Game Theory: Why Eevee is the MISSING LINK to Pokemon Evolution!

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We've done it! We have FINALLY found the answer to what Pokemon Evolution REALLY is! You see, we've all been overlooking the key piece to the puzzle, the lynchpin to the whole problem - EEVEE! This cute little furball is the answer to everything! Today Loyal Theorists, we PROVE Pokemon do not evolve!

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The Game Theorists 4 anos atrás

Yes, I know I misspoke about the Leaf Stone bit at the end, but the whole "level up in a mossy area" way to get a Leafeon still works with epigenetics. The environment of "mossy" or special areas are acting as the environment triggers to UNLOCK the genetic code. Fighting in a mossy area is forcing the Eevee to evolve in that direction to improve their battle prowess specifically in those environments, hence the genes becoming unlocked.

squiz spuget 2 meses atrás

Mat pat. Is he with you yet?

Lasercraft32 2 meses atrás

NOT ANYMORE! They changed it in the more recent games, Leafeon does evolve from a leaf stone now!

kenneth petersen 3 meses atrás

Please tell me there is an Austin reacts to this theory vid.🤣

Stephen Withers 5 meses atrás

Your really clever

Bobert Kobert Robert. 6 meses atrás

Sword and Shield: We're about to make this comment age like milk.

Ana Flávia Anos atrás

I watched this video more than 2 years ago and it inspired me to learn more about epigenetics. I was already enrolled in a biotechnology degree in college but I hadn't decided what I was going to specialize in yet (I'm Brazil we don't have majors and minors). After watching this episode of game theory I decided to enroll in an epigenetic course that was facultative for me and later I started working at a lab that did epigenetic research. Tomorrow I'll be presenting my final project to get my bachelor's degree. The theme of my thesis? EPIGENETIC! All because of a "silly BRvid video about pokemon".

Alan 27 21 hora atrás

@Ana Flávia Congrats! I wish I was motivated like this 😂

papercut 27 dias atrás

@boloazul16 cloudy animal jam {cake} 🎂 pretty sure Ana, Anna is a known girl name lol

boloazul16 cloudy animal jam {cake} 🎂 4 meses atrás

@PessskyChaos its a girl, i'm Brazilian and know these names

PessskyChaos 6 meses atrás

@Ana Flávia congrats dude! :)

StealthyFir7 Anos atrás

When matpat teaches you more about biology than your school does

sharkology center 2 dias atrás

Yeah school is a noob compared to the stuff matpat teaches us😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ramsey fang 13 dias atrás

I only a few months left until middles school so hell yeah

[FATAL_CORRUPTEDD] 22 dias atrás

Teachers be like: TRASH games: I AM 400 PAGES AHEAD OF YOU

MAXWELL LOL Mês atrás

Lol

Kayleigh Newton Mês atrás

He's less boaring and making me wanna claw someone in the face to

Erica Richardson 3 meses atrás

Moral of the story: start hitting more organisms with different rocks and see what happens. Rock around and find out… whether you can unlock some epigentic traits

Alan 27 21 hora atrás

@Earth Ninja Lmao 😭💀

Cosmic chad Mês atrás

@Earth Ninja or a kiwi

Earth Ninja 2 meses atrás

I actually tried this on my Pidgey, and I think it unlocked the genetic traits to evolve into an ostrich. How do I know? It lost the ability to fly, so it must’ve evolved into an ostrich.

Nevada Anos atrás

Shower thoughts: Can Eevees be Bees? And thus a video was born.

LogieBear Mês atrás

Eevbees

WorldWonderMinds&Friends 2 meses atrás

Beevee

Diana Cavendish 7 meses atrás

Can Eevees Beebees* We need a Bug type Beevee.

hajwala2fan 7 meses atrás

@Minhee Park buzzolen

Minhee Park 9 meses atrás

You copy this idea from Loomian Legacy XD

bri! 2 anos atrás

MatPat is our friendly, dark, fun, and overall amazingly good at explaining things science teacher. MatPat you deserve a good pat on the back, good job old friend.

Luna Angel Anos atrás

I love how you still said "eevee is king" in the evolution aspect i dont know if it was intentional but it's rare to get a female eevee but really common to get males! Just a small detail i liked in the script

Estela Mariñas 4 anos atrás

Know what MatPat, you make science interesting. Why can't my teachers be like you?

