How Wolfe Glick turned this Pokémon into a Trans Icon

This is a David and Goliath story, with a small twist. This is the story of a rookie Pokémon Trainer battling against World Champion and YouTube celebrity Wolfey VGC. The story of Neil Patel, and the Pokémon VGC Orlando Regional Finals. A story about trans rights, and about this little mushroom Pokémon called… Amoonguss.

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📚 Chapters:
00:00 - Introducing our Characters
05:18 - The Orlando Regional Final
09:54 - Amoonguss Threw the First Brick at Stonewall
11:54 - A Quick Shiny Hunt!

[TheDeffeffe]

It's even funnier because mushrooms irl fully defy male/female sex conventions to the gamete level

[maxboyden]

In a video where WolfieGlick was mentioned, Incineroar took 60 seconds to appear

[YemitaDeHuevo-ukiq]

In Neil's apologie he says "At it's core, you do not have to be educated to not be transphobic, you need to be a decent, understanding human being". I think he understands the problem and is on the right track to beacome a better person.

It's not always that you see someone handle this kind of situation so well, wish him the best.

[squareroot]

i'm all in on Amoongus' support for Trans Rights AND Brute Bonet's support for Trans Wrongs

[quiverdancervolca]

Trans Rights Amoonguss will now duel Homophobic Ferrothorn for the right of being the best gen 5 defensive grass type

[bluekirby_]

When the imposter is su... pporting trans rights.

[griseldagimpel]

Every ditto has been bisexual since gen 2! That's my theory.

[MrEnriqueag]

There are other pokemon with Spore.
We pick him because of other reasons as well, he's also bulky, can redirect moves, can do heal moves, and is a trans icon

[diegoegomez]

I hope Neil can really grow from this and come back eventually. As someone who knew his content, this was not a side of him he showed in his videos. I also think his apology was genuine. Trans rights are human rights.

[__automaticity__]

Had to rewatch the intro because I was so confused as to why her Gengar had a gold tooth. Then I realized it was just umbreon’s ear 😅😅😅

[kutielkalupto]

It's true that I've heard of pokemon being very popular among gay and queer spaces. I think there's nothing intriniscally queer about pokemon, and it has more to do with the huge scale of its audience. So many people grew up on pokemon that itd be weird if queer people didn't also fall into the mix. There's also something about the simplicity of catching monsters and being the best trainer that steers it away from any traditionally masculine traits you'd find in your standard sword wielding jrpg that gives it a more universal appeal than most franchises

[Zaileir]

It should be mentioned that the whole Neil situation actually didn't start off as a result of the transphobic comment he made, but rather people calling him out on his predatory catfishing behavior over the past couple of years. It just happened to end the way it did cuz of that screenshot coming out amongst that situation. The last straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. In the end, I hope Neil takes this entire situation as the wake up call he needs to better himself as a person going into the future, as the dude is very young and has a lot of room for growth as a person.

That said, it's cool how Amoongus went from being a polarizing pokemon to a trans icon seemingly overnight. The world is kinda neat in that way.

[somebodyrandom]

Sylveon, Marill and Amoongus.

The Three Musketeers of Trans Rights.

[tonberry]

It makes sense when you think about it.

Like any person who plays Amoonguss competitively, I too have people directing all their rage at the fact that I have a "mushroom"

[mintythedemon]

A Pokémon character got me to figure out that I’m bisexual. Shelly from Pokémon ORAS was what got me notice that I can be attracted to women.

[xAlecto]

Funny enough, i watched Wolfey's video on his team first and (because I'm so detached from social media) didn't realize the significance of his joke about hindsight and naming his Amoonguss "Trans Rights". But oh boy, I get it now! Thank you c: 💜

[AlePutrida]

I believe that the most fruity Nintendo community is the Splatoon community, as well as having a lot of representation the community itself is very fruity, but after seeing this video I realized that the Pokemon community also seems very inclusive, huge W for all of us

[KanderUdon]

Neil is very young and obviously inexperienced. His quick apology and withdraw from the pokemon community reflects well on his character and future. I have high hopes that he can come back someday with a better mindset and more accepting beliefs. Terrible as his beliefs were, they shouldn’t define his life, and they don’t have to if he puts in the effort to change. Anyway great video

[NeilVGC]

Hi! I got around to watching this. It's a good video and I appreciate the kind tone throughout, especially 11:10.

[pueohoot]

Straight person here: I think a very diverse community in Pokémon is sweet! I think it’s a great space for all of us because the main focus is fun. No politics, maybe some bullying in battles but like that’s it! It’s safe! It’s kinda scary at times (deathly terrified if the scenarios were real… Incinerate from anything is literally terrifying) yea I just feel there’s a lot to love and tons to learn and share and I think that’s why we love it. And I mean come on even as a straight dude I do find Pichu unbelievably cute as well as many many others! I hope that helps give perspective to your questions, as the algorithm showed your stuff even though I wasn’t subbed, I just clicked because I wanted to know more, and I’m glad I did because you’ve gained a new subscriber and I found more sweet content to binge 😅