Pokemon - Spotlight on Asia Month

Who's that Pokemon?! For this week's episode in our Spotlight on Asia theme, Quizmaster and Pokemon Master Tanner caught four off-the-wall creatures from Japan. But one of them was his own creation! Think you can catch 'em all and find his fake? Join hosts Sups and Andi in guessing and trying to be the very best, like no one ever was! 

Transcript

Sups 0:01

I can already see it in your eyes how passionate you are about this

Andi 0:05

this is very funny.

Tanner 0:07

Pokemon

Andi 0:07

number one,

Tanner 0:12

A wild Pokemon.

Andi 0:13

Yeah. it kind of feels like it fits the Pokemon vibe it's kind of a pun and a clever twist, but like, isn't super literal. Like,

Sups 0:24

don't think Tanner is creative enough to come up with this?

Andi 0:27

No. Hello and welcome to this episode of I Should Have Known, the trivia game show that can't be trusted. Each week, one of our Quizmasters will present you with four facts about a topic, but one of those facts is a lie. And we are spotlighting the wonderful continent of Asia this month. And we're continuing our theme Quizmaster, Tanner.

Tanner 0:47

Hello.

Andi 0:47

He's going to be doing a find the fake episode on the wonderful Japanese creatures of Pokemon. He just wants to talk about Pokemon. Let's be real. So he's going to present us with four Pokemon, except one of them he has invented. So join me, Andy, and our other host, Supes, in figuring out which one of his Pokemon is Poke not a thing. Ha!

Sups 1:12

Wow.

Tanner 1:13

It's like, it's a Nintendon't,

Sups 1:15

okay. Right.

Andi 1:16

Yeah.

Tanner 1:17

A pocket before, but got pocket monsters.

Andi 1:30

Oh

Tanner 1:30

loves

Sups 1:36

see a number and I'll follow your lead.

Andi 1:38

like they hit a thousand recently. Like that was big news that they like finally hit a thousand. Yeah, I only know like the first three or four generations, so, and I don't know them

Sups 1:48

well. That's like a Thousand Pokemon. That's a

Andi 1:51

I know. I really only, well each generation is about 150.

Sups 1:54

Okay. this episode is, I'm just going to be like, taking BS to the

Andi 1:59

I was going to say, did you ever play or

Sups 2:01

I did. I played. I watched. I collected cards. I did all of those things. Okay. To Answer your question. I think it's 1,321.

Andi 2:11

Let me see. A thousand isn't divisible by a hundred and fifty, so maybe I should be more specific. Eleven hundred.

Sups 2:17

Oh,

Tanner 2:17

Okay. So there are nine generations. Making 1021

Andi 2:24

Uhhuh species. So about a thousand? Yes,

Tanner 2:27

So, about a thousand. Today we're going to talk about the later generations. It won't get super nostalgic because. Yeah, I think some of them would come back to you. and you'd be like, no, I remember. that Yeah,

Sups 2:35

I can already see it in your eyes how passionate you are about this

Andi 2:39

this is very funny., Actually, I think almost every time we went to Japan, we ended up at the Pokemon Center. So they have, like... shops with, like, merchandise, but like, they're official merchandise and stuff, and Tanner, we had to go every time. We had to go to the Pokemon

Tanner 2:52

Center. kid in a candy store. The Poke Center. Oh Yeah, I could stay there all day. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Sups 2:56

That's why I'm very curious which Pokemon you made up. Because if there's already like, let's say, 1021 of them, then you're Really out of choice. What else are you going to add that doesn't

Andi 3:06

exist? I know and it has to have the right vibe. There's a specific vibe to Pokemon. Mm-Hmm. So I'm very curious.

Sups 3:15

I I would like

Tanner 3:16

at

Andi 3:16

I would like to think so

Tanner 3:19

Alright. Pokemon

Andi 3:20

number one,

Tanner 3:25

A wild Pokemon.

Andi 3:26

Yeah.

Tanner 3:27

Pokemon number one.

Sups 3:31

That's not a very Japanese name.

Andi 3:32

Well, they're the English names, right?

Tanner 3:34

Yeah, they're not going to be named like Pikachu, they're more like

Sups 3:38

Okay.