Superkid5 mini 3 meses atrás

Yeah I was imagining I was saying this in a assignment

Small Town Girl 3 meses atrás

Ich bin Groß

Small Town Girl 3 meses atrás

Hallo

JUST AN ICE 6 meses atrás

@Nash you wouldn't be able to say ot understand anything if your family didn't teach you that thing

Paul W. Cook Anos atrás

Pokemon evolution is like going through puberty in three seconds. Multiple times in a lifetime.

guizin the insect 23 dias atrás

@Eli bro,as mat said,you could have the potential for something like that,just change your routine

Kade Lin 3 meses atrás

I'm pretty sure it's just metamorphosis

Eli 9 meses atrás

No it’s just epigenetic. I wish I could turn into a fire breathing dragon that can fly around by no, I’m just a human that can walk around(or use an vehicle)

The Shuckiest Anos atrás

except puberty gives you wings and lets you breath fire

I tried Anos atrás

thats my internal nightmare

Hope Harvey 2 anos atrás

Eevee is my favorite character and I'm glad someone is FINALLY showing her some respect

justgoingincognito Mês atrás

@Internal Chickens damn r.i.p males

Xpgaming 5 meses atrás

Let’s go Eevee aka Chelesica

JimmyJohnJoe3 Anos atrás

Honestly, I wouldn’t complain if eevee actually became the mascot, that’s how much people respect it.

marklll Anos atrás

Eevee is literally the next mascot of pokemon after pikachu... Eevees are so beloved(not that I'm complaining)

AlphaBet Anos atrás

@Ninsophy it’s them/they actually

PlantYT Anos atrás

They should show these videos in science classes, I’d pay so much more attention. I mean seriously, it takes an already interesting topic from science, simplifies it to help people understand way better than the videos that are meant to do it, and couples it with popular franchises to make it more interesting because you get to learn about your favorite show, video game, or movie along the way!

Neleh Rivera 2 anos atrás

How cool would a theorist hoodie that says “ Pokémon simply alter their phenotypic gene expression through epigenetic signaling in their environment” be.

Sasha Is Weird 8 meses atrás

YES YES YES

Tanvir Hossain Anos atrás

I would buy it

Sarah Cunha Anos atrás

YESYESYES

Inst1nct Anos atrás

Im so happy to see Oliver growing and you guys too as parents you guys are great keep up the great work cant wait to see more theories

TheAmazing Aydz Anos atrás

Plot twist: the quality of the intro is so good that our devices are crashing

Jacob Sumner 11 meses atrás

god i thought my chromebook was breaking

Greenfishy123 Anos atrás

@Eiden D'Elia plot twist: you actually love plot twists

A_random lesbian Anos atrás

Lol

Eiden D'Elia Anos atrás

STOP WITH THE GODFORSAKEN PLOT TWISTS

lighting storm Anos atrás

Well my phone is known for braking up

I'm a motherfreaking avocado Anos atrás

The leaf stone evolving Eevee has aged like fine wine. Now Eevee evolves with a leaf stone in Sword and Shield.

Lasercraft32 2 meses atrás

@777SilverPhoenix777 Some games like Legends Arceus still have the traditional method available if I recall correctly

I'm a motherfreaking avocado Anos atrás

@777SilverPhoenix777 Yeah, I kinda miss the evolution method. I like the stone method too though. If they add back the mossy and icy rock back, I kinda want them to keep the stone method too, so we have options for which evolution method we prefer

777SilverPhoenix777 Anos atrás

they were probably too lazy to add all the rock sin for it to evolve knowing game freak.

1WolfFan Anos atrás

I often enjoy the series well enough. But I rarely save a video for re-watching later. This video has been added to my favorites list for future reference. Very informative, very cool, and might finally shut up one of my friends about his theories on things. lol

Alexander-Laurens Metcalf 2 anos atrás

We had a substitute teacher back in high school when we covered punnet squares and I started talking about epigenetic and the sub had no idea what I was saying plus I think game theory helped me pass science

Emperor Trans Man Anos atrás

That substitute teacher probably didn't go to college to be a science teacher. Possibly another type of teacher, possibly not a teacher at all. In most states, you just need a certain number of college credits of any kind to qualify to be a substitute teacher.

Th3Kin9 2 anos atrás

We should now just ask for him to make another channel for teaching

Glittering Hearts 2 meses atrás

My god, I love your videos so much. Thank you so much for thinking so much about these things and explaining them in plain English. I get accused of looking into things too deep but man, you really take the cake and I am ALL here for it, it's awesome!

