Hello there, and welcome to the world of Pokémon.
My name is Professor Jacob. Thank you everybody for joining
me here for this lecture on Pokémon biology.
Joining me in the classroom. Well.
No, no, professor, we're not in the classroom today.
We're not in. We're not the.
Students, we'll hear it. We're still outside.
It's it's so long. It's been a whole week, guys.
It's been a whole week to the day and we're.
Still, out here, things haven't been going well.
We. My.
Yes, Mr. Curse, did you say something about your spinner X
is that? My spinner X back home, they've
been left alone. For a whole week you say they're
self-sufficient. You said we got bigger, we got
bigger. Magic carp to fly to fry, Mr.
Curtis. That's true.
That's. True.
We got to we got to be worried about ourselves.
We've been in the woods for a week because Corbin is a
terrible Cub Chew Scout. There, I said it.
I said it. He's terrible.
He said it, He said it. He didn't work the tree.
It wasn't my fault, it was spirits fault.
He was. You don't talk about him and
what we've lost. Calm down, calm down, OK?
We're all hungry. Just supposed to be here a day
and we're here a week already, OK?
I miss Gordon. I built you.
Such a nice shelter over there.
OK, There's no need to stab at me.
Yeah, I mean, it's not as nice as my shelter.
That's right. Mine's got a porch and yeah, I
think it's two stories. Tub back there.
Yeah, two stories. And and the professors.
Finds a tarp and five sticks. And that's more that's, listen,
that's perfect. In fact, I think we probably got
your lashing merit badge, Corbin, for that.
I've been reading your Cub Chew Scout book.
It's really the only thing that's kept me going these last
couple. Days.
I'm definitely going to get my splinter badge when I get back.
Wait, there's a splinter badge? There is a splinter badge.
It means that you're tough if you get a splinter and I I got,
I got like 7. You've you've earned 7 or you
already have 7? We'll find out.
OK, well, well, we're gonna we're gonna do a lesson today.
It's been a week. It's it's Wednesday is what's
the time that we always do a lesson?
We're gonna do a lesson. It's gonna keep us sane, keep us
going. You know it.
Listen, we can't let a little, you know, romp in the woods take
us down. It's not gonna.
We've been through far worse. We crash landed on what was it
the. The what was that you?
Have a hard time remembering the Seafoam Islands?
It's seafoam. Doesn't sound right for some
reason. Seafoam.
It feels wrong, but I was gonna say seafoam.
But then like I. Know I haven't been in my
geography class for over a week but I remember it's Seafoam
Islands. Yeah, and that turned out fine.
Listen, we'll be OK, all right? That's right.
If we can make it through there, we can make it through anywhere.
I've been listen, the school has been destroyed countless times
back at Saffron City. I have been I have been sat on
by Venusaurs. I have been punched, I've been
assaulted. I'm pretty sure I've been
shocked a few times. I've had Pokémon that I've taken
care of that were taken away from me.
Hashtag Bring back Zinc and I it is been a journey and we could
survive this all right I I I almost got killed by me too so
the we can we can we could survive this together we.
Spent a whole lesson underwater. This is nothing.
That one happened recently.
Yeah, Mr. Curtis also died for six weeks.
Yeah, and then he came back. I mean, I, I don't remember that
one, but but yeah, yeah, we've gone through some tough parts.
We've been surviving out here on berries and the leftover jerky
that Mister Curtis has. Oh I hate eating spinner.
Actually so bad. Sweet sweet spinner act jerky.
The only thing that is kept is going.
You got to stop. Chewing it.
You got to stop chewing it up first before you hand me some.
I told you I don't like it the first night.
It's so good though. No, you don't want it does
preserve your energy core when? You.
I don't want you to. I don't want you to stop.
Stop licking it before you give it to me.
I don't like that it's so tasty though.
No, but you're ruining the taste because you're licking all the
salt off of it. I'm pre, I'm pre digesting it
for them. But salt is dehydrating Corbin.
You don't. Want.
Oh, I'm. Taking that for you, that
burden. I'm so desperate.
OK, well, let's let's not focus on that.
We, we, we have a we're going to have a lesson today.
I did luckily I did come prepared with material for two
lessons. So, so that this is something
that will keep us going. In fact, not only did I do I
have the Poke X entries for two lessons, I also have an extra
Gengar male here to read. Oh, OK.
It's good that it's only two. I don't know what we would do if
it was three or three weeks out here.
But that won't I couldn't that that's not going to happen.
I mean, like we've we've explored a lot of this area,
right. I mean like we, we have to be
able to find the trail at some point, I mean.
It's it's crazy. I've spent hours every day
wandering, looking for the trail I'm.
Pretty sure we're we're deep into the Ilex forest now.
You know, I, I I Celebi will come save us at any moment.
Oh. Maybe, you know what?
Hey, maybe, maybe we'll see a Celebi by the end of this
lesson. Who knows?
Oh, let me know. OK, I mean, normally when I say
something like that, we do end up seeing that Pokémon.
Well, so that's never going to happen then.
I can't wait. Yeah, it's definitely it's
definitely going to happen. So stay tuned to the end of this
lesson to to see when we meet Celebi.
That's right. OK, that's.
That's good. All right, so this Gengar male I
have here comes to us from Rex. It says hello professor.
Mr. Curtis and Corbin. I am Rex.
Hi. Hi.
