Hello there and welcome to the world of Pokemon.
My name is Professor, Jacob. I'm excited to see so many
wonderful smiling faces coming back extended spine.
Well, I'm afraid to see most of the faces that are coming back
from Spring break. Now, I can't help but notice
that in addition to coughing you have forgotten to wear your mask
as well. Please tell me you have one
Professor. Jacob, look, I'm not an expert
in this but I didn't think coughing until it was much later
in the Pokedex entries. I don't know why you're talking
about him right now. Wow, that's not even very
original. I'm gonna need you to go get a
mask. That was that was our principal
over the intercom, that's why it sounded silly.
But anyways, If I can, if you can excuse the interruptions for
a moment. I am joined as always by my
wonderful teaching assistant, mr.
Curtis say hi to everybody mr. Curtis, hello.
Hello everybody. Thank thank you so much
Professor. I, you know, I'm really here to
serve at your pleasure, okay. And I'm here to make your day
even better, so Corbin. So when's that going to start?
I'm watching. You Corbin, get you.
And thank you for introducing our lovely student as well.
The young trainer Corbin Hui, despite my, you know, warnings
and requests. He still decided to come back
and not take advantage of the add/drop period that we provide
here, but I'm so glad to see you look it look, it's, it's good to
be back. Look, I'm here to learn, but I
mean, it was a long spring. NG break.
Like, how long was that spring break like five months?
I mean, I really didn't want to go back.
I may have just been used to just kind of laying out by the
pond hanging out with some mudkips and ratan has and stuff.
I really don't want to come back.
I mean, look learning is cool but it's like I just enjoyed my
time telling, you know what I mean?
So I'm not respectfully mr. Corbin are just Corbin sorry.
You're not mr. I haven't heard the title of mr.
Yeah. Excuse you Corbin respectfully.
There's the door. So if you would like to leave
now is the time. Yeah, please let it hit you on
the way out core. Alright gosh, I have a question
that I got to ask. Okay, you know what?
Yes, yes, let's let's open up the class by asking a few
questions. Please class here Professor.
I am actually the only one here. Okay, there and questions from
the. Yeah in the class, please,
please ask them. I have a question hands.
Raised Corbin. Yeah.
Corbin yes, sir. Question.
I got a question. Yeah.
Um, I was the only one here before the covid-19 outbreak and
I'm here after. Why am I everyone else listens
to this class virtually even like, they've been doing that
before the pandemic. Why am I still doing this?
To make any sense? Covid, covered night.
That's all I know. I swear, I know every single
Pokemon I've never heard of that Pokémon before.
I've never heard of you, never heard the covid.
You said covid-19. Yeah, I'm not aware.
Hello, I'm not aware of that. Oh, c'mon, now pretty sure I've
heard of like a covid to, but not, not a covid-19.
That also is not a Pokémon you guys in here.
Oh, no. I was thinking of polygons to
ya. Hear about that, poor McCrory.
Some kid in the, some kid in the region.
He ate like a Zubat, and I don't know, it just kind of cause
something really weird to happen.
Maybe there was a fever dream. I had, I don't know.
Yeah, I think of all the new Ghost Pokemon, there are now.
That's sure that's true. As a lot of them.
I know we haven't, we haven't gotten to talk about, Ghost
Pokemon yet but I cannot wait until we do unfortunately to get
there. We must first finish today's
lesson. Now, I'm sure also.
Why do we take such a long spring break?
I think the other students should know why they haven't, we
haven't had class in five months.
Well, we did have to take an extended break.
It was requested to us by the, by the president of the please
cover your mouth when you cough sir.
Sorry I won't I will not ask you again.
They did ask us to suspend large Gatherings and it just so
happened to line up with our spring break.
So we assign Added to extend that out until everything was
safe to come back. I mean safe, safe from what safe
from the roaming band of 30 to 50 wild horses that are tearing
through Villages and communities.
They just tore up the entire Kanto region for five months.
Yes. Yeah, we finally got it under
control. Thanks to them.
Everybody made sure to because, you know, large large groups
Attract tourism. Sure.
We'll talk about that once we get to Taurus.
Gotcha. And so everybody made sure to
social distance and and you know no Pokémon battles were held
during that time, we all made sure to stay indoors and to
hunker down hiding from the once again. 3250 raging Tauruses that
were roaming the lamb. Okay, well, I'm just, we've been
taking care of, I don't know. I just didn't hear, but I don't
know if they've been euthanized or Captured.
