Legendary & Mythical Pokémon Battle Royale is the second battle simulation collaborated by Jeremy Chinshue and Lockstin from Gnoggin. In a simulation of planet Earth, all Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are sent out to see which one would be victorious.
The battle is preceded by Pokemon Battle Royale and followed by Baby Pokémon Battle Royale.
You can watch the video here
, and Lockstin's commentary here.
This work contain examples of:
- Adaptational Badass: In the Legendary Battle Royale analysis, Lockstin explains that they also decided to interpret vaguely worded entries to their most logical extreme, like Lunala being able to control the moon to perform a Colony Drop (repeatedly) and Yveltal's "Instant Death" Radius affecting the entire world.
- Agony of the Feet: After stepping on Keldeo's horn, Black Kyurem slowly clutches its foot in pain, before letting out a loud scream of agony.
- All for Nothing: Ho-Oh revives the Legendary Beasts after they're crushed by the moon, but then all four of them get cooked by Mewtwo's Psychic, with Ho-Oh turning into a photorealistic rotisserie chicken.
- Ash Face: Mewtwo is covered in ash after it narrowly dodges one of Zeraora's attacks but gets zapped anyway. Mewtwo does not take kindly to this.
- Apocalypse How: A Class 6 when Yveltal gets killed. The devastation of the whole fight gets bad enough that the simulation increasingly struggles to process it, until Ultra Necrozma goes up against Arceus at the edge of the universe and blue-screens the whole system.
- The Assimilator:
- While Hoopa is teleporting, Melmetal can be seen absorbing Magearna into its body.
- Kyurem ambushes Zekrom to absorb it and become Black Kyurem.
- Not only does Necrozma absorb Lunala to become Dawn Wings Necrozma, it absorbs Victini's power beforehand and Solgaleo thereafter to become Ultra Necrozma. One possible outcome even has it absorb Arceus, giving it a new (non-canon) form as the result.
- Badass Boast:
- From Registeel:Registeel: (upon going up against Tapu Lele) Defiant statement: There is nothing you can do to me! Do. Your worst. (No Sells Tapu Lele's Moonblast) Revolting.
- Keldeo declares that Black Kyurem will "suffer the pain of a thousand deaths by (its) sword." Even though Black Kyurem slays Keldeo in a single blow, Kyurem is left screaming in agony.
- From Registeel:
- Badass Fingersnap: How Arceus defeats Ultra Necrozma in the "Arceus Wins" ending: after trapping Ultra Necrozma with its thousand arms, Arceus summons multiple Unown in circular patterns around it, and snaps its fingers, making Ultra Necrozma disappear.
- Bad Boss: The Legendary Birds are all killed at once by Lugia, their own master, summoning Aeroblast.
- Beam Spam: Zygarde Complete Forme tries to kill Mewtwo by shooting laser beams at it. Keyword being tries.
- Benevolent Boss: Once the Legendary Beasts are crushed by the moon, Ho-Oh's first instinct is to fly over and resurrect them.
- Born-Again Immortality: Yveltal undergoes one as it's exploited by Necrozma. Necrozma shoots Yveltal by its vitals and leaves immediately as Yveltal sucks the life force of other Pokémon in the process while entering its cocoon phase.
- Brick Joke: In the first episode, a Pikachu is seen falling to its death as soon as the video begins, along with all the other Poké Balls. Here, that same Pikachu is also seen falling onto the planet, but then explodes due to being in the vacuum of space.
- Colony Drop: Lunala repeatedly smashes the moon into the island. Regigigas attempts to hurl it back, but it ends up coming back to Earth repeatedly via Ultra Wormholes.
- Curb-Stomp Battle:
- As soon as Genesect is released, it tries to fire its backpack cannon at the nearby Giratina, who promptly sends Genesect flying and screaming through a portal into the Distortion World.
- Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are released all together in front of Lugianote , who immediately squashes them flat by clapping its wings.
