Now when we think of Pokemon we think of the fun game, or even the cute and loveable pokemon
like Pikachu.
And when you think of the franchise in general, it isnt scary at all right!?
Wellll think again.
I guess you got to catch em all….
Or else.
Dun dun duuuh.
Hey everyone and welcome back to Most Amazing Top Ten and welcome to another video from
me, your host, lindsay Ivan.
Today I will be sharing with you the dark side of pokemon as we count down the top 10
scariest pokemon stories.
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Now Pokemon started back in the 1980’s.
It was originally created by Satoshi Tajiri,(ta-ger-e) the writer of pokemon and ken sugimori, the
illustrator.
It originally started off as a gaming magazine series, before turning into a trading game,
and video game.
In february in 1996 the first Pokemon game was released for the Gameboy.
From then Pokemon has become the second largest gaming franchise.
Now for all you Pokemon fans out there you know that Pokemon isn’t a game to keep you
up at night..
Unless well you are literally playing it all night.
Anywaysl the true origin of some of these pokemons may just give you the chills.
This leads us to our 10th spot.
Whose that pokemon!
Its yamask
Yamask is a ghost type pokemon.
This pokemon does appear to look more on the creepy side since it is literally carrying
around a head, Well thats because it is..
Sort of.
when i was younger, i thought it was a shield..
Ah how naive i was.
Apparently yamask is carrying around its old face when it used to be a human.
Now that it is deceased it still holds onto how it used to look like, literally and emotionally.
It misses when it was human and sometimes even cries when it looks at its old face.
This pokemon just longs to be human again.
That's terrifying you are literally fighting a dead person.
This pokemon then evolves into cofagrigus who then, if you get to close will turn you
into a mummy and drain you of your life.
http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/07/15/10-pokemon-inspired-by-creepy-legends-and-lore/ For number 9 we have cubone.
Cubone is a ground pokemon known for carrying a bone and wearing a skull mask, Now the origin
of cubone is quite sad and scary.
Apparently Cubone is an orphan whose mother passed away when he was young.
Cubone still morns the loss of his mom and in fact, that skull on his face… its his
moms.
He wears it for protection and comfort.
And that bone he carries, is also a limb from his mother’s body.
That is so sad..
And horrific..
Now this raises the question.
Since there are tons of cubone pokemon… does that mean they all experience this trauma?
Coming in at number 8 we have froslass.
Now froslass is another one of those innocent looking pokemon.
But her origin is pretty disturbing.
Apparently froslass is based off of the legend of Yukinko.
Yukinko is a young woman who would use her looks to lure men to their death.
Those who fell for her trap would die from her icy breath, or from a blizzard that she
would create.
Once you are at her mercy, she will even drink your blood..
She is often seen carrying a popsicle, which contains the souls of her victims.
She is also know for kidnapping children.
In the pokemon realm, Froslass is known for freezing any trainer that she likes and taking
them to her lair.
Now if that isn't family friendly, then I don't know what is
In 7th place we have sableye.
Sableye is a purple ghost type pokemon with diamond looking eyes.
Now this pokemon doesn't look too scary, but apparently it was created based on an urban
legend known as the Hopkinsville Goblin.
Back in 1955 there were several supposed encounters with an extraterrestrial looking creature.
It occurred around a family farm house where multiple people said they saw this creature
and saw UFO type lights in the sky.
They also reported numerous accounts of being tormented by this creature with it tapping
on the window, doors, and scaring their children.
Other witnesses of this creature include police officers and state troopers.
They all described this creature relatively the same with pointy ears, bright glowing
eyes, a slim body, and sharp claws.
They also said that this creature would move in a twitching manor, which is the same movement
pattern of Sableye.Spooky right?
Even years later all of the witnesses stories matched and corroborated.
For number 6 we have Phantump Okay for this next pokemon...there’s nothing
scary about them, it literally just looks like a tree stump with glowing eyes, totally
harmless..
Welllll in reality, this pokemon is based on another japanese legend known as the stump
of Kodama.
It is thought that nature spirits roam the forest and embody themselves as trees.
If someone were to cut down these trees then they would become cursed.
In pokemon phantumps are tree stumps that are possessed by the spirit of deceased children.
If that wasn't bad enough they can even mimic the sound of a child’s voice to lure victims
to the forest.