I don't know. I'm just, I just I'm going to
let the experts handle it. Not well, you know what?
You know what, corporate week we can get into that later.
I think it's time we start our lesson.
Don't you think Professor? That's what I've been saying for
the last five months now. I don't care what.
Okay, what the government says an entire course for five months
just because Tauruses were roaming around?
We held the entire thing up for one student aka me because I was
in class. This is an online course,
ninety-nine percent of the student body takes this class
online, and I do not. So we, you guys held up the
entire course for five months. Just so I could be in it and
purses. Hey, just for you buddy.
Well, that's really. We look at him looking out for
you. Hey thanks.
Thanks Professor. That's really sweet of you.
Listen, I'm out of all of our students are.
Our class is full of Bright Young Minds.
Relay learn. Hold on, hold on.
Eager to learn. Yeah, and then there's you,
let's be honest. Is really the most invested in
here? No, well, yeah.
You know what? Best in the regards that you
need the most help. Oh yeah.
Okay. So makes sense.
So honestly holding the class without you being here, it's
kind of pointless, right? It's like a Charmander - lamb
because I'm so sorry. I'm not, you know, I already
Everything. So there's no point if for just
me to be here. Yes, that you definitely you
definitely do know the things right.
Mr. Curtis, that's right. This is this is what did we say
like my seventh or eighth time taking the class, so I can't
remember that was like, what? Five months ago exactly.
We've addressed that before we get it that you're dumb to
Curtis. This is why we're how are you?
That's is he dumb though because I'm looking at the grade book
here and if he's dumb Corbin My there just is no hope for you
now, is there. You don't a very encouraging
Professor. Can we just get all the lessons?
I've been trying to. All right.
Now, does everybody know where we left off?
Can anybody tell me what the last Pokemon we talked about
was? Yes, yes, yes, Professor mr.
Curtis please can you can you answer the question?
Exactly was a Venusaur. It was indeed.
Pokemon number three Venusaur. So today, we're doing Pokemon
number four, which is, of course, squirt, Hank.
Thank you very much. Nope.
I see as per usual.
Nobody read ahead in the syllabus.
You are practicing. We're DUIs.
Yes. I said it.
I said it to all of you. God, nobody reads the syllabus
ever. I thought I was supposed to be
for syllabus week just for still.
No, I give you this. Did you give you the syllabus
for the entire lesson? And yes, I know give it to you.
Syllabus week is you read the syllabus and that you pitch it
out afterwards. Am I the only one that
understands was syllabus week is?
I think you're the only one who doesn't understand about
syllabus because maybe maybe. Now maybe now might be the case.
Now, mr. Curtis would say that we're
talking about Pokemon at number four in the Pokédex today and
that is absolutely correct. It is not Squirtle is not.
Angela it is in fact, Charmander is the lizard Pokemon now
Charmander. As I'm sure you guys will learn
today is what I would consider. I've kind of coined the phrase.
He's a, he's a second thought, Pokemon being that while his
evolutionary line is incredibly popular.
In fact, I would say that the final evolution is arguably the
most popular Pokemon. I'm sure I'll have you know So I
won't waste time saying that that being said because it's
evolution is so popular. Charmander itself is extremely
unpopular being that not, we don't really have that much
information about Charmander. As fact, you'll see today that
are our knowledge on Charmander is very one thing focused one
facet one. There's one thing about
Charmander that everybody Focuses on.
And because of that, my good friend Professor Oak has sent me
one of his charmander's so I can do research on it and get a
little bit more information on the Charmander species.
And so I would like to share with you this wonderful
Charmander, that miss that, Professor Oak sent to me.
All right, here he is. Isn't he beautiful?
Wow. Oh my gosh.
Okay, well Fire put it out, that's fine.
Uh, eight, listen, what it's about?
Well, Hey, listen to your professor, okay?
All right, now, it's just that you mention those tails on fire
because that is the one thing that everybody is 100% certain
about, is that charmander's. Tail is definitely on fire.
So, I'm glad you noticed that. Now, before I put Charmander
back into the Pokeball, I haven't named Charmander yet.
So if you guys have any names, feel free to give me one stolen.
No, I'm not gonna go with that one.
But for a put him back in. His pokeball.