Tanner 3:38

know, So this is Polteageist. This is a ghost type

Andi 3:42

Oh, I couldn't have guessed that.

Tanner 3:44

And it is known as the Black Tea Pokemon.

Andi 3:48

wait, is it like a Haunted Teabag?

Tanner 3:50

it's a haunted teapot. So, every Pokemon has a number, a type, and then, like a sub name, like, Pikachu is the mouse Pokemon, this is the black tea

Sups 4:03

Pokemon,

Andi 4:04

they

Tanner 4:04

So I'll read you the Bulbapedia biology entry for it. Poltegeist is a Pokémon made of black tea.. Its body is purple with yellow accents, as well as yellow eyes and mouth. Its arms are thin and its hands have three digits. It has two small legs. Poltegeist inhabits a large white teapot with cracks and holes in it, exposing parts of Polteagei's body. The teapot has a yellow handle as well as yellow accents on its cover and bottom. There are light blue swirly patterns surrounding the teapot. And the black tea that composes Polteagei's body has a distinctly delicious flavor but can cause strong chills when swallowed and may induce indigestion, stomach aches, and even death, if drunk in excess.

Andi 4:52

Wow. Okay. Couple notes. First of all what did you do to Mrs. Potts? Please, please stop. It has legs and arms and hands. That's really freaking me out. That's creepy.

Sups 5:04

Is it normal for ghost Pokemons to have

Andi 5:08

Haunter has those really creepy, like, hovering hands that are, like, not connected to its body. And I hate that. But I mean, I guess I was picturing, like, it's just a haunted teapot, but it's like a Cubone situation where it's like the Pokemon's actually inhabiting the teapot, which is terrifying.

Sups 5:24

Yeah. I'm not terrified. by any of those.

Andi 5:26

not terrified. you have more than just normal attacks, so you're good

Sups 5:30

First of all, this is a cartoon. And Imagine we don't have to get terrified.

Andi 5:35

I mean, I can be creeped out. I'm creeped out by this.

Sups 5:37

Yeah..

Andi 5:38

mean, it's not the cleverest of puns.

Sups 5:40

Yeah. And this description sounds okay. of course, It's I like the fact that in the teacup, that's how you spot it. Like, there are cracks.

Andi 5:47

Yeah. Also. Also. People are consuming this Pokemon like that's what I'm saying about how like it's weird. It's creepy

Sups 5:54

Yeah. Did you mix up the episodes with Halloween?

Andi 5:57

Yeah, right, okay, we're starting with someone spooky

Sups 6:00

Okay. I mean, and number,

Andi 6:02

oh, yeah. What was its number?

Tanner 6:04

If you mix up

Sups 6:05

8 55. Okay.

Andi 6:07

he could just be doing beauty of the

Sups 6:09

Beauty and the Beast, does Poltergeist match with. some other names? Like, there's like a compound of

Andi 6:15

pun of poltergeist and tea. Another thing I think is interesting, I can't tell if it makes it seem more realistic or less realistic, is that like, this is not a Japanese tea idea. This is the very Western, European type of tea. So it's like one of those things where it's like, well, I could see Japanese... People using that as inspiration because it's kind of cute and fun to them,

Sups 6:39

them.

Andi 6:39

but why, why wouldn't they use a Japanese style tea creature? They have tea in Alright, so I'm thinking about it. I can pokey a few holes in this.

Sups 6:48

Okay. All right.

Tanner 6:49

Alright, Pokemon number two. Copper Raja. This is a steel type Pokemon. It is the Copper Derm Pokemon. Number 879.

Sups 7:00

Copper Raja,

Tanner 7:01

Copper

Andi 7:01

Raja. So it has copper skin.

Tanner 7:03

Yes. Ka Raja is a large, cuboid, elephantine Pokemon with a dark green body and a light teal underbelly. un tarnished copper accents cover most of its face and pattern its ears, feet, trunk, and back. It has short, blunt tusks and a long, broad, muscular trunk that ends in three claw like protrusions.

Andi 7:28

no!

Tanner 7:28

It has three raised white ridges on the end of its trunk and several rocky protrusions on the dome of its skull. It has enough physical strength to pull an airplane, and its trunk is strong enough to crush boulders into powder. It lives in social herds, and has a boastful disposition.

