Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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JP: ドクローズ Team Skulls

• (0:01) No, not THAT Skull (whose leader is actually a Bug-type specialist, and whose ace is Bug/WATER). Sun & Moon Team Skull use the English word (スカル), whereas these grade-S assholes use the equivalent JP word (曝首). Also, crud, I just realised it was probably supposed to be their attempt at pluralising the word with an English construction (not sure why they would do that…).
• (4:56) You didn’t notice the giant skunk right in front of you?!
• (5:08) That really wasn’t necessary…
• (5:29) You can tell Wobbuffet’s a female because she wears lipstick (yes, that’s the actual sex difference in the core games).
• (5:29) Also of note is that Wobbuffet's JP name ソーナンス translates as "that's right!" (or variations thereof), hence why she always says it. (And also why Jessie's Wobbuffet in the anime pops out of his ball every so often, essentially to agree and cheerlead. Now you can correct dub watchers with this piece of pointless trivia!)
• (8:00) I wonder if he’s this excitable in the Japanese version.
• (8:25) You’re forced to say “OK” eventually.
• (8:37) Say “No” and she’ll basically accuse you of wanting to embarrass her.
• (11:09) Stupid parrot…
• (17:24) bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Spinda’s_Café#Good_Feeling_Stat_Increases
• (18:49) Is this supposed to be a Lion King parody?
• (19:39) You may want to bring Pecha Berries/Heal Seeds/Pecha Scarves, as some Pokémon here can poison you.
• (21:19) It's a good idea to recruit a Butterfree here (5.5%, 11% if you picked "yes" when asked about playing Time/Darkness during the starting quiz); its frailty requires some micromanaging (you can patch this to an extent with gummis at the café), but if you can handle that, it'll see you through the post-game with its accuracy-boosting Compoundeyes, status-inducing moves, multiple ranged moves for coverage and Silver Wind at Lv28. It's basically a somewhat frailer Froslass (which I've been advocating since 2009) that's MUCH easier to recruit. Do remember to feed it all the Life Seeds you find, since its HP is so low.
• (27:39) Why don’t you get them yourself, you grade-A prick? (So basically he’s that one guy who’s insecure about himself and uses his position to push around his “inferiors”. Dickhead.) Chatot is SO hated by the fanbase that you could spend a good while just hurling profanity towards him; more than a few people either ragequit at this point, or were severely tempted to do so. The other guild members don’t like him either, but they can’t do much about it (or at least feel that way; Japanese culture puts heavy emphasis on hierarchy and “knowing your place”, more so than most societies).
• (29:36) Suck it up, you fat pink blob; others out there would be lucky to survive on far less than a “luxury” item that probably tastes like crap anyway.
• (30:04) Switching to polite tone specifically to play bootlicker.
• (30:15) And they don’t even bother questioning where they got it from? Quoting the leader of the actual Team Skull: “Y’all are stupid!”
• (32:52) Blame everyone but yourself for refusing to give us a chance to explain. Idiot!
• (33:54) As should be obvious by now, the rest of the crew really don’t like Skuntank and co. (and were naturally immediately suspicious of them).
• (36:06) That’s just rubbing salt into the wound.
• (47:50) Secret Bazaars are accessible through hidden staircases that may randomly appear in dungeons. The services cost 100p, and are:
- Mime Jr.: Heals party completely and fills belly.
- Swalot: Sells “grab bags” containing a random item depending on the dungeon (harder dungeons have a better chance of offering high-rank items).
- Lickilicky: Cleans sticky items (cf. Cleanse Orb).
- Shedinja: Allows you to escape the dungeon without penalty (cf. Escape Orb).
• (49:34) Fuck off!