Is there anything else that you notice about him besides you
know obviously his tail? I don't know.
Well, he definitely is Orange. He is do like that orange which
brings up the. Some interesting questions.
He is a yellowish to White underbelly.
Yes. Yeah, we'll call that.
Call it eggshell for now. So yes, you guys have noticed
the coloring patterns, anything else before we move on?
He's got a really nice. Blue eyes are beautiful.
Guys are all about color, huh? He's bipedal exactly.
Yes, he is bipedal and I would say that he has very sharp teeth
which to me would suggest that he is a carnivore.
Probably. Yes, probably.
Anyways, for now, let's put Charmander right back into its
Pokéball by buddy. I'm going to miss you.
Stalling. Don't touch his tail.
Corbin know, it looks pretty Flames.
All right. Well, now he's safely back into
its Pokéball and I have promised, I have promised
Professor Oak. That I will not evolve him until
I have done efficient research on a Charmander, it what makes a
tournament or a Charmander? But as of now, I'd like to tell
you guys what we do know about Charmander and I will do.
So as we always have, Have, which is by going through the
various Pokedex entries for the different regions.
Yes, great. Do that sir?
We do every ever? That's the main that's the bulk
of every lesson of Corbin. Sorry it's been a while.
It's been a long way away. I can't fault you there.
All right, so let's start off with our wonderful region, the
Kanto region. Pokedex number one.
Say that's where we are. That is that he's where we are,
is our beautiful region. You got can't one star Corbin.
Fuck. Yeah, dude.
Thanks, yo. Yes.
Good joke. A pokedex entry number one
obviously prefers hot places. Yeah, you fucking idiots.
Yeah, when it rains, steam is said to spout from the tip of
its tail. Huh?
All right, hot places and when it rains, steam is said to spout
from the tip of its tail. This this immediately, this
immediately puts the bad, one of the arguments about Charmander
in that, if it's caught in a rainstorm it will die.
There's not necessarily true, it's just that steam will spout
from the tip of its tail. Okay.
Well known of rainstorm. What if you throw it in the
pool? You know, that's one thing that
we can test. What we have this Charmander,
that seems a whole number two by my uncle, threw me in the pool
once and I don't have a fire tail and I didn't like it.
So I can't imagine what he's gonna think of it.
So, I stayed you die though. No, because I don't have a fire
button. Well, he didn't die.
So after all that all of this is not a fire but it's a fire tail.
Thank you very much. Well, excuse me, excuse my
French mr. Curtis Okay?
The flame of the flame of the tip of its tail makes a sound as
it burns. You can only hear it and quiet
places. Even nubert.
Borns have flaming Tails. Unfamiliar with fire, babies are
said to accidentally burn themselves.
It isn't interesting though that the Terminator is not itself
immune to fire it. Still can feel the effects of
flames which seems interesting. It seems like a bad evolutionary
path, but you know, Who am I to say a weird?
Because I read about this one trainer.
It was it a Ash Ketchum? I think we've talked about him
before. There was one time where he
fought Blaine from the from the Cinnabar Island and it's
Charizard fell into a fuckin volcano and it came out and it
lived so. Well, that's, that's chars are
that's a very different story. That's true.
Maybe he develops it later down the evolutionary line.
I don't mean because we'll see, we'll see if the Pokédex.
Mentions anything about that. All right, now we're moving on
to the Johto region, the flame on its tail shows, the strength
of its life force. If it is weak, the flame also
Burns weekly. Not like once every week but
like weekly, as I'm not strong. Gotcha.
That's want to make sure the
flame is reflective of the overall health of the charm.
And yeah, very, very good connection.
Mr. Curtis I'm glad you're following along once.
Okay. So now this one's actually very
similar. It's not exactly the same thing
though. The flame on its tail indicates
charmander's Life Force. If it is healthy, the flame
Burns brightly. So if it's week, the flame Burns
weekly, if it's health healthy, the flame Burns, Rightly, which
is what Curtis disc we already said.
Yeah, he did say it. But, you know, those are two,
those are two different Pokedex entries.
And so that kind of gives you some indication of where we're
at on understanding a Charmander.
Um if it's healthy the flam of its tail will burn vigorously
even if it gets a bit wet. Huh, that's good.
Okay. All right.
Now we're moving on to the Hoenn region.
The flame that burns. The tip of its tail is an
indication of its emotions. Interesting now that's slightly
different from what we've heard before.