Hi Rex. Hi Rex.
I have been following this class online since around the Cythor
lesson. That was a good.
You remember that one guys? Remember that, that this Cythor
lesson. Yep.
Oh yeah, a lot of cool tricks and stuff.
Yeah. What was your favorite part from
the Cythor lesson, Mr. Curtis? When they cut down the tree so
good. I gotta be honest, I don't know
if that happened or not. I don't remember the site their
lesson at all. It it was just like 1 sugar all.
These lessons blend together for me.
They say I'm the Rex says I am 13 years old and I have beaten
the Ceno League. All right, congratulations.
It was a homo. I guess we got champion.
Over here, better than everybody.
This guy, my favorite Pokémon is Torterra.
It's the first Pokémon I ever had and I'm jealous.
I mean, isn't that, wasn't that like Don's first Pokémon two or
was it a pit? I can't.
Remember, I wish I was her first Pokémon.
What what a crazy thing to say core man.
The the the forest craziness is starting to get to him.
The forest fever is what they call.
It I'm just crazy in. Love Actually.
Actually there's a chapter about forest fever in the Cub 2 Scout
handbook. Have you read that?
Chapter that's chapter 15. Don't read that yet.
You got to chat. Read the other chapters.
First it says hold on. No, no, it says.
It says you got to. You got to chew it out.
Come on, Corbin. Come.
I got to stick for a year. Start chewing.
No. Come over here.
Chew it out, Corbin. What it means.
Chew. Chew it out.
Come on. Yeah, it is a little bit
upsetting that the answer to most of the survival issues in
this handbook, the answer is always chew it out.
And I'm like, you got to give me more information.
I told you, I told you. If you get it, you get it.
If you don't, you don't. You're not a cub Chew Scott.
If you don't get it. If you do get it, you're a.
Juice Scout. That's the point of a handbook,
to help you get it. But it's also like, it's kind of
like something you're just born into, you know what I mean?
It's like you're just born to be a cub.
Juice. Cub Juice Scouts aren't made.
They're born. They're born, they're bread
born, and that's what it's all about, so.
OK, where was I in this Gengar male?
Were we making fun of this trainer?
That's what we always need to do I so Rex says.
I currently live in Lily Cove town of Helen and in the process
of beating the Helen league. I am from Sino and have hopes
for once of once joining this class in person since Mr. Curtis
decided to dox himself. I sent a mail to the Joto
Daycare center labeled Mr. Curtis.
Hopefully you got that package because it contains my one and
only shiny Pokémon Shiny spinner rack.
His name is Julian. I sent it to Mr. Curtis so we
can examine it and made sure gave made sure to give it enough
food and sugar water to survive. Mr. Curtis, did you get this
package? Not for Well, hopefully there's
enough for another week. It must have.
Let's just come in while I, while I, while, while we're out.
Well, hopefully it'll be there when you get back.
Or maybe you didn't eat through the box or something.
What's that noise? Do you hear that?
What's that noise? What's up?
Oh, oh, that's my back. Hold on, let me get hold on.
What is that is the Curtis. That's not what I think it.
Is that's Mr. Curtis, That's. What I think?
It is. I'm going to.
No, no, no, I'm going to flip my lid.
Corbin, Professor, please. It's a Rigby.
Rigby what? Is that a?
Hold on, do you have a? Phone No, no, I had a strict
rule at the beginning of this trip.
Remember a week ago I said. Let out on a journey, I said.
No phones for the experience. Calm down.
Calm down, let them speak, let them talk.
The whole time. You answered in the middle of
the lesson. I'm so sorry.
Go ahead. Miss Rigsby.
Yeah. Oh, yeah.
No, no, no, no. There was a there was there was
supposed there's supposed to be a spinner rack.
What do you. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Don't tell me that what happened.
It's right now. Curtis.
Hello. What's happening right now?
No. No, you need to stop it.
Go go quick, quick. Miss Curtis, What's going on,
dude? No, no.
That was from a student, no? God, what's?
Happened. This is bad.
I've never seen Mr. Curtis so upset.
No. Oh, he's really, he's really
upset. He's furious.
You can see he's shaking, he's so mad.
Should do this? Should we cut them according?
To. Me now keep it going.
You know what those mean to me. OK.
I just OK, you know, we'll do with this.
We're getting home all right. Mr. Curtis.
Wait. OK, so you brought it against my
wishes. You had it the whole time, and
then we found out about it. You broke.
You broke the phone. I can't, I can't even right now
with them. I just we're.
Doomed. I saw freedom.
I saw freedom for a second. And just like he always does,
Mr. Chris crushed my dreams. Oh, she passed and went in a
glorious electronic fire. OK, all right.
You know what the the Rex. Rex, if you're out there.
I, I really wish that you hadn't have sent that directly to the
daycare because the daycare only gets shipments, bulk shipments
of, of, of pokey food. OK.
And. And wait, wait, where's this
going? It got it got mixed in with the
most recent shipment that we had and it was it yeah, it, it was
it was put out, put out on the on the on the feeding line today
and they. Said he he's saying spinner
rack. That it's not, I mean, I mean,
we've been eating spinner rack for the last week.
It's not like we don't need Pokémon, OK, But I would have, I
would have very much liked to look at that spinner rack.
And then and then eat it. And then eat it maybe?
But it was a shiny too. That's that's that's top dollar.