The Rum 3 anos atrás

His kid is so lucky He has a dad that can help him with ANY homework

ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ ♡ Beetriceretops♡ ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ 3 meses atrás

@Jansen Haldeman let’s assume that an Eevee and an Espeon have a child….

Lia De Inda Dani 10 meses atrás

@Hello haha this is litterly my dad

Robbe Anos atrás

@Being random Is fun You are not real you are in a simulation in a computer designed to make you think you're real and when the simulation shut down you're gone. but remember that's just a theory a reality theory

Scrumpey Bros Anos atrás

@Fish Stick Google isn't an AI. The only thing it can do is provide information. It can't change its answers depending on your personality. Your parents or classmates will be a much bigger help, especially if they know your personality and how you learn. I've tried to use Google to help me with my homework, but it frequently came up short. Don't rely on Google to do your homework for you.

william kid Anos atrás

@Hello lol

Aiden Losee 2 anos atrás

My teacher is still shook about how I knew about epigenetics

AuroraAutomatic 7 meses atrás

Same but it was Quantum Physics and I said it like 2 months ago and my teacher still remembers it :')

ShibaStudios Anos atrás

lmao

Ana Flávia Anos atrás

I am the "majoring in this stuff in college" person so my teachers already knew I knew about it... Or at least they hoped I knew...

Kristina L Anos atrás

Imagine a 5 year olds telling their teachers about epigenetics XD

Brain. Exe has stoped responding Anos atrás

Me already knowing about epigenetics and telling my teacher in fifth grade

Draconix 2 anos atrás

Oh, so Epigenetics is like how Arctic Foxes and Rabitts change color depending on the seasens?

Rainy Kitten Art 7 meses atrás

I don't know if it would be considered epigenetics, but Siamese cats change their fur color based on temperature too! That's why their extremities (ears, feet, tail, etc.) are dark - they're generally cooler because they're further away from the main part of the body. And since darker colors absorb more heat, it makes sense as an evolutionary tactic. If you somehow managed to make a Siamese cat wear socks for a few weeks, they would have white/cream colored paws :)

Nesco Bocchiardi Anos atrás

@water bacon Well yes in/kind off in the pokemon context, in a real life context no, is still the same animal and it change when it needs to reproduce pretty much.

water bacon Anos atrás

also metamorphosis of moths and butterflies is basically real life (though not instant) evolution, they turn into a new form when they need to.

m!les-web Anos atrás

It also adapts.

BASAVARAJ K C Anos atrás

The more you know

Kate B11 9 meses atrás

Fun fact: I learned more about genes here than during biology classes. I love genetics. And now I have more questions and fun facts to annoy my teacher with :D Thanks MatPat ;)

Not Glaceon 2 anos atrás

I have studied genetics for a little over 3 years now and I have been an Eevee fan since I first figured out what that thunder stone did accidentally on my first pokemon game (pokemon X) Although it's a theory, it makes 100% complete sense to me and the way it was explained was absolutely perfect. This was incredibly amusing and I am probably going to be bouncing this theory around in my head for at least a week.

Angel Nyx Anos atrás

I'm a bit surprised that you didn't choose a butterfly as an example too. They undergo quite a physical change in their lifetime too.

Lasercraft32 2 meses atrás

Especially since Butterfree is a Pokemon that "evolves" literally the same way irl butterflies do. :P

Patterrz 4 anos atrás

Imagine the awkward family dinners when two Charmanders have a kid that evolves into a Charizard "YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO I'M 5 TIMES BIGGER THAN YOU AND CAN FLY NOW"

WhatHappenedIn1979??? 3 meses atrás

@Syie Pherze Baby pokes can't breed but pre-evos themselves can. Not many are actually babies

Annalisa Fink Anos atrás

lol

KingGamesYT Anos atrás

I always wanted to have a random conversation in somebody’s reply thing for a comment

Richard Anos atrás

i mean, this is just regular family dinners between mma fighters and their parents

Cherry Tomatoes Anos atrás

He is my favourite type of pokemon. Charmander, Chameleon, and The One And Only... Almighty Charizard!

