Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS

Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS (also known as One Thousand Pokémon! 🥳) is a YouTube video released in celebration of the number of Pokémon in the National Pokédex surpassing one thousand. It was announced on January 7, 2023 on PokéDoko and released on January 15, 2023. It served as the official unveiling of the National Pokédex numbers of every Generation IX Pokémon up to that point.
Structure
The video features a counter that increases for every new Pokémon species showcased during the video (not including forms of the same Pokémon). Each Pokémon is showcased using footage of their first appearance in the core series Pokémon games. For example, Generation II Pokémon utilize footage of Pokémon Gold and Silver, while Generation IV Pokémon utilize footage of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. This footage is taken from the multiple language versions of the games, meaning that in the case of Generation I Pokémon, it is taken from both Pokémon Red and Green (Japan) and Pokémon Red and Blue (international).
It first showcases the 905 Pokémon introduced before Generation IX, grouping them by different themes (generally relating to how or where they are obtained in their debut games), detailed below. After them, it showcases Pokémon from Sprigatito (#0906) to Miraidon (#1008) in their National Pokédex order.
The video ends with the phrase "Did you catch 'em all?", referencing the English Pokémon slogan "Gotta catch 'em all!"
The video features a medley of music from various core series games, most of which is newly arranged.
Themes
| General theme | Theme | Pokémon | Count | Total | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First partner Pokémon | Grass/Fire/Water trios | 24 | 24 | "Title Screen" (Pokémon X and Y) | |
| Pikachu | 1 | 25 | |||
| Pokémon found in tall grass | Early-game Normal-type Pokémon | 10 | 35 | "Battle! (Wild Pokémon)" (Pokémon Red and Green) | |
| Misc. | 72 | 107 | |||
| Early-game Flying-type Pokémon | 8 | 115 | |||
| Early-evolving Bug-type Pokémon | 25 | 140 | "Battle! (Wild Pokémon)" (Pokémon Black and White) | ||
| Pokémon found in forests | 16 | 156 | |||
| Pokémon found in trees | 9 | 165 | |||
| Pokémon that are trees | 1 | 166 | |||
| Pokémon found in caves | Pokémon that drop from above the player | 3 | 169 | ||
| Pokémon found in breakable rocks | 6 | 175 | |||
| Pokémon found in caves | 35 | 210 | |||
| Pokémon found in icy caves | 4 | 214 | |||
| Pokémon found in late/post-game caves | 11 | 225 | |||
| First/second stages of late-evolving Pokémon found in caves | 9 | 234 | |||
| Pokémon found in water | Pokémon found while fishing | 29 | 263 | ||
| Pokémon found in SOS Battles | 1 | 264 | "Opening Movie: Setting out on a Journey in the Hoenn Region" (Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire) | ||
| Pokémon found while surfing | 16 | 280 | |||
| Pokémon found in specific fishing spots | 1 | 281 | |||
| Pokémon found while diving | 2 | 283 | |||
| Pokémon found in specific environments | Pokémon found in deserts | 15 | 298 | "Route 26" (Pokémon Gold and Silver) | |
| Pokémon found in volcanos | 5 | 303 | |||
| Pokémon found in snow areas | 13 | 216 | |||
| Pokémon found in ruins | 11 | 327 | |||
| Pokémon found in burial grounds | 8 | 335 | |||
| Pokémon found in swamps or marshes | 14 | 349 | |||
| Pokémon found in abandoned buildings | 13 | 362 | |||
| Misc. | 38 | 400 | |||
| Pokémon found through special methods | Pokémon that block the path | 4 | 404 | "The Poké Flute" (Pokémon Red and Green) | |
