(soft, playful music)
- What's going on, guys?
Right now, I'm on location in Alaska,
filming episodes of Breaking Trail.
Now, a couple weeks ago,
a bunch of people wrote in and said, "Coyote,
"do you play Pokémon Go?
"Your job is kind of like the real Pokémon Go.
"You run around, and you catch animals."
And I do!
And I didn't know what Pokémon Go was, at first,
so I looked it up.
And as it turns out, it's a very popular app at the moment.
So I downloaded it on my phone.
And while I'm here in Alaska for two weeks filming,
I'm gonna see how many Pokémon I can actually catch.
You guys are gonna follow me around,
and we'll see what happens.
And according to this,
I gotta catch 'em all.
Here we go!
(soft, playful music)
(exciting tribal drumming music)
(birds chirp)
Ready?
- [Voiceover] Yeah.
- Alright, so we're just filming the intro, look at this!
There's literally one right there in front of us.
Hold on, let me see if I can get it.
Gotta get it a little closer.
Follow me, follow me, follow me, where is it?
There it is, there it is!
Look, look, look, look, look, look, look!
It's an Oddish, alright, ready?
I'm gonna get him. - [Voiceover] Go for it.
- [Coyote] One, two, three.
Oh, yes! - [Voiceover] You got him!
- "Gotchya!", it says.
Oddish was caught.
Look at that, my first Pokémon of the trip.
This is gonna be excellent!
- [Voiceover] And this is where it all began.
- Oh wow, this is totally cool.
I can see why you guys love playing this.
(triumphant music)
- [Voiceover] Coyote, what are ya doing?
- Just listening to the Pokémon Go soundtrack.
Love this jam.
Dude, are you playing now, too?
- What?
- Pokémon, you playing?
- No, dude, I'm answering email.
I got our ferry passes.
- You wanna play?
- No.
- Okey dokey.
(loud thud)
(playful music)
- [Coyote] The first day in Alaska was beautiful.
And as we cut across the backcountry,
you'd think I would be soaking in this epic landscape.
Instead, all I could think about
was catching my next Pokémon.
Eventually, we made our way to Mosquito Lake,
where we would be staying at the Swan View Cabins,
our base camp for the next two weeks.
While the goal was to start filming Breaking Trail episodes,
persistent rain made things difficult.
So I kept searching for Pokémons.
See that dog? That's Birch.
He also plays Pokémon Go.
I'm pretty good at catching animals, so it only makes sense
that I would be a Pokémon natural.
Yes, I got one!
- [Voiceover] What'd you get?
- Woo!
Check this out.
(laughs) Look, look, look.
(playful music)
Bulbasaur!
Pokémon, got 'em.
Yes! Good job, Birch.
Alright, going to look for more.
- Yeah, we haven't shot any videos this week.
Coyote had this idea like: hey, everybody wants us to
do a Pokémon Go video, it's like the new thing.
And I said, "Sure, let's have a little fun."
And it's spiraled out of control.
This guy is totally gripped by this game.
It's got its claws in him, and he can't get away.
He's all Pokémon Go. - Oh, Mark!
You've got like Pokéballs all around you right now.
Look at that, look at that!
Those look just like Pokéballs.
Only, I can't grab onto them, it doesn't seem like.
- You see what I mean?
Alright, check this out. Look, I know, look,
we caught the Bulbasaur.
Birch, the Bulbasaur, come here.
Birch.
(laughing) - [Voiceover] (laughing)
You found the Bulbasaur, now we need you to find a Pikachu.
Go get the Pikachu.
Go get it, go get a Pikachu.
Oh, he's hot on the trail, come on, let's go.
(playful music)
- [Coyote] There's one right there!
- [Voiceover] What are you doing?
- I got one, I caught one in this bush!
Back up, back up, Birch, come on, buddy.
Yes!
Dude, I caught one.
Yes!
A Caterpie, down there in the bushes.
How 'bout that?