The flame of waivers when Charmander is enjoying itself,
the Pokemon becomes enraged, the flame Burns fiercely okay.
So that's interesting. I would have thought that, you
know, sad or negative emotions would cause the The flame to
waver. But what this is saying is that
if the Pokemon is having a good time and is happy, the Flames
will waver and only when it becomes mad will the Flames burn
fiercely. Yeah.
So that does seem to contradict itself there.
But I mean, I guess there's nothing saying that both of
those things would play a role in a charmander's tail in the
flame on the charmanders tail. Yeah, true.
Okay. So let's move on.
Good. Good observation, mr.
Curtis, I'm very proud of you. Step it up.
Corbin what? Listen, I don't think.
Hey, Pay attention. I'm trying to hurt it.
Stop leave me alone. Stop Whispering.
Why did you have to go? But, right up and Whisper into
his ear. Why'd you have to do that?
I need to take notes so she wasn't.
It's the Toros, I told her we were together.
I told I told the president himself.
No, there's no, there's no principle right now.
There is a principle. He just talked to us earlier in
the lesson. Yes, he told me that I can have
class again, but we have to social distance out to be 6 feet
apart. Are you going up a whisper in
his ear? That is not social distancing.
Yeah. Stand aside just I'm sorry I'm
sorry. Good thanks, that's myself and
my dominance but that's fine. In Corbin knows where he's at
now. On the food chain, the bottom,
thanks. Well it wasn't clear that your
please bitch. Please continue with this
degrading lesson from all right I'm sorry I'm sorry from the
time it's born a flame Burns at the tip of its tail.
Its life would end if the flame were to go out Jesus.
Yes. Now, being caught in a rainstorm
won't necessarily kill a Charmander, but if the flame
goes out, then it will definitely die.
That's it. It's done.
It has a preference for hot things.
When it rains steam is said to spout from the tip of its tail.
All right. We have already covered that.
We are. All right, I think most of
these. These start to repeat
themselves, but I can read. I'm going to read Sinners, just
just For completeness sake, the fire on the tip of its tail is a
measure of its life. If healthy it still Burns
intensely. Number two, the flame on its
tail shows. The strength of its life force.
If it is weak, the flame also Burns.
Weekly the flame on its tail and akane's charmanders Life Force.
If it is healthy, the flame Burns brightly.
All right. So we're starting to repeat
ourselves now. So I think we can safely say
that as far as the official Pokedex entries.
Go for each region. We have, we have everything
covered Right, so sounds about right.
What did, what, what would you say was the main focus of all of
these Pokedex entries, the teeth.
Definitely, I saw the teeth and probably every entry really.
Did you? You mustn't looking at a
different Pokédex and I was mr. Curtis would you happen to wager
a guess? I would have to say the flame.
Yes. Lee.
The permanently on the tip of its tail is the primary focus of
a I met her. In fact, I would say that it's
the only thing anybody cares about which is little bit
depressing. Because you saw Esau try matter.
How, what a cute little boy he was.
It's right as sharp little teeth and his little feet cheese and
everything else. It's exactly as you say exactly
no, I couldn't put it better myself.
All right, so like we always do a little Stalin know, his name
is not stop it. Why are you want to call it
stolen? I don't know.
Kind of came to me, never heard that name before.
But yeah, that's the best way to name your Pokemon.
Just let it flow to you. That's right.
I'm gonna call him Dave. Dae-ho.
Curtis calls. His Pokémon who's Chris.
This is mr. Curtis yeah, he's name is mr.
Curtis. Alright, honorifics are very
important. Excuse me.
All right, so like we always do. I know it's been awhile, but we
always read. There are some unique pokedex
entry. Some people's Pokedex has seemed
to have been programmed, weird? I don't know why the main
offender is, of course mr. Ash Ketchum.
So I'm going to read possessed by a rogue Rotom, something like
that. Well, rotom's weren't really
utilized and Pokedex has until more recent years, so you can't
really blame it on them. Yeah, it's probably fake news.
I don't know about those Road on decks, as, you know, I mean,
What do you mean he can't trust them?
Yeah. Well they're newer, there's not
enough data to back it up. I mean it's like you gotta come
on yeah. All those classic handwritten
one. I'm like, wait, I'm super
confused. Are you, are you suggesting that
they're not real or that real? I just think the road on dex's.