| Pokémon found in static encounters | 3 | 407 | "Road to Lavender Town: Leaving Vermilion City" (Pokémon Red and Green) | ||
| Fake items | 4 | 411 | |||
| Pokémon found in the Kanto Safari Zone | 14 | 425 | |||
| Pokémon revived from Fossils | 25 | 450 | |||
| Gift Pokémon and Pokémon obtained in in-game trades | 11 | 461 | |||
| Baby Pokémon | 19 | 480 | |||
| Version-exclusive Pokémon | Red and Green exclusives | 19 | 499 | ||
| Gold and Silver exclusives | 12 | 511 | |||
| Ruby and Sapphire exclusives | 12 | 523 | |||
| Diamond and Pearl exclusives | 4 | 527 | |||
| Black and White exclusives | 12 | 539 | |||
| X and Y exclusives | 8 | 547 | |||
| Sun and Moon exclusives | 5 | 552 | |||
| Sword and Shield exclusives | 7 | 559 | |||
| Methods of Evolution | First partner Pokémon Evolutions | 48 | 607 | "Evolution" | |
| Level-based Evolution | 71 | 678 | |||
| Trade Evolution | 20 | 698 | |||
| Evolution stone | 24 | 722 | |||
| Friendship Evolution | 8 | 730 | |||
| Move-based Evolution | 9 | 739 | |||
| Environment-based Evolution. | 12 | 751 | |||
| Eeveelutions | 9 | 760 | |||
| Branched Evolutions | 11 | 771 | |||
| Forms | Gender differences | 8 | 779 | "Route 42" (Pokémon Gold and Silver) | |
| Oricorio forms | 1 | 780 | |||
| Gastrodon forms | 1 | 781 | |||
| Burmy/Wormadam forms | 2 | 783 | |||
| Deerling/Sawsbuck forms | 2 | 785 | |||
| Sinistea/Polteageist forms | 2 | 787 | |||
| Rotom forms | 1 | 788 | |||
| Flabébé line forms | 3 | 789 | |||
| Furfrou forms | 1 | 792 | |||
| Minior forms | 1 | 793 | |||
| Vivillon forms | 1 | 794 | |||
| Unown forms | 1 | 795 | |||
| Alcremie forms | 1 | 796 | |||
| Spinda patterns | 1 | 797 | |||
| Pokémon that change forms in battle | 6 | 803 | |||
| Regional forms | Alolan forms | 0 | 803 | "Alola Region Theme" (Pokémon Sun and Moon) | |
| Galarian forms | 3 | 806 | "Wild Area (North)" (Pokémon Sword and Shield) | ||
| Hisuian forms | 6 | 812 | "Battle! (Wild Pokémon)" (Pokémon Legends: Arceus) | ||
| Ultra Beasts | 11 | 815 | "There's Trouble!" (Pokémon Sun and Moon) | ||
| Legendary Pokémon | Legendary birds | 3 | 826 | "Battle! (Xerneas/Yveltal/Zygarde)" (Pokémon X and Y) | |
| Mewtwo | 1 | 827 | |||
| Legendary beasts | 3 | 830 | |||
| Tower duo | 2 | 832 | |||
| Legendary giants and Regigigas | 6 | 838 | |||
| Eon duo | 2 | 840 | |||
| Super-ancient Pokémon | 3 | 843 | |||
| Deoxys[note 6] | 1 | 844 | |||
| Lake guardians | 3 | 847 | |||
| Heatran and Cresselia | 2 | 849 | |||
| Pokémon of myth | 3 | 852 | |||
| Swords of Justice[note 7] | 3 | 855 | |||
| Forces of nature | 4 | 859 | |||
| Tao trio | 3 | 862 | |||
| Aura trio | 3 | 865 | |||
| Beast killer project | 2 | 867 | "Battle! (Ultra Necrozma)" (Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) | ||
| Guardian deities | 4 | 871 | |||
| Light trio | 5 | 876 | |||
| Legendary heroes | 2 | 877 | |||
| Eternatus | ![]() |
1 | 879 | ||
| Kubfu and Urshifu | ![]() [note 9] |
2 | 881 | ||
| Glastrier, Spectrier, and Calyrex | 3 | 884 | |||
| Mythical Pokémon | Arceus | 1 | 885 | ||
| Misc. | 14 | 899 | |||
| Mythical Pokémon that can change forms | 5 | 904 | |||
| Mew | 1 | 905 | |||
| Generation IX Pokémon and Paldean forms | 103 | 1008 | "Battle & Victory! (Gym Leader)"[note 12] (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet) | ||
Characters
Humans (in appearance order)
Video
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Gallery
Trivia
- The title card for the video shows the same clip of Varoom twice.