Chocoroons 2 anos atrás

The thing with epigenetics is actually pretty cool. And it explains my dad's hair as well as my own. As little kids, my dad and I had super straight black hair. Over the years, his hair grew to be VERY curly. And I noticed over the past few years that my hair has gone from straight to very wavy. It's pretty cool when you think about it.

Kasoya Zoarie 2 anos atrás

This episode may help me further study and research a conclusion to explain why my epigenetics led to developing D.I.D, thank you Matpat for explaining epigenetics, my intrigue about biology and genetics is peeked

Empath For Hire 7 meses atrás

Based on current research, DID forms after prolonged, severe trauma before the age of 3. So if you do have DID, you, unfortunately, went through some pretty heavy events in your early years. Whomever diagnosed you should be aware of that. Hopefully you can get the help you need.

B McD Anos atrás

Beautiful 😪 seriously love the effort and the way things are explained 🙌

DeSmolBoi 404 2 anos atrás

I found something that might be interesting. In Pokémon lets go eevee, there's a Pokémon entry that says "It can evolve into a variety of forms. Eevee's genes are the key to solving the mysteries of Pokémon evolution." Now that I think about it, was that the thing that inspired you to make this video?

SCP-L0V3R 3 meses atrás

I know I’m like over 4 years late but did anyone even notice that one of the evolution stones being shown was an everstone (that will prevent a pokemon FROM evolving) over all these years? You see this at 6:00 and 9:38.

Spriggan Panda Mês atrás

I didn't know there was a stone that did that

FakePlayer Mês atrás

Well at least you have someone

Cenzored 4 anos atrás

I can’t wait to force my cat to battle so that it grows into a giant cat with mini guns. Thanks MatPat!

BattleBeysGaming Anos atrás

@Stephen Chow YESSSSSSS

Stephen Chow Anos atrás

I'm gonna have 5 cats fight big monsters so that they can form Voltron

Hero Hamza Anos atrás

And my chicken

BattleBeysGaming Anos atrás

same here

Blue Piranha Anos atrás

@Carlos Da Silva i- yeah good point

Mehmet İlhami Erdal 2 anos atrás

Mat makes creepy intros but that "Hello internet" makes me calm.

Aaron is manly 2 anos atrás

my favorite thing is listening to matpat talk about genetics, I always learn so much and he makes it so interesting

Lucian Jaeger Anos atrás

I'm actually surprised that you didn't mention how one of the dex entries state that Eevee DNA is so affected by its outside environment that spending large amounts of time with its trainer it face will start to change to look like it's trainers.

RocketVet 5 meses atrás

Hands down on of the best videos I've seen on YT. It's Eevee, it's science, and 100% awesome!

Bloody Static 3 meses atrás

This still fits so well! Even in Gen IX!

wushuwashied 2 anos atrás

I like how the "flareon egg" is from dragon city.

~Lunathedragon~ Anos atrás

Hey i play that game! :D

Baby Yelmut with his helmet Anos atrás

I was gonna say dat

Fun with Jacob Anos atrás

yes

Emanuel Anos atrás

Ok smart boy, look at the light 😎🔦💥you saw nothing here, now click on the next video and pretend you didn't see me

Orange Tomato Anos atrás

i am level 38 and I have zero heroic dragon but I do have many legendary dragons

Devon Anglin 2 anos atrás

Funny thing is, this theory also explains how pokemon learn moves as they grow stronger and why some pokemon can naturally learn some moves, while others of the exact same type can't learn them even with a TM. Nice Theory, sorry it took so long for me to find it

ShadowDragon258 2 anos atrás

We need to show this to Professor Rowan. After all, I think he's the professor that researches evolution

Ellie Nugent 2 anos atrás

Yes

Wanted Chimp 8 meses atrás

I already loved Evie and had him as my favorite but you just made him so much more of a god! For once I'm happy to be watching this instead of questioning my sanity!

BallisticAttackGoat™ Anos atrás

If I had MatPat as a teacher growing up I'd be on my way to being a Scientist today.

Andrew Chung Mês atrás

That was fascinating. I didn't expect to ever think about real-world science when gaming, but know I guess that'll be in the back of my mind.

FATHOM 3 anos atrás

11:22 I like how he says “it’s like saying if you breed two cats together you would get a sabortoothed tiger *egg* !” As if cats lay eggs lmao

Alex Vir Anos atrás

@AjiraCtelin1993 Platypus…

AjiraCtelin1993 2 anos atrás

@Ilu i think i did

Ilu 2 anos atrás

Did you just get r/woooosh-ed?