I mean, I don't know if you think they're giving false
information, I think the information in the road armed
exes can be Forged possibly, I think the oh, gee Dex is from
the older, you know, I mean, catalog stuff about Pokémon
since, you know, from Joe do Canto those those those
catalogs. Those entries have been verified
in independently proven by a lot of different professors so Rotom
dex's. I don't know.
I've heard there's some kind of data glitches and stuff, they
don't always report the things they should.
They're not exactly accurate sometimes.
Well, let's agree with this coming.
Spira. See, theorist and classic.
Hey yeah, that's what you sound like.
God, you just both boy in the one student that's actually in
the classroom. It's kind of mean, dude.
It's right. Well, let's there in the coming
years, there will come a point where we will have to rely upon
the Pokedex entries that come from Rotom Pokedex is because
these older Pokedex has the like from Kanto and Johto and even a
Hoenn region don't include Pokemon from different regions.
So right. Right.
That makes sense. Does it make sense though?
It seems pretty. Pretty exclusionary on their
part if you ask me. I mean, as I think I think all
Pokémon should be in every Pokedex no reason for him, not
to be take that up to the powers of be talked to Oak, man.
Talked to talked. I will go talk to you, he
entrusted me with his Charmander.
So I think I think we were pretty good rapport.
That's okay. Now, I've been trying to stay
for a while, the is unique pokedex entry.
So I'm going to read them off right now.
So as she's actually actually has two different Next entry is
for Charmander. I don't know who this kid is
where he keeps getting these different unique Pokedex has but
whatever. Anyways, the first one says,
Charmander a flame burn from the tip of its tail from birth.
His said that a Charmander dies if it's flame ever goes out.
All right, so kind of start you had that information right?
His second pokedex entry says Charmander the lizard Pokémon
Charmander is Health. Can be gauged by the fire on the
tip of his tail which burns intensely when it's in good
health. All right, so this is another
one of those entries where it's saying that the, the intensity
of the flame on charmander's tail is directly linked to its
Health, but doesn't say anything about its its emotions or its
mood at the time. So it's still kind of a kind of
discrepancy there. Now this last one comes to us
from Serena's Pokédex. It says Charmander the lizard
Pokemon when the tip of the tip of Terminators tail Burns,
brightly indicates that it's in good health.
All right, so that's it. That's all the unique Pokedex
has. They are unique, but honestly
they are still very similar to what we already have.
Pretty much and to finish off the lesson, I want to read one
source here that is you know, non-peer-reviewed it's a
Experimental. But I think it's, I think it's
good that we read these and use a critical eye to understand a
little bit more about Charmander.
All right, so this doesn't come to us from a pokedex.
This says, Charmander is a bipedal reptilian Pokémon with a
primarily orange body and blue eyes.
It's Underside from the chest down and Souls of its feet are
cream-colored. It has two small things visible
in its upper jaw into smaller things and its lower jaw, a fire
burned. The tip of this Pokemon slender
tail, it has blazed there. Since charmander's birth.
The flame can be used as an indication of time readers
health and mood brightly on the Pokemon is strong weekly.
When is exhausted wavering when it's happy and blazing when it's
enraged is said that Charmander dies, if it's flame, goes out.
However at the Pokemon is healthy, the flame will continue
to burn even if it gets a bit wet and is such a steam in the
rain, Charmander can be found and Hot mountainous regions.
However, is found far more often in the ownership of trainers, as
shown in Pokemon Snap. I'm sorry, I'm not sure what
Pokemon Snap is Charmander. Exhibits.
Its whatever shop quartet with a kind of, if Pokémon Charmander,
is it? I guess I would make sense.
That, you know, it's showing that it's owned by trainers.
All right. Guess that makes sense
Terminator. Exhibits pack Behavior, calling
others of its species. She's if it finds food, nice.
I don't know. It was, oh my goodness, come on.
I have, I have just discovered that.
I now have a tremendous fear of carnivorous little charmanders
chasing after me to run me down. That sounds like a hell of a way
to die. I wouldn't complain about that.
Oh my god. Well I mean you see them coming
from a mile away I mean they first of all they aren't very
dexterous. What if an entire pack of
charmander's came at you at night?
And all you see is the little flame on their tables just
coming towards you may be the creepiest.