It also had had a name. So it's not just the spinner
rack died, Julian died. That's worse.
Yeah, Yeah. Well, I'm so sorry, Rex.
I mean, but you just you can't mail things like that to the the
center. It's it's it's not safe.
Happens when you guys mail stuff to us, they get eaten.
So we'll say, we'll say one more time, we cannot accept gifts in
the mail. We can't accept them at the
GCLCBOTSCLC and we cannot accept them at the daycare center,
please. They need that.
They have a very important business they're running.
They cannot be taking Mr. Curtis.
'S or old farts will feed them to genetically modified Pokémon.
You never know what can happen. So thank you.
Well, no, we didn't. Whoa, whoa.
They didn't feed them to the spinner rack.
Just to the other Pokémon in the daycare center and and it it
wasn't listen, it wasn't malicious, OK, the Rigbees
didn't do it on purpose. They were calling to apologize
and let me know, but it just got buried in the pokey feed and,
you know, got mixed in. So you know, that's.
Disgusting. You just you can't.
Your spinner racks were eating it too.
But I guess I was wrong, no? That's what I say when I'm like,
I just have too much to do and I can't keep, can't keep up with
it all. I'm buried in the pokey feed.
I'm buried. I'm buried in the pokey feed,
guys. I'm over my head on the pokey
feed here. Put that, put that on AT shirt.
Yeah, but make it like a hoodie and then like have the part that
goes over your head like pokey feed.
What? Because then you'll be in over
your head pokey. Because the pokey.
Beads over your. Head here.
It the whole thing, the it's just, it's just a giant JPEG of
grains of rice. And it's like, it's like super
like, you know, spread out too. It's not, it's not, it's not a
high quality picture of grain. No, it's it's really.
Pixelated. It's great.
Very grainy grain. Is that where the name comes
from? OK, there's actually more to
this Gengar Male, so I'm going to read it.
Also, I apologize Rex, for Julian.
Whoopsie. So they say.
So the major reason of writing this Gengar Male is, I want to
say as an experienced trainer, I think Corbin should have a bug
type as his first Pokémon. Corbin maybe, maybe we'll let
you choose from some bug type Pokémon.
I don't I I mean if it I'd like like to choose Wimpod, Wimpod
would be my choice. Yeah, because it reminds you of
yourself. Boom, got him, Rex goes on to
say. Reason is, if you want to be a
good Pokémon trainer, you need to learn how to handle all types
of Pokémon. And seeing Corbin's hatred for
bug types, it's perfect for us. First, I suggest Joltek.
It's cute and can paralyze opponents if needed.
Also, if you all want to come to Hoe and you must live in Lily
Cove. It's so peaceful here.
And there's a department store too.
I also drew a picture of Machamp here and they've included it in
this this Gengar mail that I've printed out here.
Take a look. Oh, very cool, I like that.
Yeah, it's actually really well done.
I I do see that it's holding swords I think.
Yep, I thought I saw brass knuckles there, but I think
that's just the knuckles. Particular knuckles, you see
Machamps knuckles are so hard they kind of look like metal, so
I get that. Kind of look like metal already.
That's true. That's true.
And. It's got this cool little like
scarf and Cape thing. You know, I, I don't know why I
ever, I never thought about that, but machamps are such, you
know, so proficient at martial arts that, you know, I can't
imagine why they wouldn't, you know, start using some swords
too. I think it's AI think it's like
a pride thing, right? They want to be able to like use
their own strength, nothing but their strengths.
They don't want to use a tool to help them in combat.
Never. Like you wouldn't see one of
them using a gun. Yeah, also that, that's a good.
Idea Pretty cool. It would be cool though.
That's a good idea about starting Corbinov for the bug
type Pokémon. I would say a a Spupa would be
the the best Pokémon to start with.
Or maybe so. What about a spinner rack?
Have you ever heard of these, Mr. Curtis?
No. Did you hear of a spinner rack?
No, no, I, he, he, he needs to work up to spinner rack.
OK. From from a spupa, is that what
you said? That's right, yes, Spupa.
If you can get your Spupa to evolve into a a a pavilion then.
We don't know most Pokémon. I don't then.
Then maybe I'll consider giving you one of my spinner acts.
So. Well, while he's pondering that,
thank you so much, Rex, for sending in this Kingar mail.
Once again, I apologize for the casualties, but you know, you
can't say you didn't try it. Mr. Curtis, do you?
Do you want to go Gold Star here?
What do you what do you think? I'll have to.
I'll have to say yes, thank you for trusting me with your prized
shiny. And I'm sorry that I that I let
you down. But yeah, I'll give you Gold
Star because of the the love of the spinner rack.
Nice Gold Star, Corbin. Anything you want to add before
we before we move on? I don't want to bug unless it's
one pie. Thank you very much.
Well, because you always bug me. Got them.
Pretty, pretty proud of that. OK, let's get into the lesson
proper. Does anybody know what Pokémon
we're learning about this week? Man, I'm already feeling better.
Already I'm, I'm feeling, you know, much more normal, much
more like, you know, no, like Apple.
Support like poop? Are we learning about Piplup?
No, no, it's. It's the evolved form of Hoppip.
Bimflop. No, I don't know Tiplop.
Or is it decision? Why?