This is literally reminding me of the stephen king movie in the tall grass… if you guys
know what im talking about leave a comment down below.
I think what makes this even more terrifying is that when you play pokemon you come across
them fairly often, meaning that there are tons of deceased children roaming throughout
the game.
We are now at our half way point with the pokemon none other than Drowzee.
Now the pokemon drowzee doesn't look frightening at all.
He’s kind of chubby and dopey looking and honestly add some hair on his head and he
kind of looks like my uncle ..... Harmless right?
WRONG.
Drowzee is actually based on the creature named Baku, also known as the dream eater.
Just as its name suggests, Baku would eat children’s bad dreams, so they can have
a peaceful sleep.
Awww thats nice of him right?
WRONG AGAIN.
If Baku is still hungry after eating the child’s bad dream, then he will start to devour the
positive dreams and hopes of the child.
Now that's terrifying and makes total sense to why they named him drowzee.
For number 4..
Ha get it..
For.. and four..
We have the pokemon go murder.
Pokemon go!
Remember when that game was all the rage?
People would literally be playing all the time.
In fact they made over 2 billion on this game!
Now this game did get people being semi active for a while, as they walked around their town
trying to collect pokemon.
Well, that is exactly what 19 year old shayla wiggins would do.
She was out playing pokemon go trying to capture some water pokemon.
In order to do this she hopped over a wall and got close to a large body of water.
However when she neared the water she found a body floating in it.
She immediately called the authorities, upon her discovery.
At number 3 we have the pokemon shock effect Now pokemon started airing its show in 1997
named Pokemon I choose you!
It gained a pretty big following, and kids would love to watch the show.
Now parents in general are already hesitant about their kids watching cartoons.
But they never thought that a cartoon could physically hurt their child.
Well in December of 1997 an episode of Pokemon caused thousands of children to have seizures.
As a result they called this the pokemon shock effect.
All of these seizures happened at the same time about 20 minutes into the episode, during
a sequence with red and blue rapid flashing lights.
People were shocked when they heard about this mass occurrence, and the episode was
immediately pulled from air.
Some other children suffered from blurred vision, dizziness and nausea, some kids even
passed right out.
This incident actually almost got the show cancelled.
Coming in with number 2 we have Pokemon black Now it is said that a boy found this game
back in 2005 at a garage sale.
It looked like a regular Pokemon game except it had an all black cartridge.
Among all the clutter at the garage sale, it is said that this was the only game there.
The man had no gameboys and had no idea whose it was, he just found it in his house.
And yet, he still managed to get a quick buck off of it.
So this game starts as any other pokemon game does, where you chose your pokemon.
Sidenote i always chose charmander.
Whose with me on that one?
Let me know in the comments below your fav pokemon.
Anyways but instead of offering the usual start up pokemon they offered another one,
named ghost.
If you selected that pokemon, it only had one move “curse”.
Apparently when you use this attack, the screen would go black, and all you would hear is
the cry of the pokemon you were facing.
This cry would sound distorted, being at a lower pitch then the typical pokemon voices.
Then the screen would return and the pokemon would be gone.
If you face a trainer, once all their pokeballs had been removed and you use the curse attack
on the trainer, then they would disappear completely.
When returning to the spot in the game where the trainer once was, you will no longer find
them, only a gravestone with their name.
Now this is spooky for many reasons.
1.
This game came out of nowhere.
No one knows who made it, and 2.
It literally allows you to kill pokemon and the trainers in the game.
And for our number one spot we have Lavender town
Lavender town in pokemon is as you guessed it, a purple lavender looking town, in the
pokemon red and blue games.
Now the term Lavender Town Syndrome refers to the creepy music played in the background
when you explore this village.
Keep in mind this is the village where pokemon are buried.
Now apparently, this music featured high pitched sounds that only those 16 years and younger
could hear.
Since when we get older we lose the ability to hear higher pitched sounds.
Well anyways these high pitched tones apparently caused children to become mentally and physically
sick.
Some kids felt nauseous and got headaches, while it was claimed that others would lose
their mind.
This legend continues saying that it caused a hundred japanese children ages 10-15 years
of age to harm themselves.
Of course this is just a legend, and there is no evidence that this music will actually
cause illness or that any of this even happened.
Either way it is terrifying, and you will not be finding this song on my playlist
Thats all for today folks!
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