The crazy crazy. I mean, he'd be like, oh my God,
is that a Charmander or Charmeleon or at ours?
Are they all have Flames Award winners?
Or is that a little person with the worker, whatever words or is
that any number of other fire-type Pokémon?
That have extraneous Flames. Granted, I actually heard from
my mom who used to have a Charmander that that they
actually arrived? Yes, your mom.
I know I know her. Well, do you?
That's right. And you're very well huh.
Should be sure to ask about that.
We spent a lot of time together. Other cool.
Oh yeah where were you taught her to?
She told me that the day she said, and I quote Professor,
Jacob taught me a thing or two and I was like, that's really
cool. I thought that was really sweet
of you to do that. So I have your attention or keep
at it, please. But she'll let me tell you.
She is a fast learner, I don't this it didn't take much effort
on my part. Yeah.
Just she says that's where I don't remember her being in one
of our previous classes. It's okay, it was a private
lesson. Anyways, continue continue,
horrible. Gotcha.
She must be really smart to go to have a private lesson with
you. I wish I had one.
I don't listen. Yeah.
But apparently, apparently, the really bad at hide-and-seek is
what she told me. So true now, I mean, I guess I
mean, I've never played hide-and-go-seek with one, but I
imagine it would be very easy considering that if, if it
wanted to truly High itself, it would die.
Yeah. Sometimes I feel that way about
myself. All right ways.
Listen, you're I know, you're stalling.
All right. So I am stalling.
I don't want to do this. I fails I know what, you know,
what comes next? You know, what comes next?
Now, this is my favorite part. This is my very favorite part of
every lesson and is when I get to ask you guys some questions
because it is a pop quiz, laughs get your pens out and make sure
you have a piece of paper, I'm ready?
Look yes, been so long didn't fail.
The first three are not fail, but Curtis got a higher.
You didn't want to fail? Yes, that is true.
Curse did well, mr. Curry said yeah I got a higher
score than you but Hey, listen don't be, don't be yeah.
Listen he is he is a tried-and-true students.
Okay he's taking this class many times, I'm sure I'm sure he has
at least kept some of the knowledge.
So don't be don't feel discouraged.
Everybody everybody you know works at Their own pace and
you'll get there, buddy. Hey, we'll get there in time and
time with my tell myself. Okay, finally, let's get this
out of the way. Alright, I got I got my pad up,
I got my, you know, my Pokedex ready?
I'm ready to go, let's just that way.
Well, Pokedex is away, sir. Okay, fight, sorry.
All right, now, this is a closed book quiz.
No, no notes, no nothing. Well, I got my laptop and I'm
gonna send you the answer like we do, okay, okay.
As long as you're not, as long as you're not looking up,
Answers on your laptop. I am now Rotom laptop.
That's a Rotom laptop. By the way I don't know if you
noticed that shit is do you trust that you just use the only
Pokedex has I don't know about I guess, it's fine.
All right let's go, let's do it. Okay now this is going to be
interesting quiz because like I said, most of the hookers
Pokedex entries for Charmander. Kind of covered the exact same
thing that its tail house fire blah blah blah.
So I'm going to use the It's going to be able to show a bit
of a shorter quiz. The, the short answer question
portion is going to be shorter and the second half is going to
be comprised of more of an essay based kind of thing.
I'll explain more when we get there.
Okay all right. All right.
Question number one, Besides life force.
What else can you determined by a charmander's tail?
So please take time to answer. Send me your answers in usually
okay wow it's so please please be quiet other students are
still using this time to uh yeah but whoever this is slow as fuck
doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo so we have I have both of the
answers and mr. Corben you responded with You
can determine a Pokemons, either charmander's emotions by the
flame on its tail, and mr. Curtis responded.
Emotional state, you guys. Both got it.
Exactly correct. Now, you tell me the difference.
Now, this is, this is a kind of knowledge.
That's, let's say, it's not backed up by the Pokedex
entries, but what can you say is How can you tell if a chart
Charmander is let's say excited. What would its tail be doing?
Do we have to say it or we type it?
Again you can tell me that this this is this is for you know
just it's mild starts where it's fiery tail, starts waving back
and forth. That's right.
It's exactly it wavering back and forth but if it were to be
feeling weak or or just not good.
What would that? What would that look like on
charmanders tail? It would start to like diminish.
Yeah it's real. All small.
That's right. Exactly know what.