- Some Pokémon are shown multiple times in the video (though they are only added to the counter once), including many Pokémon shown in the version-exclusive section. For example, Sirfetch'd is shown three times (with version-exclusive Pokémon, miscellaneous Evolution methods, and Galarian Pokémon).
- Bulbasaur and Pikachu are the only non-Generation IX Pokémon shown with their National Pokédex numbers, No. 0001 and No. 0025, respectively.
- White-Striped Basculin is listed among other Hisuian forms.
- Notably, some Pokémon use footage from games different from the ones they debuted in. This includes:
- In the Safari Zone section, Tauros, Pinsir, Venonat, Venomoth, Nidorina, Nidorino, Dratini, Dragonair, Chansey, Scyther, Parasect, Rhyhorn, Exeggcute and Kangaskhan use footage from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen instead of a Generation I game.
- Pancham uses footage from Pokémon Sun and Moon instead of X and Y, due to being the target of Steenee's Stomp to showcase its method of Evolution.
- Celesteela, Kartana, Xurkitree, Guzzlord, and Necrozma use footage from Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon instead of Pokémon Sun and Moon, where they debuted.
- Deoxys is first shown using footage from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen as it was not officially obtainable until the AuroraTicket was distributed for those games despite being present in the data of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
- Arceus is shown with footage from Pokémon Legends: Arceus and not a Generation IV game.
- Cosplay Pikachu, Pikachu in a cap, Spiky-eared Pichu, Ash-Greninja, Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist's sizes, Original Color Magearna, Dada Zarude, Mega-Evolved forms (except for Rayquaza's), and Gigantamax forms (except for Urshifu's) are the only visually distinct forms available to the player that were not showcased in the video.
- Spiky-eared Pichu and Cosplay Pikachu may have not been shown due to their inability to be transferred beyond their debut games.
- Ash-Greninja may have not been shown since Battle Bond was changed in Generation IX to no longer transform Greninja.
- Eternal Flower Floette may have not been shown since it wasn't made available until Pokémon Legends: Z-A despite being present in the data of Generation VI and VII.
- With the exception of Morpeko, Pichu, Pikachu, and Raichu, every electric rodent as of Generation VIII is shown alongside each other during the tall grass-themed section.
- Meltan and Melmetal are shown alongside Zarude instead of the Mythical Pokémon of Generation VII.
- Generation IV is the only generation to not be represented in the video's music.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS | |
| English | Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS(Asia) One Thousand Pokémon! 🥳(International) | |
| Chinese | Cantonese | Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS |
| Mandarin | Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS | |
| French | 1 000 Pokémon ! 🥳 | |
| German | Eintausend Pokémon! 🥳 | |
| Italian | Mille Pokémon! 🥳 | |
| Korean | Pokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS | |
| Spanish | ¡Mil Pokémon! 🥳 | |
Notes
- ↑ Pancham doesn't have a move-based Evolution, but it is shown alongside Steenee.
- ↑ Both Sinistea and Polteageist's Phony and Antique Forms are shown.
- ↑ All 63 combinations of Alcremie's sweets and creams are shown.
- ↑ Only 135 of Spinda's patterns are shown.
- ↑ Mimikyu's Disguised and Busted Forms are both shown.
- ↑ Deoxys is a Mythical Pokémon instead of a Legendary Pokémon, but it is shown after Rayquaza and before the lake guardians.
- ↑ Keldeo is not included among the Swords of Justice.
- ↑ All 18 of Silvally's forms are shown.
- ↑ Both Urshifu's Single Strike Style and Rapid Strike Style forms are shown.
- ↑ Paldean Wooper is shown alongside Clodsire.
- ↑ Both Dudunsparce's Two-Segment Form and Three-Segment Form are shown.
- ↑ When Gimmighoul is shown, the music fades out and the Evolution theme from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet plays. The music fades back in after it evolves into Gholdengo.
See also
External links
- YouTube: English (International, Asia), Japanese, Chinese (Traditional, Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish (Europe, Latin America)
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