It is not decision. Why we're not learning about
decision. Why you see even even that, even
even hearing even hearing Mr. Curtis guess the wrong Pokémon
is really lifting my spirits. Is it pit bloom?
You're getting, you got pretty close there.
Whip loom. Tip scoon.
No colder, just Don. Just Don loom.
OK, we're learning about Skip Loom this.
Was right there. Yeah, you were.
You really were right. You were really dancing around
it, really floating and fluttering around it.
Oh, does this one float too? Yes, it does float.
It does look good. Hey, good, good instinct,
Corbin. Well, I don't see one taped to
Mr. Curtis's backpack. No, Did you?
No, Mr. Curtis, Did you keep that one in the Pokeball or?
Yeah, yeah. Or.
Did you find some other funny way of carrying it?
No, no, it's it's. In the poke you're you're
positive you didn't find a different funny way of carrying
it. I mean, no, it's right here.
OK, I'm surprised by you. But just just I, I did find an
interesting way to carry the jump up.
So just, you know, just in. Case Wait, we brought a jump up.
Why We we. I only brought stuff for two
lessons. I mean.
Wait, Mr. Kirk, you're not planning for three lessons.
This is wait, hold on. This isn't this isn't one of
your things where you where you plan us to to you know.
Hey, yeah, you sabotaged the boat.
You did. That's right, the Sea Foam
Island. No, I most.
I most certainly did not. I just, I always plan three to
four lessons ahead. OK, so I have stuff all the
classroom materials ready. So wait, does that mean you have
you have stuff for a palm too? I do, yeah.
About Umbreon. That's in.
No I don't. I don't have Umbreon yet.
Sorry, yeah, that's way too far out.
Mr. No, no, but again, you wouldn't know that because you
you don't know anything about Pokémon.
OK, wait, that's that's a little bit more mean though.
I. Want it to.
Be I'm sorry, Cora, I meant you. There's you.
You know very little about Pokémon.
Oh, a little bit better, but not much.
But. That's why you're here, Corbin.
If you already knew a bunch about Pokémon, you wouldn't need
to. That's why Donnie J is paying so
much money for this class. So true.
That's right. That's true.
OK, so I'm I'm going to take
this Pokeball that has a skip loom in it, I'm assuming all
that Mister Curtis gave me, and we're just going to we're just
take a look. We're going to see what it looks
like. All right.
All right, let's do it. And got to get a good wind up
here and. Oh, totally.
PrettyLittleThing. I mean, there it goes.
Bye. It's oh.
Oh, no, no, it's, it's it's fine.
It's not, it's not a strong pin right now.
It's fine. That was Mr. Curtis was running
away. Mr. Curtis, that was a leaf
floating in the wind. Crazy.
Oh, OK, OK, I'm sorry, I'm looking at, I was looking at the
wrong. One the skip loom is right here
the. Skip Loom is happily floating
directly in front of us. Oh my.
Goodness, I. Got distracted by a leaf, my
bad. Look at.
You and it's not, it's not really floating away, is it?
Look at this thing. Oh wow.
It's kind of like just jumping around a little bit.
Just kind of jumping around. You're a way more adept at
flying now you are on fire. Oh, I got a name idea.
How about flame? Corbin, that's a terrible name
for Skip Bloom. I love it on fire.
Look at him, look at him go. He's just, look at that.
He's just flying around. He's looking all happy.
It's awful. I love it.
Let's keep it. He's in control of his destiny
and his ability to float away now.
Yes. So okay, let's describe it a
little bit. Wait, we're going with the name
Flame? Flame, flame, flame is the name.
And it's also. The name of a Patreon name.
Whoa, what? How does that keep happening,
Corbin? It's the same, don't know what
to say it. Almost.
It almost feels like you're you're not.
You're not creative with these names anymore.
What can I say? It's all the same.
Who am I to blame? These feel forced.
No, they're not forced. I'm sorry.
All right, just describes this describe flame for me.
Well, flame doesn't look anything like a flame.
Yeah, he is a green little guy. Looks very similar to a hot pip.
Similar body structure. But the skip loom is green now
and it it has like these big kind of floppy.
They look like ears, like these big old discs coming out on
either side. The eyes are red now, not
yellow. And instead of having, they've
located their grass, right? And instead of having two little
grassy ferns popping out of the top of its head, it has like a
yellow petal, a little yellow flower popping out of its head.
But the nubbins, the feet nubbins and the hand nubbins and
the tail nubbins on the butt all look the same in terms of like
size and stuff. Like that.
The eyes. Yeah, the eyes.
Yes, Yeah, the eyes. Wait, hold on.
So what about the eyes, Mr. Curtis?
The the red, the red. There's just little.
They're just little red, red holes in the face.
That's like, that's why it's called flame.
Just just little little. Oh wait, I thought he was called
Flame because he's on fire Or she's.
He's on fire. It's a female the skip.
Blue. Oh, she sorry.
It's for both little reasons evil.
Pits of evil flame. I don't like it.
Very good description Corbin. The only thing I would add is
that I think it's tail is a little bit thicker.
It's more more like a more like a chunky tail.
Turn around, Flame. Let's see that tail.
Woo. You're right, Professor.
Yeah, it looks like the other one looked more like a like a
like a skinny tail. This one looks more like a like
a a side duck tail. Little bit thicker.
Oh man, I miss Perry. I wonder what he's up to.
