Yeah. - I didn't get too
far from the city. - No, well, I know I'm ahead, so I'm definitely not going
to delay my way to a lead by running back, at this point. I messed up like an idiot. I'm gonna go figure it
out like a John guy. Oh, you've gotta be kidding me. I didn't lose a life, but because of my
frickin' Zigzagoon, I'm now caught at
a double battle. - Oh! Oh, my God, I didn't
even think about that! - I didn't either. - Oh, my God. Maybe just use axe
items, or berries, or something on the Zigzagoon. - Am I allowed to Growl? - Yeah, you have one HP. Yeah, Growl's not gonna
affect them in any way. Either they're gonna
hit, or they're not. - I mean, I think Lotad and
Seedot, they're level six. I don't think the Seedot
knows any moves that can hit. It's biting. Okay, yeah, I win. (laughing) Oh, that's something we're
gonna have to think about, from now, on. - Yeah.
(laughing) Yeah, that is important. - Are you willing to
share where you are in the game right now? I'm just curious. - Oh, I just healed
from the old lady after the fiery path of doom. - Oh, you're way
ahead of me now. - Yeah. I mean, you already almost
lost your third life to the double battle,
so I'm at this point, okay, clearly, I have
just bull rushed this, and it's worked out, so
I'm gonna keep bull rushing until it doesn't work out. We have three
lives for a reason. - Yep. - I'm not doing anything-- - You could lose one. Just one. I'm not asking
for a win anymore. I know that'd be a
really uphill battle. But if you could lose just one, it would make me feel a
little better! (laughs) - Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. - Did you lose one? - No, I-- - Why would you? - Well, because I'm
staring In the face of possible death
and destruction. - Ooh, tell me more. - So, it's he's
looking up to the sky and looking down on
me, which is already-- - The Skarmory. - Yeah. I remember that sprite well. - Yeah. - Fight! - Yeah, so this is really
gonna come down to, does the game like me, or
is GlassBones a monster? (heart beating) Let's see. He's not a monster. Game, do you like me? The game loves me! - Dang it! Freakin' dang it! - It lived with one, too. Like, literally one. - What did, the Skarmory? - The Skarmory, yeah. - Oh, my God. - Yeah. (laughs) That was as close as it gets! Oh, boy. ♪ Back to Repels,
back to Repels ♪ ♪ That was scary,
back to Repels ♪ - Back to Repels. - That's another Skarmory! Dammit.
(laughing) - What does it even know
at that point in the game? Does it know a flying move? - I would assume so, or maybe it's just
too egotistical to
learn any bird moves. It's just steel, although
I credit haystack. You know, and now
there's a Swellow! I assume I kill this, but
hopefully, it doesn't have, oh, Swellow's even faster! Oh, crap. Oh crap, oh crap. Okay, I want speed. Okay, okay. We're not at the point where
Swellows out-speed us yet. Ooh, no, I'm not gonna do that. I was gonna risk something
really stupid for that. I mean, I can't be pulling
a Purplecliffe. (laughing) - Ooh! Ooh! - Boom, boom. - Ooh! Am I allowed to
change move sets? - I don't know, screw it. Yeah. I don't see why. I mean, if you've come
up with some like very, oh, you're just gonna
get rid of Fury Swipe for a normal move
that doesn't miss. - That is correct. - Yeah. (laughs) Yeah, no. I mean, absolutely go for it. - I did. (laughs) Literally, I was
prepped to click, and as soon as you said, "I
don't see why not," I did it. - That woulda been
funny if you're like, "I did that 20 minutes ago." (laughing) - Ooh, that's a Skarmory. Now, I'm thinking
that's gonna be hard, considering you still
haven't had a single loss. - Yeah. I am on my way to Flannery. - Oh, I out-code it. All right, thank God. Where are you right now? - I'm about to go fight the,
is it the team magma people? - Yeah. - I don't know. Something very
interesting just occurred. - Ooh. - It is something
that is unavoidable, so I will just let
you experience it, because your reactions
will be fun for me, and maybe only me, but it is definitely terrifying. - Wait, so you're
not telling me? - Oh, my God! Okay. I'm not. Because it's an
unavoidable thing. You will have to experience it, and there's no reason
to alert you of it 'cause you're not gonna
do anything differently, and I want to see your reaction. - Of course you-- - If that all makes sense. - Away with it, and
don't lose during it. - Let's go! (laughs) Oh my God! Yes! If I told you what just
happened, you'd strangle me. Oh, my God. - I already want to
strangle you, man. - Yeah, well, that's
why I'm not telling you, 'cause I think you
might actually reach
through the computer and I'd be very scared. 'Cause I'm so used to, if
you know one thing about me, (gasps) double battle! - What was that
falsetto? (laughs) That was incredible! - Yeah, it was for you,
it was for the crowd, and it was for my first death. - Oh, you got one! Yes! - Well, no, no, no, no, no. Don't celebrate yet. It should be guaranteed. I'm in a double battle. This is where we find out
how much Pokemon Emerald wants you to feel pain. Okay, who is least likely
to hit me with a fire move? Mikey, this is big. This is my big moment. Level 50, even. The stakes are rising. Makuhita, level nine. Don't care. Didn't ask. It went for a Growl! It hates Mikey! He's gonna kill me! I'm just gonna make
sure I keep my distance. I am scared. This game is so mean
to that poor man. Mikey, I am sorry. Oh, my God.