Andi 7:46

Wow. Okay, so it's a metal elephant. Okay. Where's this name come from? The name's weird.

Sups 7:52

Okay, So

Andi 7:54

I mean... It's very weird to me, like, I don't understand why people would put copper on an elephant. It's like, is that like a, is that a pun in Japanese or something? Like, does that make sense somewhere else? Cause I'm like, why would you put copper on an elephant? I get that they were like, let's do a series of metals. You know Pokemon with medals. Why an elephant? I don't get it but then that's the question is I don't get this because

Sups 8:16

I know enough. I don't know enough.

Andi 8:19

exactly or is because it is the creepy metallic brainchild of Tanner's brain one of the things I like about Pokemon is that like, sometimes you just have this out there thing. Where you're like, why does this exist? I don't know. Why is this a giant river guy with a shell on his head. Like, why? Why is this a thing? but I do know that, like, sometimes when you dig a little deeper, you find out that, like, well, in Japanese culture, this is a pun. Or this is a, some kind of mythological creature. So these things make sense. So I'm wondering if... it's like we don't get it because we don't get the reference, but maybe it makes sense in Japanese.

Sups 8:55

don't get a phone a friend? Can I call one of my Japanese friends just to confirm? Yeah. I don't know. if these were the only two Pokemons, and they were like one of them was made up, I think I would pick this one.

Andi 9:06

Oh, okay. where I'm stuck is, I think I know Tanner pretty well. Decently well. This doesn't sound like something from his mind.

Sups 9:16

something

Andi 9:17

struggle to see where he would have, thought of this, where he would have gotten it. So like, mmm, but we have to hear two more.

Tanner 9:26

the other two. the Quill Pokémon, number 899. This is a poison and flying type Kelinkwell has a black avian head ending in a beak reminiscent of the metal nib on a fountain pen. Its beak. Has a vertical slit, which drips sticky, poisonous ink. It has two purple dots on its head for eyes. Its thin body is in the shape of a feather, with two black, raven like wings extending just below its head. The feathers making up its wings are black with a bluish sheen. It uses its wings to constantly stay in flight. It's

Andi 10:01

Okay, so it's not an inkwell, but it's like a bird inspired by an inkwell.

Sups 10:08

hmm.

Andi 10:08

Cal, is that like referring to some kind of bird?

Tanner 10:12

It's C A L L.

Andi 10:14

So like

Sups 10:15

Call. Calling Quill.

Andi 10:17

Oh, okay. my only thing that I'm going off of why I believe it is I don't think Tanner would come up with

Sups 10:25

Yeah, is quite clever

Andi 10:28

Yeah, it's, it is quite clever actually, like to use the nib as a beak. Like that's kind of fun. I guess they're really grasping at straws by this point in the generations.

Sups 10:38

I like about this is that it's not staying, like it's flying, right? That's Yeah. It's like a flying one. Mm

Andi 10:44

I like that it's like inky black. Like, it's, definitely like, it kind of feels like it fits the Pokemon vibe

Sups 10:50

right. of like,

Andi 10:51

it's kind of a pun and a clever twist, but like, isn't super literal. Like, I don't like the Pokemon that are just like literally objects from real life. Which of the later generations there are quite a few of those where it's just like this is a magic broom this is like clever like it's like they took something That's real, and they made it A thing or Tanner made it. Again, I don't know where his inspiration

Sups 11:15

Again, I don't know Hmm. Does he use a

Andi 11:17

He does have some fountain pens. He can never get them to work,

Sups 11:20

Maybe that's the inspiration, that the ink doesn't come out.

Andi 11:23

Just Struggle. in our apartment. like

Sups 11:27

made it? you don't think Tanner is creative enough to come up with this?

Andi 11:31

No. Wow.

Sups 11:33

Okay. Let's park that thought.

Andi 11:36

I mean, if I had to put money on

Sups 11:37

right. right. No, I'm, I'm, I'm. uh. It's

Andi 11:42

Tanner is taking a beating. It's super effective.

Sups 11:46

like,

Tanner 11:47

if

Andi 11:47

confused. He hit it, hurt himself in his confusion, Oh no.