- Kyurem interrupts the fight between Zekrom and Reshiram, smacking Zekrom around before assimilating it and turning into Black Kyurem; it then fires an Ice Beam that decapitates Reshiram. It also stomps the nearby Keldeo, but ends up hurting its foot because of Keldeo's horn.
- Primal Groudon's rampage is logically stopped by a Pokémon that it is 4x weak against: Primal Kyogre, who literally flushes out the Ground/Fire Pokémon.note
- Deep Sleep: While the moon is bouncing all over the Earth, Jirachi is shown in the middle of its thousand-year sleep. The commotion disturbs it, but after checking the clock, it goes back to sleep. Necrozma crashes into Jirachi and kills it while on the way to absorb Lunala.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Ultra Necrozma is responsible for killing Dialga, Palkia, and in one of the timelines, Arceus. (This is arguably downplayed by Necrozma qualifying as a "Cthulhu" in its own right)
- Disproportionate Retribution: Palkia is not pleased by Hoopa doing its thing by utilizing Teleport Spam with its rings. So when Hoopa gets too close, Palkia kills it mid-warp by slicing it in half with Spacial Rend, the other half falling out of the other end of the ring.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus:
- While almost every Legendary and Mythical Pokémon is summoned using Ultra Balls, one single Master Ball can be seen for a few frames, which sends out Shaymin.
- As the simulation glitches out from Ultra Necrozma's charge towards Arceus, you can see glimpses of a Kulu-Ya-Ku (holding the crystal from Monster Hunter World Part 4) and Fox and Krystal (as seen in the Vaporwave segment from their Something About episode) in the black.
- Funny Background Event:
- As Hoopa is warping about with its rings, you can see Melmetal eating Magearna, some shots of Pallet Town, Santalune Forest, Postwick, the Angry Sun and a Cactuar, Peach's Castle, Kirby's house, and finally, Phione drifting listlessly in the ocean alongside Kyogre and a random photorealistic sardine.
- When Groudon is causing earthquakes, Regice is seen standing in a magma pool with a text box stating that he's fine. Ironic given that a few other Pokémon were destroyed by the magma's heat alone, including Tapu Fini, who is normally resistant to Fire.
- Fun with Subtitles:
- When Regigigas says "My body is ready" as it prepares to catch the moon, the subtitles spell it as "My body is Regi".
- Ho-Oh asks the Legendary Beasts what happened after it finds them squashed. Entei lets out a bark in response, which the subtitles render as "*bork*".
- Ground-Shattering Landing: An exaggerated variant with Groudon's entrance; its mere appearance by landing between Tapu Lele and Registeel causes a planet-wide fissure.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: Palkia chops Hoopa while it's halfway through its loop, causing its other half to fall out of the other side.
- Hijacking Cthulhu: In the "Necrozma Wins" ending, Ultra Necrozma is able to assimilate Arceus into itself, unlocking a new form.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Rayquaza defeats Lugia by deflecting one of its own storms back at it.
- Joke Character: A Pikachu was put in at the beginning, and immediately suffocates in the vacuum of space, because, as Lockstin points out, Pikachu is sometimes treated like a Legendary.
- Knight of Cerebus: While the fight is no less awesome for it, the first two thirds of the fight largely have a comedic tone to them. Necrozma coming in and killing both Victini and Yveltal is the first sign that the final third will be taking on a much more serious tone, complete with the music shifting from the Legendary theme from Black and White to Ultra Necrozma's theme from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
- Life Drain: Invoked by Necrozma, who activates Yveltal's Resurrective Immortality to drain the life force of all of its competitors on Earth.
- Lunacy: Parodied. As "the beast that calls the moon", Lunala uses the Moon from Majora's Mask to hit Earth repeatedly (with some help from Ultra Wormholes for the "repeatedly" part).
