Two Pokemon Who are Not Math.

Original Pikachu Clones Plusle and Minun are not based on any one thing. Rather, they are kind of all over the place! Let me explain.

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Lockstin Austin Lockwood
Pescaturian Amber Lockwood
Fineapple Ryan Porter

Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!

[reneep]

I love the detail that Plusle cheers when you're winning and Minun cheers when you're losing to encourage you ❤

[themoagoddess]

1:30 fun fact: since electricity is the flow of electrons and electrons are negative, saying the reverse of this might be more accurate: positively charged particles take and negatively charged particles give

[scaliedog]

My mom really liked these two before she passed. She would love to see this vid, I'm sure!

Also, I thought everyone knew the electron thing o.o I never likened them to math at all!

[megadog]

For the record, if you want to make another pair of Plusle and Minun, I'd recommend using the north and south magnetic polarities, since they are the magnetic equivalents of the electric plus and minus.

[justinnakaDrPokemon]

For those wondering what rabbits are, they are Lagomorphs, which includes hares, rabbits, and pikas(yes they are an actual species).

[Cyclicshop]

5:03 sounds EXACTLY like my sister, who said “when i’m happy something always goes wrong.”

[giboit.]

All pikachu clones are cute electric types with the same cheek pattern as pikachu. And they're usually used to represent some of the most important and/or most prominent features of each game:

Gen 2 Pichu - Baby pokemon and their obtention through breeding in the daycare.

Gen 3 plusle and minun - Double battles

Gen 4 pachirisu - physical/special split (with pachirisu being the first pikachu clone with higher physical attack), gender differences (with it being the only pikachu clone that has one and were pretty prominent in gen 4) and being one of the mascots for gen 4 online features added in gen 4.

Gen 5 emolga - Hidden abilities (with it being the only pokemon that at the time had the ability motor drive as its hidden ability, only obtainable through the dream world).

Gen 6 Dedenne - Fairy type

Gen 7 Togedemaru - Z-crystals/totem pokemon.

Gen 8 Morpeko - Temporary form change during battle.

Gen 9 Pawmi - Let's go mode. Which is the way you evolve it to its final stage and also very noticeable feature introduced in the generation.

[dannyboy]

In batteries the negative side has excess electrons and give those out to the positive side that has no or less electrons. So the negative side actually gives off energy while the positive takes the energy, so you got it switched in the video

[elemangell]

There's actually a Rivals of Aether mod that executes the concept you talked about at the end really well. You can either work together as a duo character like Ice Climbers, or play as one of them solo while the other boosts your power with Helping Hand, swapping between them with Baton Pass for unique effects!

[justinnakaDrPokemon]

I appreciate the Tomo-Chan Isn’t A Girl reference at 1:46.

[U-Flame]

Recent anime Minun aside, I did always really like how Minun has always been portrayed as just as energetic and peppy as Plusle. Instead of stereotyping negative as the negative personality types, they're both equally cheery. I'll give recent anime Minun a pass though since its not a traditional portrayal and different individuals would have different personalities.

[stonythechimist]

I realize that Austin said that he was simplifying things purposefully, but as a chemist, I’ve always hated the “visualization techniques” of representing electric charge as “the positive gives charge and the negative takes charge” 😂
Trust me, I realize that it’s a much better and easier way of thinking about it, but in all actuality, it’s that the negative side gives ELECTRONS, and the positive side takes them; but again, I get that that’s a bit more confusing and not totally necessary to work with charges. Just a little nitpick lol

[dh]

Always wished Plusle and Minun had an ability that worked like Pikachus Light Ball when they were together in a double battle but boosted all their stats.

[clownymoosebean]

These guys using helping Hand in PMD was oddly satisfying the more pokemon there are in the room, as it would play that patty cake animation for each one, followed by the Attack and Special Attack Boost sound effect.
*CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP BOOP! BWOING!*

[Wandergirl]

I feel like Plusle and Minun were such a great idea that was severely underbaked and underutilized - kind of like double battles themselves, really. Which makes them the perfect double battle Pokémon, in a sad, ironic sense.

[brianmoyachiuz]

I'd love to see a Fairy type evolution for Plusle that's the giving Pokémon where it gives to others like healing, food, or other things but I love giving pain for those who cross the line, meanwhile for Minum its a Dark type where it's a kleptomaniac where it loves to take things from others, like food, iteams, and other stuff, but it can be a softie and only steals stuff necessary to the poor or Pokémon in need

[SELF_TlTLED]

Honestly I feel like plusle and minun are the Pokémon that deserve a new evolution maybe like the first two Pokémon into one evolution (like the reverse of an split evolution) where they both turn into a neutral charge Pokémon or they could even have a fused neutral form as well, just a few ideas.

[gamemasteranthony]

4:07 - Fuuu…sion! HAA!
(Seriously? No once else saw that before I got here?)

One other thing about cheering in Japan: It feels more organized. Just take a look at any Japanese baseball game, and the cheering done by the fans seems almost rehearsed!

[Bluebirdz]

As a cheerleader and backspot, I would like to say that the backspot does more than just stand there making sure the flyer doesn’t fall. We also keep the stunt together and give some support to the bases. Also, I want to point out that for American cheerleading only school/college/sport cheer was mentioned. There’s an entire other world of all-star cheer where we compete against other cheer teams to get the highest score from a board of judges. Disney’s Summit is one of, if not the biggest all-star cheer competition in the States. We don’t cheer on any team but ourselves and all-star cheer is extremely intense compared to what I’ve seen in school/college cheer

[GlaziolaNacht]

I’ve always loved these two, mostly Minun, dunno why but they’ve always struck a chord with me, awesome vid as always Lock