Now maybe. Oh God, do you think we'll ever
see Perry again? I hope so.
He's like my best friend. Don't tell Gordon.
Wait, does Gordon think he's your best friend?
He. Does I'm going to have to tell
him to skip this lesson if he listens to it back?
Just wait. Does Gordon listen to all?
Is Gordon a virtual student? He is a fan.
Well I mean a fan is an interesting way of putting it.
A student would be his house. Well, he's not a student.
I mean, he's not a student per SE, because I mean, he knows
more than all of us because he's.
I'm a fan, Smart. I'm a fan of you, Professor.
I think that's sweet. I find that very odd the Mr.
Curtis the So stop it. I'm sorry, but yes, from a
certain point of view, yeah, Gordon's kind of a virtual
student. He.
Likes wow. So maybe, maybe at some point,
Gordon will be the class president.
Wouldn't we love that? Wouldn't that be crazy that.
'D be kind of crazy. OK, I think we have described a
flame here enough. I'm going to go ahead and put
her back in the Pokeball so you don't end up with another spirit
situation. All right.
Bye girl, I'm playing. This girl is on fire.
I'm still so sad we've been out here weak in spirit, still
hasn't come back. To us, I know I'm really upset.
Well, Honest Spirit's probably in a different region by now.
That's really sad. I like spirit.
I felt like we had something special there.
Maybe he'll come back. Spirit longed for the skies.
All right, we can't. We can't take that from him.
You. Can't keep letting our Pokémon
like Spirit and Rocket drift away and then say that that's
what they were meant to do. But what if that was what they
wanted to do? Corbin.
Did you ask Spirit? You didn't have to.
You can see it in his heart. Spirit's nature, you could see,
you could see it in his face. All right, I'm going to read
some Pokedex entries here. Go ahead, Go ahead.
Good. And pay attention because who
knows what the what the testing portion today is going to be.
Might be important for you to take close attention here.
Starting off in the JoJo region, the first entry says the bloom
on top of its head opens and closes as the temperature
fluctuates up and down. That's kind of cool.
What what? What kind of uses do you think
you could think of for that? To go up and down in the sky,
hot air balloon sort of thing. The more hot air it has, the
higher it goes, and then it when it lets it out, sinks down
lower. Why?
What? What is with this trend of
turning Pokémon into hot air balloons?
Well, that's this is the. Third time.
This is the third time we've we've we've said a Pokémon is a
hot air balloon. I mean.
This is not like I mean, you know, fine, this is what Corbin
thinks, but like I my theory about how how clefairy are
really hot air balloons that crawl into deflate and crawl
into cracks at night makes. Total sense?
No, it doesn't. That's crazy.
So this let me repeat this entry because I think Corbin might
have heard it wrong. The bloom on top of its head
opens and closes as the temperature fluctuates up and
down. Hmm, OK, right.
So it's a little flower, opens and closes.
It's not like floating higher or lower.
I don't know why I heard that is flying higher or lower.
Yeah, you'll have to ignore me. Well, and it's gonna be super
confusing because this next entry says it spreads its petals
to absorb sunlight. It also floats in the air to get
closer to the sun, so it is floating in the air.
See, I told you and my first thought was when you said the
temperature fluctuates up and down, my thought was the
temperature of its bodies fluctuating up and down.
Then my thought was, okay, what need would it have to do that?
And I was like, oh, maybe if it's floating up and down, it's
body fluctuates in temperature. Hot air rises cold air.
You know, that was my thought, but now I'm getting almost
confirmation of that because now it floats in the air to get
closer to the sun and that sounds like it floats with the
heat. No, you're, you're really
reaching there, Corbin. Maybe.
Yeah, stop stretching. Sit back down.
OK. As soon as it rains, this is the
next entry. By the way, as soon as it rains,
it closes its flower and hides in the shade of a tree to avoid
getting wet. Oh, it's like Merrill.
Doesn't like yeah, that is true. That's right.
So skip Loom is as a bunch of water type Pokémon as Meryl is.
You've heard it here first. Yep, yeah, why do you?
It's weird 'cause like you think it's a it's a grass type
Pokémon, you'd think it would it would like the water right
'cause it needs water. To live.
Maybe it maybe it brings it down with the petals.
They get all wet. Oh, that, that probably.
That's probably true. I don't know.
Maybe it just doesn't like that. Maybe it's a stinky, stinky
Pokémon. It's a stinky baby.
Stinky baby at the skirt ads like Mr. Yep.
No, no, I like, I like to take a bath every once in a while.
How long is every once in a while?
Oh God, we don't want to. Know it's not worth going into
right now. Yeah, not not when we're out
here. It's trapped altogether.
And. I mean, definitely in the last
week I haven't taken a bath. I mean, look at this jacket.
Oh man. Even I still have Gosh.
He doesn't say I I did find a river and I take a Took a quick
dip, Mr. Curtis. Yeah, exactly.
There are avenues you could go to get clean.
And you, You didn't invite me, professor.
What? What?
No.
You didn't invite me to participate.
I no, I did not. I, you know, I don't think I
should be, you know, yelled at for that.
I think, I think that was, you know, that's some, that's some
Jacob. Time.
I feel like a real professor would invite his assistant to
bathe with him. That's true.