- Man on Fire: A variant involving a Pokémon. As Groudon attacks, Tapu Lele catches fire just from being near the Solar Beam it shoots out.
- Medium-Shift Gag: Groudon getting wiped out by Kyogre's Surf is represented by Groudon being flushed down a live-action toilet.
- Metronomic Man Mashing: Kyurem pulls this on Zekrom, then absorbs it, turning into Black Kyurem (with the "full heal" sound effect from Super Paper Mario as well).
- Move in the Frozen Time: Dialga uses Chaos Control to stop time and prevent Ultra Necrozma from destroying it, Celebi, and Arceus. All of a sudden, a light peeks out of a crack on Ultra Necrozma that eviscerates Celebi, and then it begins moving again while time is still frozen, obliterating Dialga.
- Multiple Endings: Ultra Necrozma's victory over Dialga and Palkia, the only things that can stabilize the space-time continuum, causes reality to glitch. By the time it reaches Arceus, the universe splits into two, one where Ultra Necrozma wins by absorbing Arceus and transforming into a new form and another where Arceus wins after restraining the Prism Pokémon with one of its many arms and snapping it out of existence.
- Negated Moment of Awesome: Regigigas stopping Lunala's Colony Drop by catching the Moon with its bare hands and chucking it back to space would have been a pretty awesome moment... if Lunala didn't open several Ultra Wormholes to send the Moon back to Earth.
- No-Sell:
- Tapu Lele's attack bounces off of Registeel. Once Groudon starts firing Solar Beam, Tapu Lele is seen writhing on the ground while burning, but Registeel is completely unaffected even though both Pokémon are at about the same distance away from the beam.
- While Virizion melts away due to Groudon's heat, Regice can be seen in the background completely unaffected, with the captions "I'm fine" popping up. This is due to its canon Pokédex entry stating that its body will not melt away even in extreme heat.
- Regigigas effortlessly catches the moon and tosses it back into space.Regigigas: (watching as the moon hurtles towards it) My body is ready.
- Off with His Head!: Black Kyurem Ice Beams Reshiram right in the neck, which causes its head to then slide off.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Groudon's reaction to its old rival appearingnote :Groudon: (screams; gets flushed down toilet, representing getting hit by Surf)
- Lugia's look of horror when Rayquaza deals with the storm it causes.
- Mewtwo starts sweating nervously once it realizes the implication of Necrozma assimilating Victini (an infinite source of power), before futilely trying to attack it with Shadow Ball.
- Solgaleo's Little "No" upon being spotted by Dawn Wings Necrozma:Solgaleo: Oh no.
- Palkia spends its final moments staggering back in terror à la Seto Kaiba as Ultra Necrozma's beams vaporize it.
- Dialga, after sighing in relief that it seemingly froze Ultra Necrozma in time, can only gasp in horror when it starts breaking out of stasis.
- Groudon's reaction to its old rival appearingnote :
- Olympus Mons: This battle royale is made up of all legendary and mythical Pokémon. Pikachu is the only exception, and is the first one eliminated as the result.
- Ominous Visual Glitch: The events of the battle royale cause the screen to glitch several times throughout the video as the simulation struggles to process what's happening, starting with a few brief glitches when Lunala conjures up several Ultra Wormholes to repeatedly bash the moon into the Earth. The glitches intensify in frequency and severity after Necrozma goes Ultra, worsening as it absorbs the sun, finishes off Dialga and Palkia, and approaches Arceus, with the glitches eventually settling into showing two different outcomes to their fight before the strain makes the simulation crash.
- One-Winged Angel: Necrozma absorbs Solgaleo and Lunala to become Ultra Necrozma, then absorbs the sun for a power boost before taking the fight to Arceus.
- Person of Mass Destruction: In the Legendary Battle Royale, Lunala, Groudon, and Lugia turn the planet into a smoldering wasteland with the moon constantly beating down on it, while Yveltal ended up wiping out all life on earth with its "Instant Death" Radius.