(fire crackling) I am untouchable. (laughs) I'm at a point where
now I'm getting upset that I didn't just try to
do like how long can I go just with a Shedinja
as its own video? (laughing) I'm wasting outrageous luck
on a concept that I coulda-- - Your Shedinja's also
hella over-leveled. You know, you
wouldn't get very far with just like a
regularly leveled one. - He's special, and he doesn't
need to know that, Mikey. Okay? - Dude, I just got a PP up. - Proud of you, buddy. - Well, John and I just
had to take a dinner break. (laughing) That's how long we've
been doing this. - Yup. (laughs) - Don't know how long the
final video's gonna be, but we've been going
for three hours. - The overwhelming part
of the dinner break is like I'm at the fire gym, which we didn't think
we would get to. And I also assumed if we
got here, we would lose, but now it looks like I might
just destroy the fire gym. I don't think this
will ever end. (laughing) - What did Norman's
Pokemon know? - Death and destruction. I think that's
probably where it ends. - 'Cause Norman's
Pokemon, we can't use. Shadow Ball's our best
move by far, obviously, but we can't use that on them. And so, if Silver
Wind or a normal move doesn't kill 'em, then... - I'm gonna get there. I'm gonna luck my
way to victory, and then I'm gonna
just keep on going. We'll go to the flying person. It just, it won't end. You can't think
too hard about it. You just gotta get
back to saying nonsense and hope people
think it's funny. - Nonsense. (laughing) (clapping) - Mikey, I have, wait. I think I actually did it. I figured out the
Flannery puzzle! - Hooray? - Okay. Let's see how this goes. This is a moment
of truth. (laughs) - I can't believe we're gonna
get like, at least one of us, probably gonna get four
fricking badges for one video. - Yeah. - All right, I'm
finally fighting Maxie. - I'm fighting the Camerupt, so this is a moment of
truth for both of us. - Fighting the Camerupt. ♪ Bum,
ba-da-dum-bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ ♪ Ba,
da-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-m
♪ ♪ Ba,
da-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-ba ♪ ♪ Ba-da, la-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba ♪ ♪ Ba-da, la-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba,
ba-la, la-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba ♪ ♪ Ba-la, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba,
ba-la, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba ♪ Okay, I did it. Okay. Torkoal's level 29? - Yeah. there's a bit. Yeah, that's quite a bit
of a jump, isn't it, huh? - Oh, my God. I think the last
thing I was like, 26. Okay. - Camerupt now? - Sunny day, if you don't die. Sunny day, if you don't die. It overheated me! My dreams are dead! - (laughs) All right,
I'm not getting swept. - The perfect video! It's no more! - Oh, wow. Have we reached
the wall? (laughs) - I have one trick
up my sleeves. - What, are you
gonna confuse it? - Well, it wouldn't be
a trick if I told you. It'd be a treat. I think this will work. I'm not sure. We're at an interesting,
we're at an impasse. It's gonna be very
interesting to see how we proceed at
this point, but-- - 'Cause we're not allowed
to spend a while grinding. - No. God, no. That wouldn't. I mean, at that point we just
hack our Pokemon to level 100, get rid of 20 hours of grinding, and then see how long
it goes. (laughs) Aha! Okay, it did work out. Cool. - You be Flannery? - No, no, no. God, no, no, no, no. Just that I went back
to check something, and then I did not end
up going back in vain. I keep trying to think of
ways around this final battle, but it's so daunting. - Yeah, it is. The fact that you can't OHKO. You can't OHKO. The Torkoal's rough. - Yeah, I'll give you this. I'm gonna go against it
at least one more time before you do it, but
after that, I do not care. I am not going to let you
get away with not beating it. If you can go and beat
her, hats off to you. Maybe you'll end up winning it. (laughs) I am not gonna just