Sups 11:53

what

Andi 11:53

And

Sups 11:54

the lie was Fact number 3!

Andi 11:55

yeah, yeah, yeah. About Don't faint. Okay. don't black out.

Tanner 11:59

gonna black out. Okay. Pokemon number four Fido. It's the puppy Pokemon, and it's a fairy type. It's number 926. And the spelling... Tells you more about it. It's F I D O U G

Andi 12:14

A T. Yeah, I was going to say, I was like, is it like a cupcake

Tanner 12:16

Fido is a small canine Pokemon with a large head and stubby legs. The head contains small black beady eyes with rounded eyebrow like growths on top, a snout with a rounded triangular nose, and a tiny mouth. Its rounded ears resemble pastries or bread buns. It's fur is off white in coloration, with yellow accents on the top of its head, its eyebrows, the insides of its ears, around its neck, and on its tail. It's smooth, moist skin is firm, yet soft to the touch, and has elastic qualities. When agitated, it puffs itself up to appear larger in order to intimidate its opponents. Yeah, it's a fairy type. No.

Andi 12:56

Like a pastry. And that would be fairy type. Interesting choice. I guess it's not normal. So, I feel like, When I heard the name, I knew it was, the pun was gonna be that it's like a pastry. And when he said fairy type, I was picturing like, a really cute, glitzy, like, cupcake like thing. But then it sounded kind of like a, more boring... Um, I thought it would be like a cuter dessert, but it's more boring, which then makes me think that like, it's probably real. Because, I think Tanner would have gone full western cutesy pastry. This sounds more like, a Japanese or East Asian kind of dessert. Which is not as like, sugary, sticky so that was what threw me off. Like if he had described something that was like basically a glitzy cupcake dog, I would've been like,

Sups 13:45

basically a glitzy cupcake dog I would I don't know. I like the wordplay the pastry part. Cute dog. Yes. I like that.

Andi 13:51

it's so cute, so Yeah,

Sups 13:53

Yeah, it's a bun. Yeah. exactly It's very Asian elements. to it, I also feel I'm inclined to believe this,

Andi 14:00

the fact that it's a dog is something where I'm like, ooh, Tanner would invent a dog.

Sups 14:06

Right? Right.

Andi 14:06

I could see the process of going with Fido, Oh, doe, Oh,

Sups 14:09

dough? Mm-Hmm.

Andi 14:10

it's a cake dog, but then the physical description of it. instantly when you said fairy type I was like, I'm thinking sprinkles, I'm thinking icing sugar, you know, like that's what I'm picturing. Yeah, But I don't know.

Sups 14:26

Hmm. Okay.

Andi 14:28

Wow. we have caught them all now and we need to get into our pokey decks and hear those again before we decide which one of them is fake.

Tanner 14:38

All right. Pokemon number one, Poltegeist. The black tee Pokemon. Pokemon number two. Copper Raja, The copper derm Pokemon. Pokemon number three. Kalinkwell. The Quill. Pokemon. And Pokemon Number four. Fido. The puppy Pokemon. One of those I made up.

Andi 15:11

I cannot believe that. I'm like genuinely, like I have zero idea

Sups 15:14

Yeah, so. This is extremely difficult. So

Andi 15:15

This is extremely difficult.

Sups 15:17

Step one well done. I

Andi 15:19

Yeah. Right. Like, wow,

Sups 15:22

I guess we have to go by the description, right? What seems realistic I think I'm going to pick number one.

Andi 15:27

Oh, see, I was also gonna pick number one. I thought because I know somewhere else where that

Sups 15:33

Right.

Andi 15:33

With like Beauty and the Beast and uh, Mrs. Potts and Chip, that I

Sups 15:37

And I was

Andi 15:37

like, okay, I could see where he got that from. I don't know where he got the other ones from. Right. If he had made those up. Yeah. I have no clue. I'm like, who even comes up with a copper elephant? What's that from? I don't know.

Sups 15:51

So Poltergeist, Copper Raja, what was the third one? I forget.

Andi 15:55

was the Inkwell, Kalinkwell.

Sups 15:57

Inkwell.

Andi 15:57

That one I think is maybe real because he keeps saying it wrong.