- Pet the Dog: Mewtwo refuses to let Victini be killed, so when the moon is about to fall on them, Mewtwo teleports it out of existence. Unfortunately, Victini is then killed by Necrozma's Prismatic Laser, leaving Mewtwo visibly shocked.
- Physical God: Several of the combatants are elemental deities, some are an island's Guardian Deities, some are inspired by gods from real life mythology, one was created to be the World's Best Warrior when the highest were three of the aforementioned elemental deities, two are incarnations of the sun and moon, two control time and space, a couple are Eldritch Abominations, and the final duel ends up being between one of said abominations at its strongest, as well as God.
- Praetorian Guard: When Ultra Necrozma rockets towards Arceus, Palkia and Dialga get in its way to protect Arceus. Given that it's a Battle Royale, two Pokémon not only working together, but doing so to defend another one, stands out a lot.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Mewtwo lets Victini live, as the latter is an infinite source of energy, and having it guarantees victory.
- Readings Are Off the Scale: The video ends with Ultra Necrozma picking a fight with Arceus, and culminates in the simulation's reality dividing in two and creating two universes where either won before melting down completely.
- Red Shirt: Several of the legendaries don't do anything besides dying, usually in horribly graphic ways.
- Rule of Three: This moment from Entei:Entei: Ba. (volcano erupts) Ha ba ba. (second volcano erupts) Hakababa ba ba. (third volcano erupts)
- Running Gag: Lugia clapping its hands and summoning forty day storms, as well as the moon bouncing around the planet thanks to Lunala.
- Sacrificial Lion: Heatran is the first Pokémon to die in order to show off how overpowered Mewtwo is.
- Screams Like a Little Girl:
- Upon seeing Landorus' face, Darkrai lets out a shrill shriek of terror.
- Zygarde also shrieks after Hoopa steals one of its cells to bring it out of its Complete Forme, in rage rather than fear.
- As well as Groudon when it sees Kyogre's wave approaching.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Darkrai is so horrified by Landorus, that it eliminates itself by crawling into Landorus' ear.
- Serial Escalation: The first battle Royale had an island being the battlefield, with the only two cases of mass destruction being due to Magcargo and Gardevoir. The Legendary Battle Royale begins with an entire planet, with a lot more mass destruction due to the likes of Lunala, Groudon, and Lugia, and once the planet becomes an uninhabited mess due to Yveltal's death, it quickly escalates to a universal scale, then, during the finale between Ultra Necrozma and Arceus, it crashes the computer running the simulation.
- Shout-Out:
- Registeel uses voice clips from HK-47 when speaking.Registeel: Observation: This is a great opportunity for slaughter.
- The interior of Hoopa's Mirage Portals uses the design of the Time Gates from Chrono Trigger.
- Landorus' face is drawn to resemble Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- Upon being sent out, Meloetta screams the second shout done by the Mic Kirby Copy Ability.
- Entei barks in the same manner as the Dog of Wisdom in his initial appearance with his fellow Legendary Beasts Raikou and Suicune. He also uses the same bark as Gabe the Dog when Ho-oh asks "wha happen?" right after the Legendary Beasts get crushed by the moon.
- During Hoopa's Teleport Spam, it visits a desert with an Angry Sun and a Cactuar, Peach's Castle (still dilapidated from the events of Something About Super Mario 64), and Kirby's house (same, albeit Kirby still lives there).
- The desert where Reshiram and Zekrom are fighting has a Pokey in the background.
- Kyurem absorbs Zekrom in the same fashion that Imperfect Cell and Semi-Perfect Cell absorbed Androids 17 and 18 respectively.
- When Black Kyurem hurts its foot after stepping on Keldeo, it nurses its leg while hissing, "shhhhhhhh... ahhhhhhh..."
- Lunala uses the moon from Majora's Mask to perform a Colony Drop, while the moon itself has the same design as the one from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island that Raphael the Raven is fought on.