FATHOM 2 anos atrás

AjiraCtelin1993 it’s a joke sorry

AjiraCtelin1993 2 anos atrás

I mean, mammals still have eggs. It's just that laying it is done in parallel with the egg hatching instead of beforehand.

AHMED NABLI Anos atrás

I would love to see mega-evolution epigenetics explanation.

The Dreamer Anos atrás

Maybe they have another set of epigenetics that are locked, but like the environment the mega stones with the bond of the trainer rapidly unlock and bring forth those epigenetics causing them to change form and/or type

Kristian Ivanov 6 meses atrás

This video is a must for next Gen pokemon. The hidden idea here is awesome 👌

Javharex Anos atrás

MatPad: *explains and solves every mystery of pokemon evolution* Professors: Well I will pretend I didn't saw that and say that evolution happens because of friendship bonds between pokemon and trainer just for a kid to catch a legendary pokemon and beat the league

Dimitris Zarahanis 2 anos atrás

I'd like to add that in Pokemon Go, when you transfer a charmeleon/charizard to the professor, you get charmander candy, which further supports the theory.

Killer Anos atrás

In Pokémon Master journeys they give a brief explanation to how Eevee evolves, they said Eevee has unique genetics that are broken up with different DNA allowing it to adapt to any stone and be able to have that part of their DNA be activated. Also their was one Eevee who couldn’t evolve because they said that Eevee’s DNA was “too broken” and it wasn’t able to react to any stones.

Stephen Gibson 4 anos atrás

Ironically in Let's Go Eevee, Eevee's pokedex entry literally states that "Eevee's genes are the key to solving the mysteries of Pokemon evolution."

Stephen Gibson 4 anos atrás

@Linkeroftime The ironic part is Matpat saying Eevee "could be" the answer when it states that Eevee "is" the answer in the game. Otherwise I guess I goofed oh well I'm only human.

DocsDota 4 anos atrás

@Sans 123 Missing certain melanin in their genes...like albino people XD, shining pokemon could just be missing the right camouflage traits making their skin shinier...which alters the colour and doesn't make them blend into their environment as intended.

Linkeroftime 4 anos atrás

Pokémon Gem I was mocking Little Prince Kain

Linkeroftime 4 anos atrás

Thats a coincidence not irony hehe I like to make people feel bad about their word choice

DGen 4 anos atrás

Are you using Irony right?

Noodle Guy 2 anos atrás

Do you think the devs thought this deep into it? Or was parts of this adapted later on? Or are we just applying real world knowledge to try and explain something in a game and it just lines up perfectly?

ShadowDragon258 2 anos atrás

I love that one of the stressful situations is Getting Over It

APotatoGuy LikesDogs Anos atrás

It may seem pretty fantastical when you use a leaf stone to turn into a Leafeon And find out that together Leafeon, your Eevee needs to level up near Amas rock

Cory Lemon 2 anos atrás

Epigenetics is actually something we learn in 10th Grade nowadays

Lapis Lazuli Anos atrás

Oh man that intro brings back so many memories of the theory challenge. Ah the good old days

Robby Zhang 4 anos atrás

My father, Yi Zhang, who is a Harvard professor who works on epigenetic, just watched your explaination on epigenetics, and he has two things to say. 1.) You did a good job on making the basis of epigenetics understandable by someone who isn’t familiar with it. 2.) But, you simplified to a point where a.) DNA is not locked, it is more whether or not it is accessible by proteins b.) The environment factor does not directly turn genes “on” or “off”, but to affect cofactors that are needed for the enzymatic activities of epigenetic enzymes. Overall, he said that you did a good job, and I agree that without your explaination, I, nor about a million other people, wouldn’t understand epigenetics at all.

Ozlem Rubin 4 anos atrás

Yazan Yamani 4 anos atrás

@Caleb Begly Fun and Tech temperature tolerance sounds good how can humans achieve that?

I really don’t know what to put here 4 anos atrás

thats my dads name

Camo Flag 4 anos atrás

A is literally describing locked you don’t have access to it so it’s locked unless you’ve gained access by like a key.

Fuseteam ꧂ 4 anos atrás

tldr; a havard professor praised matt's explaination about epigenetics, altho greatly simplified great way to explain so no he's not gloating he's praising #praisematt

TeenyVGC 2 anos atrás

I LOVE the new intro! Keep up the good work!