go lose to her three times as you're slowly making
your way there, so. Be warned, get your
strategy ready. - I'm starting to
get nervous. (laughs) - As you should. - The fact that like, of
course your first death is like a unskippable
gym leader, you know? And not just a random mistake. - I mean, I am making
my way back there. So, what I did was, I mean, I won't say exactly
what I did it, but I went out, went back
to get something specific, did get the thing specific,
and now I'm making my way back and just going against
into the trainers on that path that I
hadn't gone against. So, I'm not doing
any shenanigans. I'm just doing things
that I had skipped as I was charging forward
like a raging bull. I keep going through
different scenarios in my mind of things I can do,
and no matter what, it comes back to
a leap of faith. - Yeah. - And that is the
scariest part of this, but I wouldn't want
it any other way. It's the most exciting
way this could go. And me never figuring out how to get through
this freaking gym. God dammit. God! (expectant music) No! My strategy didn't work. - Oh, that's unfortunate. - Good luck, King Mikey. Well, I'm running errands. (laughing) I promise you I'm biking on
the Mach Bike to do them, but I am running
errands because there's, I have ideas that I
am trying to execute. So, I don't know. I mean, you can
do what you want, and I will attempt the gym, but there's things I want
to do before I do that, that are preparation
for the gym. (laughs) - Yeah, you do you, buddy. I left. When I went ahead of you
unnecessarily, I left trainers. I knew what I was
getting myself into. You take all the time
you want, buddy. (laughs) - Crap. - Now, hey, if you want
the win, you gotta earn it. And if you earn it, I
would be more than happy to crown you the real winner. And there is always a
chance that I find a way to completely mess
this up. (laughs) I just find a way to lose a
Pokemon against these level 12s. Mikey, are you being serious? - I'm not in a battle. I'm looking for something. - Okay, I was like,
"Wow, did he lose? "Did he come out of
the call?" (laughs) What's going on there? - I'm focusing (laughs),
but it's not in a battle. I'm doing a task that
I'm not entirely sure is going to net me the thing
I think it will net me, but it's an honest effort. - I could not even imagine
what's going on over there. (laughing) - Oh, crap. (laughs) - At least I like with
what you're doing, the anticipation is
beyond growing right now. I am like, so curious. - It'll be maybe worth it! (laughing) - What am I allowed to look up? - Oh, I assumed you had
looked up to figure out what-- - No, I haven't
looked up anything. - Oh, okay. Please, for the love of God, whatever you're
trying to look up, just look up that one thing. - Okay. I'm doing the, yes! I'm doing the right thing! - Okay. - I'm not wasting my time! Okay, okay. All right, I just
have to keep trying. (laughing) - I'm so curious. (laughing) This is killing me. - I know, it's killing me, too! Hmm! I did it! Yes! I got the thing I wanted! And another thing I didn't need! - Is this like a
guaranteed win now? It's just now I have to
wait to see what happens. - I don't not know if
it's a guaranteed win. - Okay. - All right, well, I
did the thing I wanted. - Yeah, I've heard. (laughing) - And now, I make my way back. What are you doing,
battling trainers? - Yeah. (laughs) Yes, I am. I'm battling a lot of trainers. - My name Jeff. (laughing) - Is that the point
you're at? (laughs) - I'm just fighting a
trainer, a trainer named Jeff. - I mean, if this would
give anything away, which I can't imagine it would, because this has been so
secretive and confusing, is this like a, you do it,
there's a chance you just win, or are you still gonna
be based off of hoping some luck's involved? Is this like there's
a chance for failure, even if it goes
well kind of stress. or what kind of stress
are we working with? - The stress is-- - Let me live vicarious
through this moment. - The stress is that I don't