- Once the moon crushes the Legendary Beasts, Ho-Oh flies over and says, "wha happun?"
- Necrozma's Prismatic Laser that it uses on Victini is animated and sounds exactly like Geno Blast.
- When Necrozma exploits Yveltal's Born-Again Immortality, Yveltal makes Filthy Frank's screech as it absorbs the life force of the remaining Pokémon.
- As Dawn Wings Necrozma turns its gaze upon Solgaleo, the latter lets out Knuckles' flat "Oh no" from Sonic Adventure, while the actual act of absorbing it and transforming into Ultra Necrozma is accompanied by an explosion and sound effect identical to Water Blast from Super Mario RPG.
- When Palkia is hit by Ultra Necrozma's light, it gets the same expression Seto Kaiba had when he was hit by Exodia.
- Dialga uses Chaos Control to stop time. The sound and visual effects used for this are reminiscent of DIO's Time Stop ability.
- Registeel uses voice clips from HK-47 when speaking.
- Single-Stroke Battle: Ranged variant. Upon absorbing Zekrom, Kyurem shoots an Ice Beam at Reshiram's neck. Its head then slowly slides off.
- Spanner in the Works: Hoopa sabotages the power of Zygarde Complete Forme by taking away a single cell/core.
- Stealth Pun: Regigigas says Reggie Fils-Aime's famous "My body is ready" quote as it prepares to catch the moon. This would make it "Reggie-gigas".
- Stock Scream: Lunala can briefly be heard uttering the Howie Long Scream before Necrozma crashes into and assimilates it.
- Stock Sound Effects:
- Numerous sound cues are taken from Dragon Ball, namely the Instant Transmission sound when a Pokémon does a Flash Step (or does a Teleport Spam in Mewtwo's case) and various beam sound effects when powerhouses like Zygarde's Complete Forme, Groudon, and Rayquaza fire off massive beam attacks. There's also the Super Saiyan powerup cue when Necrozma gets a boost in power by assimilating Victini.
- Once Groudon makes its presence known by devastating cities with its breath, it can be heard doing the Godzilla Roar.
- Stripped to the Bone: Virizion gets melted away due to all the heat generated by Groudon's rampage, but its skeleton remains.
- Synthetic Voice Actor: There is one that voices over the subtitles translating Keldeo's cry.
- Tele-Frag: Palkia kills Hoopa by slicing one of its Mirage Portals in half while it's in the middle of teleporting, causing Hoopa to be split in half on both sides.
- Torso with a View: Necrozma blasts a hole in Yveltal's chest to kill it and activate the effects of its Born-Again Immortality.
- Translation: "Yes": Keldeo briefly screams at Black Kyurem, which is translated into an elaboration on how it'll slay Kyurem that's read aloud by a Synthetic Voice Actor.Keldeo: (screaming) You will suffer the pain of a thousand deaths by my sword.
- Upsetting the Balance: Because Lugia conjured up one too many storms, Rayquaza is alerted to the imbalance of nature and flies down to stop it, using Hyper Beam to disintegrate Lugia and end the storms.
- Weaksauce Weakness: When one of Zygarde's cells is removed by Hoopa, it's quickly reduced to 4 Zygarde 10% Formes, 9 Zygarde Cells and Zygarde Cores, and one Zygarde 50% Forme floundering on the ground.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Some Legendary and Mythical Pokémon never show up on-screen, and are most certainly Killed Offscreen by Yveltal's postmortem world purge. The Pokémon who never show up are Mesprit, Azelf, Manaphy, Thundurus, Volcanion, and Tapu Bulu.
- The Worf Effect: Mewtwo, after spending nearly the entire animation killing other Pokémon left and right and dodging powerful attacks from the larger forces of nature, is helpless to stop Necrozma from absorbing Victini, then leaving the Earth to die via triggering Yveltal's death throes.