KnoWhatNot 2 anos atrás

And now in journeys you see a group of pikachu searching for thunder stones to make themselves evolve so this proves that they make themselves evolve not just for harsh conditions, but for other reasons as well

Rumor 9 meses atrás

Do you have a theory on the friendship evolutions? There are some Pokémon that can only evolve when you and the Pokémon max out your friendship. Like Espeon, Umbreon, and Sylveon for example if you teach your Eevee a fairy move and then max out your friendship you get a sylveon, if you want an Espeon, just let it learn psychic moves and say no to learning fairy. Umberon, same thing, but don’t let it evolve until night. Frosmoth, also a Pokémon that evolves via friendship, but also can only evolve at night. Is that just a magic thing? or was it a magic/science thing?

Serena Chan 2 anos atrás

This is way easier to learn then school itself

beast bandit show Anos atrás

I am so glad that now I know how pokemon evolution works this question must have been hard to answer for you but thanks for the answer mathew props to you

john151 4 anos atrás

Matpat making an easy to understand theory that fixes problems instead of making them. What an improvement

Juan Olvera Rivera Anos atrás

God how I love this theory makes all the sense and I adore pokemon which makes it much more interesting

Christina Brown 2 meses atrás

Fun fact about me: on my first playthrough of pokemon sword, I thought your pokemon would die if you didn't feed them some curry or berries every now and then... I know, I was stupid, but I never really used held berries in battle, so whipping them up to make some curry when the pokemon center is too far away and I was out of ethers and potions was my best idea

Hunter Jaekel 8 meses atrás

Kinda surprised no one called him out on saying that cats evolved from saber toothed tigers. We know Mat is smart enough to use a more accurate example then that. Love the work, this video still holds up years later

meyoumeyou7789 13 dias atrás

The Agouti mouse is basically a rattata that turns into a raticate 😂 Also, subtitles are very vocal in this one. Nice job 😆

bleppity 5 meses atrás

This was a lot more fun to watch than my teacher's lecture! I explained the lesson to him and his jaw DROPPED. I am now his 'smart student' and he always asks for my thoughts. Thanks Matpat!

Kasey Butcher 4 anos atrás

Coincidentally I just took a college exam on epigenetics and may I say, you are spot on. Good job with your research!

Pgkb 3 anos atrás

His definition of epigenetics its just very very simplified. There are a few more regulation mechanism also counting into epigenetics

Kat Joseph Pérez Anos atrás

“Because at some point cats evolved from saber-tooth tigers, which would be the most awesome pet ever, but-” This was the moment I was letting my thoughts start to drift and was suddenly shocked back into remembering this is Game Theory and NOT CasualGeographic

Gnoff Mouse 2 anos atrás

This video is my favorite that you’ve done so far. I have an Eevee stuffed animal and I had her watch it and I think she was pretty interested I know I was to.

Gnoff Mouse 2 anos atrás

I have a question does epigenetic’s happen instantaneously like Pokémon do or does it take time like days of course evolving takes millions of years but how long does epigenetic’s take to fully work because if so my Sylveon should still technically be part Eevee because my sylveon evolved like two weeks ago.

The Nether Lord Anos atrás

After watching this video, I learned a lot about epigenetics, and now I will use that as a conversation starter.

Borach McTeague 2 anos atrás

Interestingly, this would correlate with the programming. As you would have to have all of the code for every version of eevee present in the game, and any given instance of an Eevee (which, by the way, amuses the heck out of me that it is in my phone's dictionary) in the code would behave with a similar epigenetic behavior as you described for the biology of the eevee, a direct programming to biology correlation can be made. Oddly, one of those rare instances were programming code could be considered to precisely match its potential biological code if said world were real. (**crawls back into mom's basement**)

DemonShdow Anos atrás

What if all the genes turn on? Will it be a kind of rainbow-typing like Arceus?