This is some weird energy that I don't like, and I'm going to do
what I do whenever there's weird energy that I don't like and
read the next Pokedex entry. In the Hohenn region, they say
skiplooms flower blossoms when the temperature rises above
64°F. How much the flower opens
depends on the temperature. For that reason, this Pokémon is
sometimes used as a thermometer, or some people say a
thermometer. Thermometer.
That's what I say. OK, thermometer.
Thermometer. How do you say how?
How? What funny way do you say it,
Mr. Curtis? Therm Therm Thermator.
That's a thermator. That's a thermator.
Thermator. I like to have a little bit of
thermator on my sandwiches. I call a thermometer.
Give me a little bit of a thermator please.
Yeah, it's just a quick, just just just one slice of a
thermator. Just good.
Just I'd like a thermator sandwich.
Put a little extra little extra miracle Whip on there.
Let's. Just do this the rest of the.
Last, I think. I think the forest fever is
starting to get to me now too. Don't worry, no.
It's got, it's so it's gone. He's been taken by the forest.
Don't worry, don't worry, I'll go get you some Thermador.
It'll fix your right. No, we'll wait till after class.
Mr. Curtis, please sit down. Okay, all right, that does it
for the Helen region. Moving on to the In our region,
the 1st century says it blooms when the weather warms.
It floats in the sky to soak up as much sunlight as possible.
He. Wants to shake up the shine
Flame's going to tell everyone about this class.
Oh wow, thank you. Thank you, Flame.
That's so nice. And it's because of me.
We can't. We can't keep putting singing.
We can't keep pudding singing. Wait, is that right?
Does. That sound right?
One more time. Professor, one more time.
Wait, what about pudding? I mean, I could use some pudding
right now. I take.
Some butterscotch I would kill. I would kill for some pudding.
Why don't you look at me when you said kill?
I don't know what, Yeah. Murder for some pudding
violently. I think you need to calm it with
your insinuations over there. Yeah, we're nobody's offering.
But no killing whatsoever. There's no one of the one of the
tenants of the country scouts, no killing whatsoever.
And also another one is we give life, we do not take it.
It's good. Does that come before or after
chewed out? That chewed out is always the
main motto, but there are several tenants in there.
What's you know that are? Important, yeah.
What are the tenants so? Do we have time to recite all of
them? I think we have.
We have a time to recite at least four of them.
OK, so obviously the main motto is when in doubt, chew it out.
That's the main. That's not a tenant.
All right, the tenants are. It starts off by saying, I swear
to every tenant that I will not catch another trainer's Pokémon.
I will not spit in the face of another trainer.
I will not dishonor myself nor my peers in the battlefield.
I will listen to my Scout master.
No killing whatsoever. After you survive, then you can
entertain. We build fences.
We don't take offenses. We give life.
We do not take it, and only people who are quitters do the
litters. Wow, those are some.
Pretty good, Corbin. Well, that last one.
Was more of a statement, less of a tenant, but you know a.
Tenant is kind of like a statement.
Yeah, it is with a with a hat on.
That's right. Thank you, everybody.
Thank you. I'm a real this, this, this
survival period. It's been going on.
The line of speech is maybe a real cup juice gap.
Well, maybe you can move up the rank.
What's what's the next rank in the cup?
Juice gap? Oh.
My gosh, I think I'm at the baby Bean level.
That's the lowest. Your baby bean, that's.
What they call you that's that's so demeaning.
I'll put I'll put you in for the next level though.
Hey, it's an honor to be in the Cup 2 scouts, let alone a baby
bean, okay? Right, so.
You are a baby bean right now and I can get you on record
saying that. Yeah, I'm a baby bean.
Did you not see it? Literally.
You haven't noticed that my patch that's been on me the
whole time? It says I just, I just thought
they were going to be named after other Pokémon, like if you
come to scout. You would be.
Surprised like a like a Teddy Ursa scout or like.
No, that's a whole different. We don't talk about them.
That's our rivals. No, we don't.
Sorry, we don't talk about the Teddy Ursa Scouts.
Corbin, what's your What's the next rank after Baby Bean?
Professor, we don't have time, I think.
We have so much, we have nothing but time.
Corbin, Professor, please. Okay.
It's clear he doesn't know what the next what the next level.
Is I don't know. I've only been in.
I've only been in the Cup 2 scouts for a couple weeks.
I don't know what the next one is.
All I know is that I'm a baby bean and I don't know.
I've heard some rumors of some other names but I I need to I
need to Fact Check the book. Yeah, so while he's, while he's
thinking about it, fact checking it and looking it up, I'll go
ahead and read these next these next Pokedex entries.
So there's only one Sino and I already read it.
There's nothing new in the UNOVA region.
And as always, there's nothing new in the Kalos region.
Alola didn't even bother to make an entry.
Come on Alola, come on, JoJo Pokémon.
Nothing new from the Gala region, but finally make it to
Paldea and there's some new entries here.
Skiploom enthusiasts can apparently tell where a Skiploom
was born by the scent drifting from the flower on the Pokémon's
head. OK, scent from the Pokémon's
head. Yeah, so different, different,
different smells for different regions apparently.
Oh wow OK so you can get a good huff of one and know exactly
which region it's from. Yeah.
I think it's a, I think it's a it's, it's, it's very nuanced,
right. There's, there's like the, the
initial hit of the smell and then there's like the after
smell. There's just a lot to it, which
is, which is why it's really only the enthusiasts that can do
it. Yeah.