I'm, I'm a very proud you both answered correctly and mr.
Curtis, your response was very thought.
Well, thought out and not in and didn't have numerous typo.
So, I'm glad to see that. You took those 5 months to
really work on your typing skills.
Yes. Yes.
I was trying so hard. Yeah.
Okay, about time question. Number two.
Now this is a true or false question.
If it is caught in the rain, a Charmander will die.
Is that true or false and see you're typing taking your time?
Got it noted. Once again, please while the
other students are easy, you know, and to know easy, I meant
to be quiet. Okay, Step It Up mr.
Curtis guess who's going to take the W this time you boys.
Listen listen listen here, I'm trying really hard to type real
good. For this professor.
It's taking me a little bit longer you doing so great.
All right, all right. So what's going question was
true or false. If it is caught in the rain, a
Charmander will die. The answer given to me by Corbin
is false and mr. Curtis responded, with no sir
false. So I like a little extra Flair
yet at them or sokratis. No sir, once again you are both
absolutely correct, it's a charming will not necessarily
die in the Rain, the Charmander will die.
If it's flame goes out. Now that may happen I suppose if
it's a very very Hi Dad, intense rain.
If it's raining very heavily or if it's thrown into a pool,
probably we don't know, we'll find out but once again, you
guys both got that hope not, I hope not question number 3.
Now, this is the last question, just the last part of this
section, okay. All the marbles.
No, well, not quite because then we have a essay question.
All right. When does a charmander's tail
start to burn? Please, once again respond And
to me privately so that the other students do not see the
answers. Boom.
Okay, so we have answers from everybody Corbin responded with
once it's born and mr. Curtis responded with, how
you're doing so well, mr. Curtis he responded.
With sorry, I had to go faster because courtroom was picking on
me. Hey, he's the student, your the
teaching assistant. All right, don't let him your
dog. The student get to you, huh?
Don't let him get to you. Hey, look at me!
Look at me. Look at me, mr.
Curtis, I'm here your big strong boy.
And I'm so proud of you. Now, if we wanted to hear these
answers, however, I'm a little bit less proud of you sucking.
Right string. Ha ha you did it.
You did right when it did born and then trying to correct
yourself. You wrote get born when it did
porn get born. But I understand that you're
trying to say when it's born. Born.
So you you and Corbin are absolutely correct.
A charmanders tail starts to burn right from birth.
In fact, so early that it can potentially burn itself.
Okay. So that was the easy part.
Now I have it. The next part since this is one
of those second thought Pokemon in that.
It's not really thought of that much.
I want you guys. To we're what are we here?
We're scientists right? Well we're biologist and that's
I guess kind of scientist. I don't know.
Yeah it's a loose definition. I say but you know poke ologists
but what is science? Come on, come on.
Why do scientists do? They ask questions?
All right, and they do so using the scientific method and
therefore we need hypotheses. So for this essay portion, I
want you to each. Give me a question and then a
hypothesis, that could be the answer to that question.
I want you to think about what we know about Charmander, and
what you, what, you've seen from Charmander.
I want you to ask a question that hasn't been covered in any
of these Pokedex entries, all right?
And I want you to provide me, some kind of hypothesis
hypothesis. Now this hypothesis, it doesn't
need to be correct. Obviously a hypothesis doesn't
have to be fully. Correct.
That's what testing is for. All right, so as long as you
give me some kind of thoughtful question and then some kind of
possible answer that question you will.
We'll get full marks for this portion of the quiz.
Would anybody like to go first? Please not all at once.
Students, not all at once. Are we are, we do?
I need to write this down, or you want to stretch it to spit
it out? I want you to tell me directly,
let's hear it. Okay?
Well don't, I'm still forming my hypothesis.
Okay, well, let me, let me give you an example, one that I could
give you guys some time to think of yours help.
Well, I was reading these obviously the the main focus
here is on charmander's tail and that it starts burning from
birth and that It burns when it's happy and gets weak when
it's sad. But my question is, why does it
burn? What is the fuel that is
lighting? The flame at the tip of this?
Charmanders tail. Now, obviously, I don't fully
know, but my hypothesis is that it has to do with something
involving about evolving its diet.
I think that it's caloric intake, it eats food and then it
changes that food into some kind of Of fire.
Now the fire is primarily used for attacking because, of
course, Charmander can breathe fire.