Bird Keeper Toby 4 anos atrás

I would love to have worked on this with you ^_^ There is also a theory of mine connecting the eevee line and specifically Espeon to Mew, the "ancestor" of all Pokemon. Given most mew have gone extinct pokemon like Eevee with it's unstable DNA and Espeon with it's many similar traits to mew could be modern days closes't living ancestor to Mew

Violet Dusk Anos atrás

If pokemon came from a more christian place I would think eevee would be the first pokemon based on the name being similar to the name eve but I know hard core christians hate pokemon. Pokemon power!

serrerwe ggdfdf 2 anos atrás

tree of life descriptions nice

Savvy Gacha 4 anos atrás

I SNIFF A POSSIBLE COLLAB!! PLS DO A COLLAB

Emily Valentine 4 anos atrás

Bird Keeper Toby if we use early models of phylogeny or a new one adapted to how pokemon are designed yes, theoretically it could be. In a totally scientific (in terms of our world) phylogeny though, while they may be similar or even considered convergently evolved to an extent, they would share very little DNA by direct correlation of evolution. Even if mew has the DNA of all pokemon it wouldn't be the same thing; you can give a sheep a gene which allows it to create spider silk via spinnearettes (if I remember correctly), but that doesn't make it related to spiders.

Josh Jennings 4 anos atrás

Toby, you are an amazing youtuber, but enough with the shameless self-promotion

FIRESTORM 12HE 2 anos atrás

I was studying Epigenetics and this really helped.Thanks MatPat Ps:Your teaching me more than my sciene teacher ;-;

Dark Sloth 2 anos atrás

This is really interesting because this is very similar to the experiments being done in Deadpool. They exposed the people to stress and they developed mutations

ShinyEevee Anos atrás

9:35 I like how he's talking about evolution here and then one of the stones he puts on the screen is an everstone. I also like how my favorite Pokemon is the star of the video.

Jennifer Lopez Anos atrás

This reminds me of when I was in fifth grade and had to write an essay on evolution. I decided to write about Pokémon evolution, this would have been a big help for that….

When She Manifests Anos atrás

I am DEAD. Watching it be animated that the water stone was thrown so many times at Pikachu made me think… what if Ash was hurling them at Pikachu like that in the game? Like his signature baseball throw and all?? 😂😂😂

Samantha Gonzalez 4 anos atrás

watching game theory is basically going to science class but it's more entertaining

The Living Liver 4 anos atrás

sofia CoolGirl True but you actually learn something actually educational like math science and history. Think about it! We always learn something new when watching a game theory video!

The Living Liver 4 anos atrás

Samantha Gonzalez Or math class. Or history class. Its somtimes that too. Matpat needs to be a science math history teacher.... who needs school we got matmap!

Sofia Fronzi 4 anos atrás

No u learn about games

Spicy Sloth 4 anos atrás

Samantha Gonzalez I’ve also learned more from game theory than all of my science classes combined 😂

SweetCh3rryCola 4 anos atrás

TRUE SO TRUE that's how I learned the punnet square before 8th grade XD

Incyray 2 anos atrás

considering the evolutionary families of most bug pokemon, and the fact that pokemon was inspired by the creator's childhood hobby of bug catching, I had always thought that pokemon evolution was actually just metamorphosis, though then again- metamorphosis itself is also a form of epigenetic expression so :V YA GOT ME haha

Kyle Gugliotta Anos atrás

You ended up guessing a penguin type/ice type Pokémon for Gen 8, nice 👍

Gianna Olson Anos atrás

As someone who loves Eevee, Science, and Pokèmon I found this video very interesting😫

Gingy Anos atrás

My game theory of how its POSSIBLE to find evolved forms is because they need to hunt, or worry about predators. Which means, even if they did technically win, they would still be stress, which explains the lower EXP earning based on how the levels of the two pokemon compare.

EcYwL Q Anos atrás

Pokemon Uranium has a bee pokemon, Seikameter, that actually evolves when you give it the "royal jelly" item! Kinda late to say it now, but this reference is ... just epic!

skpcboy 4 anos atrás

I was about to say "what if I left my pokemon at the daycare" and how it would evolve there if it wasn't exposed to harsh battling conditions. Then I realised, they _don't_ evolve when left in a daycare (which I learnt after leaving my Magikarp there until it leveled up *past* it's evolution level and soon when I picked it up, I got a buffed up Magikarp, but no Gyarodos :c ). You can, however, pick up the pokemon from the daycare *before* leveling up to it's evolution level, and then level it up to evolve by - you guessed it - battling. Good job MatPat! Another great theory. PS: Or is this _really_ MatPat? No cringy joke before the intro? Naaaah this can't be