Right here in Haines, Alaska.
Good dog, good dog, Birch.
I'm telling you, this dog knows where all the Pokémons are.
Alright, what's next?
Oh, he's going that way.
I'm coming!
(rustling)
- [Voiceover] Mario, what's been going on with Coyote, man?
- Man, Coyote has been so distracted with this Pokémon game
that he's running around like a crazy guy,
going to different corners of buildings and stores.
Sometimes, he's right next to me,
and I turn around like, "Hey, Coyote,"
and he's gone.
We don't even know where he's at.
(long grunt)
- Dude, no internet connectivity.
I can't get into the Pokémon app here, and we're in town.
- Well, look at those peaks, man.
Look how beautiful that is.
Just enjoy the scenery and the beauty of this.
We're in Alaska--
- We come into town once a day. This is the only place
I can actually catch Pokémon is right here in town.
Without service, how am I gonna catch any?
You don't understand, Mario.
The struggle is real.
- You're gonna have to take that phone away from him
on this trip.
(gravel stirring)
(grand classical music)
- I'm just hoping, deep down, that this is part of Coyote
and how he does things.
Anything he does, he takes on fully.
He's definitely method in his approach to presenting.
If's there's ever gonna be another animal video
in brave wilderness,
we're gonna need Coyote to snap out of this.
What's happening right now,
we don't have any videos, we're out.
Last Friday, no video, poof!
(playful piano music)
- [Coyote] Can't get this one.
- [Voiceover] Trying to get a photograph?
- No, it's a Pokémon.
- That's a reindeer.
- No, look how tiny it is, man.
That's not a reindeer.
That's a Pokémon.
- [Voiceover] It's a baby reindeer.
- Oh.
- Look, it's real,
See, see that?
Touch it, it's real.
It's not Pokémon, gimme your phone.
- I think that-- (quiet grunt)
- He used to be super enthusiastic about animals, but now
all he cares about is Pokémon.
(soft xylophone music)
- [Coyote] So, we were halfway into the trip, and so far,
we only had like one episode -
I don't know, about a salmon or something.
I mean, maybe I should've been concerned,
but I was catching Pokémons.
And that's what I came here to do.
I'd already caught like five of them.
Not bad in a week, considering the lack of phone service.
I don't know what Mark's all bent out of shape about.
He said, "Catch things."
What's it look like I'm doing?
This job isn't easy, you know.
Anyone out there who's catching Pokés, it's intense.
The minute your phone buzzes, and a Poké's nearby,
it's game-on.
I'd like to see Mark try to catch a Bulbasaur.
- I think I got a problem, man.
Mark's been pretty bummed out that I've been playing this
the whole time; we're not getting the shots.
Oh, there's one close, though, hold on.
Just one more.
- [Voiceover] Austin, what do you think
about this whole Pokémon thing?
- Dude, Pokémon Go is so sick.
- [Voiceover] So, can you catch Pikachu on this?
- Oh yeah, Pikachu's like one of the hardest ones
to ever come across.
I definitely don't have that one.
I only have six at this point.
- [Voiceover] Oh okay.
- [Voiceover] What are you doing, playing Pokémon?
- No, I'm just checking the area for Pokémon gyms,
but look at this: We're like in the middle of
the Alaskan wilderness. Absolutely nothing out here.
- [Voiceover] Yeah, but Mark said you shouldn't
be playing this, it's distracting you.
- [Voiceover] You don't think this is a problem?
- I don't know, man.
It is a little bit, but it's not that big of a deal,
because it's pretty sweet, dude.
We get exercise, we get to run around, we're in the woods.
Throwing, like, little balls,
trying to catch those little critters.
There's plenty of time in the day for this.
We have lots of minutes, lots of hours.
My man's gonna get that Pikachu, I know it.
Mad respect.
- [Voiceover] I got grahams, the chocolate,
got a few extra mallows there.
Gonna do some s'mores.
- So I caught my third Pidgey today.