You have to be trained to do it. Yeah, all right.
The next entry from the Paldeo region says when the weather
grows cold, Skip Bloom's flower closes and the Pokémon cannot
photosynthesize so it flies away to warmer regions.
Did you see that Corbin? When it's cold, it can still
fly. OK, OK, right.
But when it warmer flower opens it.
Goes when it warmer flower opens.
Yeah, some of the struggle. And can photosynthesize?
Yeah, photosynthesize equals yes.
OK, I got it. OK, OK, so that does it more the
original Pokedex entries. Yeah.
Professor Mirror also did not write anything about this,
unfortunately. But I do have a unique Pokedex
entry. It comes to us from Ash's
Pokedex. It says Skiploom, the evolved
form of Hoppip. This happy go lucky grass type
has a flower on its head which opens and closes depending on
the temperature. Oh, right.
Very important part of Skip Bloom.
Oh, I found it by the way, in the in the journal here it's
page. Oh, great.
All right and Light 7. OK, so I'm a baby bean right
now. There's four ranks to R Baby
bean is what I am right now. Then the 2nd next rank after
you, I remember how many badges it says maybe 10.
You joined the Teddy Ursa team. And then the third rank is the.
Whoa, wait, whoa. I thought you said the Teddy
Ursa was a different. Yeah, that's the Teddy Ursa
Scouts. The Teddy Ursa team is part of
the Cubchu Scouts. It's just a rank within the
Cubchu Scouts. We were here first, OK, They
copied us. All right, So the first rank,
second rank is Teddy Ursa Team, then it's the Stuffle Soldiers,
and then lastly the Beartic Brothers.
Tick, brothers. Well, you truly become brothers
at that. You're brothers, you're bonded,
even if you're a lady. Oh wow.
OK. That's very progressive.
Wow, that's so accepting of the Cub Chew scouts.
Yeah, get on them. Everyone here is a brother.
OK, so that does it for all of the Pokedex entries on skip
Loom. So I ask you guys to kindly put
away your pads. Don't say it.
Gonna put away my. Because it is time for a pop
quiz. No.
All right, I know. Listen, I know.
We're all sleep deprived. We're all slightly starved.
Oh, I'm so I'm so internized now, professor.
He's eternized, you hear him. It's so eternized.
He's so. Eternized, but it does feel like
it's 2:00 in the morning right now, so I'm also kind of sleepy.
I don't know what hour it is, professor.
I know I can't my my watch died days ago.
Same. And I didn't even bring a phone
because Corbin told us not to. I told you it's part.
Of survival system that I could have led you back and I still
will. Gosh Dang it, I'm going to lead
us back. OK, OK, sure.
You know what? I believe in you, Corbin.
I believe you can do it. Someone asked to, but we'll see
how you do on this pop quiz. Is everybody ready?
I'm ready.
Question number one, What part
of skip loom is commonly used as a thermometer?
A thermometer and what temperatures can it be used?
All right, let's see here. I think I got both of the
answers. Yes, they threw them at me with
paper airplanes. Thank you, guys.
All right, let me go ahead and unfold Corbins here, Corbin
says. By the way, the question is what
part of skip bloom is commonly used as as a thermometer and
what temperatures can it be used?
Corbin said it's flower opening and closing determines
temperature. And then he said it can be used
in 64°F mm Hmm, kind of thermometer can only tell you
one temperature, Corbin. Now, Mr. Curtis says the
bluesome on the head of the skiploom opens and closes with
the temperature. It's blossoms it Oh, sorry, it
blossoms at 65°. So that's a good indicator.
All right, there we go. So found on the top of the head.
Yes, that is right. It's a half point for each of
you. Woo.
Hoo, yes. Now it is 64°F.
Oh, better luck next time buddy. But is.
It 64. Yes, it is 64°F.
OK, Professor. He's so upset.
Wow, he's he's really give him, give him some more spinner act
jerky. He's really, he's really losing
it. He's got some I'm.
Fading away. It's because he took all of the
salt from yours, Corbin. He's.
Fine here, do some more. Thank you.
Okay, now the real answer is
greater than the 64°F because the flower doesn't open.
Like until like 64°F right? So the skip blooms flower skip
blooms flower blossoms when the temperature rises above 64°.
So it's greater than 64° is the answer.
That's what we meant, yeah. You can't just say that's what
you meant. There's nuance in there,
Professor. You have to write what you mean
or otherwise, otherwise I can't accept it.
I mean, I did say it blossoms at at 65.
He did. I said it could be used.
I didn't ask when it blossoms. Well, I mean so but you're
saying but it OK, All right, professor.
Now you guys, so you guys got the first part right,
Definitely. And you got, well, Curtis
didn't, Mr. Curtis didn't quite get the 64°, but the 65 is close
enough. So I'm giving you both 3/4 of a
point here, All right? OK, All right.
I think, hey, I think that's pretty fair and equitable.
Porsche, if you, if you're out there somewhere, play the music.
Professor, I have a question. I'm the one asking the questions
now, Corbin. OK, never mind.
Continue What's your question? How's Porsche getting these
these sound recordings? When they recover our bodies,
they'll find the recordings etched into my jackets.
I'll be able to reproduce. Them that way.
We've been releasing these weekly.
I mean, it's, it's a wireless recording device.
As soon as we hit, as soon as we like, stop the recording, it's.