Zero Lelouch 4 anos atrás

@ex Lightning Pokemon gaining exp from catching other pokemone still makes since because you're pokemon were in a battle with that other pokemon before it was caught in the pokeball. Unless you are talking about let's go Eevee/Pikachu in which case those games were released Very Very recently and made to be a dumbed down version of regular pokemon.

ex Lightning 4 anos atrás

4 Reasons why you're wrong 1 - Rare candy 2 - Pokemon can get exp from you catching other pokemon 3 - Evolution stones 4 - Trade evolutions

Gamer3427 4 anos atrás

@Kay Plays To be fair, it could be that Rare Candies trigger the same genes within the Pokemon that would be triggered by battling, just doing it by a chemical stimulus rather than a purely environmental one. That would also explain how a piece of candy effectively gives experience in the same way that fighting potentially dozens of battles would......

Kay Plays 4 anos atrás

Except if you get it past it's evolutionary cap and feed it a rare candy without battling. Then it'll evolve without being in battle. But that is also a really specific set of events anyway

mitch man 2 anos atrás

I actually was watching a documentary and like the bees. Ant colonies also change there genetics depending on what they eat, making them soldier, worker ants or scavenger ants really cool stuff!!

[•STHAmeliaYT•] Anos atrás

the only person that is teaching me i would pay attention is to Matpat because he sounds like a real teacher and teaches like a real teacher, still discuss about a theory and teaches irl things at the same time.

There is a Name for Everything Anos atrás

MatPat was enough to kill me with laughter but the subtitles have reached beyond the grave.

Dangangamer 2 anos atrás

You know, it’s amusing to see the intro and think “Oh yeah, this was one of the ARG videos. Man, that was a while ago” Like, it feels like I watched this video and was a part of the ARG just yesterday and now it’s been a year! 😳 Time really does go by fast.

Gid_ Anos atrás

Imagine an Eevee with all genetic traits activated.

Ustioteamleader 4 anos atrás

Matpat: Time to start with the most adorable pokemon ever created, Eevee! Pikachu: :o

just a fan Anos atrás

True

Harry Potter 4 anos atrás

well memed

Jazzy422 4 anos atrás

This comment is underrated

TheWildRuda Anos atrás

MatPat : hmm yes the Epigenetics in a Pokemon are activated when forced in specific situations, and depending on the situation your Pokemon evolves adaptively. GameFreak : “if enemy gets bonk, your pokemon gets stronk”

Tony La Vida 8 meses atrás

Nice explanations and animations 👏

Rooben Kardona Joonya 8 meses atrás

Love your content I’m somewhat familiar with you and this video is awesome

Gunslinger2590 2 anos atrás

I always thought of leveling like their age and the evolutions where just the stages of their life

Cartoon Kelly Anos atrás

So that’s why my Dad and my sister all entered the world as redheads but my sister is the only one who kept the red hair past infancy. I’m learning! Darn you MatPat you’ve done it again.

Yankusu 4 anos atrás

I want MatPat to be the next Pokemon Professor in the next Gen

dark night 4 anos atrás

Heck we may get theory named based pokemon

Insane -a-melon 4 anos atrás

Yaaas

IndigoGollum 4 anos atrás

I would love that.

ツPlasma 4 anos atrás

Well, I want him to be my science teacher

suicune2001 4 anos atrás

Looking at a list of tree names, apparently there is one called Pokemeboy. That just screams to be an Oak meme. There is a Bangalow Palm so maybe Professor Bangalow. I kind of feel like he should be a plant from California. Holy crap, there is a Garry Oak tree. LOL!

Dinnerlord65 2 anos atrás

I love how the example of a rat being introduced to a stressful situation, it showed a picture of getting over it

Fernando Giubilei 6 meses atrás

Hey guys, did you know that in terms of human companionship, Flareon is objectively the most huggable Pokémon? While their maximum temperature is likely too much for most, they are capable of controlling it, so they can set themselves to the perfect temperature for you. Along with that, they have a lot of fluff, making them undeniably incredibly soft to touch. But that’s not all, they have a very respectable special defense stat of 110, which means that they are likely very calm and resistant to emotional damage. Because of this, if you have a bad day, you can vent to it while hugging it, and it won’t mind. It can make itself even more endearing with moves like Charm and Baby Doll Eyes, ensuring that you never have a prolonged bout of depression again.

Patnic 2 meses atrás

So according to this video, in theory it's possible for an Eevee to pull an avatar and activate all the epigenetics needed to get all types from their evolution