Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago

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I shall try to convince you that every Bug Pokémon has the potential to be good.

The keywords being "Try" and "Potential".

The Bug Type is almost universally agreed to be the weakest Type in all of Pokémon, and for good reason. It's offensively very mediocre, being resisted by almost as many Types as Steel, but is only defensively average to compensate, resulting in several disadvantageous matchups.

In spite of these shortcomings, the game design of Bug Pokémon has evolved to compensate in several other ways, resulting in several of these seemingly weak Pokémon being able to punch unexpectedly high above their weight class.

Don't believe me? Let's see if this video changes your mind.

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0:00 - Opening
6:49 - Butterfree (Bye-bye!)
7:43 - Beedrill (We can finally be bees)
8:28 - Parasect (Hisuan war criminal)
8:49 - (All-Terrain) Venomoth
9:03 - Scyther 1.0
9:26 - Pinsir (Heracross is cooler)
9:43 - Ledian (Dual Screens merchant)
10:43 - Ariados (World Champion baybee!)
11:46 - Mega Yanma (how do you not have Nasty Plot??)
12:21 - Forretress (Mr. Entry Hazard)
12:48 - Scyther 2.0
12:54: Shuckle (not to be fuckled with)
13:21 - Heracross (Beetle Tendency)
13:42 - Beautify & Dustox (free win against Brawly)
14:04 - Masquerain (admit it, Guzma's wrecked you)
14:33 - Ninjask (The Flash)
14:46 - Shedinja (sans Undermon)
15:25 - Volbeat & Illumise (but really just Volbeat)
15:43 - Armaldo (Tribute to anomalocaris)
16:21 - Kricketune (so OP, it got nerfed between DP to Platinum)
17:21 - Wormadam (we have Scizor at home)
17:42 - Vespiquen (This is good news)
18:16 - Skorupi (welcome home cheater)
18:22 - Leavanny (stay-at-home parent)
18:49 - Scolipede ("Remember when you were Baton Passing Speed, and your trainer replaced you from the team? It was me, Ninjask.")
19:04 - Crustle (Shell Smash, the mon)
19:16 - Escavalier ("Tis but a flesh wound!")
19:27 - Galvantula (if spider why friend shaped!?)
19:36 - Accelgor ("I need healing")
19:50 - Durant (Battle with a True Ant)
20:13 - Volcarona (Hail to the King)
20:35 - Genesect
20:42 - Vivillon (French butter... free)
21:13 - Vikavolt ("-Flies around at high speeds!")
21:53 - Ribombee (Not the Oberon I was looking for)
22:11 - Araquanid (water cooler)
22:37 - Golisopod (watch it get Tactical Retreat as it's Mega ability)
25:23 - Buzzwole & Pheromosa
25:38 - Orbeetle (who asked for a Ledian sequel!?)
26:25 - Centiskorch (the Pokemon Centipede)
26:42 - Adult Snom
27:16 - Scyther 3.0
27:52 - Spidops (TRYING very hard to say something good)
28:45 - Lokix (UU: the meta)
29:25 - Rabsca ("Heroes never die!")
29:48 - Slither Wing (the more expensive but worse knock-off)
30:36 - Closing Thoughts
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Music used:
7 a.m. (~Sunny Weather~) [Animal Crossing: New Horizons]
6 a.m. (~Sunny Weather~) [Animal Crossing: New Horizons]
Normal Duel [Pokémon TCG]
Maple Treeway [Mario Kart World]
A Distorted Day in Paris
Cutie Mew Mew Magic [Deltarune Chapter 5]
ASGORE [Undertale]
REINCARNATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
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The first section of this video was edited by my editor, Drix.
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