Automatically, that's how it works.
As soon as you guys hear this, send send send.
Hill, send a chopper. Send a chopper.
We're we're deep in, we're deep in the what?
What did you say they were, Corbin?
I think it's the Ilex forest. I don't.
I'm not. What are you licking?
I'm sorry you're you're doing what?
I miss Lex forest. I I miss Lex too.
All right, question #2 Skiploom wants to float in the air as
much as possible. What is the reason for this?
All righty then. All right, students, let's see
what you have here. The question is, Skip Bloom
wants to float in the air as much as possible.
What is the reason for this? Corbin says because it wants to
be closer to the sun. Who doesn't?
He doesn't want to be closer to the sun.
Who wants to, you know, leap up and touch the sky, am I right?
And then Mr. Curtis says the Skip Bloom flies so high to
catch all that sunlight. Got to soak it all up.
Yum Yum is what he says. Wow, I imagine he's like a
little head Bob too when he says Yum Yum Yum Yum.
But yes, you guys are both correct.
They want to get as close to the sun as they can.
Very good question #3 this is a true or false.
All right, this shouldn't be too bad.
It is possible to tell where Skiploom was born by the smell
from its flower. True or false?
This is this is just a one. This is just a one word answer,
right? So it should be like lickety
split. Yes, yes, I I hear you,
professor. I will do my best.
It's it. It goes against my cord, my
creed. All right, let's take a look
here. True or false Question.
I think you guys should both get this.
It was pretty easy. Is it possible to tell where
Skip Bloom was born by the smell from its flower?
Corbin says true. Yeah.
And Mr. Curtis says true in all caps.
The smell masters can tell origin sorry organ just by the
scent. I think he was an I and an
origin there. But yes, the answer is true.
Very good. I'm glad you guys were listening
all right, final question question #4 what does this
Pokémon do when it starts to rain all right, so both of the
answers are in let's see here Corbin says it heads for
shelter. No likey dough, wet, wetty.
Wow, you know, and I'm looking at.
Can you say that? Can you say that last part like
a little kid? No, you can say it like a little
kid. I'm good.
Yeah, see. Hey, students, how's your own
message? Hey.
Students send audio recordings. And you guys?
Don't, don't, don't do that. Don't do that.
Please God, don't do that. I'm begging.
You yeah, put in the, in the poll below, you'll see like, do
you want us to say that line like a no, like the wedding.
And you know, it's actually very similar to Mr. Curtis's answer,
which is wet, no good. Good rain means close the flower
and run for cover. Guys, we gotta get home.
We're so. We're losing it.
I'm struggling, I miss my babies.
Now Mr. Curse is right, he says, closes the flower and runs for
cover. Corbin, you did not mention it
closing its flower, which I think is an important part.
You're right, I apologize. Yeah, well, unfortunately
apologizes, apologies don't get you your points back.
They should. Curse you get full marks,
Corbin, you get half a point. Fair enough.
Has everybody feeling about this feeling good?
We're feeling happy. I'm feeling reasonably content
I. Think that's pretty fair and
equitable? Porsche don't play the music
this time all. Right, let's keep going.
OK, I'm kidding. Play it now.
There. There we go.
All right. That was Hey Kenneth Porsche.
Let me say that was such a great job.
OK, thank you, Mr. Curtis. He is.
Wow, he's he just, he just laid down and like curled up into a
ball. He's out.
He's he's he's gone. All right, let's let's end this
lesson. I was really hoping that this
lesson would get us all feeling better and more normal, but it
seems to have had the opposite effect on Mr. Curtis.
Corbin, how are you feeling? You feeling good?
Hi, what's your name? OK, he's now he's introducing
himself to a tree. OK, we'll, we'll go ahead and
end this. All right.
Thank you everybody for listening.
That's going to do it. For the lesson on Skiploom, my
students are out of Commission, so I'm just going to go ahead
and say the Pokémon we're learning about next week, we are
learning about jump left. It is the evolved form of
Skiploom. If you, any students out there
have any questions for me, the professor, you can send a Gengar
mail to wwopokemon@gmail.com. We love to hear what you have to
say, and we try our best to respond to them in any way that
we can. If you look in the description
of this lesson, you'll find links to just a whole bunch of
different things to find a plane.
Over here. No, there's not.
I don't know.
We got to get out of these. Oh, God.
OK. It's it's deteriorating.
It's deteriorating. Hopefully, hopefully by next
lesson, we'll be back safe and sound in the GCLCBOTSCLC.
But anyways, anyways, other things, you know, you know about
all of our links. We talked about it enough.
What I will say, and I haven't said it for a long time, is if
you have some time, go ahead and give us a rating on Spotify Gone
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The best way though, is by word of mass mouth.
So tell a friend, tell a friend and share the wonderful world of
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OK, my students are wandering away.
I remember. Do you guys remember I've
actually been put in two different bubbles by Pokémon.
The the second time was as as zoom rolls.
The first time was mute two. Do you guys remember that I
almost died? OK, I don't, I don't know what
was in that spinner rack, Cherokee, but we're all getting
loopy. Oh God, it's going to do it for
today's lesson. Until next time.
Class is dismissed. Corbin.
Corbin, put the stick down. Stick down.
You don't chew it out. Corbin.
Come on. No.
Mr. Curtis, can you help me out here?
Chew it out. Chew it.