It can shoot a out of its mouth, but I think the excess gets
burned off somewhere safe. The tip of its tail, huh?
So that's, that's kind of an example of what I'm looking for
here. Does anybody have possible
questions for me? I got it.
Okay, mr. Curtis I'm so excited.
I can't wait to hear. You have.
I'm definitely not using these as as tests for my assignment.
Professor Oak. This is not why I'm doing this.
Okay, great. Exactly if that I'd never
doubted you good, thank you so much.
I would never do that. I would, of course give you
credit as if exactly of course not.
Yes, right exactly. So my question was.
Thank you Professor. What your lips?
My question was, how is the flame connected to the life
force of the Pokemon? And my answer to that were, is
that there are specially Develop sphincters on the tip of the
tail. That control the rate of spewing
of oxidizing material and they Flex in accordance to the like
subconscious state of the Pokemon.
So it's emotional state is linked to its tail sphincters.
This is what you're hypothesizing.
You're very good, very good Mike's for you, mr.
Curtis Fuller. Thank you.
Thank you, Professor. Thank you.
Ha ha. Let's see, I knew it.
All right. Now Corbin.
Yes. I'm gonna give you an extra
challenge. Give me give me a question.
That does not involve charmander's tail.
Okay, wait actually. So I have to present it as a
hypothesis or actually ask you what.
So then ask ask a general question about Charmander and
then answer it with a hypothesis.
Okay, I got one. Why does Charmander only have
four baby teeth? And here's the reason I think
why Charmander is Not fully carnivorous yet.
I don't think he's ripping our stuff with his mouth.
I don't think he's chowing down on a bunch of heavy Meats.
If anything, he's probably eating grubs, he's probably
eating bugs and stuff like that, which granted that as a meat and
protein but I don't know. He might eat a few plants here
and there, he might maybe some kind of vomit or regurgitation
from his parents Charizard's. Maybe, look, he's not a bird
Pokemon. He I don't think charmander's
are about that. But that could be the case, but
like, here's the thing for teeth.
He's not chewing a whole lot, so he's not eating anything big.
He's not going to be challenged down on a Rhyhorn.
He's not going to be, you know, eating any anything, because
he's not going to be eating a Toros with those tiny little
teeth that I think. I mean, who could he had worth?
Listen, if we could eat Tauruses, then we would have
solved that that, that roaming tourist problem.
Way earlier. That's true.
That's right, they're poisonous actual right.
Yep. So but yeah, I'm very proud of
you or Damon that it's partially.
Carnivorous and I think it mostly feeds on soft bugs.
Yeah. Like bug Pokemon perfect.
Oh, you once again full marks full marks to you both?
Oh, Adam. Now I am very excited to
announce that both of you for this first test back from us.
Extended spring break. Yes.
How about you Mister carnist, both received 100's, except for
Corbin who I did receive a 99 Boyce was he was interrupting
other students while While they were trying to say you have two
great had to move on. No, you have to grade People
based on the Merit of their score.
You cannot great. It based on interrupting people.
And listen, listen Corbin. I have to punish you somehow.
I'm not allowed to do detention anymore.
After that, while we won't talk about it because you do
detention anymore. So I have to have to pump do
punishments. It's to you know make you
understand which behaviors are bad and bad behavior is talking
while other students are trying to take their quiz.
You get a 99. You still the hey, for your
track. Record is excellent.
It's wonderful. So I can get you to catch up
with mr. Curtis!
Oh, it's fine! We'll get want to beat him
buddy. You'll get there.
God good, good work. Good work Corbin.
I'm stranded on my giving you today that little chubby had a
high five is Curtis or men out. Come on Corbin.
Do 195, give him a high five right now.
Fine, Perfect. All right, now that concludes
our lesson today on Charmander the lizard Pokemon and I am so
excited to announce that our Next lesson will in will cover.
Charmander's Evolution. Can anybody tell me what that is
Tangela? It's not tangle a what we are.
We are way we're very far away from learning about Angela, mr.
Curtis, you have a guess charm and Leon You know, you got
mainly on, you get, you get points for trying very close
jars. Art, no one too far.
Thank go. Go back.
One step chameleon. Definitely Charmeleon you know
what? That's right.
You just said with a weird accent, then Charmander is
evolution is Charmeleon. So we will talk about him and
next less Charmeleon. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm
saying, but until then class is dismissed