It's kinda like a mix between a Cardinal and a Goldfinch.
It says that Pidgey has an extremely sharp
sense of direction.
I feel like I've got a good sense of direction.
- Wait, is that that Pokémon Go game again?
- Yeah, I'm just checking in on my Pokédex.
- I thought we talked about this, you gotta focus.
We're supposed to be out here making quality content.
- I know, this is, like, in-between time.
I can't wait to evolve this one,
it's gonna be so cool when it's fully grown.
- What do you mean fully grow?
- I gotta evolve it.
You put a little bit of time and effort
into taking care of it--
- At what point is this gonna, like, wear off, this fad?
- It's not, man.
This is, like, the coolest game that's out there right now.
Trust me, this game is awesome.
Just like catching real animals.
- You know what's not awesome?
- What?
- Our marshmallows.
- Oh.
- You had one job.
You had one thing you had to do right tonight.
- [Voiceover] My bad.
(laughing)
- You know, we came on this trip to Alaska,
because his lifelong goal was to work with the Wolverine,
and it's like he doesn't even care.
He's, like, out there, playing Pokémon Go.
And now it seems like his only goal is catching a Pikachu.
Honestly, I don't think there's ever going to be
another video of Breaking Trail, if he doesn't catch one.
So part of me is saying: I hope he does it.
- [Voiceover] Woo!
- Yeah, it's pretty distracting.
We've got a set segment to film.
(long grunt)
- There's no signal!
- I'm trying to go over some animal facts with him
to get the flow of things, and--
- What's wrong with this boat, it doesn't have any Wi-Fi!
(loud grunt)
- All he's talking about is Pikachu and Bulbasaur.
I don't know, I don't have Pokémon Go, so...
- Usually, Coyote is always on point.
He's the one thing on our shoots
that I don't have to worry about.
Coyote has enough drive to make any video work,
but lately we haven't been getting anything done.
I mean, I'm here to do a job, I'm laser beam, I'm boom!
I'm in there, trying to get the videos for you guys.
And now we got Coyote running around
catching Pokémon Go all the time.
And I was hoping maybe in Alaska
there'd be no cell phone service,
and maybe there would be any Pokémons.
They're everywhere!
All over the place, and so is Coyote.
In fact, I have no idea where he is right now.
- Dude, let's go find Coyote, haven't seen him in a while.
- My battery died, on my phone.
- [Voiceover] Good.
- It's done, I can't even use it!
Can't get all the Pokémon out!
- I think this is a good thing for you.
Ultimately, you're gonna look back on this,
and this is good.
- Dude, dude.
They can't evolve, if I can't get into my phone.
Do you understand?
I can't evolve the Pokémons, if I can't get into the phone.
Look at my face!
- We're on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
- And there's no electricity, none, none!
- No, it's a diesel-powered engine, there's none.
- None, none, my phone doesn't work, doesn't work.
- [Voiceover] Calm down, calm down.
- Alright, just leave him here.
He's kinda getting a little ravenous.
- I had gone over the edge.
Pokémon Go consumed me.
Well, guys, at this juncture, I think it's fair to say
that I may have developed a little bit of a problem.
I know everybody wanted me to make a Pokémon Go video,
but we've gone two weeks now in Alaska,
and unfortunately I don't think we got any episodes,
other than some of this Pokémon content,
and I think everybody's gonna be really bummed.
I mean, I didn't catch, or even see, a single wild animal
while I was out there.
I did catch a bunch of Pokémon Go's,
but those don't turn into episodes of Breaking Trails.
So I guess until we hit the next location,
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave.
Stay wild.
See you on the next location.
(gasp) Look at that, level four!
(mischievous music)
I'm just kidding, guys.
We got tons of amazing animal content in Alaska,
including one very awesome episode with a wolverine.
(mischievous music)
Thanks for joining us On Location.
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on this season of Breaking Trail.
(wild animal noises)
(birds chirping)