know what I'm doing will work. - Okay, so it's a boom or bust. - It's a boom or bust situation. I know I can't reasonably
delay long enough for you to be forced
into an attempt again. - Right. - I'm going with
the one idea I have, and that's all
I've got. (laughs) Oh, no! - What? - Oh, I'm in the double battle. - No, no! Mikey! No! - It might just end here. I might've just, oh my God. - If it does end
here, the outro's gotta be you trying
this strategy. Or I mean, I guess
you could just not because it might make you sad. I don't know. (expectant music) - One down. - Oh, okay! - I mean, I outspent
and KO'd the first one. - Oh. - So, I don't know what the
second one's gonna do yet. Zigzagoon's gaining levels. Yes, it went for
bind on Zigzagoon! - Hey! Okay! We're back in it! I'm so curious! (laughing) I'm so invested! I want to know the
freaking strategy. This is the kinda
thing in Pokemon. I mean, this is what got
me back into Pokemon, learning competitive Pokemon,
all of these crazy strategies. And I am just so, my
curiosity is so piqued. I just, I want to know what
you're attempting so bad. (laughing) Okay, time for the
bike path. (laughs) - What are you, wait. What were you
doing before, then? - I've only battled trainers. - Oh my God! You skipped so many! - Yeah. - Okay, I had to beat
all the gym trainers. I'm gonna-- - Okay. - I'm gonna heal, and then I
have one more errand to run. - God dammit. (laughs) - Well, maybe I do. I'm not sure I do or not. I have to check something. - I'm on the edge
of my seat, man! (laughing) What level are you
at, out of curiosity? - I am... I think I'm... Hold on, I'm in the middle
of another task right now. - [John] Okay. (laughs) - Oh, God. All right. I'm 52. - Okay. - Well, done all I can. - Okay. - Don't all I can without
grinding against wild Pokemon. - Did you figure it out? Do you think you figured it out? - I don't know if I figured
it out, but I have an idea. - All right, I've
reached Flannery! Here it is! - (laughs) This is killing me! - I mean, yeah, I have to beat the first couple Pokemon
first, before it even matters. (suspenseful music) All right, one down. Numel is down. Slugma. Slugma's down. Camerupt. (suspenseful music) Camerupt's down! (laughing) Here's the Torkoal. (torkoal growling) (suspenseful music) Oh, no! No! I was so close! It has red HP, man! - Oh! Did it kill you? - Yeah, of course. Yeah, it went for overheat. - Okay. - I was so close. - My heart's beating
out of control. - I thought it was gonna
go all the way down, man. I thought it would. - So, what happened? I mean, you brought this back and made the ending as
exciting as possible, which is, I didn't really
know that, that could happen, so I'm so curious. - You said you couldn't kill
the Torkoal so I was like, "I have to make Shedinja
as strong as possible." So, I spent all my
money on Protein. - Okay, that's what I
thought was a possibility. - And then realized, "Oh crap. "I won't get the EVs
until I level up." - (laughs) So, you (people
speaking over each other) candy. - So, I went to Granite
Cave to get the Rare Candy, and was biking over
cracks in the dark. - Why didn't you just
do the Puzzle Master? - Oh, I forgot about him. - I could tell you did 'cause you were so
confused with trainers. And I was like, "Well, I'm
gonna go get this Rare Candy." (laughing) - Oh, well, now I'm
embarrassed. (laughs) - Well no, 'cause-- - Maybe I could've
gotten another level 'cause I was so close! I haven't pressed A. I'm leaving it on this screen. Ugh! - Man-- - If I remembered
the Trick House, maybe I could've gotten
another Rare Candy and that would've been enough. - That was a really
good shot, though. - I'm kicking myself for
completely forgetting about the Trick House. Oh, my God. I feel so stupid. Oh, well guys, thank you
so much for watching. I tried hard, but I lost. If I hadn't missed
those Fury Swipes I coulda just gone to
get the other Rare Candy. Try it again! But no, it's probably
for the best we stopped. We've been recording
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