Sups 16:01

wrong. He

Andi 16:02

Kalinkwell.

Sups 16:04

Colinquil. Colinquil, yeah.

Andi 16:05

saying Kalinkwell. And I don't think that's how you

Sups 16:08

And I

Andi 16:09

it? So I'm like, he would know how to say his own Pokemon

Sups 16:13

Yes, but also I found Colinquil to be like the most Pokemony in terms of like the description and what it does and everything. like That's, the most believable that I find. I'm very scared to say these things and then it just comes back to bite me. all

Andi 16:31

think it's that one. We're gonna put all of our Pokemon one. ball. One

Tanner 16:37

You better hope

Andi 16:37

it's the master ball. Yeah, right? Yeah.

Sups 16:40

Okay. so you're both going with Polteageist.

Tanner 16:41

Okay, so you're both going with Poltegeist, number one.

Andi 16:44

Yep.

Tanner 16:44

Alright.

Sups 16:45

Team

Tanner 16:46

Rocket strikes again. It is not correct. No. Poltegeist is real. It evolves from...

Andi 16:54

So it really is just Chip and Mrs. Potts. Oh my god, it's literally, that is exactly Beauty and the Beast,

Tanner 17:01

what's really fun is there's a different Pokemon called... Polchageist, which is the Japanese matcha version.

Andi 17:07

Oh, okay.

Tanner 17:09

But I thought that would be... I

Andi 17:10

Too obvious.

Tanner 17:11

with that. That's too

Andi 17:12

That's cute. See, but that, that was a point I had made about how, like, well, that black tea, is, that's European style.

Tanner 17:18

that.

Sups 17:19

So they have a matcha version,

Andi 17:21

of a matcha version. That's super cute. I like that. Pokemon

Tanner 17:23

Pokemon number two, Copper Raja. Is real, And just from copper plus Maharaja, Like the great king this is Fido. evolves into Doc spun,

Andi 17:35

Oh my god! They're adorable! I love the fairy

Tanner 17:40

They're so cute. They're so cute. the, reason I kept saying collinquel wrong was because I made it by combining calligraphy.

Sups 17:46

Ah. So.

Andi 17:49

I like how he was laughing when I was making fun of him. I was like, cause he's saying his own, saying the name wrong. Calling Quell. I thought it was call, like a bird.

Tanner 17:59

Yeah, makes sense. No, it's calligraphy. And I did a similar thing with the tea where I didn't use a Japanese calligraphy brush. because there's already kind of like a paintbrush Pokemon. So I went with a more Western style quill pen. Or fountain pen,

Sups 18:12

Yeah. And Oh

Andi 18:14

wow. Yeah. I guess a quill and a fountain pen are different thing, so it should have known that

Sups 18:18

Yeah,

Andi 18:19

Where did you come up with that?

Tanner 18:20

I was like, well, Is there a pen Pokemon? And so there's a lamp, there's a teacup, and there's no pen Pokemon. So, I like pens.

Andi 18:28

It really is from him constantly fighting his fountain pens to get

Tanner 18:32

was. Yeah. That damn nib.

Andi 18:34

Yeah. It's super effective. Yeah.

Sups 18:36

nib. you know, The description, to me, it sounded super real, that's why I put it as like, my most

Andi 18:41

like,

Tanner 18:42

Like, You can come up with different Pokemon all day long, but then to check if there's actually one like that, and to write it like they write it, that's hard.

Sups 18:49

Oh, is it? I

Andi 18:49

is it? Did you do a great

Sups 18:51

totally

Andi 18:51

I mean, Stoops totally believed me.

Sups 18:52

Yeah, yeah. I did, I did,

Andi 18:55

yeah, I guess our expectations for Tanner are just that low.

Sups 18:57

Oh, no.

Andi 18:59

I should have known.

Sups 19:00

I should have known.

Andi 19:01

Thanks for listening to this episode of I Should Have Known. We'll be finishing up our spotlight on Asia next week. I am going to be your quiz master and I'm going to be doing the very tricky task of inventing a Hindu god. So, be ready for that, whatever that's gonna be. I have to fool the Indian about India. we'll see how that goes. And as always, thanks He just loves Pockets.